Chapter 52 Men are not spared
After entering the East City Gate, Zhou Shixiong carefully looked at the buildings in the city and found that Shenglong City was almost a hodgepodge of ancient Chinese architecture and South Asian style architecture. The older the house, the more obvious the Ming style, the newer the hybrid variety tasted. The street was wider and straight, which meant that the original builder had planned it before building it.
"Prince Zheng, Shenglong Mansion is worthy of being praised as a place of cultural relics for thousands of years. Just looking at these buildings makes people feel leisurely and nostalgic." Zhou Shixiong racked his brains to come up with such a complimentary sentence. At the same time, he gently clamped his legs and urged the horses to go faster. There is no way. After so long in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Shixiong could not get used to the environment full of shit, urine and sewage on the streets. The population of Shenglong Mansion is more than ten times that of Lang Sang Mansion, and the dirt and mess in the city also increased in the same proportion.
Zheng Du is finally a prince and has no good impression of this kind of scene. He was worried that the angel would browse slowly, so he was very confused. Now seeing the angel accelerate, Zheng Du put down the big stone in his heart and drove the horse to follow.
The Ping'an Palace is the original Li Dynasty Palace. It is said that when Li Shenzong was still in Shenglong Palace, Zheng Song did not dare to seize the palace and live by himself. It seems that his younger brother is much more courageous than him. Not only dares to rebel from his brother, but he also has no pressure on stealing the king's house.
After entering the former palace, the following ceremony was the same everywhere, eating, drinking, watching performances, etc. During the meal, Zheng Du introduced Zhou Shixiong to the great figures of Shenglong Mansion, including those with Zheng surnamed Ruan Li. Zhou Shixiong only remembers Zheng Zai, Li Weiyou, a Flangji man, and his translator Yano. These people are very interesting. Zheng Zai is actually Zheng Du's youngest son, and Li Weiyou is even more powerful, and he is the eldest son of Li Shenzong. Bamond is the representative of Malay Governor Preyra, and Yano is a super genius translator who speaks six languages.
The first three people made Zhou Shixiong remember them because of their identity. When Yano introduced himself, Zhou Shixiong had a strong sense of shame, that is, possessing him! Don’t doubt Zhou Shixiong’s thoughts, nor do you question Zhou Shixiong’s sexual orientation. In ancient times, when I met a person who could use the six languages fluently, he was definitely more attractive to Zhou Shixiong than most women!
"Mr. Bamond, should you call me that?" In order to achieve the goal of occupying a certain man, Zhou Shixiong no longer paid attention to several county-level princes and municipal-level crown princes. He communicated with Bamond very curiously.
Zhou Shixiong spoke in Ming Dynasty Mandarin, and Yano couldn't understand it. He communicated with Li Weiyou in a language similar to Hakka, and after Li Weiyou's translation, he transferred it to Bamond. Just looking at the conversation of a few people, it required more than three languages to communicate. It was not surprising that Zhou Shixiong was so urgent about Yano's ability.
After another multilingual exchange, Bamond's reply reached Zhou Shixiong's ears. "I admire your wisdom of the great empire." After waiting for so long, Zhou Shixiong almost forgot what he said before he heard this scene. Zhou Shixiong cursed inwardly, "Damn, it's really expensive to talk nonsense in such an occasion!"
Because the communication is too difficult, Zhou Shixiong said a few official words and agreed to chat with him when he is free, and he would no longer pay attention to Bamond. However, Zhou Shixiong could not sit so bored. The banquet was held for him. The protagonist's first departure would cause an international dispute! In order to maintain the decentness of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Shixiong had to chat with Zheng Du and Li Weiyou.
After a while, Zhou Shixiong understood why the crown prince of Li Shenzong appeared in the hostile camp. It turned out that Bamond, on behalf of the Malay Governor Preyra, submitted an application to the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty, hoping to rent the Jiading docking ship. But in fact, Jiading is also Ji Ading in the Age of Discovery. The Japanese devils read the pinyin of Jiading separately, which was really creative.
The creativity of the little Japanese is not as good as that of the Florians. The Jiading they wanted to rent was actually a fishing village in Zhenla Kingdom, named Priyango. Because King Zhenla was a devout Buddhist, he saw that the Vietnamese and the Li Dynasty attacked each other in recent years, causing a large number of refugees to be displaced. The kind king consigned refugees to enter Priyango for a temporary residence, giving them a temporary place to stay.
King Zhenla was a kind person, but he really had no culture. A small country with only one million citizens dared to open its doors to accommodate refugees from other countries with nearly one-fifth of the country's population. The result was naturally tragic. The sixty-year civil war created more than 300,000 Jiaozhi refugees. Of course, Priyango could not tolerate so many people. The refugees only felt that they were heading into the territory of Zhenla, without any intention of asking if they were accurate.
King Zhenla officially ordered refugees to enter the country six years ago. Today, six years later, Priyango has become Jiading, and his nationality has also changed from Zhenla to Jiaozhi. Refugees used their weak feet and tear-jerking tragic stories to complete a peaceful expansion for Jiaozhi, and silently occupied one-fifth of the territory of Zhenla. This was a great victory, and a new territory was created in the civil war. There is no similar record in the history of that country. For this reason, the Li Dynasty and the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty announced to Zhenla that Jiading is ours!
