Chapter 6: A High-Profile Entry into the City
Zhang Fugui, the owner of Anping Inn, is also a well-informed person, but the scene in front of him still made him a little dumbfounded.
Good guy, originally dressed very shabby, a very sneaky person, this has only been a day, and when he turns his head, he has become a luxurious, rich foreigner who dare not look at him directly, no, a fake foreigner. If he hadn't come over and said he was going to check out, he wouldn't have believed that this arrogant fake foreigner was the original person.
In fact, it was not only him, when Li Zhigao appeared in front of the inn wearing a high hat, a tuxedo, a suitcase in his left hand, and a civilized stick in his right hand, all the people in the inn first took a look in surprise, and then quickly lowered their heads, or looked elsewhere, or peeked quietly, basically no one could, or dared to look at each other.
This is not necessarily ashamed of oneself, the key is that everyone doesn't want to cause trouble, because this is obviously a group of foreigners dressed up, or the kind of foreigners who are very rich and noble, and in today's world, foreigners are the most unprovoked guys.
Li Zhigao is quite satisfied with this effect, which at least shows that his bluffing strategy has succeeded, even these merchants are like this, presumably even if they go to the city, those police patrols and the like don't dare to come over to trouble themselves.
After leaving the room, just as the boss was making change, Li Zhigao put his eyes on the door of the inn, where a middle-aged man was squatting alone, it was the merchant he first met in this world - Liu Runsheng.
When he came over before, he looked at himself, but he also looked down after a glance, obviously not recognizing himself.
As for Liu Runsheng himself, he was still dressed last time, but this time he didn't bring his flat shoulder, and he was squatting there alone. The reason why I didn't say hello to him immediately was that I wanted to try my dress-up effect, and now that I tried it, I naturally didn't have to continue pretending.
Smiling slightly, Li Zhigao, who had taken change from the innkeeper, walked up to Liu Runsheng and gently poked him with a civilized stick, which scared Liu Runsheng to jump up.
Seeing that the other party was so frightened that he nodded and even knelt down, Li Zhigao hurriedly took off his hat and smiled again: "Don't be afraid, it's me, Li Zhigao." ”
Hearing Li Zhigao say this, and after reading it carefully, Liu Runsheng was surprised: "Ah? You, you, are you the Lee, no, the Doctor Lee? ”
"It's like a fake." Li Zhigao said with a smile.
"But you, how, how do you wear, ...... wear"
"How am I going to wear this?" Li Zhigao asked with a smile.
"Yes, yes." Liu Runsheng nodded.
"Is this important?" Li Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said.
"No, it doesn't matter." Liu Runsheng hurriedly shook his head.
"You've been waiting a long time?" Li Zhigao asked again.
"Yes." Liu Runsheng nodded, "I've been waiting here since yesterday." ”
"Yesterday?" Li Zhigao was surprised, "Didn't I say the day after tomorrow last time, what did you do yesterday." ”
"This ...... Hey. Liu Runsheng touched his head, smiled and stopped talking.
"Okay, let's not talk about that." Seeing him like this, Li Zhigao simply followed the example of those Western gentlemen in the movie, and waved his fingers with white gloves, "Since you are here, then I will naturally fulfill my promise, go, let's go to your house, and see your mother's illness first." ”
"Huh? That's great! Liu Runsheng was overjoyed, "Then let's go." ”
"Don't rush yet." Li Zhigao smiled, "Where is your home?" How far is that? ”
"My home is in Taiping Mansion, not far from here, just three and a half hours away."
"Three and a half hours? Seven hours? Oh my God, it's not far off? I can't get that far? ”
"This ......" Liu Runsheng frowned, "yes, you are a nobleman, and you can't walk, then, why don't I hire a carriage for you?" ”
"Carriage? Forget it. Li Zhigao hurriedly shook his head, "Just the broken road conditions here, and the broken two-wheeled carriage without shock absorption, I have to die upside down, and it is better to walk in the car." ”
"What about the sedan chair?"
"Sedan chair? I'd like to sit down, but it's too slow, I'm in a hurry, and I can't wait. ”
"What should I do? Is it horseback riding? But I can't find a good horse to ride for a while. ”
"Don't worry, I expected it, come with me." After Li Zhigao finished speaking, he walked out.
Seeing Li Zhigao walking away, Liu Runsheng immediately followed, and after walking to a bush behind the inn, he opened his mouth wide again.
There was no him, just because behind the bushes, there was a mechanical car with two big black wheels in front and back, with a blue appearance, and Li Zhigao was riding on that mechanical car, with a cloak on his body, an iron hat on his head, and strange glasses, and a pair of black leather gloves on his hands at the moment.
There is no doubt that this is the second-hand Yangtze River 750 sidecar motorcycle brought by Li Zhigao, and the test has proved that even if you don't store things in a special space, as long as this thing is within a certain range around you, or in other words, within the scope of the light ball emitted by the ring, you can also follow it through.
"What's, what is this?"
"Motorcycles, foreign gadgets for transportation." Li Zhigao smiled, "With this, it's much faster than you can walk." ”
"But this ......"
Suddenly, the machine made a loud noise, which startled Liu Runsheng, and then Li Zhigao, who was already wearing a windproof mask, waved his hand to Liu Runsheng: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, show the way by the way, I'll take you there!" ”
The power of the machine is really stronger than manpower, in Liu Runsheng's impression to walk three and a half hours, seven hours away, take this motorcycle only for more than half an hour, that is, an hour to arrive, this is because the road conditions are not good, Li Zhigao did not dare to go all out to drag the car.
