Ye Zhao, the minister of the Qin Mission, is really called Qingche Jian Cong, and he only brought one person with a top horse, six Goshha, five clothed servants such as Rui Si, and the old master Du Wenquan came back from Shandong a few days ago, and became Ye Zhao's master, in addition, there are Su Hongniang, Su Boss, and Luo Ajiu and other heaven and earth congregations, a total of seven people.

More than 20 people hired horse-drawn carriages to go to Zhigu, and requisitioned a sand boat from Zhigu to go to Shanghai by sea. Nowadays, there is turmoil in various places, but it is safest to take the sea route.

Under the scorching sun, the blue waves are thousands of miles, the huge sails raised by the sand boat are hunting, Ye Zhao stands on the bow of the boat and looks into the distance, although he doesn't know where he is, but he thinks that he has already gone out of Bohai Bay.

"My lord, the wind is strong on the bow of the ship, and you can't stay long." The boss of the boat is a strong man in his thirties, curling his tongue and talking to Ye Zhao, his surname is Li, and he is also the owner of this sand boat, and he is a Chongming person. The Chongming Gang is one of the three major gangs of Shanghai Shipping, of course, this so-called three gangs is just a kind of businessman's identification with his fellow villagers, uniting to compete with strangers for business.

Boss Li had just carried a boatload of white rice from the south, and he was going to go to Niuzhuang to buy soybeans and then return to Shanghai, but he didn't want to encounter the official requisitioning a hired boat to carry passengers, so he readily agreed.

Although Ye Zhao was dressed in civilian clothes, and the affairs of requisitioning ships were handled by Ruisi, Goshha, who was wearing red tassels and wearing a neat and majestic drape, stayed by his side inch by his side, and knew at a glance that this was the main master. Although Ye Zhao is young, he has not known how many noble young people in the capital and Manchuria have achieved ambition in the past dynasties, not to mention that this young official has few entourages, so he is not a high-ranking official.

"Brother Li, this boat will cost thousands of taels of silver, right?" Ye Zhao asked him with a smile.

Boss Li showed a slight smug look on his face, isn't it, from being a teenager who joined a business bank to be a small force and stupid, to now being able to buy a boat with others to settle down, but it is beyond the reach of many people who struggle for a lifetime.

However, he replied naturally very humbly, "Back to the adults, the small one is the old ship that I bought in partnership with others, which makes the adults laugh." The little one and his partner are going to spend a few years, and they ask someone to borrow some money and buy another one. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, looking into the distance, but sighed softly: "It's not as fast as a steamer." ”

Boss Li laughed and said: "It seems that the adults have been to Shanghai and seen the steamers of foreigners, and they do not hide it from the adults, and the villains also used to have this thought, but firstly, the money is not good, and secondly, the steamships are cumbersome, and there are no ready-made guys, and then the mind is light." ”

Ye Zhao said: "If you don't have enough money, you can prepare in many ways, there is no guy to learn from foreigners, and it is not a very advanced craft, you must always pay attention to the old and the new, if you have been conformist, you will always be eliminated." ”

Seeing that Boss Li was smiling, but obviously a little disapproving, Ye Zhao said, "What do you rely on to make money now?" It is nothing more than relying on north-south transportation, and the foreigners' steamers are forbidden to trade in the north, but it may not be said that there will be no such rule one day, you think about it again, the steamers can go to the cattle village to purchase bean grain, and there is no forbidden area in the north and south, how can our sand boats survive when the time comes? ”

Boss Li smiled and said, "It's not that I don't believe in my lord's words, but the imperial court will always give us a way to live, right?" Outside the beach, there are tens of thousands of sand boats, but I am not the only one. ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Business competition, why don't you die or die?" More than ten years ago, foreigners were only allowed to trade with the Thirteen Lines in Guangzhou City? But now? Five-port trade, free trade. If you want to have a way to live, you must always change, you must always change, and you must always be self-reliant! ”

The old master Du Wenquan didn't know when he came to the bow of the boat, and he smiled at Ye Zhao's words.

Boss Li's face was ugly, thinking that hearing what Ye Zhao said was like seeing the end of the world, he returned to the rudder in a depressed mood, but Ye Zhao's words kept echoing in his ears.

"Old master, it's windy outside, you better go back to the cabin." Ye Zhao looked at the skinny Du Wenquan, and he was really afraid that a gust of wind would blow him into the sea.

The old master smiled and said, "Master, you are not afraid, what am I afraid of when I am half in the coffin?" ”

Ye Zhaoguaner, to be honest, among the people I know around me, the old master can be regarded as a righteous gentleman, and although others are good to themselves, they don't know what kind of face they are when they turn around and look at others.

