[Comprehensive Hong Kong Zombie] Zombies are coming

The conversation with Fang Qianyi did not last that day, because it was time for lunch, and the group got out of the car to rest and eat. For unknown reasons, Fang Qianyi never talked about this topic with Hu Yaoqing again.

Hu Yaoqing actually wanted to ask Fang Qianyi about Princess Ankang again, but every time she couldn't open her mouth, she could only hold back.

After more than two weeks, the group finally arrived at the lower city. The lower city is indeed a very bustling city. The port near the sea is full of boats, cars and horses, and the constant flow of people. This scene reminds Hu Yaoqing of a modern city .

After a group of people passed through the buildings with Chinese ancient style, they arrived at the foreign concession. The architectural style here changed suddenly, and they were all European-style buildings.

"After entering the concession, we should all be careful." Fang Qian looked at Cane Gu and Hu Yaoqing and said, "Although the concession is a territory allocated to foreigners by our country, foreigners have the right to manage it independently. If the Chinese commit crimes again , foreigners have the right to arrest them.”

Both Hu Yaoqing and Cane Gu nodded, expressing their understanding.

"We don't talk to those foreigners either. We will go back to Renjia Town after the body of Professor Foreigner is burned," Aunt Cane said.

Fang Qian nodded, but Hu Yaoqing on the other side was still a little hesitant. She was still thinking about the letter from Professor Yang. Since Professor Yang was authorized by someone to study zombies, there would be Professor Yang among the people in the embassy. The guy over there?

Until now, only she, Aunt Cane and Uncle Jiu knew about this matter. After all, it involved too much, and the three of them didn't dare to tell too many people, including Master Zeng, because to be honest, Zeng The mayor of the master is also a bit unreliable.

"Master, that professor's body must be burned!" Hu Yaoqing said.

After hearing what Hu Yaoqing said, Aunt Cane nodded solemnly.

Finally, the French embassy arrived. It was an imposing three-story western-style building. Cane Gu, Hu Yaoqing, and Fang Qian were enthusiastically ushered in by Dude and others as soon as they got off the bus.

"Welcome to our embassy." The translator translated the words of Dude and others to Hu Yaoqing and others.

"When you arrive at our embassy, ​​you are our guests. You have worked hard on this journey. The three of you should go and have a rest first. We will let you know after the professor's affairs are settled." The translator conveyed the foreigner's words to Hu Yaoqing and others.

Hearing this, the three of Hu Yaoqing felt a little dissatisfied. The matter of Professor Yang had already been discussed at the beginning, and he would burn it immediately after the relatives of Professor Yang saw the corpse. I want to procrastinate.

Aunt Cane said it directly, expressing her dissatisfaction with the foreigner's behavior. The foreigner smiled and said a bunch of English, and the translator immediately translated it to Aunt Cane.

"Our country, like your country, pays attention to the affairs of the deceased. The professor is also a very famous figure in our country. We naturally want to hold a funeral for the professor so that he can go away with peace of mind." The foreigners said this.

Since these people have said so, Aunt Cane couldn't stop them from holding a funeral, so she backed down a step, saying that the funeral should be held as soon as possible, and the corpse would be burned immediately after finishing. The foreigners agreed with a smile.

Then, the foreigners arranged three rooms for Hu Yaoqing, Fang Qian, and the others, one for each person. The three rooms are all adjacent to each other, and they are all at the stairs on the second floor.

After Hu Yaoqing put away her luggage, cleaned up and washed, she stood by the window and looked at the scenery of the concession. In the distance, the blue sea and blue sky, the sun was shining brightly, and ships were scattered on the sea.

There are many large ships moored in the port bordering the sea, and people are constantly loading and unloading. There are people with different hair colors and different costumes.

The street where the French embassy is located belongs to the scope of the French consulate, or even only part of it, and the British embassy is next to it.

Although it is a foreign concession, there are still many Chinese vendors doing business here, and there are also some Chinese-style shops on the street, mixed with Western-style shops.

