Take Taobao with you to another world

"Next, please vote on the appointment of personnel in Marci City."

"Voting closed. We begin counting votes."

Fan Tianlan said: "I accept the appointment."

The gentle spring breeze blows through the rushing waves, bringing in the fresh breath of life in the distant forest. The white boats undulate with the waves, the bright flags are fluttering in the wind, and the rippling green waves are patting the straight shoreline. Gathering on the pier to bid farewell to relatives and friends who are about to go far away, the low complaints of reluctance and the laughter full of hope for the future are intertwined. The low and high emotions are like the warm sun, penetrating from the skin into the heart.

In such an atmosphere of intimacy, one corner seemed out of place.Seven or eight young men and five or six girls surrounded a man who had just been called off the boat, and looked at each other in silence. An atmosphere called "embarrassment" was pervading, solidifying, falling, and becoming more and more frustrating. It was difficult to stand still, and before the man in the middle could say the sentence "Have you finished watching?", the savior suddenly came.

First out of the middle of the young man is a palm, it swings to the left and right, pushing the queue of young men in a military posture to both sides, and then Takla walked in from the middle generously, looking very Naturally put his elbow on Fan Tianlan's shoulder.

"Since he doesn't have time to see you off," he said hypocritically, "it's the same for me to show a little bit of brotherhood, right?"

Fan Tianlan looked at him.

"Actually, that city of Mahi is not too far away." Takla said happily as if he didn't feel the atmosphere at all, "No matter how troublesome the work is, I can come back at least once every six months for meetings and reports. I will never forget you; if your grades are particularly good, he will be happy, and I hope you will consolidate your achievements in the local area, expand your influence, and make further progress in your career... No matter how you look at it, you have a bright future."

"81 points." Fan Tianlan said.

Takla still had a smile on her face.

"The full score is 150, you have studied mathematics for three years." Fan Tianlan attacked personally.

Takla: "..."

Fan Tianlan added: "Three-dimensional geometry is compulsory this year, and there are three months left. Who do you ask to make up for you? Wells has a lot of work."

Takla: "..."

Fan Tianlan said: "I want 'he' to pay attention to your usual homework."

"...you are really a generous person." Takla said.

He put his hand down and rolled a not-so-obvious white eye.After Fan Tianlan shook hands with the interns who were seeing him off one by one, he drove the young people away, with his thumb hanging in his trouser pocket, and said, "I know you think you are great, and so do others, but you are not in business. You See what other people do in business, and only bring these people, are you sure?"

"I don't think it's a big problem." Fan Tianlan said, "If you don't have enough, ask for more."

Takla flicked his tongue.

"Then do it well."

"Do you want lesson plan notes?" Fan Tianlan asked him.

Takla really rolled his eyes now, but what he said was: "Of course. Don't give me the heavenly book, or you will be taking revenge."

Then the two shook hands in the same way, then lightly exchanged fists, and bid farewell to each other.

Looking at the back of Fan Tianlan boarding the gangway again, Takla suddenly realized that since they met in the long past, this mission was the first official long-distance travel for this much younger opponent, even though he was going to a The boat only takes two days to reach the place, and theoretically there is no great danger, but to leave that person, at least three years, unless necessary, can not leave the post, isn't it the same as a child leaving his parents?It’s just that the school he’s going to doesn’t have a teacher who always cares about him, and it’s the “real world” outside that will be responsible for training him——

Compared with a long time ago, when this guy was a mercenary in the real world, he must be able to toss a lot more now.

It is impossible for that person not to know the consequences of letting him go out, so what kind of result does he want?

The flute sounded farewell, and the fleet left the port. Yun Shen in the carriage raised his head and looked out the window as if feeling something.

As the train passed through the fields, as far as the eye could see, the fresh, plump, and exuberant spring colors were overwhelming.

Spring is a season of beauty and a season of life.Life wakes up, sprouts, and surges in the fields, in the wilderness, in the crevices of mountains and rocks, under the bare feet of human beings, and in every visible and invisible corner.Walking in this spring world, as far as the eye can see, there are green fields everywhere, flowers and stars, birds rising and falling, animals chasing in the forest, repeating the life trajectory of generations.The years of the earth seem to flow like oceans, day and night, moving forward indomitably.

