Chapter 85 Dressing up

During dinner, He Xi wandered back. He went out with empty hands, but came back with a bunch of baggage. Regarding He Xi’s functions in Yazhou, the executive committee did not go into too much detail.

He only said that his job was "free research" and that his personal action funds were listed separately and did not need to be reported to Qiu Yuan for accounting. Although it was not stated explicitly, everyone had some idea of ​​this.

Therefore, no one pays too much attention to where He Xi went or what he did when he went out. Knowing too much about some things is not a good thing.

"I've been out for a day. Did you buy anything good?" Maliko asked jokingly.

He Xi lifted the package in his hand: "This is all prepared for you. One package per person, everyone has a share."

"You're so polite, you even bought a gift!" Maliko reached out to take the bundle from He Xi's hand.

He Xi looked at the baggage before handing one to him: "This is for each person. Everyone's bag is different."

Maliko was confused. He felt that the baggage was light and fluffy. When he opened it, he couldn't laugh or cry - inside was a blue satin shirt with a round neck and big sleeves, and a neatly folded square scarf. This outfit

, which was the standard daily clothing of scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

Several other people have also opened their own baggage, and as expected, they are all similar Ming people's clothes. Only Zhao Xiaoruo's baggage contains more content, including several sets of dresses, and a set of bright red robes that are very eye-catching.

"I also bought based on your figure. The size may not be so accurate, but fortunately these clothes are wide enough, so there shouldn't be much difference in wearing them." He Xi looked at the stunned group of people with a smile and said:

"You might as well put it on and take a look first. By the way, Xiao Zhao, you can try the red one. The others are all easy to buy, but this red one is out of stock. I had to go to several stores to buy it."

Zhao Xiaoruo spat: "I'm not a bride now, why are I wearing such red!"

He Xi smiled and said: "You just don't understand science. This kind of red robe with large sleeves was only worn by ladies in the Ming Dynasty. The other pink, light purple, and light green ones were all worn by ordinary people.

"

Zhao Xiaoruo's face turned red and she said, "I'm not a noble lady..."

"We are not Ming people either." The smile on He Xi's face gradually faded: "But since we have come to Yazhou, to this city where Ming people live together, we should find a way to blend in here instead of looking out of place.

.”

"But our mission is to transform this era, how can we be assimilated by it?" Zhao Xiaoruo retorted unconvinced.

"First understand, then transform. Real knowledge comes from practice. If we don't integrate into this era, how will we know how to transform the current society?" He Xi persuaded her earnestly: "It's just a change of clothes. Is it that difficult?"

So with He Xi's unremitting efforts, everyone went back to their rooms to change clothes. The first person to change clothes and reappear in the yard was naturally He Xi, who was already very familiar with it. He changed into a blue straight jacket and brought

Wearing a square turban, he does look a bit like a scholar of this era, but due to personal habits, his face is shaved too clean, which always looks a bit weird.

Soon everyone changed into their own clothes and came out. They were basically straight jackets, Taoist clothes, and crane cloaks that were commonly worn by scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all felt so novel, and couldn't bear to

He couldn't help laughing.

After a while, the door of Zhao Xiaoruo's room also opened with a creak, and she came out wearing the bright red robe, with her hair in a simple bun, which looked quite ancient.

Zhang Guang opened his mouth and was stunned.

"It's not bad. With the accessories, it will be perfect." He Xi nodded and approved Zhao Xiaoruo's dress: "I don't know your preferences, so I didn't prepare jewelry for you. I'll go to the city to buy some tomorrow."

After He Xi finished speaking, he nudged Zhang Guang with his elbow. Zhang Guang turned around and said, "Buy, buy, buy! Buy now! Buy them all!"

Old handyman Yang came in with a pile of rice bowls in his arms. When he saw these guys, he screamed in fright and almost smashed all the bowls on the ground. Fortunately, Feng Annan next to him quickly caught him with his quick eyesight. Old man Yang said tremblingly: "

I thought there was a thief in my house..."

He Xi purchased Mingren's clothes for everyone, not just for fun. At the work meeting that night, He Xi proposed to everyone that they separately visit people from all walks of life in Yazhou: "You two are engaged in business, or

Continue to be responsible for the trade area and visit more local merchants to see what information we can use. Lao Mu and Xiao Feng can go around the garrison when they have time. Although the Yazhou garrison is the fifth scum of the war, we can collect more

Some information can be considered prepared. As for people in the political circle, I will find ways to contact them. Xiao Zhao... It would be great if I could take the route of being a wife. I will start visiting more shops selling cloth, women's clothing, and jewelry in the city tomorrow.

