In the morning, after Yuzhu finished breakfast, he changed into casual clothes and took Xingrui, Xingjiao, Niu Tai and Baixing to the "Thirteen Tours in Guangzhou".
Guangzhou Thirteen is just a common name for the business that engages in foreign goods trading in Guangzhou. The so-called Thirteen companies have only four companies at a young age, and at most twenty companies, but they are just under the name of Thirteen companies in the foreign business world.
The Thirteen-Hand Shopping Mall is concentrated in the southwest corner of the suburbs of Guangzhou, close to the Pearl River, where it is a busy water transport terminal.
In this era, after Western ships were moored at Huangpu Port, only a few senior staff were allowed to go up the river and live in the Shisanyiguan District, Guangzhou in Xiguan (shamian).
A barbarian hall is a barbarian residence.
Near Shuzhuyong in Shisanyiguan District, wine shops are lined up, and the pleasure boats are like crucian carp. Merchants drink and have fun here, literati chant and relax here, and fishermen are sing and selling seafood here.
The wine flags are waving in the green willows, and the bright moon is bright and the people are all showing the pleasure of those who are leisurely and entertaining.
Yuzhu came here to see what the British East India Company of this era looks like?
However, after some inquiry, Yuzhu was a little disappointed.
The famous British East India Company has so far no fixed store in the Thirteen Yiguan District.
Every time a British merchant ship comes, he will temporarily rent a house in the museum area as a temporary place to rest or negotiate business.
The merchant ship belonging to the East India Company will be returned after the business and after paying the tax. The rented house will be refunded. I will rent it again when I come next time.
Such a cycle repeats itself.
In the Thirteen Yiguan District in front of Yuzhu, there is an occasionally Western-style building among a large number of Chinese-style buildings.
"Alice, my dear sister, I was wrong, please forgive me."
Just as Yuzhu was strolling on the street, he suddenly heard pure London-sounding English and couldn't help feeling friendly.
I saw a blonde girl wearing a British slim waist and big swaying dress walking wildly in front of her.
Behind her was a foreign gentleman with a black top hat, a civilized stick in her hand, and a Western vest.
"Damn John, you lost all the 100 pounds I had saved with great effort. What else can I say? Don't touch me, get out of here." The foreign girl named Alice was furious.
Declaring the gambling brother...
"Alice, you don't even have a penny in your pocket, don't run around. If you get lost and sold into that kind of place, it's awful." John was indeed in a disadvantage, but, after all, it was
His real sister is still sincere in caring about her safety.
"You want to care? Go away." Alice was obviously so angry that she was too lazy to deal with John who was addicted to gambling.
Xingrui and Xingjiao opened their mouths slightly, staring at the blonde Alice.
The two of them listened to the Book of Heaven. However, Yuzhu not only understood it, but also spoke pure English.
Just as John pulled Alice and refused to let go, a bearded foreigner came from behind.
"John, we agreed that as long as you lose, you will let your sister sleep with me for a month."
Later foreigners were particularly unique in their dress and momentum. You can tell at a glance that they were the superiors among foreign merchants.
Yuzhu, who stood with his hands behind his back and watched the fun with a smile, was somewhat surprised.
Dingying is a country ruled by law that has promulgated the declaration of human rights. How dare John lose his sister's right to accompany her to others?
To be honest, Yuzhu has never left a foreign country, and he really can't understand the various things.
In fact, the development of Britain in this era is far from the rule of law-based British Empire in later generations.
With the rules of Ying Ying, after his father died, his son who inherited the family property and had great decisions about his sister's marriage.
Because the amount of sister's dowry is in the hands of this son.
In Daying, a family with titles, women's dowry is really not cheap.
In the old TV series "The Sherlock Holmes Detective", a British lord would rather raise a poisonous snake and bit his biological daughter to death in order not to pay his daughter's high dowry. This is a true portrayal of the dowry being overwhelmed.
In layman's terms, in the early 18th century, women not only had no right to vote, but also had a lower social status.
Of course, compared with the women of the Qing Dynasty, the women in the British were still very happy.
"William, what did you say?" Alice was almost mad. She pointed at John's nose and shouted loudly, "Is this how you treat your real sister just a few years after my father passed away?"
William, with a bearded face, sneered: "Alice, John is already penniless."
When Yuzhu heard this, he couldn't help but secretly give him a thumbs up. Mr. William is really the Gao family from Gaojiazhuang.
With Yuzhu's knowledge, he guessed that John was probably over the gambling game and was conspired by William.
"John, how much did you lose? Could it be that even the 'Maxleyfield' left by his father also lost to William?" Alice obviously realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly grabbed John's hand
, asked him anxiously.
"My dear Alice, I feel so guilty." John lowered his head deeply.
Alice understood at a glance that John actually lost all the merchant ships they had returned home to that bad guy William.