The years are like the flowing water, and the flowing water is like the four seasons. The never-ending broad river carries the change of life and wealth, and always shows the cruelty and majesty of the natural power. The never-ending sound of the Buber River flows in winter. When spring came last year, it was gentle and low, like a mother's murmur, but after a few spring rains, the spring flood came unexpectedly, and it was more ferocious than in previous years, so the gentleness turned into violence, and the whispering turned into thunder and roaring, and the turbid current ran mightily, along the way. Half of the land of the river has been submerged, and most of the steps leading from the pier to the inner city are submerged underwater. If you look at the opposite bank from the guard wall, you can see only a shadow that is hard to distinguish from the muddy river.

A cold autumn has passed, a barren winter has passed, and the long-awaited spring is equally ruthless!

The icy cold rain falls from the gray sky endlessly and boundlessly. The low-lying areas of the city are soaked into ponds. The roads are muddy and the sewage spreads everywhere. The depth can reach people's waists. collapsed in a single rainstorm, and those whose dwellings remained barely intact had to endure drips of water dripping from between the stone tiles and gushing from the cracks in the walls.Water is everywhere, feet are wet, hands are cold, cold and heavy clothes stick to the back and chest, and every time I breathe, I pour a sip of water into my lungs!

No knight wants to fight in a season like this, although perhaps, as one of the castellan's counselors said, it should be a godsend, because the foreigners are busy buying people's hearts, and most of their manpower and material resources are invested in their hypocritical relief. Among them, as long as you choose the right time, you can catch them by surprise-why wait for some reinforcements?

The city lord was not unimpressed by his suggestion, but after thinking about it, he mercifully drove him to the stable and asked him to reflect on his mistakes in the wet haystack.

If you can snatch the spice warehouses of the Gentiles during this rainy season, the benefits you will get are really huge, so big that no one can be tempted, however——but because of this goddamn rainy season, the Gentiles distribute medicinal materials and free treatment In name, half of the city residents have been attracted to their devil lair!Even the servants in the city lord's stone castle were secretly drinking brown sugar ginger soup, no one asked how they got it.It is heard that there are priests in the Xicheng District that has been occupied by foreigners. If the priests go to drive away the demons, the end will be not optimistic. If they are for other purposes...

What can the mayor do?

How could he rely on dozens of knights in this area, and their hundreds of stupid, cowardly, lazy, and unloyal servants, to attack a strong fortress built right under his nose?After already knowing the ability of the other party very well?

Every time he thinks about this, the city lord can't help covering his face and wailing. The Desiree family has been passed down to his generation, and he has to bear such a cruel fate. The nest led to today's situation!But when it comes to investigation, who is innocent in this disaster?Did not those families who professed that they could not continue to tolerate the Gentiles trade with them, and obtain many benefits by reselling them?Don't they have a pot or two of spices brought by the Gentiles in their kitchens, and a few pieces of armor and weapons brought by the Gentiles in the storeroom?

But it is precisely because of the real benefits that they are becoming more and more unbearable to the more and more obvious intentions of the foreigners. After these ethnic groups of unknown origin have fully borrowed the convenience of the city of Mahi as a city port, they just buy After buying some slaves and serfs, they occupied land and built walls, and started running like a real family.If they are willing to do business honestly, other people may not be able to tolerate them encroaching on some lands inhabited by untouchables. However, these foreigners have only just gained a foothold, and they have meddled in the affairs of the city. Most of the taverns in the city closed down. There are fewer and fewer women who are willing to do business, and there are not even a few old and ugly ones. Among them, the first thing that makes people feel the ambition of the Gentiles is that the porter business at the wharf has been gradually occupied by them.

Gentiles would never admit that they moved pies that did not belong to them, but they shamelessly admitted that they instigated the porters to form a brotherhood with red cloth strips around their waists, work in shifts, and go to the shipowner without an intermediary. Talking about rewards... Since the foreigners entered the city, their goods have gradually accounted for more than one-third to one-half of the daily flow of Maxi City. Those coolies who call themselves brothers will never go to other places to spend money after they get the copper coins. They will only go to the taverns of the Gentiles to drink and eat, and sleep in the houses they built. The hotels here are cheap and nice, but anyone who's been in business in Mahi these three years knows that--but the way the money goes, Gentiles actually get work done for them without paying a dime , and tied more than 100 Kongwu powerful men with their names, who else can be more calculating than them, and as long as they are not blind, who can't see their wolf ambitions?

