Chapter Fifty-Six: Livelihood Strategy
In Dashan Village, the night is thick. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Gu Li Yang lay on the hard wooden bed, tossing and turning and unable to sleep.
This is the village chief's home, and he sleeps in the village chief's bed. In the village, the conditions of the village chief's house are considered to be the best.
But in Gu Liyang's eyes, it is so simple that it can be. Looking around, except for a few tables and chairs, a few sets of dishes, there is not even a decent piece of furniture.
Of course, this is not because of poverty.
Villages like these gold diggers, anyway, have made a small fortune. It's just that Haihe Town is located in a remote area and there is a shortage of materials. A town of more than 2,000 people, there is only one shop. Usually when merchant ships come, there are some goods to buy. Then in less than a day, it was robbed.
So for most of the month, the store is closed. It's clean enough to run mice!
Even if the town is like this, can the situation in the countryside be good?
So even with money, you can't buy what you want.
However, Gu Liyang has experienced military life, and no matter how bad the situation is, he has encountered it. So he couldn't sleep, not because the bed board was too hard and the conditions were too rudimentary, but because the Englishman.
According to the confession, he knew that the Englishman had not come alone. With him, there were five or six other people. It's just in the mountains and forests, lost. And this young man's luck was better, and he came to Dashan Village in a circle.
And he stayed here not just for one day, but for twelve. Because there are also many white people in the village, and he is usually dirty, embarrassed, and embarrassed, everyone didn't realize that he was an outsider for a while. But after so many days together, his ability to collect gold was so strong that he was caught in the eyes of many people.
After everyone inquired about him, they found out that they didn't even know each other.
All of a sudden, everyone was furious!
Good fellow, you outsider, came to our village to pan for gold, and you are so good at panning.
I was still hindered by the identity of the same village before, so I didn't dare to do anything to you! But now, uh-huh, then I'm sorry.
So in front of the gold, everyone united to surround the Englishman and asked him which village he came from.
Due to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, only the official language of the Ming Dynasty can be spoken. Even if you have obtained a national qualification, you will have to take a re-examination one year later. If the language is degraded and it is not passed, then the national qualification is likely to be revoked.
Therefore, in their daily lives, the villagers try their best to speak the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, when it was discovered that the British could not speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty, everyone was stunned.
After another questioning, the Englishman said in English that he had run down from the mountain.
Some people also want to ask, how can people in the mountains speak English? But others couldn't help it. After digging for so much gold, he is not a Ming person, so no matter how he fights, he should not break the law, right?
So one punch and one punch, one kick and one kick and one kick, hit me from inside the mine to outside the mine, and was hit by Gu Li Yang.
Thinking of this, he had a headache.
In any case, those few Britons must be caught. To live to see people, to die to see corpses. They could not be allowed to bring the news back to the other side of the mountain, nor could the villagers know that there were British.
Otherwise, the tranquility of Haihe Town will be affected.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep. Lifted the blanket and got out of bed. The plank bed creaked as well.
The village chief's family slept in the room, so he was light and didn't wake up the village chief.
Push open the wooden bolt and open the wooden door. Before he could walk out, a figure was planted in.
"Oops!" The man covered his head and let out a sleepy cry of pain.
"Kane?" , Gu Li Yang frowned and said in surprise.
When the man heard this, he quickly got up from the ground and looked at Gu Liyang embarrassed and nervous.
"What are you doing here?" , Gu Li Yang asked again.
Kane was the Dutch immigrant.
Hearing Gu Liyang ask like this, he replied hesitantly: "Uh--Mayor Town, didn't you let me be your personal guard?" So I stayed outside. ”。
Although under the cover of the moonlight, Gu Liyang couldn't see his red face. But from his tone, it was obvious that it was not true.
After a little thought, Gu Li Yang understood. This Dutchman, apparently, was afraid that he would regret it, so he kept guarding outside.
At this time, the other guards also woke up and stood in a faction, listening to Gu Liyang's instructions.
With a wave of his hand, Gul Young told them all to retreat, leaving only Kane behind.
He didn't bother to break Kane's careful thoughts, so he sat down on the steps and pulled out a cigarette that he was usually reluctant to smoke.
Kane on the side was clear-minded, and hurriedly took out a match from his pocket.
With a thud, a bright light illuminated Kane's smiling face.
Gu Liyang was not polite to him, so he lit the fire and lit the cigarette directly. Looking at the starry sky, he exhaled leisurely.
said: "Kane, the Netherlands and Daming are far apart, right?"
Kane nodded and said, "I can't come to Daming by boat from the Netherlands, and I won't be able to come in half a year." ”。
Gu Li Yang sighed and asked casually: "Then will it take so long for Britain to come to Daming?" ”。
Kane immediately replied, "Yes, Mayor Mare. Britain and the Netherlands are both European countries, and to come to Asia, you have to travel a long way by sea. ”。
Then Gulyang pondered for a while, and then asked Kane to talk about his life experience.
So Kane began to talk about himself.
I have to say that compared with Gu Li Yang's experience, Kane's experience is much richer. In his hometown, he worked as a newsboy and a shoemaker. When he grew up, he went to the South Seas colony, to which the Netherlands belonged. There, he worked as a plantation overseer.
It's just that the salary is too meager, and after a year, there is not much money left.
After being summoned by Daming Gold, he came to Daming impatiently and became a gold digger.
And now, he is about to become the mayor's personal guard and become a Ming soldier.
As he spoke, Kane himself had feelings. And Gu Li Yang could also hear it, he didn't expect the world to be so big and so different.
In the past, he looked at the world map on the internal data, and he was still a little unimpressed. But now, he suddenly had a desire to look around.
For example, the United Kingdom, which is so far away from the Ming Dynasty, can expand its influence to this place. This kind of ability is really amazing.
"What about your family?" , Gu Liyang then asked.
Hearing this, a trace of loneliness appeared on Kane's face, obviously homesick. He replied in a low tone: "They are still in the South Seas!" But I've already sent Daming's tickets, but I don't know if they can come. ”。
"Oh! Don't they want to come to Daming? Hearing that Kane's family was not sure whether he would come to Daming or not, Gu Li Yang felt very strange. Because as long as it is an ordinary person, it will squeeze his head to Daming.
So until now, I haven't heard of anyone who has a ferry ticket and doesn't want to come to Daming.
When Kane heard this, he sighed even more and explained: "It's not that they don't want to come to Daming, but that damn Dutch governor doesn't allow locals to go to Daming." ”。
Gu Li Yang's heart immediately understood.
He'd heard about it, too. Affected by the Ming Gold Rush, the population of the Dutch colonies was extremely short. The people who should have gone went to Daming, and the rule of the Netherlands was affected.
At this moment, a glimmer of realization suddenly appeared in his mind!
If all the British in the east joined the Ming Dynasty, would the British rule in the east still be able to continue?