The sun never sets in America

Chapter 48 Liu Family 3
"Why haven't the eldest and fourth sons come here yet? Are they going somewhere to play again?" An sat at the dining table. Although there were a dazzling array of dishes on the table, her eyes kept staring at the door while watching. , while asking Liu Yan beside him.

"Oh, Peng'er is in power now and is in charge of the entire city of Los Angeles. How could he be so incompetent?" After hearing this, Liu Yan replied to An with some dissatisfaction, "Don't always treat Peng'er like a child. This kid is almost as good at fighting as his father. From now on, when you talk to him, you must treat him as an adult, and you can't talk to him in a child's tone anymore!!" Liu Yan educated An. In his opinion, Liu Peng is engaged. Although he has not married yet, he can still be considered a man. What's more, he has fought so many battles these days, captured the city of Los Angeles, defended the city of Los Angeles, and even defeated the California coalition forces. Which time was it not Liu Peng's? Credit, in Liu Yan's eyes...Liu Peng has long been an adult, but in the Liu Family Fort, he is the only person who is second to him, and in some aspects, even more important than himself.

After all, Liu Yan was almost fifty years old. In his early years, his family was poor and he could not afford a wife. After he became a pirate, it took several years before he married the daughter of a small landowner like the An family, and then gave birth to a child. He married Liu Peng... and then he ran to North America. In order to gain a foothold, he married two Indian women. Then because he needed to learn foreign languages, he married Mira, who was a Spanish singer, whose mother was Liu Ailin.

Compared with the previous times, when he married Mira for the last time, he admitted that he was tempted and lustful.

If among these children, who is the most favored by Liu Yan, it is undoubtedly his eldest son and the most promising son Liu Peng, so Liu Yan always maintains Liu Peng's face as the eldest son... Even An's In this way, he will give warnings.

"Hey Liu Yan, wasn't Peng'er born to me in ten months of pregnancy?" Hearing Liu Yan's words, An became angry and retorted to Liu Yan on the spot, "I'm just such a son, no?" Like you, you have a lot of wives and children." Anshi directly turned the topic to Liu Yan's many little wives.

"You, why are you so unreasonable?" Liu Yan looked at the unreasonable An, and then replied helplessly.

"Am I being unreasonable?" When Anshi heard this, she immediately became even more angry, "Okay, now I think I am being unreasonable. Why didn't you tell me before you married me? Why was my father so frightened that he fell in love with you? !" An Shi pointed at Liu Yan and scolded her, revealing all the things that happened at the beginning.

"What did you say at the beginning, you only love me, and now, I have married three people!!" Anshi grabbed Liu Yan's pigtails and said, "Why is my life so miserable, meeting someone like you?" A heartless guy..." An started to cry, constantly criticizing Liu Yan, as if Liu Yan was some kind of heartless man.

"You..." Liu Yan was so overwhelmed by An's behavior that he was immediately at a loss.

"Father, mother..."

Just when Liu Yan fell into the whirlpool, Liu Peng's voice came from outside the door.

Liu Yan was immediately pulled back from family disputes.

"Peng'er, you're back." Before Liu Yan could speak, An said to Liu Peng first, "You've lost weight. You must not have eaten well in Los Angeles." An stood up and pulled Liu Peng to her side. He looked left and right, and even touched Liu Peng's face. The eyes he looked at Liu Peng were full of love.

"Mom, I'm fine." Liu Peng looked at An, who was caring about him, and sighed in his heart, and then comforted him, "Look, I'm getting to know you now!!" Liu Peng lifted up his sleeves, revealing that he was tired of exercising. , and arms with obvious muscle lines for drumming.

"Humph, you know how to show off..." An looked at the muscles on Liu Peng's arms, poked Liu Peng's head with his finger, and said to Liu Peng in an educational tone.

"Okay, okay, it's time to eat. Peng'er finally came back, and you still won't let him have a good meal." Liu Yan interrupted what An was about to say, "Come, son, come to dad's side. Let's have a few drinks together." Liu Yan stretched out his hand, pointed at the seat next to him, and greeted Liu Peng.

