Forty-eight years of Qianlong

It has to be said that He Xiyang's kick was quite ruthless. When Zhao Xin walked to the gate of the fortress, he felt his right calf becoming more and more sore, and he gasped hissingly with every step he took.He felt that the fracture was not serious, and the soft tissue injury must not have escaped, and he had to apply some medicine later.

Lu Qi knew that Zhao Xin didn't like ostentation, so he brought two guards to greet him at the gate of the fortress.However, when he saw Zhao Xin, he was surprised when he saw the grinning and frowning look.It looked fine in the telescope just now, so what happened?
"Ouch, what's wrong with you?" Lu Qi walked up to him and immediately noticed the beard on the other side's face.He was afraid of causing confusion among his subordinates, so he didn't dare to address him as "Boss Zhao".

"I fell down from the mountain just now. Help me in first."

"Good fellow! Xiao Li, please go and ask the Ma Daochang to come to my office!"

Lu Qi didn't dare to be careless. If something happened to this guy in his own territory, he couldn't explain it to the committee.After giving orders to a guard, he and another guard supported Zhao Xin from left to right, turned around and entered the gate of the fortress.

Because Zhao Xin was wearing a baseball cap with the brim pressed down and a fake beard on his face, which completely violated his usual image, so Lu Qi's two guards didn't recognize him at all.

At the same time, this scene looked strange in the eyes of Chai Rong and Chen Yingqi who were standing guard at the gate.The two thought to themselves who is this tall man?Actually let Chief Lu personally greet and support him.And what this person is wearing is really strange. I have never seen anyone wearing a short-sleeved floral shirt after coming to Kinmen for so long.

It is said that the military uniform of the Overseas Corps is the same as that of the regular army of the Northern Navy, except for the difference in the armbands.The style of the shirt is completely made according to the 87-style light green military shirt in another time and space, and the fabric is made of polyester.As for the workers of the engineering team, apart from the dark blue overalls, the gowns inside are not standard, and they are usually white homespun waistcoats.

When Zhao Xin was helped into the gate of the Golden Gate Fortress, the gray-white building he had seen before finally came into view.It is a large building connected by prefabricated container houses, facing east from west, with three upper and lower floors, forming a huge "U" shape. There is a small square in front of the building, and a flagpole stands on it.

"Is that the barracks?" Zhao Xin asked smoothly.

"correct."

"Where do you live?"

"there!"

Zhao Xin looked in the direction of Lu Qi's finger, and saw that on the north side of the inside of the fortress, there was a row of buildings composed of dozens of container houses from east to west. There was a road nearly three meters wide between them and the wall.These houses are two-storey structures, and each group is composed of six containers with upper and lower floors, with stairs.Constitute a small "U" shape.

"Guard platoon, training office, conference room, war room, reference room" Lu Qi introduced as he walked, and finally said when he came to a group of off-white container mobile houses next to the communication tower on the northwest side, "I live here .”

Lu Qi's residence and office are in the same building, with people living upstairs and working downstairs.In addition to the bedroom on the second floor, there is a bathroom with a shower and an open-air balcony; the first floor has an office, a reception room made of two containers, an office for the staff, and a room for the guards to rest.Because each unit uses a container with a length of six meters, a width of three meters, and a height of more than two meters, it looks very large.

He and the guard helped Zhao Xin to the reception room on the first floor and sat down, and then he went to boil water and make tea.Zhao Xin leaned on the sofa and looked around, and saw that the furnishings in the room were similar to the reception rooms of the later companies. The black leather sofa, coffee table, and green plants were all ordinary, except for a picture hanging on the wall. The words made him look twice more.

"Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." The font is in cursive script, the pen is like a dragon and snake, and the clouds and water flow.

Like everyone else, Lu Qi also set up a name.Zhao Xin joked: "Mr. Lu Wuqi, you actually asked Hong Liangji to write Zuo Zongtang's famous quote?"

Lu Qi said: "What's the matter? I think it's pretty good. Doesn't this just explain our career."

Zhao Xin said flatly: "Although I say that, I always feel a little twisted!"

Lu Qi chuckled, and complimented him round the corner: "Sometimes, knowing too much is a pain. Just like you."

The two chattered for a while, and after more than ten minutes, the guard called "Xiao Li" came with the virtuous Daoist Ma, carrying a medicine box in his hand.In fact, there was a military doctor on duty in the military doctor's office in the fortress, and that person used to be a doctor in the Qing army camp who only watched bruises and knife and arrow wounds; but Lu Qi was concerned just now, so he invited this person here.

At this time, Zhao Xin had already taken off his hat, but he hadn't taken off his fake beard.Even so, when Ma Benchu ​​quickly walked into the reception room and saw him, he was still stunned.

No way, when Daochang Ma was captured off the Pearl River and put on board the Thunder God, Zhao Xin had a face-to-face meeting with him.It's just that many years have passed, and Zhao Xin still doesn't remember who he is.But how could Ma Benchu ​​forget this relationship?If it weren't for this great god, he wouldn't have stayed away from Guangdong for many years, and finally came to Jinmen, thousands of miles away.

