Chapter 663 Discussing heroes in front of the barbecue grill
Well, the man wearing the straw hat is naturally Zhao Xin, and the strong man behind him is the guard captain Chai Rugui. As for the woman and the big yellow cat, needless to say?
Zhao Xin happened to have nothing to do this afternoon. He had been busy for so long in Bacheng. It was rare to relax, so he asked Chai Rugui to go to the port to buy some seafood from the fishermen, and took A Miao and Duofu to the beach for a barbecue. Because here
It is located in a military restricted area, and usually no one comes, so A Miao also relaxed her restraint. Unexpectedly, not long after the beginning, she met Luo Fangbai and four others.
Although Luo Fangbai is a hero, he is a scholar after all, and he still cares about "see no evil". If the other party is a Javanese native, it is normal to not wear shoes or even show arms and legs; but the woman has a fair face and beautiful appearance
Pretty, wearing Hanfu, obviously a Chinese, so he quickly covered his face with his hands, turned around and left with Wu Yuansheng and others.
At this time, Zhao Xin turned around and whispered a few words to Chai Rugui behind him. Chai Rugui immediately stood up and walked over, stopped Luo Fangbai and the other two, held his hands in his hands and said in a deep voice: "Looking at the clothes of the gentlemen, you must have just come to Bacheng.
?Our commander has nothing to do today, so he found this place to rest. If you all appreciate it, your commander will be very happy!"
As soon as he spoke, Luo Fangbai and the other four were stunned, especially Wu Yuansheng and the other two subordinates who were even more confused. Only Luo Fangbai was stunned for a moment, then he held his hand and spoke slowly in jerky Mandarin.
He said: "Thank you for your kindness. It's just that we are new here and this is a forbidden area. I might not be suitable."
I need to explain something here. Wu Yuansheng and the other two are both Hakkas from Guangdong, and they usually speak Hakka, so Chai Rugui’s northern dialect with a Henan accent is like hearing from heaven. Luo Fangbai is different. As I said before, this
He has the reputation of being a scholar and has participated in many provincial examinations.
Since ancient times in China, language communication between provinces has been extremely difficult due to dialects with different accents, especially for those who served as officials across provinces. According to the Qing palace archives of later generations, from Shunzhi to the early Yongzheng period, people who came to the capital to have an audience
Most of the emperor's officials could basically understand their communication. Only the officials from Guangdong and Fujian were very troublesome to the emperor and had to be accompanied by translators.
The problem is that the imperial power in the Qing Dynasty was highly centralized, and all major military and political affairs were never left to others. When the emperor and his ministers discussed matters, there was an interpreter, which not only took up time, but also was not conducive to confidentiality. So in the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign, an edict was issued saying that Fujian, Guangdong
If there are many people who are not proficient in Mandarin, the local officials must give them instructions. However, those who are not proficient in Mandarin are not allowed to take the examination.
Therefore, if Luo Fangbai wants to participate in the provincial examination, he must work hard on northern Mandarin to express himself fluently, otherwise he will not even be able to enter the Guangzhou Gongyuan. However, Luo Fangbai has been away from the mainland for twenty years, and his daily communication is all in Hakka.
Therefore, his speech was extremely jerky and his speaking speed was also very slow.
Chai Rugui smiled slightly, raised his hand and pointed to the castle not far across the way and explained: "There are soldiers guarding it, so as long as you don't go to the fort, it's fine."
Only then did Luo Fangbai realize that the other party turned out to be an official of Beihai Town. No wonder he dared to play in the forbidden area. However, although the other party did not know him, he invited him warmly. Moreover, the person who came over had a calm and measured demeanor, a heroic face, and his words.
Luoluo is generous. Luo Fangbai is also a person with a bold temperament. If he shirks it anymore, he is just pretending to be coy.
Furthermore, Luo Fangbai's hometown, Shifanbao, was a military camp in the Ming Dynasty, and the people were martial arts. Although he was a scholar, he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. When he saw Chai Rugui's walking posture and behavior, he concluded that this person was a master of martial arts, and even more
He had a desire to make friends. He thought that he was here to cling to King Zhao, and he just took this opportunity to find out something, so he said: "Old man Luo Fangbai, with the cursive name Xiaochuan. He has been operating sea trade in Pontianak. This time
I came to Bacheng to buy some goods after listening to someone's advice. Thank you for your kindness. May I ask your surname and name?"
