(The two chapters that have been shielded have not yet been released and are being revised.) ）

A year later

The cruise ship from Huhai docked in Xiangjiang, and the passengers disembarked one after another, and 4 guests quickly got on the rickshaw and came to stay at the Sihai Hotel in Yau Tsim Wang.

Sihai Hotel is a high-end hotel run by Chinese businessmen, with seven floors and equipped with an elevator, from which you can overlook the blue Victoria Bay and take in the beautiful scenery.

"Sir, you're in this room."

"Well, after so many days of boating, you are also tired, go wash and rest."

"Thank you for your care."

"Hmm."

Richard answered, pushed the door and entered his room, closed the door with his backhand, and walked straight to the table with his luggage in his hand and put it down.

Then he went to the window, opened the curtain and looked out.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Xiangjiang was not large, with buildings mainly 2~3 floors of tenement buildings, as well as large areas of shantytowns, which looked like a third-tier small city in the Tang Empire.

The seven-storey Sihai Hotel already has a glimpse of the mountains.

Richard's face looked like that of a man in his forties, and when he took off his top hat and moved his body slightly, there was a rattling sound in his body, which contained great strength.

For more than a year, he has traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Shenzhou, and his heart is full of emotion.

It was only by hiding his identity that Richard had the opportunity to travel all over his homeland and see with his own eyes the social landscape of this era as a calm bystander.

Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I have embarked on a new journey.

The destination of the trip was Europe, but Richard would stay in the Middle East for quite some time, which was also the next focus of the Tang Empire's expansion.

Kuwait City has been a chess piece for decades, and with the addition of Sana'a City in Yemen, the Tang Empire has a strong strength in the Arabian Peninsula and is undoubtedly the largest force.

After lunch at the hotel, Richard took Xu Jinxun out for a casual walk, and two masters of the Royal Praetorian Guard, dressed in civilian clothes, followed not far behind.

Walking in Causeway Bay, the streets are interspersed with tenement buildings and low wooden sheds, children play in groups on the roadside, and human-powered tricycles come and go.

As a trading port, the market here is relatively prosperous, and the carts transporting grain and rice are parked at the door of the warehouse, and there are already many citizens queuing up with their bags.

Rice and refined flour come from Paradise Province, and regular sailings arrive at Victoria Harbour every week to prepare the food and other household items that the city will need in the future.

The most popular is canned fruit with a tin coat.

It is simply the favorite of the children's hearts, and only when they are sick, can they beg their parents to buy one to satisfy their hunger.

Come to the bay

From here, overlooking Victoria Bay, not far from the wharf of the British barracks, there are several small and medium-sized ironclad ships belonging to the Far East Fleet, and another bay is densely packed with wooden fishing boats.

The salty sea breeze was blowing in his face, which made Richard think a lot at the moment.

Xu Jinxun stood quietly two steps behind him, his eyes looking at the passing crowd, retaining some vigilance.

At this time

Two uniformed Chinese policemen came over, and they saw the well-dressed master and servant standing on the beach from a distance, discussed it, and then came over to prepare for interrogation.

I didn't think about it, but I was stopped by two strong men halfway through.

"If I were you, I wouldn't take the liberty of bothering the nobles, but would have disappeared wisely."

"Who are you?" The older military-uniformed Chinese policeman asked a wary rhetorical question, and clenched the wooden stick in his hand.

A strong man who stopped them showed his ID, which was a leather document issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire, with the imperial insignia of the empire printed on the front and center.

When I opened the document, there were photos and stamps attached to it, and it looked extraordinary.

"Sorry to interrupt, let's go." The older uniformed Chinese policemen returned their documents with both hands, and immediately turned around and left with the people.

The Tang Empire was famous throughout the Pacific Rim, and the documents of its official personnel were more effective than those of many European countries.

This little episode did not affect Richard, but he quickly lost interest.

A few British sailors who came out of the bar pushed and shoved around a pair of young Chinese men and women, apparently using them as a punching bag, not only with foul language, but also with groping hands from time to time.

The people around dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but they dodged away one after another.

Richard glanced at it and frowned, and instructed Xu Jinxun; "If you make too much trouble, just teach them a lesson, just give them a little hardship."

"Got it, sir."

Richard turned around and brushed his sleeves away, Xu Jinxun stretched out his hand and signaled, and then ran a few steps to keep up with the master.

The strong man behind him still doesn't understand?

Just when several British sailors were laughing wildly, a strong man suddenly rushed out and punched and kicked, and in a blink of an eye, these British sailors were knocked to the ground.

Then they slipped away, and the British sailors didn't even know who had beaten them.

And the pair of young men and women who were bullied were not stupid, and they quickly blended into the crowd and disappeared.

And the two uniformed policemen ran over while blowing their whistles, and even the Chinese who were watching the excitement in the vicinity dispersed, and no one wanted to look for trouble.

Today's event made many Xiangjiang citizens who witnessed it very happy, and it soon spread ten, ten, and hundreds.

This clever hero became the focus of attention, making the bullied Chinese breathe a sigh of joy.

In the newspaper the next day, there was even a report that "the mysterious hero shot angrily, and five British sailors were injured", which was even more widely known for a while.

The citizens of Xiangjiang also know very well in their hearts that it is a great crime to injure foreigners.

The mysterious hero chose to make a move in this way, but he didn't want to get into trouble, and it made sense to explain it.

When public opinion was boiling in Xiangjiang, Richard and his entourage re-boarded the cruise ship and started the next long journey.

French Saigon

This is the center of colonial rule in the southwest peninsula carefully built by France, and there are many typical French buildings here, known as "Little Paris".

In this day and age

Saigon's commerce is largely controlled by Chinese businessmen, and the number of ethnic Chinese here is also very large, accounting for almost 1/4 of the entire population, with a sizable Chinatown and a Chinatown community.

Over the years, the French have been trying to emigrate to the southwest peninsula, and there are many white faces on the streets of Saigon, and together with the Chinese, they make up the upper class society of the whole city.

Chinese businessmen living overseas are not stupid, they will try their best to get a Tang Empire citizen ID card, which is a security guarantee for doing business and real estate, and a proper talisman.

Since the East Indies War, the Tang Empire has paid more attention to protecting the interests of its expatriates.

Whenever Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and other world powers infringe upon the interests of Chinese businessmen, the local consulates will lodge a strong protest and exert pressure on them to change their ways.

In the vast majority of cases

As long as these countries did not want to make enemies with the Tang Empire, they would generally succumb to pressure and quickly resolve the issue of expatriate disputes.

Therefore, many Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia who have done a lot of business have the status of a citizen of the Tang Empire.

This is their passport to the local high society, with money and background, who doesn't take a look?

Richard's cruise ship departed from Weihaiwei and stopped all the way, Shanghai, Xiangjiang, Saigon, Singapore, Chennai......

Almost every important city along the way will stop, some for two or three days, some for three or four days, one to replenish food and fresh vegetables, and the other to facilitate the disembarkation and disembarkation of guests.

Many travellers are on one leg of their Eurasian journey, such as the British Channel Governor's House, where many outgoing Britons return to London or transfer to the Viceroy of India, as is the case with the Viceroy of Saigon in France.

After the cruise ship docks at the terminal

Richard and his entourage disembarked as usual and took a rickshaw to Sai Kung, where they were able to take a short break for two or three days.

(The author says; The book has reached the end stage, and the new book "Villain Knights of the Wizarding World" has been put on the shelves, readers and friends who are free to support it, thank you very much! ）