Chapter 150 Tribe
The lush grasslands are like hills, and a very abrupt gray stone castle-style manor appears on the horizon. In the distance, there are uneven thatched huts and wooden houses and extremely neat vegetable fields. They are green and have a clear boundary between the sparse grasslands. This is Tao Chaoqing's residence. (")
Most of the land in the south of Hanzhou Town was barren, so it hired black workers to engage in animal husbandry. Grain planting was just a by-product. Most of the more than 30 farms rented to Chinese people around were like this. In this illegal and chaotic place, the Chinese farms were very close to each other and helped each other.
According to the Overseas Provinces Act passed by the Council, imperial citizens of overseas provinces can apply for guns, especially in Maputo's overseas provinces, especially the Chinese farmers, merchants and staff living outside the city of Maputo, almost all own guns.
This castle, called "Omisiswa" or "Grey Palace" by the local natives, is a Western-style building and is easier to defend against barbarians. The winding and long courtyard walls are built with bullet piles and women's walls, but this is also in the oriental color.
Tao Chaoqing is a big landlord and the local emperor here. At the same time, he also needs to ensure the safety of more than 30 surrounding farms. In addition to organizing a security team composed of Chinese farmers and workers, he also hired more than a hundred Chinese gunmen, including many retired soldiers in the Central Plains. In addition to protecting the farm, this armed force can also act as a deterrent when expanding land to the outside world and dealing with tribes.
When Ye Zhao came to this castle, the team was naturally vast. The Blue Leather Guard and Royal Guard (Shen Ji) Battalion had more than 700 soldiers, and the chariots and horses covered with canvas transporting heavy weapons and ammunition. The long team was two or three miles long, but in this vast desert grassland, it seemed extremely small, just like a team of black ants, not attracting attention. Whether it is a caravan or a hunting team, such a formation is not uncommon, and it did not attract much attention from the black people in the field. Perhaps, they were already numb and numb to survive day after day.
In October, this land is early summer, the climate of the savanna is not coming, and it is dry and hot. ( ))
In the lounge on the second floor of the castle, Ye Zhao shook his head helplessly: "All the way, I've been going for the summer."
Wan Dequan wiped the sweat from his forehead and dared not say anything. He thought it was not. Why is this sun always so poisonous? It's so strangely tight.
When Tao Chaoqing came in with an account book, he asked carefully: "Long live, do you want to meet the people in the village?"
Ye Zhao waved his hand and came to South Africa. In addition to relaxing, looking at the current situation in Africa, the most concerned thing is the Romance of the Four Kingdoms with the Boers, Zulus and British people. As for farm things, how can you have the leisure to reason?
The British established the Cape colonial voices to force the Boers to migrate inland, but in the confrontation with the African indigenous people, the British and Boers often united. The king of the Zulu Kingdom is now abominable, and there was a serious territorial dispute with the Boers. The British wanted to take this opportunity to annex the Zulu Kingdom. In this way, the British colonies in Natal Province on the east coast of the Indian Ocean in South Africa will open the western front and the northern end will reach the Kingdom of Swaziland. The southeast of the overseas province of the Empire, adjacent to the Kingdom of Swaziland, is also conducting trade negotiations with the Kingdom of Swaziland. After the British annexed the Kingdom of Zulu, they will limit the sphere of influence of the Empire in Africa to the greatest extent, because the eastern and northeast of the overseas provinces of Maputo are the Boers, and the northern Mozambique is the sphere of influence of the Portuguese. If the southward transition is curbed, the expansion of the empire's power in Africa will end here.
After hearing Ye Zhao's words, Tao Chaoqing bowed and said that Ye Zhao had no orders, and then bowed and said goodbye.
Ye Zhao looked at Zheng Aqiao beside him again and asked, "It's hard to get hot all the way, can your wife resist it?" In fact, Ye Zhao wanted to ask him, "Here is a baby."
This time when I came to Africa, Zheng Aqiao's wife also followed him. She had never traveled across the ocean. She also heard that there were countless "Kunlun slaves" in black Africa and countless rare beasts. So she asked Zheng Aqiao a few more questions. Zheng Aqiao was excited to bring her here. Although Mrs. Zheng immediately gave up, she still couldn't resist Zheng Aqiao's persuasion, and had no choice but to accompany her. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple
Zheng Aqiao naturally guessed that Ye Zhao liked it and showed that she liked to take her wife to see the world, but it was understandable, but it was a pity that Mrs. Zheng was sick shortly after she set off from Xinjiapo. Most of the doctors on the fleet medical ship were men, so she acted as a doctor to treat Mrs. Zheng. Later, she became familiar with Mrs. Zheng, so she often chatted with her and even lived together later. This was also Ye Zhao's secret instruction from her alone, otherwise Mrs. Zheng would not dare to stay with the imperial concubine.
From Xinjiapo to Hanzhou Town, by sea and land, several female relatives such as Haoruwa and Mrs. Zheng did not show up in public, and even Ye Zhao didn't see her a few times.
