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on the ground.

Looking at Xi Sheng who was smiling in front of him.

Xu Yun's brows were slightly wrinkled.

When he was writing novels in his previous life, Xu Yun once heard a sentence from a reader:

Easterners who can be commemorated and praised by the West are generally not good people.

Although this sentence is a bit extreme, strictly speaking, the accuracy rate is not high.

But at least it is true for Xi Sheng.

'Xisheng' is actually not the little old man's real name, this word is the abbreviation of Mr. Xi.

Similar to the "Chen Sheng" and "Wang Sheng" often seen in Cantonese opera, they belong to the unique titles of Guangdong Province.

Now more than a hundred years have passed.

Xisheng's real name has not been verified for a long time, but some things he has done are enough to make him notorious for thousands of years.

The time when Xisheng appeared on the stage was around 1845. At that time, everyone knew that the comprador industry was very developed because of Yicrow.

In the area of ​​Guangdong Province, compradors were even divided into two categories according to their functions: "commercial compradors" and "merchant ship compradors".

The former is mainly responsible for the internal affairs of foreign merchants in the business hall, including business contacts and personal projects, etc.

The latter is mainly responsible for the entry of foreign merchant ships into China and the life of merchant ship personnel, some of them are like cross-border intermediaries.

At the same time.

Although the East opened its doors passively at that time, there were still many things that were extremely mysterious in the eyes of foreigners.

A typical representative is the ship of the East.

At that time, the Qing government strictly prohibited the sale of ships to foreigners, and the Chinese sailboats only went as far as Java and Sumatra, and did not even enter the Indian Ocean.

So for the distant British peninsula, the Chinese sailboat is a very attractive new object.

So then.

At that time, four British people bought a large Chinese-style sailing ship in the name of Guangdong businessmen, recruited 30 Cantonese sailors, and started to march towards the eagle.

The Cantonese businessman was Xisheng, and the ship was the famous Qiying.

The Qiying later arrived at the Eagle Land and exhibited it in the name of a theme park, and the four British earned a lot of money.

So they went to London in 1848, becoming the first Eastern ship to reach Britain in history.

Up to Queen Victoria, down to the common people, scrambling to board the boat to visit.

Xisheng, on the other hand, wore the fourth-rank official uniform he had customized when he left the country, and made friends with British dignitaries everywhere.

And in the end, at the opening scene of the first World Expo, it got a quite front position, and it was recorded in the oil painting.

at the opening ceremony.

"Xi Sheng" wore a Chinese official uniform, put on the airs of a "Chinese master", and stood on the left and right sides of Queen Victoria together with the envoys from various countries.

According to the "Pittsfield Sun" reported that year.

When the live choir sang "Messiah".

Unable to restrain his excitement, "Master Xisheng" walked up to the Queen from among foreign envoys and dignitaries, saluted the Queen gracefully, praised the prosperity of London, and even said that the sun in England is brighter than that in the east.

Is this scene familiar?

That's right, a few years ago there was also an oriental student who said "the air here is so sweet" at the graduation ceremony of a certain university in the United States.

The second devil has never disappeared.

Later, Xisheng was rewarded by the queen, allowing him to trade freely in London.

So for a long time to come, Xisheng has been doing one thing:

Sell ​​the treasures of the East to the British.

At present, it is known that there are more than 600 cultural relics that have passed through the hands of Xisheng, and more than 400 of them are stored in the British Museum. The British shamelessly wrote something like "purchased from Xisheng" profile. (It can be checked on britishmuseum.org, there are 423 items just marked with keywords)

In today's timeline.

Although Xisheng was only an entourage who came with the ship, he failed to hide the truth as in the original history.

But Xu Yun still didn't like him very much.

But right now, his identity is an interpreter, so even if he feels dissatisfied, Xu Yun can't express it.

I saw him walking quickly to Xi Sheng, and arched his hands towards Xi Sheng expressionlessly:

"Luo Feng, a student of Cambridge University, has met your lord."

Hearing this, Xi Sheng waved his hands quickly, with a very kind expression on his face:

"It's too heavy to say. This old man is just a businessman accompanying him, so he can't afford to be called an adult. If you want to, you can call me Mr. Xi."

A faint trace of disgust flashed in Xu Yun's eyes.

The more you understand what Xi Sheng has done, the more disgusted you will be with his smiling face.

be honest.

It is true that Xisheng may not have substantially harmed anyone's life, but the crime he committed is much more serious than simple murder.

However, Xisheng didn't notice the change in Xu Yun's face, but continued to say:

"Brother Luo Feng, when did you come to Britain?"

Xu Yun raised his eyelids and glanced at him, saying:

"Mr. Xi, the younger generation has settled in the Europa continent since the ancestors, and it has been more than a hundred years ago."

Xi Sheng let out a soft 'oh', and quickly glanced at the back of Xu Yun's head:

"So that's the case. No wonder my brother hasn't grown his hair. Then I don't know where my ancestral home is. Have you ever returned to the East?"