King Zhenla, who could not even stop the refugees, could only pray to the Buddha silently, hoping that the Buddha would slap these two bastards to death. I wonder if the Buddha had taken action. The two despicable and shameless guys, Li Chao, Li Jingzong and Zheng Song of the Northern Vietnam, died one after another. Strictly speaking, it was avenge the Zhenla Kingdom.
What is very interesting is that the two people who introduced the situation to Zhou Shixiong were the son of Li Shenzong who killed Li Jingzong, and the other was the son of Zheng Du, who killed Zheng Song. Zhou Shixiong thought, 'Their predecessors are so weird, these two will not inherit similar luck, right?'
The reason why we need to introduce the background of Jiading is that this historical issue must be unified in both parties. If Zheng and Du do not agree to the loan, Li Shenzong will not be able to unilaterally agree to the loan of Jiading. This is also the reason why Li Weiyou brought Bamond to Shenglong Mansion.
After listening to this story, Zhou Shixiong was both angry and funny. It was clear that Jiading was at the back of the Li Dynasty's sphere of influence and had nothing to do with the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty. Li Shenzong could not decide the right to use his rear area. However, Zhou Shixiong also understood the suffering of Li Shenzong. He was just the nominal king of the Li Dynasty, and the real person in charge was Zheng Zhuang and Zheng Du's eldest nephew.
After listening to the story and drinking, Zhou Shixiong lived in the palace. King Ping'an was hard to refuse his affection, so it was hard to neglect the hearts of all the princes. The next day, Zhou Shixiong was accompanied by Zheng Zai and visited the major pharmacies in Shenglong Mansion. The developers of the Nine Insect Enemies came to step on the field, and the doctors in Shenglong Mansion were very moved. They were all ready to teach their Ming colleagues a lesson. As mentioned earlier, Nine Insect Enemies is a collective name for nine kinds of parasites. Generally, one prescription is good to treat one to three kinds of insect diseases. Zhou Shixiong and his family came to use one medicine for multiple uses. In the eyes of the honest and kind ancients, this is called deception!
But everyone can see the efficacy of the Nine Insect Enemies, and they have done something theoretically impossible. The doctors have scratched their scalp and cannot explain this unreasonable phenomenon. They can only use witchcraft, evil magic, and unknown numbers to explain it. Now that the main master is here, they of course have to ask in person to understand and completely expose Zhou Shixiong's fake manufacturing and selling behavior.
Unfortunately, Zhou Shixiong did not give them this opportunity. The fake genius doctor in a green silk robe took Ma San to tour the tour. After visiting the major clinics, no one knew that he had been there. Zhou Shixiong bought a lot of sea medicines, which are drugs imported from abroad.
"Criminal, I want to build a dock warehouse in Shenglong Mansion, but I don't know if it's inconvenient." Zhou Shixiong asked Ruan Phuc Ah Jiang the same question. Ruan Phuc Ah Jiang said, what's inconvenient to do business? If you have the ability to transport all the freight in Guangxi, Shenglong Mansion is even more welcome.
"It will be inconvenient there. If the adults are not tired, let's go to the river to have a walk now!" Zheng Zai happily invited Zhou Shixiong, enthusiastically making Zhou Shixiong a little weird.
"Criminal, it's getting late, let's go tomorrow." Honghe is only three streets away from the palace. Zhou Shixiong and the others are only a few hundred meters away from the river. Zheng Zai looked at Zhou Shixiong in shock, unable to understand what the relationship has to do with the sky when walking a few hundred meters. Fortunately, Zheng Zai's family tutor was good, and he did not show impatience because of the strangeness. He still maintained his master's style and led Zhou Shixiong back to the palace.
It was like the sky, and it was only about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to the palace. Zhou Shixiong ordered Ma San to invite Yano over. Soon, Yano followed Ma San into the yard and "sit." Zhou Shixiong tried to communicate with Yano in Hakka and Cantonese. Fortunately, Yano could understand both of these words and could also speak a few Fujian-style Hakka dialect.
"Yano, I want to hire you as my language teacher, I don't know if it's OK?" One is ancient Hakka and the other is modern Hakka. Although there are many common points, the two of them have worked hard to figure out what both sides are saying.
"Dear Lord, Yano is the servant of Governor Preyra. Unless Governor Preyra agrees, Yano can agree to the request of Governor Preyra." The foreign language genius from the six countries was actually a slave, and Zhou Shixiong was very happy. As long as it is a problem that money can solve, it is not a problem.
"How can we get the consent of Governor Preyra?"
"The Governor is near Jiading. If you want to see the Governor, you can see it when you go to Jiading." Yano responded coldly to Zhou Shixiong. As a genius of language, he certainly knew what country the Ming Dynasty was. Although he had never been there in person, the Ming people he came into contact with were very greedy and cowardly. Yano looked down on the Ming people very much. Zhou Shixiong didn't care about Yano's thoughts. After Yano left, he asked Ma San to send a message to Zheng Zai and invited Zheng Zai to another restaurant for dinner. There was something to discuss.
"Father, the angel wants to build a dock and warehouse in Shenglong Mansion." In Zheng Du's study, Zheng Zai reported to Zheng Du what he saw today, and finally said that Zhou Shixiong intended to do business in Shenglong Mansion. Zheng Du smiled, "If the angel mentions this matter again, you can tell him that it is of course no problem to do business in a private name."
ps: Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s have red ticket collections, don’t tremble!
Chapter completed!