Hu Yaoqing looked at this lively scene, and her emotions were complicated for a moment. She didn't want to watch any more, so she drew the curtains and lay down on the bed, deciding to take a nap.

This sleep was a bit late, and I slept until dinner time in the evening.

Tonight, in order to welcome Hu Yaoqing and Fang Qian, the cane aunt, the French embassy held a welcome banquet, which Hu Yaoqing did not expect. She only learned about it from the maid after she fell asleep, and quickly cleaned up.

After cleaning up, the three of Hu Yaoqing went downstairs to the restaurant led by the maid. As soon as they arrived at the restaurant, they saw a gorgeous crystal chandelier, a long dining table, exquisite tableware, and foreigners in suits and leather shoes sitting beside the table. It's all so grand.

But both Hu Yaoqing and Aunt Cane felt a little uncomfortable. Hu Yaoqing always felt a little offended when she saw the foreigners' well-dressed appearance, especially she vaguely felt the contempt hidden in the eyes of some foreigners.

Aunt Cane was even more uncomfortable. She had never eaten Western food before, so she was inevitably a little nervous now, worried that she would make a fool of herself.

Fang Qianyi didn't seem nervous or uncomfortable, he still had a gentle smile on his face, and he pulled out chairs for Hu Yaoqing and Gu Gu in a gentlemanly way, invited them to sit, and finally sat down by himself.

Sitting at the top was a middle-aged man with a thin face and meticulously combed hair. His aquiline nose and thin lips made him look dignified. This should be the head of the French consulate.

But what Hu Yaoqing didn't expect was that Dude was still sitting in the position where this person attacked.

The seats of Hu Yaoqing and the three were placed in the middle and lower positions on the left side of the table, Aunt Cane sat in the middle, and Fang Qianyi and Hu Yaoqing sat on her left and right.

After everyone was seated, the maid poured white wine into the glasses in front of everyone, and then the middle-aged man sitting at the top began to introduce himself, saying that his name was Anthony.

Upon hearing the name, Hu Yaoqing's hands trembled instantly. She remembered that the person who corresponded with Professor Yang was Governor Anthony. Could this person be that Anthony?

Aunt Cane on the side didn't respond because she couldn't understand Anthony's words. She was looking at the tableware boredly.

After Anthony finished introducing himself, he welcomed Hu Yaoqing and the others with great interest. Everyone toasted and toasted together, and then the dinner officially began.

As the appetizers were put on the table one by one, the pianist sitting on the side played a tune, and everyone began to eat.

Aunt Cane started to panic, and after she saw the demonstration of Fang Qianyi and Hu Yaoqing, who were left and right hands, she also carefully picked up the knife and fork.

But an accident happened. Aunt Cane was not good at using knives and forks, so she made a loud noise all of a sudden. The aunt looked over.

Even though Aunt Cane couldn't understand what these people said, she could still understand her eyes. Her face flushed red all of a sudden, and she tightly held the knife and fork.

"You can't even use a knife and fork. It's ridiculous." Sitting diagonally across from Aunt Cane, a blonde middle-aged woman with tall temples and wearing a white dress covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said in a soft voice.

Aunt Cane couldn't understand what the woman said, but she sensitively sensed that the woman was laughing at her. Aunt Cane was a straightforward person, she couldn't help it now, and turned to the maid behind her and told her to give her chopsticks.

The maid couldn't understand Chinese, so the translator translated the words for her. At the same time, the other foreigners also understood, and they all let out a chuckle, which was full of sarcasm.

Hearing these laughs, there was no smile on Fang Qianyi's face, and his expression became very cold. When he put down the knife and fork in his hand and was about to speak, Hu Yaoqing made trouble in front of him.

Aunt Cane was the most important person after Hu Yaoqing came to this world, not one of them, and now Aunt Cane was ridiculed by these people, Hu Yaoqing was more angry than being ridiculed himself, so he couldn't help it right now.

"Laughing at someone who uses your country's tableware for the first time is as ridiculous as a talking adult laughing at a babbling baby. Is this the hospitality etiquette in your country?" Hu Yaoqing said in English very often. , everyone at the table was stunned.