No one wants to admit that when the foreigner's share of the trade is getting bigger and bigger, and the money piled up is so much that it makes people want to move around, knowing that they have bought a large piece of muddy land in Xicheng District at a price that is not worth it How many people feel rejoicing and feel that they have simply lost their heads?It wasn't until those Gentiles built a huge building with brick and wood structure in a short period of time, and continued to expand after it started business, until it occupied the entire street, that the onlookers really realized their strength and determination.In that street, already covered with broad flagstones, the inns belonged to the Gentiles, the shops belonged to the Gentiles, the infirmary belonged to the Gentiles, and though they allowed the butchers and bakers Accepting the "cooperation" of the Gentiles - slaughtering animals and processing meat according to their rules, processing grain in their mills and using the spices they sell, no businessman could survive in that street.Even if the rent demanded by the Gentiles is low, it does provide many conveniences.

The neighborhood, which is called the Devil's Nest by those who hate it, and the more friendly common name is "New Market", took away more than half of the transaction volume of the traditional market in just one year.

Those gentiles not only offer low prices (many businessmen and even locals have booked long-term rooms there), cleanliness (unlimited clean water and limited but free hot water, rooms are almost free of bedbugs and rats), comfort (there are large windows, large and firm beds, tables, chairs and lockers), and ample and cheap food and drink at all times throughout most of the day, and their lobby has the same every other day Free performances, because there are two troupes paying for the room and food expenses... Except for the Gentiles, because of their beliefs, it is a great pity that they refuse and never allow women who work and stay in hotels to trade their bodies Besides, they are pretty much perfect in every other way.

And it’s not just the service that they attract business travelers to. Behind the hostel, after the city lord refused to lease the land to them, the foreigners coerced and lured the locals to give up the right to use the house, and knocked down all the thatched huts and built them again. storehouse.

The poor who had sold their land became the idlers who collected rent every month and had no worries about food and clothing, which attracted more people to sell their footholds to the Gentiles.And those warehouses that have been built are not only used to store the inconceivable amount of goods of the foreigners, but also serve the merchants who have transactions with them. Passing by on the track, the wealth of both sides of the transaction is also increasing day by day like summer water plants.

Although the Gentiles took the initiative to set up special offices for the tax collectors, their truly vicious and deadly places were not in these places. They put them in broad daylight and displayed them in front of everyone—the , a unified signboard, a unified counter, and even a store with the same price!

Before these Gentiles came, no one knew that money had so many places to go. It could not only be used to buy bright and soft and durable cloth, crystal clear and gorgeous food, exquisite porcelain tableware, smelly spices, strong Sharp, shiny and powerful weapons - you can also buy huge waterwheels, the top of which may not be touched by a grown man stepping on another man's shoulder, and millstones that can be driven as long as there is running water, large and small New spinning machines and looms, no matter who buys from them, they promise to learn it until they learn it... Beside these astonishing commodities, the Gentiles have a needle, a sugar, and a thumb-sized Salt bags are willing to trade with others. If there are poor people who want to ask them for credit, they will send people to work on the construction site behind them for a day and a half, and at the same time give them water and food.In this way, not only the poor in the city, but even the farmers in the suburbs are willing to pay high entry fees in autumn and winter, just to find a way to live with foreigners.

When they first came to the city of Mahi, the Gentiles had nothing but ships and goods. Before three years had passed, they had already owned half of the city.

Even if Mahxi City is suffering from rain, it cannot stop their expansion.The disaster even accelerated their speed, because in the face of such a natural disaster, the powerful people in the city can't take care of themselves, let alone spend money and manpower to do good deeds?The Gentiles just took this opportunity to buy people's hearts. Not only did they free up warehouses to take in the poor people who had nowhere to go, but they didn't even increase the price of hotel rooms and food.It is disrespectful to say that in this season, the castle of the castellan may not be as comfortable as the hotel of the Gentiles, because they spared no fuel and kept the whole building warm and dry in a way that shocked the townspeople in winter. During the rain, people in the new market can still wear dry clothes every day. The Gentiles even set up a drying room next to their boilers. Every day, many women and servants line up under the eaves, waiting The Gentiles returned to their hands their dry clothes and boots.

Look what these Gentiles are doing!It’s like a young girl who meets a rich, handsome, gentle, considerate and very generous strange man. He doesn’t care about her poverty, nor does she mind her mediocre appearance, since he gave her more than she had to give Well, even if she can't be his wife, as long as he doesn't ask her to swear to belong to him forever, then why should she temporarily cling to him?Those urbanites who disregarded decency for petty gains and those peasants who were ungrateful for profit had such a plan that if the Gentiles were completely driven out, they would also disperse.

