Chapter 56 Qiongzhou Office (II)
After sending everyone down, Huang Yuansheng said goodbye and left. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ The old family beckoned the servants to carry a few people's luggage in, and said to Sun Tianhao: "Master, the dinner is ready, please have dinner." β
"Oh, got it." Sun Tianhao unconsciously put up a score, "That, what's your name?" β
"Back to the master, the villain's name is Sun Fu."
"Your surname is Sun, too?" Sun Tianhao felt that the world was really small, and he met a family when he first came to Qiongzhou.
"Back to the master, the villain's original surname was Li."
"Huh?" Sun Tianhao felt that this thing was really strange, how could he still change his surname, "What is your surname?" β
"Back to the master, the villain's original surname is Hai, and later followed the original owner's surname Li, and now the lord has taken in the villain again, and the villain is surnamed Sun." Sun Fu felt that this old man Sun was also very strange, and as someone else's family, he naturally had to share his surname, so what was there to wonder.
"What is this nonsense, how can the ancestral surname be changed back and forth, your original surname is Hai and your surname is Hai. And you guys. Sun Tianhao pointed to several family members who were busy carrying luggage, "You too, you can be called whatever you want." β
There was no reaction from Haifu Mumu. Sun Tianhao tilted his head and looked at him, thinking that he didn't understand what he said, and was about to say something, but when he saw Haifu suddenly burst into tears, he fell to his knees with a thud, "Thank you for your grace, thank you for your grace." I have been a slave and a servant for more than 30 years, and today I finally recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors. β
"Get up, get up." Sun Tianhao pulled up Haifu and pointed to the little maids around him, "Since you are all members of my Sun Mansion now, then let's set a family rule, from now on, there is no need to kneel, don't kneel as soon as you speak, you don't bother me with me, how do you say that sentence, oh, by the way, 'The man has gold under his knees, and he only kneels to heaven and earth and his mother.'" If anyone dares to break the house rules, don't blame my family law. Sun Tianhao thinks it's quite interesting to be this master.
A small guy came up to take the wooden box on Zhang Hai's back, Zhang Hai stretched out his hand and pushed him away: "I'll come by myself for this, you can move something else." β
Zhang Hai's wooden box contained a 03 rifle and two May Fourth pistols, in addition to two grenades. Originally, the committee wanted to remove the radio from the Pearl as a tool for communication between Qiongzhou and Yulin Bay, but first, none of the four people understood that thing, and it was too late to learn, and secondly, they couldn't supply electricity, and Xu Lang offended the Military Commission by making that trouble, so no one mentioned it again.
The dinner was still relatively rich, and a few people were busy waiting on the side. In addition to Haifu, there are a total of 3 maids and 2 maids, all of whom are 15 or 6 years old. The four traversers hastily finished their meal and went to Sun Tianhao's house.
"What do you think?" Sun Tianhao asked.
"What do you think?" Wei Yang didn't understand what Sun Tianhao meant, "It's good, there are still people waiting for this, it feels really good to be a rich man, if you can hammer the legs and pinch the back, it will be even cooler." β
"Is it better to take a bath with you again, and it will be more refreshing to go to bed." Zhang Hai sneered on the side, "Thanks to the fact that you are still a writer, what detective novels do you write, and I don't know if your novels are read by anyone or not." β
"Alright, don't say it's useless." Xu Lang said, "I think there is a problem in these people, but it's hard to say which one it is, and it's hard to say what Huang Yuansheng means by inserting it, if it's just because of business, I'm afraid it has other purposes." β
"I think so." Sun Tianhao said, "Although this Huang Yuansheng said that he is out to do business now, after all, he has been in Qiongzhou Mansion for so many years, who knows if he is still connected with Qiongzhou Mansion behind his back." Besides, I always feel that he is too attentive this time, and even his subordinates have arranged it in advance, which is not like his style. β
Wei Yang understood what they were talking about, and interjected: "Brother Sun, it won't be so serious, I think Huang Yuansheng just wants to curry favor with us and get more goods, how can he have so many ideas." β
"Xiao Wei." Xu Lang felt that this child was really a little small, "There are only 4 people in Qiongzhou this time, and we are not familiar with the place, everything needs to be careful, we must not have the intention of harming others, but the heart of preventing people is indispensable, I would rather think more about possibilities, make more preparations, and not take it lightly, don't forget, we have a task in addition to business and trade, intelligence." β
"Well, I see, Brother Xu." Wei Yang agreed.
