The Pike brothers are skillful hands,

Soon, they transformed "Monopoly",

In addition to chess pieces, maps, and virtual banknotes, function cards such as bail cards have also been added to make the game flow smoother.

For the rest of the voyage, the four of them devoted themselves to this board game, spending every night in the club, drinking and playing, and doing push-ups for the bankrupt.

Other travelers are rightfully attracted,

And the people gathered together and discussed,

"Chinese boy, I think you should buy Wall Street with Sir Boy."

"It's no show, Da Qiao will pay a high price. He now has the most cash and has the ability to ruin all deals. ”

"Then change the land~ The Chinese kid has a big farm in his hands."

……

Now, all four have been nicknamed:

Lu Shi is a "Chinese kid"; Wardhouse was "Jazz"; George is "Big Joe"; Edward was "ED".

Wardhouse complained: "Watching chess is silent, do you understand? ”

The crowd roared in discontent,

Someone said, "It's not chess!" ”

Waldhouse couldn't argue with that.

George on the side was very happy and said, "It seems that our game is very popular." Being able to pull so many people from the gaming and drinking tables to watch the game shows that the attraction is very strong. In my opinion, it is not a problem to sell big! ”

He cast a grateful look at Lu Shi.

Edward said, "I'd still prefer to have Lord of the Rings to play. ”

Lu Shi laughed,

"You can't eat a fat man in one bite."

He put down the virtual banknote in his hand, then looked around and asked, "Who was the 'pointer' just now?" ”

The crowd laughed,

"Hahahahaha......"

There is a blistering air inside and outside the club.

Someone was pushed out,

"It's him!"

Lu Shi stretched his waist and said, "Seeing that you are quite business-minded, then my 'monopoly' business will be handed over to you." ”

He stood up and got out of the way.

Wardhouse also stood up,

"Who's going to do it for me?"

In this game, his prospects are already very dark,

But "Monopoly" is extremely popular, and even if you lose and have to do push-ups, someone will immediately take over the endgame.

Lu Shi and Wardhouse nodded to the Pike brothers, and then squeezed out of the crowd.

Outside the porthole, the deep night is shrouded,

As the cruise ship broke through the waterway, the waves washed over the side of the hull, making a burst of "bang-bang-bang-" sounds, and the laughter of the pleasure in the ship came and went.

Wardhouse gives Lu Shi a wine glass,

The two clink glasses.

Lu Shi took a sip, and then said, "I'm still not used to drinking." ”

Wardhouse himself quipped: "Is it that our 'foreigner' wine is too strong?" I've heard that their wine is brewed wine, and it tastes mixed with the aroma of grain, but it is not heavy. ”

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"It's just that I'm not used to drinking. Moreover, you also have wine~ not only the smell of wine, but also the aroma of fruit and oak barrels. ”

Wardhouse nodded,

"I didn't expect you to understand."

Speaking of this, he looked at the crowd gathered to play "Monopoly" and said, "You know everything, even how to make toys." ”

Lu Shi corrected: "Table game." ”

Wardhouse answered: "It's also a kind of toy~"

He walked to the bar next to him, picked up the dart, and threw it at the target.

As a result, the darts hit only the low division.

Lu Shi said: "9 points." ”

Wardhouse snorted lightly, raised his eyebrows at Lu Shi, and issued a provocative invitation with his eyes.

Lu Shi doesn't know how to play darts, but because of interest, he naturally won't refuse the other party.

He also picked up a dart and threw it out,

Hit the bull's-eye!

Waldhouse depressed,

"Good, good! That's how to play, right? ”

Lu Shi said: "It should be the luck of a novice." ”

Waldhouse: "(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut~~"

The two played a few more rounds, and suddenly heard a commotion behind them,

"Push-ups!"

"Push-ups!"

"Push-ups!"

……

They looked back.

Sure enough, the man who replaced Wardhouse went bankrupt.

He didn't let it go, took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair, then poured a sip of wine, and said proudly: "Which lady wants to put a burden on me?" Sitting on the back of a bankrupt rich man and enjoying the ups and downs of push-ups is not an opportunity every day. ”

As soon as these words came out, piercing laughter resounded through the club.

Lu Shi said: "Look, that's why I don't like to drink, it's easy to die socially." ”

But Waldhouse was very happy,

"What's so bad? We English gentlemen can't keep our faces strained all the time~"

As soon as he raised his hand,

"Look!"

Lu Shi looked at the other party's fingers,

I didn't expect that there was really a lady who volunteered to sit on the man's back,

Others began to count,

“1！ 2！ 3！ ……”

Men do push-ups hard,

Surrounded by endless ridicule and spitting on men.

