It has to be said that He Xiyang's kick was quite cruel. When Zhao Xin walked to the gate of the fortress, he felt that his right calf was getting more and more sore. Every time he took a step, he would gasp in hissing breath. He felt that he had broken a bone.
No, the soft tissue damage is definitely not gone, and I will need to apply some medicine later.
Lu Qi knew that Zhao Xin didn't like ostentation, so he took two guards to the gate of the fortress to greet him. However, when he saw Zhao Xin, he was surprised to see the grinning and frowning man. Just now, he was
It looks fine through the telescope, what could have happened?
"Ouch, what's wrong with you?" Lu Qi, who came closer, immediately noticed the beard on the other person's face. He was afraid of causing confusion among his men, so he didn't dare to call him "Boss Zhao."
"I fell down from the mountain just now. Help me in first."
"Good guy! Xiao Li, go and ask Director Ma to come and come to my office!"
Lu Qi did not dare to be careless. If something happened to this person in his territory, he would not be able to explain it to the committee. After giving instructions to a guard, he and another guard supported Zhao Xin, and turned around and entered the fortress.
door.
Because Zhao Xin was wearing a baseball cap with the brim held down low and a fake beard on his face, which completely went against his usual image, the two guards of Lu Qi did not recognize him at all.
At the same time, this scene looked very strange in the eyes of Chai Rong and Chen Yingqi who were standing guard at the gate. They thought to themselves, who is this tall man? Chief Lu actually came to greet him and help him. Moreover, this man was dressed really strangely.
In all my time in Kinmen, I have never seen anyone wearing a short-sleeved floral shirt.
It is said that the military uniforms of the Overseas Corps are the same as those of the regular army of the North Navy, except for the armbands. The style of the shirt is completely based on the 87-style light green military shirt from another time and space, and the fabric is made of polyester. As for the workers of the engineering team, except
The overalls are dark blue, and the jacket underneath is not standard, but is usually a white homespun waistcoat.
When Zhao Xin was helped into the gate of the Golden Gate Fortress, the gray-white building he had seen before finally came into view. It was a large building connected by container prefabricated houses. It faced the west and faced the east, with three floors above and below.
There is a huge "U" shape in front of the building, and there is a small square with a flagpole in front of the building.
"Is that the barracks?" Zhao Xin asked smoothly.
"yes."
"Where do you live?"
"there!"
Zhao Xin looked in the direction of Lu Qi's finger and saw that on the north side of the inside of the fortress, there was a row of dozens of container houses from east to west. They were separated from the wall by a nearly three-meter-wide road. These buildings
The houses are two-story structures, and each group is composed of six containers with upper and lower floors, with stairs, forming a small "U" shape.
"Guard platoon, training office, conference room, war room, data room..." Lu Qi introduced as he walked, and finally arrived in front of a group of gray-white container mobile homes next to the communication tower on the northwest side.
Said: "I live here."
Lu Qi's residence and office are in the same building, with people living upstairs and working downstairs. In addition to the bedroom, there is a bathroom with a shower and an open-air balcony on the second floor; there is an office on the first floor, which is made of two containers.
There are reception rooms, staff offices, and a room for guards to rest. Because each unit uses a container that is six meters long, three meters wide, and more than two meters high, it looks very large.
He and the guard helped Zhao Xin straight to the reception room on the first floor to sit down, and then started to boil water to make tea. Zhao Xin leaned on the sofa and looked around, and saw that the furnishings in the room were similar to those in the reception rooms of later companies.
Most of the time, the black leather sofa, coffee table, green plants, etc. were all ordinary, except for the picture hanging on the wall that made him take a second look.
"Sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." The font is in running script, with the pen moving like a dragon and a snake, flowing like clouds and flowing water. The signature is "In the middle autumn of the Renzi year, Yanghu Hongliang's auspicious book was corrected by Brother Wuqi."
Like others, Lu Qi also started a name. Zhao Xin joked: "Mr. Lu Wuqi, you actually asked Hong Liangji to write Zuo Zongtang's famous sayings?"
Lu Qi said: "What's wrong? I think it's pretty good. Doesn't this just illustrate our career?"
Zhao Xin said with a flat mouth: "Having said that, I still feel a bit awkward!"
Lu Qi chuckled and complimented in a roundabout way: "Sometimes, knowing too much is a kind of pain. Just like you."
The two chatted for a while, and after more than ten minutes, the guard called "Xiao Li" came with the Taoist priest Ma Taoist, and he also carried a medicine box in his hand. In fact, the military hospital in the fortress
There was a military doctor on duty, and that person used to specialize in looking after falls and wounds from swords and arrows in the Qing military camp. But Lu Qi was confused by his concern just now and actually invited this person.
At this time, Zhao Xin had already taken off his hat, but his fake beard had not yet been removed. However, even so, when Ma Benchu walked quickly into the reception room and saw him, he was still stunned.
No way, when Taoist Ma was captured off the Pearl River and taken to the Thor, Zhao Xin met him face to face. However, after many years, Zhao Xin still didn't remember who he was. But the question was how could Ma Benchu forget this paragraph?