But drive the Gentiles away—when they first arrived, no one could imagine the plight of today; when they first established themselves, no one was willing to give up the huge profits brought by cheap goods; Only then did the big men in the city realize that unless they showed great determination, the disputes with the Gentiles would never be solved.Unless they are of noble birth or born with high moral character, people are always willing to enjoy rights and are timid to take responsibility. Gentiles squeezed the legitimate industries of Marci City so hard to breathe, they would rather give money to the poor than pay reasonable If there is any industry association to exhort and punish them, the Gentiles will not only refuse to take the opportunity to reflect, but will even retaliate, causing public complaints.Because they didn't have enough severe punishment, their behavior became more and more insane, and even confronted the nobles face to face, even in the face of the city lord's just ruling, they dared to dismiss it and walk away!

Even such good men as the bishop were bitter and indignant, and declared that they were extremely difficult to teach.Now that the Gentiles have aroused public anger in the city of Mahi, does it mean that as long as they raise their arms, those hard-core figures who have suffered from it will unite, work together, and strive to be the first to eradicate this parasitic wealth on the city of Mahi in one fell swoop? Poisonous flower?

Regardless of the spies and eyes of the Gentiles all over the city (from this we can see how shameless people can be for a little profit!), the big men have to first agree on the share of compensation they should get after the event is completed, and then they can decide what to do in this great, How much money and manpower were invested in the noble operation of saving the city, if the city lord hadn't shown his strength after being furious, they would not have borrowed troops from the nearby lords who were eyeing them.However, the lords also gave a very positive response to their request for help. Although they have long known about the wealth of the foreigners, the price they proposed is quite unpleasant, but as long as the madness of the foreigners can be contained to this point, the dust will settle. Why not discuss it later?

Except for the city lord who seemed a little too worried, the nobles and industry leaders were waiting patiently, hoping that the sunny day would come as soon as possible, so that the army of the lords could set out, and they were crazy about the extravagance and waste of foreigners during the rainy season. Selling silver and melting gold every day, they know how much wealth that belongs to others is wasted by those hypocritical actions!).Only when another fleet of Gentiles arrived did they become a little bit happier. Whenever a fleet arrived, the treasury of the Gentiles would be greatly enriched. This time there were three big ships!

While the bigwigs were also vaguely concerned that something else was coming with the ship, their eyeliners reported that all the longshoremen had gone, and that nothing looked like soldiers or hirelings other than various goods in crates. Soldiers and no horses.Although some new Gentiles did come this time, their number was no more than thirty or fifty, and it was heard that at least one third of them were young women.

O young woman!The big men are almost laughing, those Gentiles never know what is right, do they know that every stupid thing they do is digging their own grave?Could it be that the young woman who came at this time was a sign that they knew they had lost their way and wanted to reconcile?After all, the lives of many men have become a lot more boring because of the misbehavior of the foreigners. In such a big city of Mahi, there are not many young girls who are enthusiastic, cheerful, and reasonably priced!

But back to the intelligence itself, to be honest, the spies trusted by the big shots in Marcy City were neither serious nor honest in spying on the enemy.To say that the group most closely related to the Gentiles in the city is undoubtedly the "Red Belt" brotherhood. The financial resources of the Gentiles not only allow them to do less work but get more pay, but also support their continuous expansion. own quantity.While their begging of the Gentiles is deplorable, there is nothing better for hiding and voyeurism than joining them.However, as a newly formed group, the interior of the Red Belt was far more united and intimate than it appeared. They quickly discovered the impurities mixed in with the wisdom of inferior people, and tied them up and handed them over to their employers.

The Gentiles did not dispose of these spies, but they did not spare them either, and the spies were still able to deliver messages to their masters, though the messages were mostly filtered and obscured.In Maxi City, only the city lord can be considered to know his opponent well, but even he can't know what kind of monsters came to his city with the ships from Yuanbang this time.

The gray rain was still falling, and all the crates were unloaded from the ship, and the red belts got the signal that all work was over, and went back tired and happy, and the rest of them came with the ship, and they went back with them. Those who worked together gathered together again.After a while, the group of people climbed up the stairs, left the pier, walked through the city, and headed west.

The dense rain beats the shallow puddles, the water full of ripples blurs the gray sky, the streets are deserted, and among the increasingly low and dark houses, it rises like a mountain. A huge building with red walls and white windows, this hostel cannot ignore its existence even if it is halfway across the city, let alone being in it?

A pair of shining white hands pushed open a window, and a beautiful face poked out, looking at the street in the distance, a group of people were coming here.They were wearing the same coir raincoat, and they lined up neatly, and their steps were also neat. The shadow of their hoods obscured their faces, and only a few of them could be identified as particularly tall.

As if feeling the gaze from top to bottom, one of them raised his head, and the eyes met for only a moment before the peeping upstairs retreated into the room in shock and closed the window.