Chapter 60: Arrival and Departure (Part 2)

“…… Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue, have you packed your luggage? Hurry up and get down, the car is already parked at the door."

Just as Jin Lingxue was lying on the windowsill, overlooking the Lingao street scene that was about to say goodbye, the greeting of Li Mei, the grandmother of the Ming family, came from outside the door.

“…… Okay, this is coming," Jin Lingxue quickly jumped up, grabbed her duffel bag and her father's urn and ran out.

“…… I'm waiting for you soon, and now there is only one bus at eight o'clock in the morning every day, and it will be a big trouble if you miss it."

At the same time, the hoarse voice of the old man of the Navy Admiral Mingqiu also sounded, making Jin Lingxue speed up her pace.

-- Now Jin Lingxue has moved out of the dormitory of Parkview Green College, and temporarily lives with the four members of the Ming family in the old apartment of Bairen City, an old couple and their son and daughter-in-law - in the early days when her father had unfortunately died in battle and Parkview Green College had not yet been established, Jin Lingxue had been fostered in their house for a while, and the small number of relics left by her father were also stored in the Zài Ming family, and she had to take them with her when she returned home.

Moreover, she happened to be able to go back with the four members of the Ming family this time, and she had a little to take care of on the way - similar to Jin Lingxue's situation, the four members of the Ming family also involuntarily traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and compared with Jin Lingxue, who was cheated by her father, the reason is even more cheating:

-- When the "Fengcheng Steamer" cargo ship taken by Lingao Crossing Group opened a wormhole in the Qiongzhou Strait in the modern world and traveled through time and space, the four members of the Ming family: father Mingqiu, mother Li Mei, son Minglang, and daughter-in-law Mu Min happened to be a family of four traveling to Hainan. Because the old man Ming Qiu had served in the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy for many years in the past, he was familiar with the troops in this circle of Hainan. So when I crossed the Qiongzhou Strait, I didn't buy a ferry ticket, and borrowed an old motorboat from an old acquaintance in the army, wanting to warm up the old dream of sailing by the way. Unexpectedly, when I was about to arrive at Bopu Port, I suddenly encountered a strange storm, and then the motorboat that a family of four was riding was inexplicably rolled up with the "Fengcheng Wheel" to the Lingao of time and space at the end of the Ming Dynasty......

This is good, the original family of four Hainan tour has become a permanent tour of Daming Lingao...... The four members of the Ming family were very depressed about this - that group of crazy traversers wanted to come to the Ming Dynasty to work hard, but their family had no such plan at all

It's just that no matter how depressed their mood is, it can't change the cruel reality that the whole family has traveled through ancient times and has no way to return.

In desperation, although they were silent from morning to night at first, within a few days, they half-pushed and half-integrated into the group of Lingao Crossing Group, began to participate in work, and soon became prosperous one by one, and hung a bunch of glorious titles.

-- Because her daughter-in-law Mu Min was originally a policewoman, she was born in the Li nationality, and she understood the languages and customs of ethnic minorities, so she became an ethnic adviser, the person in charge of the Li Miao Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the director of the Dongmen Police Station.

-- The old lady Li Min is a very enthusiastic social activist in the modern world, and within a few days after arriving at Lingao, she became acquainted with the female compatriots of the traverser, and fooled everyone into a joint venture to set up a women's cooperative, and now she has become the deputy minister of commerce, the director of the Dongmen City Management Office and the director of the Hainan Women's Cooperative, and the women's cooperative, which was originally just peddling rags and booty, has become the largest chain department store under the jurisdiction of the Senate of the Traveler after several years of rapid development. Hong Kai has branches in Hong Kong and Vietnam

-- As for the old man Mingqiu, an old model party member, the old People's Navy, in the 17th century, the official career was even more remarkable, because he was a rare professional naval talent among the traversers, and he actually rose all the way to the high position of naval personnel commissioner, rear admiral, chief adviser of the navy's ocean fleet, and commander of the navy's first fleet, and even had a steam-powered fleet unique in the East Asian seas, and everyone respectfully called him "Admiral Ming."

