Zhu Jinglun did not rush to apply, but continued to observe, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, thirty taels of silver is quite rich, and soon someone was moved, walked forward, greeted the door, and was taken in. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon the man walked out dejectedly, Zhu Jinglun stepped forward to talk under the pretext, the man was obviously going for money, but he was screened out, he was not in a good mood, and he was not very willing to pay attention to Zhu Jinglun.

After waiting here for an afternoon, I saw six or seven waves of people entering, most of them came out depressed, and everyone came out, Zhu Jinglun would go up to ask, although most of them were unwilling to pay attention to him, but there were also free and easy willing to say a few words.

Half a day flickered, and soon it was evening, and Zhu Jinglun still did not apply, but walked towards Zhang's house.

When the old housekeeper saw Zhu Jinglun again, of course his face was very bad, and Zhu Jinglun didn't care.

Immediately told the intention.

"What do you say?"

The old butler asked in surprise.

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "In the past, I stood at the counter in a tea business shop, received Yi people, and could say a few words." ”

But the old housekeeper still refused to agree to Zhu Jinglun's request, because he felt that it was too presumptuous.

Zhu Jinglun asked: "The old housekeeper, I really don't hide it, the reason why I want to go to Yiren to do the translation is because I am afraid that those foreign soldiers will involve the Zhang family." If I had done the interpreter, I would have found a way to deal with those foreign soldiers for you. ”

The old housekeeper was really reluctant to agree, but those foreign soldiers did give him a headache, he didn't want to believe Zhu Jinglun, after all, he was just a stranger, although he looked a little grateful, but he couldn't believe it. It's just that at this time, this person came to the door again, which made him unhappy at the same time, but also a little worried, he suspected that this person wanted to blackmail the Zhang family.

So he didn't tear his face, but made an excuse to discuss with the master and let Zhu Jinglun wait.

He went to the second young grandmother and explained the reason, and the second young grandmother pondered for a long time before asking the housekeeper to agree first.

After the housekeeper came back, he agreed, and arranged a house for Zhu Jinglun, it turned out that the Zhu family not only had a firewood room, but also a vacant room. But not in the back house, but in the wing room in the front yard.

In this way, Zhu Jinglun's identity became the distant cousin of the second young grandmother.

This is Zhu Jinglun's request, or request, he hopes that the Zhang family will come forward to cooperate with him and prove that he is a relative of the Zhang family, because he has asked several people today, recruiting translators, in addition to knowing English or French, foreigners will also carefully ask each other's background, obviously in this strange country, Britain and France are still very careful.

That's why he thought of the Zhang family, he only knew this family in Guangzhou, and he didn't have to entangle the store anymore, he really didn't want to spend the night in the temple. So he has become a relative of the Zhang family, and since he is a relative, there is no reason to live in the firewood room, and he lives in the guest room brightly.

Early the next morning, Zhu Jinglun cleaned himself up neatly, although he was still wearing the old clothes of the eldest young master, but the clothes of the children of the official eunuchs were of high quality, and he could be regarded as a decent person no matter how he looked at it.

After tidying up his outfit and adjusting his mentality, he came to the governor's yamen generously.

The guards have completely become foreign soldiers, this is not a problem, Zhu Jinglun explained the reason to the lobster soldier in a straight tone, the other party listened to Zhu Jinglun's London accent, and suddenly had a good impression, and did not ask too much, and immediately took Zhu Jinglun into the yamen.

The governor's yamen has been reopened, and the house is a little insufficient, and it was originally only a place for the governor's office, but now not only the governor of Guangzhou works here, but also the foreigners have opened an occupation committee here, and the number of managers has increased exponentially, resulting in the translator's office can only be placed in the old signing room.

The foreigner didn't know where to get a Western-style table, the other furniture was still Chinese-style, and behind the desk sat a young man in a suit and leather shoes.

Zhu Jinglun walked up and saluted with his fists.

“goodmorningsir！”

The other nodded.

“ok. MynameisRobert-Hart.What＇syourname?”

Robert Hurd asked.

Zhu Jinglun said: "zhujinglun.sir"

Zhu Jinglun puts his surname first, which is the habit of Chinese, in fact, he is particularly disgusted at some international conferences, in order to cater to the habits of Westerners, always deliberately put Chinese surnames last.

Then Hurd and Zhu Jinglun chatted casually, asking about the attitude of the British and French forces to occupy the city of Guangzhou, China's customs and customs, etc., Zhu Jinglun replied neither humble nor arrogant, did not deliberately welcome, and even told Hurd bluntly that Chinese did not like to be occupied by foreigners, and he expressed his personal attitude that he hoped that at the right time, the British and French forces could return the city of Guangzhou to the local Chinese government.

Hurd didn't care about Zhu Jinglun's attitude, his purpose was not to examine the other party's political attitude, but only to test the other party's English level. He had been in China for many years, and he was a China expert, knowing that the country excluded all foreigners, and if the other side expressed his welcome to the British and French forces, he would have to doubt the integrity of the other party.

Sure enough, Hurd soon asked about Zhu Jinglun's family background and why Zhu Jinglun spoke British English.

Zhu Jinglun had already woven an identity, he told Hurd that he was a native of Shaoguan, and often traveled with his father between Macau and Guangzhou to do tea business, but there was a war in front of him, and the business was also affected, and he temporarily lived in a relative's house in the city, and told Hurd the address of his relative's house.

Upon hearing that Zhu Jinglun's relative was still a Chinese official, Hurd praised Zhu Jinglun as a gentleman of status, and said that they would check it, and if it was reliable, he would be more than willing to work with Zhu Jinglun.

This is the end of the interview, and when Zhu Jinglun walked out of the governor's yamen, he already remembered a person, Hurd.

When Hurd introduced himself, a lot of his background flashed in his mind, a figure who shone in China's modern history, who was in charge of China's customs for half a century, created China's first modern government agency, and was posthumously named the crown prince and the British king made him a baron.

Hurd was not too important to the British, but he had a great influence on Chinese history, and he participated in almost all foreign affairs activities in the late Qing Dynasty, and was recognized by both sides.

Such a person certainly has mixed reputations and various evaluations, but no matter what you say, it cannot be denied that this is a very capable person.

Zhu Jinglun knew that he had to deal with such a character, and immediately warned himself that he should be more careful in doing things in the future.

After the interview, Zhu Jinglun immediately returned to Zhang's house, he planned not to go anywhere in the past few days, and waited intently at Zhang's house to deal with the verification that the British might come to the door, after all, Zhang's family still had four British soldiers hiding at this time, and he was not at ease, so he had to keep it to deal with it.

The inspector arrived the next day, and it turned out to be Hurd, and it seems that the British are really short of translators at this time.