Chapter 22: The Stone Man, the Fox, and the Fish Intestine Sword

"Qi Wenchang is hereby appointed as the director of the Fu Department of Daming North Town, this state. On April 3, 237 years of Chongzhen. ”

Speaking of which, Zhu Fugui wanted to make a righteous decree to canonize Qi Wenchang.

After all, this is the first subordinate appointed by himself.

However, after suffering the loss of no culture, Zhu Fugui hesitated for half an hour with a brush, and he didn't know how to write this holy decree.

In the system, you can search for some photos of the Holy Decree on the Internet, but the reference value is not great.

And except for a few brief edicts, the holy decree is all written beautifully, and it is not something that Zhu Fugui can write at all.

Later, there was really no way, Young Master Zhu patted his brain, and thought of the letter of appointment issued by a bald principal to the vast number of bandits and bandits on the mainland after he transferred thousands of miles to Little Frog Island.

Those who can accept these letters of appointment are naturally coarse people with poor brains.

The content of the letter of appointment is naturally written in a straightforward manner.

Zhu Fugui likes to be straightforward.

So Qi Wenchang had such a splicing thing in his hand stamped with the seal of the Ming Emperor.

In a hurry, everything is simple, and Qi Wenchang does not doubt him, and cherishes the letter of appointment.

According to the old system, Jinyi Wei was divided into two divisions, the north and the south, and the north town Fu division was "in charge of edicts and prisons", and could arrest, interrogate, execute, and execute people on their own, and they could determine life and death without going through ordinary judicial institutions.

And Nanzhen Fusi is in charge of reconnaissance intelligence.

But on Master Zhu's side, he won't care about you.

In the nineteenth century, the restoration of the Ming Dynasty was already against the trend of history, and it still wanted to reincarnate the political system of the Ming Dynasty intact?

Then Zhu Fugui felt that he would simply find a crooked-necked tree and hang him.

In Zhu Fugui's concept, the temporary task of the Zhenfu Division is to help him do chores.

As for the future......

The North Town Fu Division is naturally in charge of the affairs of the Northern Hemisphere, and the South Town Fu Division is naturally in charge of the affairs of the Southern Hemisphere.

Perfect!

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Zhu Fugui gave his relatives a lot of fakes and antiques from later generations, which naturally was not given to him personally, nor was it for him to sell them for military expenses.

If it were in China, these things might sell for a lot of money.

But in today's western North America, there is really no market for Chinese antiques.

Zhu Fugui's real intention is to use these things to build momentum.

Now the Yin people's friendliness to Chinese workers, especially to Zhu Fugui's master and servant, is not low.

But this is by no means enough for Zhu Fugui to have the possibility of borrowing.

In North America, the number of Chinese laborers is skyrocketing with the start of construction of the Pacific Railroad.

It is conservatively estimated that the number of Chinese on the west coast of North America today is at least 50,000.

Maybe it will double in a few years.

These Chinese workers are basically young and strong.

If you can arm them all, it will definitely be a huge force.

But that's not enough.

If Zhu Fugui really wants to take root in North America, fight against Angsa in the west, and drive the Tartars in the east, then he must get the help of the Yin people.

According to historians' estimates, when the white people landed in North America, the number of Indians in the United States was more than 20 million.

Some scholars believe that the original Indian population may have been greatly underestimated due to the impact of diseases such as smallpox.

They may have numbered nearly 100 million people.

This statement is an exaggeration.

Zhu Fugui is not a historian and does not know the authenticity.

But the reality is that by 1863, there were fewer than 500,000 Indians in the United States.

And a significant number of them have been kept by the federal government in captivity to fend for themselves on barren reservations in the east.

In other words, near the West Coast, it is conservatively estimated that the population of the Yin people will not exceed 200,000.

This is a number that can be safely friends with and can be safely included in the rule.

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For the Yin people in the village, the most important thing is the upcoming trial of the new patriarch.

In addition to work, men, women, and children all came to help build the altar and prepare for related matters.

However, since the day before yesterday, some strange things have appeared in the tribe one after another.

First of all, the Xiangcha family, who is good at farming, and the eldest daughter of their family, dug up a strange stone figure when she was cultivating her own field.

This stone man has only one eye, and his appearance is very strange.

On the back of the stone man, strange lines are depicted.