Origin? If it weren't for this great god, he wouldn't have stayed away from Guangdong for many years, and finally came to Kinmen, thousands of miles away.
"Poor, poor, Ma, Ma..." Ma Benchu only felt that his legs were weak and his whole body was shaking unconsciously.
Seeing that the other person's expression changed drastically, not only did he stutter when speaking, but his eyebrows and beard also trembled. In the flash of lightning, Lu Qi suddenly thought of the relationship between this person and Zhao Xin, so he hurriedly stood up and walked towards the other person in a few steps.
He held the other person's arm, shook his head slightly and said, "Taoist Master Ma, I called you here because my friend is injured on his leg. Please take a look at it."
When Ma Benchu heard Lu Qi say "friend" and saw the way he stared at him, his heart froze and he immediately understood what was going on. This is the White Dragon Fish suit coming to King Zhao!
But then he thought again, no, I didn't hear that a ship was coming today! Could it be that the rumor he heard in Ezo was true, that King Zhao possesses the ability to fly to the sky and escape from the earth?
Infinite Heavenly Lord, there really are living gods! I silently ask, King Zhao, will you accept a disciple?
At this time, Zhao Xin had taken off the shoes and socks on his right foot, and slowly lifted up his trouser leg. The area above his ankle had turned purple. Ma Benchu lowered his head and looked carefully for a moment, and then touched it lightly with his hand a few times.
, looking at the bruises, he couldn't help but feel a little in his heart: "This was not caused by falling, but was kicked!"
Infinite Heavenly Lord! Who is so bold that he dares to attack this person? Ma Benchu was worried in his heart, and secretly mourned for the unknown attacker.
"Taoist Priest, is the problem big?" Zhao Xin's tone was very relaxed.
Ma Benchu came back to his senses and did not dare to look directly. He said in a very humble tone: "It's okay. Pindao brought a homemade plaster, which is specially designed to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Apply a hot compress in the morning and evening. It only takes three days and all the swelling and pain will disappear."
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"Three days? It takes so long?"
Hearing Lu Qi's exclamation, Ma Benchu shuddered and hurriedly added: "Actually, I'll be fine tomorrow. It's okay to walk. It's just that it will take three days to get rid of the blood stasis."
Zhao Xin felt that applying plaster was too troublesome, so he said to Lu Qi: "Forget it, do you have a refrigerator here? Find me a piece of frozen meat or something and just apply a cold compress on it."
"No!" Ma Benchu still knew this. The Beihai Navy would use cold compresses when they encountered injuries during training. He quickly explained: "Your Majesty... Sir, I don't know. There is a saying that cold will stagnate and the Qi will stagnate.
Stagnation of blood and blood stasis. Cold compresses are only effective for a short period of time, and moxa moxa injections must be used afterwards to drain the cold and dampness. Otherwise, it will take advantage of the deficiency and penetrate deeply into the joints and five internal organs. The so-called 'opening the door and leaving the enemy behind' is nothing better than this."
Zhao Xin nodded after hearing this. After coming to the 18th century, he no longer admires Western medicine as much as he used to, so he said: "Okay! Just follow the Taoist priest's instructions and apply plaster."
Ma Benchu was very pleased and took the plaster from the medicine box, and asked someone to pour a basin of hot water, fumigated the plaster with hot steam to soften it, wiped Zhao Xin's injured area with a hot towel, and applied the plaster with his own hands.
Don't stop until there is no wrinkle on the surface.
Before leaving, he also specifically explained the dietary taboos. Zhao Xin expressed his gratitude very politely, which made Ma Benchu so moved that his eyes moistened and he almost cried.
After he followed the guard out of the door, Lu Qi smiled and said, "Do you know who he is?"
"Who?" Zhao Xin was confused, but when Lu Qi told what happened that year, he suddenly realized and said with emotion: "It turned out to be him!"
Ten minutes later, when Ma Benchu returned to his Taoist temple located in the southeast outside the fortress, his face was red and beaming with joy. When the two apprentices in charge of looking after the house saw them, they asked: "Master, what happened to something good?"
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"Haha, I met a big shot today, which is beyond words!" Ma Benchu and his two apprentices have been together for warmth since they came from Ezo. They are not so much masters and apprentices as relatives. They are relatives.
Except for the embarrassing things in the past, there is nothing hidden from each other.
"Oh?" The two disciples looked at each other and thought, besides Commander Lu, who else has the highest status in Kinmen? Or those military generals? But that can't be said to be noble.
When the two disciples asked again, Ma Benchu just waved his hands incomprehensibly and said, "It can't be said." Because he was in a good mood, he ate an extra bowl for dinner that day.
At dusk, Zhao Xin changed into a non-ranked military uniform and went to the balcony on the second floor with Lu Qi. They sat at a small round table while eating the meal brought by the guards from the canteen and chatting casually.
"...over there," Lu Qi raised his chin and gestured to the west, and continued: "The telecommunications room, medical room, power generation room, military police and military logistics are all over there."
"The prefabricated houses you prepared were really right. This place occupies a place. It doesn't matter what you want. The trees have to be cut down in the mountains across the strait, and the soil is not suitable for making bricks. There is a house more than 20 kilometers away to the south.
