Nanping City is the third largest city in Longbei Province, second only to Xin'an and the provincial capital, but in fact the buildings are low and the whole city looks gray.
In Nanping City, apartment buildings are a new thing. Even those with shared kitchens and bathrooms on each floor are not accessible to lower-class citizens. As for apartment buildings with independent kitchens and bathrooms, they are even more inhabited by the wealthy class, including businessmen from Jiangnan, Japanese people, and so on.
Junling Apartment is one of the most famous apartment buildings in Nanping. It has eight floors and nearly 100 suites, including two-bedroom and three-bedroom suites. Each suite has a corridor, reception room, bedroom, storage room and bathroom. The total area of the two-bedroom suite is about 120 square meters, and the three-bedroom suite is about 180 square meters.
Near the escape stairs on each floor, there are twelve small servants' rooms, belonging to the twelve residents on this floor. The servants are basically maids, who use the public bathroom and public toilet near the stairs, which can also be said to be a servants-only washroom. If they enter and exit the apartment, they can only take the stairs and not the elevator.
The tenants of Junling Apartment are all middle class or above, and are accustomed to hiring 1-2 maids, but they are not the kind of wealthy people who have countless servants at home. The structural design of the apartment builder is very close to its user base. The servants on each floor are usually concentrated in a small space and will not infringe on the owner's space.
Today, there are many apartments of this layout throughout the empire.
Lu Ming currently lives in Room 805 on the top floor of Junling Apartment, a three-room suite he rents.
When he was Special Envoy Zhang, his close followers were Granny Tuolong and Da Guo and Xiao Guo.
Lu Ming originally wanted Grandma Tuolong and Da Guo and Xiao Guo to live in another bedroom, but Grandma Tuolong thought that would be too eye-catching, so she and Da Guo and Xiao Guo all moved into the servant's room at 805. However, Da Guo and Xiao Guo had naturally undergone disguises, their skin became dark, and their face shapes were completely changed. They looked like two slightly pretty country girls, and they wore military uniforms when going in and out, like orderlies. It's just that the two little girls had excellent figures, and even though they looked plain now, they were indescribably cute in their military uniforms.
Orderlies and the like are not uncommon in Nanping, even some company commanders who have made enough money and come to the city to enjoy life will have a few orderlies to serve them to show their power. However, most people who can actually live in Junling Apartments will despise such soldiers who pretend to be so arrogant.
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Nanping Road Office, the main building has three floors.
In the conference room, all the military and political leaders of Nanping were present.
Lu Ming was arranged to sit next to Gao Baoshan.
Gao Baoshan enthusiastically introduced Lu Ming to these prominent figures in Nanping. From today on, Lu Ming would be his, Gao Baoshan's, special consultant and official. Meeting Consultant Zhang was like meeting him, Gao Baoshan, and what Consultant Zhang said represented what Gao Baoshan said.
"Mr. Commissioner, would you like to say a few words?" Gao Baoshan looked at Lu Ming with a smile.
"You are too kind to me, Commander!" Lu Ming smiled. "I came here to provide some suggestions based on the friendly cooperation agreement between Nanping and Heishan. I didn't expect you to be so modest and exaggerate. I am new here, so I hope you can give me more guidance!"
The officials sitting on both sides looked a little more mellow, not as grim as they had been at the beginning.
After all, one can't help but feel that the so-called Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation is a bit of a betrayal of one's own sovereignty, and the so-called consultant is more like an emperor.
Cheng Dasui just launched a surprise attack and had the upper hand at the beginning. Now he has recovered, so why should we be afraid of him
And no matter what, the situation of the Nanping Military and Political Group became so embarrassing because the Black Mountain Brigade destroyed its own armored regiment.
However, several of Gao Baoshan's confidants had also had secret conversations with the brigade commander, so they naturally understood.
It can be seen from the treaty that Montenegro, a newly budding military and political group, is extremely ambitious and intends to interfere in the affairs of the South China. Its wolfish ambitions are obvious.
But we are just pretending to comply. Most of the terms in the treaty are rather general and can be dealt with by just lip service.
If we can take the opportunity to purchase some new weapons and equipment from the Black Mountain Brigade from the core area of the empire, then there will be light at the end of the tunnel.
Who can achieve their goal in the end depends on the outcome of the game between the two parties and who has more sophisticated means.
Over there, Gao Baoshan sighed softly in the main seat, "In Jiangning, I was unable to reach a reconciliation with Cheng Dasui, and Cheng Dasui has the support of many high-ranking officials in Jiangning... Governor Ren sent a telegram this morning, asking me to report to the provincial capital again. It's difficult!" Looking at Lu Ming, "Commissioner, do you think it's better for me to go or not?"
The officials sitting on both sides all looked at Lu Ming. Seeing how young he was, they were afraid that he didn't understand what the brigade commander meant. For example, why was it so difficult to report on his work in the provincial capital
The head of the Montenegrin military group is extremely young, and it seems that he likes to use young people. Now the brigade commander is deliberately testing him to see how this guy can make a fool of himself
Lu Ming listened to Gao Baoshan's words and smiled slightly: "Cheng Dasui is aggressive and disregards the orders of the governor. Naturally, the brigade commander cannot leave Nanping."
In front of these people, it is not good to appear too smart, but appearing too stupid is even worse. If you are looked down upon, you will have difficulty in making any progress in the future.
Gao Baoshan looked at Lu Ming and nodded, "Yes, I really can't leave Nanping now."
He looked at the two rows of subordinates sitting neatly at the long table and said, "Let's get started. The weekly routine report."
The first speaker was Li Tian, Chairman of the Nanping Dao Finance Committee, who mainly reported on the recent collection of security donations.
Apparently, a series of recent military setbacks had caused financial problems for Nanping Dao, which had to temporarily impose additional taxes, known as security donations.
Lu Ming listened carefully and took notes.
Everyone's attention gradually shifted away from him.
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After the meeting, Lu Ming stayed and chatted with Gao Baoshan. When he left Gao Baoshan's office, he saw a man sitting on the long sofa in the outer secretary's office. He had a square head, big ears and a burly figure. It was Chen Rongfu, the director of the Nanping Security Bureau, whom he had paid special attention to during the meeting.
"Commissioner Zhang, haha!" Chen Rongfu took two steps forward and stretched out his hand. His voice was like a bell, and his bamboo-like hands were covered with calluses, and looked very solid and powerful.
"Commissioner Zhang lives in Junling Apartment. Are you used to it? There are all kinds of people there, and the environment is not very good!" Chen Rongfu said with a smile, "Do you want me to arrange a new residence for the commissioner?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "The environment there is very good for me. Thank you, Director Chen."
Chen Rongfu smiled and said, "Commissioner Lu is too modest. Black Mountain is full of gold and the environment is much better than here. I have no other intentions. I am just worried that you will not be able to get used to it. You should also know me as your brother. You should come to me for all the trivial matters in Nanping. I can't help Commissioner Lu with other things, but it is no problem to arrange a comfortable place for you." He added, "Anyway, if you need my help, Commissioner, please let me know."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I'll have to trouble Director Chen in the future." However, he couldn't say the word "brother" in order to take the opportunity to get closer to him.
"No trouble, no trouble!" Chen Rongfu smiled happily.