Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 284

The Jiangdu Wharf was crowded with people. Since Lin Hongfei took charge of Jiangbei, the local industrial level has developed by leaps and bounds. Especially the cloth produced by Jiangbei Cotton Mill and Jiangbei Printing and Dyeing Factory has quickly become a best-selling item in Lingnan because of its bright colors and high quality. Goods from Hubei Province, Hubei Province, Chongqing Province and other places.

This brought together a large number of cloth vendors in Jiangbei City, and made the freight business at Jiangdu Wharf more prosperous.

Chen Jiaming walked out of the noisy wharf, and was about to find someone to inquire about the way to Jiangbei city, when he saw a foreign coachman walking up quickly and said with a smile on his face, "Where are you going, young master? You can take my car Come on, I run fast!"

The rickshaw drivers worked on the wharf all day long, and their eyes were very sharp. At a glance, he saw that Chen Jiaming was a guest who came to Lingnan Province for the first time. Coupled with his well-dressed clothes and fair skin, he looked like a wealthy family. children.

Unfamiliar with the road conditions, with money in his pocket, this is a rare fat sheep for a rickshaw driver, and he must be slaughtered!

When Chen Jiaming saw a foreign coachman, he couldn't help but feel a little happy. Now he didn't need to inquire about the way, and let the coachman directly take him to Lin Hongfei's mansion.

When the rickshaw driver heard the destination mentioned by Chen Jiaming, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. He often pulls rickshaws, so he naturally knows what the young man in front of him said.

Yun Shuai's mansion!

hiss!

Could it be that this young man has something to do with Yun Shuai and his old man?

Chen Jiaming didn't know the price of the car from the pier to Yunshuai's mansion.

But the concierge and housekeepers in Yun Shuai's mansion are very clear.

He is just a rickshaw puller, and Yun Shuai's mansion is like crushing an ant to clean himself up.

Immediately, the rickshaw driver restrained his thoughts of slaughtering customers, greeted Chen Jiaming to get into the car with a courteous face, then pulled the rickshaw, spread his legs and rushed towards the city.

Along the way, Chen Jiaming looked around the situation in Jiangbei City. The prosperity here was beyond his imagination.

However, Chen Jiaming also noticed from this superficial prosperity that the general layout of Jiangbei City was not reasonable.

Especially when passing by a shantytown, Chen Jiaming felt that Jiangbei City was a bit bloated.

In fact, Chen Jiaming's feeling was not wrong.

Jiangbei City is developing rapidly, and with the influx of a large number of migrants, the original housing can no longer meet people's living needs.

Among these migrants, more than [-]% are poor people who come to Jiangbei to beg for a living. They lost their land in their hometown due to various reasons. In order to survive, they can only choose to come to Jiangbei to work or seek a job on the wharf. Or go to the factory to find a laborer who carries big bags.

These people's incomes are not high, and they can't afford houses in Jiangbei. In order to settle down here, they began to build shanties on some unowned wasteland, and it didn't take long for them to form a number of large-scale shanty towns.

The more famous ones are Yutoutan and Pingkoutan shacks along the river, where the coolies living on the wharf are the main residents.

There is also the shack area near the Jiangbei factory area. The residents here earn money by doing hard work for the surrounding factories, warehouses, and shops every day.

These shantytowns are actually slums in Jiangbei, because there are so many people in them and the situation is complicated, even the Jiangbei Police Station is unable to manage the order in the shantytowns due to lack of manpower.

This made the squatter area a place outside the law, breeding a large number of gangs and halls, and made the business of prostitutes, gambling houses, and tobacco halls extremely prosperous.

Although Chen Jiaming only got a general understanding of the situation in the shantytowns from the coachman, he already knew very well that if the shantytowns could not be dealt with in time, these places would definitely affect the normal development of Jiangbei City in the future.

"This Lingnan Province, I came to the right place!"

For Chen Jiaming, an ambitious and passionate young man, he is not worried about the difficulty of the work, but he is only worried about his own abilities being useless.

And transforming the shantytowns in Jiangbei City is bound to be able to show their ambitions!

Not long after, the rickshaw driver stopped outside a mansion, then turned to Chen Jiaming and said, "Master, the Yunshuai mansion is here!"

Chen Jiaming nodded, and directly gave the rickshaw driver several banknotes after getting off the car, which surprised the rickshaw driver and said:

"Young master, you paid too much, the money is enough for me to go back and forth three times!"

Chen Jiaming said with a smile: "Not much, I plan to rent your car, this is considered as a deposit, remember to come here and wait for me tomorrow morning!"

On the way just now, Chen Jiaming learned that the rickshaw driver lived in the shanty town of Pingkoutan along the river. He wanted to investigate the situation of the shantytown, so that the rickshaw driver could lead the way.

After hearing this, the rickshaw driver was naturally quite happy. He repeatedly promised that he would arrive on time tomorrow and would never miss the young master's affairs.

