"Eighty oceans. That was the price two years ago. I'm afraid I can't buy it now." After hearing what Luo Ke said, Liang Dingxin didn't dare to agree immediately, but he didn't dare to refuse either. Liang Dingxin didn't refuse Luo Ke's offer.
courage.
This is Liang Dingxin's first time in Luo Ke's dormitory. It's a spacious suite. Liang Dingxin doesn't know how big Luo Ke's bedroom is. The living room area is larger than the dormitory where Liang Dingxin lives.
Like the living room of the British officer dormitory that Liang Dingxin had been to, Rock's living room was fully furnished. Although the sofa and coffee table were not old, they were clean. There was a book shelf on the wall behind Rock.
, there were wooden boxes containing cigars and several bottles of unnamed foreign wines placed in several compartments. On the wall opposite Liang Dingxin hung a picture of a white woman with most of her back exposed. Liang Dingxin knew it belonged to a foreigner.
The painting method, but I don’t know what the painting is called, let alone where Roque got it.
As a translator at Huayongying, Liang Dingxin is no stranger to the Qing Dynasty's human trading market. It is true that 80 oceans can buy a woman, but the appearance and figure cannot be talked about. If you want better quality, the price will be corresponding.
Improvement, Liang Dingxin doesn't know what Luo Ke's bottom line is, but Luo Ke already has an official status and should look down on those vulgar fans.
"Don't worry, eighty oceans is indeed the price two years ago, but the current price is not higher. Maybe you won't be able to use up eighty oceans. The British will reimburse you for the ferry ticket you sent here, so you can't let it go in vain.
If you're busy, you send someone over, and I'll give you ten pounds, and any extra money is yours." There were some things that Rock couldn't say, because if he did, he would reveal the secret.
The Qing Dynasty is now in the most intense stage of the Boxer Movement. After New Year's Day, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and other countries will jointly send a note to the Qing government, demanding that the Boxer Rebellion be banned, and a war will be provoked in May.
At that time, the entire northern Qing Dynasty will be caught in the flames of war, and human life will only become cheaper and cheaper.
"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare Liang take advantage of Mr. Luo." Liang Dingxin felt uneasy. It seemed easy to make money, but it was full of risks. It was easy to buy people from the Qing Dynasty, and it was easy to put people on ships, but
Liang Dingxin really couldn't guarantee whether he would be able to reach Cape Town safely. Who would be responsible if something went wrong?
"You don't have to worry. There are many ships going to and from the Qing Dynasty in Cape Town. There will be one every three to five. They are all big ships that cannot pass through the Suez Canal. I will explain it to the ship. Send me a telegram as soon as you put people on the ship.
"If there is any problem on the road, it's mine." Roque is not worried about not being able to find the ship. Cape Town is the only way for giant ships to travel to and from Europe and Asia. Roque is now considered a local snake in Cape Town, and the merchant ships passing by will not refuse.
Rock's request, otherwise it would not be easy for Rock to cause trouble for them.
"That's very good, that's very good. Don't worry, Mr. Luo. Liang will do his best to send the person over as soon as possible." Liang Dingxin responded happily, and he couldn't tolerate Liang Dingxin not agreeing, as long as Liang Dingxin still wanted to take care of Britain.
Liang Dingxin would not dare to offend Luo Ke if it was his job.
It's a simple truth. Ten pounds is equivalent to one hundred oceans. It takes eighty oceans to buy a woman. Liang Dingxin can easily earn twenty oceans from it. This is more than Liang Dingxin's salary as a translator.
Even higher, Liang Dingxin had no reason to refuse.
What's more, Rock has been naturalized in Cape Town and is now considered a "foreigner". Although Liang Dingxin despises Rock in his heart, Liang Dingxin never dares to show it on the surface. Rock is now the police chief, and the legend is still there.
He rescued the Governor of Cape Town, the Commander of the British Expeditionary Force, and a bunch of other big shots. Liang Dingxin would never dare to offend such people who were about to become famous.
"Okay, don't worry about it. Don't worry. This is a long-term deal. What we want is not just one or two, but as many as we can. We may even have a strong young man in the future. As long as you work hard, you can make this money for the rest of your life."
." Luo Ke reassured Liang Dingxin that one person was worth twenty oceans. The more he sent, the more Liang Dingxin would earn. Luo Ke firmly believed that Liang Dingxin had no reason to refuse.
The universal values these days are like this. The human trafficker Roque was an outrage in the 21st century, but it was natural in the 19th century. Especially in Africa, selling black slaves is the tradition of African colonists. If you want to calculate it this way, Africa
All white people are guilty, no one is innocent.
"May I ask, Mr. Luo, why do you want so many people?" Liang Dingxin couldn't help but be curious after all. Liang Dingxin could understand that Luo Ke wanted to buy ten or eight. From what Luo Ke meant, the more the better, Luo Ke.
It really aroused Liang Dingxin’s curiosity.
"Haha, Lao Liang, look how many of our people are in the Cape Town Police Station now? There will be more and more of us in the future. With so many young men, we can't all be bachelors. Our people have settled down here.
It is impossible to say that we need to buy 1,800 acres of land to live up to the landlord's addiction. Doesn't such a lot of land need tenants? If we expect those blacks or Boers to farm the land, it is better to hire people from our hometown. Foreigners don't understand how.
Serve the crops." Luo Ke chose his words and sentences to be as down-to-earth as possible, with a hint of disdain for foreigners in his words, which made Liang Dingxin a little fascinated.
For most Chinese, they have not had much contact with foreigners and do not have much aversion to foreigners.
In fact, in the Qing Dynasty, those who are most disgusted with foreigners are Liang Dingxin and others who deal with foreigners every day, including Luo Ke, who seems to have wholeheartedly surrendered to the British. His contempt for Westerners is also genuine. The Chinese have been rich for thousands of years.
, that is, the bad luck in the past few hundred years has made foreigners rich. For all Chinese, foreigners are out-and-out nouveau riche.
"Master Luo, black people or white people may not be able to farm, but it's fun to use it. Let's make a living overseas and hire white people to farm the land for us. It's fun just thinking about it." I didn't realize that Liang Dingxin also had ideals.
Think about it carefully, this is really the case. The Chinese are good at farming, but to maintain their appearance, they still have to hire white people, just like Rock hired the Zach family as servants. If Rock hired Indians or black people, then Henry
Even if he didn't say it, he would still despise Roque in his heart.
This sounds a bit snobbish, but it is actually what it is. Regardless of practicality, if Rock builds a family business in the future, he really plans to always hire poor Boers. After all, Boers are also white.
"Haha, if you want to have fun, you might as well become a naturalized citizen in Cape Town. Then when you return to the Qing Dynasty, you will be a foreign uncle. If you buy a farm in Cape Town in a few years, you can also live the addiction of handling foreigners." Luo Ke's words,
Inadvertently, a handful of grass was planted in Liang Dingxin's heart.