Chapter 2107 Flower Struggle (15)

A series of "boats" shuttled back and forth, surrounding the island.

The commander leading the fleet planned to deliver a message to the officials in Macau. The message may not be important because the messenger was just a pilot, so Nick seized this opportunity and headed for Macau. The pilot let him board a wooden boat with six oarsmen and

Two apprentice sailors, one of whom also doubles as a cook.

It can be seen that they are very afraid of this water area. It can be seen from the tributes presented to the "Queen of Heaven". The greater the risk, the more tributes. The wax statue is covered with colorful ribbons and placed in a shrine. The shrine is surrounded by fake

Decorated with flowers, silks and sequins, an oil lamp burned day and night in front of the shrine.

People use this lamp to light incense made from fragrant wood powder or burn paper. There are many kinds of paper products, including gold-plated, oil-coated, and scented ones. Sooner or later, they have to place tributes to Mazu in front of the shrine, but no matter it is

An egg or a large piece of pork, the result is the same. The tributes that Mazu did not accept will become food for devout believers, and nothing will be wasted.

After arriving in Macau, the boat stopped in front of a row of fishermen's shacks. Women were busy doing housework, men were smoking under the shade of the trees, and the buffalo was paddling back and forth in the water. Sometimes it would raise its head and cast confused eyes around.

The pilot dropped Nick here and drove off to continue his mission. The fishermen around him wished the pilot a safe journey.

Opposite Macau is Hong Kong. You can see Mount Lantau, also known as Lantau Island. It is 15 miles long and 5-5.5 miles wide. Kap Shui Mun is located at the northeastern end of Mount Lantau. Clipper boats from Europe will arrive from July to October every year.

Yue anchored on the winding waterway between the mainland and Mount Langtoushan to avoid the extremely destructive typhoon in that area.

Nick found the priest at St. Gaza West Hospital near St. Paul's Church. At that time, China's variolation technology had made great improvements, but the efficacy of cowpox, whose efficacy was not yet clear, aroused resistance from traditional variolists and suspicion from ordinary people.

Moreover, this technology came from the East India Company, which made them have a rather complicated psychological shadow on cowpox.

In order to feel the effect, the priest himself underwent vaccination and developed a low fever. For safety reasons, he had to be quarantined for two days. During this time, Nick visited Macau and also went to Hong Kong.

The East India Company's smuggling fast ships would unload British goods on "barges". As long as they did not pay high tariffs, the selling price would be much lower. The fast sailing ships were large ships with a load capacity of about 300 tons, and there were many small boats hanging on them.

They usually sail fast with full sail, and are not even afraid of typhoons.

Of course, Nick will not miss this opportunity to communicate with the smugglers. He wants to find out who threatened Captain Yao not to take him out of Guangzhou.

Judging from the intelligence currently received by the smugglers, there may indeed be a big operation recently, whether it is pirates or the White Lotus Sect. In order to survive, the pirates will break into pieces and divide into several small fleets, covering the entire coastal area.

Amid the terror, every town had to pay tribute to the pirates. When the pirate ship passed through the nearby waters, the local residents had to salute the fleet. Towns that refused to pay tribute would be plundered by the pirates. They killed the elderly and children.

Taking away women, digging up graves and snatching the bones of the dead in exchange for ransom is an act that seems extremely absurd to foreigners, but in China a filial person would definitely spend a lot of money to redeem the remains of his deceased great-grandparents.

Even higher than redeeming a brother.

Since Jiaqing ascended the throne, the White Lotus cultists have armed themselves against the Qing Dynasty in the border areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei. The scale was even larger than Wang Lun's uprising. The Qing court sent the governor of Huguang, the general of Sichuan, and the governor of Hubei to lead troops to suppress it, defeating many groups.

The rebellion also caused many stragglers to flee in all directions.

The terrain in the south is complex and mountainous, and the rebels have received support from people all over the country, providing them with houses to live and hide in. Pure military means cannot quickly win the war.

Nick still couldn't figure out where that note came from. Juren said that "ghosts" can get into the body, but will it get into the sculpture of Bodhisattva?

The Chinese pantheon is already filled with various gods and Buddhas from India, and Yama is also included among the gods. In order to get rid of the horror brought by that Buddha statue, Nick drew many sketches of churches and waited for the priest to finish the isolation.

Then we took a boat back to Guangzhou together.

The street was still very lively, and no one was talking or gossiping, as if everything Nick had experienced in that temple was just a nightmare.

The next day after they came back, Lao Juren came again. He came to ask Nick when he was leaving so that he could cancel the lease. Not long after he arrived, the admiral sent someone to invite Nick and the priest to his house.

After Cao Xi and Nick left, the Admiral has been living with anxiety and worry every day. His fever has not improved. Now he has lost confidence in Chinese medicine. Wan Ning is taking care of him, which is also part of "filial piety".

There are favored concubines like Xilin Jueluo's E Chang Zai, such as Emperor Jiaqing's biological mother Ling Fei, who became the third empress of Emperor Qianlong after her death.

She was a Han Chinese, so Emperor Jiaqing was considered a mixed-race Manchu and Han, and he was not the eldest son. Historically, emperors sometimes favored their mothers and made princes who should not become emperors their heirs.

Fortunately, the brothers of Emperor Jiaqing did not fight over their legal inheritance rights, or they had a fight, but Guangzhou was too far away from BJ to feel it.

"Oh~" Georgiana complained.

"What's wrong?" he asked perfunctorily.

"Nick didn't say how he felt when he saw Wanning." She put the book in front of Bonaparte, and he turned his head to the side, as if he didn't want to read it at all. "What's the point of writing a love story like this?"

"This is Nick Polo's Travels."

"So, you can't write about love?" she asked.

Bonaparte shook his head, as if unable to communicate with her.

"What about the French people who are good at sweet talking?"

He still didn't speak.

"He can't please girls like this." She said, patting the pages of the book.

"Are you still going to continue reading?" he asked impatiently.

So she started reading this "wonderful" story again.

In the queue for worshiping Buddha, the fairies were sitting on colored rostrums, some of which were even covered with green plant decorations. Although their faces were smeared with rouge, their eyebrows were painted dark, and their lips were smeared with thick red paint, they looked like

It's not ugly. Their headdresses are very beautiful, inlaid with flowers, gold ornaments and gems, and silk tassels are hung with pearl knots. When paired with silk embroidered skirts, they look even more charming.

There is a calm look in their eyes, wearing such bright clothes and such beautiful accessories. If they don’t have the courage, which woman would dare to do this? Besides, the thick rouge covers their blushing faces.

, how can people guess their inner emotions?

Bonaparte laughed again.

This time he didn't say anything, and Georgiana knew what he was laughing at.

Nick kept staring at the girl, and of course she blushed.

"None of them have spoken," muttered Georgiana.

Bonaparte was still laughing, but said nothing.

Georgiana thought about the issue of insurance that Nick mentioned before. Can it really solve the problem of pirates?

She turned to the next page. This whole page showed three women. They were holding umbrellas and fans in their hands. They looked like the female relatives of wealthy people. But their umbrellas were strange. They looked like

It is open, but it seems not to be open. The face is covered, and it looks like wearing a pointed hat, revealing the pale chin, and the eyes are hidden in the umbrella, which makes people think of a kind of monster called the Paper Umbrella Demon.
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