The quarries are all limestone. In the past, the Spaniards asked the local indigenous people to help quarry and transport them to paint walls and build houses. I found it difficult to use, so I used it as a disinfectant. In the future, when the family area is built, there will be more places to use it.
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"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhao Xin was quite emotional when he heard this.
Today, Lu Qi is a completely different person than he was a year ago. He has lost a lot of weight, his complexion has become tanned and rosy, and he is much leaner than before. He has inch-long short hair on his head, and his skin is exposed.
The muscles in the forearm are knotted, and it seems that there is no lack of exercise.
Hearing the boss's praise, Lu Qi pretended to be humble and said: "It's nothing. It's much easier than it was before."
Zhao Xin asked: "By the way, where are the Spanish prisoners of war?"
Lu Qi said proudly: "There are thousands of people under the San Bruno Mountain in the south! I sent two companies to watch them. Don't worry, no one can escape."
"Where's the admiral?"
"Over there!" Lu Qi pointed to a group of mobile homes on the east side of the fortress. "Good food, good drinks, good hospitality, one hour of relaxation every day, and one shift on duty 24 hours a day."
Zhao Xin picked up the telescope on the table and looked eastward. He saw two soldiers with guns standing at the door of the house, and two more on the platform above the roof, so he nodded with satisfaction.
"Are you sure the Spaniards will arrive tomorrow?"
"We're close. We'll arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I've placed a platoon of troops in Santa Cruz in the south, and I've also brought a field radio. While you're resting in the afternoon, I received a report that their fleet has passed there.
The sea conditions have been okay these two days, and the journey of sixty nautical miles is not too far."
"How many boats are coming?"
"Two of them are those kind of Manila galleons. We even sank one when we fought with the Spaniards before."
"oh!"
After that, Zhao Xin asked some more about Lushui Plains and gold mines, and then said to Lu Qi: "I know you are busy, but the Spaniards still need us to come forward together. My identity is said to be from Beihai Town."
The special envoy is coming. I will deal with the Russians alone."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lu Qi nodded and said casually: "I understand. The Russians are simple. They just want to set up a company and want us to become shareholders."
"No." Zhao Xin lit a cigarette and shook his head: "This matter is not as simple as you think. On the surface, it seems that the Russian businessmen want to monopolize the fur trade in Alaska, but in fact, it is the ownership of the northwest region of North America. In the future, all parties
The basis for territorial delineation will also be formed at this time."
"Oh? I'm all ears."
"Siberia was occupied by us, and Okhotsk's outlet to the sea was lost. The Tsarist Russian government was unwilling to give in, and neither were the fur traders. They couldn't rely on Tsarist Russia, so they wanted to embrace us. The British lost the Thirteenth Century of North America
State, so it can only develop in Canada, and westward expansion becomes the only option; Spain, the old empire, is unwilling to give in. The problem is that they are now on the same boat with the British to deal with France together, and the black people in Haiti are rioting again. After this
War, they have no time to look north for the time being."
Rucci said: "You mean, our enemies are the British and the Spanish?"
Zhao Xindao: "There is also the United States. Didn't you mention Robert Gray in your previous call? Although they do not have official status, they have bought a piece of land on Vancouver Island, and the area is quite large..."
He then told Lucci about the origins of Oregon and Washington. Although Lucci kept nodding, he felt somewhat disapproving of it.
To be honest, the reason why he decided to join the committee in the first place was not only because of his relationship with women, but also because he wanted to do something in this time and space to prove himself. Why else would he volunteer to come to North America? Wouldn't it be better to stay in Beihai Town?
Now that he has decided to come, he will definitely do his homework in advance. He has read a lot of information on the history, geography, and surrounding forces of western North America in the eighteenth century. He admits that he has not read as many books as Zhao Xin, but his main mission here is not
Making gold?
Okay! The gold mine hasn't been built yet, so let him start working on Vancouver Island. After a few days of negotiations, this guy will leave, leaving a whole lot of trouble on himself. He's not a smart guy.
Thinking of this, he finally couldn't help but said loudly: "The stall is too big! Brother, I am too busy with the Lushui Plain and Coloma. So far, there are only less than 5,000 people here.
I can’t do it!”
Zhao Xin was just getting up when he was talking, but he was suddenly attacked and was stunned. He couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Qi, feeling very unhappy. In fact, he was a bit pushy. With the strength of Beihai Town, in a few years, Teng
If the United States takes action, what will happen if the United States claims Oregon? The North Navy specializes in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfaction.
After Lu Qi finished speaking, he felt that he had gone too far, and Zhao Xin's gaze made him feel restless again, so he sighed: "Brother, I really can't take care of it. Because of the gold mine, I haven't gone back for a year."
Both of them fell into silence. After a while, in order to resolve the embarrassment, Zhao Xin found a topic and asked: "By the way, when I came here, I passed by the hill in the south and saw a young man from a distance.
The officer and the Indian girl were together, as if they were dating."
"Oh, that should be He Xiyang." Lu Qi forced a smile on his face and said, "He is He Xiwen's eldest son."