Chapter 002: Everyone is watching
Although Wen Hao has never been in contact with Hong Tao, and it is impossible for him to hear anyone talk about this intelligence system, he has met many students of the navigation school through the Bosom Friend Newspaper and the Bosom Friend Society, especially Dai Peisheng. These students would unconsciously tell him a lot of rumors about the Jinhe Kingdom that they had heard from school, which was the main way that Wen Hao used to study the Jinhe Kingdom and the Hongtao, and there were also a few words involving the Ministry of Supervision and the Internal Affairs Bureau.
With Wen Hao's smart brain, it is not difficult to imagine that Jin Heguo is deliberately investigating the situation of the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, he can only think of this at most, no matter how smart a person is, he can't jump the difference between the times, and systematic intelligence work is not what this era should and can have, and he naturally won't think of it. It is already very good to be able to take the initiative to let people come to Jinhe Country to understand the situation, and there are clear goals and tasks. But if Wen Hao's selfishness and ambition are not so serious, Hong Tao will pull him into his team, but unfortunately, seeing a talent can't be used.
"Never! This is not the Great Song Dynasty, let's find out the situation and then talk about it. You look at the armies below, everybody has muskets on them. Didn't you pick up that book when you got off the boat yesterday? I looked around the room at night, it seemed to be part of the law of the Golden River Kingdom, and I specifically singled out the foreigners related to it for us to see, in order to prevent us from inadvertently violating the laws here, and I thought about it very thoughtfully. Wu Xiuyan said as he took out a palm-sized notebook from his jacket pocket, with four big characters written on it: Entry Instructions.
"I also took it, but I haven't had time to look at it urgently, mainly because the font on it is too ugly, or written from left to right, I don't know which one is exquisite!" Boss Sun obviously doesn't know much about Jinheguo, and he doesn't even have much contact with maritime merchants, otherwise he wouldn't be surprised by this way of writing. Since the establishment of Jinhe Country, all newspapers, books, contracts, and documents issued by Jinhe Country have been written in this way, and there are many simplified characters, Arabic numerals and English letters.
"Brother Sun looks at the dock, it seems that something is wrong!" Because his back was against the window on the east side, Wu Xiuyan didn't need to turn his head to see the scene on the pier. While the two were chatting, there seemed to be a quarrel on the dock, and more and more people gathered.
"Yes, it's someone arguing. Those men looked like Korean merchants, and those women in black clothes and pants? Boss Sun has a very strong Song Dynasty atmosphere, he loves to watch the excitement too much, listened to Wu Xiuyan's reminder, immediately got up and came to the window, the whole upper body leaned out, and he kept introducing the details on the dock, so that the people behind him could hear it, which was a bit of a reporter on the scene in later generations.
"Little two! Little two! Come on, come on, who are those women in black? "There are many people who have the same hobby as Boss Sun, and the window in Chongnan was soon overcrowded, and there were more addicted than Boss Sun, so he couldn't understand and swore not to give up, so he simply called the waiter upstairs and handed out a silver coin as a consulting fee.
"Hey, I don't know if you just arrived, these women in black are not foreigners, they are Imperial police, and everything in the market is under their control. Don't fall into the hands of these female policemen, they are all graduates of the navigation school, and their relatives don't recognize them, and if they are caught, they will be fined at least, and if they don't do it, they will have to eat the whip. Oops! It's over, if you can beg for mercy and admit your mistakes with good words, you dare to push the police, some of these people will suffer! The waiter, speaking in a thick Jinheguo accent, explained the questions of these merchants one by one, and added his own judgment, and then walked away with a little fee. Two sentences for a silver coin, this business is good, and today is not the first time, these maritime merchants are really rich!
"Hey, little brother go slowly, walk slowly! Come on, come on, tell me more, you see everyone is watching at this time, and no one is calling you. Before the waiter put the silver coin in his pocket and stuffed another silver coin over, Boss Sun finally found someone who understood, and he had a lot to ask.
"Well, I'll tell you a few more words, in fact, I've only been here for seven months, I'm a newcomer, and there are so many things I don't know. But I can remind you not to mess with these policemen, men and women, as long as they are dressed in black and wear red strips of cloth on their arms, stay away from them. You can fight with those Imperial officials, and they will neither scold you nor beat you. If you run into a policeman, he will do whatever you want to do, don't argue. Because as long as they find you, it means that you have violated the laws of the empire, and if you have a better attitude, you can still be light, dare to say half a word, see it, this is the result! It didn't hurt me at the time! The waiter looked back, really, the guests on the third floor came to the window to see the excitement, since they have this need, and there is a tip to earn, just say a few words. Speaking of Xingtou, he also opened his shirt and exposed his back for everyone to see.
