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The lush meadows are undulating like hills, and a gray stone castle-like manor appears on the horizon, and in the distance, there are various thatched huts and neat vegetable patches, green and lush, and the sparse grassland is clearly demarcated, this is Tao Chaoqing's residence.

Most of Ye Zhao's land in the south of Hanzhou Town was barren, and he hired black hired laborers to engage in animal husbandry, and grain cultivation was only a by-product, and most of the more than 30 farms leased to the Chinese in the surrounding area were like this, and in this lawless and chaotic place, the Chinese farms were all very close to each other, watching and helping each other.

According to the Overseas Provinces Act, which was passed by the Senate, Imperial citizens of the Overseas Provinces could apply to bear firearms, especially in the Overseas Province of Maputo, especially the Chinese farmers, merchants and clerks living outside the city of Maputo, who almost all owned firearms.

The castle, known as the "Omishiswa" or "Grey Palace" by the natives, is a Western-style building, which is easier to defend against barbarian attacks, and the long winding and long courtyard walls on the perimeter are built with bullet stacks and female walls, which is also oriental.

Tao Chaoqing was the big landlord and the emperor of the soil here, and at the same time, he also wanted to ensure the safety of more than 30 farms in the surrounding area, so in addition to organizing a security team composed of Chinese farmers and hired workers, he also hired more than 100 Chinese gunmen, including many retired soldiers from the Central Plains. In addition to guarding farms, this armed force also served as a deterrent when expanding its land and dealing with tribes.

When Ye Zhao came to this castle, the team was naturally vast, there were more than 700 soldiers from the Blue Lingwei and the Royal Guards (Shenji) battalion, plus the carriages and horses covered with canvas to transport heavy weapons and ammunition, the long line was two or three miles long, but in this vast desert grassland, it seemed extremely small, just like a team of black ants, not attracting attention, whether it was a caravan or a hunting team, such a battle was not uncommon, but it did not attract much attention from the black people in the field, perhaps, they were numb, Numb to spend day after day in order to survive.

In October, it is the beginning of summer, the savannah climate, the rainy season is not coming, and it is dry and hot.

Blowing a fan in the lounge on the second floor of the castle, Ye Zhao shook his head helplessly: "All the way, I am going to go in the summer." ”

Wan Dequan wiped the sweat on his forehead, didn't dare to squeak, and said in his heart that it wasn't, why was it so poisonous this day, it was really strangely tight.

Waiting for Tao Chaoqing to come in with an account book, he asked carefully: "Long live the lord, do you want to meet the people in the Zhuangzi?" ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and came to South Africa, in addition to relaxing, taking a look at the current situation in Africa, the most concerned is the romance of the four countries with the Boers, Zulus, and British.

The British established the Cape colony and forced the Boers to migrate inland, but in the confrontation with the African natives, the British and the Boers often united, and now the Zulu king Sechivayo is rebellious and has a serious territorial dispute with the Boers, and the British want to take this opportunity to annex the Zulu Kingdom, so that the British colony in Natal Province on the east coast of the Indian Ocean in South Africa will open the western front, and the northern end will reach the Kingdom of Eswatini. The southeastern part of the Imperial Maputo Overseas Province is adjacent to the Kingdom of Eswatini and is also engaged in trade negotiations with the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the British annexation of the Zulu Kingdom will limit the Empire's sphere of influence in Africa to the greatest extent, because the eastern and northeastern parts of Maputo Overseas Province are Boer territory, and northern Mozambique is the Portuguese sphere of influence.

Tao Chaoqing listened to Ye Zhao's words, and after a while, seeing that Ye Zhao didn't have any instructions, he immediately bowed down and retreated.

Ye Zhao looked at Zheng Aqiao beside him again and asked, "It's hard to come to the heat this way, can your wife withstand it?" "Actually, Ye Zhao wanted to say hello like a baby. ..., this time to Africa, Zheng Aqiao's wife also followed, never crossed the ocean, and heard that there are countless "Kunlun slaves" in black Africa, and there are countless rare and exotic beasts, so I asked Zheng Aqiao a few more words, Zheng Aqiao was very interested in bringing her, although Mrs. Zheng immediately retreated, but she still couldn't stand Zheng Aqiao's persuasion, so she had no choice but to accompany her.

Zheng Aqiao guessed Ye Zhao's preferences, showing that he liked to take his wife to see the world, but it was understandable, but it was inevitable that Mrs. Zheng suffered, not long after setting off from Xinjiapo, Mrs. Zheng was sick, and most of the doctors on the fleet hospital ship were men, so she acted as a doctor to treat Mrs. Zheng, and later became familiar with Mrs. Zheng, so they often chatted together, and even lived together later, which was also Ye Zhao's secret instruction to pity her alone, otherwise Mrs. Zheng would not dare to sleep with the imperial concubine.

From Xinjiapo to Hanzhou Town, by sea and land, several female dependents such as Hao Ruwa and Mrs. Zheng did not show up much, and even Ye Zhao did not see her a few times.

