Well, the truth of the matter is that Zhao Xin is 1.8 meters tall, and A Miao is 1.58 meters tall, so if he wants to hug each other's waist, he has to bend down.
Even in the past nine years, A Miao has been forced by Zhao Xin to eat beef, mutton, and drink milk every day. She has also been taking Centum tablets for several years. She has to jump rope and bask in the sun every morning. The little girl is still less than one meter tall. six.
This is nothing unusual. Throughout the entire eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, the average height of Japanese people was only about 1.2 to 1.4 meters. A Miao's ability to grow to nearly 1.6 meters was considered an anomaly. As the old saying goes, "When a man reaches eighteen and a woman reaches twenty," Zhao Xin feels that there is still a chance for success.
Tell me something fun.
The current "Sea Dog Lord" Tokugawa Ieashi is 1.56 meters tall. Don't underestimate him. He is the fifth tallest among the fifteen shoguns in history, and is taller than the four successors after him. Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was 1.5 meters tall, was very tall when he first met Zhao Xin. After he hurriedly fled back to Edo, Tokugawa Iashi learned that Zhao Xin was nearly six feet tall, and he was so surprised that his jaw almost hit the tatami.
"I, I want to go back to my hometown to visit." After snuggling on Zhao Xin's chest for a moment, A Miao made a request with a slightly hesitant tone.
Zhao Xin didn't react at the first time and just said "hmm" casually. It was a little uncomfortable to be crouched all the time, so he pulled A Miao to sit on a double sofa next to him, put his arm around her shoulders and whispered, "Go back to the island country?"
There was a glint in A Miao's eyes, and she murmured: "It has been nine years. I want to visit my grandma, mother and younger brother, offer them incense sticks, and tell them that I have lived a good life these years and will do the same in the future." Just keep getting better, don’t worry about me.”
What can Zhao Xin say? Of course he can only agree unconditionally. But when he asked to go back with A Miao, A Miao's eyes first showed a hint of joy, and then she shook her head and said no. She explained that her mother and younger brother were swept away by mudslides, and their bodies were unknown. However, her grandmother was helped by kind people from the village to bury them and set up a "stele" with wood chips. I wanted to go there this time because I wanted to renovate my grandma’s cemetery. In addition to traveling there and back, it would take nearly a month anyway.
Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Jishan's sister to accompany you, and then I'll draw a platoon from the guard."
Chen Jishan's sister Chen Erya married Li Wenqing two years ago and was the matchmaker for Wu Zhong. Although she married a woman and gave birth to a fat boy, Chen Erya still served as the guard captain of the female family members in Zhao Xin's house. The child also hired a nanny to look after her, and she stayed in the back house of Zhao Xin's house for half a day every day. After careful training by her and Wang Yuanfang's wife over the years, Beihai Town already has a female guard team of more than 20 people.
Those who can serve as female guards are almost all women from frontier Orion families. They have a fierce personality, are straightforward and tough, and do not have the ethics and ethics of Han women. Beihai Town has been promoting equality between men and women over the years. There are also female soldiers in the army, and their treatment is higher than that of male soldiers. In particular, Liu Sheng's wife Wu Xiha set a good example among the Hezhe people.
The female guards may not all be as skilled as Wang Yuanfang and his wife, but agility is a must. In addition, everyone has good marksmanship, so even Zhao Xin's security company does not dare to underestimate them easily.
"No, so many people are too ostentatious."
"I have the final say on this matter! Safety first."
Hearing Zhao Xin's tone of refusal, A Miao could only say "hmm" and arched her little head on the other person's shoulder. On a large square stool opposite the sofa, Duofu, who was lying on a thick cushion, squinted at the man and woman in front of him with a satisfied expression. He purred, stretched out his limbs and rolled.
The "Miao Ji" beside Zhao Wangdian wants to return to her hometown to pay homage to her relatives, which is no small matter. When the news reached the Sendai Domain, Ishikawa Murafumi, the patriarch of the clan, attached great importance to it. He immediately sent an envoy to the "North Sea Resident Office", which was Cao Peng's house, and solemnly requested that the ceremonial affairs be handed over to him. The feudal lord is fully responsible, and they will handle it according to the standard for welcoming the general.