Turn around, it would be best if you can hook up with a few official wives. This is the rough division of labor I have envisaged for the time being. If you have any opinions, you may wish to put them forward, and we can make a total calculation together."

"What about me? What do I do?" Zhang Guang listened from beginning to end and found that he had nothing to do, so he quickly asked.

"You? Do you still need special assignment?" He Xi said with a narrow-minded expression: "You just need to follow Xiao Zhao, this is your job."

All joking aside, He Xi’s suggestion is not nonsense. As an outpost sent to Yazhou by the Executive Committee, everyone in the working group has the function of collecting information and acting as espionage personnel. However, most of them work part-time. Only He Xi

It is a full-time job only. But how can we complete the information collection and sorting work quickly and comprehensively? This is the time for the members to show their abilities. If this job is done well, it may not be able to make any outstanding achievements, but if it is not done well,

If a loophole occurs, it will be blacklisted by the Executive Committee, and the future will be worrying.

As the leader of the working group, Malik agreed in principle with He Xi's suggestion, but made a small adjustment - Zhang Guang followed He Xi instead of Zhao Xiaoruo. Malik's reasons were also very good, since Zhao Xiaoruo wanted to leave his family.

Route, then it would be inappropriate for Zhang Guang to follow her around the city. After all, the two are not husband and wife now. What does Akito, who values ​​etiquette, think?

Of course, if no one objects, Zhang Guang probably doesn't mind changing his role as a scholar to a domestic servant, but after all, this is a very serious intelligence activity, not a fun cosplay of a couple, so Ma Li

After Ke's suggestion was made, Zhang Guang did not express any objection.

At this time, Feng Annan raised a question: "With our current cultural level, what if our pretense of being a scholar is exposed? Just talk about me. I can count the number of Ming Dynasty poets I can name on one hand.

What should I do if I encounter a situation where I am reciting a poem incorrectly?”

He Xi shook his head and said: "You can't be too rigid in your life. If you wear a scholar's clothes, you must be able to recite poetry, right? We must learn to make full use of our advantages!"

Feng Annan said blankly: "What advantage do we have? We have guns?"

"You're rich!" He Xi said with an expression of resentment: "I heard that we negotiated two big business deals today and made nearly ten thousand taels of revenue. Is this true?"

"That's right, but the two commercial banks didn't pay that much in cash. Most of them still had to be traded in kind, leaving only more than a thousand taels of silver here." Maliko explained to him.

He Xi nodded and said: "Isn't that enough? More than a thousand taels of silver will be divided among the seven of us. Each of us has one or two hundred taels of silver. This is no longer a small sum in Yazhou. If you can't pretend to be a scholar, you can still

Can’t you pretend to be a nouveau riche? When you get into trouble, just throw money at it. You don’t need to be taught this, right?”

"Wouldn't this be too extravagant and wasteful?" Mu Xiabai's thinking is still relatively conservative, and he does not agree with He Xi's overly unrestrained approach.

"Whether it counts as extravagant or wasteful depends on the results of our work, not the means of our work." He Xi patiently explained: "If we spend a lot of money and find no information at all, then it must be a waste.

But if you can get some useful information or establish some interpersonal relationships that can be used, then the money will be well spent. Just like you used to be soldiers, even though you haven’t fought for decades, defense expenditures are still the same.

It increases every year. I remember that the country’s annual military budget before time travel was more than 800 billion, right? There’s no war anyway, so do you think it’s a waste to spend so much money?”

"How can it be a waste? This money can't be spent! Without so much military expenditure, the Yankees would have ridden on our necks long ago!" Mu Xiabai bounced up as if his tail had been stepped on.

"The same goes for our intelligence work. The effect may not be visible on the surface, but it is real. We are the clairvoyant eyes and ears of the Executive Committee. The information we collect will serve as the basis for future decisions of the Executive Committee.

The basis." He Xi looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice: "As long as the money is spent on ideas, it will be worth it."

"No wonder the executive committee gave us the privilege to intercept the cash received from Yazhou within the limit of three thousand taels." Qiu Yuan, who was in charge of the property, seemed to have suddenly realized it at this time.

After lifting the psychological barriers of the members, He Xi took the time to conduct a simple intelligence gathering skills training. The main content was nothing more than some details of dealing with people and observing their behavior. However, after He Xi's professional point of view, everyone was able to see it.

I feel suddenly enlightened, and I am no longer as resistant to intelligence work as before.

The next morning, the members of the working group went to various places in Yazhou City according to their agreed division of labor arrangements.
Chapter completed!