Just when Xiao Letian was grandly welcomed by the officials and people of Ryukyu, a sea ship was riding the wind and waves on the coast of the Yellow Sea and was sailing south. Its destination was the warm Pacific island nation of Ryukyu.
The chatter on the deck was filled with the laughter of women. All the women from Xiao Letian’s hometown in Tanggu boarded the ship. This year, the master has ordered everyone to go to Ryukyu to celebrate the New Year and have a good taste of what exotic customs are.
Fuhui and Huniu were standing on the bow of the boat together. Fuhui was more traditional. She was wearing a top-grade Hu brocade flag dress, which is the originator of cheongsam in later generations. She also wore a silver fox fur cape. She was full of aristocratic style. Where to stop? Just know that she is the absolute boss.
Moreover, because Huniu had accompanied Xiao Letian abroad and had contact with many European nobles, her vision was no longer comparable to that of the daughter of Shanxi merchants in the past. It was not obvious in Tanggu, but once she left the land of the Qing Dynasty by boat, she She actually put on a dress, a floor-length skirt made of top-quality velvet material, trimmed with firefox fur, and an exaggerated hat full of flowers on her head.
You read that right, they are all filled with flowers. In this vast sea, Huniu can actually decorate her hat with flowers every day, which shows how luxurious the Xiao family is now.
"This is my sister's first time going abroad. Let me tell you, don't do anything else when you go to Ryukyu. You must taste the fruits and seafood there. Those strange tropical fruits have a very unique taste..."
"Seafood must be eaten from the eastern part of the island. The western part of the island is full of commercial ports. The sea water is not clean, and the seafood has a strange smell... Nowadays, rich people eat seafood from the deep sea in the Pacific Ocean east of Ryukyu Island..."
"And Japan's seafood is also very good. My sister must have never eaten deep-sea king crab...it's so big and scary, but the meat in one leg can make you full..."
Fuhui looked at Huniu and said with a wry smile, "You can't change into normal clothes. Look, Master Weng and Master Feng were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out of the cabin..."
"This is not normal for me. This is the most popular style in Europe this year. Fangguan asked someone to bring it back from Europe... I obviously gave several sets to my sister. Why don't you wear them..." Huniu shrugged indifferently. shrug.
"If they want to be old-fashioned, then so be it... Anyway, I am also the big-footed woman they are calling me, and I am rebellious."
This time, Xiao Letian's family rushed to Ryukyu. It was originally a very personal matter, but when Weng Tonghe arrived in Tanggu, the personal matter changed.
No one expected that the old man would be so impatient. The imperial court had just approved his visit plan, and he ordered his troops to set off two days later. Even Mr. Qing did not expect it to be so fast.
Weng Tonghe took his student Feng Fu, accompanied by the shopkeeper Ding of Lotte Foreign Trade, and brought eighteen followers and twenty-four guards, and rushed to Tanggu all the way.
It happened that Xiao Letian's family was going to Ryukyu. In the era of sailing and navigation, no matter how advanced the ship technology was, the risk was very high, so choosing a reliable sea ship was the most important thing.
The best sea-going ships in Tanggu are of course controlled by Lotte and Yang. The Hailong clipper ship is the latest American product, with the best speed and safety. This time it has naturally become the first choice of Xiao Letian's family.
The old man is not stupid. Of course he knows that he has to borrow it all. He should save as much as he can for the court. The cost of renting a foreigner's ship is not low.
No one could refuse such a reasonable request. The old man and his party boarded the Sea Dragon smoothly and followed Fuhui and the others to Ryukyu.
The voyage on the sea was not as beautiful as imagined. Except for a few guards with excellent internal skills, the old man and his group could withstand it, but the rest of them vomited.
In fact, these people didn't go on the deck not only because they were afraid of Hu Niu's fancy clothes, but also because they were seasick. They were vomiting bile and couldn't walk steadily. They still had the energy to go to the deck to see the scenery.
On the contrary, Xiao Letian's family members do not have this problem, because these girls can often go out for fun by boat. Those who are closer can use small boats to go along the Haihe River to Tianjin to have fun, and those who are farther away can even use sea boats on the Bohai Sea. Turn around.
Xiao Letian didn't have the bad habit of keeping women in the back house and not letting them out. In his eyes, a woman must be happy if she follows him. It's not enough to just have money to spend and eat well, but she must also have spiritual pursuits.
Therefore, in the days when Xiao Letian was away, these girls were playing around a lot. With the protection of the Intelligence Bureau, they were not afraid of any danger at all.
Xiao Letian once said, "I don't want a woman who can't walk out of the door. How dangerous the world is now. What if one day you need to escape by boat, but you get seasick and die first before being killed by the enemy?" Or I was scared to death when I was running away, how unfair that would be..."
"So, I, Xiao Letian, have to raise my women wildly and throw all the rules aside. I want a woman who is full of vitality and less lifeless..."
It was under Xiao Letian's pampering that the women in the inner house became more and more rebellious. Not to mention Tanggu City, even Tianjin Wei and Beijing City knew how unscrupulous Xiao Letian's women were.
Wearing fancy clothes, swaggering through the city, and even daring to eat in restaurants where men hang out... This is really treasonous. In the late Qing Dynasty, women could go out openly in addition to markets and temple fairs. At other times, they could go to the street corner to buy bottles. Even jealousy will be laughed at.
But Xiao Letian's women were so arrogant that they challenged the dignity of the patriarchal society. Many old-fashioned women were so angry that they almost had a stroke.
"Shameless, ugly, unruly...dressing up in fancy clothes and not binding their feet, yet daring to walk around the streets every day, monsters...just a bunch of monsters."
Of course, these words were all scolded behind their backs, and few people dared to scold them in front of them, because everyone who dared to scold them in front of them was punished by the Intelligence Bureau to a life worse than death.
But there are always some people in this world who don’t know how to advance or retreat. For example, Feng Fu, this clear-smelling Hanlin who almost lost his bile after vomiting, lost his patience due to the chattering of the women on the deck. He rushed out of the cabin and shouted .
"Xiao Letian is considered a hero in this world, so why did he find a group of unruly women like you... Chattering and gossiping, dressing up in fancy clothes and not binding your feet... Do you want to rebel? Can you be quiet for a while..."
"It's really hard to raise a villain and a woman. I feel sorry for Xiao Letian."
This sentence caused the deck to fall into a dead silence. Qingwen, Xiren, and Ping'er had not heard such a harsh sound for a long time. In this Qing Dynasty, there were still people who dared to point their noses and scold them. For a moment, they were all stunned. stunned.
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