New Ming Empire mixed in America

The train stopped at the platform in San Francisco's port area, and little Joseph quickly hung his temporary residence permit around his neck.

He didn't want the Ming Xie army to find excuses to make things difficult, even though there were many of his former soldiers among them.

After walking out of the platform, little Joseph looked around and saw a rickshaw parked on the platform.

"How much does it cost to go to the San Francisco Registration Office?"

Seeing that the other person was a white man, little Joseph asked in English.

Unexpectedly, the white coachman with a gray towel on his shoulders looked at him with contempt, and then said in English:

"Please speak Chinese, I 't speak English!" (Please speak Chinese, I can't speak English)

Hearing this, little Joseph choked to death with a black face, and then repeated the question in Chinese.

"A crown coin."

The rickshaw driver lazily quoted a sky-high price that stunned little Joseph.

"Why don't you go grab a yellow crown coin?"

Little Joseph was absolutely pissed off by this guy. He originally thought about walking there by himself, but San Francisco has changed a lot now, and the chance of him finding the household registration office is slim.

As for asking for directions... Just look at the attitude of the white man pulling a cart on the roadside towards him, and you will know whether he can ask for directions.

"I'm just robbing you. Think about how much trouble you'll get into if you leave by yourself. If you get in my car, you can get to the place smoothly, so you don't have to worry!"

The rickshaw driver wiped his face with a gray towel and said the above words with a proud face.

"You know why I went to the household registration office. When I come out, I will be a citizen of the empire. How can you do this if you don't look up and look down?"

Little Joseph thought about it and felt that the other party was right, but he felt sorry for the money, so he began to negotiate the price earnestly.

"Now I'll take you to the Household Registration Office, and you'll need one yellow crown coin. When you come out, the price will be two 1-cent copper coins."

The rickshaw driver didn't give little Joseph any face, and still insisted on the price just now. He also said something that he couldn't refute.

Yes, you were a foreigner before you entered the household registration office. If not, who would you cheat?

After they come out, they become the same subjects of the empire, and the price will change back, and no one can find fault with it.

What's more, he will also become one of the people of the Xinming Empire. The rickshaw driver's words actually gave him a sense of identity.

Originally, he was planning to take another rickshaw, but after looking around and realizing that they were all white rickshaw drivers, he gave up the plan.

Don't think about it, I guess all the other coachmen have the same idea. As a white man, he knows these guys very well.

I got on the rickshaw and headed towards the Household Registration Office.

Looking at the strange buildings on both sides of the asphalt road, as well as the horse-drawn carriages moving along the right side of the road.

As well as the newly-recruited six-door government officials who were working hard to direct traffic at the intersection, and the pedestrians with smiles on their faces.

This harmonious picture fascinated little Joseph, who was used to seeing life and death.

Soon, the rickshaw stopped at the corner across the street.

Looking at the straight-line distance of no more than three hundred meters, little Joseph felt a toothache.

"Is it that close?"

"Yes, it's so close. Who said you were blind?"

When the patrolling Ming Xiejun looked over, little Joseph reluctantly paid the money.

This is a port area, so the Ming Xie Army is like heaven here. But once they enter the city, they become ordinary people.

Because the people operating in the port area were white businessmen doing business. Ming Xiejun had no psychological pressure at all when bullying these people.

After all, there is no such thing as priority for foreigners in the laws of the Xinming Empire. It clearly says, “Nationals are given priority!”

Even if you go to Liumen to complain, it will still be biased towards the people of the Xinming Empire.

If the yamen in the port area don't favor their own people, then why do they need them?

The above are Li Mingqi's original words. Therefore, the white businessmen who come here know an unspoken rule, that is, they would rather offend their own boss than Ming Xiejun.

And the first thing the merchants did after disembarking from the ship was to spend a high price on the dock to buy a souvenir of the Ming Xie Army: a rough badge with the word "Xie" engraved on it.

In this case, they will be treated relatively fairly by the Ming Xiejun here. Sometimes they will also be given pointers on which of the new Ming Empire's new products are the most profitable.

After tidying up his denim clothes, little Joseph walked into the household registration office.

Then he went through some fixed procedures, such as spitting on the cross, loudly swearing to leave the church in English, etc.

Then he recited a vow to swear allegiance to Li Mingqi in Chinese. Finally, he spent a yellow crown coin to buy a hardcover version of the new Ming Dynasty's "Ming Shuo" and went back to study.

These carefully revised "Ming Shuo" not only contain a large number of passages from the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, etc., but also many Chicken Soup for the Soul written by Li Mingqi.

In short, after reading this book, you will definitely feel full of positive energy, and the meaning of persuading people to do good is very obvious.

It can be summed up in one sentence, that is: when someone slaps me, don't be angry or frustrated, just put the other face towards me, and you can make the other person feel ashamed.

Of course, this kind of books are strictly prohibited from being circulated among the Chinese. Li Mingqi does not want all the people of the empire to be a bunch of disgusting 'sissies' in the future.

After a set of procedures, little Joseph successfully changed his temporary residence permit into a yellow card.

After purchasing a complete set of bundled items including card holders, ID ropes, card surface cleaning water, etc. at the Household Registration Management Office, little Joseph finally walked out of the Household Registration Management Office.

Hanging the yellow card around his neck, he walked towards downtown San Francisco.

At the same time, Li Mingqi was also strolling on the streets of Jinling Dockside under the protection of Liu Erhe.

The advantage of traveling incognito is that few people can recognize Li Mingqi, who is wearing a peaked cap and a large mask covering his mouth.

It gave him a more realistic travel experience.

"Look, does that man have some strange disease?"

An old man sitting at the door of his shop smoked his pipe and said something to some old friends who were playing chess.

Several old men who were playing chess raised their heads when they heard this, glanced at Li Mingqi who was smiling and nodding at them, and discussed in a low voice:

"It should be. I heard from those who ran the boat that there was a smallpox plague in Oregon. Maybe this person was infected?"

"Otherwise, let's send him to the Yamen. If he is really infected with the plague, then our Xinming Empire will be in danger..."

The ‘whispers’ of these people can be heard clearly from seven to eight meters away.

Li Mingqi only felt that his blood pressure was rising suddenly.

However, hearing the news about the emergence of smallpox in Oregon, Li Mingqi's expression became serious.

You must know that smallpox in this era is not a joke, it can really kill people.

The mortality rate of infected people is as high as 25%~40%. The fastest recorded death time is 5 days.

And the most important point is that except for vaccines, there is no specific cure for this virus yet!!!