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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 498: First Arrival in Shanghai

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    Jiang Guolin was exhausted from several days of rough seas. He and the inspector Zhou Qibin were placed in a cabin. The narrow cabin was empty except for two wooden beds and quilts.  Three meals and water were delivered regularly every day, and there were two Taiping guards outside the door. Other than that, the two of them had not seen anyone else since they boarded the boat.

    "Brother Yunong (characterized by Jiang Guolin), where do you think Changmao is going to send us?" Zhou Qibin's heart went crazy. After being captured, Zhou Qibin once thought of committing suicide by committing suicide, but in the end he was beaten by several such as  After being held down and tightly tied by the wolf-like Taiping soldiers for two days, Zhou Qibin's courage to commit suicide gradually dissipated.

    Jiang Guolin stood by the porthole with his hands behind his hands and looked at the rough waves outside. He just said lightly: "Zhang Mao wants to send us to Jinling City to offer us prisoners for credit!" Compared with Zhou Qibin, Jiang Guolin had more serious thoughts of committing suicide. After being captured,  He tried to commit suicide several times, but was stopped by the guarding Taiping soldiers. Finally, Chen Yucheng, a famous long-haired general, met Jiang Guolin alone. I don't know what Chen Yucheng said to Jiang Guolin, but Jiang Guolin gave up his thoughts of death.

    Zhou Qibin sighed softly and said: "Changmao has done it many times. Isn't it over when I kill myself? Why do I have to go all the way to Jinling?"

    Jiang Guolin's thin and timeless face remained unchanged: "The long-haired famous general Four-Eyed Dog told me personally that they will send us captured generals to their home base of Jinling to claim credit. If one of us commits suicide, they will  Kill our men and send hundreds of people to vent their anger."

    Zhou Qibin finally understood what Chen Yucheng said to Jiang Guolin, "These hairy dogs are really despicable! Brother Yunong, we don't know if they go back on their word and still kill the soldiers."

    Jiang Guolin said calmly: "Chen Yucheng made a promise in front of many of his generals. I don't dare to break it, otherwise he will lose the general's trust."

    Zhou Qibin frowned and said worriedly: "I don't know how Changmao will execute us after offering him prisoners."

    Jiang Guolin snorted softly and said: "Death is the only way to go through the ages. It's good to sacrifice prisoners, just to see how these traitors have ruined the colorful world of Jiangnan, and then scold the long-haired dog Xi Wang when they sacrifice prisoners.  Then he died calmly, no matter how he died."

    Zhou Qibin shook his head, his face turned a little pale, and he muttered: "I heard that when Changmao caught high-ranking officials like us, they lit sky lanterns. That kind of torture will not make you die in one go. If that were the case, I'd better seek help early."  What a pleasure!¡±

    Jiang Guolin looked at him for a long time without saying anything. After a long time, he said: "I'm not afraid. Even if a thousand swords attack me, I won't frown!"

    At this time, the cabin door opened, and three Taiping soldiers who delivered meals came in with food boxes. The handsome Taiping soldier in the lead smiled and said: "The two gentlemen have eaten."

    The food is put out.  Three dishes, one soup and a big bowl of rice.  Jiang Guolin sat down and ate without saying a word. Zhou Qibin picked up the bowl but couldn't eat it. Three Taiping soldiers stood aside and waited for them to finish eating and took away the bowl and chopsticks, also because they were afraid of them.  Private possession of artifacts.

    Zhou Qibin finally couldn't help but ask after two mouthfuls of food: "Little brothers, you guys have hair, oh, no, it's the Taiping Army. How will they execute us?"

    The Taiping Army officer smiled and said, "I don't know whether they will be executed. We are not the Punishment Department of the Ministry of Punishment that convicts people, but we have to talk about the method of death. The death penalty in the Kingdom of Heaven is beheading and hanging. I heard that recently the Ministry of Punishment has also  At the Guangfa Ting Council, the opinions of soldiers and civilians were solicited to see whether beheading should be abolished and replaced by shooting and hanging. Shooting means beating someone to death with a musket, and this method of death can be considered pleasant."

    Zhou Qibin was stunned for a moment and said: "Are there no other tortures besides this?"

    The soldier shook his head and said: "No, in the past, before the King of the West entered Tianjing, there were some tortures in Tianjing such as lighting sky lanterns and smiling, but now they are gone. They are all used by our Su Fu New Deal."  The criminal law established at that time.¡±

    Zhou Qibin breathed a sigh of relief, his appetite for food was better, and he said with a smile: "It would be better if we didn't die in such a humiliating way."

    The general also looked at the two people with some enthusiasm and smiled: "Two eldest gentlemen, you two are really strange. The other senior officials are all thinking of ways to survive. You two are fine. They are just asking how to die."  Law."

    Jiang Guolin put down his bowl and chopsticks at this time and said calmly: "Others are unfaithful and unjust and pray for survival, but we will never betray the Lord and surrender to the enemy to survive. Death is more important than Mount Tai"

    Just when he said this, the soldier interrupted: "Yes, yes, I understand. It is heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather. You two are as verbose as the trainers in our army. You will die in battle."  , How can it make so much sense? You two, please eat quickly and have a good sleep after eating. I think we will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow."