In the past two years, the old and strong Admiral Ming has played the second spring of his life, leading his Senate fleet that has surpassed the times to conquer the east and west, sweeping the Pearl River, shelling Guangzhou, sneaking attack on Fujian, fighting Anping, exterminating the Zheng family, and expeditioning to Japan...... In the smoke of gunpowder, he broke countless enemies, which can be called his martial arts and prestige, and finally made up for the regret that the old man failed to catch up with the Nansha Naval Battle when he was in service.

In any case, as a true soldier, you will want to be able to prove your worth on the battlefield, right?

The only thing who is more frustrated is the cowardly son Minglang - compared with his mother, father and wife, who have achieved great success in his career and live more and more chic, because he is timid and dare not go into battle, he did not enlist in the army, but only found a position in the organization. Although he has a bit of power, compared to his father, the "first person in the navy", it is not worth mentioning at all...... As a result, not only among the traversers, but even among the naturalized people, there were rumors that "the Ming family is really a tiger father and a dog", which made him very depressed.

Originally, if there were no accidents, the life of the four members of the Ming family might have gone on like this, and eventually they would have become one of the high-ranking and powerful "military and political families" in the Senate...... However, the accident happened without warning

-- The arrival of the PLA airship formation, the successive visits of successive central leaders, and the even more incredible 22nd century black technology that was then unfolded in front of them, once again blew up the life plan of the four members of the Ming family in this time and space......

After learning that he could return to the modern world, Minglang, who had long been tired of staying in this time and space, naturally immediately clamored to go back.

The daughter-in-law Mu Min is just an ordinary policeman in the modern world, but here is the head of the police station who is in charge of hundreds of people, so she is somewhat reluctant, how can the living conditions in the Ming Dynasty be too poor, even the high-grade shower gel and cosmetics are not available, and the education and future after giving birth to a child in the future are also very problematic, and even the level of giving birth to a child is very dangerous - there is no professional obstetrician and gynecologist here in Lingao, as for the indigenous women of the Ming Dynasty who do not pay attention to hygiene, it is even more terrifying for modern women...... In addition, I was worried that my husband would be taken by those Ming Dynasty men and traversers with three wives and four concubines, and he also brought the "little three" to the house to fight with him, so he finally nodded and agreed to go back.

Although the old lady Li Mei is a little reluctant to run the women's cooperative that she has worked hard to run here, she also has many relatives and friends in the modern world, and has also opened a small supermarket and a club for the elderly, and she is also reluctant to give up...... In the end, after learning of the situation, the government's special committee (the "Special Area Development Committee", referred to as the special committee, in fact, is the Ministry of Colonies of Another World) sent someone to come to the door, saying that the central government was building Sanya New City as a medical recuperation center in the late Ming Dynasty, and a small supermarket for daily groceries was also being prepared. Because Mrs. Li Mei has rich business experience in this time and space, she might as well go to Sanya to be a supermarket manager for a while, so that she can not only find an opportunity to go to the modern world, but also have a period of transition and thinking about whether she will eventually leave or stay in the future. So, Mrs. Li Mei resigned from the Lingao Senate, asked for her share of the dividends (the Senate took out a sum of gold), and then took some luggage to Sanya New City to work for the central leaders.

The old man Mingqiu is the most reluctant to this world - in the world over there, he is just a retired veteran who waits for death, and he has never been able to make contributions on the battlefield in his life, and can only play naval combat games on the computer to enjoy himself.

Here, however, he could lead a "powerful" modern fleet of steam-sail hybrid power to conquer all directions, and be invincible throughout the eastern seas - although he could not deal with the Russian landing ships in Vladivostok, he would definitely be able to defeat any opponent other than that.

The smell of steel, gunpowder, and gunpowder, as well as the roar of explosions and cries of victory, all fascinated him.

However, for an elderly person, the living conditions in the seventeenth century were relatively poor after all, and if he contracted any chronic disease, he was afraid that he would have to survive and die, and it was difficult to say whether he could live to the age of seventy. And if the whole family returns to the modern world, leaving him alone as an old man to stay here and play war games, Admiral Mingqiu will definitely feel lonely and lonely because of this.

