Chapter 333: Journey to the Altar 3
Walking to the rented villa, Lin Ruyu asked, "Where are we going?" ”
"Let's go around first, and then visit King Tanga." Li Yi said.
"Will the King of Tanga see us?" Lin Ruyu asked.
Li Yi said with a smile: "The king of this kind of country is pampered and is most afraid of death. I frightened him last night, and gave him a dream, fearing that he would weep bitterly when he saw me, and thought that he had seen a savior. ”
"No, didn't you stay with me last night?" Lin Ruyu asked.
Li Yi said: "I'll go after you fall asleep, and I'm not afraid to scare people late." ”
Lin Ruyu asked with concern: "Then didn't you sleep all night?" ”
Li Yi said: "Peace of mind, my body cells can take turns with each other, and I don't need to sleep at all." ”
As an island country hanging alone in the ocean, although Tanga is greatly influenced by the British, it still retains some unique folk customs. The most different from the mainstream worldview of these folklore is the belief that fat is beautiful.
In this lazy tropical country, you can't think of fat. The common people are very fat, and the nobles and royalty are even more fat. If you dare to say that it is not good to be fat, up to the altar and the royal family, down to the common people, no one can spare you.
The people who pay the most attention to weight are none other than the girls in Tanga. If the girl here is not fat, she can't get married at all. Some girls with thick waistlines can only wrap a thick cloth around their waists to make themselves look like buckets in order to avoid being ridiculed.
We all know how hot it can be in the tropical city of Tanga. In this kind of country where everyone wants to have no clothes, girls wrap themselves into buckets for "beauty", which is a deep helplessness.
"Haha, there are so many fat people, the whole square is full of big fat people, it's so ugly." Lin Ruyu said in a low voice.
The inhabitants of Tonga are of Polynesian ethnicity, a mixture of southern and Australian ethnicity, between yellow-brown and more in line with the aesthetics of the Birch people than whites and blacks.
But no matter how good the face is, I'm afraid of fat. Everyone is as fat as a ball, and they don't look very good.
Li Yi smiled: "When you say they are ugly, they are also saying that you are ugly." In their eyes, you don't know how ugly you are when your waist is so thin. ”
Lin Ruyu looked around and found that there were indeed a few fat men pointing at her, their eyes full of contempt. Foreign tourists like this, who can't even beat a bucket at the waist, are extremely ugly in the eyes of the locals.
"Husband, sometimes I feel that people's concepts are really deeply affected by the environment. When everybody thinks something is wrong, then even if it's right, it's wrong. Lin Ruyu said.
"Well, so it's very difficult for a backward nation to progress. But don't worry, in a few months, you'll look good in their eyes. Li Yi molded her belly.
"Haha." Lin Ruyu chuckled, "The twins must not be small." I was very big when I conceived you. ”
"yes, let me hear it." Li Yi leaned on her lower abdomen.
"It's only been a few days, how can there be any movement." Lin Ruyu shook his head.
"I can hear the sound of their cells dividing." Li Yi said.
"Really?"
"Really."
The two walked forward for a while, and Li Yi said: "Actually, there is a custom in Tanjiaguo, which is beneficial to us. ”
"What customs?" Lin Ruyu asked.
"Inbred marriage. The entire inhabitants of the kingdom of Tanga are descended from the same ancestor, and marriage between close relatives is very common. The queen of the previous king is the king's own sister, and the queen of this king is his niece. ”
"And this kind of thing? Aren't they afraid of getting sick? Lin Ruyu said in surprise.
Li Yi said: "The genes of the Tanjia royal family are relatively healthy at present, and there are no pathological mutations. In fact, as long as the parents are healthy, even if there is a recessive disease gene, the probability of giving birth to a healthy child is still far greater than that of a sick child. ”
"That's just as well." Lin Ruyu nodded.
Li Yi said: "Wife, do you know that in ancient Persia, marrying one's own mother was a holy marriage, and they firmly believed that the union of the closest blood would bring blessings from God. ”
Lin Ruyu's face turned red and said in a low voice: "Don't tell me this, I'm not your mother." ”
Li Yi said: "I know, you are my wife!" ”
The two talked and laughed, and walked in the direction of the Tanga Palace while enjoying the tropical scenery of Tanga Kingdom. Although the palace is far away from the villa rented by Li Yi, the evolved Lin Ruyu has a lot of physical strength, and it is not a problem to walk a hundred miles.
