Zhu Changhui was a big cadre in the end, and he quickly woke up from his gaffe and arched his hand: "It's good to say, it's good to say, under the surname Ma Minghai, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?" The Westerner said: "Brother Ma is polite, under the waiver, your surname is Drake's name, Francis is an English seaman, and I am very happy to meet Brother Ma." "The Westerner was wearing a women's white silk dress with flowers on the chest, and the tight pants under it were small ** The shape is very clear, the wide belt is hung with a sword with gauntlets, a pair of long leather boots on the feet are polished, a black hat with feathers on the top of the head, a black silk cloak is draped, it is very like a black curtain stolen from someone's funeral, seeing such a nondescript dress, King Ning secretly laughed in his heart, a Western barbarian, but this person's swordsmanship is indeed good, King Ning has always liked to collect people with strong martial arts, and he will not look down on people because they are barbarians, so he invited very politely:" Brother De has a good martial arts, and he has a chivalrous courage, so I really admire it, so let's find a restaurant and drink a few cups, I don't know if Brother Tai appreciates it. Francis said boldly, "I can't ask for it." At this time, it was afternoon when the people in Guangzhou were popular for afternoon tea, Ning Wang followed the customs, and called the shopkeeper over without asking the price, nor looking at the recipes, and said: "Take all the best in your store and serve them in two." The shopkeeper didn't dare to slack off when he saw him, so he hurriedly went to Zhang Luo.

After a while, siu mai, shrimp dumplings, fresh shrimp intestines, durian crisp, soup dumplings, and custard buns were sold twice, and the tea came with four or five kinds, and Francis was dazzled and sighed with emotion: "When we were in TeaTIme in England, it was a luxury to have a pot of high crushed brown sugar and a few small snacks. Ning Wangxin said that when Lao Tzu was in the palace, he ate ten times more patterns than this, not only that, this barbarian was shocked when he saw this small scene, it seems that he is a chick who has never seen the world, it is better to accept him as a righteous son, and the idea is made and he tentatively said: "Brother Shicai, Brother De said that he is a seafarer, this business is hard, and he has been away from home for thousands of years, and he may not be able to go home once, and he may not be able to go home once, I don't know that the second elder of Brother De's family is in good health?" Francis has also been mixed in Daming for many years, and knows that inquiring about each other's family situation as soon as they meet is a sign of concern for the Han people, so he told the truth: "The family is strict and the family is healthy, and the brothers are very healthy, and they follow their cousin to the far East to make money, to be honest, the East is much stronger than my cold and damp hometown, and there are not a few young men in England who have the same idea as me, and every year, hundreds of people come out from their hometown Portsmouth to the rich and mysterious East to follow my heroic cousin." Ning Wangqi said: "Who is Brother Ling?" So wise? "Climb 6 and watch literature network together to support the genuine Iron Age.

Francis said: "My cousin is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's knight John Brown. Hawkins was also the Viceroy of Hong Kong's Governor-General, the Executive Officer of the East India Company. Francis proudly introduced his cousin's title, and his reserved body leaned back, waiting for the compliment of the new friend opposite, but King Ning, an old man, didn't even know anything at all, Queen Elizabeth had never heard of the famous Sir Hawkins, even if he had heard of his deeds, how could a barbarian nobleman who could not even rank as a second-class baron, enter the eyes of the dignified Prince Ming.

However, the Hong Kong mentioned by Francis made King Ning's heart move, he knew that there were two Westerner strongholds along the coast of Guangdong, one was called Macao, and the other was Hong Kong, and in the early years of Wanli, they were leased to the Portuguese and the English, this young man turned out to be the cousin of the governor of Hong Kong, Zuo Menggeng, they were not thinking about how to buy a ship to go to sea, it was better to take this line, so he said: "Brother De, I have a business I want to do with Brother Ling, I don't know if Brother Ling can accept such a big deal." Francis's eyes lit up and he said, "Let's take a look." ”…… Liu Ziguang returned to Wuchang, at this time it was the end of August, the Yangtze River flood has subsided, the water in various places has slowly receded, the victims living in Wuchang Luojia Mountain have been 6 years to begin to return to their homes, this is the highlight of the disaster relief work, at the beginning of the disaster victims need bricks and stones to rebuild their homes, this year is too late to sow seeds, the next spring sowing also all need the imperial court to put seeds, during this period the people's rations will rely on the imperial court reliefHowever, it is not for nothing, and the main force in building the river embankment is the disaster victims, and this series of actions involves a large amount of money and grain allocation, and it is very convenient for corrupt officials to profit from it.

