Chapter 60: New York
Babu received instructions from Shoren and went to the British colonies with half a million pounds sterling to buy some ore raw materials to return to the town. As an escort and protection, fifty loyal white warriors were drawn from the first battalion to accompany him. Of course, these warriors also meant to spy on the Bรกb. Shoren did not tell anyone that the pounds were made in the 21st century enough to be fake, and that the half a million was a huge fortune in the eyes of the white people of this period.
Babu has always been a cheating person, and if he runs away with this money, Xiao Lin will be very disgusting although he has nothing to lose. However, Xiao Lin is really too worried, and Babu is not half-hearted now. His viscount's daughter, his wife, was pregnant, and he was about to have the first offspring in nearly thirty years. He didn't want to abandon his wife and children, and if he missed this time, he didn't know if he would have offspring. Moreover, the Yanhuang Trading Company had already shown great potential, and he made up his mind to stay and play under Xiao Lin.
Babu is also an ambitious man, and intends to rely on the merits of this operation to obtain the position of battalion commander. Before leaving, he knew that Xiao Lin's next step was to encircle and suppress all the nearby Indian tribes, and he would definitely have to form more troops, and he wanted to get a vacancy. Barb thought about it carefully, they could not go to the surrounding British colonies, although not every town had people from the Addams family, but they were not afraid of ten thousand, and if they were recognized by acquaintances, the task would have a great twist and turn.
After thinking about it, Babu decided to take the people to New York City. New York has a relatively short history, with the earliest settlements on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, originally inhabited by Native Americans. In 1626, the Dutch bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for about 60 guilders ($24) worth of small items and turned it into a trading post, which they called "New Amsterdam". In 1664, the Duke of York, the younger brother of King Charles II, took possession of the area and renamed it New York, or New Yorkshire. In 1686, New York was officially established.
New York in 1718, only 32 years old, is not the national metropolis of the 21st century. However, because water transportation is more convenient, land transportation is not very difficult, and there are still a lot of materials in transit here. So, it looks quite prosperous, and tens of thousands of people have already lived and settled here. It doesn't seem to be much different from some of the smaller cities in Europe.
The reason why Babu came here was because a friend he had met among the Hessian mercenaries was stationed here with three hundred centaurs. The man's name was Logan, a strong and courageous Germanic man. It is said that the ancestor was a viscount, but later his family fell into the middle of the road, and as a result, he did not even inherit the title of knight. Logan's family is fine, at least he can eat enough when he is a minor. Logan was not content to be mediocre and joined the Hessian mercenary group with Babu.
The two are also fated, from small soldiers to squadron leaders, they have always stayed together. At first, Logan looked down on Babu a little, but was later saved by Babu, and after discovering Babu's strong will, the two began to fight side by side. Of the group of people who joined the mercenary group together, only Babu and Logan were mixed. Babu wanted to live as an aristocrat and took refuge in the Addams family, and Logan didn't stop him, but he was still in the mercenary group and led a team of three hundred to be hired by the British to serve in the army.
Logan later writes to Babu, jokingly asking him to help take care of him. It's just that before Babu could do much, he met Xiao Lin and was taken under Xiao Lin's command. After all, I haven't communicated with Logan for two or three months. Barb believed that Logan would not be hostile to the British and the Addams family even if he found out that he had betrayed him. Besides, this time he's here to deliver money.
He had only been to New York once in five years, and it was a mediocre feeling. Unexpectedly, I found that the environment in New York became worse this time. Maybe he has been in Yanhuang Town for a long time, he has become accustomed to the clean and tidy streets and odorless air there. When I arrived in New York, I was almost smoked by all kinds of feces and urine on the road, and the smell of sweat in the air mixed with the smell of excrement, and vomited out my breakfast.
"Shit! Why does this place stink, worse than a public toilet, how do these people live here?"
Scott, the youngest fighter in the group, covered his nose and kept complaining, causing the New Yorkers around him to salute him when they heard him. Mike, the captain of the team, is well-informed and has a steady personality, so he quickly told him to shut up.
"You kid, you think every town is the same as the town under the boss, it's not like you haven't lived in those towns, they all dump garbage at will. There are no sanitation workers to clean up, of course it stinks. Saying this less in front of others, not attracting too much attention from others, is not good for our actions. โ
"Boy, Mike is right, forget these complaints when you keep no one, don't expose them in public. โ
"What are we going to do next, Commander Babu?"