"Poverty, poverty, horse, horse." Ma Benchu ​​only felt his legs go weak, and his whole body trembled unconsciously.

Seeing the other person's complexion changed drastically, not only stuttering, but also trembling eyebrows and beard, Lu Qi suddenly thought of the relationship between this person and Zhao Xin, so he hurriedly got up, walked in front of the other party in two or three steps, Holding the opponent's arm, he shook his head slightly and said, "Master Ma, I called you here because my friend has a leg injury, please show me."

When Ma Benchu ​​heard Lu Qi say "friend" and saw him staring at him, his heart froze, and he immediately understood what was going on, dare to love Zhao Wang, this is Bailongyufu!
But he changed his mind and thought again, no, I didn't hear that there was a boat coming today!Could it be that the rumors heard back then in the land of Xizi turned out to be true, that King Zhao possessed the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth?

Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, there are really living gods!Ask silently, Zhao Wang, do you accept apprentices?
At this time, Zhao Xin had already taken off the shoe and sock on his right foot, and slowly lifted up the trouser leg, only to see that the area above the ankle had turned purple.Ma Benchu ​​looked down for a moment, then lightly touched it a few times with his hands. Seeing the bruise, he couldn't help but thump in his heart: "It's not from falling, it's from being kicked!"

Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!Who is so bold, dare to attack this person?Ma Benchu ​​felt apprehensive, and secretly mourned for the unknown assailant.

"Master Dao, is the problem serious?" Zhao Xin's tone was very relaxed.

When Ma Benchu ​​came to his senses, he didn't dare to look directly, and said in a very humble tone: "It's okay, Pindao brought a homemade plaster, which is specially used to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Apply hot compresses in the morning and evening, and it only takes three days for the swelling and pain to disappear .”

"Three days? How long will it take?"

Hearing Lu Qi's exclamation, Ma Benchu ​​shuddered, and hastily added: "Actually, it will be fine tomorrow, and walking is not a problem. It's just that it takes three days to get rid of the blood stasis."

Zhao Xin felt that it was too much trouble to apply the plaster, so he said to Lu Qi: "Forget it, do you have a refrigerator here? Find me a piece of frozen meat or something, just apply a cold compress."

"No!" Ma Benchu ​​still knew about this. The Beihai Navy would use cold compresses when they were injured during training.He hurriedly explained: "Mr. Bi doesn't know something. There is a saying that the cold will stagnate, Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Cold compresses are only effective for a short time, and then you need to use fire moxa needles to expel the cold and damp, otherwise you will take advantage of the emptiness. , deep into the joints and five internal organs, the so-called 'opening the door to keep the bandits' is nothing more than this."

Zhao Xin nodded after listening.It has been so long since the eighteenth century, and he no longer worships Western medicine as much as he used to, so he said, "Okay! Just follow the Taoist priest's advice and put on the plaster."

Feeling relieved, Ma Benchu ​​took the plaster from the medicine box, and asked someone to pour a pot of hot water to soften the plaster with hot steam, then wiped Zhao Xin's wound with a hot towel, and pasted the plaster with his own hands. Don't stop until there is no wrinkle on the surface.

Before leaving, he also specifically explained the dietary taboos.Zhao Xin expressed his gratitude very politely, which made Ma Benchu's eyes moist and almost cried.

When he went out with the guards, Lu Qi smiled and said, "Do you know who he is?"

"Who?" Zhao Xin was at a loss, but when Lu Qi talked about what happened back then, he suddenly realized, and said with emotion: "It turned out to be him!"

Ten minutes later, when Ma Benchu ​​returned to his Taoist temple located in the southeast of the fort, his face was flushed and beaming.The two apprentices who were in charge of looking after the house saw them and asked, "Master, what happened to this?"

"Hehe, as a teacher, I met a great person today. It's so precious!" Ma Benchu ​​and his two apprentices have been in the regiment to keep warm together since they were in Ezo. They are not so much masters and apprentices as relatives. So apart from the embarrassing things in the past, there is nothing to hide from each other.

"Oh?" The two disciples looked at each other, thinking to themselves, besides Chief Lu, who else is the biggest and highest official in Kinmen?Or that group of generals?But that's not too expensive.

When the two disciples asked again, Ma Benchu ​​just waved his hands in an inscrutable manner, and just said, "Don't say it." Because he was in a good mood, he ate an extra bowl for dinner that day.

At dusk, Zhao Xin changed into a military uniform without rank, and went to the balcony on the second floor with Lu Qi, sitting at a small round table and chatting casually while eating the meal ordered by the guards from the cafeteria.

"There," Lu Qi raised his chin and gestured to the west, and continued: "The telecommunications room, medical room, power generation room, military police and military logistics are all over there."