"It's just the first time I've seen a Chinese who can't use a knife and fork. After all, the Chinese guests I entertained all know how to use a knife and fork." The middle-aged woman who laughed just now said with a smile, also in English.

"Then it seems that the previous guests are very interested in your country's dining culture and have done some research. My master is not. Today is also the first time I was invited by you to try your country's dining culture. People always try it for the first time. Mistakes are naturally unavoidable, don't those present even tolerate this?"

When Hu Yaoqing said this, the maid just brought the chopsticks. Hu Yaoqing took the chopsticks and twirled them around a few times. It turned out that the pen-spinning skill she learned when she was bored in school came in handy, so she immediately turned a pair of chopsticks. dazzling.

Then, Hu Yaoqing held chopsticks in his left hand and a knife in his right and said: "Besides, tableware is a tool created to facilitate human eating. After all, getting food into the mouth is the most important thing. If there is no food, no matter how beautiful the tableware what's the effect."

After finishing talking, all the foreigners were stunned, and their faces didn't look too good. Hu Yaoqing just lowered his head and handed the chopsticks in his hand to Aunt Cane with a smirk, "Master, use chopsticks. If you don't want to eat meat later, If it's convenient, I'll cut it for you."

Aunt Cane didn't understand what Hu Yaoqing said just now, she only understood that after Hu Yaoqing said those words, these foreigners became squibs, so she happily took the chopsticks and started eating.

"Ahem." Anthony, who was sitting at the top, began to smooth things over, saying that they did not entertain well, and then boasted that Hu Yaoqing's English is good. After a while, the foreigners around him also raised their glasses to toast each other, and then Talking about other topics, covering up the situation just now.

During the meal time that followed, Hu Yaoqing, Cane Gu, Fang Qianyi and these foreigners seemed to be in two spaces.

The foreigners were discussing enthusiastically over there, while Hu Yaoqing and the others were quietly eating the food in front of them. Fang Qianyi and Hu Yaoqing not only ate their own food, but also helped Aunt Cane cut some chopsticks. food.

An embarrassing dinner ended like this.

The author has something to say: Madman’s nonsense: Regarding the setting of the concession land, I refer to the situation of the Shanghai concession at that time. In the treaty, the division of the British concession in Shanghai was not clearly stipulated. It only stated that the land that had been reclaimed by the Huangpu River was the foreign concession, and the Qing government also restricted foreigners. Foreigner activities.However, after some dealings with the Qing court, the British re-planned the place for the British in the 22th year of Daoguang. From the north of Yangjingbin to the south of Lijiachang and the south of Huangpu Beach, the quasi-British rented land and rented houses for trade. However, what the Qing court did not expect was that the west boundary was not clearly stipulated at that time, and the east boundary was the Pudong beach because it was bounded by the standing stone of the British Consulate and not by the Huangpu River. In the end, these two places were also occupied by foreigners. It's time to build a house and build a dock.

Regarding the issue of concession management mentioned in the article, here is also a reference to the situation of the concession in Shanghai at that time. The management of the concession at that time should have been the responsibility of the officials of the Qing court, but the officials of the Qing court were more accommodating to foreigners because of the Taiping Army. The police manage the Chinese and Western residents in the concession, and the Qing court officials have the right to charge the police according to the facts if there are Chinese who make trouble in the concession, and the Qing court officials arrest and punish them, but in fact, the Qing court is still equivalent to Abandoned concession management.

Regarding the right to the French concession, in the 24th year of Daoguang, the French Consulate applied to the then Hudao for the French Concession to the south of Yang Pidgin, but the Hudao refused, and only gave France the British leased land adjacent to it.Until the succession of the next Hudao, Faling resubmitted this request to the new Hudao, and the Hudao agreed, so the south to the city riverside, the north to the Yangjingbin, the east to the Guangdong Guild Hall, and the west to the Guandi Temple River. In the French Concession, the French learned from the lessons of the British and re-planned the management and protection rights in the French Concession. Concession land is treated as a subsidiary land.