Chapter 83: Sprouting (2)
When Hawkins came out of the carriage, he sorted out a few things in his head. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Every member of the info shadow group is like Ecovacs, and at some point it will be transformed. It is difficult to say from which generation the metamorphosis of these people began. Hawkins joined the secret society by accident, and it was on that occasion that he saw his transformable body. From the first glance, Hawkins was actually very disgusted with his body. Look at the wrinkled skin, still dark green, which reminded him of the body of a frog or a water lizard he saw by the ditch of the river, and the torn gown draped over the thick tail, which was really hard to accept, a student of Silver Shield Public School, a future gentleman, was actually a monster. Something strange to him made him feel strange soon happened.
Hawkins reminisced about what he had happened more than twenty years ago, and inadvertently, the high steps nearly tripped him. The guard, who was leaning back to the number 10 door, couldn't help but look sideways at the youngest prime minister in the history of the empire. The adult bowed his head as a sign of courtesy, and walked in as if nothing had happened. The two guards glanced at each other, their faces full of envy. As the Prime Minister of the Empire, compared to any of his predecessors, he is full of courage, strong wrists, energetic, and quick thinking. From the very beginning of his tenure, he actively expanded the global scope of the empire, which can be regarded as an attack from all sides. At that time, many old politicians published political opinions, criticizing him for ignoring the reality of the empire and attacking from all sides, which could easily attract too many enemies. Especially the several maritime powers on the continent of Europa, the empire is absolutely not completely sure to confront them. The Prime Minister did not argue much about his ideas in Parliament, and strangely enough, the Parliament finally agreed to his proposal to expand the army, which became the strangest thing in the history of the Empire. On the one hand, it was criticized by many forces, but on the other hand, it was approved by a high vote.
The visit did not last long, and though the Governor seemed kind and polite, Curris felt coping. There were always such people among the officials of the Empire of Bres, so hypocritical that one could almost feel that they were holding an official stand in the middle of a sip of tea. Of course, Curris did not want the visit to attract too much attention from the Governor. In the base, the plan that Korors gave to Curris would not have results overnight, and those people in Bris, as well as the forces behind them, were not so easy to defeat. The plan was only basic, and it was really difficult to understand. Some parts seemed to have been seen somewhere, but Curris couldn't remember. When he came out of the governor's tall Breasian-style manor-like residence, the weather was gray. In such weather, drinking tea should be the best. Ever since he succeeded in cultivating the miraculous leaves known as tea in the East Indies, Breech began to act like a tyrannical scoundrel and began to prohibit merchants from the overseas territories of Breech from growing tea on their own. The Imperial Tax Collectors and the Army became powerful escorts, and for a time the cultivation and sale of illicit tea was as lucrative and dangerous as the illegal liquor sales class in those days. As a core part of the Bruisian Overseas Territory, Americ also does not have the right to grow tea trees on any inch of land. The tea leaves in each family's cup came from the ocean-going ships of the Bristlesian Empire's tea contractors, who had traveled halfway around the world from East Indy for the sole purpose and motivation of arbitrarily specifying prices and the windfall profits behind them.
Curris felt that confrontation was necessary, that there was a concrete way to do it as a means in itself, and that every economic connection point between the territory and the Brilles Empire would be a place to operate. Warman should be finishing his tour, and Curris should rush back to hear what he's learned. The economic suppression of the dozen territories on the east coast by Briz is not only felt by Curris. Everyone of the new entrepreneurs who fled here because of sectarian struggles can feel that Curris needs them to stand behind him and fight together at the right time. Therefore, Warman's trip was very meaningful, and thinking of this, Curris quickened his pace. Maybe it had something to do with the last experience, or maybe it was the fact that I was completely moved by the future described by Korors. In the face of desire, a lot of thinking and rational analysis become insignificant, and what occupies the mind is the means and methods needed to satisfy desire. In this regard, Warman's statement is quite reasonable, even though Crown is from a distant alien planet, and has thousands of times more than humans in terms of body and means, he cannot escape the word desire. Could it be that the most desire in the world?
Mei Yi has been on this island since he was a child, he is stubborn by nature, he is active and disgusted, and he doesn't know how many times he has been playing and playing on the island, so that he is familiar with the high and low places. Familiar is boring, pestering the sailors who used to drift on the island at sea, but they know that beyond this island, the world is wonderful. Not to mention the strangeness of Namada Island and the country of Sealand, even in China, which is far to the northeast, there are many scenes, and he Ke Meiyi has never even seen one in ten thousand. If you haven't heard of it, you can't think about when you will visit China in your spare time day and night. What Mei Yi has not understood is that none of the sailors can explain why his father abandoned his ancestral business and settled here all the way. Although this place is out of the world, it is difficult to compare the prosperity of China in case of emergency, why did my father come here. A sailor once mentioned that something had happened to the Ke family, and that it was related to a strange messenger from the capital. But he also knew this, and just said this, and scolded the sailor before Mei Yi was far away, vaguely this was a secret.
