1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 85 Dress Up
During dinner, He Xi swayed back.He went out empty-handed, but came back with a pile of baggage in his hand.Regarding He Xi's functions in Yazhou, the Executive Committee did not elaborate too much, only that his work is "free research", and his personal action funds are listed separately, and there is no need to report to Qiu Yuan. Prepare accounting.Although it was not stated clearly, everyone had some points in their hearts, so everyone would not pay too much attention to where He Xi went out and what he did.Some things, knowing too much is not a good thing.

"After going out for a day, what good did you buy?" Malico asked jokingly.

He Xi lifted the package in his hand: "This is all for you. One package per person, everyone has a share."

"You're so polite, I bought a gift!" Malico reached out and took the burden from He Xi's hand.

He Xi looked at the burdens before handing one of them to him: "It's different for everyone, and everyone's is different."

Malico was puzzled, and felt that the burden was light. When he opened it, he couldn't help laughing. Inside was a blue satin shirt with round neck and large sleeves, and a neatly folded square flat towel.This dress is the standard daily dress of scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

Several other people have also opened their own burdens, and they are all about the same Mingren costumes.Only Zhao Xiaoruo's bag is rich in content, with several dresses and a set of bright red robes that are very eye-catching.

"I also bought it based on your figure, maybe the size is not so accurate, but fortunately these clothes are wide enough, and they shouldn't be too bad to wear." He Xi smiled and looked at the stunned group of people and said: "Everyone may wish to wear them first. By the way, Xiao Zhao, you can try the red set. Others are easy to buy, but this red one is out of stock. I went to several stores to buy it."

Zhao Xiaoruo spat: "I'm not a bride now, why do I wear so red!"

He Xi smiled and said, "You just don't understand science. This kind of red robe with big sleeves was only worn by noble ladies in the Ming Dynasty. The other pieces of pink, light purple, and light green were all worn by ordinary people. "

Zhao Xiaoruo blushed and said, "I'm not a lady..."

"We are not people of the Ming Dynasty either." The smile on He Xi's face gradually disappeared: "But since we came to Yazhou, a city where people of the Ming Dynasty live together, we should find a way to fit in here instead of appearing out of place. ."

"But our mission is to transform this era, how can we be assimilated by it?" Zhao Xiaoruo retorted in disbelief.

"Understand first, then transform, and practice will give you true knowledge. If we don't integrate into this era, how will we know how to transform the current society?" He Xi persuaded bitterly: "It's just a change of clothes, is it that difficult?"

So under He Xi's unremitting efforts, everyone went back to their rooms to change clothes.The first person to change clothes and reappear in the yard is naturally He Xi, who is already familiar with it.He changed into a blue straight jacket and put on a square scarf. He did look a bit like a scholar of this era, but it was just out of personal habit that the beard on his face was too clean, and it always seemed a little weird. .

Soon everyone changed their clothes and came out, which were basically the styles often worn by scholars of the Ming Dynasty, such as straight robes, Taoist robes, and crane cloaks.Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you, all find it novel and can't help laughing.

After a while, the door of Zhao Xiaoruo's room also opened with a creak, and she came out wearing that bright red robe, and her hair was tied in a simple bun, which looked quite ancient.Zhang Guang opened his mouth and was stunned.

"It's not bad, plus the accessories, it's perfect." He Xi nodded in approval of Zhao Xiaoruo's dress up: "I don't know what you like, so I didn't prepare jewelry for you. I'll go to the city to buy some tomorrow."

After He Xi finished speaking, he pushed Zhang Guang with his elbow, and Zhang Guang returned to the divine way: "Buy, buy, buy! Buy now! Buy everything!"

The old man Yang, who was doing chores, just came in with a stack of rice bowls in his arms. When he saw these guys, he exclaimed in fright and almost smashed the bowls on the ground. Fortunately, Feng Annan next to him quickly supported him.Old man Yang said tremblingly, "I thought a thief suddenly entered the house..."

He Xi purchased Mingren's clothing for everyone, not for fun.At the work meeting that night, He Xi suggested to everyone to visit people from all walks of life in Yazhou separately: "You two who are engaged in business, continue to be in charge of trade, visit some local merchants more, and see what we can use. Lao Mu and Xiao Feng can go around the garrison when they have time. Although the garrison in Yazhou is a scumbag, we can collect more information and be prepared. As for people in the political circles, I will find a way to contact them. Xiao Zhao... If you can follow the route of the wife, it will be great. From tomorrow, I will go to the shops selling cloth, women's red, and jewelry in the city. It is best if I can catch up with a few officials' wives and girls. The approximate division of labor That's what I thought about it for the time being, if you have any opinions, you may put it up, and we'll add up together."