Liu Peng heard this and sat next to his father Liu Yan.

"Come on, this jug of wine was brought from China back then, but it's been a while." Liu Yan poured the wine from the jug made of suet jade on the table into Liu Peng's cup, and gave it to Liu Peng. Pour the wine and talk about the origin of the wine.

"As young as the child is, you let him drink." Watching Liu Yan pour wine for Liu Peng, An frowned and said, "Don't drink Peng'er bad." An said to Liu Yan with a worried look on his face, In An's heart, Liu Peng was still the child who needed her to coax him to sleep.

"What do you, a woman, know?" When Liu Yan heard An's words, he replied with some dissatisfaction, "Peng'er is a man now. What kind of man is this man if he doesn't drink?" Liu Yan said in front of everyone. , putting Liu Peng on the same identity and status as himself, in fact, it also tells everyone in the family invisibly that Liu Peng is the second man in their family, and besides him, Liu Peng has the highest status...

"Come on, son, take one." Liu Yan directly picked up the full wine glass and toasted to Liu Peng.

"Dad, please!!" Liu Peng picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Liu Peng's wine glass. During the clinking process, Liu Peng's wine glass was a little shorter than Liu Yan's wine glass to show respect for his father Liu Yan. "I've done it, you can do whatever you want." After clinking the glasses, Liu Peng picked up the glass and drank it down in one gulp. It was smooth and not sloppy at all.

"What a good boy, you are worthy of me, you just have the courage." Liu Yan looked at Liu Peng who drank all the wine in one gulp, and praised with relief, and then drank the wine in the wine glass himself.

"Here, have another drink." Liu Yan then filled Liu Peng's wine glass again and said to Liu Peng with a smile.

"Son, don't listen to your father's nonsense. This wine is not a good thing. Just drink one glass." An saw Liu Yan pouring another glass to Liu Peng and immediately advised Liu Peng, "You can drink it yourself." Now, you have to bring up your son..." Anshi then accused Liu Yan again.

"Don't listen to your mother, come on, have another drink..." Liu Yan ignored An at all, but continued to persuade Liu Peng to drink with a smile on his face, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Dad, please!!" Liu Peng glanced at his mother, An, who had been telling him not to drink. He nodded first, and then looked at his father, Liu Yan, who looked expectantly at him. He picked up the wine glass and drank it down again. .

"Haha...good, good!!" Liu Yan smiled from ear to ear when he saw Liu Peng finishing his drink. He said three good words in a row, which showed how happy he was in his heart. Then he picked up the wine glass and drank. Clean and tidy.

After drinking, his face was rosy and he could not stop smiling.

"Come, son, tell your father how the city of Los Angeles is doing and whether it's okay to take care of it." Liu Yan put food in Liu Peng's bowl while talking about the problems in the city of Los Angeles.

"Peng'er finally came back for a meal. You can't talk about your official business after eating. You are not busy enough in the study room in the front yard every day..." An said to Liu Yan with some dissatisfaction. In her opinion, It's really outrageous that my son finally came back and drank and talked about business.

"Mom, there are a lot of fun things in Los Angeles!" Liu Peng looked at his dissatisfied mother An, and brought the topic to interesting places in Los Angeles, "This Los Angeles is very different from our Liujiapu. , is a big city where blond foreigners live, and the food is different from ours. At night, there are circus performances and Spanish operas..." Liu Peng told everyone at the table about Los Angeles The story of the city, the things they had never heard of before, deeply attracted everyone. Even Mira, a former singer, showed a longing expression when she heard about the opera house.

For a wild girl like her, the Opera House was a palace of art, a place she had always wanted to go to in her dreams.

"Brother, what else is there?" Liu Ailin asked Liu Peng excitedly after listening.

