Chapter 46: The Banquet
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The reconnaissance vehicle is different from the truck, and what they gathered around to watch just now was the truck that sent the first stage from behind, but this reconnaissance vehicle, which was obviously much lighter, was completely different. The hull is high, and there is a machine gun tower that can rotate 270 degrees on the top of the back seat, although the protection ability is average, but the bow and arrow with average protection are still sufficient. The natives didn't know the machine gun, but the long barrel was poked outside, and they could guess that it was a weapon. The layout of the car body is very interesting, there are two people in the front, and the back seat is higher, and only one person can be seated. Of course, what makes them more interested is to know how the car drives and what kind of power it uses.
Lu Qi was also purely for showing off, opened the car door, beckoned to these landlords and old fortunes, and then got into the car, stood on the seat again, smiled at everyone, and then said to Chen Li, who was still in a daze in front of him, "Master Chen, please lead the way." Then the reconnaissance car slowly drove forward under the leadership of the sedan chair.
"This car really doesn't need cows and horses." "You don't need to be pulled by cows and horses, so I don't know what kind of motivation you have?" "I don't have much interest in that, I just want to know how much it costs and where it is sold." "That's it, I also want to buy it, this car is not wide, only slightly wider than a sedan chair, and it is absolutely no problem to walk on Zhaoqing Street." "yes, I don't know how far I can drive with such a car?"
There were a lot of questions, but the people who could answer the questions had basically left, and the big families stood in place and discussed for a while, and finally they got on the sedan cars one after another and headed for the dock.
The official road is close to the Xijiang wharf, the road surface is gradually widened, it is about 15 meters wide in front of the wharf, the wharf on the south bank is all paved with bluestone slabs, and there are about 100 laborers squatting on the side of the road waiting to carry the work, looking at the rich men who are clustered on the road.
After the reconnaissance vehicle drove onto the wharf, the speed began to slow down, for no other reason, the whole wharf was about the construction relationship, slightly inclined to the direction of the river. The reconnaissance vehicle did not use rubber tires with high friction force, but used the method of winding wooden planks or motherboards around the outside of the iron wheel frame, and the coefficient of friction was extremely low, and if we were not careful, it was easy to slip on the ground of such a slightly inclined wharf and fall into the river -- the northbound detachment did not bring a crane, and if it really dropped a reconnaissance vehicle into the river, it would not be able to get out.
The wagons at the back of the line had stopped farther away, and the heads of the wagons had all been hauled to the docks by carts rented from the docks. The officers and soldiers at the head of the escort were cautious one by one, and their attention was highly concentrated, for fear that the captives would escape in chaos.
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When Luffy woke up, it was already full light, and when he opened his eyes, he found that he was actually in a tent, and if he looked closely, he was still lying in his canvas tent. The clothes on his body were not taken off, and he exuded a smell of overnight sweat and alcohol.
"Someone's coming!" His words startled him himself, his voice was almost completely hoarse, and he could barely hear his own voice. What's going on? Didn't you go to Zhaoqing for a banquet? Why are you lying in your own tent now?
Holding a question in his head, he climbed up hard, shook his head, and felt a little pain in the back of his head. It seems that the wine of this Wu Dynasty is really not a good thing, it is too powerful. He lifted the curtain and walked out, and when he stepped out of the tent, he couldn't help but froze. Now his location is not Zhaoqing at all, but in the wilderness.
"What's wrong with me? How did you get back last night? He couldn't help but say to himself, and a voice came from behind him, "Master, are you up?" β
The voice sounded crisp, completely girlish, and he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, didn't it? It can't be that he drank too much last night and touched the prostitute's hand like Zeng Zhigang and touched the other person, right? Zeng Zhi happened to be a little maid, although she was not beautiful, but she was not a prostitute. If I touch a prostitute and go home, wouldn't I be ashamed to go home?
Turning his head to look at it while thinking, Luffy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was indeed a girl who spoke, but it was not at all what he thought, this girl was wearing an obviously oversized training uniform, and there were two patches on the clothes, maybe some of the special detectives didn't want clothes.
She wore a beanie on her head, and from her sideburns, which had only a little stubble, she knew that she must not have much hair on her headβthis was Ye Yu, a new member of the North Detachment.