"Hula!"
A big brown-red, eerie and terrifying guy flew over Lin Ruyu's head, causing Lin Ruyu to scream in fright.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's a flying fox." Li Yi said.
Although the flying fox is called a fox, it is not a fox, but a bat known as a flying fox.
Tonga is home to the world's largest and most abundant flying foxes, which can be more than a meter long when their wings are spread out, and they fly with the sound of whirring wind, which looks terrifying, but in fact they have a docile temperament and never hurt people.
Like the Tanga people, these flying foxes are also lazy, and usually stop to rest after flying around the trees a few times. Bats rest upside down, and they are no exception. The huge flying fox feet hang upside down on the branches, which is also a unique sight in Tanga.
In addition to the unique tropical island scenery, Tanka has many places of interest.
More than 1,000 years ago, the ancestors of King Tanga founded a country on this island. Successive kings have had other political achievements besides making all the inhabitants of the island their own offspring.
The arch of the Royal Palace, on the outskirts of Rukuhal, is made of three huge stones, and what still appears to be a grand project was built by the Tongans 1,200 years ago under extremely rudimentary production conditions. The "sundial", which is marked with astronomical data such as the sunrise time, is made of 40 tons of boulders, which is the embodiment of the astronomical knowledge of the Tongan people.
The most striking ancient building in Rukuhal is the royal palace built in the 19th century, with a red roof and a white body, which makes this three-storey building look atmospheric and elegant, and the monarchs of the Tanga Kingdom have been crowned here.
"There's the palace ahead." Li Yi said.
When Li Yi and Lin Ruyu walked outside the palace, they immediately saw many chubby and round guards.
Li Yi said: "The army of Tanjia is composed of the army, navy and royal guard, with a total of more than 600 officers and soldiers, and its strength is comparable to that of Gambia, the largest country in the universe. ”
"First in the universe? Gambia? Lin Ruyu was a little surprised, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”
"Wife, you don't like the Internet so much. When the situation in the sea deteriorated, the president of the Gambia had asked to help the city recover the mainland, and said that their marines would be enough to destroy Huaxia, which caused a great sensation. After investigation, netizens found that their president had threatened the Soviet Union in 85 years, to capture the entire territory of Soviet Russia in three days, and to sweep the European continent with an expeditionary force in 95 years. ”
"And such a powerful country?" Lin Ruyu asked.
"Of course, but the country's navy, land and air forces add up to only 800 people, and if you want to become the so-called first power in the universe in the mouth of netizens, you still need to continue to work hard."
"Hahaha, they're so arrogant!" Lin Ruyu said.
The two were laughing, and a big fat man in a military uniform walked over and said in fluent English: "Are the two friends from Huaxia?" ”
"That's right, I have an appointment with the king." Li Yi said.
The big fat man said: "Hurry up, please, Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Li Yi and Lin Ruyu entered the palace with him and soon met the king lying on the village.
King Dulu VI of Tanga is forty-six years old this year, and he is nearly 1.9 meters tall, fatter than his ministers and guards, and even if he is lying down, he looks like a big mountain.
Now the mountain was shaking, and the god was saying, "Oh, I can't do it anymore, I'm dying of pain, I'm dying of pain!" ”
The big fat man who had just run to greet Li Yi and Lin Ruyu was Brigadier General Fieira, the king's chief of staff, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the doctor you want has already arrived!" ”
The king looked at Li Yi weakly and shouted, "Help me!" ”
Although the Chinese language of Tanga is Tanga, it has been controlled by the British for a hundred years, and most of the people can speak English, and English is widely used by the upper class. The king's cry is also in English.
A round woman sitting beside the king said, "Sir, my husband had a strange illness last night and has been in pain until now, and the doctors in the country will not treat it, can you do it?" ”
"No problem." Li Yi walked up to Dulu VI and drew a cross on his forehead and said, "The Lord will bless you." ”
A miracle happened, and the king stopped groaning, and the cold sweat ceased to break out.
He sat up with the help of the fat woman, held Li Yi's hand and said, "Oh, it doesn't hurt, you are really the one sent by the Lord to save me!" ”
"You're welcome." Li Yi smiled slightly.
Most of the people in Tanga were Kitus, and the king himself was no exception. Yesterday, Li Yi entrusted him with a dream in the name of the Lord, which of course would attract his attention.
