The sun never sets in America

Chapter 351 Qing Secret Agent Lingling Qi

In the North Sea port, an immigration ship was replenishing supplies, and it looked no different than usual.

Most of them did simple tasks such as adding coal, vegetables and fruits, but in the opinion of a person named Rong Qi on the ship, these Han invaders must be too extravagant to give such poor people such good food. thing.

There is even dried meat, which in Rong Qi's view is a complete "waste". You know, according to his rough estimate, the four to five hundred people on the entire robot ship need to eat at least a dozen taels of silver every day, one trip. It's not worth a hundred and eighty taels, not to mention the coal money.

If added, the money would be even more.

Even as a bannerman or Rong Qi in Guan, it was a big deal. You must know that before going to work at the "sticking pole", Rong Qi only received two taels of silver per month. With the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom war, , the price of food in the capital has risen to three liang and one stone for a period of time. They, the bannermen, have no money to buy rice. Who would believe it?

It was also for this reason that Rong Qi had no taboos about joining a large Qingdong factory like Guangan Department. The reality was so overwhelming that he couldn't breathe and there was nothing he could do.

After working at Sticky Post for half a year, Rong Qi was promoted because he found out about the Long-haired Agent. Originally, according to Rong Qi's idea, after being promoted, as long as he didn't make mistakes, he could receive a hundred-two-year salary and live a happy life. In the kiln, you can enjoy the cool weather in the summer, be lazy in the autumn, and "lie down" to sleep peacefully in the winter.

But who knows, the emperor didn't know what happened, but he still went "epilepsy". He insisted on knowing about the affairs of the Han Dynasty, and he didn't even believe the words of those foreign missionaries.

But once Emperor Xianfeng went crazy, the people below him would have to follow suit. As a "good employee" who had performed well recently, Rong Qi, an ordinary bannerman with no background, naturally became a victim of the game.

The main reason why they went to the south instead of the north, where they could also immigrate, was "hiddenness."

Although Rong Qi felt embarrassed, she took the opportunity to chat with her boss and asked some seemingly ordinary things, such as how many people were in the family and how much they earned in a month. Such commonplace questions could no longer be commonplace. Gradually the boss started to talk.

"Here we go to the land of thieves, and we travel across the ocean. The journey is difficult and dangerous. You should remember that you are from the Qing Dynasty, and you will die as a ghost of the Qing Dynasty!!"

"Oh, I wasted a bag."

Rong Qi looked out at the port, his eyes full of "criticism". In his eyes, the steam crane used by the Han people became an evil thing. It was a deal between the Han people and evil spirits from outside the territory, although he also knew those Westerners. People also have these things, but they just subconsciously think that the things of the Han invaders are not good.

Hearing "ironclad ship", Rong Qi's eyes instantly brightened, and he asked: "What is an ironclad ship, fellow, I just came here and haven't seen it yet."

When he left, Mousewhisker still looked at him with "expectation" in his eyes and said affectionately:

"Cherish a handful of land in China, and don't be greedy for ten thousand taels of gold in another country."

"I heard from the newspaper that the recently launched King Wu of Zhou is the seventeenth ironclad ship of our Han Dynasty. I heard from Master Sun of the teahouse that at least forty or fifty ships must be built to scare those American ghosts to death!!"

Rong Qi, who was on the opposite side, didn't know what the banana hawker was boasting about. He only knew that the Han invaders were so big and made of iron, "iron bastards". If this iron-clad ship was allowed to pass through the canal, the water transport would be blocked in a day. One ship will die and the other will die. Then there will be no money and food in the southeast. You will let the gentlemen in the capital starve to death! !

"boom!!"

In the middle of this journey, we also encountered bandits attacking Jiangnan. If he, Rong Qijing, had not escaped by pretending to be a beggar with the dressing skills he learned at Sticking Stick, otherwise he would have died before leaving the army. It made Xianfeng burst into tears.

But soon he was dumbfounded. His fellow villager Sucha Harcan told him privately that the emperor actually gave him 30,000 taels, and the remaining 29,000 taels were divided among the old bastards. The rat took at least 5,000 taels. .

"What's wrong with you, Iron Bastard, why did you kill the banana?"

Rong Qi took the new bag absentmindedly and asked after a long time:

“What’s going on in America??”

