Section 2: Finding a job

The small fishing village located on three sides of the mountains has changed its appearance, the original fishing village is still there, and the Chinese buildings such as the Yamen and the military camp of the Jiaozhou General Army in the past have not been demolished, but they are just lonely on the side, looking so lonely and lonely, and the place behind the wharf to the west of him is a vibrant scene. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Germans divided Qingdao into two districts, the eastern district is the Chinese district, which is the residential area of the Chinese they planned, and the western district is the German district, which is the planned European residential area.

The different scenes of the two built-up areas seem to be a reflection of this era, between China and Europe, where industrial civilization is on the rise and agricultural civilization is declining.

"What a big stroke, systematic planning, integrated construction, water supply and drainage, streets, traffic, and even greening projects!"

Seeing that under the hands of the Germans, there was a row of houses near the rear of the port that was about to be completed, and that there were more projects to be built, he was not only a little impressed, but the British did not have such a great interest in building colonies, nor did they have such great courage, which must be the ambition of a rising empire, just like China after the 21st century.

"Hi, Chinese!"

Just standing on the dock, Yang Chao was suddenly stopped by a German soldier with a loaded gun, the German soldier used German, and he didn't know that he hadn't learned Chinese, or he still didn't bother to learn it, or he didn't bother to speak.

Yang Chao hurriedly stood up, this is not a civilized soldier in later generations, but a colonialist with strong racist ideas, he really dared to shoot and kill, and Yang Chao dared to conclude that he killed himself in vain.

"Hi, Germans!"

Yang Chao immediately forced out a smile, he wanted to be friendly, but he thought in his heart that this was a colonist, and he couldn't be friendly, so his expression was a little twisted, and he looked very ugly.

The German soldiers were also a little surprised, because Yang Chao also spoke German.

The German soldiers had long seen Yang Chao coming from the beach, climbed onto the dock, and walked straight towards their area under construction, and he couldn't help but be a little guarded, because in the past few years of occupation of Qingdao, there have been many conflicts between German soldiers and Chinese due to various factors, and there have been casualties on both sides, of course, mainly Chinese casualties.

It is precisely for this reason that a squad of soldiers of their squad was sent to inspect the construction site.

"Do you speak German?"

The German soldiers did not expect that this Chinese who suddenly climbed up could speak German.

Yang Chao shrugged: "What do you say? ”

Fluency in German, no doubt.

Yang Chao originally studied foreign trade, and has the experience of studying abroad, of course, the most important thing is that because of his later work, he learned a lot of foreign languages, European languages, as long as he learns one, it is much easier to master other national languages, at least English, French and German Yang Chao is proficient in the level, Spanish, Italian can barely speak a few words, Russian and Japanese are a little worse.

Seeing a German-speaking Chinese, the German soldiers' defense was lowered and their curiosity was heavier.

"My name is William, what's your name?"

The German soldier carried his gun behind his back and walked up, holding out his hand, apparently showing his friendliness.

Yang Chao stretched out his hand and shook it with the Germans, but in his heart he wondered if this was their military order, and the superiors asked them to try to be friendly with the Chinese so as to facilitate colonization?

"William, William, of course."

Yang Chao smiled.

The Germans were stunned: "What of course?" ”

Yang Chao sighed: "Aren't all Germans called Wilhelm? ”

The German soldiers realized that it was a joke and laughed.

Yang Chao felt that the smile of the German soldier was quite genuine, and the resistance in his heart was a little clearer, and he felt that this German soldier was closer to some of his German friends in later generations, and farther away from the colonists in his impression.

Only then did he say: "My name is Yang Chao, and I am very happy to meet you." ”

The German soldier said: "It's also a pleasure to meet you." By the way, what are you doing here? You're not a local, I haven't seen you before. ”

Strangers, this is what makes William on guard.

Yang Chao said: "I'm not a local, I'm here to find someone, do you know a person named Wang Shan." ”

William sighed, and then shouted, "Dashan, someone is looking for you!" ”

This time he used Chinese, he really learned a few sentences of Chinese, although the pronunciation is very non-standard, and the mouth is full of Shandong dialect, the 'big' character is still used in a flat voice, and it is very long, which makes people feel very funny when they listen to it.

The voice was echoed by an authentic Shandong accent, and then from the crowd of workers in front of a house, a big man ran out, the big man was one meter eight or nine, taller than the German soldiers, wearing a gray cloth clothes, cloth shoes on his feet, no socks, half of his ankles were exposed, and the braids on his head were coiled on his head.

The big man ran to the Germans, nodding his head, which made Yang Chao suddenly feel disgusted, and he couldn't see the Chinese admiring foreigners.

"Are you looking for me? Who are you? ”

It's not polite to turn his head and talk to Yang Chao, there are more people looking for him recently, because he has a good relationship with the Germans, to be precise, he has a good relationship with a German translator, and when the German translator first came, he led the way. After that, Wang Shan took several jobs through this translation and became a contract foreman.

"My name is Yang Chao, and your father asked me to come."

Yang Chao moved out of the name of fisherman Wang Fu.

But Wang Shan frowned: "What did my father ask you to do with me?" ”

Yang Chao said: "Your father said that he had a job to do with you." ”

Wang Shan couldn't help but get bored, and said angrily: "Didn't you tell him, don't recruit people, enough people, enough!" ”

Yang Chao didn't have time to sarcastically mock this kid.

German soldier William suddenly interjected: "Yang, are you looking for a job?" ”

He said in German again, and although he had been here for two years, he really couldn't speak much Chinese.

Yang Chao shrugged and said, "That's right. ”

The German soldier was happy: "That's great. You don't know that there are too few Germans who can speak Chinese, and even fewer Chinese who can speak German. If you wish, I would like to introduce you as a translator, and I am sure that even the Governor will be pleased. ”

"That's great!"

Yang Chao pretended to be excited.

"Then you wait a minute."

With that, the Germans ran to a decent building, one of the few buildings to have been completed.

Leaving Wang Shan to watch Yang Chao's expression change again and again, he wanted to speak several times but couldn't speak.

Yang Chao looked at his uncomfortable appearance, as if he was constipated, and snorted coldly: "Say whatever you want." ”

Wang Shan bowed down again and again, and timidly pointed to an unfinished building not far away: "I still have work to do." ”

Yang Chao nodded in annoyance: "Go ahead." ”

Wang Shan hurriedly smiled and nodded, sighed, and ran away as if he was flying, like a deserter fleeing for his life on the battlefield.

Yang Chao couldn't help but wonder, is it so terrifying for a translator.

Thinking of his possible identity as a translator, Yang Chao couldn't help but think of the term 'translator', in the era when foreigners were rampant, as the translator of Yang Chao's mouthpiece, he had the capital to be a fox and a fake tiger, so he was called a translator, and all 'officials' meant that they were not easy to mess with.

Even in later generations, some translators who were hired by foreigners also had an inexplicable sense of superiority, which made Yang Chao feel very disgusted, and he didn't expect that he would also be a translator.

"Well, I don't need money to eat restaurants in the city, eat a few rotten watermelons from you......"

Just when Yang Chao was making up for the bad image of the translator, suddenly William's figure appeared again.