On this day, in order to learn more about the situation among the people while the empire was in full swing with foreign wars, Zhu Youxiao once again decided to leave Beijing to inspect the world.
Of course, he also wanted to see more of the world while he was still healthy and able to move around.
On the day when Zhu Youxiao left the palace to inspect the world, Senard had become a rickshaw driver working in the capital.
Although when the first Han people came to buy these white slaves, Sennard was robbed of the opportunity to be bought by Ci Hege, but in the end he was lucky enough to be bought by a businessman from the capital as the slave. A professional rickshaw driver who earns money from a businessman's car factory.
Therefore, Senard, who was wearing a straw hat and a coat with the number 0137 on it, happened to see the emperor's ceremonial procession leaving the palace when he was pulling people on the streets of the capital.
Senard also saw Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao wearing a Yi Shan crown and a yellow robe from a distance in the glass window.
Although he knew that the main source of his current fate was the Ming emperor named Zhu Youxiao.
But he had to admit that he felt endless awe in his heart just by looking at it from a distance.
"I didn't expect that I would actually have the opportunity to see this Eastern emperor who has swallowed up almost all the countries in my European continent. If God has eyes, he should be struck to death with a bolt of lightning!"
Senard said this in awe, and then continued to pull his rickshaw towards Xuanwumen.
Zhu Youxiao happened to see Senard's retreating figure at this time, as well as several other rickshaws and the white men pulling them.
This made him smile knowingly.
He also did not expect that he would bring history to this point, to the point where the Han people were pulled by foreigners in rickshaws.
"Who came up with the idea of using foreigners to pull rickshaws?"
Zhu Youxiao, who has been in the palace for a long time, saw this phenomenon for the first time, and Dongchang didn't think it was unusual for a white man to be a coachman. After all, Bai Yi was not paid much attention to in this era, so he didn't think so. Without reporting this phenomenon, Zhu Youxiao did not learn about it from Dongchang. At this time, it was quite new, so he asked.
"Your Majesty, in professional terms, this is the result of market selection. It is cheaper to use white people as coachmen, and the lives of white people are inherently lower."
Du Yinxi, who was accompanying the guard, replied.
Zhu Youxiao therefore nodded: "This is really a beautiful scenery. I have decreed that all the cars will be owned by white people, so we can give them some tax rates."
"yes!"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly wanted to experience the feeling of riding in a rickshaw and being pulled by a white man.
At the same time, he also wanted to see if these white people could understand the social situation of Ming Dynasty from another perspective.
As a high-ranking emperor, if he wants to manage such a huge empire, he often needs to understand his empire from multiple angles.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao became an ordinary Han next, while Du Yinxi temporarily pretended to be his fellow countryman, wandering around Zhendingfu City in the name of coming from the capital together to find work.
Under Zhu Youxiao's instruction, Du Yinxi recruited two rickshaws, randomly reported a place name, and asked the white man pulling the rickshaws to take them there.
The white coachman naturally agreed quickly.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao asked the driver about everything in the car.
"May I have your name?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"As for me, the younger one's name is Jia Yuke."
The man replied.
"Where are you from?"
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask.
"My hometown is in Bern, Switzerland."
Jiayuke replied.
"Then why did you come here to be a coachman?"
Zhu Youxiao asked again.
"Oh, who made my life miserable? If I wasn't arranged by God to be a Han, I could only be bullied by the Orientals and do such a lowly job."
Jiayuke sighed and replied.
"Have you ever thought about changing it?"
Zhu Youxiao then asked.
"Accept your fate. Orientals are a kind of people favored by God. We white people are born to suffer, just like black slaves."
Jiayuke replied.
Zhu Youxiao was relieved after hearing this, thinking that indeed white people would accept their fate.
Suddenly, after arriving at the destination, Du Yinxi took out the money and continued to wander around with Zhu Youxiao.
"The Marquis of Cologne is recruiting people. As long as they are Han Chinese, they can directly become officers of the Marquis's Guards. There is no age limit or gender limit, but only Han Chinese are required. The monthly salary is 100 yuan. The quota is limited, first come first served!"
And when Zhu Youxiao and Du Yinxi wandered into a job market to learn about the employment situation in this area, they happened to see a group of very wealthy Han people shouting loudly on a table with a loudspeaker.
And because of this, there were quite a few Han people who came to sign and apply for the job.
"How could such a thing happen? I remember that Cologne has not yet been enfeoffed and has no vassal lord, but it actually recruited a bodyguard first."
Zhu Youxiao was surprised and said to Du Yinxi.
"I remember that it has not yet been enfeoffed. Western Europe has only been entrusted to Berlin and the whole of Austria. There should be something fishy in this."
Du Yinxi replied.
"Come on, let's go take a look too."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"Okay, I will take the opportunity to go to the nearby shop to buy some pastries and give a signal to the secret guards following us."
After Du Yinxi came back, he said: "Uncle, are you hungry? I'll buy some food!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded and replied: "Go back quickly!"
Du Yinxi went to the shop nearby to buy pastries.
At that time, several people dressed as patrol battalion patrolmen who were in the distance took this opportunity to come to this shop.
"Old man!"
"Old man!"
"Yes, it's you. You look like a general. Our Lord Marquis will definitely like it. Come with us to Cologne. I'll ask the Lord Marquis to give you a high salary of two hundred silver dollars a month!"
