Guangzhou in February, has lost the bleak scene of being attacked by the British and French in the old year, here is the outer city of Guangzhou, because of the proximity to the wharf, naturally forming a long street that bends from east to west. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info nearly February 2, it is the day when the dragon raises its head, the snacks of the shops are closed, the bacon hangs under the eaves of every house, the steamed steamed buns are steamed in the snow-white point magenta, and the steamed dragon steamed buns are stacked high one by one, and the sound of beating cakes is transmitted like a pestle in every household, burning pine pots, burning incense, and the wine and meat fragrance and sandalwood and rosin that permeate the street are intertwined in one place...... If you don't pay attention to the slightly red, thin and green palms, plantains, bananas, and cannas in the courtyards, and the holly cypress branches hanging at the door of the door are sandwiched between various colors of roses and lotuses, the annual scene here is not far from that of Zhili Shandong, but through the weeping willows that have been wet by the rain, and the crosses and dark cedar forests on the gray and lifeless churches in the distance to the west, there is a bit of an eerie exoticism. In the sporadic briquette stove in the smoky miasma of the street, people with wooden faces hurriedly walked, groups of people called Huazi and played lotus flowers, some pretended to be female ghosts, and some pretended to be stove gong, stove woman, Zhong Kui, God of Wealth...... The hand grip bamboo technique wooden wedge begged for money along the door, and shouted in unison:

The stump collar is torn and the hat is old, and the gold is ten thousand taels of incense.

The sword is newly sharpened to drive away ghosts, protect the country and protect the family, and wish you good health.

The master couldn't bear to make noise, and threw out the money through the door, and the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods jumped away with joy, and a group of horned boys followed suit.

The hostess of the man's house glared at the man who threw the money dissatisfiedly, "Master, the situation is different now, and you can't spend money lavishly." ”

"How can I not know," the man shook his head, and sighed helplessly, "it's just that these children are noisy here, and I feel really uncomfortable, so I give a few money to pass the matter." ”

The hostess listened to the movement outside with her ears sideways, "Those foreigners are really annoying, not to mention the occupation of Guangzhou City in our Qing Dynasty, those women are really shameless, and half of their breasts are exposed." The hostess spat out, "What a bad moral!" ”

"That's it, show off your might in the city all day long, when will the army of the imperial court come over?" The man has obviously read the book for a few years. is quite aware of political affairs, "Don't want the monk king to go south, as long as the troops of the governor of Liangjiang are sent down, these ghosts can be solved!" ”

"That's it," the hostess didn't understand this, "there are more eye-catching foreigners in Guangzhou now. Nothing else has changed, isn't this Governor Bai's grandfather still there, big things naturally have tall people on top, let's just live our own lives, if the army of the imperial court comes to attack, we don't have a good life to live!"

"That's what it is."

"Master, do you want to go to the Thirteen Lines to find an errand? I heard the neighbor's daughter-in-law say that there is a Mr. in the accounting room over there. ”

"Hmph, how can a scholar of my generation do things for the barbarians," the man was very dissatisfied. Leng snorted.

"Don't be stubborn, sir." The hostess slowed down her tone and persuaded softly, "What kind of world is it now, even if it is Governor Bai, you have to listen to foreigners!" We're not ashamed! ”

The man groaned for a moment, his tone was a little sluggish, and he seemed to be moved, "Then wait and see." ”

Ten miles away, in the Liangguang Governor's Palace, the original towering banner with the word "leaf" was torn off. Instead of the red and blue British flag, the Cantonese people did not recognize it as the British flag, only called it the "rice flag", and the original whip in front of the door was replaced by a blonde foreigner. Originally, it was very majestic, so no one walked in front of the Governor's Palace, and it was even more inhabited, and people with children were holding their children and would rather detour, "Those foreign devils will eat children's hearts raw!" ”