"Is there any water?" Lu Qi said a few words in a hoarse voice, but he couldn't make a sound, and seeing Ye Yu's stunned face, he had to raise his hand and make a gesture to drink water.
Ye Yu nodded hurriedly and handed over the jug on his back. The jug is actually a sawn thick bamboo pipe with a hole in it, and a cup made of a slightly larger bamboo tube is used to cover it. Lu Qi took it and quickly poured a full glass of water, and drank it with a bang, and then he felt that the inside of his throat was not as uncomfortable as the fire just now.
"Hey! I said you're up? Someone next to him spoke again, and Lu Qi turned his head to see that it was Liu Yeqiang. Liu Yeqiang wore glasses on his face and held a document in his hand, "You were really cool last night!" β
"Me?" Lu Qi's voice could make some sound, but it was still very hoarse, Liu Yeqiang nodded, "Yes, the natives think you are crazy, and they have to cross the river when it gets dark and ask us to come over and pick you up." β
"What did I do?" Lucci was also confused at this time, trying to remember what he had done last night. He stood there for a long time without remembering, not to the place, to go up to the third floor, a room full of indigenous merchants, and then many people toasted.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lick his lips, "Those drinks are so light, like sweet wine, and I don't get drunk after drinking a lot." β
"You're too embarrassed to say you're not drunk, you're so drunk that you're running around like a clockwork mouse." Liu Yeqiang couldn't help but sneer.
Although the alcohol content of these wines is low, it is still effective when accumulated in a certain amount. Lu Qi didn't eat much at the beginning of the table, just took the wine bowl and exchanged glasses with the indigenous merchants who came to toast, and when it was time to eat, he caught up with a wave of famous prostitutes from Zhaoqing to accompany the wine. When it comes to accompanying the wine girl, this Rudge is a veteran, and as soon as two local prostitutes are served, he will get on and off his hands like a habit in the old world. The escort girl in the new world is not like the old world, being so light and thin by this real hair, the two famous prostitutes naturally have a bad face, so they left directly under the pretext.
At this time, Lu Qi was already starting to get a little drunk, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and shouted loudly during the banquet that the service attitude of the escort girl here was not good, and she kept saying that she wanted the hotel manager to come here to give an explanation.
If it were an ordinary person, Mingfanglou would have been beaten out with a stick, but this person in front of him is a guy who wants to give three points to the governor, and it is the real thing that all Zhaoqing businessmen are eager to follow, if this person is really beaten out, I am afraid that the main businessmen in Zhaoqing will be offended to death. This person jumped and jumped and rolled in Mingfang Building with the strength of wine, and kept saying that he wanted the two wine girls who left to come back immediately, otherwise he would smash the restaurant.
Lu Qi's fuss made the shopkeeper of Mingfang Lou have a headache, and finally found two prostitutes outside to change their clothes to accompany the wine, and the two old men Chen were questioning whether it would be seen by Lu Qi, but the shopkeeper was quite sure that this real man must be so drunk that he couldn't even recognize his mother, as long as it was a woman. Sure enough, the drunken and hazy Lu Qi really didn't find out that the woman who accompanied the wine had changed people at all, and she came up with her arms and sang and danced, not to mention a lot of dishes, and broke a few chairs.
In the end, when he was full of wine and food, Lu Qi hugged the two wine girls and did not let go, he had to sing K, this request made the natives present confused, they did not know what was called singing K, and they did not know what was called a taxi, and finally Chen Li had to let his subordinates cross the river overnight to the camp of the people to ask for help. Liu Yeqiang, who heard the news, crossed the river overnight with an assault group, coaxed and deceived Lu Qi back, crying, making trouble and throwing up all the way along the way, making the faces of the people who picked him up green, and throwing him directly into the tent after arriving at the camp.
Everyone in the whole thing can be regarded as losers, Lu Qi, who was originally ambitious to break the "virgin" body of this time and space, was half drunk without even touching the woman's hand, at best, he was drunk after bouncing and jumping for several hours with a few women in his arms, not only did the scheduled plan not materialize, but also did he get out of his foreign appearance; Thinking of the banquet and the businessmen who are really trying to win over the relationship, they have never seen such a person, the wine is so poor, and he is simply a womanizer, the original intention to negotiate two businesses during the banquet was completely frustrated, but he also had to compensate for the damage to Mingfanglou, which can be described as stealing chickens and rice.
