Next to the high wall gate of the Montenegro Administrative Office, there is a vertical plaque with black letters on a white background that reads "Montenegro City Military Administrative Committee".
The patrolmen in black uniforms standing guard at the door were transformed into soldiers in olive green uniforms armed with guns.
In the lounge area of the office of the Chief Commissioner (Chairman) of the Military Control Commission on the 5th floor at the top of Administrative Building No. 1, sitting on the sofa opposite Lu Ming was Xia Liren, Commissioner of the Administrative Office.
The last time I met him, Lu Ming came with Pamela. Less than a month later, when they met again, their positions had reversed.
In fact, the day before the establishment of the Military Control Commission, Xia Liren reprimanded Pamela's administrative secretary who stayed here and asked him to contact Pamela. She hadn't shown up for more than half a month. What on earth did she want to do as the deputy commissioner? Did she still have the concept of a public official
But now, sitting in front of Lu Ming, Xia Liren was smiling: "Chairman, I still suggest that we exchange offices. This one seems a bit small!"
Naturally, Xia Liren's office is the largest on the entire floor.
Lu Ming waved his hand: "It's too troublesome to move here and there, and I don't want to take up someone else's place. The house is not small, as long as there are immortals, it will be magical. No matter how small the office is, Commissioner Xia, won't you have to come to me?"
Xia Liren smiled and said, "Yes, although the Chairman is young, his words are full of philosophy!" His smile was a little forced.
Yu Luan, who stood solemnly behind Lu Ming, had her eyes rolling. Her master rarely spoke with sharp words, and was always so gentle that one could not sense a single sharp edge. But it was different with Xia Liren. He was obviously very annoyed with him. Who told him that he had the guts to covet the Third Wife? To say that he coveted might be a bit too serious. Anyway, he seemed to want to have more contact with the Third Wife.
According to my opinion, if he is so arrogant and touches the master's bottom line, I will take his dog head in the middle of the night. But the master will definitely not agree and will scold me. There is no need to mention this idea to the master.
Over there, the master is speaking.
"Although we are under martial law now, we should not affect people's livelihood. All government affairs, except for coordinating with military plans, remain the same as before. Thank you for your concern, Commissioner Xia. However, during the martial law period, all those who want to take advantage of the national crisis to make money will be severely punished. Commissioner Xia, please make this clear. The martial law regulations we discussed have also been issued. 'Severe punishment' is not used to scare people. For example, if you embezzle a few hundred yuan, the worst case may be that you will be dismissed from your public office, but now you will be sent to prison. After careful consideration, the court of this city has formally accepted the martial law regulations as a temporary law."
Lu Ming drank tea and talked about whatever came to his mind.
Xia Liren nodded repeatedly.
"Commissioner Xia, have some tea. This tea is good!" Lu Ming extended his hand to make way.
Overall, I was in a good mood because I finally got in touch with Sister Windsor.
The coup basically failed. Although there were still sporadic conflicts in the imperial capital, most of the rebels had withdrawn from the capital.
However, the six cantons of Sofia have announced a referendum on independence from the kingdom.
On the western front of the imperial capital, the Royal Guards were completely split into three parts: one was the Sofia Legion, one was the Guards loyal to the kingdom, and the Newman Legion in the south remained neutral and seemed to be in a wait-and-see state.
Naturally, these are not things that ordinary citizens of the empire can understand.
Sister Windsor said that it is very likely that the Newmans will remain neutral, and it is not ruled out that they will take the opportunity to declare independence.
The empire's homeland was on the verge of chaos.
An emergency mobilization order has also been issued for the East China Sea, with reservists enlisted and emergency consultations ongoing with the five neighboring states and one province. This most developed economic region in the east is preparing to unite to protect itself and avoid being affected by the war.
But no matter what, it was a relief that Sister Windsor was fine.
There was a gentle knock on the office door and a dark-headed man in an olive green officer's uniform hurried in.
She and Yu Luan have both been awarded the rank of major, and their official position is Lu Ming's adjutant. The two little girls seem to have fallen in love with military uniforms. Lu Ming wears plain clothes except when he is in the military camp, but the two of them wear officer uniforms most of the time, because they have been active in official occasions recently.
Heitou took a folder and handed it to Lu Ming to open.
It was an urgent telegram from the Jinkang Military Control Commission. Lu Ming sat up straight when he saw it.
It is said that a rebellion broke out in the Jinkang Guard Company and they are now besieging the Jinkang County Office. Fortunately, the military control committee member Lin Dayong led his men to resist and prevented the rebels from breaking into the county office right away. However, the situation is now very critical.
"Call the 1st Mobile Battalion for me." Lu Ming ordered.
Heitou hurried to get the phone.
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Lu Ming's convoy entered Jinkang the day after the 1st Mobile Battalion's operation.
In addition to three infantry regiments, the Montenegrin Brigade also has three motorized battalions directly under the brigade headquarters, two armored tank battalions, a reinforced artillery battalion, and so on.