Chai Rugui held up his hand again and said loudly: "My parents' surname is Liu, which is taboo Sheng, and the nickname is Tui. Now the Bacheng Military Control Committee is doing things." After saying that, he gave up his hand and led the way.
When the four people walked over, Zhao Xin had already stood up to greet him. They saw that this man was very tall. Not to mention Luo Fangbai, even the sturdy Wu Yuansheng was a head shorter. Such a height is among the highest in Fujian and Guangdong.
There is basically no one in the world, so Luo Fangbai immediately concluded that this person must also be from the north.
Luo Fangbai bowed deeply to Zhao Xin and said in a deep voice: "Luo Fangbai, a businessman in Pontianak, pays homage to Master Liu! This is my sworn brother Wu Sheng, and the other two are the guardians of the villain's family." He then used
Wu Yuansheng explained to Wu Yuansheng and his men in Hakka, and then the three of them bowed and saluted together.
After hearing the other party's obscure northern Mandarin, Zhao Xin regretted letting Chai Rugui call them over. But now that the matter was over, he couldn't say anything more. So he took off his straw hat, cupped his hands, and said slowly: "You don't have to
Duo Li, my Beihai Town doesn't have those stinky rules under the Manchu rule. It's rare to have some free time today, and this is not the office, so let's just get together as friends and do whatever we want."
Although Zhao Xin didn't understand what he heard, he understood the general idea. He knew that the old man's surname was Luo, and he couldn't help but move his eyebrows. However, when he saw that the other man's hair and beard were all gray, he thought that the old man must be at least sixty or seventy, so he didn't know much about it.
think.
In his understanding, although Luo Fangbai is fifty-five years old this year, he holds a high position, is as rich as his country, and doesn't take supplements casually. How can he not be this old, right?
However, Zhao Xin still overlooked one point. The ancients said that worrying makes people grow old. Since starting with the Lanfang Society to the current "Lanfang Company", Luo Fangbai has been dealing with various forces for more than 20 years, calculating,
Conspiracies and wars continue day by day, and the fate of millions of people depends on his words. It is precisely because of this that various psychological diseases of the egocentric queen also arise.
Later generations always refer to Lanfang Company as the "Lanfang Republic", but it is not a country. Although Lanfang Company performs the functions of public affairs management and has dedicated personnel in charge of military, taxation, judicial, education and other matters, it initially has the ability to
The form of the country was determined, but the education Luo Fangbai received determined the upper limit of his ambition. His highest ideal in life was to be a vassal attached to the Central Plains dynasty, even a feudal official, as long as he could honor his ancestors.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So so far, Lanfang Company is just a Chinese club that uses force to separate one party. From this factor, what worries the underworld boss has, Luo Fangbai does not
Fall, and only more.
On the other hand, Zhao Xin, although he is inevitably involved in various calculations, after all, he has helpers from another time and space to share all the affairs of Beihai Town for him. For example, Chen Qingsong is fully responsible for civil affairs; Yu Deli is responsible for ideology; Hong Tao and his wife
He is in charge of medical care; Zhao Liang is in charge of industry, and Zhang Bo is in charge of petroleum; Liu Sheng, Wang Yuanfang, Deng Fei and others are in charge of military affairs; coupled with his abnormal abilities, there are really not many things that can make him worry every day.
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In addition, Prince Zhao eats various expensive supplements produced in Beihai Town every now and then, and uses top-notch men's skin care products from another time and space. He also does regular skin care every year; so even though this guy is already thirty-seven,
But from the outside, it looks no different from when he first came to this time and space.
Luo Fangbai couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that Zhao Xin was young, spoke politely, and had no official airs. To be honest, he had never seen such an official before, and he couldn't help but feel a little better about Beihai Town.
A Miao, who had put on her shoes long ago, had already opened several mats placed under the parasol. Unexpectedly, as soon as the first one was placed, Duofu took one without hesitation, squatting on it and looking up at the fragrant food on the grill.
He ignored the food and ignored several visitors. When Luo Fangbai saw it, he couldn't help stroking his beard and laughed.
