Chapter 195: Sending Hair Envoys and Shaving
McCann was originally a military attache to the U.S. minister in Shanghai, but in an incredible upheaval last year, he was stabbed by a Japanese ronin and went on to become a slave to the Chinese who claimed to be the Daming.
This time, he was called by name and went to the bathhouse to meet.
As a German immigrant, McCann didn't know why, but he always felt that the bathhouse was a dangerous place, and that soap was a more dangerous item than a bomb.
However, nothing strange happened until he and some other white slaves finished their baths.
Instead, the mine prepared new clothes for them, a linen robe similar to the outfit of the Japanese ronin.
"Those who have taken a bath, put on clogs and gather in the yard! Those who have taken a bath, put on clogs and gather in the yard! ”
At this time, the small speaker on the ceiling of the bathroom heard the voice of the Ming official again.
McCann has always been a little concerned about this magical horn.
As a former military officer, he realized that these Chinese seemed to have some unknown means of communication, which would play an unexpected role in the war.
"Is the third yellow peril really unavoidable......
McCann rubbed his face and followed the crowd towards the courtyard, thinking of a way to survive rather than worrying about the possible outbreak of the third yellow peril.
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By the time the white slaves came to the courtyard, there was already a row of brocade guards standing here.
These soldiers who belonged to the internal security forces of the Fusi of Beizhen were treated worse than those of the field army, and were mainly responsible for the protection of important facilities such as factories and mines, prisons, and power stations in the Ming Dynasty.
In the two white slave riots last year, these guys who wore mandarin duck robes, embroidered spring knives and old-fashioned muskets, and looked polite, showed the true side of butchers.
For the white slaves, those green-skinned soldiers are terrible, but these red-skinned soldiers might as well give more.
In front of Jinyiwei, there was also a small group of men wearing Hanfu.
McCann took a look and saw that none of them were from military backgrounds, but should be civilians.
"Director Xia, I've caused you trouble this time."
A thin man said to a tall and thin man in unfamiliar Chinese, while bowing 90 degrees.
"Ito sent Mao Envoy, you are going to see the outside, we are all doing things for Banzai Ye."
The tall man bowed in the direction of the Fugui Palace with both hands, "Your trip to the Changzhou Domain to ask for peace with the woman is a major matter related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty, and the old man will definitely do his best." ”
This tall man is the president of the Daming Royal Academy of Social Sciences, the director of the Daming Royal Museum, the editor-in-chief of the "Daming Royal Science Journal", the Ministry of Rites Langzhong, the deputy sacrificial wine of the Guozijian, and Professor Xia Zhixinxia.
From this pile of titles, it can be seen how much Zhixin is like a fish in water and how shining in Daming Xia during this period of time.
It can be said that in Daming Xia Zhixin felt that his whole person was reborn, and his whole person became light!
Although he could not expand his territory on the battlefield, Xia Zhixin vowed to charge into battle in the cultural field for His Majesty the Emperor and destroy the city.
At the same time, the short man standing next to Xia Zhixin was Ito Hirofumi, who had just been canonized by His Majesty the Emperor as a "Mao Envoy".
The so-called Mao envoy is naturally a kind of diplomatic envoy like the Sui envoy and the Tang envoy, and his destination is the Maori clan of the Changzhou Domain.
As for the current group of white slaves who are concentrated, they are one of the goods traded with the Maori family, and they can be regarded as some small rewards from the upper states of the Great Tomorrow.
The reason why McCann and others are chosen is because these white slaves are neither the best quality, diligent as donkeys, and working hard for the Daming green card, nor are they the most crotch-pulling white slaves, which belong to the white slaves who are not lost and suitable as gifts.
After greeting with Ito Hirofumi, Xia Zhixin looked at the Hercules gold watch in his hand: "It's not too early, the old man will work first, Xiao Wu, remember to take a few more high-quality photos, and strive to publish them in the next issue of "Daming Times"!" This is also part of the content of the 'Chinese and Chinese vassal culture test'! ”
After a few words, Xia Zhixin took a group of subordinates and began to shave the white slaves.
The white slave that Xia Zhixin was personally responsible for was McCann, he snorted coldly and said, "Er is a barbarian, he is not qualified to sit in front of the dean, kneel down in an ancient posture!" ”
The so-called ancient posture refers to the kneeling posture of the Chinese before the Hu chair was introduced to the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the kneeling posture that the Japanese have always retained in later generations.
McCann certainly didn't understand this, but the brocade guard on the side would help him understand.
The scabbard of the embroidered spring knife struck McCann into the knee socket, and McCann fell to his knees.
This frightened McCann.
Because he heard that in the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this is the posture of killing the head.
Even for a fairly strong man, he couldn't help but tremble.
At this moment, he thought of his wife again, and thought of the daughter who eloped with the Chinese.
"Liana ......," he muttered in a low voice.
"Lianna?" Xia Zhixin felt that this name seemed to be a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
However, recently, I have dealt with a huge sea of cultural relics and compiled so many documents, I really can't remember the name of a Fanbang woman, so I don't care much.
Xia Zhixin asked Jinyiwei to hold McCann down, and then began to shave his head.
The hairstyle of shaving the head is naturally the head of the moon generation.
Zhu Fugui wanted to make a batch of white slaves with money rat tails, but if he gave it to Li Hongzhang, I am afraid that he Lord Li would not dare to accept it!
So I can only settle for the next best thing, first get a batch of white slaves of the moon generation, and take them to Maori to respect relatives.
In the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, the head of the moon was used by samurai on the battlefield, mainly to facilitate the wearing of helmets.
But by the end of the Edo period, the head of the moon had long been rotten on the street, and not only the ministers and samurai had kept the head of the moon, but also the commoners.
It was not until after the Meiji Restoration that the Meiji government introduced the "Scattering Sword Order", and the head of the moon dynasty slowly withdrew from the stage of Japanese history.
Zhu Fugui ordered all the white slaves to be shaved into the heads of the Yue Dynasty, which was to show favor to the Maori family, after all, no matter how dirty the future is, at least in this era, Zhu Fugui still admires this tenacious old and angry youth.
Whew-
As a handful of golden retrievers fell to the ground, about an hour later, a total of more than 200 white slaves were shaved.
The relevant photos have also been preserved as some promotional photos in the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the main photos is Professor Xia Zhixin, who is wearing Hanfu, with a Bo belt and a gorgeous shirt and wide sleeves, grabbing the hair bun on the back of the head of McKenta Yuedai, who is wearing a ronin linen, so that his bitter gourd face is aimed at the camera.
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