"What about me? What do I do?" Zhang Guang heard from the beginning to the end and found that he had nothing to do with him, so he hurriedly asked.

"You? Do you still need special assignments?" He Xi said with a narrow expression: "You just need to follow Xiao Zhao, this is your job."

Just kidding, He Xi's suggestion is not nonsense. As the outpost sent by the executive committee to Yazhou, everyone in the working group has the function of collecting information and acting as an espionage officer, but most of them are part-timers, only He Xi It's professional only.And how to quickly and comprehensively complete the information collection and sorting, this is the time for the members to show their abilities.If this work is done well, it may not be able to make any outstanding contributions, but if it is not done well and leads to loopholes, it will be properly recorded by the executive committee on the blacklist, and the future will be worrisome.

As the leader of the working group, Malico agreed with He Xi's suggestion in principle, but made a small adjustment - Zhang Guang followed He Xi instead of Zhao Xiaoruo.Malico's reasons are also very good. Since Zhao Xiao is going to take the line of family members, it is not suitable for Zhang Guang to walk around the city behind her buttocks. After all, the two are not married now, which makes people who pay attention to etiquette look at it. How do you feel?

Of course, if there is no objection, Zhang Guang should not mind changing his role as a scholar to a servant and a servant, but after all, this is a very serious intelligence activity, not a young couple making fun of cosplay, so horsepower After Ke's suggestion was made, Zhang Guang did not express any objection.

At this time, Feng Annan asked a question: "With our current level of education, what would we do if we pretended to be a scholar who was smashed by someone? Just tell me, the Ming Dynasty poets who I can name can be counted on one hand. What should I do if I recite poetry and write it right?"

He Xi shook his head and said, "You can't be too rigid. If you wear a scholar's clothes, you must be able to recite poetry, right? Learn to make full use of our advantages!"

Feng Annan said blankly, "What advantage do we have? Have a gun?"

"I'm rich!" He Xi said with an expression of hatred for iron and steel: "I heard that two big deals were negotiated today, and the income was nearly [-] taels. Is there such a thing?"

"That's right, but the two commercial banks didn't pay that much in cash, and most of them still have to trade in kind, leaving only more than 1000 taels of silver here." Maliko explained to him.

He Xi nodded and said: "This is not enough, more than 1000 taels of silver, seven of us will divide it, each of us will have 200 taels of silver, which is not a small amount in Yazhou. You can't pretend to be a scholar, and you can't pretend Come to the local rich and nouveau riche? When you encounter trouble, you just throw your money at it, so you don’t need to teach it?”

"Will this be a bit too extravagant and wasteful?" Mu Xiabai's thinking is still more conservative, and he does not agree with He Xi's overly unrestrained approach.

"Whether it counts as extravagance or waste depends on the results of our work, not the means of work." He Xi patiently explained: "If we spend a lot of money and find out no information, it must be a waste Yes. But if you can get some useful information, or build some relationships that can be used, then the money is well spent. Just like you used to be soldiers, even though there have been no wars for decades, the defense expenditure is still It increases every year. I remember that the annual military budget of the country before crossing was more than 8000 billion? Anyway, there is no war, do you think it is a waste to spend so much money?"

"How can it be a waste? It's not worth the money! Without so much military support, the Yankees would have already ridden our necks!" Mu Xiabei bounced like he was stepped on his tail.

"The same is true for our intelligence work. The effect may not be visible on the surface, but the effect is real. We are the clairvoyant of the Executive Committee, and the information we collect will serve as the Executive Committee's future decision-making. The basis for this." He Xi looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice, "As long as the money is spent on the point, it will be worth it."

"No wonder the executive committee gave us the privilege to cut off the cash received from Yazhou within the limit of 3000 taels." Qiu Yuan, who was in charge of the property, seemed to suddenly realize it at this time.

After removing the psychological barriers of the members, He Xi took the time to do a simple training on intelligence gathering skills. The main content was nothing more than the details of dealing with people and seeing things, but after He Xi's professional point of view, everyone was in front of them. With a sense of enlightenment, the perception of intelligence work is not as conflicted as before.

The next morning, the members of the working group went to various places in Yazhou City according to their agreed division of labor.

(End of this chapter)