The two younger brothers at the table, Liu Ming and Liu Tian, ​​also looked at Liu Peng, with curiosity in their eyes. However, compared to Liu Tian's blatant behavior, Liu Ming acted a little casually, as if he didn't care. But it can be seen from the movements of his hands and the eyes that keep peeking at Liu Peng... Liu Ming is as curious about the outside world as Liu Ailin and Liu Tian, ​​but due to Liu Ming's personality, he is not like the other two He showed his preferences without any scruples, even his joys and sorrows, but kept them deeply in his heart.

"In Los Angeles, there are also schools for foreigners, which teach geography, Spanish, English, science, etc..." Liu Peng continued to tell everyone at the table about education issues in Los Angeles, "Of course, these professional schools Tuition fees are generally very expensive, and ordinary foreigners cannot afford to go to school themselves. They mainly go to church schools." In fact, this is also the norm in this era. After all, in an era when education was not universal, education has always been a scarce resource. Those who were monopolized by others and enjoyed education were mainly aristocrats and rich people in this era. As for children from ordinary families, they generally studied in the Christian church, and learned some basic literature, as well as mathematical knowledge... Only the requirements As long as they can complete the most basic work, as for the higher ones, that's none of their business...

This is a matter for the nobles and the rich! !
"The church, is it the temple of those foreign monks..." Liu Tian asked Liu Peng about the church.

"That's not called a foreign monk temple, that's called a church. Besides, he's not called a foreign monk, he's a priest." Liu Ming, who had never spoken before, suddenly spoke up and retorted after Liu Tian finished speaking.

"Second brother is right, it is indeed called a church." After listening to Liu Ming's words, Liu Peng glanced at Liu Ming in surprise, then showed an expression of appreciation and acknowledged Liu Ming.After hearing that Liu Peng recognized him, Liu Ming's face showed a smile that he had never seen before, and even his whole person became more energetic... This shows how great Liu Peng's status is in Liu Ming's heart. .

In fact, Liu Ming has always regarded Liu Peng as a role model to learn from. When Liu Peng won a battle on the front line, he could not help but be happy. After Liu Peng captured Los Angeles, Liu Ming would even imagine that if he captured Los Angeles, what would he be like? What a scene... And when Liu Peng defeated the Californian coalition, which had a much larger number than the Los Angeles defenders, Liu Peng's status in Liu Ming's heart reached an unprecedented level... From then on, Liu Ming's heart , I have only one goal, to be a hero like my eldest brother Liu Peng in the future.

Therefore, Liu Ming's hard work in study did not appear out of thin air. He relied on his eldest brother Liu Peng, who was regarded as a role model...

Even after hearing that Liu Peng liked to hunt on horseback, Liu Ming often took his entourage to hunt in the nearby mountains and forests. Although the effect was not great and he did not catch many prey, he was recognized by his father Liu Yan and became more determined. Liu Ming learns Liu Peng's ideas! !
"Second brother, third brother, what have you two been studying recently?" Liu Peng looked at his two younger brothers, suddenly became interested in their studies, and asked immediately.

Even Liu Yan cast his gaze over when he heard this.

"Brother, I recently studied English and American history with Mr. Tom." Liu Tian replied without thinking to Liu Peng and his father Liu Yan who came over.

"Dad, brother, I have been studying some articles about Warring States policy theory with Mr. Jiang recently!" Compared with the careless Liu Tian, ​​Liu Ming's attitude was much more respectful when he spoke. He not only said hello to Liu Peng, but also said hello to Liu Yan He also said hello, and more importantly, when addressing him, he also put Liu Yan in front to show respect for his father.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Ming finished speaking, Liu Yan smiled and nodded to Liu Ming, with a trace of love and satisfaction in his eyes.

When he looked at Liu Tian, ​​who was still smiling playfully, his expression became a little gloomy, and he sighed in his heart. Then he looked at Liu Peng and Liu Ming, and felt much better.

