Chapter 41: The Princess's Invitation
Gu Qingqian is a "hot girl" in Hunan, born in New China and grew up under the red flag, she has always scoffed at the old habit of male superiority and inferiority of women, who knew that she had just encountered this kind of thing when she arrived at a new trading port, and she was already spicy, and she also burst into real fire for a while, and directly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Zhennan's shoulder and pulled it back, pushing the shopkeeper out of the boat. Lin Zhennan never expected that this weak-looking and good-looking woman would have such a great strength between her gestures, and she actually pushed him directly from the board of the boat and couldn't help but kick and run down quickly for a while so as not to fall. Two of the young people around Lin Zhennan seemed to be from the Lian family, and they hurriedly shouted, stretched out their hands and called Gu Qingqian. She doesn't have any strong skills, but she is not like the women of this world to wrap her little feet and be weak and not weathered, and the old time and space are also the main ones who often exercise in the gym all year round, although she was a little caught off guard by the siege of these two practitioners, but she did not suffer under three or two moves.
When the people next to him hadn't woken up to what had happened, Qian Longzhou was the first to react. "He's meowing to our guys!" He roared loudly and picked up a mop from the side of the mast, and when he stepped on the cloth, he pulled out the mop stick, and hit it like crazy. At this time, the two practitioners didn't plan to do anything to the woman, just to get some face for the master, but unexpectedly, a stunned young man wearing a strange green cardigan suddenly rushed out next to him, holding a blackened wooden stick in his hand, and beat them all the time, and he was caught off guard and hit his head and body several times.
Lin Zhennan was angry for a while, thinking that this Zhancheng Port was a celebrity himself, and it was okay to get on the boat and be humiliated by a woman, but he was actually pushed by a woman. A few of his subordinates, who had been able to frighten ordinary people when they went out with him all the year round, couldn't please this woman at this time, and what made him feel even more incredible was that one of the strangely dressed maritime merchants actually waved a stick and beat his entourage completely overwhelmed.
"Stop! A few American masters, please stop! "The tax collector who was in charge of the water diversion before came running over from a distance while shouting and carrying his official robe, and his movements did not look like an official in an official robe at all.
Lin Zhennan couldn't help but be stunned, what? American lord? Could it be that these are the same Americans who can make such a valuable commodity as panacea? Thinking of this, he hurriedly looked to both sides. Not far away, another large iron ship with sails and oars that seemed to be entering the harbor at the same time was quietly parked on the side of the pier not far away, dressed almost identically to the ones who were crushing their own merchants, and they were distributing on the deck something strange that looked like something made of steel.
As the tax collector trotted all the way to the deck, the brawl ended, in less than two minutes of brawl, the crossing crowd won a complete victory, and the infinite flow of fighting skills defeated these good hands trained by various ancient martial arts, under the blow of mop sticks, benches and some "weapons" that couldn't see what it was at all, the six or seven young people brought by Lin Zhennan were basically lying on the deck with their heads broken and bleeding, and the only good thing was that they were lucky, they were knocked into the sea at the beginning, and now they are climbing up the trestle.
I saw the tax collector running to Gu Qingqian in three steps and two steps, and hurriedly nodded and bowed, and after a while, Gu Qingqian smiled and shook her hand at the people on the big iron boat, and the people on the big iron boat returned those iron bumps to someone and sent them back to the cabin. Lin Zhennan's heart was cold at this time, this woman was not used to humiliate herself, she was originally the master of this group of maritime merchants! At this time, he suddenly realized that the self-made cleverness just now had completely ruined his financial route, and the transactions between these American maritime merchants and himself must be useless. Although his power in this port of Zhancheng is quite large, it is not so big that no one dares to do it if he doesn't do it. How could it be possible to look at the Tales of the Cities that had just clashed with them? At this time, he could only watch the woman strode all the way, escorted by several men in green cardigans and coats, and walked towards the carriage parked on the dock. He took a closer look at the banner of the carriage, and almost had his blood coagulated, this was Princess Ji's carriage, and it was usually this car when Princess Ji came out to parade. Can you be more eye-catching? In a trance, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and for a moment he didn't check his feet and fell into the sea under the trestle.
"Master Lin has fallen into the water!" A few young men who had just been beaten like pigs' heads hurriedly ran towards the place where Master Lin fell, leaving only a group of dumbfounded maritime merchants and the crowd leaning on the side of the boat to watch the bustle.