"Learn more from your brother Xu in the future, he's a ghost." Sun Tianhao finished Xu Lang's joke and asked Zhang Hai, "Have you seen the environment in the courtyard and the surroundings?" β
"I've seen it, and I'm basically satisfied." Zhang Hai replied, "The four of us live in this small courtyard, and the next one lives in the outer courtyard. There is a door in the middle, which is quite strong and can be defended. The key is that this house has a back door, and it is a small alley to go out, not long, about 10 meters, and the alley is the street when it goes out, if you really have something, as long as you get out of the alley, it is easy to get out of the crowd. I haven't found any secret rooms or tunnels yet. I don't think there will be none, so let's look for it slowly. β
"It's all right, it's okay to go shopping. There's no night fasting yet. Xu Lang proposed.
Curfews were common in ancient times, and were renamed night curfews in the Ming Dynasty. The regulations are more clear, the dusk drum is sounded at three o'clock, travel is prohibited, and the morning bell is ringed at three o'clock on the fifth watch. Those who walk on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches will be flogged 40 times (50 times in the capital), and those who commit a night after the night ban on the first watch and shortly before the ban on the fifth watch will be given 30 lashes (40 times in the capital). Sickness, childbirth, death and bereavement can be passed.
Now 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. is the first watch in ancient times, and 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. is the fifth watch. In other words, you can't go out at 7 o'clock in the evening. And the ancients ate relatively early, and Xu Lang and they finished eating at just 5 o'clock.
4 people carried 2 pistols, found a place to hide the rifle and grenade and swaggered out, before going out, Sun Tianhao specially said hello to Haifu, saying that he would go out for a walk and come back in half an hour.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the capital city of Qiongzhou was already quite prosperous, and there was a saying of "seven wells, eight lanes and thirteen streets" since ancient times. The eastern area gathers institutions such as the state government yamen, county governance, and government schools, while the western part of the prefecture is dominated by life and commerce. Ma'an Street, located outside the West Gate, is a thriving commercial street. Across Saddle Street to the north is the Embroidery Workshop. Specializing in clothing with embroidery patterns, such as students and talents. This street gathers many talented people to study in the guild hall. Each street has its own story, and many of the streets and alleys are famous for the people who lived there. Dashi Lane was named after the famous squires such as Zheng Tinghu, the director of the Water Division of the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhong Fang, a Lingnan Confucian; Zhu Juli came out of Hai Rui. As the cultural center of Hainan, the elegant style of Qiongzhou has cultivated countless literati heroes. "Three sages in one mile, three jinshi in five miles" is the most appropriate description of the talents in Fucheng during this period.
The residence of Xu Lang and others is in the commercial area of the western area. A few people went out and wandered slowly.
Sun Tianhao stood in front of a shop, looking at the goods, but asked in Mandarin in a low voice, "Did you find anything?" β
"Nope." Zhang Hai replied, "No one came out, and no one did anything special. β
"The doorway is normal." Xu Lang said, "No suspicious people were found. β
"What about you?" Sun Tianhao asked Wei Yang.
"Me? I didn't find anything. Wei Yang replied while thinking in his heart, "These people seem to be very professional, have they done this before?" β
In fact, Wei Yang didn't know that before leaving, Xu Lang and the other three people went to consult Liu Guannan together. Based on his pitiful knowledge, this policeman in his previous life instilled in Xu Lang and them the precautions of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance for several days. Xu Lang and the others are now just trying to link theory with practice.
"What do you think you need, this guest officer?" The guy next to him saw that Sun Tianhao kept looking at the goods, and hurriedly came up to serve.
