"Fu Qianqian, I advise you not to threaten me anymore. Although I, Li Youlan, am nothing, I died once a month ago, so I am not afraid of anything now. If you have any ability or conspiracy, just come. I, Li Youlan,
Just stay with me."
"Okay, okay! You are good, Li Youlan! I didn't realize that you are such a fierce woman even though you are usually weak and polite. Then we will see!"
Fu Qianqian flicked her sleeves angrily and stood up to leave. Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, she tripped on something and suddenly screamed and fell forward.
"Girl, be careful."
Xia Shang shouted low, stepped forward, and held Fu Qianqian in his arms. He wiped Liu Yao with one hand, and felt the soft touch. She was really a woman made of water, and her soft skin was not as soft as her eyes.
It's cold, but as delicate as a warm spring.
"Yeah, let me go!"
Fu Qianqian had never been hugged by a man like this before. Feeling ashamed and anxious, she punched Xia Shang in the chest and struggled to break away.
Facing Qianqian's angry face, Xia Shang humbled himself, lowered his body, buried his head, cupped his hands and said, "Girl, I'm offended."
"You...you...who are you?"
Fu Qianqian's voice was wrong, every word seemed laborious. Maybe he was a little panicked, that's why.
When Li Youlan saw that the other party had discovered Xia Shang, she quickly said: "This is my distant cousin, his name is... his name is..."
"It's called Xia Chunqiu."
"Spring, summer, autumn and winter only hide winter. Summer, spring and autumn are just like spring, summer and autumn. The girl is laughing."
Fu Qianqian was stunned. She had never heard of such a wonderful name. Anyone with such a name must have been born into a famous family, right?
Seeing that this man was polite, his clothes were clean, and his words were gentle and pleasant. Although he was accidentally offended before, at least he helped him...
Thinking about it, Fu Qianqian became curious about this life and wanted to see his appearance, but this man had his head buried and could not see clearly.
"you……"
Fu Qianqian wanted to speak, but suddenly found that her throat was weird. After uttering the first word, it was difficult to make a sound. Her mouth was moving, but there was no sound.
She just wanted Xia Shang to look up, but no one could hear her.
"Woo...Woo..."
Fu Qianqian struggled to hum twice more, but couldn't make out any meaning.
Fu Qianqian was a little anxious now. She took two steps forward and pointed at Li Youlan's throat, her eyes red.
Li Youlan looked wary, thinking that she was trying to cause trouble again, so she hurriedly backed away: "Fu Qianqian, what are you going to do? Stop pretending to use such despicable means."
Fu Qianqian was so angry that she stamped her feet and felt her throat tightening more and more. She didn't want to stay here any longer and ran off to somewhere.
At this time, Li Youlan noticed Fu Qianqian's anxious back and felt that she was not just pretending. She couldn't help but wonder: "Xia Hui, is there really something wrong with her?"
Xia Shang sat down again and said dismissively: "There must be something wrong with your brain."
"No, her voice... seems like she can't speak anymore."
"What does it matter what she does? It's best if she can't speak. It saves her bad breath. This is retribution."
"Did you do something to her?"
"Miss, look what you said, I hugged her just now and touched her waist. It was quite smooth. Maybe she has never been touched by a man before, so she was too excited and didn't know how to speak?
"
"Xia Hui, you are also a scholar. How...how can you say such vulgar words?"
"Miss, look ahead, there is a Westerner on stage."
Xia Shang didn't want to say any more and found a topic to divert Li Youlan's attention.
While they were talking, a middle-aged Western man stood on the stage in front of the cabin. He was a little skinny, tall and half-bald. He then said in awkward Chinese: "Ladies and gentlemen...
ladies and gentlemen?"
"Ma'am? Sir?"
The princes and grandsons of Dahua below were all confused. Only Xia Shang whispered in Li Youlan's ear: "This is how Westerners call young master."
"Is that so? The young lady is in front and the young master is behind?"
"All Westerners are like this."
"oh."
The scene quickly became quiet, and everyone wanted to hear what the Westerners had to say.
The Westerner on the stage spoke very long.
First, he introduced himself. His name was Peter. When he came to Dahua, he gave himself an additional last name, called Peter Bai.
Peter Bai introduced that they, a group of 237 people, came from the far west for the purpose of exchanging cultures and learning advanced knowledge from various countries. They have been in Dahua for five years and have traveled around Dahua and seen many new things.
, learned the language of Dahua. Then began to work with Dahua craftsmen to build this big boat. It was finally completed today, I am very happy and so on.
Then he introduced the general situation of the ship, its structure, principles, how much power it had, and how much it could travel per day. Although most of them were incomprehensible to the Chinese, he still spoke very seriously and also
He was very proud and kept his head raised from beginning to end, looking aloof.
Only at the end did he get to the point.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince has made an agreement with us that as long as our citizens can build unprecedented huge warships, our citizens can be allowed to settle in Dahua and build warships for Dahua in the long run. We don't want high remuneration, as long as we pay the salary of ordinary craftsmen.
Just ensure the livelihood of our country’s craftsmen.”
Peter finished speaking in vain, and the discussion immediately began.
Apart from Westerners, the most important group of people here are dozens of court ministers, led by Li Xin and assisted by the Prime Minister. They are all wearing official uniforms and sitting in the middle.
At first glance, it sounds like the other party's requirements are actually very few, but to solve the food and clothing problem of the craftsmen, the other party unconditionally builds warships for Dahua.
"Do you all understand?" Li Xin stood up and said to the people behind him, "Our great country is a country of etiquette that friends from other countries ask for. Since they ask for something, how can we, the great country, not return it? Three years.
A few years ago, my father made a promise. Three years later, I, Li Xin, cannot make a mistake. As long as the warship sails unimpeded in the Yellow River, I will open a Western Technology Management Bureau to receive friends from the West. From today on, for generations to come,
The inheritance lasts for thousands of years.”
"The prince is wise! If our country, Dahua, has such warships as support, it can expand its territory and sweep across the world, why not search for things?"
"Yes, this is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. How can we be disrespectful?"
The place was filled with joy and endless discussion.
"A bunch of fools." Xia Shang muttered.
Li Youlan heard this and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Miss, do you also think we took advantage?"
Li Youlan turned her head and thought: "Listen to them, there is nothing wrong with it."
"If they really wanted to, they would teach our craftsmen how to cast, but they didn't say a word about it, but sent craftsmen from thousands of miles away. The purpose is not obvious yet? They just don't want to teach the technology." (To be continued)