"Master, I have a question I want to ask, since England is thousands of miles away from us, and it takes half a year to come to our country to cross the ocean, why do they have to live with us?"

Seeing the old master's humble appearance of asking for advice, Ye Zhao had a headache, and he also blamed himself, if he wanted to give those books to Su Hongniang, he asked the old master to transcribe a copy, which made the old master now a problem gentleman.

In fact, the old master who was appointed by the Great Confucian was disdainful of the barbarian system, but he was quite curious about the various depictions in the book, and he often discussed them with Ye Zhao.

"For the silver." Ye Zhao had no choice but to briefly omit this intricate collision of Eastern and Western systems.

The old lady stroked her beard and nodded, thinking deeply, so she said, "Master, you rest, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in another seven or eight days." "Now the old master is doing this transcription all night and night.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Don't worry. ”

Even if the journey is smooth, it will take at least ten days to get to Shanghai, right?

……

Although it is close to the airy and dry amidships, the cramped cabins are still a little wet and stuffy. When Ye Zhao entered the room, Su Hongniang was sitting on the wooden bed holding a scroll and reading the book "Peasant War".

She is a leader of thousands of women, so she can naturally see the value of this book.

Ye Zhao took out a wooden box from behind him and said with a smile: "Give it to you." ”

When Su Hongniang saw Ye Zhao enter the cabin, she put down her book and stood up as a salute, which made Ye Zhao very unaccustomed to it.

Su Hongniang really didn't know how to treat Ye Zhao, this little slippery head was corrupt and enjoyed, and nine out of ten sentences were fake, not to mention any heroes, but also a banner man, seeing that he could easily rescue his brother from the death row prison, nineteen is a clan nobleman with a lot of weight.

But he said that 1,000 to 10,000 he was his brother's life-saving benefactor, and he escorted the gang all the way out of the capital.

Su Hongniang's style of rivers and lakes, emphasizing righteousness and lightness, and being heroic and dry, is that this life-saving benefactor can make her a little nerve-wracking, and now she only hopes to find a way to repay Ye Zhao as soon as possible, and she has nothing to do with this little ghost.

Otherwise, every time I listen to his frivolous language, I am really afraid that one day I will not be able to bear it and cut off his head.

Ye Zhao's gift, Su Hongniang naturally had to decline politely.

Ye Zhao opened the wooden box, and inside was a Citigroup revolver, which was not much different from the revolvers of later generations in terms of style and structure, but it was thicker.

This is one of the Western firearms that the British gave to the nobles of the Celestial Empire, but this batch of Western firearms has long been shelved by Emperor Daoguang, and this revolver has been wandered to Prince Zheng's mansion and locked in the corner of the study by the prince.

Ye Zhao handed over the wooden box and said with a smile: "Western firearms, this is called a pistol, the range is not as powerful as a spear, but it is convenient, but there are not a few bullets, and when you get to Shanghai, I will help you buy more." ”

Su Hongniang waved her hand and said, "It's better for you to use it for self-defense, I don't need it." ”

Ye Zhao couldn't help but say, "I know that you are proud and skilled, but there are always times when people have no strength, besides, no matter how powerful you are, you can compare to firearms." ”

Su Hongniang didn't answer, and said: "I have also seen the firearms of the Qing Demon, and it is not a big deal. ”

Ye Zhao sighed, "How can Western firearms be comparable to shotguns?" Let me tell you this, if the shotgun can fire continuously, with a longer range and great power, can you dodge it? ”

Su Hongniang's pretty face changed color slightly, obviously immediately thinking of the horror of this firearm, she frowned slightly, and asked, "Western firearms are so sharp?" ”

Ye Zhao said: "It is not yet reached, but with the advancement of science and technology, the era of semi-automatic Mauser guns will soon come." ”

"Technology?" Su Hongniang was a little puzzled.

Ye Zhao smiled: "There is a book in the book that I sent you that mentions Western technology, it seems that you are not interested." ”

"Let me tell you this, the Westerners invented a thing called the telegraph, which connects two places with wires, and a word you say can be transmitted thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye; There are also trains, which use steel machines to power the front of the locomotive, and their strength is ten thousand times greater than that of cattle and horses, pulling goods and galloping on the road; There is also a camera that can instantly capture your shadow in the mirror as a souvenir. ”

"These are technology, not witchcraft, and in the future, there will be machines that can fly in the sky, carrying dozens of people."

"You want to win the world, but what if you win the world and become a mother? The Westerner is coming, how do you fight him? ”

Hearing Ye Zhao talk nonsense in the back, Su Hongniang was originally surprised that this little ghost had seen and heard of the wide admiration and vanished.

