Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 261 Guangdong Guild Hall

The speed of the paper carriage was beyond the imagination of Heitu, an aboriginal priest. It quickly traveled hundreds of kilometers and arrived at one of the tribes that Heitu planned to visit.

For his own plan, Xie Zihao had no choice but to go along with him. Fortunately, the social interactions among these aboriginal people were simple. It was nothing more than eating, drinking, and entertaining. There were not as many intrigues as in the so-called civilized society.

In this way, after passing several tribes along the way, Black Earth successfully reached a preliminary agreement with two of the tribes, preparing for a subsequent alliance to fight against the invaders.

Although only two families expressed interest in the plan proposed by Black Earth, the other tribes may have felt that their territories were far away from the white people and would be difficult to harass, or they were not optimistic about the plan proposed by Black Earth, so they all chose to reject it.

Black Earth's view on this is rather open-minded. For him and the Hongyun tribe, it is good news to be able to recruit two more allies. The joining of these tribes, coupled with the original Seven Color Flame Alliance, will also strengthen the aboriginal side. Resistance force provides strong support to resist the invaders.

Xie Zihao did not mean to ridicule the indigenous tribes. He understood that in this era when the federal government had not yet launched a brutal massacre against the indigenous tribes, there were not many tribes that could have that kind of foresight.

And when the Pacific Railway opens to traffic across the North American continent, all primitive tribes will face the crushing of industrial civilization, and the remaining ones will eventually become captive mascots.

In reality, he cannot go back in time to change his destiny, but in this world, he can try to add some obstacles to the White Eagle Federation, and there is no psychological burden, because even among the people born and raised in this land, there have always been There is no shortage of anti-federal people, not to mention him as a time traveler?

So after comforting Heitu for a few words, Xie Zihao controlled the carriage and arrived at the destination of his trip, Golden State, located on the west coast of North America on the east coast of the Pacific.

The carriage drove into the urban area of ​​Saramento. It was said to be an urban area, but it was actually a settlement similar to Rogge Camp. The original name here was not actually Saramento, but was called Sutter's Camp because it was a A man named John Sutter first established a gold mining camp here and got its name.

But it is only 1857, and Saramento was only established as a settlement in 1839. At that time, the population was basically negligible until gold was discovered locally in 1848, and then John Sutter established Sutter in December of the following year. The camp became the prototype of future cities.

Since then, due to the influx of gold prospectors, the camp has developed rapidly. After the so-called California Legislature and the state government moved to Sacramento in 1854, it became the capital of California.

Because Xie Zihao is in Jinzhou, he knows something about this history.

Looking at the city like a refugee camp, driven by the gold rush, the commercial and agricultural development here is indeed amazing, but to say it is a city is a bit exaggerated.

Horse-drawn carriages on the roads and ships at the docks are constantly coming and going. All kinds of goods and people are coming in and out. It is a busy scene. However, the number of people officially settled in the local area is probably less than 3,000. Many of the remaining people are from the south. Gold prospectors and traders traveling to and from the north.

Because the appearance of black soil can easily cause misunderstandings, Xie Zihao used a blind trick to make those around him subconsciously ignore the carriage and the two of them. It was not until Xie Zihao saw a familiar face at a stall selling rice rolls on the street that he stopped the carriage. .

The owner of the stall is a middle-aged man wearing folk shorts from the old days. He has braids on his head. It is much thinner than the big braids seen on TV, but it is similar to the money rats in the early and middle stages of Hou Jin Dynasty. The tail is a bit thicker, and it seems to be messy because it hasn't been trimmed for a long time. The scalp also has stubble of different lengths, which actually looks much more pleasing to the eye than a bald head with braids.

There were several similarly dressed Tang people around them, but they all carried tools, knives and guns. There were even a few similarly dressed white people and Latinos in front of the stalls. It was obvious that Tang cuisine had gone out of the world.

Xie Zihao got out of the car with Lan Ran's body in front and came to the stall owner and said:

"Brother, are you from Tangshan? Where is your hometown?"

The stall owner was shocked when he heard this. He looked up and saw Aizen dressed like this, and he immediately replied nervously:

"Forgive me, sir. I am from Siyi, Guangdong. I don't speak well in Mandarin. What do you want me to do?"

While they were talking, the stall owner didn't notice the conversation between the two, and it seemed like no one around them heard it.

Hearing the Mandarin spoken by the stall owner with a strong accent, Xie Zihao understood. After all, Guangdong area speaks vernacular all the year round, so it is still difficult to speak Mandarin well.

He nodded slightly and said:

"I wonder if I know if there is a guild hall of our Tang people nearby?"

The stall owner quickly nodded and bowed his head and replied:

"Yes, yes, there is the Cantonese Association in front of us!"

Xie Zihao was not surprised when he heard this. As a major immigration area, the Guangdong and Guangxi areas plus the neighboring Fujian and Yue areas have always been the main group of overseas Tang immigrants.

He threw down an eagle as a thank you, then walked back to the carriage and pointed in the direction of the stall owner. The stall owner at the end of the carriage touched the shining eagle in his hand and smiled from ear to ear.

But he had forgotten what happened just now. He only vaguely remembered that Yingyang was a reward given to him by a noble man with excellent appearance and well-dressed clothes. He looked like he belonged to a wealthy family. But when he recalled the noble man's face, he could not remember it. .

On the irregular street, Xie Zihao, Itachi and Kurotsuchi got out of the car and looked up at the gold plaque written in traditional Chinese from right to left. On it were the four characters "Guangdong Guild Hall".

Guild halls were small groups composed of fellow villagers or colleagues from outside the country in major cities during the Ming Dynasty of the Eastern Kingdom. The earliest guild hall known so far is the Wuhu Guild Hall in Peking, which was built in the Yongle period.

The Jiajing and Wanli periods tended to flourish, and were most prosperous in the Later Jin period. They lasted until the Republic of China and were gradually abolished. However, similar organizations still existed overseas until later generations, but some of them changed their names.

This Guangdong Guild Hall is obviously not a test hall where fellow townsmen, gentry, and civil servants gather for the imperial examination, but a private guild hall where fellow villagers help each other, and trade gangs gather to keep in touch.

At this time, the clubhouse was very lively, not only at the peak of life. It looked like a big teahouse. In fact, Xie Zihao took a closer look and found that this place also served as a teahouse.

Teahouses and restaurants in the ancient East have always been well-informed places, and similar arrangements were made to come here. And those who can travel across the ocean to work overseas are not literati and elegant guests, so naturally they will not be the kind of people who only receive VIPs. It is a guild hall model. And it may be that conditions are limited, so there are no common theaters and other facilities in this guild hall.

The people coming and going in the guild hall all looked like people from the Tang Dynasty, but most of them were dressed like gold diggers. There were only a few people wearing robes and mandarin jackets, who looked like people of some status.

Seeing the three strangers walking in, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and look over.

A young man dressed as a waiter swung his pigtails back and hurried over to talk, but before he could speak, Xie Zihao said:

"The construction of this guild hall is quite interesting. Who is the leader of the guild hall? Who is the director of the guild hall?"

It was obviously a somewhat rude question, but the waiter replied with a smile and enthusiasm as if he were meeting his immediate boss:

"Guests are invited inside, and the manager of our guild hall will accompany them in the back room. As for the leader of the guild, Mr. Liang from Hongmen is a highly respected senior of our Jinzhou Tang people..."

(End of chapter)