The most knowledgeable old grandmother in the village did not know the origin of this stone man, nor did she know the meaning of those carvings.

All she knew was that the stone man was very ancient, and that its sudden appearance before the trial was most likely a revelation from the ancestors.

But before she could finish her research, early the next morning, Itachi reported a strange incident of hearing a fox cry while hunting.

Later, even Aunt Bison had strange things.

When she was cutting the fish, she accidentally found a bronze sword in the belly of the fish, which also had a strange inscription on it.

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These strange things one after another made the Yin people completely confused.

But they were sure that it must be the souls of their ancestors who wanted to express something to them.

Yin Susu suggested that if you can't figure it out, why not ask the Chinese workers?

The old grandmother's eyes lit up.

She thought of the great wizard beside Emperor Ming, who was powerful and enthusiastic.

During this time, the old grandmother asked him to learn spells, and she was about to memorize "jade is not cut, it is not a weapon." If people don't learn, they don't know righteousness."

So everyone found the old eunuch Li, hoping that he could answer the revelation of the ancestors.

However, before Yin Ren could speak, Old Eunuch Li took the first step, picking up the bronze sword and stroking it like a treasure.

Zhu Fugui appeared at the right time and acted as a translator: "Li Aiqing said, this is the sword of our Chinese ancestors, I didn't expect to see it in a foreign country, very kind!" ”

As he spoke, Old Eunuch Li took out a piece of red cloth out of nowhere, wrapped the sword and was about to hide it in his arms.

The Yin people stared widely, and the old grandmother hurriedly said: "Great wizard, this sword was found by the little bison from the belly of the fish, and it is a revelation from our ancestors, not yours. ”

Old Eunuch Li glared at him, and Ula Ula said a lot.

Zhu Fugui hurriedly translated: "Li Aiqing said that he has read poetry and books since he was a child, and his level of appreciating antiques is higher than his own witchcraft, how can he be wrong?" That's what Huaxia is all about! ”

Seeing that the old eunuch Li was so sure, the Yin people were a little at a loss.

After all, they were convinced of Old Eunuch Li's ability to appreciate.

But it was indeed found by Aunt Bison from the belly of a fish.

It can't be that the Chinese workers hid the sword in it, right?

They are a bunch of poor bastards, and they even have to ask the village to borrow farm tools, how can there be a sword?

At this moment, Yin Susu suddenly thought of something and said, "Grandma, do you still remember the words of Brother Fugui?" Our ancestors moved from the other side of the sea, so they are called Yin people, could it be that this sword was brought by our ancestors from the other side of the sea? ”

"That's right! It must be so! ”

The old grandmother nodded again and again, and reached out to snatch the sword back, and put it away carefully, for fear that it would be taken away by Li Chunfa again.

"Although you are our relatives, this sword is a fetish of our tribe! At most, I can borrow it from you, and I can't touch it more! ”

Unconsciously, Yin Ren's mentality has completely changed.

If as soon as they came up, Zhu Fugui and Old Eunuch Li gave them popular science, saying that this was Yin Shang's bronzes, then these Yin people might still be suspicious.

But the old eunuch Li showed a happy look when he saw the hunt, and even wanted to take it for himself, but it made the Yin people believe that this was their own thing.

It's like a spare tire for green tea, no matter how heavy it is or not, whether you like it or not, if someone really wants to dig it up and grab it, then you will definitely be reluctant to let go.

At this time, not only the Yin people, but also the nearby Chinese workers gradually gathered around because of curiosity.

If it can be put into the fish maw, it is naturally a short sword, and the Chinese workers can't see it.

But the stone people who moved at the same time were too conspicuous.

Soon literate Chinese workers noticed the inscription on the back of the stone figure.

"The stone man has one eye, beating the emperor of the world against ......"

Hiss –

Everyone gasped, and their eyes suddenly changed as they looked at the one-eyed stone man.

Yin people are right, this is a revelation from heaven!

If it's not God's revelation, it's someone who is doing a ghost.

But such a quaint stone figure is obviously not carved out in three or two days.

Our group of Chinese workers were caught, and their lives were almost gone, who has the heart, time, and ability to do this?

Since it was not done by man, then ......

For a while, everyone's eyes converged on Zhu Fugui.

This is the birth of a real dragon, a vision from heaven!