A large sedan chair with eight green tweeds slowly turned out from the corner, and slowly stopped in front of the gate of the governor's palace, and several sedan chair drivers trembled and half-knelt on the ground. Don't dare to look up at the foreigner standing at the door, an elderly man wearing a crane supplement suit came out of the sedan chair, about sixty years old, with a big cake face, small eyes, and a gray goatee, he got off the sedan chair, and smiled at a few British soldiers with red high hats on the steps with a smile on his face, and several British soldiers guarding the governor's door, couldn't understand the meaning of the group, held a musket and pointed at the group under the steps, and the interpreter next to the official wearing the crane supplement suit hurriedly came out, waved his hand and explained in English, "Don't get excited, We, the Governor, have come to see Mr. Pashali. ”

The British soldier at the head nodded arrogantly, "You wait here, I'll go in and tell Mr. Pashali," seeing that the official wanted to go up the steps, "stop, don't go any further!" Seeing that the official stopped in a daze, he turned like a proud rooster and entered the governor's palace to pay homage to the Pasha.

The interpreter saw that his adult face was red and blue, and he was embarrassed, so he hurriedly spat at the door, and indignantly helped his adult to relieve the siege, "What a shitty thing!" It's just that our governor is generous, and he gave up the governor's line to live for these people, and now he has set up a fight with his master! ”

"Okay," the official who was known as the "Governor" finally softened his face, waved his hand disapprovingly, and showed that he did not take the matter to heart, "We are the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, the state of etiquette, naturally we don't need to deal with these," said this, lowering his voice, and sneaking a glance at the British army on the steps, "Deal with these barbarians." ”

The interpreter's head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and the two waited for a while in front of the Liangguang Governor's Palace, and the British soldier who had gone in to pass the word came out, lazily pointed at the two people and said a few words, and the interpreter listened attentively, bent down and said to the official, "Your Excellency, Mr. Pashali will let us in now." ”

"Okay." The official was dressed properly, and entered the Liangguang Governor's Mansion with an interpreter, the original Liangguang Governor Ye Mingchen has always loved Jiangnan gardens, and the rockeries and plum trees in the line can be called a must in Guangzhou, and now the plum trees have been cut down by order of Paxiali, and the number of Western gardening that has been planted neatly built, and the rockery has also been destroyed, and a baroque pavilion has been pressed. The official didn't have time to grieve and mourn, and he was thinking about how to phrase Pa Xia Li when he saw him, so he went around a few halls, and when he arrived at Pa Xia Li's residence, the official looked up and saw that it was Ye Mingchen's previous signing room.

The interpreter said a few words to the British soldiers guarding the door, and took his own adults into the signing room, only to see the pale yellow-brown haired British man sitting on the Luohan bed in the courtroom, with a beard on his face and holding a glass of red wine, and was looking down to taste it.

Pasha Li is of medium stature, his face is fair and slightly yellowish, his hair is light yellow, and he has a soft mustache of sand, which is really dignified, but his nose and mouth make people feel that his behavior is a little neurotic, and he does not have a decisive character, Pasha Li took a sip of red wine, saluted the official's hand and nodded, "Lord Bai, what are you doing here at this time?" "Pasha Li has been in China for a long time, and he speaks Chinese quite fluently, but with a little Cantonese accent.

The one who was called "Governor Bai" by Pa Xiali was the former governor of Guangdong, Bai Gui, who was the acting governor of Liangguang after Ye Mingchen was dismissed by the imperial court. In the 24th year of Jiaqing, he served as the governor of Longxi, Gansu, Puning, Longmen, Dongguan and other counties in Guangdong, the governor of Nanxiong Zhili Prefecture, and the governor of Henan. At the beginning of the third year of Xianfeng, he was appointed governor of Guangdong, and asked to hire the Hongdan merchant ships in Guangzhou to enrich the naval division, and purchased a number of foreign artillery pieces to be transported to the battalions of the naval division to suppress the Taiping army.

Bai Gui stood respectfully on the ground, not caring at all about Pashali's rudeness, "Lord Pashali, the lower official has come this time to send a message to the people of Guangzhou, please review it." ”

Pa Xia Li nodded, Bai Gui saw this and hurriedly took out a piece of paper full of words from the sleeve of the horse's hooves, and presented it to Pa Xia Li who was standing high above with both hands, Pa Xia Li took the piece of paper, and pointed to the interpreter standing next to Bai Gui, "Dirty yellow-skinned monkey, you come and translate it for me." (To be continued.) )

PS: What about the commuter pass。。。。。