The first bad impression left by this trip to Zhancheng Port to Gu Qingqian was the patriarchal Lin Zhennan, and then ...... This is the section of the road from the port of Champa to the city gate, this road is originally a dirt road, and when it rains, there are probably many people passing through it, and the deep ruts pressed by the wheels have not been filled, and there are potholes everywhere. Although the princess's car was big and luxurious, she didn't invent any shock absorption system at this time, and the backs of Gu Qingqian and a few people in the car hurt after a few miles of road. But in order to respect the kindness of the princess who specially sent a car to pick her up, she couldn't get out of the car, so she could only rummage around in the car, and turned out a lot of cushion cushions and turned several layers under her buttocks.
Just as the traversers were enjoying the off-road treatment on the road in the car and complaining, suddenly a loud horn sounded outside the car, which frightened several people in the car. Qian Longzhou didn't say a word and was about to jump out when he opened the curtain, but he saw that the tax official before was sitting on the wheel of the carriage, and when he saw him poking his head out, he hurriedly smiled at him, "Master, this has arrived at the gate of the city, and it will be the princess's mansion soon!" ”
Qian Longzhou looked around, it turned out that the two trumpeters on the top of the city gate were blowing the big horns in their hands, he glanced at the city defense situation by the way, there were not many soldiers on the city wall, except for these two trumpeters, there were only two archers and two guards standing by the city gate. The road surface improved after reaching the city gate, and the next road was paved with gravel, although there were some potholes, but the soil loss on the ground paved with stones was not so serious, but it was ...... Suddenly, Qian Longzhou felt a little sick to his stomach, and quickly retracted into the car, retching again and again.
"What's wrong? Can't you get out there and come in? Gu Qingqian frowned and looked at Qian Longzhou's appearance.
Qian Longzhou didn't say much, and while continuing the unfinished retching before, he lowered his head and pointed out of the car. Gu Qingqian hurriedly lifted the curtain and looked out, and almost vomited at this look.
On the ground on the side of the road, there were some feces everywhere, and there were pedestrians who defecated on the roadside at will, making Gu Qingqian's face red. Some of the houses on the side of the road have two floors, and the water used by the people on the second floor, I don't know what has been washed, so they pour it directly down from the window on the second floor, even if it is a toilet that has just been baked and still emits steam, this good street has become like a huge toilet. Women originally love to be clean, seeing such a situation, Gu Qingqian didn't mention how disgusting she felt, she felt that the sanitary conditions outside the city were very bad before, but now this is an inner city, where the emperor's relatives or wealthy people live, how can this be?
After driving through the stinking streets for a few minutes, they finally arrived at Princess Ji's Mansion. Because it is close to the mansion of the city lord Princess Ji, there are soldiers patrolling nearby, so naturally there are no people drowning on the ground, and the sanitary conditions are slightly better, but there is still a faint smell in the air. Outside the princess's mansion is a five-meter-high wall, the vermilion lacquer door is nailed with a golden nail, and by the door stands a soldier with a spear in his hand, the spear in his hand is pointing straight to the sky, but because the two sentinels are thin and small, they are quite discordant compared to the spear.
The tax collector who led the way jumped out of the carriage, walked quickly to the guard, and said a few words to the guard, whose face was full of surprise, and hurriedly ran into the house through the small door on the side to report. As soon as the traversers stood outside the door, they saw the vermilion lacquer gate slowly open, and behind the door was a bluestone road. There were many maids standing on both sides of the road, and they were giving blessings to the people who came. A female official who looked to be about thirty years old walked forward slowly, blessed the "American maritime merchants" who came, and then said in an official dialect full of Annan flavor: "Your Excellency, princess, please move to the flower hall for a while. ”
In the curious eyes of everyone, this woman walked slowly to Gu Qingqian, "I heard that the United States is rich, the country is governed by industry and commerce, and she is skilled in craftsmanship, and the princess has been fond of it for a long time, and has been looking forward to having the opportunity to talk to you. Saying that, the female official gave Gu Qingqian a blessing.
Gu Qingqian smiled and helped the female official up, and said to her: "In my country, women can hold up half the sky, and daughters are also descendants!" As a woman, you should work hard for your ideals! ”
The female official was obviously an educated person, and when she heard it, her eyes showed a hint of surprise, and she muttered to herself, "Women can hold up half the sky......" Suddenly she remembered what she was here for, and hurriedly turned sideways to the several traversers behind Gu Qingqian, and invited them to enter the flower hall.
The road leading to the flower hall is obviously built with care, not only is it very smooth, but there are also manicured flowers and plants on both sides of the road, among which there are quite a few unknown flowers in full bloom, and the purple and red ones are very beautiful. Although the maids on both sides of the road are not very good-looking, they are very similar to the Vietnamese women's national costume in the future - Ao Dai, although these costumes are not as enchanting as the later Ao Dai, and there are no tassels and other small ornaments, but they can still show quite curves, so that a group of men from time to time a little secretly look at these women, like a big bad wolf scanning the little white rabbit.