Cook and his attachés were naturally detained, much to Cook's surprise, who he expected to find out his identity like a normal civilized country, communicate with him, make some deals, and let him go. Cook www.biquge.info Cook himself was so famous in Europe that King Carlos III of Spain once confessed that if a Spanish ship met Cook at sea, don't embarrass him, let him go. A well-known navigator is something that any country must pay attention to.

Because of the inaccuracy of the maps of most countries in this era, they could not measure the specific outline of some coastlines, and some places that could not be reached by ships, although Cook himself was not as important in the history of navigation as Columbus and Magellan, but it also carried a lot of weight.

However, the Tang Dynasty did not have any intention of using Cook, and the accuracy of the Tang people's maps was incomparable to any map in this era. Even if Cook's map is accurate, there are always some mistakes, but there is basically nothing wrong with the Tang people's map.

It was also reasonable for the Tang people to detain Cook, because the Tang Dynasty and Britain were still at war, and Cook did not know about it, and when he was escorted off the ship and sent to a room under house arrest, Cook knew that the country he was in was at war with the British.

Strictly speaking, Hawaii where he arrived was not at war with the British, but Hawaii was actually ruled by the Tang people.

Despite Cook's repeated identification and vowing not to participate in the war, the Tang showed no mercy. Even if Cook really can't bring any trouble to the Tang Navy on the battlefield, this guy running around. But it may cause a lot of trouble for Datang. There is no such expeditionary navigator as Cook. The British can't get out of their homeland. It is because of James. Cook's explorations led to the continued colonization of the South Pacific by the British, including Australia and New Zealand.

So unfortunately, Cook became a prisoner with decent treatment. Although he was a prisoner, he was not shackled or anything, he was arranged in a small courtyard with a small area, but the environment was quite quiet, and one or two Polynesian aunts took care of his daily life. Of course, the crew that came with him was not so lucky. As captives, they were required to perform labor in exchange for their own food.

The British, knowing that they did not seem to intend to let them go, staged a mutiny on the island, killing several native guards, but they were soon suppressed by the garrison and militia, and a dozen British sailors were shot dead before being finally stopped by Cook's intervention.

Cook also recognized a problem, the Tang armed forces in this "colony" were good, and the British sailors who had been disarmed had nothing to do.

The captain was allowed to move around his cell when guarded and restricted. In fact, Cook himself was not completely deprived of his property. Cook can use his own money to buy some of the things he needs in the island's towns.

Thanks to the guidance of the Tang people, Honolulu was quickly built in the direction of a Tang town. With the help and command of the Tang people, the local people, who originally lived in poor living conditions, built wooden and masonry houses, and began to break the tribal restrictions and live in towns with families as living units.

Although it is a town, it is very limited in size, and in addition to a large residential area, it is surrounded by a large tropical plantation area, and the natives who live here are called up every day and enter the plantation to work. There is also a sandalwood collection yard on the north side of the city, so there is also a storage warehouse for sandalwood and other goods near the port in the town.

There weren't many commercial services in the town, with only three regular shops selling all sorts of goods shipped from the Tang Dynasty, two restaurants, which weren't doing much good, a commercial bank, apparently for commercial activities, and some convenient barber shops, tailor shops, and the like, most of which were run by the Tang people, and occasionally some natives who were considered to have brains worked as helpers or apprentices in the shops.

So, when Cook came to Honolulu, although there was little difference in appearance from the Hawaiians and the Tahitian natives he had seen, Cook insisted that the Hawaiians were more advanced than the Tahitians. Because the Hawaiians have broken up the tribes and lived in the way of a civilized society. And, while not all Hawaiians wear clothes, quite a few have embraced the Tang dress. I started wearing big shorts and big colorful shirts. This style seems to be naturally suitable for Hawaiians, so after the Tang people brought it, Hawaiians love beach pants, floral shirts, sandals, straw hats and other combinations, and even King Kaio usually wears them like this.

When Cook goes out, he is accompanied by an interpreter who is also the person who spies on him. Cook had been adrift at sea for a long time, and his hair was very long, so he wanted to get a haircut, and with the help of an interpreter, he could also get a good look at the customs of Honolulu.

