1903 Mahui is attacked
"Oh, I'm sorry......" Dr. Buck didn't expect Ferdinand to be a little clean, so he quickly took off his gloves and threw them aside, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper for a while, but I hope the consul will pay attention to our proposal!"
"Enough, enough!" said Ferdinand, shaking his hand impatiently, "things are not as simple as you think, do you think these lowly natives will change their habits?"
"Who will do this laborious work, and who will pay for the money? These people can't afford to eat, and do they expect them to add to the troubles in their lives?"
"And what are you talking about drinking boiling water? Please, this is a desert city, where do you get the fuel? The limited shrubs and trees in the desert are not enough for them to cook on fires, and they have to boil water every day?"
"As for the construction of sewers, it's even more impossible, because the locals don't have the money, and the canal company can't afford it...... Do you know how much money we invested in building the canal?"
"We've invested £18 million in 11 years, and now all we're working on is recouping!
"Enough, I appreciate your volunteer work, but unfortunately everything you have proposed is unrealistic, please go back, there is still a long journey waiting for you, I will not send it!"
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves from the east of the street was getting closer and closer, and a group of French cavalry who came to support soon surrounded the medical team, and the tall horses began to isolate the distance between the medical team and the Canal Company building, and Buck and they were forced out little by little. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Forget it, Mr. Barker, we've done our best, these French are a bunch of vampires, and the locals are still very wary of us, we can't change anything, let's go back to the ship......"
Buck licked his thirsty lips, looked in the direction where Ma Hui disappeared, and whispered, "Wait a little longer, I hope Ma Hui has something to gain over there!"
Just as the medical team was slowly retreating towards the sampan, Ma Hui and the others were also in trouble, and just as Buck and Ferdinand were arguing, Ma Hui and the others were suddenly attacked by a group of teenagers wearing turbans.
The screaming teenagers picked up the stones in their hands and threw them desperately at them, and the interpreter scolded them several times in a row, but to no avail.
At first, only four or five teenagers harassed Ma Hui, and after a while, more than 20 people threw stones, and Ma Hui's head was smashed with five or six big bags, and his eyes were full of gold stars, so he had no choice but to hold his head and run wildly.
"What are these kids yelling at?"
"They're calling us evil heretics, and they're the devils who bring the plague!"
"Damn, it's really unreasonable, the plague has already broken out, and we just came today, so we can rely on my head...... Look ahead, there's a small mosque, where are we going to take refuge......"
More and more children were chasing them, and the stones flew like rain, and the three of them, no longer caring about religious habits, slammed open the wooden door of the mosque and rolled on the carpet like leather balls.
When they arrived here, the children finally didn't dare to throw stones, but when Ma Hui and the others looked up, they found that there were more than 20 strong men around, all with big beards glaring at them.
It is clear that these strangers have angered them, and storming the mosque is the greatest disrespect to Allah.
"Catch them! Cut off their heads! How dare you break the wooden door of the mosque, and don't let a ...... go"
Ma Hui subconsciously wanted to touch the gun, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was empty, only to find that in order to prevent the local natives from misunderstanding, the weapon had long been left in the medical team, and now there were no other weapons except for a dagger in the boot.
The desert natives who surrounded them were getting closer and closer, and they clenched their fists fiercely one by one, and they couldn't take much care of Ma Hui in an emergency.
"Translation...... Translate as I say it!"
"I am a believer in Allah, I am a Hui in China, and I also believe in Allah...... I am a descendant of the Three Treasures Eunuch, Zheng He, who came here during the Ming Dynasty......"
At the critical moment, the translator couldn't control much, and directly translated according to Ma Hui's original words, and secretly said in his heart, "What can this be for? How can the people here know the Three Treasure Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, they are going to die, and they are going to lose their lives!"
At this critical moment, suddenly an old voice came from the depths of the mosque: "Wait a minute! Don't do it, I have something to say......"
A snow-white bearded imam walked out with the support of the attendants, he bent down to look at Ma Hui lying on the carpet and said lightly, "I know the eunuch of the Three Treasures, may I ask what is your name, and what evidence do you have to prove your identity?"
Ma Hui wiped the sweat from his forehead, straightened his body and knelt on the carpet, "Please give me a compass so that I know the direction of the Holy Land of Mecca, so that my forehead can always face the Holy Land......"
This sentence came out of the imam and the people around him, this is really a word that only a believer can say, head to the holy place to worship, this is the rule.
But people were in different directions, so a compass was invented to locate the location of sacred places, which was generally used by herders who traveled a lot, and which was really little known to others.
Ma Hui bowed to the holy place under the guidance of the imam according to the rules of his hometown, and recited scriptures, although there are some differences in movements and intonation, but considering that Ma Hui is a distant relative who has been in exile in China for thousands of years, these differences are not surprising.
"The story of the Three Treasures Eunuch is widely spread in our Middle East, and we all know about it when he once came with a huge fleet of Ming Dynasty to worship the Holy Land...... But the Chinese name of the Three Treasure Eunuchs is Zheng He! And you say your name is Ma Hui, how can this be a family?"
Ma looked back and saw that there was a door, and he could know the name of the eunuch of the Three Treasures, which showed that the ancestor had really come here, and with this layer of incense, at least the little fate was saved.
"Yes, what you said is very right, the name of the Three Treasure Eunuchs is indeed Zheng He, but his family is not surnamed Zheng!" Ma Hui proudly straightened his waist, "My ancestors have always lived in Yunnan, and they have always been surnamed Ma! The real name of the Three Treasure Eunuchs is Ma Hui! It is the credit obtained in the Battle of Zhengzhou in the Battle of Jingyan, and the surname Zheng was given!"
"I am a descendant of this one! believe me, for I have no benefit in deceiving you!"
Speaking of which, the old imam's eyes were already full of tears, so the stories of the old people were all matched at this moment, and he finally knew that what was in front of him was not a thief or a devil, but a relative who had been lost for thousands of years.
"Kid, welcome home......"