"So, can you trust him?" Yue Qingshan deliberately reminded a few words, and in Luo Shi Niang's eyes, this sentence clearly carried a hint of provocation.

Luo Shi Niang comforted: "Second brother, I have cooperated with Hua Lao for more than 20 years, and we have always known each other, if I don't trust him, I won't cooperate with him at all, you can rest assured." When they spoke, Hua Lao seemed to notice them, put down his work and walked to him: "Old gentleman Gui Geng? ”

"Now there are eight out of sixty." Yue Qingshan casually reported his age.

"Speaking of which, I'm going to call my brother again." The words of the foreign old man made everyone feel witty, he was clearly a foreigner, but he was an old showman, and his words sounded strange and looked strange.

Seeing this scene, Sun Daqiao decided to set up a set of ways first, probed into the details of this foreign old man, stepped forward and said: "I can't see it, Mr. Yang still knows a lot of Chinese, and he even understands the word Gui Geng." The foreign old man bowed his hand slightly: "The little old man is now fifty-two, he participated in the work of China when he was young, and he was the business translator of the former prime minister Yamen. When Sun Daqiao heard this, he felt a little interesting, and said in surprise: "Oh, business translator? That's a mighty man. "What is Business Translation?

The business translator mentioned by the old man is just a professional title, if according to the official position of the previous dynasty, he is called the foreign language interpreter of the Prime Minister's Yamen.

It sounds long, but if it is simplified, it is a foreign language translation. In the last years of the previous dynasty, the countries had already used treaties and trade to divide the territory of influence in the country, and the government was able to rely on the arrogance and rudeness of the heavenly kingdom before, and after seeing the power of foreigners, they no longer dared to be arrogant.

The Prime Minister's Yamen was established to handle trade and diplomacy between countries and China! In the early days of the establishment of the Yamen, the Yamen only had to deal with the affairs of foreigners running factories, building railways, opening mines, running schools, and sending foreign students, and did not take over the rest of the affairs.

As more and more foreigners came to China, their functions and powers also frequently expanded the boundaries of their powers, directly covering all affairs related to foreign countries and foreigners, and almost all matters related to foreigners and foreigners, such as finance, military, education, residence, mining, transportation, business, mission, factory building, schooling, and travel, were all under the jurisdiction of the Yamen.

In fact, it has become the hub core of handling diplomacy and managing the new policy of foreign affairs! Although this institution is a newly established yamen, its functions and powers are very important, and it is directly subordinate to the British Affairs Hall, the Legal Affairs Hall, the Russian Affairs Hall, the American Affairs Hall, the Haiphong Hall, the Secretary Affairs Hall, the Clearance Hall, the Telegraph Office, and the Treasury of the Treasury under its jurisdiction, and it has under the jurisdiction of the General Taxation Department, the Jingshi Tong Civil Official, the Beiyang Commerce Hall, and the Nanyang Commerce Hall.

In addition to managing foreign affairs, diplomatic affairs, and sending envoys to foreign countries, they also have to manage trade and trade, coastal defense and passes, tariff approval, roads, mines, iron smelting, post and telecommunications, military equipment, and translation of the same text.

At that time, the Jingshi Tongwenguan had already begun to recruit foreigners to teach them, which was used to translate Western works for them, teach students, and at the same time, act as interpreters for them to negotiate with foreigners.

As long as it is a foreigner who is recruited, in order to show the importance of friendly countries, he is directly given the title of Lang official, called the foreign language translator of the Prime Minister Yamen, who has seven grades and is generous.

Under such circumstances, many foreigners are willing to come to the Prime Minister's Yamen to seek work and become real people in China

"Yoshi-sama". The original intention of these people to join the company is different, some want to experience the official culture in a foreign country, some plan to get an in-depth understanding of the people's customs and customs by handling official affairs, and some want to start a family in a foreign land so that they can find a job to integrate here, and even more, they want to see the face of the uncrowned empress of the East through the bureaucratic team.

After several years of Chinese affairs, even if it is an ordinary Lang official, he has become a Huawutong who is familiar with the Chinese dialect, familiar with the customs and customs, and understands the social etiquette of the Chinese.

Once these people leave the Prime Minister's Yamen, because of their own experience, they will already be the sweets of the nations. With the opening of the treaty ports of the former dynasties, foreigners flocked to the East to pan for gold, and what they needed was Huawutong, who was familiar with the customs and customs.

Even if these people return to their home countries, they can use these experiences to work as lecturers at universities in their home countries, or be hired as consultants or something!

At present, Sun Daqiao heard that the old man Yang had been the prime minister's yamen when he was young, and he immediately became curious and asked casually: "I don't know which yamen of the prime minister's yamen is working for, old man." "An old Western oilman against the old fritters of the East, no one dares to tell lies casually, since Sun Daqiao has already spoken here, Hua Lao has no choice but to continue to respond: "Prime Minister Yamen Yingwutang, at that time, the former government gave me the title of Zhengqipin foreign language interpreter, responsible for acting as a translator in the yamen, handling diplomatic and trade affairs for the British to discuss opinions, and sometimes teaching students in the Jingshi Tongwen Museum. ”

"Oh, you were born in Yingwutang, so why are you here, forgive me for talking too much, you have such a background, whether you are here or return to China, it is Huawutong, why did you come to Yueyang City?" Sun Daqiao's words made the old man hesitate slightly, and he pondered for a moment and replied: "It's for treasure hunting!" ”

"Oh? I didn't expect Hua Lao to like our antiques too. The old man waved his hand: "It's different, what I'm looking for is not the antiques you said, but a treasure that records the secrets of antiquity!" Sun Daqiao understands that since the old man has already said this, it means that the thing is not an ordinary thing, so he has to dig the treasure ship of the Southern Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it is also related to this treasure ship: "This? Please tell me more about Hua Lao, what kind of treasure can make you so obsessed? ”

"Have you ever heard of Pisces?" As soon as these words came out, Yue Guanchao chuckled in his heart, and quickly suppressed the surprise in his eyes, Song Siyuan buckled his palm and signaled him to remain silent.

In addition to Yue Qingshan and Sun Daqiao, everyone else also knew about Yin Yang Pisces, and seeing that this old man was not good, they all acted as if they had never heard of it.

Sun Daqiao continued to ask quietly: "I have also lived for more than half a year, why haven't I heard of any yin and yang pisces, what is this thing?" Hua Lao, don't be deceived, we have too many fake cultural relics dealers here, and we can make up a set of rhetoric to fool people at any time. ”