Chapter 005: A Strange City
Boss Wu soon became a hot figure in the restaurant, most of the people who came to Jinhe City to see the excitement were maritime merchants, these guys were thinking about how to make more money when they went to the toilet, and it was strange that they were not interested in hearing such important news. Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun are both pretending to be maritime merchants, they don't know much about the things in this, so naturally it's not good to interject in the past, but they can't be indifferent, that would be too eye-catching. Simply, the two of them settled the bill and went downstairs, intending to go around the military dock and take a closer look at the big ship.
The military wharf is the original Jinhe wharf, in order to isolate from foreign merchant ships, only a merchant wharf was built later, and you can't just enter here, not only foreign tourists, but also local residents, you can only look outside the fence. Bojiao is really concerned about safety work, in contrast, the supporting facilities of commercial ports are pitiful, and even the toilets are not enough, and they have to queue up if they want to shout. After seeing the few people who were whipped on the dock, everyone turned the entry manual over and read it several times, preferring to pee their pants rather than find a convenient place casually.
Entering the welcoming crowd in front of the dock, Wu Xiuyan discovered something unusual. In front of him stood several young men of the Golden River Kingdom, each carrying a musket. He knew this thing, the main force of the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty was the new army with this musket, which was said to be very powerful, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as powerful. The Mongolian cavalry, who were originally brave and good at fighting, couldn't even finish a face in front of these musketeers, and I heard that they had now fought under Luoyang City.
"This brother, you are an imperial soldier, why don't you have a military uniform? Could it be that the army of the empire did not need to wear military uniforms? "What made him strange was that these young men were wearing different clothes, not at all like the clothes in the army.
"Are you from Song?" The young man glanced back at Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun, didn't answer the question, and asked back.
"Yes, yes, I just looked a little curious, and I didn't mean anything else." Wu Xiuyan made this young man stare at him, and he actually felt a little palpitating. How can I describe his eyes, they are very clear, but they are too clear, and there is no emotion at all when he looks at people, like he is not looking at himself, but at an animal.
"We are a reserve, we have just finished our military service, and now that we are retired and go home, we naturally do not need to wear military uniforms. By the way, I heard that the Great Song Dynasty has started a war with Mongolia, how is the battle situation, and the musketeers we helped you train are powerful, aren't they? Where is it now? In fact, your emperor is also dead-eyed, say a few more good words to our principal, and let the principal send us to help you fight the war. Half a year, just half a year, I promise to let you drive Mongolia back to the steppe. The northernmost part is still you to fight by yourself, the principal said that it is too cold over there, and there is no food yet. Although this little soldier's eyes were very penetrating, he was very enthusiastic, not only answered Wu Xiuyan's questions, but also gave Wu Xiuyan suggestions, and kept saying that he hoped to help the Great Song Dynasty fight the Mongols.
"Hehe, we're just maritime merchants, and we can't see the emperor. May I also ask the little brother, what is a reserve? Do you have to prepare these weapons at home? Wu Xiuyan almost said the word bold, a small soldier of Jinhe Kingdom had just slandered the Great Song Emperor in public, and he was ashamed to drive Mongolia back to the grassland in half a year. The more than 100,000 troops of the Imperial Court are all waste, right? But he really didn't dare to say it, so he could only keep it in his heart first.
"That's right, it's useless for you to say it, our principal said that it is difficult to see the emperor in the Great Song Dynasty, unlike our principal, as long as he doesn't go to sea, he can see him if he wants to. Reserves, that is, the meaning of preparation, and you don't understand it. It's different here from your Great Song Dynasty, everyone regardless of men and women, goes to the army to train every other year, and after the training, they go home and do what they do, and then it's the reserve. These guns are issued by the state, and they are kept at home in peacetime, and in the event of war, they can take their own equipment and go to the battlefield anytime and anywhere. By the way, there are no female soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, right? Come on, come on, I'll let you see the fresher ones. Salamander girl, turn your head and smile at my brother! "This little soldier is addicted to everything that shows off Jinhe Country, in his opinion, everything is fine in Jinhe Country, and everything in the Great Song Dynasty is waste. In order to prove his point, he simply patted one of his companions on the shoulder again.
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll whip you! The training performance is not as good as mine, I am embarrassed to come out to show off, the empire does not need a waste like you, you should go to the Great Song Dynasty to be a eunuch! The person in front turned around and scolded the young man with a slap in the face, which caused a lot of laughter around him.