Soon, in the dust and surprised eyes all the way, Li Zhigao took Liu Runsheng to the gate of a county town and parked the car, and a few pigtailed soldiers carrying guns at the gate of the city would only stare in a daze with their mouths wide open, and they didn't dare to come over for interrogation.
"What a mistake." Li Zhigao, who stopped the car, muttered in a low voice, "I knew that the road here was so broken, I wouldn't have worn a tuxedo, I almost got dirty, and it's better to get a leather coat than this." Fortunately, it must have rained here a few days ago, and the surface of the ground is very wet, so there is not much dust, otherwise, I would not have been covered in dust along the way. ”
Liu Runsheng in the back also came back to his senses at this time, and just wanted to get out of the car to negotiate, but Li Zhigao shook his head, asked Liu Runsheng to stay and not speak, and then rode slowly to a pigtail soldier and stopped, and deliberately asked arrogantly: "Hey, you are a soldier, this is Dangtu County, right?" ”
"Huh? Ah, yes, yes. The pigtailed soldier nodded hurriedly, "That's right, this is Dangtu County, and it is also the seat of Taiping Mansion, uncle, no, sir, what are you?" ”
"Nothing." Li Zhigao deliberately said lightly, "I'm from the United States, oh, that is, Citigroup, I want to come to you to do something, what's the matter, if I want to enter the city, what are the regulations?" ”
"Ah, that's right." Hearing that the other party was just going to enter the city, the soldier was obviously relieved, thinking that he didn't just come to find fault, "Our rules, outsiders entering the city, will be handed over...... Ah! ”
The last sentence was because his head was slapped by a small leader behind him, and he swallowed the words back, and after slapping the little soldier, the little leader hurriedly nodded to Li Zhigao on the three-wheeled motorcycle and smiled: "Sir, don't be surprised, this rammer is new and doesn't understand the rules." Then, I'll let you go, please, feel free to enter. ”
"Oh?" Li Zhiyuan glanced at him, then looked at the pedestrians around him who were looking at this side, and said deliberately, "Don't pay the city tax?" I think they all have to pay. ”
"No, no, of course not." The little leader continued to smile, "You are a noble person from a foreign country, unlike those people, it is our honor for you to come here, how can you collect money?" ”
"You really don't have to pay?"
"Not really!"
"Shall I go in then?"
"Sir, please, sir, go slowly."
"Hmm." Nodding lightly, Li Zhigao added strength, and the motorcycle made a bang, and then rushed towards the open city gate.
When the motorcycle walked away, the little boss who had been bowing and bowing his head since just now straightened his waist and scolded the little soldier next to him: "Bastard, don't you have long eyes? That's a foreigner, offended a foreigner, don't you want to live anymore? ”
"However, he speaks official language, and he doesn't look like those white devils."
"What do you know, the world is big, who said that foreign devils must not look like us? Oriental devils look like us. Besides, even if it's not a foreigner, it's a fake foreigner, and you can't be offended, because fake foreigners are sometimes more difficult than real foreigners, do you understand? Made, I was almost tired to death by you, and I will put a bright spot in the future, you know! ”
Not to mention that the soldiers at the city gate were reprimanding their subordinates, Li Zhigao, who entered the city, was still riding a motorcycle under the guidance of Liu Runsheng, and under the surprised eyes of more people, he came all the way to a house.
Of course, because Li Zhigao is so stylish, especially the motorcycle that no one else has ever seen, so at this moment, they have already followed a large number of neighbors who came to see the lively scene, all watching the Western scenery from a distance.
"This is your home?" Looking at this set of brick houses that are not small, but very simple, and obviously in disrepair, Li Zhigao, who took off his mask, frowned.
"Yes." Liu Runsheng, who was still a little numb after getting out of the car, nodded hurriedly, "The humble house is a little simple, which makes you smile." ”
"Nothing." Li Zhigao took off his helmet, took off his goggles, and took off his black leather gloves, then pouted, "It's much better than I imagined." ”
Indeed, when he entered this city just now, he saw that most of the citizens here live in that kind of wooden structure house, and it is good to have a tile on the roof, and the house here is not only the main building is a brick structure, but also occupies a lot of land, and there is a very high wall, although some are in disrepair, resulting in a look of some dilapidation, not so glamorous, but the foundation is there, obviously not the pattern of small households, and the worst is also the level of small landlords.
Could it be that a merchant in the Qing Dynasty actually lived in such a good mansion?
When I asked, I found out that this was the ancestral home of Liu Runsheng's family.
Hearing this, Li Zhigao nodded, and then without saying a word, he parked the motorcycle first, put on a new set of masks and rubber gloves surnamed once, and under the gaze of a group of curious citizens, he tidied up his tuxedo, put on a high hat, and cleaned up neatly.
As for the three-wheeled motorcycle, it was parked at the gate, and Li Zhigao was not afraid of others stealing it, after all, he had locked the engine and wheels, and with the unlocking technology of this era, he was really not afraid of others stealing it. As for the boxes containing other "valuables" such as medicines, watches, pens, etc., he had already asked Liu Runsheng to help bring them in, and others naturally couldn't steal them.
However, although others are very curious about the three-wheeled motorcycle, they only look at it from a distance, and they don't dare to touch it at all, let alone steal it, and even, when a child takes two steps forward curiously, it is quickly taken away by the adults behind, as if the motorcycle is a monster and wants to eat children.
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