There is an island girl in Zhao Xin's family. In fact, the Sendai clan and the Tokugawa shogunate knew about it a few years ago. At first they thought the little girl was just a beautiful maid selected from the refugees; but as time went by, they realized something was wrong. A Miao's status in Beihai Town was extraordinary. You must know that if A Miao occasionally expresses opinions, the naturalized citizens of the island will regard it as an imperial edict, thinking that this is Zhao Wangdian asking her to pass the message on his behalf.
In particular, the earliest batch of naturalized residents of the island country in Beihai Town respected A Miao very much. They now all live a life of abundant food and clothing. Not only do they live in a large blue brick house with two to three floors, but the food and clothing of the whole family are dozens of times better than that of the lord of the island country. Of course, their behavior of eating meat all the time also made the big bosses of the shogunate deeply despised, thinking that these people were traitors and their souls had long been impure.
In recent years, the shogunate's "Hokkai Advocate" and the Sendai Domain have tried to use several orchid scholars who defected to Hokkai Town to give gifts to A Miao. However, A Miao has always deeply resented the shogunate's dissatisfaction after the eruption of Mount Asama volcano. As a result, coupled with the influence of Zhao Xin for many years, no messengers from the Sendai clan or the shogunate were seen, so as not to disturb his peaceful and happy life.
Just in the late autumn of last year, after one hundred and eighty years, the Sendai Domain finally went abroad again and sent the first batch of 300 immigrants to Palawan Island after one hundred and eighty years. The hot climate on the island makes it difficult for the people of Sendai who are used to living in a cool and humid environment. However, it is a land rewarded by King Zhao with three crops a year. There are plenty of fish, shrimps and various birds to catch. , couldn’t finish it at all. When the news came back, everyone in the Sendai clan was overjoyed. The heads of each family decided to wait for the monsoon this autumn to transport 500 people there.
As the strength of the Sendai clan grew, Ishikawa Murafumi's ambitions also expanded. He was no longer satisfied with just being an old man, he wanted to be the regent, or even Guan Bai. But before taking action, he had to get Zhao Xin's approval. Now that he has the opportunity to establish a relationship with "Miao Ji", Ishikawa Murafumi can only dream of it.
"In that case, I don't have any objection. However, Azuma County is in Takasaki Domain, so I have to inform Edo about this." Cao Peng sat cross-legged on the banquet, leaning on a table in front of him and leaning on his arms. Up there, speaking is very casual.
Ishikawa Murafumi's envoy bowed and said: "It doesn't matter, we will also send someone to inform Edo."
Cao Peng nodded, straightened up and said, "I have to remind you, I have no problem with you fighting with the shogunate, but A Miao came back this time to visit her family's grave. Don't involve her in other matters, otherwise you know the temper of King Zhao." of."
The envoy leaned over and saluted and said: "This vassal can be today only because of the care of King Zhao and Mr. Cao. I will never forget it. I will go back and report it now."
As soon as the messenger left, Cao Peng got up and went to the backyard. Lin Sanyue, with a big belly, was walking in the garden with two nurses. Seeing her husband, Lin Sanyue smiled and waved playfully at him, so Cao Peng walked over quickly like a pug.
Although this girl looks as demure as a flower in the water, she is actually a stubborn person inside. If she hadn't originally, she would not have spoken out to Sheriff Li Chao in person. When she and her husband returned to Beihai Town to report on their work a few years ago, Cao Peng and Lin Ruoyu originally intended for her to stay in Beihai Town to wait for childbirth. After all, the medical level in the island country was really not that good. But March refused to agree, saying, "When you get married, you will obey your husband." She would go wherever her husband goes.
Cao Peng was helpless by his wife, and he didn't dare to lose his temper, so he had to go to Liu Siting and beg for a long time before the other party sent two of the most experienced nurses to follow her.
"Husband, who is here?"
Cao Peng liked hearing March call him "husband" and said with a smile: "Ishikawa Murafumi's person."
"What's the matter?"
"Hey! Boss Zhao's little wife comes back to visit her grave, and these guys all turned into bastards and moved away."