Liu Ziguang's duty is to supervise the military affairs of the four southwestern provinces, and there is no responsibility to inspect corruption, but he is powerful, and the entire Huguang and Jiangxi are all beaten down by his old man, if you really want to say that there is no one to meddle in anything, half of the officials of the Huguang system are transferred from all over the country, half are promoted from the locality, Liu Ziguang took the opportunity to install a lot of middle and low-level officials such as prefects and counties, and often took a whole vehicle of materials to the grassroots to comfort the victims, and personally brought rice, soybean oil, The salt was put into the hands of the victims, and when the victims saw Lord Zhenwu, who was wearing a python robe and a jade belt around his waist, came to his thatched hut to offer condolences, they were moved to tears, and they couldn't cry anymore, and then thought of the miserable life under the rule of Zuo Liangyu before, and everyone couldn't help but kneel down and shout: Hou Ye Chitose Chitose, Chitose Chitose!

This can bluff Liu Ziguang can't do it, Chitose is the title of the prince, he is a first-class marquis, but he doesn't dare to trespass, and quickly stopped the people from shouting nonsense, and said: "If you want to thank the villagers, thank the court and the long live lord, this marquis is just doing an errand for the emperor." "The river patrol imperial history yamen is located in Hankou City, occupying the original Zuo Liangyu's sailor yamen Lin Ruhai, the new official took office, full of ambition, the new yamen moved in, a few days after the bribes were driven out of the yamen, and the silver tickets were also thrown out in public, everyone admired the incorruptibility of Lin Yushi, and those businessmen who tried to get a vote in the process of building the embankment had to renegotiate countermeasures.

The first thing they thought of was that Zhenwuhou is now talking in Huguang, which is the most weighty in the area of three acres of Huguang, except for the governor He Tengjiao, who is the generalissimo of the military affairs of the four southwestern provinces, and the businessmen have sent red envelopes to Zhenwuhou, and they also know that Zhenwuhou is a very righteous person, and he will definitely help people if he takes the silver, so Liu Ziguang's line on the shore of the East Lake was surrounded by a group of guards, but the businessmen were indomitable, and they still gathered around the door every day and did not leave, for Lin Ruhai, how to carry out the bidding for the embankment, Liu Ziguang was holding a wait-and-see attitude, although Lin Ruhai did not deal with him, but he was known as a clean name, if he could handle it impartially, it would not be a good thing, for these merchants at the doorPeople Liu Ziguang is not in a rut, people are coming to visit with gifts, so you can't send soldiers to fight with sticks, so many people are blocked at the door, and he is full of trouble, he simply changed into civilian clothes, slipped out from the side door to wander, this Wuhan three towns, he hasn't played much, I heard that the business district of Hankou is very prosperous, just take the opportunity to visit.

After the flood peak passed, the ferry boat between Hankou and Wuchang has been reopened, and only one copper plate boat is needed to cross the Yangtze River, which is a steam ship produced by Wuchang Shipyard, and for half an hour, there are peddlers, pawns, officials, peasants, burdens, horses, drags, and daughters of all kinds of people who go back and forth between the two sides of the strait, and so on, and the ferry boat docks on the shore and rushes up, Liu Ziguang wears a linen cloth, puts on a hat to shade the sun, and follows these ordinary people to step on the ferry and go in the direction of Hankou.

Hankou is more peculiar, there are few buildings in the city, but there are many shops, restaurants, and silver numbers along the river outside the city, and Huguang is relatively independent during the period occupied by Zuo Liangyu, so the merchants under the control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can come to do business without restrictions, and the merchant ships and passenger ships in the upstream and downstream of Sichuan Nanzhili also always have to anchor and rest in Hankou, and the guests load and unload goods, and the economic status of Hankou is very important, and the annual ship toll collected alone is no less than 100,000 taels.

Now that the war has subsided, the ships that were originally suspended have begun to sail again, and the dense sailboats docked on the wharf by the river are densely packed with sailboats, just the mast is dense, like a jungle, carrying a large bag of coolie ants, walking on the steps of the riverbank, the heavy cargo is pressed to the spine, like a bent bow, and countless ships in the center of the river are puffing out all kinds of sails, coming and going, a busy scene.

There are many tall and majestic buildings along the river, not the official yamen, but all kinds of money villages, silver numbers have Zhili, Rishengchang, Shanxi Dadexing, and Xining ticket numbers opened by the Song Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu's own Zuojia money village, in addition to Zuo family money villages, one by one, the merchants with silver tickets and cash silver and copper coins are waiting to exchange what they need, under the awning on the street, selling cold powder, watermelon, herbal tea vendors abound, Liu Ziguang casually picked a one, sat down and said: "The boss comes to a bowl of cold powder." As he spoke, he took off his hat.

"How are you?" Suddenly, a charming female voice sounded in my ears. There is a bug, I chatted with a Hubei person today, and I learned that when the Yangtze River flooded, it did not affect the boats, and the water flow was huge, and it was not like the waterfall like the imagination, and the previous chapters were not changed, so pay attention to it in the future.