As for why it's not good, Rong Qi doesn't know how to describe it, but it should probably be his "love" for me, Da Qing! !

Even when she got off the boat for activities, when she saw those "split" women wearing cheongsam, Rong Qi almost shouted "the world is declining" and "the world is in trouble".

The conversation was almost over, and Rong Qi finally talked about the military topic he was most interested in. Among them, "fleet" was his most enthusiastic topic.

Rong Qi still remembers the old man with a rat beard patting him on the shoulder and saying sincerely:

"Warships, I see them every day. There's nothing interesting about them. They're just armored ships."

"This Beihai originally belonged to the Japanese group across the street, and later sold it to me, the Han Dynasty——"

Listening to this slut's flirting, Rong Qi really wanted to feel like a beauty from the Eighteen Kingdoms. It would be really nice to do so.

All the way to this North Sea.

Looking at the banana vendor in front of me who can't stop gambling when it comes to gambling, and looking at his age, he is still setting up a stall here selling bananas at this age, so he deserves to be doing such "low-level things".

"You don't know, there is the largest casino in the entire Far East. Wow, thousands of people are gambling at the same time. It has everything, Western poker, Pai Gow mahjong, and dice. As long as you haven't played it, there is nothing they haven't played."

As the saying goes, it is only after a battle that the place is so good.

[The cheongsam is Liu Peng’s invention, no, it’s a reference]

After all, those damn Han bandits would never investigate someone like me, who came from the south.

What the banana vendor said next made Rong Qi unable to sit still.

Rong Qi cursed with words, but was honest with her body. She pretended to buy something, but in fact, she kept stealing glances at those "witches".

"Wow, great!!"

"The biggest city here is Bingcheng. It's more prosperous than ours. It has everything and everything to do. Even the women are beauties from the Eighteen Kingdoms."

Rong Qi's bag of bananas fell to the ground and scattered all over the floor. His face was ashen, and his mind was filled with the desperate numbers "seventeen" and "forty or fifty."

Fortunately, the water transport has not been cut off by Changmao, so Rongqi can travel by water. Otherwise, even if he takes a carriage, it would take him half a month to go around.

"By the way, do you know what roulette is? Wow, it kills people!!"

Then he threw away a thousand taels of silver and walked away. Rong Qi, who had just received the banknote, was very happy. After all, the money was equivalent to ten years of working in the stick-sticking department.

Although he suffered a lot along the way, under the blessing of "Nurhaci", he finally arrived at the coast smoothly and boarded a Han ship protected by bandits.

The banana vendor took another folded paper bag and stuffed the dozens of Lanfang bananas into it.

Of course, it turned out to be faster, but now the entire northern part of China is in complete chaos after being poisoned by Changmao several times. Today there is a so-called "Buddha" to guard against thieves, and there is a bandit called "Goddess" over there. As a result, the original green battalion soldiers in various places have now moved into the mountains to suppress bandits.

Yes, if you take away the gold, won’t I just have to “eat dirt”? ?

With resentment against the corrupt officials like Shuxu, Rong Qi embarked on the road south.

It seemed that for the first time, the banana hawker had caught a listener who was willing to listen to his bragging. He said in a pretentious manner: "This armored ship is an iron bastard. There are dozens of big cannons on the ship." As he said this, he folded his arms and almost Hold all the stalls in.

So much so that the banana seller was unhappy and yelled: "Read it again, and then read the small newspaper to warn you of indecent assault, and you will be arrested and eaten in a big pot!!"

"Oh, you are talking about those Americans. Let me tell you, these guys are the biggest enemies of our Han country. They fought once more than ten years ago. In the past few years, they have been building warships, making weapons, and millions of dollars. Army, come and fight us..."

"But don't be afraid, my dad said, do it, do it to the end!!"

"Kill them!!"

Listening to the banana vendor's "bold words", Rong Qi automatically ignored the "do" and focused instead on the "millions" and "U.S. warships" in the first sentence.

At this time, Rong Qi seemed to have grasped the "rope" of fate. She felt that the United States, which she had never met before, was so kind and good.

Even he has the urge to become "American."

When leaving the banana stall, Rong Qi absentmindedly passed by those "witches" and could even smell their body fragrance.

But at this moment, Rong Qi seemed to have entered "sage mode" and felt full of energy. He now knew what he was going to do.