My father didn't know what was going on today, so when he came back from outside, he asked the kitchen to prepare wine and rice, and poured it alone. Mei Yi passed by and saw it, so he went straight to serve his father. He wanted to know more from his father, but he didn't mention China all night, just these two words. His father's mood was very bad, he was drunk after a little drinking, but he couldn't stop drinking, and Mei Yi didn't hear what he wanted to hear until he was finally drunk. He had no choice but to help his father back to his room, and then look at the moonlight, and it was a single day, and the sailors must have set up their tables and stools, and shouted that they would gamble indiscriminately. Taking advantage of his father's drunkenness tonight, Mei Yi touched his money bag and walked out of the courtyard quickly. I won a few big wins last time, and I was very happy, but when someone told me that he was just the young master of the Ke family, he was just polite to him. This makes Mei Yi very shameless, and tonight he thinks that he must explain to those vulgar sailors who also know how to be polite, there is no nobility in the casino, and there is no father and son between winning and losing.
Perhaps Mei Yi's words played a role, and after his bold words, it didn't take long for there to be little silver left in the money bag. Although everyone was thanking the young master of the Ke family, it did not affect them at all to let go of their hands and feet to win a big win. When Mei Yi didn't have any children left, the bureau would naturally disperse. After Mei Yi, who was a little depressed, said goodbye to the others, and then the moonlight walked back, followed by a sailor with a dysentery head. This sailor, called Shrimp Ghost, has a rickety body and really looks like a prawn. He thanked Mei Yi again and struck up a conversation. This shrimp ghost is the one who was scolded by the head, and Mei Yi felt that he was the right person to ask him tonight. In the end, in fact, the dysentery shrimp boy knows that it is still the same as that day, and there is nothing new. However, dysentery has told Mei Yi a lot of benefits in China, from the scenery and people to the famous mountains and rivers, and Mei Yi is itchy in his heart. I think that there must be many joys in the land of China, and I can't taste it unless I go to it. These words came out of the mouth of the dysentery shrimp boy, and without a word, they entered Mei Yi's ears. Mei Yi's mind was really dizzy for a while, and it wasn't until he was about to climb the steep slope of the road home that he realized that the words of the dysentery shrimp boy were meaningless, this place is thousands of miles away from China, and it is impossible to go by talking about it. He reprimanded the dysentery shrimp boy, but the dysentery shrimp boy was not a little depressed, saying that this person is indeed not easy, but we are on the same road, but it is not difficult to climb to heaven.
The dysentery shrimp boy said his idea. Although there are no big ships on the island that are suitable for long-distance sailing, it is not impossible. Their sailing ships at the pier had to be able to reach the busy shipping lines near the island, so they would not have to worry about encountering large ships sailing far away. When the time comes, as long as a lot of money is promised, it will definitely be done. The dysentery shrimp boy encouraged Mei Yi, who in this sea area does not know the name of the Ke family on the island, maybe the big ships will rush to carry Mei Yi at that time. Mei Yi's heart was stirred up again, and after careful inquiry, he learned that the dysentery shrimp boy had already gathered a group of people to accompany him. Mei Yi learned that the shrimp boy just wanted to visit his hometown, so he made up his mind to go this way. Before arriving at the door, Mei Yi's worries about how to land in China were also dispelled by the shrimp boy. When he returned home, he collected the scattered silver in his house, and then wrapped the jade in the house, and tied it into a bag and carried it on his back. Left a text message and left in a hurry. I thought that I would be able to return in just a few months, my father would not blame him too much, and Mei Yi left with confidence.
The dysentery shrimp boy looked at the eldest young master of the Ke family, and the corners of his mouth grinned, he had already stayed enough on this island, there were many people on the island, and there was little land, and his livelihood was not complicated. Besides, after leaving China for a long time, people's hearts will inevitably feel homesick, and this time the convening of manpower is unusually smooth. At five o'clock the next day, Zhang Manfan's sailboat quietly left the dock, and in the seagrass hut not far from the pier, the head who was responsible for taking care of the pier and arranging the reception of the voyage was drugged and fell asleep unconscious. The dysentery head looked at the coast, and then looked at Mei Yi. He nodded at a few people, and when he got to the right place, he would kill the young master of the Ke family and drive the boat to die. If you can return to China, if not, with the experience of traveling around the ship in the early years, there will be no way out. The shrimp boy is happy that he has been sailing smoothly, could it be that God wishes him success? Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from the coast behind him, the dysentery shrimp boy began to push Mei Yi apart, signaling to those people, he began to pull out the sharp knife on his waist, and stabbed at Mei Yi in a few steps.