"Shhh...... This、Is this a whip mark? The people who saw it couldn't help but gasp, the waiter's back from left to right, from shoulder to waist, there was a purple scar the thickness of a finger diagonally, if it was a knife wound, this person would have died a long time ago.
"No, just because I was in a hurry and didn't find a toilet, I solved it on the side of the road, but I was caught by the police, and I had to pay a fine of three silver coins, or I went to clean for half a day in vain. At that time, I had just arrived here, and I didn't have any money on me, so I was reluctant to give it, so I went to clean. Sweeping and seeing that no one is staring around, just sneak away. But before night, the policemen took me out of my house and tied me to the side of the street with a whip! Ladies and gentlemen, it's not my second baby boasting, I think I also fought with the army of the port lord of Malacca back then, and I have seen blood and swords. But this whip almost didn't pull my soul out, and the flesh on my back was torn from head to tail, and I lay on my stomach in the hospital for half a month before I could get off the ground. You may not have seen that whip, it's ...... Hey, don't listen to me, see for yourself, and you'll see what the whip looks like in no time! The waiter was also a slippery head, and he didn't want to talk much after taking the money, so he pointed to the dock and slipped away while everyone was looking away.
In fact, even if he didn't slip away, no one could think of him at this time, and the situation on the dock had changed again. Two female policemen couldn't take advantage of five or six strong men, these people were sailors, rudeness and ferocity were engraved in their bones, and in the face of two girls, it was already very restrained to be able to move their hands and feet. But when one of the policewomen blew the brass whistle around her neck, a group of people dressed in khaki clothes ran out of the tower next to the dock.
"Musketeers!" What exactly these people were doing, most of the maritime merchants didn't know, but Wu Xiuyan recognized the weapons in their hands at a glance.
No matter how fierce the sailors were, they had to be intimidated by a row of muskets, although they didn't know what it was, but looking at the posture of the group, they knew that it was definitely not a wooden stick. Even if it's a wooden stick, they have to admit it, who let this be on someone else's territory.
"Hey...... Ho...... Hiss! What happened next made the maritime merchants in the restaurant gasp.
The two female policemen, who were very restrained just now, suddenly turned into female thugs, and the short wooden sticks in their hands flew up and down, specifically hitting the heads of those people, making these young men fall backwards and could only block their heads with their arms. It's not that they don't dare to resist, but some people try to step forward and snatch the wooden stick from the policewoman's hand. But as soon as his hand grabbed the stick, he received a heavier blow on his body. The soldiers holding guns next to them saw that someone dared to resist, and picked up the butt of the gun and beat them until they fell down. In the end, all five or six of them fell to the ground with their heads covered according to the policewoman's orders.
"Little brother...... Hey, what about people? Little two, little two! Little brother, come on...... Greedy! Seeing this, Boss Sun wanted to ask again, but when he turned around, the shopkeeper just now had already returned to the counter, and he pretended not to hear no matter how he called.
"Guest, what do you need?" But when Boss Sun took out a silver coin from his pocket again, he immediately ran out from behind the counter with a smile, as if he had just seen someone greet him.
"Why are these people beating people on the street, isn't there a royal law here?" Boss Sun is very bad, he wants to make some trouble for the police on the dock, even if it is a coax, if it is better to let the maritime merchants in the restaurant make trouble together. These maritime merchants are very bold and dare to oppose the imperial court, once they make a fuss, see how these police of Jinhe Country end, the law will not hold the public accountable.
"Oh, I said that you have such a wide heart, and you still have the time to worry about others. As soon as I heard you say that, I knew you hadn't read the entry instructions, right? It's all written in black and white, what are you not allowed to do, isn't this the king's law! This pamphlet also has the emperor's seal on it, who dares to say that it is not the royal law? See how many of them, right? Not accepting the entry inspection, and daring to insult the imperial police, this is not a beating, this is called subduing according to the law. Everyone, look at it, they probably have to have such a whip on their backs, and if they don't have to, they have to go to the mines, and their sins are much heavier than my evasion of labor. The waiter came over and wanted to leave after answering the question, but he could only ask him one question for a silver coin, which was really expensive.
"Come on, little brother, don't be busy, tell us more. Can the police here arrest people from other countries at will? "It was Wu Xiuyan who opened his mouth this time, he was much more generous than Boss Sun, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, it was a yellow gold coin.
(To be continued.) )