1855 United States Tycoon

Since completing the loan negotiations with the Manchu and Qing Dynasty and signing the "Bachi Agreement", Chen Bachi has carried this honor and is honored as a senior consultant of McDonald's Infantry Weapons Company and a senior consultant of Heishui Security Company. retired. Together, these two positions can bring him more than 20,000 U.S. dollars in income each year. This made Chen Bachi suddenly become a rich man.

Overlord of Chu once said: "Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown. Who knows it!" Chen Bachi, who hadn't read anything about this allusion, didn't know it, but Chen Bachi did have this kind of psychology. Of course, it is not entirely correct to say that Chen Bachi has never read a book. In fact, after arriving in Heishui, Chen Bachi still received some education. If nothing else, English education is absolutely indispensable. In addition, some work in Heishui is by no means a completely illiterate person. For example, the artillery related technology requires a lot of knowledge in mathematics. So, to be honest, although Chen Bachi's education level is not considered high in United States, he still has the level of elementary school graduation.

Now that he had such thoughts, Chen Bachi found some time, took his own Irish wife, and went back to his hometown with his three sons. In any case, the ancestral grave still has to go back to worship. But on this issue, his wife and sons had a little conflict with him.

Chen Bachi’s wife is a devout Catholic (most Irish people believe in Catholicism, which is also one of the important reasons why Irish people have always been in trouble with the British and are always regarded as non-nationals by the British), Chen Bachi Well, it was originally a believer in the God Society. Later, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom launched a chaotic killing of the Heavenly Father and the Son, Chen Bachi, like other Taiping troops, didn't believe in these things anymore. After arriving in the United States and joining Heishui, Chen Bachi found that in the United States, it is really difficult to believe in God, and as soon as his original doctrines of God’s society are said, the unanimous reaction of the people around them is " Heresy! Even more heresy than Mormonism!" Then a lot of enthusiastic people came to persuade Chen Bachi to abandon the wrong heretical beliefs and return to orthodoxy. Of course, there is no unanimous opinion about what is orthodoxy and the quarrels, because there are as many faith sects in Heishui in a mess. There are various Protestants in the United States tradition, as well as the traditional Catholicism in Europe. There are even two Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe. But in the end, because of his sister, Chen Bachi still believed in the most traditional Catholicism. Of course, Chen Bachi’s letter can only be regarded as a false letter.

But Chen Bachi’s Irish wife is different, she is a true Catholic. Chen Bachi was running outside all day, and the three children were of course left to his wife. As a result, the three little guys were naturally educated by the Irish wife to become authentic Catholics.

As Catholics, they are not opposed to returning home to see the graves of their ancestors. But if you want to give incense to your ancestors or bow down or something, those ignorant guys will immediately stop doing it. Chen Bachi was so angry that he almost went to the court to divorce the lady-in-law. Of course, this is just thinking about it. Anyway, until the end, Chen Bachi couldn't settle the elm-headed lady and the three stinky boys. So I just left them behind and went back to my hometown by myself, so that my ancestors didn't get upset when they saw these stupid things.So Chen Bachi went back to his hometown alone. Of course, the so-called one person means that he did not bring his family, and other people still brought a lot of them. First of all, he still brought a group of bodyguards, although most of these so-called bodyguards were mostly white homeless men hired by Chen Ba-chi for a few small dollars in Hong Kong plus Indian Asan. The level of professional technology is simply terrible. It's unsightly. In the words of Chen Bachiown: "Don't look at me when I am old, but give me two pistols, I can put all these guys down by myself. Even if they have guns in their hands." Honestly, Chen Bachi brought these people mainly to show off and show off. Especially to show off in front of the talented master in the village.

In addition to bringing a group of foreigners, Chen Bachi also hired a translator in Hong Kong. To be honest, Chen Bachi has stayed in United States for so long, and his English is so simple, so Chen Bachi does not need any translation at all to talk to those foreigners. However, Chen Guang still invited one, because if there is something to negotiate with the local authorities, it is of course best to let the white skins below come forward. There is no local government in this era that is not afraid of foreigners. It's just that when foreigners are dealing with local officials, they still need translation. At this time, Chen Bachi can't condescend to be an interpreter for those homeless people and Indian Asan, right? So he hired a man named Li Chongguang who was said to have studied at the Hong Kong Academy of Western Medicine. His English was quite good, and he was still clever.