However, just when Admiral Mingqiu felt infinite hesitation and entanglement in his heart, the "Special Area Development Committee" also handed him an olive branch and invited him to Sanya to serve as a naval adviser -- this was not a temporary job, but a regular establishment of the state. In addition, it just so happened that Comrade Wang Tiezhu, the captain of the 10,000-ton modern intelligent sailing ship "COSCO Star", was now like an arrow, clamoring to go home immediately, and refused to go back to Australia to get the remaining victims back. Therefore, as soon as Admiral Mingqiu passed, he could be the captain of the "COSCO Star" on duty......

Such favorable conditions finally made Mingqiu a little tempted - he is also a naval consultant, rather than helping the young people like Lingao to mess around, it is better to work directly for the central leadership. Moreover, a modern all-metal sailing ship of tens of thousands of tons is no better than a wooden steamship of several hundred tons or thousands of tons, not to mention that it may come into contact with the existing advanced weapons of the People's Liberation Army, and even the black technology equipment of the 22nd century.

And what excites the old man Mingqiu the most is that if he goes to Sanya to take up a naval adviser, the state will not only restore him to active naval service, but also officially confer the rank of colonel at the regimental level - that is the regular military rank of the world's superpower, which is equivalent to the rank of captain of a missile destroyer or captain of a large supply ship (more than 10,000 tons), and the gold content is much higher than that of the self-proclaimed general and marshal on the traverser's side.

For the old man Mingqiu, an old party member model, and the old people's navy, this is simply an irresistible temptation.

Therefore, the four members of the Ming family broke away from the Lingao Crossing Group and decided to jump to Sanya to "follow the party and the country". As for whether this family will return to the modern world in the end...... Well, let's wait until you have to make a decision

On the other hand, for the state, although casually awarding Comrade Mingqiu the rank of colonel like this is definitely a violation of the usual organizational procedures. But strictly speaking, in addition to special affairs, there is no suspicion of "indiscriminate awarding of famous instruments" - after all, the old man Mingqiu is already so old, even if he finally returns to the modern world, he will definitely have to retire directly. In fact, it is just to let Mingqiu enjoy the treatment of a retired colonel, and the social security department needs to pay an extra retirement salary for this, and there is no one to grab anyone's position at all, let alone hinder anyone's official career......

-- In addition to Mingqiu, there are many other traversers who have also been poached by the state and jumped ship, which has made the leaders of the major traversal groups depressed.

To get back to the point, at this moment, under the apartment building, there is already a ten-seater open-top electric sightseeing car parked - this electric sightseeing car is also one of the "aid" recently allocated by the central government, and has been used by the Lingao Senate for urban transportation: although it is slow and has a small carrying capacity compared to a car, it is much stronger than the original ox cart, and the speed of urban traffic is not very fast. What's more, compared with the fuel reserves that use a little less, the power supply here in Lingao is relatively sufficient.

-- There are several power plants in Lingao County, but the closest oil field to Lingao is also far away from Borneo across the South China Sea.

Watching the half-grown Lori Jin Lingxue rushing out of the stairs with her heavy luggage, the young couple of the Ming family hurriedly snatched her luggage and put it in the car, and at the same time stuffed her with a paper bag containing breakfast, which was multigrain noodle pancakes and fruits, coated with a thick flavor of spicy sauce and sweet noodle sauce - although because there are few and expensive eggs in this time and space, there are no eggs in the cake, and the taste is not as good as the original version of modern time and space, but it is still both hungry and satisfying, whether it is a traveler, a naturalized person or a foreign native, this thing is very welcome...... Of course, it is even more delicious if it is served with a bowl of bean curd or soy milk.

Sitting on this very light open-top electric sightseeing car, Jin Lingxue chewed the pancake fruit that was still steaming, while watching Mu Min carefully drive the electric car, slowly leaving the Bairen City located on the high ground at a turtle speed of ten kilometers per hour, and then a large sparkling water surface appeared in front of him - for defensive considerations, the Bairen City where the traversers lived was surrounded by water, surrounded by a large-scale artificial lake and a moat, in addition to the role of isolating the outside world and beautifying the environment, It also plays the role of a reservoir to store water in the rainy season and supply water in the dry season, and has built supporting channels and gates. The lake is lined with trees, flower beds, and benches, and if it weren't for the barbed wire fence and watchtowers set up by the garrison battalion on the other side of the lake, as well as the heavily armed sentinels, it would have looked like a city park.