Not only did he go to the Han invaders' lair to find out what was going on, learn about the Han invaders' "conspiracy" against our Qing Dynasty, and secretly report the Han invaders' aftermath to the emperor, he also wanted to go to the United States, where it would be best to meet their "Long Live Lord" , although this was a diplomatic interview, Rong Qi felt very honored. He believed that he would still be able to see the American emperor in his lifetime, perform such a feat for the Qing Dynasty, and live up to the Qing Dynasty's hundreds of years of "favor" to him as a bannerman in Guannei.

With this thought in mind, Rong Qi looked at Beihai and was no longer so afraid. After all, I was protected by my "American uncle".

As for whether Americans are willing to recognize this uninvited nephew, Rong Qi doesn't care. At this moment, the United States, the United States of America, is his glorious "spiritual support" and an unquestionable idol.

When Rong Qi left the port and embarked on the journey of "finding relatives" again, Zeng Guofan had just won a difficult victory.

Looking at the soldiers who suffered heavy casualties due to the foreign guns of the Han Dynasty, even Zeng Guofan, a "crooked" and "cruel" man, burst into tears and cried:

"I think how tragic it is for me, a son of Xiangjiang, to sacrifice his life for the country, but today he has become a lonely soul!!"

Wiping away tears, Zeng Guofan lectured in front of the army:

"As long as the bandits are not suppressed, the Qing Dynasty will not be peaceful, and the people will be restless, and we will not be able to live in peace and happiness..."

"The deceased brothers must not close their eyes for a day. The vassal and the brothers were born in the same hometown, live and die together, and swear to destroy the bandits to avenge blood!!"

"Slaughter all the bandits, protect the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries!!"

"Slaughter all the bandits, protect the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries..."

On the battlefield that had just experienced the war, the slogans were loud, like sharp swords, rushing straight into "Tianjing", the home base of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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Boom boom! ! !

"Oh, it's going to rain again."

"Who says otherwise? Ever since we crossed Beihai, there hasn't been a sunny day and I can't even dry my clothes!!"

On the immigration ship, listening to the thunder outside, in cabin No. 15, two immigrants with "Huguang" accents were complaining about God's lack of face.

Rong Qi, who was on the upper bunk, was lying on his side, listening to the discussion of the two "difficult people". From the bottom of his heart, he looked down on these two guys who asked all kinds of questions as soon as they got on the boat.

There was also constant "thunder" at night, which kept him awake several times. He wanted to change rooms, but was told by the disciplinarian to unite and help each other and not fight among each other.

Damn it, I was punished by those bastards Mouse Beard when I was at the sticky pole, and now I still have to endure the anger of two unruly people, as well as being disciplined by the disciplinarian who is said to have only studied for four or five years and has only a primary school education. Okay, what's this? ?

Lying on the upper bunk bed, Rong Qi wanted to get out of bed several times, but because it was windy outside and he was afraid of catching the cold, he could only curl up on the small bunk bed, feeling full of "grievance".

Just when Rong Qi was about to endure it, the "sound of eating" coming from outside finally cheered him up, and he jumped off the boat at lightning speed, making the two Huguang people who thought he was a sick man The guy was stunned.

In a small restaurant in the cabin, hundreds of immigrants were queuing up for meals. Because the decks were divided, it didn't seem too crowded.

Of course, this is for ordinary immigrants, but for people like Rong Qi, it is "stinking to the sky" and "hard to swallow."

Feeling the "musty smell" around him, Rong Qi knew that it was caused by not taking a shower or changing clothes for a long time, but he still despised this kind of unclean behavior.

It was windy and rainy outside, so he couldn't dry his clothes, but don't forget that his own cleanliness is also very important. He had to change several sets of clothes and wash himself with water every night to stay clean.

After finally getting through the "bad area", she came to the lunch box. Looking at the "twice-cooked pork" in front of her, Rong Qi swallowed involuntarily, and finally stretched out the iron lunch box that had been wiped many times.

Rong Qi didn't understand the matter of giving iron lunch boxes to immigrants. In his opinion, giving food to these unscrupulous people was already "extremely merciful". Handing out a bowl made of iron, it added up. , at least it can be sold for more than ten taels of silver in my big clearing, but now it is given to these "worms" for free, which made Rong Qi feel like "the money was taken away by unscrupulous people".