Zhao Xin doesn't drink, so the only thing he has here is good green tea. After everyone sat down, they drank tea and chatted. Gradually, Luo Fangbai's Mandarin became much smoother, and the content of his conversation with Zhao Xin also changed from Xi Bo Luo to Luo Fang Bai.
The customs and customs of Europe turned to the war between Beihai Town and the Dutch.
"I wonder what will happen to various parts of West Java after your department's victory over the Dutch?"
Zhao Xin chatted with Luo Fangbai for a while, and he could see that this man was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so he casually said, "If it were an old gentleman, how would he handle it?"
"Your Excellency, are you trying to test me?" Luo Fangbai put down his tea cup, twirled his beard and pondered for a moment: "In my opinion, we should knock the mountain to shock the tiger, and use the opportunity of a great victory to intimidate the Western barbarians. As for the local vassal kings, I guess they will also
We dare not do anything inappropriate. This time when the Dutch retreated, the town of Beihai ordered the Javanese vassals to surrender and pay tribute. From then on, we Chinese people have become more ambitious, which can be said to be very satisfying."
Zhao Xin smiled slightly and said: "But I have heard King Zhao mention it before. He intends to annihilate the Sudanese kingdoms and take over Java and even the Thousand Islands in Southeast Asia as the land of China. Transforming barbarians into summers is not a good idea.
The vassal came more thoroughly. What does the old gentleman think?"
Luo Fangbai's heart suddenly trembled, and the hand holding his beard couldn't help but stop. The other party actually told him such an important military and national event to an outsider. What did he mean?
He turned his face and looked at Zhao Xin with eyes as deep as ancient wells. This young man had just realized that now, although he spoke politely, there was an indescribable magnanimity in his words, which made people feel majestic and hard to offend. Luo Fangbai said to
This aura was very familiar, because he himself was such a person, but the confidence in the other party's words was beyond his reach. Thinking of some rumors about King Zhao, an incredible thought suddenly arose in his mind
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Thinking of this, he shook his head with self-deprecation and said: "You are laughing at me, how can I understand these military and national affairs? King Zhao has a grand plan and aspires to conquer the world. He is a figure like Zhu Hongwu of the previous Ming Dynasty. When I went to Nanyang, he was just
In order to earn millions of wealth like Mr. Tao Zhugong, and one day return to his hometown and shine on the lintel of his family. Now he is half buried in the loess. He is old and has no interest in these things of competing for world supremacy."
"Haha. Mr. Luo doesn't agree with what Mr. Luo said. Cao Cao has clouds, and his ambition is thousands of miles. In his twilight years, martyrs have endless aspirations. What's more, in your Pontianak, an old man also said something similar. I
I felt very happy after hearing it.”
While talking, A Miao brought the grilled shellfish, fish, shrimp and other items over on a plate. She smiled at Zhao Xin, then hugged Duofu and went aside, picking the grilled fish with chopsticks.
Feed it little by little. Duofu is very satisfied with the food and keeps wagging his tail.
Wu Yuansheng couldn't speak Mandarin and couldn't understand much, so he drank several cups of tea and felt bored. At this time, he smelled the strange smell of the seafood on the plate and couldn't help but move his index finger. It was already dusk and he was already hungry.
After that, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating happily as if no one else was watching.
At Zhao Xin's invitation, Luo Fangbai also took a few bites with his chopsticks. He is old and pays attention to cherishing blessings and keeping healthy. Although the seafood tastes delicious, it doesn't matter who is right. You must know that the most lacking thing in Pontianak is this
stuff.
Zhao Xin saw Wu Yuansheng clearing away the food on the plate in a blink of an eye, so he smiled and asked: "I also have crocodile meat here. I wonder if this brother is interested?"
Luo Fangbaixin said don't ask, this thing might have been caught by you in Kajiang. But he couldn't figure out how Beihai Town preserved the meat and prevented it from spoiling. He then spoke in Hakka dialect
I told Wu Yuansheng, but the other party immediately applauded and said that he had not eaten it yet, but he only heard from the Dayak people that he could eat it.