Speaking of which, as a baby has worked as a health soldier, it's not that she hasn't seen the world, let alone a cowardly person, I think she is restrained in front of her, right? A lot of words don't know if they are tired of her, so they don't dare to show up.

Ye Zhao thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Zheng Aqiao heard Ye Zhao's question, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, fortunately, the imperial concubine has rejuvenated her skill, and she has the protection of the emperor and the imperial concubine, so she has picked up a life." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, no squeak, Zheng Aqiao is now the overseer of Gyeonggi, a second-class earl, and his wife is also a first-class order, but he is still so blessed with longevity, but he can't change it for a while.

"It's been a long journey, let's go and rest." Ye Zhao waved his hand, the road was long, and he was a little tired.

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The morning breeze brought a little coolness, and the distant morning sun was on the horizon, dyeing half of the sky red, as if it would jump out at any moment.

Walking on the grassy slope, Ye Zhao stretched out comfortably, and slept quite comfortably last night.

walked all the way out of the gate of the manor to this grassy slope, followed by several plainclothes Lan Lingwei, all of them were young men with the spirit of thieves, Ye Zhao was able to call their names, which made these young people excited for a long time, and even now their chests are still rising and falling rapidly, and it is difficult to hide the ripples in their hearts.

"Huh", turning over the grass slope, Ye Zhao looked at the picture under the grass slope in surprise, slightly stunned.

A little black boy sat on a stone, his face full of awe and horror, opposite him, squatting a slender back, two twisted braids flicked, delicate and lovely, but he was holding the little boy's hand and was smearing something on him with a cotton swab, the little boy's hand was dirty, and there was a bloody wound, there were fixed boils, there were new wounds, the old wounds were pus, rotten and not decent.

The little boy seemed to be in some pain, but he didn't dare to struggle and resist, his eyes were full of horror.

Hearing Ye Zhao's voice, the slender figure turned around, but it was a beautiful girl, her eyes were like a pool of clear water, handsome and smart, Mongolian costumes, and a little bit of the charm of a grassland child, just like a baby.

"The Emperor...... Mr. Wen ...... "It's like a baby who was stunned for a long time before thinking of the ceremony, this is the first time to meet the emperor in a micro-suit, and even the first time to meet the emperor face to face, like a baby is at a loss for a while, and I don't know how to salute."

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, there are not so many courtesies outside." Looking at the black child's hand, Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "You are treating his injuries, you are not afraid of scaring people to death, and you don't bring an interpreter." ”

It's like a baby looking down at the pattern of the beautiful little boots, and she doesn't say anything. When she was very young, the emperor was the embodiment of majesty, fairness and justice, and it was her childhood ambition to enter the palace to see the emperor, the emperor was the god in her mind, and she was a totem on the top, but she never thought that she would marry the emperor as a concubine. ..., in the past few years, although she is a little lonely in the palace, life is also comfortable, but she feels that it is not bad to live like this, but no, now that she really has the opportunity to talk to the emperor, she feels short of breath, her mind is dizzy, and she can't say a word.

Ye Zhao looked at the black child's hand again at this time, and sighed slightly, but compared with the slave trade a few decades ago, the living conditions of black people are already different, especially the hired workers of the farms in the overseas provinces of the empire, and the cases of being beaten to death are very rare compared to the European colonists.

In the eyes of many citizens of the empire, blacks are no different from wild beasts, and it is not easy to treat them well through regulations, and it is not a day's work to educate the natives.

Ye Zhao also knew that, in fact, like the European colonizers, he also had a posture of looking down on Africans and African affairs from a high vantage point, such as the Zulu people, after all, he also thought that they were barbaric and uncivilized, and if a woman was naked before marriage, it would be unacceptable.

It's just that from the perspective of tradition, is it a prejudice to measure the aborigines of this land by the tradition of oriental civilization? An unmarried woman shows her breasts, and the population atmosphere is like this, who is in the way?

"Should they be taught young women to dress up?" Ye Zhao muttered a sentence in his mouth, and now the young female employees of the Chinese farms are all required to cover their upper bodies.

It's like a baby who blushed when she heard it, and she didn't dare to speak, her snow-white little hands were twisted together, and she couldn't say how cute she was cramped.

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran over, and whispered a few words beside Ye Zhao when he got closer, but it happened that the heads of several tribes came to pay the land tax, as if there was a conflict with the Zulu tribe in the south, Tao Chaoqing asked the emperor to return to the farm to preside.

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "You asked Tao Wen to handle it as it was, I just went to see the excitement." ”

Ye Zhao was a little curious in his heart, in the books, in this era, this continent has been described as a primitive society, but how these tribes are born, but I really want to see it.

Turning his head to Hao Ruwa, he said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

As a result, the baby glanced at the black child, and Ye Zhao said, "Take him with you too, and you can treat him well when you go back." ”

It was like a flash of light in the baby's eyes, and she said in a low voice: "I am a small goodness, and the emperor is a great good when he educates all the people." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and left first. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to the mobile network (.cn), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )……，