I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

After traversing the Xianbeili Plain with difficulty, Maria and her party first arrived at Hailanpao and laid wreaths to the Chinese who died in the "Hailanpao tragedy".

Princess Maria personally burned the paper money in the shape of a hole and read a confession in jerky Chinese.

In the end, the photo of her kneeling in front of the tombstone suddenly in the snowstorm was permanently frozen by the camera of the reporter from the Heishuidu Guard Force.

Later, some people called this kneeling the first kneeling of the century when the Romans regained their conscience, but some imperial Russians called it the humble knee offered by a weak woman to the oriental barbarians.

But in any case, Maria knelt down on her own initiative, which really made some officials in the mission to be at a loss.

But Maria is the Imperial Princess and Queen of Greece, and no one can defy her will.

After presenting flowers in Hailanpao, the Ming mission took the grain and oil train of Heishui Duhufu to Jinzhouwei, where they took a boat to Shanghai, and then transferred to Fengdu.

When crossing the Northeast Plain, the fast, efficient and stable grain and oil train left a deep impression on the members of the Ming Mission.

Many of them have taken the intercity train from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

But compared with the Ming Dynasty railway, the low-cost transportation channel between Moscow and St. Petersburg can only be called gray livestock.

All the envoys thought that only the greatest lighthouse in the world could build such a miraculous railway in such a cold land.

Although the original intention of this railway is only to realize the transportation of grain from the north to the south, it is just a reverse operation with the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

In short, after seeing the terrifying infrastructure level of the Ming Empire, they have more confidence in the future of the Mingluo-Xianbeilia Railway.

……

"Fuck?"

"It's really hairy!"

"Do hairy women also have a lot of hair?"

"It shouldn't be, I haven't seen it in Seattle... Hey, daughter-in-law, don't worry, don't worry, I went there once out of curiosity, I went with Zhang San, I just took a look, just took a look... "

The people of Daming are still as hospitable as ever!

Maria rested her chin on one hand and looked at the street scene curiously. The elegant words in her ears made her feel very high-end.

She felt that the prosperity of Shanghai was no less than that of Xinhu. It was so beautiful that she couldn't get enough of it.

Of course, what she compared was Xinhu eight years ago.

But in eight years, how much can the appearance of the city change?

Anyway, in Maria's eyes, Moscow hasn't changed much in the past eight years.

But Constantinople must have changed a lot.

For example, the Aya Sophia Mosque underwent another renovation and became the Hagia Sophia.

However, it has been changed, and there is not much change in essence.

There is still no clean running water, no clean and fragrant air, no high-end cars and endless bicycle bells.

And these are all in Shanghai.

Shanghai is like this, what will Fengdu look like?

Maria's imagination was interrupted.

Maria remembered the shy big boy in front of her.

His name was Ivan Petrovich Pavlov.

The reason why Princess Maria has an impression of him is because when he was in Hailanpao, he was able to communicate with the military dogs of the local garrison, and was ridiculed by everyone as a "dog whisperer".

Pavlov exudes the breath of poverty.

He was from Ryazan, a small town not far from the Khanate of Tatarstan, and his mother worked as a maid in a wealthy family.

If Alexander II hadn't learned from the Germans after the Franco-Prussian War and allowed children from poor families to go to school for free, it would have been impossible for him to enter St. Petersburg University.

Even so, Pavlov still encountered all kinds of discrimination and ridicule in St. Petersburg University where the children of the rich and powerful walked everywhere.

And the lawyer profession he applied for is a hard-hit area where the children of the rich and powerful gather together.

It is precisely for this reason that he resolutely changed his major last year and went to the less popular and immature Department of Physiology.

This time, he was selected by the Ministry of Education as an envoy, and the mission distributed clothes to Pavlov, otherwise he would not even have a new set of decent clothes.

However, the new clothes could not hide the poverty on his body, and Pavlov was still disgusted and alienated by others in the mission, so he was often sent to do some errands.

For example, queuing.

Maria had no dislike for him.

When she makes friends, she doesn't care whether the other party has money or not, anyway, they are not as rich as she is.

They also don't care whether the other party is respectable or not. Anyway, as long as it is a Russian family, it is not as expensive as her.

So she was the only one who smiled kindly at Pavlov along the way.

This made the young Pavlov feel extremely warm.

It also aroused uncontrollable ripples and restlessness in the young boy's heart.

But he knew very well that he was humble, and even his humble background could not match the noble daughter of Augustus anyway.

The pain in his heart tortured him every night, making him toss and turn, making it difficult to sleep, but he could not see any hope at all.

"His Royal Highness, our registration procedures have not been completed yet, should I inquire?"

Pavlov asked cautiously.

"Ivan, I don't think so."

Maria shook her head, and handed him a big white waffle, "Try it, I promise you will never forget it, it's as sweet as Chak Chak."

Chak Chak is a dessert made of flour and honey. It is a Tatar delicacy and is very popular in the upper class of Russia.

This thing is similar to the Manchu Shaqima, but a little harder.

To be honest, Dabai Mian is certainly not as delicious as Chak Chak, but why is Chak Chak so easy to carry around?

Stuff a handful of white waffles in her pocket, and Maria can eat them all afternoon.