"Third brother, you just said that you have been studying American history recently. Let me give you a test." Liu Peng then looked at Liu Tian and said, "Why does the United States want to become independent from the British Empire?" Liu Peng stared at Liu Tian and asked, his eyes , with a hint of expectation.

After hearing this, Liu Yan first looked at Liu Peng, and then placed his eyes on Liu Tian. There was a hint of expectation in his eyes. After all, no matter how naughty Liu Tian was, he was still his son, and he was still his youngest son. , Liu Yan's love for him is no less than that of Liu Peng, but he just doesn't show it at ordinary times...

"Sir, he said it was taxes. The British collected too many taxes, so the Americans rebelled." Without thinking, Liu Tian stated the theory that Tom taught him.

"Brother Ming, why do you think it is?" Liu Peng sighed inwardly after hearing this, and then focused on Liu Ming, hoping to get a different answer from Liu Ming.

Liu Yan on the side looked even more complicated after hearing what Liu Tian just said. He just ate the food in the bowl and didn't know what he was thinking.

Only Liu Tian’s mother, the third wife Anna, still looked at Liu Tian with satisfied eyes. In her opinion, Liu Tian at his age could answer fluent questions in front of so many people, which was already very good. She even went to Liu Tian He put some lobster meat in his bowl, touched Liu Tian’s round little head, and motioned for him to continue eating...

"I think it's interests!" Liu Ming thought for a while and said to Liu Peng and Liu Yan, "The entanglement of interests between the British Empire's native and colonial emerging forces has led to the collapse of their relationship. Taxation is just a reason, or Tell me a trigger. The real reason is profit." Liu Ming continued to answer Liu Peng and Liu Yan. After finishing speaking, a cautious expression appeared on his face, fearing that he might have said something wrong.

"So what interests or other relationship do Ming think we have with the Republic of Mexico?" After Liu Peng listened to Liu Ming's words, he did not continue the previous question, but changed the subject and turned the conversation to the Republic of Mexico.

Liu Yan, who was silent on the side, showed a happy smile after Liu Ming finished what he just said, and then looked at Liu Ming with expectant eyes, hoping that he would be the same as before.

"We are enemies now, and we will still be enemies in the future. It's just that we need to relax in the middle." Liu Ming felt the looks of Liu Peng and his father Liu Yan looking at him, and then he mustered up the courage to say, "We are enemies now because we occupied The California region occupies the capital city of Los Angeles. Even if those foreigners from the Republic of Mexico don't have the courage, as long as they look at the map and the size of California, they will not give up this vast land..." Liu Ming told the two men. With the current situation in California, there may even be another war.

Liu Peng heard this and nodded involuntarily. Even if he agreed, he also thought so. After all, although the white coalition forces in California were eliminated this time and the Indians were united to suppress the white people in California, it did not mean that the Republic of Mexico would not fight back. , after all, as Liu Ming said, where is the large piece of land in California? As long as the Mexicans are not stupid, and as long as the Mexican high-level officials are not Wanyan Gou, they cannot turn a blind eye and let Liu Jiabao and the Indians occupy it. And there was no reaction at all...

"As for easing, that's the reality." Liu Ming continued to tell Liu Peng and Liu Yan, "After all, our Liujiabao has just acquired a big city like Los Angeles. The California area has not yet been completely settled. Many places need to rely on the help of Indian tribes to maintain Rule, although my eldest brother and my father have organized and trained many armies, it will take time after all. What's more, my eldest brother and my father should know that there is a behemoth above us. If we really fight the Mexicans and kill the earth, it will be dark and it will be cheap. It must be that condescending monster..." The more Liu Ming spoke, the more clearly he became clear. As for the monster in Liu Ming's mouth, who is the monster... Of course, it is the United States that continues to expand westward.

"In this way, easing off on Mexico, and even jointly resisting powerful enemies to a certain extent, is what we should do now." Liu Ming once again said to his eldest brother Liu Peng and father Liu Yan, "But I guess it is not possible now, we have to put those The Mexicans will be so beaten that they will not dare to attack us for decades to come." When Liu Ming said this, his eyes became sharper.