"The prefabricated houses you prepared at the beginning were really right. This place occupies a place, so there is nothing you want. The trees have to be cut in the mountains across the strait, and the soil quality is not suitable for firing bricks. There is a mining site more than 20 kilometers to the south. Stone quarries, but they are all limestone. In the past, the Spaniards asked the local aborigines to help mine and transport them to paint walls and build houses. I thought it was not easy to use, so I used it as a disinfectant. After the family area is built, it will be used in more places. "

"It's really hard work for you!" Zhao Xin was quite emotional when he heard it.

Compared with a year ago, Lu Qi is a different person now. He has lost a lot of weight, and his complexion has become dark and rosy. He is much leaner than before.He has short inch-length hair on his head, and the muscles on his exposed forearms are knotted, and he looks like he has been exercising a lot.

Hearing the boss's approval, Lu Qi pretended to be modest and said: "It's nothing. It's much easier than it was before."

Zhao Xin asked, "By the way, where are the Spanish prisoners of war?"

Lu Qi said proudly: "There are thousands of people under the San Bruno Mountain in the south! I sent two companies to watch them. Don't worry, none of them can escape."

"What about the general?"

"There!" Lu Qi pointed to a prefab on the east side of the fort. "Delicious food, good drinks, good hospitality, one hour a day to let the wind go, and one shift to handle 24 hours a day."

Zhao Xin picked up the binoculars on the table and looked east, and saw two soldiers with guns standing at the door of the house, and there were two more on the platform above the roof, so he nodded in satisfaction.

"The Spaniard is sure to arrive tomorrow?"

"It's not too far away. I'll arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I put a platoon of troops in Santa Cruz to the south, and I also brought a field radio station. When you rest in the afternoon, I received a report that their fleet has passed there. The sea conditions in the past two days are not bad, and the distance of [-] nautical miles is not too far."

"How many boats have come?"

"Two, the Manila galleons. We sank one when we fought the Spaniards."

"Oh!"

Afterwards, Zhao Xin asked about the Lushui Plain and the gold mine, and then said to Lu Qi: "I know you are busy, but the Spaniards need us to show up together. My identity is that of the Beihai Town School." The envoy came. I will deal with the Russians alone."

Lu Qi nodded, and casually said: "Understood. The Russians are simple. They just want to set up a company and want us to buy shares."

"No." Zhao Xin lit a cigarette, shook his head, and said, "This matter is not as simple as you think. On the surface, it seems that Russian businessmen want to monopolize the fur trade in Alaska, but in fact it is the ownership of Northwest North America. Territorial delineation will also form the basis at this time."

"Oh? All ears."

"Siberia was occupied by us, and the outlet of Okhotsk was also lost. The Russian government was not reconciled, and neither were the fur traders. They couldn't rely on Tsarist Russia, so they wanted to hug our thighs. The British lost [-] North America The old empire Spain is not reconciled, the problem is that they are now on the same boat as the British to deal with France, and the blacks in Haiti are rioting again. For the time being, they have no time to look north."

Lu Qi interjected: "You mean, our enemies are the British and the Spaniards?"

Zhao Xindao: "There is also the United States. Didn't you mention Robert Gray in your previous call? Although they don't have official status, they have already bought a piece of land on Vancouver Island, and the area is not small."

He then told Rucci about the origins of Oregon and Washington State.Although Lu Qi couldn't help nodding, he felt a little disapproving in his heart.

To be honest, the reason why he decided to join the committee at the beginning was not only because of his relationship with women, but also because he wanted to prove himself by doing a career in this time and space.Otherwise, why would he take the initiative to come to North America? Wouldn't it be better to stay in Beihai Town?

Now that he has decided to come, he will definitely do his homework in advance. He has read a lot of information on the history, geography, and surrounding forces of western North America in the eighteenth century.He admits that he doesn't read as many books as Zhao Xin, but isn't his main mission here to make gold?

Okay!The gold mine has not been built yet, which makes him engage in Vancouver Island.After a few days of negotiations, this guy patted his ass and left, leaving all the troubles to himself, and he is not superficial.

Thinking of this, he finally couldn't help but shouted loudly: "The stall is too big! Brother, I am too busy with the affairs of Lushui Plain and Coloma. Up to now, there are only less than 5000 people in my place. Don't move!"

What Zhao Xin was talking about was on the rise, but he was suddenly stunned, and he was stunned.He couldn't help squinting his eyes and looking at Lu Qi, feeling very upset.In fact, he is a bit difficult for others. With the strength of Beihai Town, if he is free in a few years, what if the United States claims Oregon?The Beihai Navy ruled all kinds of dissatisfaction.

After Lu Qi finished speaking, he also felt that he had gone too far, and Zhao Xin's gaze made him feel restless again, so he sighed and said, "Brother, I really can't take care of it. I haven't been back for a year because of the gold mine."

Both of them fell into silence afterwards. After a while, in order to relieve the embarrassment, Zhao Xin found a topic and asked, "By the way, when I came here, I passed by the small hill in the south, and I saw a young man from a distance. The officer was with the Indian girl as if on a date."

"Oh, that should be He Xiyang." Lu Qi forced a smile on his face and said, "It's He Xiwen's eldest son."