      Jiang Guolin was choked badly, but he also secretly wondered, did Changmao also teach these sages' words in the army?  Don¡¯t they believe in Western God?

    The soldier turned back to his companions and smiled and said: "We are paid today. We will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow. Captain Wang has promised that we will take turns to go ashore for a day's rest. I heard that a Kunqu Opera Theater has opened in Zhabei. I heard that this troupe is still for Xianfeng Dog."  The emperor has sung operas, do you want to go to the opera together?"

    Jiang Guolin was furious, slammed the table and said angrily: "How dare you humiliate the emperor without a king or father?"

    The soldier frowned and interrupted: "Yes, sir, put away your tricks. That is your emperor, not ours. Why should we respect him?"

    Jiang Guolin was speechless for a moment, and then he remembered that these soldiers were all rebels and had long been without a king or a father.

    After the meal, the three Taiping soldiers packed up the dishes and left, still talking about where they would go for fun after arriving in Shanghai tomorrow. Jiang Guolin was so depressed that he slept with his clothes on, while Zhou Qibin sat blankly without saying a word.

    I don¡¯t know how long it took, but a long whistle woke the two of them up. Jiang Guolin stood by the porthole and looked out, but he saw several British steamships and sailing cargo ships passing by. The whistle sounded on the ship, which seemed to be calling for the Taiping Army.  The fleet paid tribute in general.  As more and more ships appeared in front of us, an endless stream of ships of various colors rushed in, making it look like thousands of ships were vying for the stream.

    At this time, the cabin door opened, and it was the soldiers who delivered meals. This time, in addition to delivering breakfast, they also brought several sets of clean robes. The soldier said: "You two will change into these robes after breakfast.  We will go ashore soon."

    Jiang Guolin lifted up the clothes and took a look at them, shook his head and said, "This is a rebel uniform. I only wear Zhengshuo's clothes."

    The soldier sneered and said: "Look, you two are both Han people. This is the orthodox Han dress that our Queen of the West restored according to the description in the previous book. Haha, when you come here, you become a rebel? Really?  I wonder if your sages will jump out of their coffins in anger after hearing this."

    Jiang Guolin was furious, his face flushed red, and he was shaking with anger and pointed at the soldier, but he couldn't say a word in rebuttal.  Zhou Qibin pulled Jiang Guolin and said: "Brother Yunong, our official uniforms are already worn out. We might as well change into something new. This is the den of rebels. Where can we change our uniforms? Be more particular."  "

    Jiang Guolin stopped talking and sat down to eat breakfast angrily. After eating, he picked up the robe and put it on top of the old clothes without taking off the old clothes. He said: "I won't change. I will wear the clothes of my motherland."  Still wearing it."

    The soldier couldn't help but laugh: "Sir, the weather in Shanghai in August is sweltering. How can you wear so many clothes and not feel too hot? You really want to save face and suffer."

    Jiang Guolin ignored it, finished it, fixed his braids, and sat there with his eyes closed to relax.  Zhou Qibin originally planned to get rid of his old clothes, but seeing Jiang Guolin's behavior, he had no choice but to cover up his new clothes.

    After a while, another Taiping Army officer came: "We are almost docking, let them come up." The Taiping Army officer in the cabin responded and asked Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin to follow them to the deck.

    A gust of wind blew on the deck, and Jiang Guolin felt that the feeling of boredom was slightly lifted. Looking around, he saw that the fleet had entered the Huangpu River. Wharfs, warehouses, and shops were lined up along both sides of the river. There was an endless stream of ships coming and going, and there were straight roads along the shore.  All the way to the city of Shanghai, the road is bustling with carriages, mule carts, pedestrians, and horses. Among them are foreigners in various suits, Chinese people in suits, pedestrians in Hanfu robes, and beautiful women dressed up.  Foreigners also have Chinese women.

    Zhou Qibin stared at the great changes on both sides of the Huangpu River with his mouth agape. He was speechless. This place was more than ten times more prosperous than the Sanhang District and the port in Guangzhou, and there were more than ten times more pedestrians coming and going.

    Jiang Guolin frowned and pointed at the Chinese women who were wearing foreign clothes with their snow-white arms exposed and said angrily: "How unbecoming is this? Under the rule of the rebels, the atmosphere is really bad, it is really morally corrupt!"

    The Taiping Army officer glanced at it and said with a smile: "Those sisters are female students from Morrison Memorial School for Girls. That is their school uniform. The whole school wears it like this. How should they behave? Besides, the rules of this girls' school are strict.  No men are allowed in, so where is the custom?"

    Jiang Guolin said in surprise: "What? You actually let Chinese girls go to foreign schools to study? Are you not afraid of losing face?!"

    The Taiping Army officer shrugged his shoulders and said: "This old man is really rare. There are no less than twenty missionary schools for foreigners in Shanghai. What's so strange about studying in missionary schools? We also have them in our own elementary and middle schools.  There are many foreign teachers.¡±

    Jiang Guolin stamped his feet and shouted sadly: "You are really trying to destroy our thousand-year-old Chinese culture"

      The soldier asked strangely: "Sir, by the thousand-year culture you are talking about, do you mean the official uniform you are wearing underneath? I would rather not have such a culture."

    Jiang Guolin was stunned for a moment, and looked at each other with Zhou Qibin, both of whom were speechless.  (To be continued)
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