Ye Zhao didn't know what Su Hongniang was thinking, he stuffed the wooden box over, and said with a smile: "Here, you can continue, I'll teach you how to use firearms, in short, if you want to be invincible, firearms, your best choice." ”

When she encountered such a lazy person, Su Hongniang was powerless for a while, but she had no choice but to take the wooden box, but she said with a straight face: "Ye Gongzi, I said in my head, your great kindness and great virtue matchmaker is grateful, but please don't think that Ye Gongniang is a person surnamed Yang Hua."

To say that Su Hongniang is really born charming and charming, a smile is all seductive, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, there are red lips and smiles, coming and going like the wind, and the enemy general has been awarded the head in the laughter like silver bells.

But in the face of Ye Zhao, Su Hongniang had to put on a straight face, lest Ye Zhao borrow a donkey on the slope, and he didn't know what bastard words to say, let alone misunderstand what he had a good impression of him.

It's really because Ye Zhao is a life-saving benefactor, he can't use color to let him know how powerful he is.

Ye Zhao naturally understood what Su Hongniang meant, nodded slightly, and said with a straight face: "Of course, Miss Su's secret marriage and festival, I admire it from the bottom of my heart." But that's what I said.

Su Hongniang was relieved.

Ye Zhao began to explain to Su Hongniang, how to load, how to aim, "Three points and one line, yes, yes, that's all." As she spoke, suddenly the room trembled, and Su Hongniang leaned back on the bed, and Ye Zhao stumbled and fell straight over.

"Ah" Ye Zhao exclaimed, seeing that he was about to fall on Su Hongniang, but he felt a pain in his chest, waist and legs, and his body was suspended in the air.

Ye Zhao came back to his senses slightly, only to find that it was Su Hongniang who held her left hand on her chest, and her right hand with the revolver gun against her waist, and even bent her knees against her legs, so that she didn't fall on her.

It's just that this posture is too ambiguous now, Ye Zhao looked down, his heart jumped, the delicate and beautiful face was in front of him, the bright red and seductive cherry lips, as if he could suck hard as soon as he lowered his head, the white and flawless pink neck, the small ear beads were in full view, the snow-white little hand coated with Kodan was caressing his chest, and the crisp chest in the red skirt of the person under him trembled slightly with a slight panting, which actually made Ye Zhao think of the four-character idiom of wanting to refuse and welcome, and his head banged, and Ye Zhao's body was about to explode for a while.

What made Ye Zhao's bones even softer was that although he didn't touch other people's bodies for half a minute, he was bent on his knees in mid-air, and when he felt the strength of his surname, he could imagine the indescribable softness and smoothness of the natural beauty and bones under him.

It is Juanjuan's white snow skirt cage, which is infinitely bent in style; The water bones are tender, the jade mountains are long, and the mandarin ducks are holding the spring breeze.

It's a long story, but in fact, it was only a short moment, and Ye Zhao, who was dizzy, immediately felt that he was flying like a cloud, and he was taken by the force, and stood firmly in front of the bed.

It took a while for Ye Zhao to come back to his senses, but he saw that the pretty figure of the water spirit was opening the door and walking out, Ye Zhao hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Where are you going?" Su Hongniang had a calm face and ignored him.

Ye Zhao knew that Su Hongniang was really angry this time, and she could see that she was a blind person, not to mention Su Hongniang? In Su Hongniang's world, she is probably the kind of person who is a silver thief, if she and she just met, I am afraid that I will stab myself in a few transparent holes without saying a word.

Alas, in fact, how can you blame yourself, Ye Zhao shook his head and sighed.

Twenty years ago, I tasted the wonder of fish and water, and my identity is full of temptation in this world, but I really don't want to be a womanizer, so I can only hold back. Let's just say that on the night of Da Chun and the others, although his face was cold, but Cui Xian was almost naked and teased later, normal men would be horny, but he was stunned and indifferent, I am afraid that Liu Xia Hui is just like this.

It's just, why are all the hardships of the past 20 years being repaid tonight? Retribution on Miss Su?

And I just said that I admired other people's festivals, and in a blink of an eye, I became a pervert in front of others, how can this be embarrassing?

Ye Zhao has one head and two big, and he is only full of depression.

It's just that I don't understand something, why did Su Hongniang pull herself in the end and didn't throw herself to the ground? All the lightning that happened at that time was a subconscious move? Could it be that deep down in her heart, she doesn't necessarily hate herself so much?

Thinking of Ye Zhao and smiling bitterly, don't comfort yourself, how is this possible?