Lu Shi shook his head,

"Maybe it's going to New York tomorrow, and everybody is having a great time."

Wardhouse nodded, then took a dart and handed it to Lu Shi, saying, "How about it, do you want to play another game?" Just now, out of gentlemanly demeanor, I gave you a few hands, and I won't ...... this game."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the dart in his hand was taken away.

Whoosh –

The dart flew crookedly towards the target, and as a matter of course, it missed.

The man who snatched the dart cursed:

“Fxxk！！！”

Alcohol spurted.

Lu Shi and Wardhouse couldn't help frowning,

They are in London, one is the editor-in-chief of the Mirror and a visiting professor of politics and economics in London, and the other is the Earl of Kimberley, who has not been treated like this for a long time.

Wardhouse's eyes were cold, and he turned sideways to avoid the drunk,

It's really embarrassing for someone to provoke themselves without knowing the sky.

You can't let an earl really quarrel with people or even do it, right?

Lu Shi also dodged to the side,

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Unexpectedly, the drunk man still didn't give up, stretched out his hand to Lu Shi, and said, "Chinese boy! Lu, 'sir', huh? ”

The word "sir" is accented, as if squeezed out between the teeth.

Lu Shi was a little annoyed and didn't pick up the stubble.

The drunkard laughed,

"My name is Foster Owens, beauty! Country! Person! ”

Obviously, this thing is very proud of its American identity.

Faintly, Lu Shi felt that he was in trouble.

Wardhouse on the side also felt something, and the word "Chuan" was about to be squeezed out of his forehead, and said, "This gentleman, you are drunk." Do you want me to ask the crew or the waiter at the club to help you back to your room? Which room are you? ”

Owens took a half step back,

"I'm not drunk!"

If a drunk person is not good at drinking, he will generally say that he is not drunk.

The kind that tastes good wine falls asleep on the table.

Wardhouse was a little bored,

"You ......"

Before he could say a word, Owens interrupted directly: "I'm not looking for you!" I'm looking for 'Mr. Lu'. ”

He turned to the land,

"Huh...... I've been paying attention to you for a long time. In Blanca, you didn't get off the boat; In Barbados, you didn't get off the boat; In Panama, you didn't get off the ship...... What, you're heading to New York? Are you a Chinese going to New York? ”

Sure enough, this is the kind of thing.

Lu Shi shook his head and looked at Wardhouse,

"Let's go."

Wardhouse agreed: "Good. It happened to be in New York tomorrow morning, and we were getting our bags ready. ”

The two put down their glasses and walked towards the door.

But if only the drunkard had such an easy way to get rid of,

Owens grabbed Lu Shi's right arm and said in a mocking tone, "Do you want to go to New York?" Ha ha...... You want to go to the United States, right? I've seen a lot of people like you, you must want to go to New York! ”

Lu Shi sighed and shook his right hand, as if he was doing a warm-up exercise.

Wardhouse: ???

"Lu?"

He was full of curiosity.

As a result, Lu Shi didn't say anything, just pinched the wine glass.

"Hiss......"

Wardhouse gasped,

has been in contact with Lu Shi for so long, and every time they meet, Lu Shi shows a modest and gentlemanly side, thoughtful, soft, and polite.

Who would have thought that such a low-key person would also have an occasion to open the scoop if he disagreed.

Wardhouse lowered his voice,

"Lu! You wait! This is the ship of the Americans, low-key. ”

Lu Shi put the cup back and said, "You don't have to be so nervous, I just want to sober him up." ”

Is there such a sobering wine!?

Wardhouse's head is full of black lines,

￣□￣｜｜

He hurriedly said solemnly to Owens: "This gentleman, you'd better be ......"

Owens interrupted him again,

"British, sir, sir, I'm not talking to you. Moreover, if you put away the London set for Lao Tzu, the United States will not kneel and worship, hahahahahahahaha......ha

Wardhouse's forehead was bruised,

He hasn't looked down on the American buns, but he was looked down on by the other party first.

For a while, I was so angry that I couldn't speak.

Owens was slightly proud,

"Yes, that's it, stop forcing Lao Tzu to rely on Lai."

He then turned to Lu Shi again,

"You're going to the U.S., are the certificates ready? Well? Show me! I'll check it for you. ”

Lu Shi was stunned,

It took him a few seconds before he remembered what the other party's so-called "certificate" was.

In 1882, the U.S. Congress passed the Act on the Enforcement of the Provisions of the Chinese Treaty, which became known as the Chinese Exclusion Act.

This bill restricts the prohibition of Chinese immigrants and laborers, but it also has to solve the status of Chinese workers before the enactment of the bill.

Thus, Article 4 of the Act mentions "certificates".