Chapter 823 The Unbelievable Pavlov

Pavlov hid the precious Dabaifu in his sleeve, reluctant to eat it, and prepared to taste it slowly.

"His Royal Highness, I'd better go and ask. Before I came here, I had already learned the elegant dialect of Daming. Listen to...'Tired consumption', 'Crab Crab', 'Niang Xipi'..."

"It's really well said, very authentic!"

Maria was amazed at the young man's gift for languages.

You know, I have listened to the program "Learning Elegant Dialect with Uncle Xia Jiang" and studied it by myself for several years, only then did I have a certain foundation of Daming Elegant Dialect.

From accepting the selection to receiving the notice to go on the road, Pavlov only studied for more than a month at most, right?

She even knows how to say "Niang Xipi".

It's amazing!

No wonder the Ministry of Education selected him as an international student.

What a brain.

Maybe he can really bring some changes to Russia.

Maria gave Pavlov a slight look in her heart, but she still shook her head and said, "There is no need to disturb their work."

"But……"

Maria pointed to the front.

I saw a tall young bright man wearing a neat and decent woolen coat, pulling two cute girls with shofar braids, talking and laughing, crossing the Roman Empire's embassy mission, and jumping in line to go through the verification procedures.

The other Ming people in the queue seemed to be justified, and no one spoke out to criticize.

It even seemed to cast respectful glances at the young man.

Even the civil servants who went through the formalities were very respectful. After checking, they even stood up and saluted him before opening the gate to let him go.

"Why do they jump in line!"

Pavlov was a little angry, especially in front of the goddess, "Is it because they are citizens of Ming Dynasty? Or are they noble children of Ming Dynasty? Don't they know that the honorable Roman princess is queuing up?"

"Ivan, don't say that. Noble children and princesses don't have any privileges in Ming Dynasty. Well, maybe there are some, but it's different from Russia."

Maria, who has been to Ming Dynasty for a long time, smiled and said, "And it's not just because they are citizens of Ming Dynasty that they can join our team..."

In Daming, citizens of Ming Dynasty certainly have priority in many things, but when it comes to things like queuing up, first come, first served.

Otherwise, it may be difficult for foreigners to move forward in Daming.

After all, Daming is a big country with a population of 5000 million.

"Then why can he..."

"Look at the red book in that man's hand, it's the source of his glory."

Maria told Pavlov that the Ming man who was leading the two little girls held a red book called "Certificate of Honor for Disabled Soldiers of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty".

With this certificate, he has the highest level of priority in any occasion that requires queuing.

Of course, there are special exceptions such as pregnant women and sudden patients.

"Can disabled soldiers clear customs earlier than nobles?"

"Not only that, on various occasions, they will receive preferential treatment, flowers, applause, honor, these always haunt them."

Pavlov couldn't believe it.

As the Russian Empire has always been an excellent source of troops in history, there are many disabled veterans in his hometown Ryazan.

Pavlov had an uncle for whom the Russian Empire lost a leg in the Crimean War.

But after the war, he was ruthlessly abandoned by the Empire.

The so-called pension was only two thousand rubles, and almost half of the silver coins went into the pockets of the mayor and other small civil servants.

In Pavlov's memory, the disabled uncle lived like a humble wild dog.

Unable to find a job, he could only live on the relief of his relatives.

He also lost his ambition, and every time he had money, he would buy the cheapest and worst-quality vodka, and get himself drunk.

As for getting married and having children, no girl would choose to marry a one-legged alcoholic old bachelor.

Pavlov remembered that once, he saw with his own eyes that his uncle walked slowly while avoiding a carriage because of his inconvenient legs and feet, and was whipped and rolled all over the ground by the coachman of the noble lord.

"The lowly gray beast".

This was the first time Pavlov knew the term.

After that, he never saw this uncle again.

I heard that he seemed to be drunk and froze to death on the street.

Anyway, Pavlov didn't attend his uncle's funeral, nor did his father. Maybe the uncle didn't have a funeral at all, and was thrown into the burial ground as garbage by the cleaners.

who knows...

These fragments of the past kept reappearing in his mind, no matter what, it was difficult for Pavlov to combine the uncle who was rolling all over the ground in the cold mud with this well-dressed Ming veteran with a proud brow full of pride.

"Ivan? Ivan?"

"Ah, Your Royal Highness, I'm sorry, I was distracted, thank you for your understanding!"

Pavlov came back to his senses, remembered the appearance of that Ming man in his heart, and then hurriedly continued to line up.

……

The passenger ship "Jingye" sailed slowly to the sea.

The name of this ship was inherited from the cruise ship of the original twelve immigration transport ships of the Ming Dynasty, and it has already been updated and iterated.

The 3-horsepower steam turbine propels a huge 2.8-ton hull, like a huge sea fortress.

From the point of view of craftsmanship, it will soon be close to the famous cruise ship, the Titanic, which was launched 23 years later in history.

Of course, the tonnage of 2.8 tons is much smaller than the 4.65 tons of the Titanic, but the Jingye carried 5000 passengers, which is more than the 3500 passengers of the Titanic.

After all, the Titanic left a lot of room for the rich.