Speaking of which, Koruru has worked as a health soldier, not that he has never seen the world, nor is he awkward person. I think she was restrained in front of him, right? I don’t know if he is tired of her, so he dare not show up.
When Ye Zhao thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Zheng Aqiao heard Ye Zhao's question and hurriedly replied: "Yes, fortunately, the imperial concubine's wonderful moves are coming back, and Zhujing was blessed by the emperor and the imperial concubine, so he saved his life."
Ye Zhao smiled and said nothing. Zheng Aqiao is now the governor of the capital, a second-class count, and his wife is also a first-class imperial edict, but she still has such blessings and longevity, but she will not be able to change it for a while.
"I'll go and rest all the way." Ye Zhao waved his hand. The mountains and rivers were long and the waters were far away, and he was a little tired.
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The morning breeze brought a few coolness. The rising sun in the distance was on the horizon, and half of the sky was dyed red with fiery red, as if it would jump out at any time.
Walking on the grass slope, Ye Zhao stretched comfortably, and she slept quite comfortably last night.
Walking out of the manor gate and coming to this grass slope, there were several casual blue-feathered guards behind him, all of whom were thief-spirited young men. Ye Zhao was able to call their names, which made these young people very excited for a long time. Even now, their chests are still turbulent, and they cannot hide the ripples in their hearts.
"Huh", climbing over the grass slope, Ye Zhao looked at the scene under the grass slope in surprise, slightly stunned.
A little black boy sat on a stone with awe and horror on his face. A beautiful back squatted across from him, with two braids swaying and shaking them. He was holding the little boy's hand and applying something to him with a cotton swab. The little boy's hand was dirty, and there was also a bloody wound, a fixed boil, a new wound, and the old wound had pus, which was rotten and not decent.
The little boy seemed to have some pain in his nurturing, but he did not dare to struggle to resist, his eyes were full of fear.
Hearing Ye Zhao's voice, the slender figure turned around, but it was a beautiful girl. Her eyes were like a pool of clear water, handsome and lively, with Mongolian clothing and a bit of charm of the children of the grassland, and she was as beautiful as a child.
"Emperor...Mr. Wen..." Haoruwa was stunned for a long time before he remembered the greeting. This was the first time he had a miserable dress with the emperor, and even the first time he met the emperor alone. Haoruwa was at a loss for a moment, and he didn't know how to greet him.
Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, there is not so much etiquette outside." Looking at the hands of the black child, Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "You are treating him with injuries. You are not afraid of scaring people to death, and you don't bring a general translation."
Yoo like a kid looked down at the patterns of beautiful little boots, and didn't say anything. He was up and down, but he really didn't know what to do. When she was very young, the emperor was the embodiment of majesty, fairness and justice. When he went to the palace to see the emperor, he was even more of her childhood ambition. The emperor was the god in her mind and a lofty totem, but he never thought that he would marry the emperor as a concubine.
In the past few years, although she has been a little lonely in the palace and has a comfortable life, she feels that it is good to live like this. Isn’t it? Now that she really has the opportunity to talk to the emperor, she feels shortness of breath and dizzy in her mind, and she can’t even say a word.
Ye Zhao looked at the black child's hands again and sighed slightly. However, the living benefits of black people today are already different from those of the prevalence of slave trade decades ago. Especially in the farms in the overseas provinces of the Empire, there are very few cases of being beaten to death than European colonists.
This is not a fifty step to laugh. In the eyes of many imperial citizens, black people are no different from wild animals. It is not easy to treat them well through laws and regulations, and it is not easy to educate the indigenous people in one day.
Ye Zhao also knew that, like European colonists, he also looked at Africans and African affairs with a look of looking down from a high place. For example, the Zulu people, he thought that they were barbaric and uncivilized. If a woman exposed her upper body before marriage, it would be unacceptable.
But from a traditional perspective, is it a prejudice to measure the indigenous people of this land as a tradition of Eastern civilization? Who is the hindrance of an unmarried woman showing her breasts and the population atmosphere?
"Should young women teach them whether they should wear clothes?" Ye Zhao muttered, and the young female employees in Chinese farms are asked to cover their bodies.
When Xiao Ruwa heard this, her pretty face turned red and she didn't dare to speak. Her snow-white little hands twisted together, making her cute indescribable.
At this time, a guard hurried over and whispered a few words beside Ye Zhao. However, it happened that several tribe leaders came to pay the land tax, and it seemed that there was a conflict with the southern Zulu tribe. Tao Chaoqing asked the emperor to return to the farm to preside over the presidency.
Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Your name is Tao Wen, you can do whatever you originally do. I just go and see the fun."
Ye Zhao was a little curious. In the book, in this year, this continent has been described as a primitive society, but we really need to see how these tribes look like.
He turned to Haoruwa and said, "Let's go and have a look together."
Haoruwa glanced at the black child, and Ye Zhao said, "Take him with you, and turn around and you can treat his injuries well."
A trace of light flashed through her pretty eyes and she whispered: "I am a little kindness. The emperor educates all people, which is a great kindness."
Ye Zhao smiled and left first.
Chapter completed!