William, who was sure to win, said gracefully: "Dear Lord Alice, as long as you are willing to spend some good nights with me, the 'Maxleyfield', I will return it to you."
Wonderful, very exciting!
Yuzhu was secretly amazed. William grasped the lifelines of Alice and John, and was not afraid that Alice would not submit at all.
Standing from the perspective of the jade pillar, I naturally saw Alice's appearance clearly.
How to say, Alice in front of her looks very similar to Audrey Hepburn, a famous British actress.
Well, no wonder, the ugly William would frame John with a salivating design.
"Alice, you know too. Manchu officials have always been in love with me." As soon as William said this, Yuzhu nodded secretly.
The money and the boat are gone, and Alice, who is extremely beautiful, can actually join other foreign merchants. In other words, there are other ways out.
As long as Alice is willing to let go of her dignity, there will always be foreign merchants who are not afraid of William and dare to help her.
However, as soon as William said this, he completely blocked all the retreat routes of Alice and declared his determination to win her!
No matter what era, the collusion between officials and businessmen is endless.
Li Hefei, Li Zhongtang, before he died, his money bag was full of Xuanhuai. It was a storm of unparalleled scenery. Who dared to be so sharp?
Yuzhu didn’t plan to play the role of hero saving beauty, that would be too vulgar!
From his position, Alice was forced to a dead end step by step. After she was willing to fall, it became easier to deal with her with money.
Yuzhu knew very well that the Kaiying of this era had extremely strict restrictions on the craftsmen who built ships, cannons and guns.
British law completely prohibits them from going abroad to Europe, let alone going to the Qing Dynasty.
Otherwise, how could Tsar Peter I take huge security risks and sneak into the UK to learn science and technology?
After Alice completely fell into a destruction, she became the British Lord who only recognized money.
Yuzhu spent a lot of money and bribed her and asked her to act as his industrial spy, which would result twice as much with half the effort!
However, what Yuzhu never expected was that after Alice was forced to do so, she took the initiative to walk to him, held her skirt and bowed her knees, and said, "Dear Oriental gentleman, I know you can understand our conversation."
.As long as you are willing to help me and give me a thousand pounds, I am willing to be your woman.”
Yuzhu was really shocked by her. This foreign girl is too smart, right?
However, Yuzhu was not fooled. He pretended to be ignorant, spread his hands, shook his head, and pretended not to understand.
Unexpectedly, Alice actually burst into laughter and said, "Dear gentleman, don't pretend. Just now, when William said 'Maxleyfield', I had noticed it, and you looked at it as soon as possible.
On the other side of the river.”
Sweat, Yuzhu really didn't expect that Alice would have such a bright and bright eyes.
The beautiful ghost girl is really hard to deal with!
For a moment, Yuzhu's psychology changed subtly. His teeth became itchy. In addition to the urge to suck people, his heart also appeared. He simply rode Alice and completely conquered her thoughts.
"How much is the silver for a thousand pounds?" Yuzhu just came to Guangzhou and was not sure about the exchange rate of the pound to the silver.
"Each troy ounce, the purity is 0.9, about 3 pounds, 17 shillings, 10 pence. One pound is also equal to one Roman pound, about 370 grams of silver. One thousand pounds, that is, 7400 taels of silver."
Good guy, Alice explained in detail. Even Yuzhu was stunned by the conversion relationship between pound and silver.
"You are so ugly!" Yuzhu was about to fight back, and was about to make an excuse to say that she was so ugly and didn't plan to make a deal.
Who would have thought that Alice would actually stretch out her hands, hug Yuzhu, and kiss him wet.
Niu Tai and Baixing both saw it clearly. Alice was unarmed and a Western woman.
A good man doesn't beat a woman, and Alice succeeds during the hesitation between them.
No, the ghost girl wants to cheat!
Yuzhu's thought was just over, and he heard William's roar: "Don't compete with me for Alice!"
Immediately afterwards, William rushed over quickly, pointed at Yuzhu's nose, and said angrily: "You, get out quickly, otherwise I will let the officers and soldiers arrest you and go to jail."
Yuzhu used a little force on his arms, broke free from Alice's hug, and sighed: "Since you want to ride for me so, I will fulfill you." He spoke in Chinese.
Damn, even the emperor played with Yuzhu, but he was actually played with by a ghost girl, and his self-esteem was seriously damaged.
Yuzhu felt uncomfortable and was not easy to beat a woman, so he could only vent his anger on William, the unlucky guy!
Just as Yuzhu was about to order Niu Tai and Baixing to take William and take back the imperial envoy, a large group of officers and soldiers suddenly came.
A military officer in charge of clothing in the head shouted loudly: "What's the noise?"
William stood up with a happy expression, pointed at Yuzhu and said, "Mr. Liu, you are here just right. This guy dares to forcibly insult my woman."