The only thing that went smoothly was that the group of prisoners and their heads were sent to the governor's yamen for counting, and the Jinyi guard and the officers and soldiers of the Wu Dynasty received a bounty of more than five hundred taels in total. Originally, it was not easy to get a bounty, and it was impossible to get it without spending ten days and half months to get it through the approval at each level. But they came with the people, and the governor's palace happily gave them the money. These people took the silver back to the camp and sent some of them to the northbound detachment as a reward, but Liu Yeqiang refused. The silver was nothing to mention for the northbound detachment, and there was a large box on one of the wagons of the northbound detachment, which contained almost three thousand dollars of silver coins and five thousand dollars of gold. It is not worth it for the northbound detachment to take less of their silver, and more will leave a psychological shadow on others, so Liu Yeqiang discussed it with Yang Muqin and Lancao, and felt that it was better not to do it at all, so that this group of officers and soldiers could have the feeling of "following the Senate to have meat to eat", after all, this more than five hundred taels of silver is an astronomical amount for these officers and soldiers and Jinyiwei who have almost never received sufficient salaries.
Lu Qi shook his head, he really didn't expect that he would be tricked in front of such a wine, let alone that he would make such a ridiculous fuss in Mingfanglou after getting drunk, thinking of this, Lu Qi coughed a little embarrassed, "I said I didn't promise anything at the banquet, right?" β
"Don't worry, you were all drunk and muddy when we went, and it took six people to carry you back, don't say what to promise, you are like a dead dog, you can't promise if you want to." Yang Muqin interjected with a smile and said to the side, someone informed him just now that Lu Qi had woken up, and he specially rushed over to see the situation.
"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the business department, we will take care of it, you can go take a shower with peace of mind." Saying that, Liu Yeqiang shouted loudly, "Huang An! β
"Here!" Huang An's voice sounded from not far away, and seeing that it was the chief who was calling, he hurriedly ran over and saluted, "Chief!" Huang An reports! Please instruct! β
"It's okay, don't be so formal," Liu Yeqiang said and waved his hand to continue, "You take Elder Lu to the river behind you to take a bath, remember to bring soap." β
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"Yes! Heads! Huang An said and walked to Lu Qi's side and saluted, "Chief, please come with me." β
Watching Huang An leave with Lu Qi, Yang Muqin shrugged his shoulders and whispered, "The mud can't be on the wall." "Isn't it?" Liu Yeqiang smiled bitterly, "I really don't know how to add him to us, but he is already here, so he can't be sent back again, right?" β
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"Why not? Last time, we even retired a few of the special investigators and returned to the original unit. As soon as Yang Muqin's words fell, he was pushed by Liu Yeqiang, "Be quiet, he is an elder, even if you and I are elders, it is not a good thing to talk about the patriarch behind your back, don't say it, let's watch while walking." β
"By the way, we'll take him back first, where did you go after?" Yang Muqin asked curiously, "If you don't come back until three o'clock in the evening, won't you be afraid that the prostitutes you invited for him will be wasted if they are useless, so you will work overtime until late at night, right?" β
"you!" Liu Yeqiang smiled and kicked Yang Muqin's buttocks, "I didn't plan to give this to the young lady of this time and space for the first time. I talked to the businessmen who were there about business cooperation. β
Yang Muqin obviously didn't focus on the last sentence, but opened his mouth wide, looking at Liu Yeqiang like an "O" shape, "Are you still a virgin?" Aren't you in your early thirties? β
"Can you manage your personal hobbies?" Liu Yeqiang couldn't help but smile a little embarrassedly, and then continued, "Last night was a little bit of a small harvest, one of those businessmen runs a shipyard, I talked to him about cooperation, if we can, we can even order hull parts directly through him, and the specific matters will have to wait for the industrial committee of the Senate to send someone to come over to discuss." After all, we're just here to investigate and see if there is any intention. Okay, are you ready? β
"What preparation?" Yang Muqin was confused, Liu Yeqiang pointed not far away, the hot air balloon was starting to slowly inflate, "You are so powerful, why are you still on the ground if you don't go to the sky?" It's time to send a telegram, you go up and continue to serve as an observation post! β
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