More than twenty minutes later, Degine returned excitedly with a bottle of French red wine. Liu Zheng took the bottle and looked carefully at the label. It turned out to be Raphael, and it was from ten years ago.

"Good guy, I haven't drunk Raphael yet! I wonder how much it will cost if this bottle is taken back to another time and space?"

He once heard Zhao Xin say that the price of a bottle of Raphael in 1982 on the other side had risen to 100,000. Therefore, this guy didn't hate Dejine's free meals.

In fact, since the mid-18th century, the red wine of Raphael Winery has become Louis XV's court wine and is highly praised by London wine merchants. Thomas Jefferson, who was serving as the US ambassador to France, liked to drink Raphael the most.

Degine told Liu Zheng proudly that the bottle of wine was given to him by a French merchant not long ago. At that time, the merchant had a conflict with the British merchant ship docked next to him due to unloading. Thanks to him and Boss Wu, who was in charge of good offices in the process of mediating it, it was successfully resolved.

"Oh, it would be great if Boss Wu was here today. He is very good." Dejine sighed and said to Cai Zhaoping: "Mr. Cai, can you help find a bottle opener? It would be best if there are Porter pliers."

"It should be in the kitchen. I'll ask someone to go and find it." Cai Zhaoping said that, and stood up and left the flower hall.

Although Europe in this era already had a T-shaped bottle opener, Europeans are still accustomed to using Porter pliers that look like fire tongs when opening bottles for aged red wine. This is mainly because the corks of aged red wine are prone to decay, and if ordinary bottle openers are used to corkscrew, it is easy to cause contamination of the wine.

Cai Jiajia has been doing business with foreign merchants for decades, and drinking red wine has become commonplace, so Xiaoxiguan has all kinds of wine utensils.

After a while, Cai Zhaoping came back, with two male servants following behind him. One of them was holding a tray with three crystal glass goblets inside; the other was holding Porter tongs in his hand and a newly lit charcoal basin.

The male servant who was holding the charcoal basin came to the entrance of the flower hall and did not come in. Instead, he placed the brazier on the ground, took out a fan from the back like a magic trick, and made the charcoal fire strong, and then began to heat the ring-shaped head of the pliers.

Liu Zheng picked up a goblet and looked at the patterns on it. He suddenly felt aroused his heart and asked, "Mr. Degine, is the boss Wu you mentioned called Wu Guoying?"

Degine nodded and said, "It's true! He used to be a accountant under Pan Qiguan."

Cai Zhaoping said: "Boss Wu is a good person who is good at doing business and has a good relationship with the British."

Liu Zheng asked again: "What business does Bao Shunxing do?"

Cai Zhaoping interrupted: "Tea leaves and raw silk. Mainly Fujian tea."

Liu Zheng asked again: "Does Boss Wu have a son named Wu Bingjian?"

Cai Zhaoping was a little surprised and wondered why this person was so interested in Wu Guoying's affairs, and even his family asked him. He thought for a while and said, "It seems to be."

Well. The reason why Liu Zheng was interested in Wu Guoying and even asked about his son was because the young man, who is now only 18 years old, was the head of "Yihexing" who Lin Zexu used to kill chickens to warn monkeys in another time and space.

In addition, Wu Bingjian had a British friend named Lancelot Dent, who was also a tenant later in Baoshunxing in history. The Chinese pronunciation of this person's name is not only Liu Zheng remembers, but most Chinese people in another time and space remember it, and it is a big deal.

Although our Veterinarian Liu is careless in speaking and doing things, he is unforgettable about the history of the Opium War. Not to mention it, on the way to Guangzhou, he reviewed the movie "Opium War" three times on the Thor!

In the days that followed, Dejine ran to Liu Zheng for free, or drank tea and wine to spend time. Since Liu Zheng had not fully mastered Cantonese Mandarin and French was limited to the beginner's level, Cai Zhaoping had to accompany him almost every time.

However, it is precisely because of these two that Liu Zheng learned a lot of the history of the Thirteen Fronts and also had a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why the Qing Dynasty changed from a four-door trading to a one-door trading.