"Man, do you have any fun in this Qiongzhou City?" Sun Tianhao asked absentmindedly.
"Guest, you're really right." The guy replied, "Look at the people who are not my Ming people, they are merchants from overseas, if you want to say that this Qiongzhou Mansion has a lot of interesting places." The land of our Qiongzhou capital city is flat, the mountains are not precipitous, the clear stream arches in front of it, the ocean surrounds it, the saddle is on the right, the seven stars are embraced on the left, the three peaks of the writing are towering and upright, and the hope of Chenghai State is a district and the state and county. In the southeast, there is a lake called South Lake, which seems to be a treasure mirror. Surrounded by three small peaks named Baoer, Wenlong, and Santai, it looks like a chairγγγγγγ β
The shop guy's endorsement of the general introduction made Xu Lang and the others really dumbfounded, this guy is really talented if he doesn't go to be a tour guide.
"Man, do you know what you mean by this?" Xu Lang thought to himself, even if this Qiongzhou capital city is the cultural center of Hainan, it is impossible for such a shopkeeper to export Chengzhang.
"Hehe, the guest officer smiled." The guy smiled embarrassedly, "These are all taught by my boss to memorize them, saying that they are from a foreigner, so they will talk to them." I've said a lot myself, and I've understood it a little bit. β
"You 'read a book a thousand times, and you will see its righteousness'." Xu Lang said with a smile in his heart.
"Is there anything else to do?" Sun Tianhao asked.
The man's eyes rolled twice: "If you want to listen to a little song or something, then you have to go to the estuary outside the city, although it is not as good as Qinhuai Fengyue in the south of the Yangtze River, but it also has another flavor, but if the guest officer goes, he has to go early, and the city gate will be closed soon." β
"Oh." Sun Tianhao was interested, "What is there to do in this estuary, you can tell me in detail." β
Seeing that Sun Tianhao was just asking and asking, and he didn't bother to select the goods, the guy was a little dissatisfied: "This guest officer, you will know if you go, I am here to say that the next day, and I don't know the wonder if you don't go." β
Sun Tianhao took out a small piece of broken silver from his sleeve, and scolded in his heart: "It is said that there is no business and no traitor, you are more traitorous than me." β
There was really nothing to choose, Sun Tianhao picked four folding fans, and one person shared one.
The diligence of the shop guy immediately came out of his mouth: "Guest officials, you are out of the south gate of Fucheng is the estuary river." There are wine shops, casinos, and QING buildings, especially the painting boat on the river, a banquet, plus the service of the boat lady, only a few taels of silver a night, but it is a fairy-like enjoyment. β
Sun Tianhao took out a few copper coins from his sleeve again: "This little brother, please go to the Sun Mansion on Ximen Street in the west of the Yamen of Fucheng, there is an old family member named Haifu in it, you tell him, just say that our four masters will not go back tonight, and will go back early tomorrow morning." β
"Thank you for the reward, the little one must send the message." The shopkeeper hurriedly took the money and replied with a smile.
As soon as Sun Tianhao turned around, he opened the folding fan with a "whoosh": "If you don't refine the gold pill, you don't sit in meditation, you don't plough the fields for businessmen, you can write and sell in the green mountains when you are idle, and you won't make money in the world." How about it, is there a bit of Tang Bohu's meaning? Let's go, I'll take you to Huachahuacha. β
Everyone laughed and said: "Tang Bohu, your tigress is almost the same, I'll find you a tigress later." β
Wei Yang asked Xu Lang secretly: "Brother Xu, let's really go, aren't you going home?" I, I'm still a virgin. β
Zhang Hai heard Wei Yang's words and laughed: "What are you afraid of, contribute to the revolutionary work." β
"Don't make fun of him." Xu Lang said to Wei Yang as he walked: "We urgently need to know the situation in all aspects now, which place has the most news?" Naturally, it is the place with the most people from the three religions and nine streams, which place has the most people from the three religions and nine streams? Naturally, it's the QING House Casino, got it? β