"People whose ancestors came from Fujian Province, unfortunately, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and they have never returned to their hometown."

"Since that's the case, I don't know what my little brother is doing for a living now?"

"The younger generation has no income from outside work, and is temporarily studying at Cambridge University."

"No outside work?"

Xi Sheng was taken aback when he heard the words, then blurted out subconsciously and asked:

"If you don't have a job outside, where will my little brother's food and clothing come from?"

Xu Yunyao glanced at him:

"The rich woman will reimburse you."

Xi Sheng: "?????"

Looking at Xi Sheng who was full of question marks, Xu Yun didn't explain in depth.

For compradors like Xisheng, he has always believed in one truth-these people may be bad, but they will never be stupid.

Actually quite the opposite.

This kind of people often have a fineness and sensitivity far beyond ordinary people in seeing people and things, and they may fall into the pit preset by the other party if they are not careful.

In 1850 in history, a crow broke out long ago. At that time, the British were absolute masters in the country, and they would flip the table if they were dissatisfied.

And Xisheng can handle these invaders with ease, and his emotional intelligence is definitely much higher than ordinary people.

So in front of him, Xu Yun would rather disturb the water than fall into the opponent's rhythm.

Seeing that Xu Yun didn't seem to be interested in small talk, Xi Sheng stopped being close, but changed the subject and said:

"Brother Luo Feng, to tell you the truth, the old man has been valued by the officials this time, and he got a job to hand over some of the goods."

"So can I bother you to send a message, that the exhibits numbered 35 to 70 need someone to proofread, and please send a manager from the British Kingdom to help?"

Xu Yun did not refuse this time, after all, this was his duty.

So he turned back to Big Ace and told him these words.

"Thirty-five to seventy."

Big Ace flipped through the notepad in his hand a few times, turned his head and waved to a fat middle-aged man next to him:

"Klein, let him go, remember to take pictures together with the coding."

The man named Klein nodded, pointed to the camera on his chest and said:

"clear."

Points, and shoot the goods archive.

This is an important part agreed upon by both parties when the exhibition agreement was signed.

After all, the UK doesn't know much about the East these days. In order to avoid wrangling, the counting work before unloading the goods is extremely important.

After getting a promise.

Xu Yun took Klein to Xisheng's side, and after a brief introduction of his identity, the three of them walked towards the three-masted wooden sailboat.

The boat that Xisheng and the others took was fifty meters in length and fifteen meters in width. It was made of wood and was larger than the Qiying ship in history.

According to Xisheng, this ship is called "Hongze".

Same as any other large sailing boat.

On both sides of the hull of the "Hongze", there are two wooden steps in the shape of the Chinese character "eight", with a width of about 1.5 meters.

One of them is used for loading and unloading people, and the other is responsible for loading and unloading goods.

When Xu Yun and Xi Sheng walked on the deck, there happened to be a burst of chant in their ears:

"One, two, three, lift up!"

"Left left, ok, forward, forward!"

Xu Yun and Klein looked at the situation at the same time.

The voices were more than a dozen orientals with braids and white coats.

These were the coolies who boarded the ship first to unload the goods, recruited by Tian Caiming, and the number of people was said to be thirty or forty.

But these days, it’s like that when you see a lot of Orientals, so Xu Yun just took a quick glance, and prepared to continue to follow Xisheng.

However, just as he was about to look back, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of one of them.

It was a man with the appearance of a leader, tall and tall, and a scar on his face was extremely eye-catching.

This is also the second time Xu Yun has seen this scar.

That's right.

This person was the oriental guy Xu Yun met who slapped Tian Hao on his way back to the hotel in London.

According to the coachman.

The pronunciation of the other party's name should be siyuepiao, but there is a high probability that it is different from the actual name.

So what Xu Yun cares about now is not the other party's name.

but

Is it a coincidence or another reason for this scarred face to appear here?

Although according to what Galo said at the time, Scarface was a labor leader who transported goods at the dock, so it was reasonable to be recruited here.

But judging from the performance of Scarface at the beginning.

His identity should not be as simple as a coolie leader, at least he has some ties to the British police.

At the same time, Xu Yun thought of Tian Caiming's identity.

mentioned earlier.

As an Oriental, the only possibility for Tian Caiming to become a member of the City Council in 1850 was to embrace the thigh of a certain force and become a white-gloved horse boy.

Then, will there be some other relationship between him and the man with the scar face?

Xu Yun feels that he has touched the edge of some mysteries, but is still several chapters away from the truth.

Just when Xu Yun was in a trance.

Xi Sheng's voice suddenly sounded in his ear:

"Brother Luo Feng, what's wrong with you?"

Only then did Xu Yun come back to his senses, glanced at Klein beside him, and shook his head lightly:

"It's okay, I'm just a little surprised that I've never seen a sailboat of this style before."