Cook looked at the relatively spacious streets of Honolulu with some surprise, the Tang and Hawaiians walked on the street together, although it seemed that the Hawaiians respected the Tang people more, but there would be no Tang people coming towards them, and they immediately hid to the side and looked cautious.

When he and the translator walked into the only barber shop in town, they saw a very flamboyant native who laughed and patted the shoulder of one of the Tang barbers in the shop, who didn't seem to mind that. Then the native man looked in the mirror and seemed to be very satisfied with his new mohican hairstyle, leaving the Tang man with a large bill of 10 Tang yuan.

Ten Tang Yuan is really a big bill, because this is the largest denomination of Tang Yuan. The Kingdom of Hawaii did not have banknotes, and previous transactions were all barter, but after the establishment of the kingdom, Bai Nan, the "Horse Lord", suggested that the king adopt the Tang currency as the official currency of the kingdom, which was approved. Nowadays, Hawaiians are more accustomed to using these small pieces of paper or steel for consumption.

Cook was very puzzled, and said to the translator next to him: "It's really strange, why didn't you enslave the natives here when you ruled this island, that guy was so arrogant just now, but the Tang barber looked flattering." ”

The translator said: "Because the guy just now is the nephew of His Majesty the King and the Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and is directly in charge of the taxes of all the shops in Honolulu, do you want the boss to give a good face." ”

Cook had a ghostly expression on his face: "I really can't understand you Tang people, I heard that you defeated all the natives here, helped that king establish a kingdom, and actually had to pay taxes to him, do you Tang people have a masochistic mentality?" ”

The translator said indifferently: "We just do things in our way, according to the legal spirit and humanistic thought of the Tang Dynasty, ethnicity and origin do not mean superiority, we have brought stability and civilization to this place, yes, we are also in Hawaii to obtain benefits, but this does not mean that we can rule here brutally after conquest, on the contrary, that kind of colonization is naïve and imbecile." ”

With Cook's thinking skills, he can't quite understand this kind of thing. He couldn't understand that when the Tang people were able to completely control the country, they still honestly paid the people here, and they didn't mind that the people here treated them as equals.

Instead, Cook was quickly disliked by the owner of the barbershop.

"Oh my God, how many days has your hair not been washed? It's even dirtier than those natives, haven't you British been in Honolulu for a few days, haven't you washed your hair during this time? The boss pinched his nose and slapped him, and quickly called an Aboriginal apprentice to take Cook away and wash his hair.

When Cook understood what people meant, after all, it was no longer the Middle Ages when they were proud of not bathing, and paying attention to personal hygiene was the etiquette of nobles and gentlemen, but Cook sailed all year round, and fresh water was scarce on board, so he couldn't waste it, and he soon got used to it. But it is still a great shame to be rejected and unclean.

Soon, however, Cook became less embarrassed, for although the teenage native apprentice looked shy, the way he washed his hair made Cook squint comfortably. Warm water poured out of the sprinklers, and the boy who washed his hair softened Cook's hair sufficiently, then applied shampoo and began to massage it with great skill. Then the warm water was turned on again, the foam on his hair was washed away, and Cook suddenly felt much refreshed.

Smelling the scent of his own hair, Cook asked, "Is this soap?" ”

Soap was invented in Europe very early on, and the translation says: "This is shampoo, which you can understand as soapy water used to wash hair." ”

Cook nodded, "This tastes really good." ”

The translator then went so far as to do a sales: "If you like it, go buy some, it's not expensive." I like to use Head & Shoulders, the lemon flavor is particularly refreshing. ”

Cook didn't know what the interpreter was talking about, but he was sure that the soapy water used to wash his hair would fetch a great price if it were taken to Europe, and would be sought after by nobles and gentlemen, and even more so by ladies and ladies. It's just that Cook naturally thinks that such good things should not be enjoyed by the poor, but from the perspective of translation, this is just the most common thing, except for those who are really poor and cannot buy them as daily consumer goods, all normal-income laborers in Datang are used to buying these as household use.

Cook became more and more interested in the country of the Tang Dynasty, and when the barber cut his hair, Cook suddenly said to the translator: "Although I am still a prisoner, I think that there may be some misunderstanding in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the British, and it is impossible for the two countries to fight all the time." If possible, I wish I could go to Los Angeles and check it out. (To be continued.) )