Chapter 005 Strange City
Boss Wu quickly became a hot spot in the restaurant. Most of the people who came to Jinhe City to watch the fun were maritime merchants. When these guys went to the toilet, they were thinking about how to make more money. It would be strange if they were not interested in such important news. Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun were both pretending maritime merchants. They didn't know much about the things in it, so they naturally couldn't go over and interrupt, but they couldn't stay indifferent, which would be too eye-catching. So, the two of them settled the account and went downstairs, planning to go to the military dock, and take a closer look at the big ship.
The military wharf is the original Jinhe wharf. In order to isolate from foreign merchant ships, a merchant ship wharf was built later. It cannot be entered randomly. Not only foreign tourists, but also local residents can only watch outside the fence. Bo Jiao is really concerned about safety work. In contrast, there are few supporting facilities in commercial ports, and they are not even enough toilets. They have to queue up if they want to swear. After seeing the whip on the wharf, everyone turned over the entry manual and read it several times. They would rather pee in their pants than find a place to be convenient.
As he got into the welcome crowd in front of the dock, Wu Xiuyan discovered something unusual. In front of him were several young people from the Jinhe Kingdom, each carrying a musket. He knew this thing. The main force of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was holding a new army with such muskets. It is said that it is quite powerful and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as if it was unstoppable. The brave and warlike Mongolian cavalry could not even meet in front of these musket soldiers. I heard that they had already attacked Luoyang City.
"Brother, you are an imperial soldier, why don't you have military uniforms? Do you mean the imperial army does not need to wear military uniforms?" What surprised him was that the clothes these young people wore were different, and they didn't look like the clothes in the army at all.
"Are you a Song?" The young man turned around and looked at Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun, without answering the question, and asked back.
"Yes, I just looked a little curious, and there was no other meaning." Wu Xiuyan made the young man stare at him, and he felt a little palpitations. How could he describe his eyes, very clear, but it was too clear, and he had no emotional color at all when looking at people, just like he was not looking at himself, but an animal.
"We are reserves. We have just finished military service. Now that we have retired and returned home, we naturally don't have to wear military uniforms. By the way, I heard that the Song Dynasty has started a war with Mongolia. What is the situation of the war? Are the musketeers we trained for you to be powerful? Where are we fighting now? In fact, your emperor is also discouraged and says a few good things to our principal and ask the principal to send us to help you fight more trouble. Half a year, in just half a year, I promise that you will drive Mongolia back to the grassland. You should fight yourself in the north. The principal said that there is too cold there and there is no food yet." Although the soldier's eyes were very cunning, he was quite enthusiastic. Not only did he answer Wu Xiuyan's questions, he also made suggestions to Wu Xiuyan, and he always hoped to help the Song Dynasty fight the Mongolians.
"Hehe, we are just maritime merchants and can't see the emperor. What is a reserve? These weapons must be prepared by ourselves?" Wu Xiuyan almost said the word "bold". A soldier from Jinhe Kingdom had just slandered the Emperor of Song in public, and he was arrogant and wanted to drive Mongolia back to the grassland for half a year. The more than 100,000 troops in the court were all waste, right? But he really didn't dare to say it, so he could only stay in his heart first.
"That's right, it's useless to say it. Our principal said that it's difficult to see the emperor in the Song Dynasty. Unlike our principal, who can see him as long as he doesn't go out to sea, he can see him. The reserve service is just the meaning of preparation, and you don't understand it. This is different from your Song Dynasty. Everyone does not care about men and women. They go to the army for training every year. After the training, they go home and do whatever they should do. At this time, it's the reserve service. These guns are fired by the state and are usually kept at their own homes. Once there is a war, take your own equipment and join the battlefield anytime and anywhere. By the way, there are no female soldiers in the Song Dynasty, right? Come on, I'll let you see the fresher. Salamander girl, turn to smile for me!" This soldier is addicted to everything about showing off the Jinhe Kingdom. In his opinion, everything in the Jinhe Kingdom is fine, and everything in the Song Dynasty is waste. In order to prove his point of view, he simply patted a companion in front of him on the shoulder.
"If you dare to talk nonsense, I will beat you! The training results are not as good as mine, and I am so embarrassed to show off. The empire doesn't need a waste like you, so you should go to the Song Dynasty to be a eunuch!" The person in front turned around and scolded the young man in the face, which also caused laughter around him.