Seeing this, Zhao Xin asked A Miao to take out the marinated crocodile meat from the portable refrigerator on the ground and put it on the grill. Only then were Luo Fangbai and the others surprised to find that after opening the small white box,
, there was actually a white cold air coming out. Moreover, the crocodile meat that the other party took out was cut into pieces, with various sauces already spread on them, and each was sealed in an unknown transparent bag. The woman first
Cut the transparent bag open with scissors, take out the crocodile meat inside, and put it on the grill with a black clip.
This is too luxurious!
Although Luo Fangbai and Wu Yuansheng are extremely wealthy, their knowledge is incomparable to those of the salt merchants in Lianghuai and those in the Thirteenth Industry in Guangzhou. They never thought that anyone would make ice and store meat in the hot Southeast Asia.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is said that the ice used in the Qing Dynasty was all natural ice. Because of the hot weather in Lingnan, they always relied on cold well water to store meat, but only two or three at most.
Days. As for Southeast Asia near the equator, this is even more true.
Luo Fangbai took a sip of hot tea, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued the topic. He asked Zhao Xindao: "I have lived in the new port for a long time, but I didn't know there was such a person? What did he say?"
At this time, Zhao Xin had already learned from the previous conversation that the old man named Luo in front of him was not yet sixty years old, and he already had a suspicion in his mind. He put down his chopsticks, took the handkerchief handed by A Miao and wiped the corners of his mouth, slightly
He smiled and said: "Don't tell me that I am useless, my words are sharp and my sword is like thunder!"
"Oh? Hahahaha~~" Luo Fangbai laughed loudly. He didn't expect that the other party had actually read his early poems, and he couldn't help but feel bright on his face.
"My lord, it turns out that what you are talking about is Brother Luo, who is from the same clan as the old man." Luo Fangbai cupped his hands towards Zhao Xin, with a look of pride and pride on his face.
Zhao Xin narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, do you know that Brother Luo?"
"I've only met a few times. I know him, but he doesn't recognize me!" Luo Fangbai laughed a few times, and then said to Zhao Xin, "I wonder what you think of Brother Luo?"
Zhao Xin said calmly: "This person can conquer the barbarians and invaders in six years, expand thousands of miles, and accomplish a great cause in the land of Xipo. Whether it is courage or scheming, he is really one of the few Chinese characters in my life."
People deserve the words 'famous through the ages'. It's just... haha."
Luo Fangbai was surprised when he heard that the other party thought of him so highly, and felt like he had met a confidant. But then he heard the other party change the subject, so he blurted out: "But what?"
"In my opinion, our brother Luo's knowledge and vision are still a bit lacking. He only values the people from Jiaying Prefecture and Dabu, but excludes the Chinese from other places. He only sees the friendship between fellow countrymen and does not know the friendship between compatriots.
Affection."
"this!"
Luo Fangbai thought that the other party would say that he did not establish himself as king and sent people to vassal the Qing Dynasty. He was about to express his difficulties. Who knew that this was what the other party said. He was about to defend when he heard Zhao Xin continue:
"Although West Borneo is huge, the Chinese companies only know how to fight against different factions and are hostile to foreigners and foreigners. Today the Cantonese are attacking the Hakkas, and tomorrow the Zhangzhou people are attacking the Cantonese. Rivers of blood have been shed for the sake of a few gold mines, and even the weeds have been eradicated.
It's just a joke for the Dutch and the Tubang Sultan. In the past, Zhang Hengqu once said, the people are our compatriots, and the things are our own. Living in the wilderness overseas, do our compatriots who speak with different accents have to be treated with hatred by the invaders? Excuse me
Mr. Luo, what should we do if all the gold mines are mined? Should we go to the other side's territory and then rob it?
Although Brother Luo dominates the West, what will he do to the Chinese laborers who went to Nanyang with the same idea as him? The reason why everyone went to Nanyang and endured all kinds of diseases was to enable their families to live a good life. However, they were left with the same idea.
They spent years or even a lifetime on loan sharking that they could not afford to repay; then used opium to confuse their minds and paralyze their spirits; and used tin coins and lead coins to exploit their labor income, just to make a few people rich enough to rival the country? Is such a hero like this?
, it’s okay not to say anything.”
With a "sting" sound, a few drops of grease oozed from the fat-rich crocodile meat and fell into the charcoal fire. Wu Yuansheng, who was salivating, suddenly felt that he could hear pindrops all around. He turned back to Luo Fangbai in surprise and said in surprise: