"Chen Ping should come with us," Zhu Qiu whispered to Zhang Yuanji, "that white-haired old man, Mark Twain, wrote a biography of Chen Ping's father, Chen Fanggong. ”

"Really? I can't imagine that there are celebrities in the United States who are so close to our Han people. Zhang Yuanji said.

"He was no ordinary pro-Chinese," Zhu Qiu continued, "and when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in Congress that year, Mr. Mark Twain once put an advertisement in the newspaper that said, 'Half of the members of Congress are bastards.'" As soon as the newspaper was sold, many protest calls followed, and the congressmen, who did not consider themselves bastards, demanded that Mark Twain correct them. The next day, Mr. Mark Twain published another correction: 'I was wrong, Congressman, half of them are not assholes. ’”

"Haha......" Zhang Yuanji suddenly laughed.

The two of them are now the blessing of Rabbi Tojames, who came to this famous Wave Hill Villa in New York as guests. Speaking of this wave villa, it is famous. Franklin's uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, the current President of the United States, grew up here. However, at this moment, the owner of the villa is not Theodore, but George Perkins, one of the shareholders of Morgan & Co.

The ranking officials must have known the reason for this gathering, and yes, it was specially convened to solve the financial crisis in the United States.

Yesterday, when An Liangtang was busy collecting the frozen bones, Zhu Qiu and Donna had already arrived at Jacobbi's residence in a carriage. After Zhu Qiu explained his intentions, Jacobbi did not hesitate to send a few telegrams in the secret room, and the matter was almost over. The next day there was a private party at Wave Hills, and Rabbi Jacob invited Juqiu to come with him.

At this time, Jacobbi and Morgan and others went to the secret room to discuss the details. Zhu Qiu and Zhang Yuanji were bored, so they wandered around this manor to enjoy and play.

Speaking of which, this Western manor is by no means the same as the Han family. The Han family, generally known as the garden, is typical, is the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, delicate and elegant, ingenious. The manors in the West advocate primitive nature, everything is mostly innate, and decoration and decoration are very rare. What's more, at this time, the snow has not melted, and thousands of miles of pure white are the most beautiful time in this winter.

Zhang Yuanji is knowledgeable, and he was born in the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, in this mountain forest, he is really proficient, along the way, commenting on the landscape, every sentence is exquisite, so that Zhu Qiu is addicted.

But after all, Zhang Yuanji's Qing people's outfit was too eye-catching, and the two of them had to be idle for a while, and someone came up to politely ask about braids. Fortunately, because they came with Jacobbi, the two were not troubled because of the color of their skin. Of course, this is just a superficial reason, in this party, there are many gate valves who were good with the Zhu family in the past, and naturally they will not discriminate against them with yellow skin.

This came and went, somehow, and it was said that the culture went up. I only heard Zhang Yuanji talk eloquently: "I think that the elegance of the West, that is, the gentlemanly demeanor you say, cannot be compared with the elegance of my Han family." Your gentlemanliness is only a kind of superficial etiquette, and it cannot be integrated into words, deeds, behaviors, and manners, for example, your gentlemen's elegance cannot be seen at all in the pursuit of money. The elegance of my Han family is different, it is a set of self-cultivation and qi cultivation methods formed after two thousand years of tempering. Externally, the famous one is that Zheng He went to the West, carrying the power of huge ships and cannons, but doing equal and good things. In the same way you went to the West, what you did was to use strong ships and cannons to sow slavery and injustice. ”

This Zhang Yuanji only cares about what he says, but he forgets that he is in a foreign country. Suddenly, a large number of white people surrounded him, and some people even laughed and said: "If you say this, you Daqing should be invincible in the world?" Why is it that the current wars with all countries in the world are all lost? You know? Yellow-skinned people, this is the gap in civilization! ”

Zhang Yuanji was not angry, but said lightly: "The victory or defeat of the war, the advanced or backward weapons, does not represent the superiority or inferiority of civilization. Goths or Ancient Rome, whose civilization was more advanced? Ancient Rome, of course, but ancient Rome was destroyed by the Goths. The former Mongol Empire, with its vast territory, was once defeated in the west, all the way to the Danube Valley, and in the east, it also destroyed the Song Dynasty of our Han family. However, no one can deny that the civilization of the Mongols lagged behind the defeated countries of the East and the West. Therefore, the victory or defeat of a war, the advanced weapons or not, and the superiority or inferiority of civilization, have nothing to do with the merits of civilization. Even, civilization itself is not superior or inferior, because every civilization is moving forward in a continuous stream. There are indeed many discomforts in our Han civilization, and the first discomfort is probably the rise and fall of chaos, unlike Western countries, once the country is established, it can be less radically ......"

Zhang Yuanji made a lot of references, and everyone was amazed. But the people were amazed, and they were annoyed by the one who had just spoken. This white young man was only about twenty, with beautiful eyebrows, obviously a disciple of a high-ranking family, but he was young and vigorous, and when he saw that everyone echoed Zhang Yuanji, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, so he said loudly: "That yellow-skinned pig, don't just boast there, do you dare to duel with me?" ”

Hearing his scolding, many people were stunned, and there was a young man in the crowd who was also in his twenties, so he frowned and said to him: "William, what nonsense are you talking about!" Don't forget who saved your family from danger that day! ”

But it's too late, although Zhang Yuanji has experienced the Hawaiian turmoil, but he has never heard the white man scolded in person, he was born in a prestigious family, and he is young and ambitious, he has always only been held by others, where has he suffered such a pickled evil spirit, and suddenly said angrily: "Why don't you dare!" I will fight you in a duel. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yuanji stretched out his hand, grabbed the placket of the robe, and tucked it into his belt to fight with this William. However, with Zhu Qiu next to him, how could it be his turn to be a scholar.

Zhu Qiu turned sideways, held Zhang Yuanji's hand, and said, "Xiao Gong, don't be angry, let's do this kind of game, let's do it as young people!" ”

After speaking, he stood sideways in front of Zhang Yuanji and said to William: "If you want to duel, I will play with you, do you want to use a gun or a sword?" ”

William was a little regretful when he was drunk by the white young man, but he didn't expect Zhu Qiu to stand up and challenge him, and the anger that had just gone down surged up again.

"With a gun!" William shouted.

The young man who scolded him just now saw that the situation was not good, so he persuaded him and said to Zhu Qiu: "This little brother, it's not a big deal, just now William just made a slip of the tongue, and it was also an unintentional mistake, I will make amends to you on his behalf, the two of you give me a face, and the matter will be stopped, okay?" ”

As soon as this person spoke, Zhu Qiu and Zhang Yuanji were stunned. Why are you stunned? For the convenience of writing, sometimes even if both parties do not speak Chinese, or there are several languages, the author writes in Chinese. Just like just now, in fact, the answers of several people are in English. But at this time, Zhu and Zhang were stunned, because this young man actually spoke the old Beijing dialect with correct words, and the wording and sentences were very old, neither of them expected that in this American land, where the Chinese Exclusion Act was so prosperous, there could be a white man who could speak the dialect of his homeland Beijing with his mouth open. How can this not be surprising?

It was Zhang Yuanji who was well-informed, so he asked the man, "Who are you?" Why do you speak the language of our Han Chinese? ”

The white young man smiled and said, "I am John Quincy Adams II, and you can call me John." His name is William Randolph, and this incident can be regarded as a face-saving matter for the two of you, so let's just expose it. ”

When Zhu Qiu heard his words, his eyes lit up, and he rolled his eyes a few times, and then said: "Since Brother John is a peacemaker, we will not pursue it, as long as he compensates us." ”

Adams looked at Randolph, and Randolph said angrily: "Forget it, I'll duel, if you want me to apologize, it's impossible!" ”

Zhu Qiu smiled and said: "Actually, there are two choices in front of you, A, you apologize now, you can have the dignity of a gentleman; B, you lost the duel, or apologize, at that time, there was no fig leaf at all. ”

"You ......," exclaimed Randolph, a little angry, "I have to teach you a good lesson today!" ”

At this moment, even among this young generation, Adams, who is known for his prestige, can't be suppressed. Adams frowned and looked at Juqiu. Zhu Qiu smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion and won't hurt him." ”

This remark added fuel to the fire, and finally made the duel inevitable.

The two of them each took their weapons, Zhu Qiu Zihuang blade was on his body, and he still looked empty-handed, Randolph shouted: "That young man, I duel with you, I have already won a little invincible, and now you have empty hands, do you look down on me?" ”

Zhu Qiu laughed and said, "My weapon has always been with me, and you will naturally see it then." ”

As soon as these words came out, Adams thought about it, as if he had guessed something, pulled Zhang Yuanji aside, and even said something to comfort Zhang Yuanji: "Xiao Gong, don't worry, I see that this young man has a bamboo in his chest, and there must be a way to have both worlds." ”

At this time, the news had already reached the lords of the various gate valves who were exchanging interests, and everyone was shocked. Hurried over. But after all, it's too far away. By the time they saw the two sides of the duel, the duel could not be stopped.

Zhu Qiu and Randolph stood with their backs to each other, and the host Ronald Hoya gave an order, and the two began to walk forward, counting ten steps each, Randolph turned around suddenly, and the Colt * in his hand instantly pointed to Zhu Qiu's shoulder, Randolph pulled the trigger, and the crisp gunfire stopped the door valve owners who were striding over.

But Zhu Qiu didn't stop, as soon as the gun rang out, Zhu Qiu fell down, the white blade of his right hand flashed, only to hear a crisp metal impact, that Zhu Qiu, actually knocked the bullet away!

Randolph was taken aback, but he thought it was just an exception, and in a competitive mood, he gritted his teeth,* pointed at Zhu Qiu, and without any scruples, he pulled the trigger again and again. Good Zhu Qiu, I saw that at this time he was high and low, every time he was in the middle of the pole, knocking bullets, but his body was like a spark, flashing and fast approaching Randolph, if it wasn't for the scruples of being too close, Zhu Qiu was not sure to fly or dodge the bullets, Randolph would have been bullied by Zhu Qiu a long time ago, and this duel would have ended long ago.

Even so, Randolph's six bullets were fired, and Zhu Qiu was unscathed, but he himself was bullied in front of Zhu Qiu and stumbled.

Randolph lay on the ground with a red face and a swollen head, and said hatefully: "I lost, you kill me!" If I want to apologize, it will never be. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiu just smiled slightly and said to him: "You should have heard my name, my surname is Zhu, Mingqiu, Zhuqiu." Our two ancestors are in-laws! ”

Randolph, who was lying on the ground and was ruthless, suddenly stood up when he heard Zhu Qiu's name.

"You're Zhu Qiu?" Randolph looked at Zhu Qiu, "Sure enough, it's you, it's rumored that you're only twelve years old this year." I forgot, the Han boy who doesn't have braids is not the only one Zhu Qiu! ”

Adams laughed, and the game was over. Zhang Yuanji stood in the middle of the field inexplicably, not knowing what was going on.