Since the completion of the loan negotiations with the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the signing of the "Eight Feet Agreement", Chen Bachi has carried this honor and retired honorably as a senior adviser to the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company and a senior adviser to the Blackwater Security Company. Combined, these two positions bring him more than $20,000 a year. This made Chen Bachi suddenly become a rich man.

The overlord of Chu said: "Wealth does not return to his hometown, such as embroidering clothes at night, who knows!" Chen Bachi, who has never read any books in this allusion, doesn't know it, but Chen Bachi has this kind of mentality. Of course, it is not entirely correct to say that Chen Bachi has not read, in fact, after arriving in Heishui, Chen Bachi still received some education. If nothing else, English education is absolutely indispensable. In addition, some of the work in Blackwater is by no means completely illiterate, for example, the related technology of artillery requires a lot of mathematical knowledge. Therefore, seriously speaking, although Chen Bachi's cultural program is not high in the United States, the level of primary school graduation is still there.

Since he had such thoughts, Chen Bachi also found a time, took his Irish wife, and returned to his hometown with his three sons. In any case, the ancestral tomb still has to go back to worship. However, on this issue, his wife and sons had a little conflict with him.

Chen Bachi's wife is a devout Catholic (most Irish people believe in Catholicism, which is also one of the important reasons why the Irish have always had a bad relationship with the British, and are always regarded as non-nationals by the British). After arriving in the United States and joining Blackwater, Chen Bachi found that in the United States, it was really difficult to not believe in God, and as soon as the teachings of his original God worship were said, the unanimous reaction of the people around him was "heresy!" More heretical than Mormonism! Then there were a lot of zealous people who persuaded Chen Bachi to abandon his false heretical beliefs and return to orthodoxy. Of course, there is no unanimous opinion on what is orthodoxy, because there are as many religious denominations in Blackwater, including various Protestants in the American tradition, Catholicism in the European tradition, and even two Orthodox Christians in Eastern Europe. But in the end, because of his sister-in-law, Chen Bachi still believed in the most traditional Catholicism. Of course, Chen Bachi's letter can only be regarded as a false letter.

But the Irish woman of Chen Eight Feet is different, she is a true Catholic. Chen Bachi ran outside all day long, and of course the three children were also left to his wife, so the three little ones were naturally educated by the Irish woman to become authentic Catholics.

As Catholics, they have no objection to going back to their hometowns to see the graves of their ancestors. But if you want to offer incense to your ancestors, bow down or something, those ignorant guys will immediately quit. was so angry that Chen Bachi almost went to the court to get rid of the mother-in-law. Of course, this is just a thought. Anyway, until the end, Chen Bachi couldn't settle the elm-headed mother-in-law and the three stinky boys. So he simply left them behind and went back to his hometown to see it alone, so as to save the ancestors from worrying about seeing these stupid things.

So Chen Bachi went back to his hometown alone. Of course, this so-called one person refers to not bringing his family, and the others still bring a lot. First of all, he still brought a group of bodyguards or something, although most of these so-called bodyguards are white homeless men hired by Chen Bachi for a few small sums of money in Hong Kong, plus Indian Ah San, and the level of professional technology is simply unbearable. In Chen Bachi's own words: "Don't look at me old, but give me two pistols, and I can put down all these guys by myself." Even they have guns in their hands. "To be honest, Chen Bachi and these people are mainly to put on a show and show off. Especially to show off in front of the talented old man in the village.

In addition to bringing a group of foreigners, Chen Bachi also hired a translator in Hong Kong. To be honest, Chen Bachi has been in the United States for so long, and his English is so simple, so Chen Bachi doesn't need any translation to talk to those foreigners. However, Chen Guang still invited one, because if there is anything to negotiate with the local government, it is of course best to let those white skins come forward, and the local government in this era is not afraid of foreigners. It's just that when foreigners deal with the local government, they still need translators, and at this time, he can't be asked to deign to be a translator for those homeless people and Indian Ah San, right? So he hired a man named Li Chongguang, who was said to have studied at the Hong Kong College of Western Medicine, and that man's English was quite good and he was quite clever.