"Hey, hey, see? This is the eldest daughter of our Emperor, who was a soldier with me and a classmate. It's not me who blows, she can hit the target accurately, she is the first in this issue, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't want to be a soldier, she would be left by the officer for special training, and she would be able to be an officer in the future! Hey, it's a pity that I don't have her skills, and people don't want me if they want to be an officer. It's not that I don't have the ability, she taught her to shoot arrows and shoots since she was a child, and no one in my family taught me! "Xiao Bing's face is relatively thick, and he is worthy of being a student of Hong Tao, and he has learned the essence by hand. In the face of everyone's ridicule, he didn't mean to be uncomfortable at all, and he talked to Wu Xiuyan in the vernacular, and the spitting stars flew around. It is estimated that he usually can't find anyone else to show off, but he is better than him as a person, and he finally met two foreign mallets, so let's enjoy it first.
"She, she's a woman! It's Celestia! Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun next to him also found that the short-haired young man in front of him was not a man, when she turned her head just now, she obviously had a delicate woman's face, which was quite standard, and her voice was also a woman, but this dress was a bit amazing, her hair was shorter than that of a man, and she looked like a man from behind.
This is not the most amazing, when they heard that she was the eldest daughter of the emperor, Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun subconsciously bowed down and made a big salute. This is a conditioned reflex, although the Great Song Dynasty is not popular to kneel and bow, but when you meet the princess, you have to bow your head. But now the eldest princess is actually crowded in the crowd and stretches her neck to look at the big boat on the dock, or in the middle of a group of young men, this, this is a bit rude!
"Dad! Father! This way, this way! Before the soldier could reply, the fence gate opened, the crowd parted to the left and right, and a group of soldiers stepped out of it. The first was a tall middle-aged man, dressed in a crisp military uniform, with a pair of slender and long eyes, and even more distinctive were two long scars on the left side of his face. At this time, there was no need for the little soldier to answer again, the eldest princess had already run up, and threw herself into the arms of the middle-aged man with a gun.
"Brother Wu, Brother Wu, he is Emperor Hong?!" Squeezed by the crowd, Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun naturally didn't dare to squeeze forward, and were pushed to the back by the crowd. Boss Sun poked Wu Xiuyan's waist and asked in a low voice.
"That's right...... When he came to the nautical school, he didn't have a scar on his face. But it must be him, the size and eyes can't be wrong. "Boss Sun didn't go to a navigation school and didn't know Hong Tao, but Wu Xiuyan had seen it more than once, although it was a few years ago, the emperor's appearance didn't seem to have changed much.
"Why don't I grab a musket......" Boss Sun is a ruthless man, and he wants to kill Hong Tao without saying a word.
"Shh......h I'm not going to be with you if you're going to die, idiot! "Wu Xiuyan doesn't like this Boss Sun, he was forced to himself by Wen Hao, and if he doesn't understand anything, he knows that he will cause chaos. He also grabbed a gun and assassinated him, and he couldn't even fill up the gunpowder, so he had to let the people around him kill him.
It was indeed Hong Tao who came out of the wharf, and it was the first time he entered such a lively Jinhe Bay, and since he entered the mouth of the Jinhe River, he saw the newly built commercial wharf on the left bank, and a large number of foreign merchant ships. Whether he liked it or not, the country of Jinhe was still open, and it was so thoroughly opened that except for the batteries and lookouts at the mouth of the river, which could still see the necessary armaments, the whole city seemed to be undefended, and five or six warships were all parked on the military docks further inside.
Hong Tao didn't know that there was an ignorant and fearless guy standing not far from him, if he knew, he promised to jump out of the boat and swim directly back to Jinhe City, and definitely not engage in such people-friendly activities. The current Jinhewan is no longer the pure country that turned with his thoughts, and it has become a little strange to him.
In the short few kilometers of waterway from the mouth of the Jinhe River to the military port, Hong Tao has seen more than one huge mistake, but the people here are still unaware. But in front of these enthusiastic people, he didn't want to lose his temper when he just came back, especially when the salamander was hugging himself and laughing, laughing so happily. Hong Tao endured it, endured all the evil fire in his belly, and saved up to find Bo Jiao to send it together, how did he, the prime minister of the empire, be, not harming his own country!
"Don't go, first look at the way I put on my military uniform, wait, don't go!" This forbearance is not for a while, Hong Salamander did not let Hong Tao go when he arrived at home, he had to let his father see his sassy and heroic posture as a soldier, and the three sets of military uniforms were changed back and forth. Facing his daughter who grew up without paying attention, Hong Tao didn't dare to fool him. Originally, the time he spent with his children at home was short, and he didn't have the patience to praise them when they needed praise the most, and this father was too unqualified.
National events are very important, but the feelings of family members are also very important, and which is light and which is important should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. For example, now, Hong Tao calmed down and thought about it carefully, and was relieved. There are some things that you understand, but others don't necessarily understand, and you can't use your own thinking to force others to accept them. So let's put the national affairs first, there will be no problem if you delay it for one day, and it will still be the same if you delay it for ten days, and now it is the most important thing to accompany your daughter.
(To be continued.) )