Chapter 237: Traveling from Shanxi (Part 1)

"There is no need for these vain rituals between you and me." Zheng Xuan touched his chin and said, "You must be extremely careful when you go to the West. Although the Western side and left-wing ways are not as good and evil as our China, their ability to exist in the West for such a long time proves that there must be something extraordinary among them, so don't be too careless."

"Senior brother, please rest assured, Changqing understands." Xu Changqing smiled slightly, then hugged everyone and said, "I'll go first, everyone will have a date later."

After saying that, Xu Changqing performed his ghostly journey and disappeared from everyone's eyes in an instant, turned into a phantom, jumped past a field, rushed into the woods, and galloped southward. After seeing Xu Changqing leave, everyone took the carriage prepared by the Chen family and walked along the mountain road all the way to the northwest.

After leaving Chen Jiachong, Xu Changqing used his body skills and passed through the dense forests of the mountains without stopping at all on the road, and rushed to Hong Kong. Due to the three-element energy of heaven, earth and man, Xu Changqing was stranded on the mountain and did not have time to catch up with the ship in Shanghai. The closest ship to this day would have to wait two months later. Fortunately, there was no way out. The Chen family found out for him that a passenger and cargo cruise ship from Portugal Pacific Trading Company set out from Osaka a day ago and would stay in Hong Kong for half a day in the past two days. If he missed this ship again, he could only take a fishing boat to Mumbai, India, and take a British cruise there, which was obviously a result he didn't want to see.

Xu Changqing used all his strength to use his ghostly magic skills, and it took only four or five hours to get from Shaoguan to Hong Kong. Because he was traveling through the mountains and forests all the way, his clothes seemed a little messy. Fortunately, the Five Elements Taoism has the effect of avoiding dust, and there was no dust on his body, so he didn't look too dusty. Although he was very smooth on the road, he still encountered some minor trouble when entering Hong Kong.

In the previous civil war between the north and the south, although Guangdong was at the rear of the battlefield, it could not make the local people feel safe, so a large number of people flocked to Hong Kong to seek the protection of the British colonial invader. Due to too many refugees in a short period of time, Hong Kong's public security declined. Under pressure, the Hong Kong Governor ordered the blockade of entry channels and prohibited refugees from entering Hong Kong. Although the peace talks between the north and the south were successful and a new regime was formed, Hong Kong had no idea of ​​lifting the ban. In order to avoid trouble, Xu Changqing spent money to apply for a temporary entry permit before entering Hong Kong.

After the establishment of the new regime, interim President Sun Yixian issued a whip-cutting order. In Guangdong, except for those elderly people, most young people responded to this decree. Hong Kong was also affected by this whip-cutting trend. Not only young people cut off the whip on their heads, but even some new-fashioned old people still removed the remains of the Qing court. For a moment, the streets were filled with pedestrians with bright and clear fronts and long shoulder-length hair at the back, which looked particularly strange.

Two years ago, Xu Changqing broke his braids when he was refining the Thousand Souls King of Hell Shuttle, and he used fake braids. Later, his hair grew out again when he was on the mountain. Although he was not combed and his hair was disheveled and looked messy, he had black hair after all, which was much better than other people who had just cut off their whip.

After learning from the dock manager that the Atlantic Trading Company's passenger and cargo cruise ship will not arrive at the port until noon tomorrow, Xu Changqing did not wait at the dock hotel, but instead hired a carriage into the downtown area of ​​Hong Kong.

Since he was going to the West, he would inevitably deal with Westerners. If he had been wearing this long blue shirt, it would be a bit out of place. After entering the city, Xu Changqing bought several gray-black suits at the best foreign clothing store in Hong Kong, including leather shoes, trousers, shirts, vests and a knee-length wool coat. His long hair was neatly combed backwards and simply tied it behind his head with a red dust rope. Xu Changqing himself was no shorter than those foreigners at all. In addition, he used the Five Elements Taoism to tighten his clothes, which made people look like this outfit was specially made for him, which was very decent.

"Sir, I have seen the best Chinese in foreign clothes. It is better than most foreigners." The owner of the foreign clothes store looked at Wen Junying's angry Xu Changqing and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Are other Chinese people not good-looking in foreign clothes?" Xu Changqing looked at herself in front of the big mirror, and always felt that something was missing. While thinking about things, he also casually spoke.

"They? Hehe!" The foreign clothing store owner smiled a little disdainfully, and then his eyes signaled behind Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing turned his head and saw that at the counter not far behind him, a local rich man from a village near Hong Kong was leading a group of slaves to try out the suit he had just made in the shop. He was wearing a Su-embroidered brocade robe on his upper body, a long coat with gold and silk embroidered edges on his lower body, and a pair of thick-soled cloud boots on his feet, wearing gold and silver, completely dressed as a traditional rich man. The reason why he was looked down upon by the foreign clothing store owner was mainly because he regarded the suit as an ordinary brocade robe jacket and covered it with a long coat. It looked neither Chinese nor Western, incongruent, and it looked extremely bloated and a little funny. Although in the eyes of outsiders, this person looked a bit unattractive, in the eyes of himself and most Chinese people, the suit should be worn like this.

Seeing this scene, Xu Changqing couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, without any intention of stepping forward to give advice. Like this local rich man, many Chinese people in China are swaying in the impact of Chinese and Western cultures. What they need is not reminders and guidance, but self-awakening.

Although Xu Changqing did not give advice to the local rich man’s clothes, the rich man’s dress gave him a reminder, which made him understand that he was missing something. So he turned around and asked the store owner: "Store, do you know where there are Western pocket watches sold here?"

"Sir, if you want to buy a pocket watch, there is a small shop." After hearing this, the owner of the foreign clothing store hurriedly welcomed Xu Changqing into the inner room. After passing a small patio, he came to the shop on the other side. This shop is a foreign goods store, and it sells all Western things. Obviously, the owner has a very high understanding of these Western things. Each product is arranged neatly in categories, and the special glass counters make the overall look very comfortable.
Chapter completed!