To be honest, Chen Bachi was still a criminal in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Because he is an unscrupulous "Guangxi old thief". Later, as a representative of the MacDonald consortium, Chen Bachi even directly dealt with those guys at the highest level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and signed an agreement. Of course, those high-ranking officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty knew Chen Bachi's former identity as a "bandit", but considering that Chen Bachi was already a "foreign adult", and he was also a "foreign adult" among the "foreign adults". So although it is inevitable to buy two sentences behind the scenes, "the traitor who forgot his ancestors" or "the villain has the ambition, and the monkey is crowned", but in front of him, everyone has to be polite to him, as for the matter of pursuing his criminal responsibility because he is a "bandit", no one will mention it.

But if the top level doesn't mention it, it doesn't necessarily mean that the people below don't mention it. There is no prosecution period for the pursuit of "bandits". And those guys above also forgot to inform the people below that Chen Bachi is now a "foreign adult" and can't be pursued further. Therefore, when Chen Bachi returned to his hometown, something really happened.

Chen Bachi and his party hired a boat in Guangzhou to go up the Pearl River, and after walking for several days, they finally arrived near their hometown.

His hometown is in Jiangkou Town, Guiping, which is not far from Jintian, where the Changmao Incident was in the past, and was once one of the areas where the worship of God was active. Now my brother has been dead in battle for many years, and Chen Bachi, in his hometown of Jiangkou Town, has not been back for decades. As the boat got closer and closer to the bluestone wharf in Jiangkou Town, Chen Bachi suddenly had a feeling of homesickness, and he was a little afraid to look outside.

The boat came to a steady stop on the dock, and Chen Bachi stepped out of the cabin and looked around. Although it hasn't been back for decades, Eguchi is still the same, and almost nothing has changed. Chen Bachi even noticed that the bluestone slab on the pier was still the one he remembered before, when he was a child, he and his brother would often come here to play, and at that time they would often dip their hands in the river water and draw and play on the flat and smooth bluestone slab.

As he remembered the story of this bluestone slab, there were all kinds of other stories that Chen Bachi thought he had forgotten a long time ago, and almost instantly came to his heart. Under the mixture of sorrow and joy, he couldn't take a step for a while.

"Mr. Chen? Mr. Chan...... Are you alright? The interpreter who was next to him, Li Chongguang, asked a little worriedly. These days, he and Chen Bachi stayed on the ship and had nothing to do, so Chen Bachi would ask him some things about China, and Li Chongguang would also ask him about some things in the United States, especially those universities in the United States. According to him, he saved some money and planned to come to the United States to study. After going back and forth like this, the two became familiar with each other.

"It's fine, it's just remembering something from the past." After all, Chen Bachi is a person who has seen a lot of the world, and he immediately stabilized his feelings. He glanced at the dock again, then took the lead and stepped onto the trembling wooden gangplank and walked ashore.

Chen Bachi's former residence (according to Chen Bachi's current historical influence, it seems that this word can barely be used) is in the back alley, but the house is already small, I am afraid that it can't accommodate so many people, and since he and his eldest brother rebelled and left, this place must have changed owners. Chen Bachi thought about it, but decided to go to the inn first to find a place to stay, and then go back to see it himself.

Chen Bachi remembered that there should be an inn on the street next to the Xunjiang River, but he still asked Li Chongguang to ask first, after all, it has been decades, and who knows if the inn is still there.

After a while, Li Chongguang came back, and he said to Chen Bachi: "Mr. Chen, the people over there said that the inn you mentioned is still there." Why don't we go over first? ”

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The inn called "Shuntong" is small, with a large hall in front with a few tables and chairs, which looks like it is also a food and drink business, and a patio in the back, surrounded by several guest rooms.

When Chen Bachi and the others walked into this inn, the shopkeeper was making calculations behind the counter, although someone came in, he didn't seriously raise his head to take a look. Until Li Chongguang stepped forward and shouted against the counter: "Shopkeeper, do you have a room?" ”

"Yes, there are four upper rooms." The shopkeeper and bookkeeper raised his head, glanced at Li Chongguang, and asked, "How many of you want, how many rooms do you want?" ”

"Eight people, four rooms." Li Chongguang replied.

"Who are they, where do they come from, and where are they going?" The shopkeeper helped his reading glasses and continued to ask. In my Qing Dynasty, the guest house was originally meant to be guided, but over the years, the government's control over the local government has become weaker and weaker, and many times, the innkeeper is too lazy to do much. However, there are still some basic information registrations.

"Chen Guang, go back to your hometown and go to the grave, these are my attachés." Chen Bachi replied.

"Ahh The shopkeeper wrote down Chen Bachi's name and asked, "Then what are their names?" ”

"This one is George Bush, this one is Cameron, and this one is Mitterrand......"