Chapter 20 The Dutch without a surname
"Oh! Then I really didn't expect that my name had already reached Pattani, but it didn't seem to bring me any good, this land full of tropical jungles has never been blessed by God! ”
Peter's speech was slow, and he spoke in a subdued tone as if he were reciting poetry, and his gentle eyes revealed majesty.
Behind him, in addition to a few missionaries in black clerical robes, there were also several French mercenaries in blue military uniforms and three-cornered hats!
"Leaf! I heard that you are the heir of the big Chinese family in Pattani? It is said that your ancestors have been here for hundreds of years? ”
Peter seems to be very interested in the Ye family, can't he want to preach? Ye Kai couldn't help but think.
"Bishop Peter, you can call me Zinedin, I am very happy to meet such a gracious elder as you!"
Ye Kai also showed a faint smile on his face, impeccable etiquette, fluent Parisian accent French, except for the shiny braid on the back of his head, they were all so harmonious!
"Don't be such a child, don't be so inhibited, please come with me, we have a party today, and they will definitely be happy to meet a local who is fluent in French! And chances are one of your friends will be here too! ”
Friend? There will be his own friends in the French military camp, Ye Kai was a little confused, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think that he had any other friends who could appear here.
Smoke rose from the lawn by the river, and all the people walking around were blonde and blue-eyed white skins.
Men mostly wear European-style tuxedos, which have only become popular in recent years, and are not the same as the tuxedos of later generations, which were hard lapels and shawls under the collar.
There are far fewer ladies here, after all, it is a military camp, and the few who wear various European dresses are the families of high-ranking officers.
Anna the golden silk cat is also among them, she is wearing a pink dress and is winking at Ye Kai, Ye Kai suddenly found that this golden silk cat is quite attractive except for a few small freckles on the face and a flat chest!
At this time, it was evening, and Ye Kai, who had rested for a while, also changed into a French-style military uniform that Anna found for him, but he himself felt very uncomfortable, not that there were too many white people that made him feel uncomfortable, but the braids on the back of his head and his yin-yang hairstyle!
Next to Anna, a white young man in leather pants was making a big offer, he followed Anna's eyes, and Ye Kai glanced at each other, both of them felt that the more they looked at each other, the more familiar they became.
"Roy?"
"Leaf?"
The two exclaimed at the same time, Ye Kai knew who the possible friend Peter was talking about, Roy, the son of Marco, the counselor of the Dutch East India Company's Pattani Merchant Hall, a Dutchman who had never been to the Netherlands!
A trace of disdain flashed on the faces of the two at the same time, this white-skinned young man named Roy can be said to be the most profound person in Ye Kai's memory, his entire life in Beitani was spent in jealousy and brave fighting with this guy!
The surprise of the sudden meeting is followed by endless contempt!
"You pigtailed yellow-skinned tartar, this is a civilized society, I think if you are interested, you better go away, here, your tank-like father can't protect you!"
"You white-skinned Baba who doesn't even have a surname, I think you'd better open it right away, otherwise it will be embarrassing if someone asks you what your surname is!" Ye Kai curled the corners of his mouth and sneered mercilessly.
The country of the Netherlands is also a strange thing, when the Dutch profiteers disbanded the provincial army comparable to the lobster soldiers for the sake of capital security and limited the power of the Prince of Orange!
And now the Dutch also have a strange thing standing at the top of Europe, that is, they only have a first name and no surname, just like the Japanese, and the surnames of the Dutch in later generations were forced to be given to them after Napoleon occupied the Netherlands.
As a country as small and violent, we often see Japanese names such as Inabe, Inoue, Watanabe, and the same Dutchmen are also 'geniuses'!
Wherever they lived, they took the name of the place as their surname, for example, the famous football star Van Basten was surnamed Basten because his ancestors lived in the town of Basten.
And this model word has nothing to do with what nobles are not nobles, Van Basten is from the meaning of Basten Town.
Can you imagine this bizarre scene?
For example, if you live in Beijing, you will be surnamed Beijing, and if you live in Dongguan, you will be surnamed Dongguan, and two people with the same surname Beijing are likely to have no relationship at all!
This Dutch and Japanese are such a pair of 'cuties!' ’
Of course, this is also a big killer weapon that Ye Kai often uses to make fun of Roy, this Dutch kid is a native of Nanyang who was born in Batavia and grew up in Batavia, he is deeply influenced by the concept of Nanyang Chinese, and he also regards not having a surname as an extremely shameful thing, every time Ye Kai mentioned this before, there would always be a fight between the two!
Sure enough, Roy, who suddenly turned red, was like an angry bull, but when he was about to rush over and fight with Ye Kai, there was a sudden burst of music on the lawn, and it turned out to be a girl in a white dress playing a piano.
Ye Kai also took a closer look curiously, this is a very old Vienna-style action piano!
Of course, in the 21st century, in 1784, it was a very advanced, expensive, and only a decade or so of high-end instruments, and most people in the world had never even heard of the word piano.
Dutchman Roy looked at Ye Kai with disdain again, "Boy! Any idea what this is? You will never understand this kind of noble music for the rest of your life, and you cunning yellow-skinned monkey only deserves to go to the trees to find fruit to eat! ”
"I'm Nima!"
"Iron Fist!"
Ye Kaina could still hold back, and before Roy's words fell, he rushed over, and a sky-high cannon hit the chin of this Dutch white skin quickly!
In the midst of Anna's screams and Roy's howls of pain, a stream of bloody arrows flew into the air with two teeth wrapped around them!
The screams and screams alarmed the crowd listening to the piano music, a Frenchman in a blue military uniform shouted loudly, and several soldiers on duty on the lawn ran over at a high speed!
Roy was lying on the grass and rolling back and forth, Ye Kai's uppercut punch was quite powerful, not only was he knocked out two teeth, but his teeth also bit his upper and lower jaws and gums, and his mouth was full of blood mixed with green and yellow grass clippings all over his face!
"Roy! What happened to you? You damn yellow bitch! You attacked my son? ”
Marco was a balding, short Dutchman, and unlike the other whites here, Marco had much darker skin because, like his son Roy, he was a Dutchman born and raised in Batavia, and his ancestors even fought in the Battle of Rolo Bay!
In the white European circle, as in the Chinese circle in the South Seas, there is also a chain of contempt.
White Europeans despise native-born whites, native-born whites despise mixed-race whites, whites in Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries are superior whites, whites in Ireland, Poland and other places are inferior, and the British don't even treat the Irish as white!
"Is that you? You damn fellow! "Of course Marco knows Ye Kai, the Dutch East India Company has been fighting with Ye Jiaming for a day or two from Manraka to Pattani.
Angrily pointing at Ye Kai, Marco hurriedly ran over to see how his son's injuries went, on this lawn that was all white, he didn't believe that a yellow person like Ye Kai could bargain!