Qin Guangcheng was the most loyal person, and he was grateful for Wang Hengyue's help in saving his life, so he patted his chest and agreed.
Seemingly drunk, Qin Guangcheng stumbled to his feet and asked his family to help Wang Hengyue to the guest room to rest.
I slept soundly, and when I woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
There was already a maid waiting there. When she saw Wang Hengyue woke up, she hurriedly brought the toiletries.
It's really different for a wealthy family. They don't have to do anything by themselves, Wang Hengyue sighed. Although he was not used to rinsing his mouth with tooth powder, he could accept it after all. He washed it in a hurry and was led out of the house by the maid.
As soon as they went out, Qin Guangcheng was already waiting there. When he saw Wang Hengyue, he smiled and said, "Did you sleep well, brother?"
"Okay, very good." Wang Hengyue also smiled and cupped his hands.
While accompanying Wang Hengyue towards the dining room, he asked: "It's okay for my brother to cut off his pigtails, but it still looks a bit irritating. Do you need to prepare a fake pigtail for your brother to cover others' eyes and ears?"
Qin Guangcheng was absolutely right about this. Cutting pigtails was no longer a crime for beheading at this time.
The Gengzi Revolution in 1900 was a very important event in Chinese history. After that, the prestige of the Qing government was ruined, its control over local areas was weakened, and local forces began to gain strength. The domestic "Hubei student circle" proposed cutting braids in 1903.
Easy-to-take advice.
After 1903, with the return of overseas students, a small number of young students in the southern provinces where the Qing government's control was weak began to cut off their braids. After the Qing government established the new army, some soldiers also cut off their braids in order to make it easier to wear military caps.
The Qing government issued an order on May 6, 1907, strictly prohibiting student soldiers from cutting their braids. Once found, they would be punished. However, at this time, because the control of the Qing government was no longer what it used to be, this order was not strictly enforced in various places.
implement.
The Qing government had no choice but to adopt a tacit attitude towards this.
Therefore, throughout the country, especially in the southern provinces, there are many students and soldiers who have cut off their pigtails. As long as they do not openly say that they are "revolutionary parties", the government generally does not interfere.
Wang Hengyue pondered for a moment: "Brother, when I was overseas, I had already cut off my pigtails. I am not used to having my tail dragged like this."
Seeing that Wang Hengyue insisted on this, Qin Guangcheng no longer insisted. He ate with Wang Hengyue and led him to the living room, where they chatted for a few words and reported that guests had arrived.
After bringing the two guests in, Qin Guangcheng greeted them with a smile: "Brother Luo, Brother Du!"
After that, he introduced Wang Hengyue first, and only introduced that he came back from overseas, and his surname was Wang Hengyue, which is derived from the Chinese character "Shu Zhi". The word "Shu Zhi" was originally the name Wang Hengyue's grandfather first gave him. He mentioned it during the banquet yesterday.
, Wang Hengyue simply took this as his nickname.
Then he pointed at the two customers and said: "This is the shopkeeper Luo Taiwuluo of Hengtong Jewelry Pawn Shop, and this is the manager Ducharito of Baojia Foreign Goods Store."
Luo Taiwu was dressed as a well-behaved Chinese businessman, and he had seen it before. Du Charlie was of a foreign style, and did not have braids. He was wearing a foreign suit, a top hat, and a civilized stick in his hand. Wang Hengyue was wearing
The dress was similar to his own, and he suddenly felt friendly and said: "hello, i'mcharliedu, gladtomeetyouhere!"
Opening his mouth was a mouthful of foreign language. Finally, Wang Hengyue had not forgotten the bird songs he had learned, and he smiled and said: "hello, iamwanghengyue, gladtoseeyouhere!"
"Oh, this is someone who has really stayed abroad." Du Charlie was overjoyed, seeing that Qin Guangcheng and Luo Taiwu were confused, showing off and showing off: "This is the way real foreigners say hello. If you haven't stayed abroad, then
I don't know. My father sent me to the United States back then, and I finally got to see a little bit of the world. When I returned to Sichuan, no one from the country could talk to me. Today I see my brother Shu, and I feel even more cordial."
This is another standard fake foreign devil, Wang Hengyue thought with a smile in his heart.
A few people were invited to sit down and tea was served. Qin Guangcheng explained in detail how he was in danger and how he was rescued by Wang Hengyue. Luo Fuzhi and Du Charlie were amazed by this.
After talking for a while, the topic changed: "Shu's family is a big family overseas. It is well-run and has business all over the United States and England. This time Shuzhi came back from overseas. It was because he was ordered by his family to come back to develop business, but
The remittance has not arrived and the position is tight..."
Wang Hengyue almost burst into tears. This Qin Guangcheng is such an honest person, but he makes up lies without blinking an eye. It really takes a lot of foresight to deal with these business people.
Then he looked at Luo Taiwu and Du Charlie, and when they heard that they wanted to adjust their positions, they suddenly looked embarrassed.
Qin Guangcheng had already prepared, and before the two of them could say anything to refuse, he smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'm not asking you for a loan. When it comes to money, I can still get tens of thousands of taels of silver. With my life
More than tens of thousands of silver?"
Luo Du was relieved now, but he just didn't understand the meaning of Qin Guangcheng's words.
Qin Guangcheng winked at Wang Hengyue, and Wang Hengyue said: "This little brother came back from the United States and took a detour to Switzerland to purchase a batch of Swiss gold watches. Because my father's remittance has not arrived, I want to transfer these batches
The gold watch is on sale. I wonder if you two are interested?"
When they heard it was a Swiss watch, Luo and Du's eyes lit up.
There is an old saying in the watch industry: "Swiss watches, German clocks". Swiss watches and German clocks are the most famous in China. Luo and Du were originally engaged in the jewelry business. How could anyone not be interested in hearing about a batch of Swiss watches?
The truth?
Du Charlie composed himself: "Since it was brought by Brother Shu from Switzerland, it must be good. I would like to ask Brother Shu to take out these watches and take a look at them."
Wang Hengyue nodded, stood up, apologized, asked a few people to wait, and then returned to the guest room arranged by Qin Guangcheng.
After thinking for a while in the guest room, I took out three fake gold watches from my bag and kept them for future emergencies, and then returned to the living room with a bag full of fake goods.
"Jiuhou, Jiuhou." Wang Hengyue put his bag on the table with a smile. Luo Fuzhi and Du Charlie, who had long been impatient, quickly got up and gathered around. Qin Guangcheng also walked over curiously.
He opened the bag and took out several beautifully crafted boxes. As soon as they opened the boxes, Luo Fuzhi and Du Charlie's eyes suddenly lit up.
Charlie Du took the box and couldn't stop praising it: "Good goods, good goods, things brought from foreign countries are different after all. Such goods are rare even when brothers are in the United States!"