Fortunately, Dejine not only ate and drank, but he took him to various shopping malls the next day after Liu Zheng came. You should know that the business terms of Europeans were still French in this year, so with the help of this guy, Liu Zheng's first meeting with merchants from various countries was very smooth. Especially when he went to the British Pavilion, when their shopping mall learned that the Great Ainu Kingdom "produced a lot" of fur, he immediately showed a strong interest in cooperation.

Among all countries, only the neighbor of the Dutch, who was next door, responded to Liu Zheng's appearance with a playful expression. You should know that there was a shopping mall in Nagasaki. The scene that the Thor in Nagasaki was made in Nagasaki was really true, and at the beginning of this year it reported it to Guangzhou and Batavia with letters, which attracted the attention of the Governor of Batavia.

However, this harmonious atmosphere ended for only more than a month. As Liu Sheng’s warning letter to Macau’s director Matos was sent to the mall area, except for Degine, businessmen from other countries quickly changed from curiosity to fear.

It turns out that the big white ship bombarded Macau and Hengqin Island for opium! But even the Chinese government doesn’t care about this kind of thing. What kind of onion are you?

Although everyone said nothing on the surface, they began to become distant from Liu Zheng in secret. There is nothing else, the principle of "cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents" is common in China and abroad.

Fortunately, October was just a few days later, and shopping malls from all over the country closed down to pack up their beds and returned to Macau for the winter. I will talk about anything next May!

Dejine, a friend of the fox, also left. When Liu Zheng went to the dock to see him off, he gave him a small bag of pearls, just like the one given to Pan Youdu and Cai Shiwen. Dejine opened it and was stunned.

"Liu, what do you want me to say?" Dejine was so excited that he could hold Liu Zheng and kiss him hard.

"Don't be polite, who made us friends?" Thanks to Liu Zheng's "ravaged" of a method-style veneer before, he took a step back foreseeable, so he did not let the other party's "brainful plan" succeed.

"It's a lifelong luck to meet a friend like you!"

"Haha, get on the boat quickly. See you next year!"

In the following months, with the money from selling pearls, Degine's living standards in Macau were greatly improved. He rented a house with a single family, hired seven or eight servants, and fought with several Portuguese women. He completely changed from a poor staff member who had been working on the floor to a rich man who spent money like money.

The shopping mall area has suddenly entered a calm period from noisy. Not only are the shopping malls in various countries closed and locked, but even several businessmen have closed their doors and returned to Guangzhou City to spend the winter.

This made Liu Zheng and the guards accompanying him bored. Everyone ate and slept every day, and occasionally went out to walk around the deserted streets. Most of the time they spent staying in the house and surrounded Liu Zheng's laptop and filming movies.

The one who came to Guangzhou with this laptop also had a portable photovoltaic charging device and an I short-wave radio station.

Sometimes when it's late at night, Veterinary Liu, who feels lonely, will close the door of the house and put on headphones to swipe the "action movie" by himself. There are several T-s stored on his 10T mobile hard drive.

When Zhao Xin instigated him to come to Guangzhou, he said he would be given a "life secretary". Liu Zheng was quite happy at the time. Unexpectedly, after reading the information, he found out that there were no women in the mall area, and even maids could not be found.

Of course, it’s not impossible for a woman to dress up as a man to bring her over, but Liu Zheng gave up after thinking about it. He felt good alone. What should I do if he follows his thirty guards? Will you let me listen to the wall every night?

More than 30 years ago, the Dutch had secretly fucked three women and brought them into the mall area. As a result, they were soon discovered by the Guangzhou government. Not only were the women immediately sent back to Macau, but even the merchants in charge of the docking were punished.

Although the shopping mall area was clean, the only Xiaoxi Pavilion, which was still open, suddenly became particularly conspicuous. Soon, Sun Shiyi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also found out.

Sun Shiyi hated and feared Liu Zheng and others, so he decided to pretend not to see them when they came. The problem was that he wanted to cover up his ears and steal the bell. Qianlong, who was in the capital, always felt that he was a thorn in his heart. In early September, Qianlong issued a secret decree to him, implying that he was to find some way to shock him.

Sun Shiyi was in trouble now. He had to do something small, and the emperor was not satisfied. But if he had to do something big, he would call the Thunder God over, and he would not be able to redeem it. Just when he was in trouble, a list sent by his subordinates accidentally made him think of a solution.