Rong Qi looked at the fat cook who was shaking a little while preparing the meal. She endured the "embarrassment" and said flatteringly: "I like to eat thin food, not fat food."

The fat cook looked at this guy in surprise. He didn't understand why some immigrants didn't eat fat meat. These guys had lived such a hard life in China before. If they didn't eat fat meat, how could they have oil and water in their stomachs?

And according to his experience, fat meat should be more popular than lean meat. After all, in China, the price of fat meat has always been more expensive than lean meat.

Fatty meat can be eaten, contains a lot of fat, and can be boiled into oil. It was the best source of fat for the people at the bottom of China at that time. As for lean meat, poor people were not willing to eat it. It was not cost-effective! !

"Okay, it just so happens that those guys don't want to eat anything thin, so they're all for you."

Under Rong Qi's "excited" eyes, the fat cook took a big spoonful of the lean meat and put it into his lunch box.

When taking the lunch box, Rong Qi also reflexively said something nice, "Your house is round, and you seem to be a blessed person." This made the fat cook who stayed with those uneducated and miserable immigrants every day happy and stuffed. Ordered a steamed bun for Rong Qi.

In the cabin, Rong Qi happily ate large pieces of lean meat and three pieces of steamed buns. When she finished eating, her stomach was so bloated that she didn't seem to need to eat at night.

After eating, he walked out of the cabin, came to the deck where the rain had passed and the sky was clear, and sang:

"The thieves are coming, I will order my troops..."

"Okay, you sang really well!!"

As soon as he sang a "battlefield play" he wrote, he heard applause from behind him. Rong Qi was frightened and quickly turned around to check. He immediately saw a middle-aged man wearing a gray coat and a "round hat" man.

"Your Excellency??"

Rong Qi couldn't figure out where the other party was coming from, so he could only ask in a "respectful" tone.

"Why are you not your Excellency? Just call me Qi Jun."

"I just heard you singing, brother, and I thought it was nice and heroic, so I ran out without disturbing you, brother, right??"

Qi Jun showed his slightly yellowed teeth and a bright smile to Rong Qi.

Looking at the other person's articulate tone of voice and strong figure, Rong Qi instantly knew that this person had a good background, and hurriedly chatted:

"My name is Rong Wu. I am the fifth eldest child in my family. I am from the south. I haven't asked my brother's identity yet??"

With that said, he pretended to be a Jiangnan scholar and saluted Qi Jun.

"Let me tell you, he turns out to be a scholar. Otherwise, why would he be so good at singing?"

Listening to Qi Jun's words, which he didn't know whether to scold or praise, Rong Qi pretended to agree and smiled at Qi Jun.

"Brother Rong, tell me, why did you come out now? If I had known that there was a cultural person like you on this ship, I would have run a literacy class by myself, so I would have just asked you."

The two of them chatted a few words, and Qi Jun looked at Rong Qi anxiously, leaving Rong Qi wondering what was going on.

As if he could tell that Rong Wu didn't understand what he meant, Qi Jun quickly explained.

It turns out that the literacy teacher on his ship went home to get married some time ago and was gone for a while. He himself was not a teacher, so he had already crossed the North Sea and did not even start literacy on the ship. They are still illiterate now. But urgently The Qi army was destroyed.

You must know that the Immigration Department stipulates that immigrants must know at least 100 words on the ship and be able to write their own names. Otherwise, they must go to church in the port, and the fees will be deducted from the ship.

Although it is a bit similar to the "KPI" assessment, it has indeed improved the basic quality of Han immigrants. Counting the collective learning after distribution, it will take basically one to two years to become a qualified Han immigrant.

Rong Qi was still thinking about why the Han bandits wanted to teach "diao people to read" when she heard Qi Jun pat his shoulder and said enthusiastically:

"Brother Rong, how about you become a teacher? If you do, I will pay you!!"

Rong Qi looked at the enthusiastic Qi Jun and wanted to refuse, but after learning the other party's identity, she became wary. In the end, she could only nod secretly and accepted the identity of this "teacher".

Good guy, the secret of the Han invaders has not been discovered yet, but it has taught those future Han invaders a lesson, what is this? !

(End of this chapter)