Next to the artificial lake, a tall building made of red bricks was built, and next to it stood a very unscenic chimney - this is actually a water tower, to which water from the Bairentan waterworks is piped to guò, and then a steam engine continuously carries water to the water tank on the top of the tower, so as to ensure that the apartment buildings on the high ground can obtain the minimum water supply pressure. The steam engine and the accompanying boiler were installed in the farthest corner of the residential area to ensure that the thing would not be harmed if it broke down and exploded......

Although they are all rudimentary-looking and backward facilities, and there is no beauty or momentum on the outside, Jin Lingxue still took pictures of them one by one with her smartphone as a souvenir...... Then, she noticed that something seemed to be wrong with the direction of the electric sightseeing car.

“…… Huh? Uncle Ming, Aunt Mu, shouldn't we go to the new train station? How do you drive the car in this direction? ”

“…… This is the last task sent by the Senate, and I hope we will pick up Liu Dalin's guy at the train station by the way. ”

Minglang used a stick to drive away a naughty child who came to the car and touched around, and explained to Jin Lingxue, "...... Ever since this guy's leg healed, he has been clamoring to find 'The Emperor of Australia, thank the Holy Grace, so let him take the train to Sanya with us this time......

“…… Oh, that's it," Jin Lingxue nodded as if she didn't understand, "...... Better be quicker and don't miss the train......"

- Liu Dalin, a native of the Ming Dynasty, was the first Jinshi in Lingao County and the head of the Jasmine Xuan Academy, so although he was paralyzed, unable to move, and hopeless as an official, he still had a very strong local influence in the late Ming Dynasty, which emphasized literature and light on martial arts.

At the beginning of the landing of the traverser, Liu Dalin once tried to resist the "thief", and after being defeated by the traverser, the old man was ashamed to see people and never came out. But with the passage of time, there are all kinds of good changes that the travelers have brought to this remote county, and Liu Dalin, as an "enlightened gentry", finally gradually recognized their governance achievements, and his attitude changed from "anti-reflexive" to "intimate...... As a result, it drove the public opinion tendency of the people in a considerable way, and allowed the Senate of the Travelers to further consolidate its rule over Lingao.

When the PLA airship group landed on Hainan Island, and the central government's "old cadres recuperation center" was opened in Lingao County at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a certain "Australian Song Dynasty Imperial Doctor" because he occasionally had nothing to do, he took the [automatic medical box] to Liu Dalin under the construction of the Lingao Crossing Group, and actually let Liu Dalin, who had been paralyzed for many years, stand up again - this time, it really made Liu Jinshi grateful, and since then he has completely become a diehard loyalist of the "Australian Song Dynasty", not only setting up a tablet at home to burn incense to thank the "Australian Song Dynasty" for the reinvention grace. I still pestered the elders of the Lingao traverser I knew all day long, saying that I was going to find the "Australian Emperor" to thank the Holy Grace, and I hope that the "chiefs" can be introduced, and I feel that there seems to be a meaning of self-recommendation......

It just so happened that the central government also felt that it was necessary to enter to understand the reaction of all levels of the people, so they asked the four members of the Ming family who were going to report to Sanya to bring Liu Dalin, a "non-governmental representative", by the way.

In addition, on this bus to Sanya, there will be many figures of all kinds.

For example, the famous "No. 1 Donkey Guest in the Late Ming Dynasty" Xu Xiake and his brother Xu Zhongzhao, as well as several scholars of the Ming Dynasty who were Confucian and straightforward, were sitting in the waiting hall of the new train station at the moment, looking at all kinds of new things with curious or disdainful expressions.

At the same time, if Yu Ming was hired by a different proprietor, the Ming Dynasty spies were also waiting in the waiting hall to take a bus to Sanya to "spy on the enemy".

There is even an envoy from Japan, who is following the world-famous General Huangshi, who is about to board the bus to Sanya for an "audience......