To be honest, Chen Bachi was still a criminal in the Qing Dynasty. Because he is a nonchalant "Guangxi old thief". Later, as a representative of the Macdonald consortium, Chen Bachi even directly dealt with the highest-level guys in the Manchu and Qing dynasties and signed an agreement. Of course, the senior officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty knew Chen Bachi’s identity as a “Big Bandit”, but considering that Chen Bachi was already a “Foreigner”, and he was also a “Foreigner” among the “Foreigners”. So although it is inevitable to buy two sentences behind "forget the traitors of the ancestors" or "the villain gets the aspirations, the monkeys are crowned", but in front of him, everyone should be polite to him, as for him. He is a "professional bandit", and the investigation of his criminal responsibility is even more so that no one will bring up.

But if the high-level does not mention it, it may not necessarily be ignored by the people below. There is no prosecution period for the pursuit of "fat bandits". The guys above also forgot to inform the people below that Chen Bachi is now a "Foreign Lord" and cannot be held accountable any more. Therefore, when Chen Bachi returned to his hometown, things really happened.

Chen Bachi and his party hired a boat in Guangzhou to go upstream along the Pearl River. After walking for several days, he finally arrived near his hometown.

His hometown is in Jiangkou Town, Guiping, not far from Jintian, where the hairy incident occurred. It used to be one of the areas where God worship activities were active. Chen Bachi was here when he followed his own Big Brother to enter the God worship service. On the road of rebellion. Now Big Brother has been killed in the battle for many years, and Chen Bachi, his hometown of Jiangkou Town, has not returned for decades. As the boat got closer and closer to the Qingshi Wharf in Jiangkou Town, Chen Bachi suddenly felt a sense of closeness to nostalgia, and he dared not look outside.

The boat stopped steadily on the dock, and Chen Bachi walked out of the cabin and looked around. Although I haven't returned for decades, Jiangkou Town is still the same, almost unchanged. Chen Bachi even noticed that the bluestone slab on the pier was still the one he remembered before. When he was young, he and Big Brother would often come here to play. Back then, they would often dip their hands in the river water to make it smooth and smooth. Draw and play on the bluestone slab.

As he remembered the story of this bluestone slab, and various other stories that Chen Bachi thought he had forgotten, almost instantly came to his mind. Under the mixed sorrow and joy, I couldn't make any progress for a while.

"Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen... Are you okay?" The translator named Li Chongguang who was following him asked very worried. These days, he and Chen Bachi stayed on the boat and had nothing to do. Chen Bachi asked him about domestic matters, and Li Chongguang would also ask him about United States, especially United States. Those college things. Hearing from him, he saved some money and plans to come to United States to study. After going back and forth like this, the two became familiar with each other.

"It's okay, I just remembered some things from the past." After all, Chen Bachi was a person who had seen a lot of great worlds, and he immediately stabilized his emotions. He glanced at the pier again and then took the lead to step onto the trembling wooden springboard and walk ashore.

Chen Bachi’s former residence (according to Chen Bachi’s current historical influence, it seems that the term can be used reluctantly) is in the back streets, but the house was originally small and small, and I was afraid that it could not accommodate so many people. After Dage rebelled and left, this place must have changed its owner. Chen Bachi thought for a while, but decided to find a place to stay in the inn first, and then go back and see for himself.

Chen Bachi remembered that there should be an inn on the street next to Xunjiang, but he still asked Li Chongguang to ask first. After all, it had been several decades, who knew that the inn was still there. Not here.

After a while, Li Chongguang came back. He said to Chen Bachi, "Mr. Chen, the people over there said that the inn you mentioned is still there. Why don't we go there first?"

...

This inn called "Shuntong" is not big. The front is a lobby with a few tables and chairs. It seems to be doing food and beverage business. The back is a patio and surrounded by several guest rooms.

When Chen Bachi and the others walked into the inn, the shopkeeper was thinking about it behind the counter. Although someone came in, he didn't look up seriously. Until Li Chongguang stepped forward and leaned on the counter and shouted: "The shopkeeper, do you have a room?"

"Yes, there are four more rooms." The shopkeeper and accountant raised his head, glanced at Li Zhongguang, and asked, "How many rooms do you want?"

"Eight people need four rooms." Li Chongguang replied.

"Who are these people, where are they coming from, and where are they going?" The shopkeeper helped the reading glasses and continued to ask. In my Qing Dynasty, staying in an inn was originally a guide, but over the years, the government's control over the place has become weaker and weaker. In many cases, people who open an inn are too lazy. However, some basic registration is required.

"Chen Guang, go back to the hometown and go to the grave. These are my attachés." Chen Bachi replied.

"Ah." The shopkeeper wrote down Chen Bachi's name and asked, "Then what are their names?"

"This is George Bush, this is Cameron, and this is Mitterrand..."

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