"So, let's go find a hotel first, and then Scott and Mike follow me with gifts to visit my old friend. It would be safer for us to have his support for the next action. The others took care of the wagons and belongings, waited for us back at the hotel, and then arranged the next move. โ
"Good!"
This is easy to move from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift. Accustomed to the modern life of Yanhuang Town, they suddenly returned to the previous environment where they couldn't bear to look at it directly, and Babu They couldn't see anything pleasing to the eye. I don't like the and urine all over the street, I don't like the clothes of the people, and I don't like the yellow teeth in this mouth. If you accidentally get close and smell it, you can almost faint people. It was for the sake of the task that the quality and neatness of the clothes they changed into were better than all the people they met.
After looking for a long time, they didn't find a satisfactory hotel. Dirty mess is the main style of these hotels, the beds and tables, when touched are greasy and greasy dust, they really can't imagine how to live here. They also don't want to think about these places that they can't usually afford to live in before they meet Xiao Lin. At the beginning, in order to correct these people's unhygienic habits and sloppy clothing, Xiao Lin didn't know how many rattans he had broken.
Now, they all have to take a bath every day, before going to bed and after waking up. Go to the public toilet when you go to the toilet, or use the commode to solve it and take it to the public toilet to dump. In front of each house, there is a garbage can nailed with wood, and there are larger public garbage cans on each main road, so no one litters everywhere. It is said that the construction of an underground pipe system has already begun, and in the future, each house will have its own toilet.
At this time, the people of Yanhuang Trading Company are actually only knowledgeable when they are different from people in the 21st century. In the hotel, the call girls saw these warriors whose spirit was better than that of the others, and their eyes lit up. Those who see it know at a glance that these warriors are rich and very strong. The Bรกb also did not restrict the movement of the warriors, and if necessary, he could find a woman to play with. However, the fighters were not interested in it at all. Looking at the clothes of these women and a mouthful of yellow teeth, as well as the disgusting smell of inferior incense powder mixed with sweat, they would rather go to the day dog.
Babu smiled and didn't speak, he was also very uncomfortable, seeing the high-end leather shoes he bought for thirty yuan Yan Huang Yuan stepping on those feces and urine, his heart was also dripping blood. But for the sake of the task, I can only endure it, hurry up and complete Xiao Lin's explanation, and then go home. Babu inquired and heard that Logan was now leading a patrol, so he went directly to the area where Logan was patrolling to find someone.
It didn't take much effort to discover Logan. He didn't follow his men around, but found a sunny place and lay down in a hammock to rest. Logan's three hundred mercenaries are the most combat-ready troops here, so no one dares to care about him even if Rogan is passive and slacking off. Babu stepped up and removed his hat from his face. The people around look like they're watching a good show, as if they're waiting for Babu to be beaten up by the irascible Logan.
"Damn, who is so bold as to dare to ...... Bรกb?"
Originally, Logan was angry, but when he saw the fat face in front of him, he turned off the fire, said in a questioning tone, and then hugged Babu directly.
"Brother, why did you get here? I haven't come to see my brother for so long, brother, I miss you to death. โ
"Alright, Logan, I'm here for you this time. โ
"Okay, then, let's go find a tavern, I'll have a treat, I haven't had lunch yet, let's go together." โ
"Don't worry, I've got a lot of gifts for you. Well, let's go to your house, and I'll treat you to good food and drink, and make sure you eat it all with your tongue. โ
"Okay! โ
The delicious food that Babu said was canned bread and liquor and beer from the 21st century. Coming to Logan's house, it is a small house facing the street, and the lighting is not bad. Logan has never been married and has no children, so he lives alone, which is still very good. Babu pulled out ten cream-filled breads from the bag, then opened two cans of fruit and warmed some of the canned braised pork and braised fish over the charcoal fire at home. After opening a few more bottles of beer and a bottle of old white dry, he beckoned Logan to start eating and drinking.
It was the first time Logan had tried these spice-added foods from the 21st century, and he almost ate them on his tongue. The mountain city beer from the 21st century is also much better than the beer of this period, and after tasting it, Logan stopped and drank all the 500ml beer.
"Ah, rejoice, brother, where did you get these good things, I love to eat them, they are delicious. โ
"Don't worry, brother, eat slowly, I have a lot of these things. โ