my wife is a consul

Chapter 8 A Thousand Miles Escape
The black car bumped and bumped on the dirt road, but it drove very fast, and the green gauze curtains on both sides quickly reversed.

Lu Ming, who was sitting in the back seat, opened a slightly worn-out small suitcase in his hand.

Glancing at Zhen Shi beside her, she was looking at the scenery outside from the car window. She rarely travels far, and for the first time, her beautiful eyes took on a strange color and became a little angry.

Lu Ming then turned to the small suitcase and slowly opened it.

Although the small suitcase was worn out, it was full of stacks of red banknotes.

These are imperial coins, commonly known as red notes, with a maximum denomination of 26 yuan, a stack of [-] imperial coins, and there are [-] stacks inside.

That is, 26 Imperial Coins.

The four northern warlords have the right to mint coins, usually minting silver dollars, and the most circulated in the four northern provinces are also silver dollars.

The official exchange rate is ten imperial coins to one silver dollar.

In other words, there are more than 2 silver dollars in this suitcase, which is a huge sum of money.

For example, in Wu'an, the monthly salary of ordinary workers is only one or two silver dollars, and they can barely support the whole family.

In addition, there is a small iron box in the corner of the suitcase, which is a family heirloom of the Lu family.

I don't know when I will be able to come back this time, so of course I have to take it with me.

I saw the iron box as soon as I could remember, and was solemnly ordered by my grandfather not to let my two brothers know about it.

Looking at it now, when I was very young, I was chosen by my grandfather as my successor.

It is said that grandpa had a dream, so it would be too childish to choose a completely useless self as his successor.

Closing the leather case, looking ahead, the outline of a small town gradually appeared.

It is Linchuan County.

"Young Master, they will understand sooner or later. How could you harm Master Long? You will come back when you calm down." Jin Baoer, who was driving in front, said.

Lu Ming nodded.

In fact, why did he want to flee because he was afraid of the double dragon meeting?

What Jin Baoer said is right, all kinds of things with the Ssangyong Club, if you spend some time on your own, you should be able to resolve them.

The reason why I wanted to run for my life was because of the mastermind who wanted to destroy Lu's family.

In particular, the other party should have thought that he was a dude before, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But now, especially if it spreads, if he wins the lawsuit, then he may not be able to escape the next time he wants his life.

"Master, nothing will happen if you take all the reserves of the bank account?" Jin Bao asked worriedly.

Lu Ming nodded: "Uncle Zhong will find a solution."

This money is all the reserves of Lu Family Bank, and there are many depositors' money.

Today in the lounge, I ordered Lu Zhong to suspend all businesses, and secretly ordered Jin Bao to go to my bank account to get all the reserves, and also took out the iron box from the safe, and wrote a letter of authorization for him to give According to the security guards, if the other party disagrees, they will come hard. By surprise, Jin Baoer should be able to subdue the guards, and the password of the vault is two different things from the difficulty of the robbers.

There is no way to do this. Time is running out, so we can only do it this way.

I also left a secret letter to the housekeeper, Lu Zhong, who is also the general assistant of my family's property, and asked the lawyer Xie Wenquan to hand it over to him tonight.

In the letter, he asked him to shrink his property and sell most of the property to offset the reserve fund, lest this matter become a private escape with the money.

My own business is no longer viable, so it is better to realize it now, as long as I leave the two high-quality industries of bank and department store.

Lu Zhong's brain is really too big to take care of it. He just needs to concentrate on running banks and department stores.

I have no relatives at home.

The eldest brother's sister-in-law, who was married not long ago, is a new woman, and the eldest brother has remarried not long after his death.

The second brother is not married yet.

So, at home, there is nothing to worry about.

However, I will come back sooner or later.

Looking at Wu An's direction through the car window, Lu Ming gritted his teeth.

It's a wonderful thing for the soul to transfer to another world, but I am so embarrassed.