Twenty minutes later, Li Yi and Lin Ruyu sat in the small hall of the palace.
The fat man who had just sat next to the king was Queen Mataha of Tanga, and in addition to her and the king, the crown prince Uluka, the crown princess Tuita, and the princess Piloleu also came.
Dulu VI has a son and two daughters, and his son, the crown prince, has just returned from studying in Australia. Crown Princess Tuita is the youngest sister of Queen Mataha, who studied in Australia with Uluka. Princess Piloleu had returned from studying in New Zealand, while the youngest princess had studied in the United States and had not yet returned to her country.
The crown prince, the crown princess, and the princess are thinner than the king, but they are also limited. Lin Ruyu only felt extremely awkward in the face of these big fat people.
"Mr. Li, are you here to do business?" Dulu VI asked.
"That's right, our family is preparing to transform into the industrial field, and this time I came to Tanjia to see if there is a suitable place to build a factory." Li Yi said.
"Mr. Li, our country's industrial foundation is too thin, and it is far away from other continents, so the circulation of commodities is very poor. Although our country has a large number of educated people, we are satisfied with a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, and there is no motivation to work, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to invest. ”
Li Yi said: "Your Majesty, you are real. ”
"To tell you the truth, I also studied in Australia and the United States when I was young, and I dreamed of building my country into a developed country like Australia and the United States. It's a pity, it's useless for me to be in a hurry, I can't rush the people into the factory, right? It is even more unrealistic to say that every Chinese person should be sent to a foreign country for training. ”
Li Yi said: "I understand the situation in your country, I don't need your country's labor to build a factory, I only need to occupy your waters." You've heard about the recent research on controlled nuclear fusion, right? ”
Dulu VI nodded: "I heard, it is said that that achievement can win this year's Nobel Prize." Thank God that this must be God's guidance. ”
Li Yi said: "That achievement belongs to our company. If we want to build a nuclear power plant, we need a lot of deuterium and tritium, which are difficult to obtain directly in nature, so I need to build a heavy water field. Your country is in the middle of the ocean, and the water resources are endless, which is the best place to build such a factory. ”
Dulu VI thought for a moment and said, "Will it cause environmental pollution?" You know, my country's economy is now supported by the tourism industry, and if there is environmental pollution, we can't do it. ”
Li Yi said: "There is no environmental pollution. I'm building a heavy water plant, not a nuclear power plant, and the factory is powered by ocean currents, not anything that produces pollution. This is the most advanced technology in the world, I can't understand it for a while, if you want to know, I can give you a piece of information. ”
Dulu VI said with a smile: "You don't need any information or anything, anyway, if you build a factory here, if you cause pollution, we will definitely shut down, and the rest is easy to say." Fieira, go and bring the Prime Minister and the Minister of Commerce and Trade, and we will discuss this matter together. ”
It didn't take long for the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister of Information and Communications Kawaii, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Labour Viliami arrived.
Seeing that these two people had so many titles, Lin Ruyu couldn't help but smile.
Knowing why, Dulu VI explained: "We are a small country, we don't need too many people to run it, and every cabinet minister has to be responsible for many aspects. ”
Lin Ruyu heard Li Yi talk about the troubles of the president of Gambia, and saw that Dulu VI and others were as fat as balls, and thought that the head of state of a small country was not smart, and he was seen through by the other party without thinking about his thoughts.
She quickly put away her smile, shook her head and said, "No, I'm not laughing at you, it's good and efficient." ”
The talks were held in a friendly and cheerful atmosphere, with King Dulu VI willing to give land and policies, just to avoid environmental pollution, while Li Yi vigorously tilted towards Tanjia in terms of funds, so that they would not suffer losses.
Almost without much effort, the contract between the two parties was signed, and Li Yi took Lin Ruyu's hand and left the palace together.
On the way back to the rented villa, Lin Ruyu asked softly: "I see that the king is very smart, you scared him, made him sick, and treated him in the name of the lord, are you really not afraid of being seen through by him?" ”
Li Yi said: "First of all, this is a basic country, no matter how much the king goes to study abroad, no matter how much he learns science and culture, he can't get rid of the imprint from childhood to adulthood. Secondly, it doesn't hurt even if he thinks it's wrong, as a king, he can't anger me with suspicion, after all, I didn't let him suffer. (To be continued.) )