The certificate includes the name, age, occupation, last place of residence, personal description and identity facts of the Chinese worker, and must be compared with the real person in all details.

To put it simply, you can only legally enter the United States if you have a labor certification.

Of course, there is no such thing in Lu Shi.

He was a visiting scholar and was invited by Harvard University to communicate with King Edward VII in advance and report directly to the U.S. Customs and Consulate.

What's more, there is also a Kimberley Earl who visited the United States with him.

Lu Shi sighed,

"Chinese Exclusion Act ......"

Even Li Hongzhang said: "The Chinese Exclusion Act is the most unfair bill in the world." ”

Unfortunately, the Qing government was under the pressure of the foreign powers, knowing that the consequences of the United States' exclusion of China were serious, and did not dare to take retaliatory measures, but retreated step by step, and signed a new treaty with the United States in 1884, banning Chinese workers from going to the United States for 10 years.

Of course, even if the Qing government protests, the United States will not take it seriously.

The United States authorities either excuse themselves from responsibility on the grounds that they cannot intervene in local affairs, or simply ignore them.

Wardhouse couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed,

He went to the United States with the landing, and he himself shouldered the mission of "covering" the landing, and to a certain extent, this was also defending the glory of Great Britain and His Majesty the King.

It turned out to be good, and before I got off the boat, I encountered such a pickled incident.

But the other party is a drunk,

This hob meat is the most troublesome.

Owens' brain was already paralyzed by alcohol, so he didn't perceive danger,

He didn't notice the coldness in Lu Shi's eyes, and stepped forward,

"Come on! Show me! ”

actually pinched Lu Shi's shoulder,

Look like that, it's a body search.

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi has completely lost his patience,

He broke free of his hand and tightened his grip on the glass, his fingers tapping lightly against the glass with a slight sound.

And Owens staggered because of Lu Shi's movements,

He was already drunk, mixed garlic under his feet, and fell down all at once,

Knock –

There was a muffled noise on the floor.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were cast.

Even the people who were playing Monopoly over there stopped moving, their eyes full of curiosity.

Owens felt embarrassed to be stared at like this, his cheeks were hot, his blood was surging, and he didn't know if it was because of drunkenness, shame, or anger.

He grabbed the bar, trying to get up, and at the same time yelled at Lu Shi: "Show me your certificate!" Pigs sent to the slaughterhouse have a certificate, which must be written 'quarantine qualified, allowed to slaughter'. ”

"Hoo ......"

Lu Shi took a deep breath, walked over, and picked up the other party's collar.

With this strength, Owens was able to stand up,

He supported the bar with his right hand, looked at Lu Shi proudly, and said incoherently: "You don't have a certificate? Then you can't set foot on the sacred territory of America! Forever! No! Hahaha......"

Bang!

The laughter came to an abrupt end.

Owens fell straight to the ground.

The corners of Lu Shi's mouth hooked a cold arc, and said: "It's good to be young, just fall asleep." ”

Everyone: "......"

None of the people present expected that this Chinese kid would be so ruthless.

There was a woman who screamed,

"I'll ...... I went to the ship doctor. ”

Lu Shi raised his eyebrows,

"What are you looking for a ship doctor?"

Then, as if he had just noticed the blood on Owens' forehead, he said, "The young man was so careless when he slept that he broke his head." can still fall asleep like this, which is really admirable, and the five bodies are thrown to the ground. ”

Everyone: "......"

I don't even know how to speak.

Lu Shi looked at the woman and said, "Madam, you just said that there is a person here who was drunk and broke his head while sleeping, no problem, right?" ”

The woman nodded again and again,

"Understood! I know it all! ”

After saying that, he slipped away with his skirt.

Wardhouse sighed "sigh......", took out a handkerchief, and handed it to Lu Shi,

"Let's wipe it."

Lu Shi wiped his hands, then stuffed the handkerchief into the wine glass, poured wine into it, and said, "Alcohol can disinfect." Do you want us to debride this young man before the ship doctor comes? I know a little bit about first aid. ”

Wardhouse one head two large,

"You want his life...... Hmmm......"

Halfway through his words, he noticed the smiling expression on Lu Shi's face, and then understood that the other party was joking,

He couldn't help but complain: "It's all like this, are you still in the mood to joke?" ”

Lu Shi spreads his hands,

"It was this Mr. Owens who first 'joked' with me."

Wardhouse was speechless.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if he was Lu Shi, he would definitely greet him with a wine glass.

He patted Lu Shi on the shoulder,

"Drunken brawls, it's a common occurrence. You can rest assured. ”

Lu Shi chuckled,

"I wasn't worried."

With that, he nodded to the Pike brothers and walked out of the club with Wardhouse.

(End of chapter)