"Jin Bao'er, stop! Get out of the car and change clothes." Seeing that the car was about to drive out of the green gauze tent dirt road and onto the asphalt road, there was no cover.

Jin Baoer slammed on the brakes immediately, and the black car stopped at the asphalt intersection that was about to drive up.

In the trunk, there were cloth clothes, trousers, wigs, dyes, etc. that Lu Ming asked Jin Baoer to prepare.

Lu Ming took a few pieces and threw them to Mrs. Zhen in the car, as well as wigs and dyes. "You change in the car. When you put on the wig, your face will get a bit dirty. You have learned to sing and know how to put on makeup, right? It's just dressing up." The uglier the better."

The clothes and pants worn by these peasants smelled bad. Lu Ming thought that she would at least complain a few words, but who knew that she hummed and started to do what she said, but she was extremely obedient.

After returning to the car, Lu Ming and Jin Bao'er also changed into cloth clothes and trousers, and put on a wig, so that they were in harmony with the dilapidated small suitcase containing the huge sum of money.

"Go to the largest pawn shop in Linchuan, Lin Ji, and tell them you have a car. Sell it to them for 20 silver dollars!"

Jin Baoer was stunned, "Master, isn't this too cheap? Even if we are in a hurry to sell, it's too..."

Lu Ming waved his hand, "Old Lin and Ssangyong will never deal with each other, and because it is cheap, they can make a lot of money, so no matter what, no one can find out the source of the car. If you sell it to them for 20 silver dollars, they will also know about our car. No matter how urgent the escape is, how serious the situation is, it will be dealt with faster, and it will help us deal with the aftermath very well."

Pointing to the vehicle and the suit that was just replaced in the trunk, etc., "They will do their best to help us destroy these, and the vehicle will change its appearance soon, understand?"

Jin Baoer's eyes lit up, "Master, you, you are so smart."

"Go." Lu Ming waved his hand.

Looking at Jin Baoer's back, Lu Ming nodded.

In fact, asking Jin Baoer to take such a large sum of money to pick him up at that time was a test for Jin Bao and human nature.

Although in the memory fragments, Jin Baoer is extremely loyal.

But after all, he is a person who licks blood at the edge of a knife. Sometimes, many things are just a thought.

I never want to test human nature, because sometimes, people's bottom line is so low that you can't imagine it.

But at that time, I had no choice but to gamble, and it seemed that I made the right bet.

……

Lao Lin came very quickly, obviously a smart man.

Pay with one hand and deliver with the other, and the two parties will quickly close the deal.

The three of Lu Ming were sent to the train station by Lao Lin's carriage.

There is also a train station in Wu'an, but Lu Ming went in the opposite direction to Linchuan County, a hundred miles away.

These are definitely not because he is afraid of the police or the Ssangyong Association, but because in the future, the black hand behind the scenes wants to track down his traces, which makes it difficult for him from the beginning.

I bought a train ticket from Linchuan to Heishan City.

Heishan City is the most prosperous city in this province except the provincial capital.

When they arrived in Montenegro, the three found a small hotel to stay for a few days.

What Jin Baoer didn't expect was that in Montenegro, Lu Ming broke up with him and asked him to stay here.

It was also agreed that if Lu Ming came to look for him in the future, he would publish a missing person notice in the Montenegro Evening News on the [-]st of every month, and Jin Baoer would write the content verbatim.

After staying for another two days, Lu Ming and Mrs. Zhen boarded the train to the neighboring province.

When breaking up with Jin Baoer in the small hotel, Lu Ming secretly stuffed a stack of banknotes into his pocket.

If you save [-] imperial coins in a bank, in a small city, the interest will be enough for a family of three to eat and drink for a lifetime.

Three people came and two left, creating another pass for the pursuers.

When he arrived in a city in a neighboring province, he stayed in the same small hotel for a few days. Lu Ming made a friend on purpose, and then went with him and bought a ticket to the west together.

In this way, the two became three people again, three people with completely different images.

During this time, Lu Ming saw the news from Wu'an on the local evening paper.