"Then according to what you said, Brother Ming, since it has been relieved, why are we still enemies in the end? What's the point?" Liu Peng actually understood what Liu Yan meant, and just looked at Liu with a test mentality. Yan continued to ask.

Liu Yan on the side glanced at Liu Peng, and then continued to focus on Liu Ming.

"We are located on the west coast of North America. Up there, there is the United States, a newly rising power, and next to it is Canada, a colony of the British Empire..." After Liu Ming heard this, he knew that Liu Peng wanted to test him, so he put what he thought was America The situation has been explained, "In this way, the best aspect of expansion is the Republic of Mexico. Only by swallowing up the Republic of Mexico will we, Liujiapu, have the confidence and confidence to compete with the United States in the Americas in the future..." Liu Ming said When he was here, he was even a little excited, the tone of his speech was raised, his face was a little red, and his chest was rising and falling, which showed how much Liu Ming was feeling in his heart...

"Who taught Brother Ming these things?" After listening to this, Liu Peng became interested in the origin of Liu Ming's knowledge, "Is it Jiang Aimin?" In Liu Peng's view, Liu Ming is not a time traveler like himself. , I must have learned this trick from that old master Jiang Aimin.

"Part of it was taught by Mr. Jiang, and part of it came from my own thinking by looking at maps and history." Liu Ming replied a little embarrassed, with an uneasy expression on his face, for fear that something he said was wrong. In Liu Peng's heart, , left a bad impression. Even now, even Liu Yan, the father, does not have as high a status in Liu Ming's heart as Liu Peng. This can be seen from the fact that Liu Ming carefully considered every word and every sentence when Liu Peng asked questions.

"Father, Brother Ming is so smart, he is really a blessing to my Liu family." After Liu Ming finished explaining, Liu Peng turned his head and praised Liu Yan sitting next to him with a smile. This was not Liu Peng's hypocrisy, but sincerity. Liu Ming was praised for being able to see clearly situations that many adults cannot see clearly through self-study, which shows that Liu Ming is indeed smart.

"Haha..." After hearing Liu Peng praising his younger brother Liu Ming for being smart, Liu Yan burst out laughing happily, with joy from the heart on his face, "I, Liu Yan, have been in water and fire in my life. , I don’t know how many hardships I have gone through before I have the foundation I have today..." Liu Yan looked at his sons and lamented the difficulty of starting his own business.

"Since ancient times, it has been easy to conquer the world, but difficult to defend it..." Liu Yan continued to express his feelings to Liu Peng and others, "My only hope is that you three brothers can unite sincerely and carry forward the foundation of my Liu family. "Liu Yan warned Liu Peng, Liu Ming, and Liu Tian with a serious expression. His tone was very solemn. Finally, Liu Yan focused on Liu Peng. There was warning, love, and a sense of entrustment in his eyes. Feel.

"Yes, father, I will definitely carry forward the Liu family's foundation and let our ancestors see how brilliant the Liu family will be in the future!!" Liu Peng promised his father Liu Yan loudly.

"You two must assist your brother well in the future and shine the lintel of my Liu family..." After listening to Liu Peng's words, Liu Yan nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his eyes to Liu Ming and Liu Tian.

"Please rest assured, father, I will definitely help my eldest brother to honor the lintel of my Liu family and glorify my Liu family fortress!!" Liu Ming was the first to stand up and promised Liu Yan with a clasped fist, his expression extremely serious.

"I, I am the same as my second brother..." Liu Tian saw his father looking at him in a panic and replied.

"Okay, okay!!!" Liu Yan happily said three good words after hearing this, "Remember, remember, brothers, friends, brothers, respect each other, and the family works together, only then can our Liu family be prosperous forever!!" Liu Yan then said to Liu again Peng and the others gave some serious instructions.

"It's...Father!!"

Liu Peng, Liu Ming, and Liu Tian agreed in unison.

(End of this chapter)