The Anxi Autonomous Region is one of the several autonomous regions that were recently incorporated into the Principality. It belongs to the northwestern region of the original Anshan Province. Anshan City is in its south, just over 200 kilometers away.
Anxi City is also the most abnormally prosperous city in the northwest of Anshan Province. It was built with the resources and wealth of the northwest of Anshan.
Historically, Anxi City was an important trading town on the northwestern border of Anshan Province and the throat pass of Anshan capital in the northwest. In history, when the northwestern border tribes rebelled, Anxi City was an insurmountable provincial barrier.
After entering the era of firearms, the border tribes gradually declined, and the military function of Anxi City gradually weakened. It became the northwestern commercial center of Anshan Province, which exploited the border people through trade.
Today, as night falls and thousands of houses are lit up, Anxi City is brightly lit and the night view is extremely beautiful.
But in fact, in the entire Anxi Autonomous Region, only Anxi City had electricity, and the rest of the area was in complete darkness.
This is the deformity of the Northern Territory. The people in most areas are in dire straits, and only the capital cities seem to be prosperous.
The Anxi Autonomous Region is the newly returned land of the Principality, and it is even more authentic to the Northern Territory.
At this time, Lu Ming was in a private room on the top floor of Jinxiu Building in Anxi City, having dinner with Han Annie and Xue Zihan in his true identity.
Actually, it’s past nine in the evening, so you can call it a midnight snack.
Lu Ming transferred to Anxi City as Captain Wang and is the chief of the Household Registration Section of the Second Branch of Anshan City Police Department.
Because his eyes were injured during combat and he could not bear to see the light, the branch leaders specially allowed Chief Wang to be on duty only at night, from 9 pm to 5 am the next morning, and he would be on duty for two days and rest for one day.
In fact, the Household Registration Department does not open to the public at night, but the weekly meeting was changed to 9 o'clock on Monday night.
In most areas of the Northern Territory, household registration is still necessary, but it is very relaxed. For example, in Anxi City, as long as you have a stable job and can afford to rent a single dormitory, you can obtain household registration in this city.
Although it is said to be relaxed, it still blocks most of the people who want to make a living in the city from entering the door.
"It seems that this is the only way in the initial stage of the transformation to an industrial country!" Lu Ming said while sipping his tea.
Han Anni and Xue Zihan were also talking about the household registration policy.
Han Annie is the chief justice of the Anxi Autonomous Territory High Court, and her majesty is growing day by day; Xue Zihan transferred from the court system to the prosecutorial system, and is already very famous in the Anxi Regional Procuratorate. She is both beautiful and intelligent, and is extremely young. She is already a prosecutor with an independent office, and her rank is deputy director of prosecution.
When the principality was first established, it was not uncommon for outstanding young talents to be given important positions or even appointed to high-ranking positions. The judicial system was even more dominated by young people. However, people as outstanding as Han Annie and Xue Zihan were still rare.
Seeing Xue Zihan always secretly looking at him, Lu Ming was helpless: "Isn't it good to be handsome now?"
Unlike Han Anni, she rarely sees her true face.
Xue Zihan stuck out her tongue, looking very cute and naive.
In fact, she is now a hot new prosecutor in the local police station, and she would never behave like this in front of others.
Han Annie is even more so. She is becoming more and more dignified, with a little bit of Christine's temperament. Now her charming smile is even harder to find. She often rolls her eyes at herself, and she will never be cute and coquettish in front of others.
Both of them were wearing dark blue professional suits, and they looked like a pair of extremely beautiful sisters.
Looking at the two of them, Lu Ming felt warm inside and coughed, "Are we still going to your apartment tonight?"
Xue Zihan blushed and lowered her head.
Han Annie rolled her eyes and said, "Go to hell!"
Anxi, who came the day before yesterday, almost tortured them to death at night and forced them to say ridiculous things. Now that she has come to her senses, Han Annie is obviously very angry.
Lu Ming just laughed.
Han Annie glanced at him and softened her tone. "Zi Han and I were working on a case tonight. Because of you, we were delayed for two days. We both took a leave yesterday..."