The 1st Mobile Battalion is one of the motorized battalions.
When Lu Ming's convoy entered Jinkang, there were soldiers standing every three steps and every five steps on the streets of this small mountain town.
The thick black smoke from the Jinkang County Government Office had not yet dissipated, and the ruins were in ruins, obviously having just experienced a fierce battle.
Lu Ming's car did not stop in the county town, but went directly north to Beiying Town, more than 50 miles away.
This is an important commercial town with a population comparable to that of Jinkang County. It is located on the bank of the Heijiang River, which separates the south and north of the river. For a long time, there was no passable bridge between the south and north of the river. The waters of the Heijiang River in Beiying Town are calm. Hundreds of years ago, it had one of the several large floating bridges connecting the south and north of the river, and there was also a dock for transporting goods from the north and the south. Naturally, it formed a commercial town.
However, with the opening of several north-south bridges across the Heijiang River and the opening of trains a hundred years ago, Beiying Town is no longer as prosperous as it once was.
But despite this, the ferry and dock here are still one of the routes for transporting a small amount of goods and people from north to south by water.
The town is full of shops and at first glance, it seems even more prosperous than Jinkang County.
When the Military Control Commission was established, an infantry company was directly stationed here from the Montenegrin Brigade to conduct strict inspections on goods and personnel traveling between the north and the south.
After the riots broke out in Jinkang County, temporary control was implemented and the docks and ferry crossings were temporarily closed, causing great suffering to the merchants traveling back and forth from the north.
However, the temporary control measures were announced to end within a day, which greatly relieved these people, especially those who were transporting fresh goods, as they avoided the embarrassment of losing all their money.
The order to cancel the temporary control was given by Lu Ming after he arrived in Beiying Town.
Although the rebellion of the Jinkang Guard Company was mainly due to Lin Dayong's calmness in the face of danger and his use of the high walls of the office to organize an effective defense, it also benefited from the intelligence personnel who shot the rebels from behind. There were dozens of intelligence personnel stationed in Jinkang by Yellow River Trade, and some armed personnel participated in this defensive battle, hiding on the periphery and shooting from behind.
The rebels were a motley crowd to begin with, unable to tell the real situation from the fake. They were attacked from both inside and outside, and had already scattered before the arrival of the Black Mountain Brigade's mobile battalion.
Zhao Desheng, the deputy company commander of the security company who directly planned the riot, has already fled.
At this time, Lu Ming was standing on the bank of the Heijiang River, looking across.
Opposite to Beiying Town, there is also a small town on the other side of the river, called Nanying Town. However, the population was not large during its most prosperous period, and merchants traveling from south to north usually stopped in Beiying Town.
Of these two towns, the one in the south of the river is called Beiying Town, while the one in the north of the river is called Nanying Town. This is naturally because of the different reference objects.
Nanying Town in Jiangbei was once famous for its Nanying Roast Chicken, but it is now unknown and only the locals still make it homemade.
Because of various signs, the smoked chicken was very likely related to Jiangbei. Finally, some intelligence agents began to no longer limit themselves to Nankang County, but looked towards Jiangbei and discovered the existence of Nanying Roast Chicken.
After the report was submitted, Lu Ming came to Beiying Town.
Originally, Lu Ming was going to leave the investigation of the Smoked Chicken Society, an underground organization with unclear intentions, to his subordinates.
But now, it is clear that the smoked chicken club may be involved in a big conspiracy.
Especially with the civil strife in the empire, although he would be happy to see it happen, his blueprint in Montenegro became dangerous.
Because if there are ambitious people in Jiangbei who invade this place now, the bigwigs in the imperial capital who are busy fighting among themselves will probably have no time to take care of this place.
For the time being, we can only rely on the newly formed Montenegro Brigade, whose combat effectiveness is actually worrying. Only by maintaining peace and stability in Montenegro as much as possible can we prevent external conspirators from interfering.
Otherwise, if there are rebels everywhere and wars everywhere, Governor Chakson, who has no one to rely on, may instead ask for the support of the Jiangbei warlords based on the relevant agreement and ask them to send troops to help Jiangning Province quell the rebellion.
The Smoked Chicken Society, which is keen on creating various incidents in Montenegro and even began to plan a rebellion, has undoubtedly become a major hidden danger.
That's why I took over the investigation of this organization again personally.
Now, it feels like there is a beginning of something new, and just the tip of the iceberg has been revealed.
Today, Beiying Town is relaxed on the outside but strict on the inside. In fact, every checkpoint has issued a photo of the fugitive wanted criminal Zhao Desheng.
But it was not like in Nankang County, where reward notices were posted all over the streets and the search was carried out door to door.
Zhao Desheng is very likely to flee to the north. A tight net has been set up here, but from outside, it seems that the military and police have not yet linked Zhao Desheng to the north.
Of course, they may also hire a fishing boat to smuggle themselves across the river from a small fishing village near the river, so we must be on guard against this.