"What does this have to do with the bastard?"
Lin Sanyue had been living with her father in Hunchun City before, and came to Sendai Domain after getting married, so she was confused about many people and things in Beihai Town, and Cao Peng rarely mentioned it. When she heard "Boss Zhao's little wife", her first reaction was "Ms. Shen", but then she thought about it, she was almost thirty, so she couldn't be considered "little".
"I can't hold it in any longer!"
March and the two nurses couldn't help but be stunned. When they reacted, they covered their mouths and laughed. Afterwards, the two nurses excused themselves and left, leaving them to talk.
"Did your husband say that Empress Shen is coming?"
Cao Pengxin said that I was dizzy, and this was all going nowhere! So he told his wife what he knew about A Miao. While looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, March said "Uh-huh" and then said after listening: "So, that wonderful girl's life experience is indeed pitiful. But she was also lucky enough to meet King Zhao."
Cao Peng said casually: "Haha, I was talking about Ashin at first, but it turned out that he was cultivated through play, which is really good."
Yue Yue was shocked when she heard this. She quickly turned around, glanced twice, and said softly: "Husband, don't say such nonsense, especially if it concerns King Zhao."
"Don't worry! Boss Zhao is not such a petty person. To be honest, I still admire him."
The couple walked a few more steps, then Yue Yue suddenly stopped, tilted his head and glanced at Cao Peng and joked: "Husband, will you also take in a little girl? Wait a few years."
Without thinking, Cao Peng took the other person's hand and said, "I, Cao, swear to God that I will be kind to Yue Yue in this life. If you violate your oath, call me."
"I am joking with my husband!" March hurriedly raised her hand to cover her husband's mouth, with smiles in her eyes.
After lunch, March felt a little tired, so he went to rest. Cao Peng got up and went to the front yard. He looked around and saw that everything was quiet. So he went to the concierge and coughed lightly. A middle-aged man with a smile on his face soon walked out.
"If you have something to do, why bother coming here in person? Just find someone to call the younger one."
"Kakunosuke, what I told you last month."
"Oh! Don't worry, sir. Someone will be sent over at noon to tell me to go and see him in the afternoon." After Kakunosuke said that, he leaned into Cao Peng's ear and whispered softly: "I heard that she is the daughter of a businessman! She is well-educated and sensible. The appearance is also based on your requirements."
Cao Peng said with a straight face: "I have thought about this, so I won't see you for now."
Kakunosuke looked at Cao Peng in surprise, wondering why this person changed his mind? However, he, a handyman looking at the door, didn't dare to say "no", so he had to bow and said: "Yes. I will take care of this matter, sir. Please rest assured."
Entering May, the war in South Asia continues. Mysore, which received a large amount of material aid from Beihai Town, fought fiercely with Maratha and Hyderabad.
Governor Leclerc was very fond of the Seris people who helped him return to the governor's throne. In order to go to Beihai Town to meet the Crown Prince Louis Charles as soon as possible, he simply made a big show of it. Except for the administrative affairs in the city, he still managed it himself. , all military matters were delegated to Ding Guofeng.
This war, spearheaded by the British East India Company against the French, has developed to this point, and Lord Cornwallis is already in a position of difficulty. It’s okay that the French haven’t solved it. If Mysore is allowed to take back the territory it once ceded, the prestige of the East India Company will definitely suffer a serious blow.
Starting from February, except for the Manchu Qing Dynasty who occupied Gorkha in the north and did not intervene, all other princely states in Hindustan appeared on the scene. In some places, the fight has already started, and in some places, it is about to take place.
In the last Anglo-Mysore War, the East India Company's troops attacked Mysore in three directions. Hyderabad and Maratha, as an alliance of the British, took advantage of the situation and Mysore was defeated.
This time, with the help of Beihai Town, Tipu Sultan reached an agreement with Ding Guofeng, and Beihai Town watched over the British troops in Calcutta and Madras, while he himself led 50,000 troops in the Carnatic, Malaya and Rabal concentrated on Hyderabad and Maratha on the Deccan Plateau. The two sides have been fighting so far, mainly around the area between the Krishna and Penna rivers in eastern India.