At this time, the rickshaw driver couldn't help but be thankful that he didn't kill the customer, otherwise, if Chen Jiaming noticed it, he would have missed the big job of chartering the car!

Chen Jiaming watched the rickshaw driver leave, and then walked towards Yun Shuai's mansion not far away.

At this time, a dozen well-dressed men had already gathered outside Yun Shuai's mansion. Without exception, they all held gift slips in their hands and wanted to enter Yun Shuai's mansion to meet Lin Hongfei.

After Lin Hongfei became the governor of Lingnan Province, more people wanted to see him every day. Except for core high-level executives like Wu Yongquan, Huo Yunshan, Chu Liangyi, and Guo Lang, who could enter and leave Yunshuai's mansion at any time, the rest of the people had to be in the palace first. Register at the gate and wait for Li Kui, the adjutant, to review and approve before entering the mansion to meet Lin Hongfei.

Therefore, after the registration, these people could only wander around the gate, waiting for the guards in the mansion to summon them.

Chen Jiaming didn't know this rule, so he walked into the mansion in a daze.

When the guards in front of the door saw Chen Jiaming's face turned red, they immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"Stop, who are you!"

Chen Jiaming took out a letter, handed it over and said, "My name is Chen Jiaming, and I'm Yun Shuai's friend. Please pass on a message!"

However, the guard did not take the letter, but pointed to the doorpost beside him and said:

"There are rules in the mansion, all visitors must go there to register!"

Chen Jiaming originally wanted to explain the relationship between himself and Lin Hongfei to the guard, but the guard saw too many visitors who claimed to be Yun Shuai's old friends, but in fact Yun Shuai didn't know him at all. Regardless of Chen Jiaming's explanation, the guard just said "register first." "!"

In desperation, Chen Jiaming could only go to the gate to write down his name and the reason for his visit, and attach a letter from his father Chen Fengchang.

"When can I see Shuai Yun?" Chen Jiaming asked looking at the guards at the gate.

The guard said blankly: "It's hard to say, Yun Shuai has something to go out."

"Then when will he come back?"

"do not know!"

"Then can you tell Mrs. Yun Shuai first that Chen Jiaming is visiting?" Chen Jiaming said.

The guard raised his head and glanced at Chen Jiaming: "Yes, but Madam won't see any guests today, you can find an inn to stay first!"

Hearing this, Chen Jiaming immediately regretted, why didn't he send a telegram to his elder brother in advance, otherwise there would be no such trouble.

Chen Jiaming retreated to the open space in front of the door and looked at Yun Shuai's mansion with the door open, but he couldn't enter, so Chen Jiaming was a little frustrated.

However, he didn't go to find an inn to stay, but was going to wait here for a while, in case the elder sister-in-law saw his father's handwritten letter, she would take him in if she couldn't guarantee it.

Just as Chen Jiaming looked sad, he saw two men in police uniforms with golden police ranks walking side by side from the mansion.

Seeing this, the guard immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Mayor Wu, Mayor Lu!"

These two people are Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa. At this time, one of them is the deputy mayor of Jiangbei City and the chief of Jiangbei Police Station.

Lu Xiwa was appointed as the deputy mayor of Lingxi City and the chief of Lingxi Police Station. He came to Jiangbei on a business trip this time, and by the way, he and Wu Qiusheng came to the mansion to visit his sister-in-law Wu Yushu.

Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa returned a military salute. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they were spotted by sharp-eyed Chen Jiaming.

In Peking before, Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa visited Chen Fengchang's home many times, and they also got to know Chen Jiaming after coming and going.

Chen Jiaming hurried over and shouted, "Brother Qiusheng, Brother Xiwa, I'm Jiaming!"

Hearing this voice, Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa also looked over in surprise, and then showed pleasant expressions:

"Oh, Jiaming, why are you standing here!"

"It's all at the door of the house, why don't you go in!"

Chen Jiaming smiled wryly: "I want to go in, but the guards won't let me in. They asked me to register first."

Wu Qiusheng slapped his forehead: "Hey, this is a big deal. Originally, this rule was made to keep out those outsiders. Who would want to keep our own people out of the house!"

"Let's go, let's take you in!" Lu Xiwa walked over and said with her arms around Chen Jiaming's shoulders.

The guards at the gate were still very discerning. Seeing that Chen Jiaming was so close to Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa, they hurried over with Chen Fengchang's handwritten letter:

"Mayor Wu, do you know this Mr. Chen Jiaming?"

Wu Qiusheng said: "Nonsense, do you know who this is, Yun Shuai's brother!"

"Ah, this..." The guard showed a surprised expression.

"This fart, hurry up and ask someone to help my brother to salute!"

Wu Qiusheng didn't make things difficult for the guards, after all, the guards were also responsible.

With Wu Qiusheng's help, Chen Jiaming finally entered the mansion smoothly.