Chapter 21: What is your name, Aunt Thirteen?
(Thank you, Zhong has not died of love and support)
Some invaders adopted plundering policies against the invaded countries, killed local residents, and carried out thorough robbery, burning and destroying materials such as food, fodder, and houses; some invaders signed a series of unequal treaties with the invaded countries, and gained benefits in a long-term way; some invaders adopted high-intensity governance of the invaded countries, transforming them into part of their territory little by little... There was no intention of evaluating who was better or worse of these three policies. After all, such a major decision must be carefully considered based on the objective conditions at the time. Zhuge Liang was not something that outsiders could do without knowing anything. Now what to say is only "different policies stimulate different fighting spirits."
The common people are actually very realistic and simple. If you don’t let me live, then I will bite you even if I fight to the death; if you make my life difficult, then I consider good birds and trees to live; if you don’t change my life, then I will care who the official family is; if you make my life better, then I will regard you as a saint... Here, the Western invaders adopted a relatively moderate "long-term profit" approach. The lives of the people have become worse, but they will not be unable to survive, so they form a state of "resistance are the minority after all". Most people grit their teeth and recognize this situation. The original family environment is superior, but they still go to the teahouse to listen to music, walk birds and fight crickets, and their lives are not too difficult. What's more, they are like "coated slaves" who are a man of a man, and they go to be subordinates of foreigners, and they oppress their own people and make their living conditions better.
Patriotism? National pride?
Well, it cannot be said that the people of the Qing Dynasty did not have such noble sentiments at all~~ But how to say it... The main population of this country is the "Han ethnic group". Many dynasties before the Qing Dynasty were the masters of the Han people. In other words, hundreds of years ago, a foreign tribe called "Qing Dynasty" defeated the Han people and established the current Qing Dynasty.
So the question is, what is the difference between the Han people in the eyes of the [Tartars] who call themselves "slaves" and the [Foreign Devils] who call themselves "yellow-skinned Monkeys". In the final analysis, whether it is the Qing Dynasty's destruction of the Ming Dynasty or the Western powers' defeating the Qing army, it means that "the winner is the king, and the loser is the enemy."
Of course, the protagonist of this world is definitely not the people who swallow their anger, but they must be those passionate and good men who dare to fight - but what Leeds meets now is the "supporting role" for the time being, and the times he sees are also the "swallowing" of the times.
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"……………” After Leeds and others walked in, the entire teahouse became quiet for an instant.
It seems that because of the port city, the economy here is quite prosperous. In broad daylight, the teahouse is filled with guests. The bird cage brought by the man even lined up the windows of the teahouse... I guess it must have been so noisy that people couldn't help but cover their ears, and there was no atmosphere of a defeated country at all.
However, so many people were stunned by Leeds's Western face. Although there was a surprise component of "I didn't expect the foreigners to come in", it largely demonstrated the current social situation in the Qing Dynasty.
Including no one was brave enough to shout "Foreigners and dogs are not allowed to enter"; including Leeds' eyes, the Han people on the other side lowered their heads to look at other places; including Leeds, they took the first two steps and said nothing, and there was a table of Han people taking their breakfast to share with others, and a table was empty... These are all reflections of the current situation.
"Hey~" Since someone took the initiative to empty the table, Leeds was not polite and sat down directly.
Zhang Jing and Wang Yuanji also sat down directly. Sakiya stood behind Leeds for granted, only Murong Jiu... She stared at the small broken bench that had just been sat by others and the small wooden table with food residues left. She almost wanted to stand behind Leeds like Sakiya, but in the end she chose the former for the choice of "wife" and "maid".
"...May I ask, what do you want?" The guests could shut up. As a waiter, he couldn't walk forward with a bitter face at the order of the shopkeeper... However, the direction of his question was Zhang Jing and Murong Jiu with beautiful black hair, not Leeds for foreigners. It was not Wang Yuanji, who was regarded as a Westerner because of hair color problems.
"..." The two of them were naturally Leeds. After they came to another world, they listened to the old driver's actions.
"Even if I place an order, you will find it difficult to handle it, right?" Everyone was shocked when Leeds spoke. The foreign devils they knew never spoke Chinese. "...so just give us an empty table and sit there, and there is no need for any tea. Of course, we won't give you money."
"Oh, oh..." The waiter was a little stunned, but according to the shopkeeper's wish, as long as the other party was not here to cause trouble, he hurriedly squeezed away the customer and ran away to report his life.
"Old men over there, since you know that I can understand Chinese, can you stop chanting the three words "foreign devils" in front of me?" Without Leeds, Sakiya glared over, surprised when he heard Leeds' Chinese. The onlookers who were whispering seemed to feel the "killing aura" and suddenly stopped talking nonsense.
The atmosphere was stiff, but someone broke the deadlock.
"Good morning, gentleman, and all the beautiful ladies," Leeds discovered before, and the woman in a foreign costume walking into the teahouse holding an antique camera, walked out of the crowd, looking at the five people with curiosity, "To be honest, this is the first time I have met a Westerner who speaks so well in Chinese..."
"Ha, after all, their beautiful wives are Oriental. They teach well." Leeds said nonsense, which was clearly due to the system's own 'language patch pack'.
"So, so that's it... Wow, sir, your wives are really beautiful women I have never seen before." This woman in foreign clothes is also considered a youthful and beautiful person, but she is still very far from Zhang Jing and others who are famous in the world.
"I think so too~~" Leeds added, "It's just that there's something wrong with his personality."
"Hmph!" x2 Zhang Jing, Murong Jiu snorted coldly at the same time.
"Ah, haha..." I originally thought there were some shameful plots, but seeing this, the women in the foreign costumes already felt the taste of love... Now they have a higher likes for Leeds.
As a girl who has been studying in London, England for many years, she is indeed happy to make friends with foreigners who are kind to Chinese and Qing dynasties... Wow, it's really just a "friend". The relationship above friends is impossible because she already has something to do.
"My name is Leeds. They are Zhang Jing, Murong Jiu, Wang Yuanji and Saki Ye... Because of the level of knowledge of these three, well, it is almost the same as the people over there," Leeds said, and the expressions of the cousins became cold again. "So when I saw you walking in with a camera on the street, I wanted to take them to see and experience. Don't worry about me, just do your own thing." Leeds had already seen the antique camera that had been set up.
"That's it...well, ladies, if you are interested, I'll bring the camera here later?" The women in foreign costumes are happy to popularize Western culture in the motherland.
"...Thank you, um..." Zhang Jing and Murong Jiu were still proud, thanking Wang Yuanji.
However, they were introduced by Leeds, but the person on the other side...
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, I am--"
"——Aunt Thirteenth Aunt?!" A cheerful exclaim came.
"Huh... Feihong?!" As soon as he heard this shout, the foreign woman who was called "Thirteenth Aunt" by someone ignored Leeds and others and turned around and looked at him.
Chapter completed!