"The platform is the list of autumn decisions for Guangzhou Prefecture this year. Please check it out as usual."

"Um..." Sun Shiyi put on a flower glasses and picked up the list casually. Seeing that there were a few pirates on the prisoners on it, his eyes suddenly lit up, there was a door!

Therefore, the "Autumn Dead" in Guangzhou in the 51st year of Qianlong was postponed to mid-October, and the location was arranged on the river bank west of the mall. In fact, the autumn decree in Guangzhou was originally in late September after the frost, and the location was chosen in a narrow alley outside the city, where one end of the alley would be blocked with brick walls.

Sun Shiyi's purpose of changing this is to shake the mountains and complete the errands assigned by the emperor.

The government's eyes and ears have long known Liu Zheng's whereabouts every day. He has the habit of taking a walk by the river, and he will definitely see it clearly at that time.

The first two days, the people from the Governor Biaoying came to clear the yard and circled a rectangular place with a rope, set up a mat shed, and a wooden frame more than two meters wide. Liu Zheng initially thought it was a gallows, but when the construction was finally completed, the frame was probably three meters high, and it didn't seem like a gallows.

On the day of the execution, there were so many people on both sides of the river, and there were still many boats sitting on the river to watch the lively spectators. The Guangzhou prefect deliberately ordered people to free up the east-facing position of the execution ground, and no one was allowed to stand around, in order to allow Liu Zheng and the others to see it.

Of course, Liu Zheng saw it. He was so idle that he had nothing to do, and he didn't watch it without any fun. Although he was a little scared, his strong curiosity still drove him to the fence.

At 11:00 a.m., seven prisoners were locked in cages and transported out of the city. Along the way, there were crowds of onlookers. When they were taken out of the execution ground, Liu Zheng saw that each prisoner's hands were tied behind him, and a long narrow piece of wood was inserted at the root of his head. These people were divided into two rows and knelt down towards the mat shed.

Liu Zhengxin said that he was deceived by TV series again. In the costume dramas I watched before, there was a big sign in the death row behind the head of the death row.

After a while, with the sound of the gongs leading the way, the Qing officials who were in charge of the prison arrived on horseback. The official rode his horse and saw Liu Zheng and others not far away, and was very satisfied. When he got off the horse and entered the mat and took a seat, the library next to him handed him a file.

The official took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and began to read it. Unlike in the past, there was a special official outside the mattress and loudly retelling the contents on the case file, and he actually faced Liu Zheng and others.

The seven death row prisoners were actually bandits who blocked the road and robbed people, but when the official read it, he would say "Great rebellion, disturb the law, and resist the officers and soldiers" and so on. That means that you will end up in the future.

This made Liu Zheng and the others feel tired! Not to mention Liu Zheng, the guards who heard the sound were also very angry. Someone wanted to go back to get the pistol on the spot, but Liu Zheng stopped him.

It’s easy to make a fuss, what should I do next? The Qing Dynasty clearly wanted to kill the chicken for the monkey to see.

When the official read the case file, the executioners had already taken their place and prepared. Unlike the braided plays that Fan Tong watched, he noticed that behind each prisoner on the execution platform were two executioners, one with a big knife and the other with a short knife.

"One is not enough, can you arrange a substitute?" Fan Tong, who was observing with a telescope, muttered.

What he didn't know was that the Qing Dynasty executed the punishment of beheading, and the executioner needed two people according to regulations.

Standing in front, holding a big knife commonly known as the "ghost-headed knife", specializing in chopping people. If the head falls or not, you won't cut the second knife again. If the prisoner's head doesn't fall, the deputy holding the short knife will have to take action. He must cut off the head that was not cut off at the first knife with lightning speed. Only in this way can he be considered a clear punishment.

As for some novels, some families bribe the executioner to keep a little skin when executing... To be honest, this kind of thing is difficult, because after the execution, officials will check the body.

Even if there is, it would not be just a bribe to the executioner. It would take at least 500 taels to bribe the lower-level officials present in the prison.

Back to the topic, when the official read the case file almost exactly, the executioner in front raised his knife and pressed his left hand over the criminal's neck.

With a "bang!", the official finished reading the case file and slapped the gavel and shouted "Kill!" The soldiers of the Biao Battalion who were present to maintain order also shouted "Kill!"