Sharp pain came, and Mei Yi was unguarded. The pain made it difficult for him to twist his body, but even if he didn't know who it was, it must be a buddy of the Ke family. Regret came to her heart, and Mei Yi then lay down on the deck. Mei Yi didn't know what happened next, and when he woke up again, he didn't know where he was. The dysentery shrimp boy had just pulled the sharp knife out of Mei Yi's back when he was frightened by the scene in front of him. Mei Yi's body, which had begun to slump to the deck, made a creaking sound, followed by the clothes that originally fit, began to thinner, more precisely, Mei Yi's body became stronger. The clothes were finally torn, and the strands hung on the gray-green body, and from between the side lying body and the first class, a long tail stretched out, curled up next to him. The few guys who said that they would help throw the corpse into the sea all screamed and hid on the other side of the boat, although everyone had long heard that Young Master Mei Yi had a thin tail, they never thought that Mei Yi was a monster at all. These people have been on the Ke family's ship for a long time, sailing overseas all the year round, and they have seen some strange and strange things. Rao is like this, the thing under the crotch of dysentery is still so angry that it is out of control and ticks out of the urine.
This is not the end, the sailboat is still sailing with the wind, no one pays attention to the direction, and time still seems to stand still, until I don't know how long it will take for that strange thing to appear overhead, and the water around it has begun to stir restlessly. The ship was shaken violently, and some of the sea water flew high and landed on the deck, but it could not disperse the gray-green blood that flowed from Mei Yi's back, the blood was so sticky and stubborn that it flowed on the deck on its own, and the traces drawn were also like a monster. The thing above his head finally emitted a strong light, enveloping the sailboat, and he didn't see clearly how Mei Yi disappeared from Class A, and then his last memory was that the light became strong again, and the ship was hit by an invisible heavy blow, like encountering a giant tornado that happened once in a century, and after a clicking sound, it turned into pieces.
As Hawkins returned to Ten's mansion, the Courier fiddled with a thick stack of materials from his briefcase. Hawkins is very satisfied with this, the memory of people in the world is no better, and a reliable envoy still needs to use basic tools, such as complete written materials, if he wants to accurately convey information. When the messenger saw the Prime Minister enter, he was stopped just as he was about to get up, and the Prime Minister was so accommodating that he sat down and asked him if he wanted something. Hawkins was just about to instruct the servant to serve black tea, and then remembered that Zichao had to say that you can also drink very good imperial black tea in overseas territories, but what you can't drink is imperial water. In the end, the envoy, the prime minister's chief confidant, stood by the fireplace with the lord with the square castle whiskey and began to talk.
Hawkins learns that Emmeric appears to be one of the Empire's many stable and peaceful overseas territories, but that's just the appearance. According to the envoy's observations, of the thirteen territories on the east coast, there is a considerable difference between six in the north and seven in the south that cross the tropics. And the problem with this difference is that he has to report to the prime minister. The seven southern territories were dotted with rubber plantations, and plantation owners from Les Belles and other continents of Europa, using tens of thousands of black slaves, produced tropical crop products represented by rubber. The north is completely different, because of the difference in the natural environment, the north is gradually developing the textile industry like Breez a hundred years ago. A large number of merchants emerged in the north, who used locally produced wool and hired workers to weave products to compete with the goods of Blès. Because of the needs of development, businessmen have constantly come forward to accuse the South of fixing flexible workers to a single piece of land, and engaging in the old style of production with very low efficiency. Confrontation has already arisen, and the intensity of confrontation is slowly escalating.
Hawkins is sensitive, before he became prime minister, before he took power, and even more so after he reached this high position. He immediately thought about what really worried about this matter. Now the Empire's own production methods are the most advanced in the world, and the competitiveness is also the strongest. This is a fact and a status that must not be challenged, especially the new frontier of the empire as an overseas territory, and it cannot be coveted at will. Hawkins drank the slightly bitter drink in one gulp, looked at the remaining traces of alcohol on the wine glass, and said slowly, I like the South. The envoy agreed, and then pulled a portrait out of his bag. How much was Hawkins surprised that the envoy had returned from afar, with a gift? When I took it, it was a half-length sketch of a man. The envoy asked him if it looked familiar, and Hawkins took the window and looked at it and said, I'm not sure. Who is this drawing?