"Hehe, do you see? This is the eldest daughter of our imperial emperor. He is a group of soldiers with me, and I am also my classmates. It's not that I'm bragging, she's accurate in shooting. She is the first in this period. If she didn't want to be a soldier, she would be left for special training by the officers and would be able to become an officer in the future! Alas, it's a pity that I don't have her skills, and I don't want me if I want to be an officer. This is not that I'm incompetent. The emperor has taught her to shoot archery and shoot since she was a child. No one in my family taught me!" Xiaobing has a thick-skinned face. She deserves to be a student of Hong Tao and has learned all the essence. Faced with everyone's ridicule, she has no intention of being at all. She is also talking about Wu Xiuyan, and she is so scattered. She probably can't find others to show off. She is better than him. She finally meets two foreign sticks, so she can enjoy it first.
"She, she is a woman! She is a big princess!" Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun next to her also found that the short-haired young man in front was not a man. When she turned her head just now, she obviously had an exquisite woman's face, which was quite handsome and her voice was also a female voice. However, this dress was a bit amazing, her hair was shorter than a man, and from the back she looked completely a man.
This is not the most amazing thing. When I heard that she was the eldest daughter of the Emperor of the Empire, Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun subconsciously bowed and gave a big gift. This is a conditioned reflex. Although it is not popular in the Song Dynasty, they have to give a big gift and lower their heads when they meet a princess. But now the eldest princess is actually crowding in the crowd and stretching her neck to look at the big ship on the dock, and is still squeezed among a group of young men. This is a bit unqualified!
"Dad! Dad! Here, here!" Before the soldier could answer, the fence opened, the crowd separated from the left and right, and a group of soldiers walked out from inside. The leading one was a tall middle-aged man wearing a straight military uniform and a pair of thin and long eyes, and more distinctive that there were two long scars on his left face. At this time, the soldier didn't need to answer again. The eldest princess had already run up and threw himself into the middle-aged man's arms with the man and the gun.
"Brother Wu, Brother Wu, is he Emperor Hong?!" After being squeezed by the crowd, Wu Xiuyan and Boss Sun naturally did not dare to squeeze forward, and were pushed to the end by the crowd. Boss Sun poked Wu Xiuyan's waist and asked in a low voice.
"That's right... When he came to the Navigation School, there was no scar on his face. But it must be him, his size and eyes would not be wrong." Boss Sun had never attended Navigation School and did not know Hong Tao, but Wu Xiuyan had seen it more than once. Although it was a few years ago, the emperor's appearance did not seem to have changed much.
"Or why I'll take a musket..." Boss Sun is a ruthless man and wants to kill Hong Tao without saying a word.
"Shh... I won't be with you if you want to die, I'm stupid!" Wu Xiuyan didn't like this boss Sun. He was forced to him by Wen Hao. He didn't know anything and knew that he would cause trouble. He even robbed guns and assassinated him. He couldn't even fill up gunpowder, so he had to be beaten to death by the people around him.
It was indeed Hong Tao who walked out of the dock. This was the first time he entered such a lively Jinhe Bay. Since he entered the Jinhekou, he saw the newly built commercial wharf on the left bank and a large number of foreign merchant ships. Whether he was happy or not, the Jinhe Kingdom was still open, and it was open so thoroughly. In addition to the forts and observation decks at the mouth of the river, he could also see the necessary armed outdoors. The whole city seemed to be unprepared, and five or six warships were all parked on the military wharf that was even closer.
Hong Tao didn't know that there was an ignorant and fearless guy standing not far from him. If he knew, he promised to dive from the boat and swim back to Jinhe City directly, and would never engage in such people-friendly activities. Now Jinhewan is no longer the pure country that changed with his own thoughts, and it has become a bit strange to him.
Hong Tao has seen more than a huge mistake in the short few kilometers of water from Jinhekou to the military port, but the people here are still unaware of it. But in front of these enthusiastic people, he was not angry just after he came back, especially Hong Yu was hugging him and laughing so happily. Hong Tao endured it, endured all his evil fire, and gathered it together to find Bo Jiao to send it. How did he be the Prime Minister of the Empire? Isn't this a disaster to his country!
"Don't leave, see how I look in my military uniform first, wait, don't leave!" This endurance was not a short time. Hong Yu did not let Hong Tao go when he arrived at home. He insisted that his father see his handsome and handsome figure in the army. The three sets of military uniforms were changed back and forth. Facing his daughter who grew up without paying attention, Hong Tao did not dare to fool him. He had been spending a short time at home with his children, and he didn't have the patience to praise him sincerely when they needed praise the most. This father was too unqualified.
National affairs are very important, but family members' feelings are also very important. Which one is light and which one is more important, needs to be analyzed in detail. For example, now, Hong Tao calmed down and thought about it carefully, and felt relieved. Some things are understood by himself, but others may not understand them, and they cannot use their own thinking to force others to accept them. So let go of national affairs first. There will be no problem if they delay one day, and it will still be the same if they delay ten days. Now it is the most important thing to accompany their daughter.
Chapter completed!