Lu Ming nodded. He was just teasing them. After all the trouble they had the day before yesterday, they were ordinary women and usually needed to rest for two or three months. Otherwise, it would be bad for their health.
"Besides, don't you have a bunch of new people in your house?" Han Annie curled her lips.
Lu Ming coughed and said, "I don't want to either..." The "home" Han Annie was referring to was her home here, which was messed up by Liuli's secret intervention.
"Who cares about you? You're like a cow, it's better if you don't bother us..." Han Annie chuckled and blushed at this point, and stopped talking.
Lu Ming's heart was even hotter. Looking at Han Annie's delicate appearance, he thought about her past and present lives and whispered softly, "Annie, Annie..."
Han Annie rolled her eyes helplessly: "You're crazy again!" But in fact, she could feel his love for her.
"Ah, Old Lu, when will you send my father back to his hometown to live out his retirement?" Han Annie is the only person who can call Lu Ming "Old Lu" today.
Lu Ming actually enjoyed her addressing him like that, and said with a smile: "I told you long ago that I support him not because of our relationship. You underestimate me too much. Of course, it's better to have this relationship, and the relationship is closer, but I have a plan in mind, so don't worry about it."
I know in my heart that Anne is very worried about her father's current status and that he will not have a good ending in the future.
In the history of my previous life, the princes who ruled a certain area under a strong monarch usually did not end up well.
After pondering, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "If you don't allow me to go to your apartment, I should leave and go on duty. Oh, today is a two-day rest day, so I'll go home."
Han Anni and Xue Zihan both nodded.
"Don't be afraid!" Lu Ming's body swung and he became "Section Chief Wang". He put on sunglasses and a hat, stood up, and said, "You two can leave later."
Jinxiu Building is the tallest building in Anxi. This area is also the most prosperous area in Anxi City, called Jinxiu District. It is under the management of the Second Branch where Lu Ming is located in the police system.
On the left side of the building's glass revolving door, there are more than a dozen vehicles of various types parked.
Although Anxi City is so-called abnormally prosperous, it is only in the Northern Region.
In fact, as for private cars, there are only a few hundred registered in the entire Anxi city.
Therefore, there is no dedicated parking lot, you can just park by the side of the road. It is very comfortable and cozy, and more convenient than parking a bicycle in the same era in previous lives.
Lu Ming walked up to a very avant-garde sports car and was about to use the key to open the door, but he stepped on something soft with a "ouch".
The black shadow sat up, and it turned out to be a dirty old beggar, who was lying on the ground in a black ball. Lu Ming walked out of the bright building, and he was not used to the light for a while, so he did not notice him.
"Uncle, your car and house are safe!" The old beggar held out a broken bowl, "Uncle, I helped you watch over your car all night, please have mercy!"
Lu Ming took out his wallet. With his current status, he still had to bring a wallet with him. As he was reaching for change in his wallet, a male waiter quickly walked out of the building and shouted, "Get out! Stop harassing our guests!"
Lu Ming had already thrown a dime into the old beggar's broken bowl, "Go!"
"Thank you, uncle. Thank you, uncle!" The old beggar picked up his crutch and limped across the street, walking quite fast.
"Sir, I'm sorry!" The waiter apologized sincerely. He was supposed to be standing outside to watch over the vehicles.
Anyone who owns a car, whether it is private or public, is either rich or noble.
"It's okay!" Lu Ming opened the car door and got in.
This is the first sports car launched by Montenegro First Automobile Factory at the beginning of the year, the "Pioneer".
The First Automobile Works of Montenegro is a state-owned enterprise controlled by the Montenegrin Investment Company, but it competes entirely under market conditions and does not receive any preferential policies.
Its current competitors in Montenegro are mainly Kyushu Heavy Industries and the Nix-Huaxia United Automotive, a joint venture between Nix Automotive Investment and Huaxia Group that is about to start production.
To Lu Ming, these three heavy-duty automobile companies seemed to belong to him, except that in Knicks-Huaxia United Automobile, Huaxia Group held 49% of the shares, and Knicks was the decision-maker.
No matter what, competition brings vitality. Even if one company is beaten to death by the other two, I will never get involved and take sides.
Moreover, whether it is called an automobile factory or a heavy industry factory, in fact, in this era, the industry that produces automobiles is also a manufacturer of tanks and armored vehicles.
These three companies are also developing new tanks. When the time comes, it will be a matter of survival of the fittest to decide which model the Principality’s military purchases.
Of course, when there are not many military-industrial enterprises, they may all benefit equally, with only the winners getting large orders, and the losers, if they are not too weak, will also get small orders, thereby getting support to prevent one company from losing its enterprising spirit after becoming the only one in the market.
As for the "Pioneer" sports car produced by the First Automobile Works, it is far inferior to Knicks' "Snow Dragon Phantom" series in terms of power, comfort, etc.
Of course, the price is much lower, and I always have to support domestic products.
This sports car costs 2,000 yuan, which is actually an absolute high-end luxury product. Moreover, he has more than one car at home.
He owns several cars. Logically, he should receive a large sum of compensation as he is a disabled veteran.
In today's turbulent times, the Principality has declared itself a "period of suppression of rebellion". Therefore, very few soldiers and officers in the Principality retire. According to age, soldiers and non-commissioned officers retire at the age of fifty. Non-commissioned officers who pass the physical fitness test can extend their retirement to the age of fifty-five, and officers retire at the age of sixty.
Of course, after serving for five years, one can voluntarily retire.
But those who are not yet of retirement age usually retire due to disability, and very few of them retire voluntarily.
Officers and soldiers who retire due to disability will receive a generous consolation payment.
In the eyes of others, he had naturally wasted the compensation money, most of which was used to buy cars. He had an obsessive love for cars, so he spent all the compensation money on this special and abnormal hobby. It was not surprising that a soldier who had been on the battlefield and killed people had some quirks. No matter how much compensation he got, if he could not return to normal social life, he would most likely become a homeless person in the future.
Therefore, departments serving veterans should also prepare for a rainy day.
As he was thinking about it, Lu Ming started the car, and the sports car roared and sped out like lightning.
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Although Beigang is separated from Jinxiu District by only a road, it belongs to a slum area. The people living in this slum are very diverse, from civil servants to poor people who have left their hometowns to make a living here.
However, civil servants usually live in groups of three or four in a large courtyard, which is more like a quiet courtyard house and is kept very clean and tidy.
For the poor people, there may be more than a dozen families squeezed into a large courtyard. If the boss provides housing for them, it is even more likely that dozens of workers will use this place as a dormitory.
Lu Ming parked the car at the entrance of the alley and walked into the muddy alley. It was a large courtyard with some dilapidated walls.
But there are three courtyards that are obviously different. They are large blue brick courtyards with large black iron gates, and they have obviously been renovated not long ago.
Moreover, there was a tile lamp installed on the iron doorway, which was extremely bright at this time.
Lu Ming walked to the door and listened to the chattering and the noise of children inside, feeling speechless.
The three courtyards were connected, with a moon-shaped gate passage opened. There were more people living with him inside. Bai Narcissus was fine, after all, she was physically related to him. But the Kan sisters, Zou, Pei, Shangguan Yusuo, were all sent here. There was also Becky with her daughter Maggie and Xueruo who had been following her and her daughter, and Tuoba Lan. After pacifying the grassland, Chen Xingchang and the Baihai bandit gang, Liuli found several beauties for him from the prisoners of war and tribal border residents. Now, they were all stuffed here, and it became like a refugee camp. Who told Liuli to think that life here was the most stable and most suitable for him to improve his divinity
In addition, Hong Ling San San and a female spy pistol squad are responsible for the security work here.
In fact, as the capital city of the autonomous region, although it is newly returned, the public security is still very guaranteed.
Of these three large courtyards, if we consider the middle one as Courtyard 1, the female students live in Courtyard 1 and Courtyard 2 on the left, and the pistol squad is in Courtyard 3 on the right.
When I pushed open the iron door and entered the house, it immediately became silent, and the two chattering girls immediately hid.
But vaguely, he could see the graceful figures of the young girls in each room. Lu Ming rubbed his nose. If this was the common treatment given to retired veterans, the world would probably be pacified immediately.