The Nizam family, the rulers of Hyderabad, got the land after the Treaty of Seringapatan was signed two years ago. In particular, the two forts of Kadapa and Gandikota on the south bank of the Penna River are of great military significance to Mysore.
Intimidated by the presence of the Northern Navy, the British East India Company, which had been beaten down before, turned its back on the enemy. The army stayed in Madras and did not dare to go anywhere, for fear that as soon as the front foot left, the back foot would be dug out. Having fought against the Northern Navy many times, Cornwallis, who was a soldier, has been vaguely aware of a terrible fact; the reason why our side has been repeatedly crushed by opponents on the battlefield is not only the issue of weapons generation differences, but also contains the differences between different military systems. collision.
Since he couldn't win, Cornwallis could only solve the problem through negotiation. He asked Dundas, who was in charge of Indian colonial affairs officials, as his secret history to go to local governance and contact with Beihai Town. Unexpectedly, as soon as the two parties sat down at the negotiation table and Dundas finished his opening remarks with a smile, Ding Guofeng laid out Beihai Town's conditions.
First, the East India Company recognized the legal rule of Mysore France over South India, and any future war against the Kingdom of Mysore would be regarded as a declaration of war against Beihai Town; secondly, the East India Company was not allowed to invade Guangzhou, including Borneo. Opium was sold in Southeast Asia, including places where Chinese people gathered, such as Chau, Bacheng and Malacca. Once discovered, the town of Beihai has the power to arrest merchants and sailors, punish them according to its own laws, and confiscate the ship and all cargo as a fine.
After hearing this, Dundas whispered to the secretary next to him, and then pretended to be puzzled and said: "General Ding, we didn't sell a lot of opium to Guangzhou. That was all done by the Portuguese. They secretly Opium from the Ma Wa area is sold to Macau."
Ding Guofeng sneered: "Mr. Dundas, put away your cleverness! Last year alone, you sold 2,600 boxes of opium to Guangzhou. If you can no longer control those private traders with licenses, we will not Mind taking care of it for you. The only way we can do it is to take them to the gallows and hang them outside Malacca for all the passing merchants to see!"
When Dundas heard this, his expression changed and he crossed himself on his chest. He thought to himself that they were really a bunch of "barbarians". How could the company have such an opponent?
That is to say, starting from the year Liu Zheng went to Guangzhou, due to changes in the simple method of smoking opium, the amount of opium imported into Guangdong increased dramatically, from 1,500 boxes to 4,000 boxes, with an average annual growth rate of 10.3%. In today's Guangdong, opium consumption has become a situation where "among the four people, only farmers do not taste it".
Of the more than 4,000 boxes of opium entering the Guangdong market, 2,600 boxes came from Bangladesh, and the other more than 1,000 boxes came from Ma Wa. The traffickers were Portuguese, and they smuggled the opium into Guangzhou through Macau.
After the Battle of Changxing Island, Deng Fei warned Macartney when he met him. Later, under his advice, the East India Company banned company ships from carrying opium to China. The problem is that official trafficking has stopped, but the EIC continues to issue licenses to private traders for trade with China, and has not taken measures to prevent private traders from importing opium into China. As a result, Bangladeshi opium was still continuously shipped to China by private traders.
As for Beihai Town, the war with the Dutch just ended last year, followed by local governance. As a result, the navy's deployment in Malacca was not perfect. Although a ban on smoking was issued, the inspection of private merchant ships was not in place and it slipped through the net. There are too many fish.
After the Manchu and Qing Dynasty customs discovered this situation, they reported it to Qianlong. However, Qianlong ordered to increase the import tax on opium, and even asked the Guangdong and Fujian governments to impose taxes on those who cooked opium as ointment and set up shops to sell it in order to fight in the Beihai Navy. Complete the final harvest before entering Guangdong. As for the opium poisoning mess, the court no longer had the energy to worry about it.
In Japan in the late 19th century, there was a yokozuna player named Ogun Manemon who grew to 1.97 meters. However, judging from the photos he left behind, this person is obviously a patient with gigantism.
(End of chapter)
