The two people sitting in the simple reception room are the future Beijing stationmaster Xue Haiyuan and the current Tianjin stationmaster Yao Jianshe.

Comrade Yao Jianshe’s earliest career was circuit design. He was the last time traveler who was deceived by the Intelligence Bureau by relying on "internal potential tapping" to deceive the intelligence front...

After all, since last year, Emperor Cao has stopped "inviting" people to the new world, so the Intelligence Bureau is now defeating repeatedly and fooling around. Most of the arrogant and expensive men are unwilling to be dog spies.

So the last intelligence agent, Yao Jianshe, was assigned to an important location in Tianjin as soon as he came out of the mountain.

Fortunately, intelligence work in the 17th century was very difficult. Judging from the previous experience of intelligence stations, the time travelers who presided over the work did not need to take any risks or pressure, and the difficulty was no different from that of later branches.

So Yao Jianshe and the old bird Xue Haiyuan came to Beijing and Tianjin together. It was close to each other. In case of any situation, it would be convenient to support each other.

Today, the two webmasters made their first public appearance in Beijing and Tianjin.

Due to the shortage of manpower, according to the latest guiding principles, the intelligence station managers will have an official public identity in the future to implement the "one person, one city" strategy. The previous layout method of light and darkness will be eliminated.

Therefore, the two webmasters who the Ming Dynasty minor official Lu Shui met in the house were now wearing low-level civil servant robes, and their titles became "experience in the General Army's Office."

The Experience Department is a low-level civil servant unit responsible for managing the transfer of documents. This unit is mainly used to connect with documents and execution of superior departments. It was quite extensive in the Ming Dynasty, somewhat similar to the office principal's office, education bureau office, etc. in later generations.

In short, almost most yamen in the Ming Dynasty would set up subordinates' experience departments. In this way, the "experience" of the yamen would change unpredictably with the different levels of the superior yamen.

For example, the Experience Department of the Five Army Governor's Office is a fifth-rank unit; while the Experience Department of the Shuntian Prefecture is only a mere seventh-rank unit.

Therefore, based on this characteristic, the experience of both inconspicuous and incompetent to everything has become the best hidden identity for the two webmasters.

In addition, this position is also very convenient to appoint: the General Military Office is a seventh-rank yamen, which is considered a semi-independent official recruited by General Cao himself. You only need to report to the Governor's Office, and you do not need to go through the Ministry of Personnel.

The receptionist that local natives in Tianjin met at the school today was the appointment of the two generals' offices.

After Lu Shui entered the house, the two people who still looked tall and innocent in the eyes of northerners first exchanged a few simple greetings with him. Next, the amiable Xue Xue and Yao Xue, spoke a strange "Southern dialect" and chatted with Lu Shui about "homework".

Lu Shui knew that this was "bottom", so he quickly introduced his situation a few words, and then appropriately expressed his "admiration" for the general. He knew that there were still a group of big men waiting outside, and the conversation would end soon, so he had to seize the time to express the "central idea".

Sure enough, five minutes later, the two sides were done for the first time. After getting a promise of "good friends should walk around often and take care of each other", Lu Shui happily left the house.

The two experienced the tape recorder on the table, smiled and commented on Lu Shui, a clever sting, and said to the guard: "Please next one."

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The Cao Zhen soldiers who came to "rescue the king" began the so-called "rest and rest".

In less than three days, the civil and military officials of Tianjin Wei were stunned: Since General Cao entered the old school, he did not see him train his soldiers. Instead, he met guests and merchants on a large scale, and turned a sacred "travel of kingship" into a business trip full of the smell of copper.

......At this time, General Cao's background was completely blown up in Tianjin Wei. Everyone knows that he is rich.

In this way, Lord Cao inevitably attracted the attention of the natives, especially the civil and military officials in Tianjin Wei.

It is really this southern general who is too strange. Whenever the time travelers arrive at a place, those behaviors that seem to be "spending money in vain" can always make the natives feel incredible.

Whether it is the repair of the large campus or the filling project of the muddy cushion, these are purely a tragic death in the eyes of officials: your surname is a guest army, and you cannot stay in Tianjin. Isn’t this a brainless person to spend such a huge amount of money to repair the station?

The general who is willing to pay his own pocket to repair the military camp in other towns is probably the fool Cao, who is not short of money!

However, the travelers still do their own things, looking like they want to carry out stupid things to the end: on the cold winter construction site, Cao Shazi did not hesitate to buy a large amount of coal and hired a large number of workers, and kept working hard all night, spending several times higher than in summer.

One thing the officials did not notice was that many of the hirings by the fool Cao were refugees.

Are there any refugees in Tianjin Wei? Of course there are, and there are also a large number of temporary refugees.

Since the Eight Banners Army headed south, countless Ming people in the Jingyuan area have begun to take their families to seek refuge. As a canal hub, Tianjin has a convenient canal and a large amount of food and food, and the rich are everywhere, so there is no doubt that this place has become the first stop for refugees to take refuge.

So what are you waiting for? After three years of traveling through time, a certain force has now mastered this routine.

The first step is to hire a large number of refugees to work.

The second step is to fully demonstrate to the beggars what it means to be rich and powerful, to save suffering and to treat others with sincerity.

The third step is to identify the deception and ship away by packing the ship.

Relying on this increasingly familiar process, the empire is now absorbing indigenous people in many cities along the coast of Ming Dynasty, with significant results.

This time, when several travelers from the north saw a large number of northern refugees, their saliva was about to flow: it is urgent to enrich the population source of their hometown. The arrival of a large number of northern immigrants will greatly alleviate the situation of high elevation in the "domestic" southerners. This is an important national policy that concerns "long-term stability" and must be taken seriously.

In just one week, the dilapidated old schoolyard in the past stood back in place like a brand new silver coin.

The original wall has now been repaired, and it has been re-smeared with white lime, and the watchtower is also covered with beautiful and neatly tidy.

In the vast schoolyard, the dilapidated houses had been repaired and some temporary soldiers' dormitories were built next to them: low houses built with double-layer bricks and wood were covered with cement in the gaps.

Although this kind of temporary low house has poor lighting and narrow lighting, it can block the cold winds of the Little Ice Age and surpass most ordinary houses.

In addition, on a part of the mud field that has been raised and compacted, the fence and stables built with brick and wood are gradually extending.

What surprised the natives the most was a small boiler lifted out of a transport ship. Now the natives knew what the renovated house with brick chimneys in the schoolyard was used for.

With a boiler, there is 24 hours of hot water, and a bathhouse that keeps soldiers healthy and hygienic. This is the real killer. You should know that in the north of the Little Ice Age, most people could not afford to take a bath. The hygiene conditions of the natives were extremely bad, and various bacteria and infectious diseases were everywhere, which made people who traveled through the journey chill.

Of course, all these achievements are inseparable from the local big businessmen.

It includes recruiting refugees, hiring craftsmen, organizing a large number of building materials, organizing logistics supplies and other seemingly smooth projects. Behind them are the resources mobilized by big merchants from all over the place. General Cao, who is blinded, will definitely not be able to do it at present.

However, General Cao also gave merchants enough rewards: Compared with the kerosene lamps and kerosene agents in a certain area, what is the "small favor" that merchants have helped in the past few days and sent out the little food?

In the past few days, the goods unloaded from the transport ships have caused fierce competition in local businesses. This is also the main reason why the project progress can be as fast as possible. Merchants regard this as a test of the strength of their own businesses.

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Seven days later, the Cao family army, which had begun to take shape and officially settled, began a new round of eye-catching activities.

From that morning, a herd of horses came to the old schoolyard along the dirt road. The owner of the herd of horses was a horse dealer coming from outside the mouth.

The horse dealer not only has horses, but also camels and cattle.

As a canal transport hub, there are quite a few horse gangs gathered in Tianjin on weekdays. The horses in these people will go south along the canal. The luxurious horses used by wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan are all bought from these people.

Today, the one who drove the horse tribe to the old school is the largest horse gang currently stationed in Tianjin.

The horse gang that received the instructions in advance rushed to nearly 300 Mongolian horses for selection, so the people on the school ground shouted horses neighing, which was very lively.

The grooms provided by the merchants and some old guards who often walk outside the door who are familiar with the nature of horses are all on the school grounds, examining the horses while discussing loudly.

In this regard, the Cao family army, who was completely helpless, could only be helpless. After all, the time travelers were not gods, so they did not consider the horse test when they set out. Most of the team were southerners. Although some people had ridden horses, being able to ride horses and being able to meet horses was completely different.

So today's Jockey Club can only ask the groom and guards who were temporarily hired, and General Cao just paid the money.

The vigorous horse selection activity lasted for most of the time. In the end, most of the horses with shoulder heights above 1.3 meters were left, with a total of 200 horses.

At this time, the newly built stable next to it came in handy.

Lu Shui, who sent military supplies a few days ago, was directing his subordinates to help him drink water and feed the black beans, wheat and buckwheat he sent personally. As the white-calendar said that day, they were all poured into the manger, claiming to be "fat" to the horse.

"It's really rich and powerful!" Lu Shui smacked his tongue secretly. In fact, in the north, these black beans, marsh and buckwheat are the daily food for many armies and ordinary people, and there is no such thing as "horse feed".

It's time to check out.

Then the people surrounding the school ground saw the Cao family army's tent lifting the felt blanket, revealing a pile of shiny and rectangular iron boxes built from below.
Chapter completed!