At this time, after seeing Zhu Youxiao, the wealthy Han man ran towards Zhu Youxiao, grabbed Zhu Youxiao, and pulled him to his cart while talking with a smile on his face.
"What are you doing! What are you doing! Why are you dragging my uncle along?"
Du Yinxi came back with a box of pastries at this time, and when he saw this, he pushed the rich Han man.
Seeing this, the rich Han man said: "I want to recruit him to be the general of our Guards Army of Cologne! Let him be popular and drink spicy food in the future!"
Zhu Youxiao said at this time: "Lao Du, he said he would give me a monthly salary of two hundred yuan."
"so much?"
Du Yinxi pretended to be surprised and replied, then grabbed the rich Han man and said, "Then you have to recruit me, otherwise, if I don't agree, my old uncle can't live without someone to take care of him."
Seeing this, the wealthy Han man could only nod his head: "Okay, but I can only give you a monthly salary of one hundred yuan."
"A hundred dollars is a hundred dollars."
Du Yinxi replied.
The rich Han man said: "Then go over and register your name, and then get on the bus. Also, call me Fei Ren! If anything happens after you get on the bus, just call my name."
Ming Dynasty has now manufactured large cars that can carry both people and cargo.
These large vehicles were popular among merchants because they could haul people as well as various goods.
Zhu Youxiao, Du Yinxi and other Han people who were recruited therefore boarded a cart brought by Fei Ren.
Except for Zhu Youxiao and Du Yinxi, who were suspicious, everyone else thought they were going to the Cologne Kingdom to be an officer, a local military master, and in charge of the local white people, so they were very excited.
But when Zhu Youxiao, Du Yinxi, the royal guards who had sneaked in, and other Han Chinese who had applied for the job were pulled out of the city by Fei Ren's men, they were not pulled to the west road, but were pulled by Brought to the south.
"What are they doing?"
Zhu Youxiao asked because of this.
"It's not obvious yet, but it's definitely malicious."
Du Yinxi replied.
After an unknown period of time, a group of Han people including Zhu Youxiao and Du Yinxi were dragged to the site of a township factory that had been abandoned due to relocation.
Because Ming Dynasty had developed foreign trade, there were many factories in towns and villages.
Although most of the township and village factories use very crude and outdated machines and the goods they produce are not very good, due to the low cost, many people overseas have lower incomes than local Han people. Therefore, the goods produced by these township and village factories are very popular overseas. Because of this, there were a lot of township enterprises in Ming Dynasty. Some township factories transformed into large factories and moved to places with a higher degree of industrialization. This resulted in many towns and villages leaving many former township factory sites.
What Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that soon after he and Du Yinxi were brought here, a large number of armed gangsters with swords and guns suddenly appeared around them.
Most people are already nervous about this.
"What are you doing?!"
"Aren't you going to Cologne? Why are you here?"
"We're not going! Let's go back to the countryside and farm."
Many people shouted loudly.
These days, there are indeed many organizations recruiting Han people to places like Europe, and the applicants are mostly ordinary farmers, because the income of ordinary farmers is not high. Even if there is no land tax to pay, the economic benefits are still not as good as the income from industry and commerce. After all, farmers are not as good as workers, Industry is not as good as business, so many Han farmers will choose to work overseas to earn higher incomes.
"Want to run?"
However, at this time, the young Han man who refused to leave was kicked to the ground by a strong man holding a whistle stick. He beat the young Han man hard with the whistle stick and cursed:
"I told you to run! I told you to run! Do you really think you are a noble person? Damn it, believe it or not, I will beat you to death and no one will come to collect your body."
When everyone saw this scene, they were even more shocked.
Fei Ren also walked out of the car at this time, and took out a wild goose feather knife, pointed at Zhu Youxiao and Du Yinxi, and said: "Whatever you are looking at, squat down honestly!"
Many people squatted down and began to feel fear. They watched the Han youth being beaten to death and became even more nervous.
Du Yinxi was quite calmly counting these people secretly at this time, and after squatting down with Zhu Youxiao, he said: "Your Majesty! There are two hundred and nine people, plus the guy named Fei Ren!"
"I didn't expect that there are Han Chinese who dare to bully their own compatriots so brazenly."
Zhu Youxiao said for this reason.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Fei Ren pulled Zhu Youxiao up and kicked him in the back, causing Zhu Youxiao's waist to hurt.
Seeing this, Du Yinxi couldn't help but blush, and shouted: "You bastard, how dare you do this to my uncle!"
Fei Ren pointed a knife at Fei Ren: "If you don't want to die, just shut up."
Du Yinxi had no choice but to pretend to be timid and shut up, and winked at the plainclothes guards around him, telling them to be ready to escort him at any time. Some of them had already drawn the guns in their arms.
Fei Ren also walked towards Zhu Youxiao at this time, pointed at Zhu Youxiao, and asked the strong man who had just beaten him: "Master Shen, look, how is this old man doing? Can he be hired to do it?" The old father-in-law that Duke Yi wants?"
Mr. Shen looked at Zhu Youxiao and said with a smile: "You are indeed very impressive. When you go to Zisungen, I think he will be more suitable to be the owner of Dongchangchang than anyone else!"
Zhu Youxiao, who was holding his waist, had black lines on his face after hearing this, and thought to himself: "Here, these guys actually want to castrate me?!"