But two brigade commanders aligned their chariots and horses in Wu'an, and a war broke out.

All of this was due to the riots of the local society Ssangyong Association. Another brigade commander felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. He felt that the brigade commander who originally controlled Wu'an was weakened so that he could let the gangsters do whatever they wanted.

Looking at the newspaper, Lu Ming could only scratch his head.

The newspaper also said that Ssangyong Society rioted and besieged the court, and seriously injured a police officer surnamed Li.

As for his own case, although it is the origin of everything, it is obviously insignificant to this big event, so he didn't mention it at all.

Li Mingxuan was an unlucky child, Lu Ming couldn't laugh or cry.

When the evening paper was thrown into the wastebasket on the train, the train also left the four northern provinces, puffing black smoke into the area directly under the empire.

……

After staying in a city for a few days, Lu Ming and Mrs. Zhen boarded the train going south again.

In this way, they went round and round, went south and north, made a big circle, and arrived at Anshan Province, one of the four provinces in the Northern Territory.

It has been more than two months since they left Wu'an, and Lu Ming and Zhen's have changed disguises several times.

Mrs. Zhen never asked Lu Ming what he was going to do, but just followed him around on the train north and south.

In Anshan, Lu Ming bought a ticket for a city in the Western Regions thousands of miles away.

Then, when they arrived at the city, they went around a few more times, and finally bought a train ticket to Donghai City from a city in the hinterland of the empire called Hanzhou.

Donghai City is Lu Ming's final destination.

Donghai City, officially known as "Donghai Special Autonomous Metropolitan Area".

This was once the capital of the Central Continent Dynasty, and it was extremely prosperous.

In this world, Lu Ming is a Central Continent.

Thousands of years ago, the Westerners destroyed the Zhongzhou Dynasty and turned Donghai City into a private territory of the royal family. The favor became a free city-state, and it has evolved into a special autonomous region. Because of its special geographical location, Donghai City has become the most prosperous and largest city after the imperial capital. .

In Lu Ming’s eyes, the significance of Donghai City to the empire is similar to what New York in the 50s and [-]s was to the United States, or what Shanghai Bund was to China at the same time.

"I" have seen photos of the bustling high-rise buildings.

In the memory fragments, a dude like "myself" is also very interested in the highly developed East China Sea metropolis with all kinds of entertainment and life. If it is not too far away, thousands of kilometers away, I really want to see it.

The various photos of Donghai City are also reminiscent of New York in the 50s and [-]s. From the perspective of urban development, the two are too similar.

And this year is the 50th year of the Empire. From a certain point of view, the technology and development level of this world are very similar to those of our own world in the [-]s and [-]s. The uninhabited land and the strange and chaotic electromagnetic waves in the ocean have not illuminated the entire world map at all. It is just based on scientific calculations that this world is also a sphere.

Because of these geographical features that are completely different from the earth, the technological points of this world are also different.

Of course, I have a general idea of ​​these things myself, and I have to gradually understand the specifics.

As for now, Da Yin is hidden in the court, and he can't hide himself, so he hides in the market.

There is no city where you can hide yourself better than Donghai City.

If I go to the countryside, I'm afraid it will be even more conspicuous.

In the East China Sea, there are three religions and nine streams, and the population composition is extremely complicated.

In a huge city with a population of millions, it is unknown how many fugitives from other places are hiding in it.

Moreover, Donghai City, which is thousands of miles away from the four northern provinces, and the four northern provinces are simply two worlds, with different lifestyles and states of mind, and almost isolated from each other.

The mastermind behind the scenes may be able to turn the clouds and rain upside down in the four northern provinces, but if you think about it, you won't be able to do whatever you want in Donghai City.

Of course, you still have to be extra careful.

More importantly, his family heirloom has something to do with Donghai.

I have many questions, including why my family has caused such a catastrophe.

Perhaps, the answer can only be found in the family heirloom.

Therefore, the East China Sea is an inevitable journey.

(End of this chapter)