At the same time, tens of thousands of people watching around also shouted "Okay!"

This scene suddenly scared Liu Zheng. He saw the swords of three executioners landing on the necks of the first row of prisoners like lightning, and their heads fell instantly. Then there were three in the back row, and finally the main culprits. The whole process was like chopping melons and vegetables, and it ended in less than a minute.

Although our Veterinarian Liu has treated many kittens and dogs, as well as horses, it is no problem to open an animal to a suck. But this is the first time we have seen a person cut off his head, especially when he used a telescope. The bloody scene made him feel as if he was there.

After the first row of prisoners performed, he felt a surge in his stomach and vomited.

The official took his subordinates away from the mattress, and the subordinates who were responsible for monitoring Liu Zheng and others' movements came to report, saying that the faces of Bai Xiongxing were scared to death, especially the representative named Liu, who vomited so much that he fled back to the mall. The official was very satisfied with the hearing, so he took his subordinates to report to Sun Shiyi.

After this beheading, all the heads were installed in cages made of iron bars and hung on the three-meter-high shelf for public display. A discerning person could tell who this was for him at a glance.

The first thing that everyone in Beihai Town, which returned to the White Bear Train, did when they entered the door was to take out their weapons and fill them with bullets. As long as the situation outside was wrong, they would immediately guard Liu Zheng and fight out.

After two days of worry, Cai Shiwen visited the door and explained the intention of the execution implicitly. Everyone was so angry that they cursed. Although they were angry, the people in Beihai Town, who were originally in a panic, finally understood that the Qing Dynasty was disgusting themselves in a variety of ways.

After more than ten days like this, Cai Zhaoping, who had not shown up, suddenly visited and invited him to visit Haizhuang Temple. When Liu Zheng asked about the days, it turned out that it was the eighteenth day of each month.

Speaking of which, before the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty bullied foreign merchants from various countries. Qing court officials did not regard Europeans as humans from top to bottom, and called them "ghost animals".

For example, before the tea trade season begins in May every year, Guangdong Customs and Guangzhou prefectures routinely convene various businessmen to reiterate the "Regulations on Preventing Foreign Barbarians" so that they can go back and enlighten the group of ignorant and shameless ghosts.

First of all, during his time in Guangzhou, I had to live in the Thirteen-Shanghai Shopping Mall, not be able to sit in a sedan chair, learn Chinese, and not be allowed to buy Chinese books; no matter what needs there are, it must be transferred by the office; there are only eight servants, and they must be hired by the Shangshang; and there are no women's family members, and there are no female servants.

By the 47th year of Qianlong's reign, various foreign merchants were depressed, so they protested to the office and demanded that the scope of activities be expanded. The Guangdong customs did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they submitted a report to Qianlong.

So starting from the 49th year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing court allowed foreign merchants to accompany them on the third and eighteenth lunar days of each month to cross the river to the Haizhuang Temple and Chenjia Garden on the south bank. But even so, they would get tired after a long time.

I was nervous for so long, and it was always interesting to be able to go out for fun. Even if I had been there, everyone wouldn't care. At present, Bai Xiongxing and Liu Zheng had thirty-three people. Everyone was on a watermelon boat by the river and accompanied by the young master of the Cai family to the opposite bank.

The Haizhuang Temple in the Qing Dynasty was much larger than that in later generations. Although the size of the temple halls was not as large as that in Guangzhou City, the garden occupied four or five times that of Guangxiao Temple, which was very suitable for travel.

The strangest thing in this temple is that it actually raises a group of pigs, about a dozen, which are extremely fat and can't even walk on the road. Liu Zheng estimated that each pig weighs at least 300 kilograms. When he went there for the first time, he heard from monks that these pigs were rescued by some believers from butchers and sent here to release them.

However, since the monks in the temple were all "fat and strong", Liu Zheng was very suspicious of the existence of these dozen pigs. So after this guy returned, "going to see them" and "going to see the pigs" became very disrespectful synonyms in his mouth, and this joke quickly spread within the Thirteen Lines.

The guy Degine would joke with the Austrian team the day before going out to play: "Let's go to Henan to see the pig tomorrow."

The chubby Austrian squad would nod with a smile and said, "Okay! Go and see the monk."
To be continued...