"Mr. Xi, please."

Xisheng was not too suspicious of Xu Yun's explanation. When he was in Guangdong Province, he often encountered ignorant mud legs:

"please."

Then he led Xu Yun and Klein to the other side of the deck.

The three-masted wooden sailing ship is a typical strong-loaded ship, as the name implies, it has three masts on the ship, and can use the wind within 65 degrees to travel.

And in terms of internal structure.

The hull is divided into upper and lower two large areas with the deck as the interval line.

The upper part is called the sleeping compartment.

It is mainly for the crew to rest, and if it is an official ship, there will be multiple official cabins.

Below deck is the cabin.

The cabin is divided into a water tank compartment for storing fresh water, a sacrificial compartment for storing food occasionally used for sea sacrifices, and the most important cargo compartment.

The length of Xisheng's ship is 50 meters, so the interior cabin is divided into four exits. Xisheng led Xu Yun and the others to the entrance of No. C located in the ship's position.

At this time, the entrance of No. C was constantly shouting slogans, carrying goods from the bottom up.

Cloth pads are pressed on both sides of the exit, among which there are many sealed boxes of goods on the cloth pad on the left, while the cloth pad on the right is empty.

In addition, there are a few coolies who are squatting in the corner, not going to deliver goods, and seem to have other duties.

Xisheng led Xu Yun and Klein to the cloth mat on the left, took out a form from his body, and said to Klein:

"Mr. Klein, the goods that need to be counted are placed on the cloth mat on the left. You can ask the coolies to help you open the lid."

"If the points are correct, please stamp your seal, and the coolies will carry it to the right side, and hand it over to the British laborers to disembark and send it to the Crystal Palace."

Xu Yun translated obediently:

"Ababa."

After listening quietly, Klein nodded slightly:

"No problem, let's get started."

Soon, a coolie opened the frontmost sealed box.

Xu Yun stepped forward to look at the label and said:

"A pair of Liao three-color pottery bowls."

Klein checked the form handed to him by the reception group for a few seconds, and observed it with a magnifying glass while wearing gloves.

After making sure there are no cracks, I took a picture:

"Next."

The coolies sealed the box again and put it on the cloth pad on the right.

Then came the second box.

"A handful of jade ruyi, length 26 cm"

in the next time.

Xu Yun performed a translation duty perfectly, Sunyard translated Xisheng and their exhibits one by one:

"A jade carving of a white horse."

"Four pieces of fine silk."

"A bronze statue of Avalokitesvara, 2.4 meters high and 1.3 meters wide."

"A copy of "Little Hei Zi Vivian Snatching a Chicken Picture"."

But when the report was reported, Xu Yun's brows were slightly wrinkled.

As a member of the reception group, there are news channels such as Lao Tang and William Whewell in the school. He can say that he can receive the latest news of the World Expo at any time.

As far as he knows.

This World Expo arranged three booths for the Qing Dynasty. The size of a booth is about 12 in width and 7 in length, which is about 84 square meters.

Adding up the three booths, even including some open space around them, the area is at most 400 square meters.

In this way.

The amount of cargo on this sailing ship seems to be more than a billion points?

in the original timeline.

Although the Eastern exhibitors arrived in London on such a sailboat, in fact, there was not much cargo in the cabin:

The Qiying ship in history is not so much a ship as it is more like an "Oriental theme park" - it is open to the public and charges 2 pence for a visit.

But now, judging by the depth of the draft, it is obviously impossible for this ship to be empty.

Could it be that Xisheng is planning to sell cultural relics?

Not right.

This ship is a real official ship, Xisheng is just a comprador businessman, and he doesn't seem to have enough ability to do this kind of thing.

Even in the original timeline.

Xisheng only mixed with the four Englishmen who bought the ship to England, and then relied on his own ability to fool Queen Victoria, and eventually became a generation of cultural relics resellers.

What's going on here.

And just when Xu Yun was puzzled.

Suddenly a figure came on the deck not far away, and it was also an oriental man whom Xu Yun had been paying attention to for a long time:

Tian Caiming.

At this time, Tian Caiming was still wearing a gentleman's suit that bound his hands and feet, as if he didn't care about the hot weather at all.

After coming to Xisheng's side.

Tian Caiming glanced at Xu Yun and the coolies who were translating, and said to Xisheng:

"Mr. Xi, talk somewhere else?"

Xi Sheng shook his head calmly:

"Brother Bo Lun, I'm checking the goods now, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to leave."

When Tian Caiming heard this, he frowned immediately:

"Then what should I do? My time is limited, why don't we make another appointment?"

Xisheng waved his hand at him again, nuzzled Xu Yun with his chin, and opened his mouth with a sentence in Cantonese:

"Don't worry about it, I asked Qu Ga, this bunny boy is not from Cantonese, we can speak Cantonese without any problem."