Order must exist.

Even if broken, the new order will stand from the corpse of the old order.

For the city of Lima, the Ming army was the new order, and it was the center of the city, not in terms of geographical location, but the farther away from the Ming army's garrison, the closer it was to the wilderness.

The first rays of sunlight shone on the street, and a pair of charred doors in the shopping street of Armed Square were unloaded by aboriginal helpers, and half of the charred branches that smashed on the windowsill were also cleaned up, and Ren Xiaozuo was holding a brush dipped in cyan dye to paint the exterior wall of the shop.

Xiao Qi named Ren Chang stood in the middle of the wide street with his arms crossed, he didn't have to say anything, he didn't have to do anything, as long as he had his head staring at the early Beiyang iron hat, wearing the flag army cuirasse and red armor skirt, and a bird gun leaning on his body, he could play the role of a street tiger in the chaotic center of the town.

Qianhe, who was assigned to protect the black market, was sent here to protect the property of the Toyo Military Mansion because he was also surnamed Ren and said that he and Ren Ping were still brothers in his own family.

Two of them were responsible for protecting the shop, his flag army was on duty upstairs and downstairs in the shop, and the other flag was scattered across the street in two rooms, keeping the entire street within thirty paces of fire in case of an emergency.

"It's almost enough to paint, no matter how well you paint this earthen wall, it's an earthen wall, hang the flag on it first."

At the urging of the flag official Ren Chang, Ren Xiaozuo turned his head and shook his head very firmly: "That's not good, how can the flag of the Ming Dynasty be hung on such a wall, it must be painted and then hung up." ”

Ren Chang blinked, looked at the tailor shop that was destroyed in the chaos, and didn't know how to refute it for a while, and finally nodded helplessly: "That's okay, you go ahead, the two of you hang the plaque first, the plaque, yes, hang it on the door." ”

This shop is Ren Xiaozuo's tailor shop in the past, the location is superior, the nearest Ming army post is more than 300 steps north of the street, neither too close nor too far, there is an emergency to give a signal can be seen, even if it is attacked, there are fewer people to beat the flag army guarding the house, and there are more people who come there A general flag department can also come to support as soon as possible.

Ren Xiaozuo stood out from the many refugees who had taken refuge in Daming District because of his nephew's surname, and was ordered to run a black market in the city, so he got his wish and reopened his shop and retrieved a few former workers.

With the order of the little flag officer, two idle workers outside the shop stepped on a stool and hung it on the door.

The plaque doesn't say the word "black market", and this shop may be the first Ming store to open in all of Peru, and it's called Ren's Pawnshop.

Because the houses built by the Spaniards were far more stingy than those of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps the narrow and dark streets of Spain, and the first colonists were all from poor backgrounds, even in the vast and sparsely populated New World, the cities they built were still crowded and compact, except for the public buildings such as the Armed Square, the houses and shops belonging to the common people still seemed crowded and compact, and the single door that allowed one person to pass through was next to the window, which was also used as the counter of the store, and there was a wooden sign with the scope of business and the price under the counter.

But it's useless, from the plaque to the wooden plaque are written in Chinese characters, and few people in this city outside the Daming District know Chinese characters at all.

But it is still necessary to write, in Ren Xiaozuo's words, as if it were teaching others to read.

Strange to say, in fact, whether it is a mixed-race person like Ren Xiaozuo or a pure-blood aborigine, what these people born in the city need most is recognition.

Unlike the indigenous people who were born outside the city, where tribes can bring them a sense of identity and belonging, whether they are pure-blood or mixed-blood, but people born in Lima are different in that they do not have tribes.

There are no tribes, and the true Spaniards have never accepted them, and there is no proper self-perception of themselves.

Just like Ren Xiaozuo's attitude towards the flag now, it is not an imperial flag or a dragon flag, a green dragon flag, and a vermilion bird flag commonly used by the Ming army at the door of the store, but an ordinary sun and moon flag on a yellow background, but he regards it as a treasure, as if it is an imperial flag.

In Xiaoqi Ren's eyes, this can't be said to be ridiculous or pitiful.

He remembered passing through Japan during the Eastern Expedition, and the flag troops stationed there talked about drinking tea.

Drinking tea is a casual thing, except for putting something in the cup, pouring some hot water and drinking it for a while, there are no taboos and elegant and vulgar appreciation.

But when it gets there, the form and ritual are elevated.

Ren Xiaozuo's behavior is the same now, the more people who have no tone, the more they emphasize the tone, and the things that really melt into the blood are arbitrary, but if such things are foreign and do not have them, people will remind themselves subconsciously and deliberately seek work.

This wall, Ren Xiaozuo brushed it all morning, and the whole wall was painted with a pilgrimage mentality, and it must be painted with green powder, the more he brushed, the more Ren Chang felt that their black market was incompatible with this street.

Lima City is now a mixture of Spanish-style civil and stone buildings, the most common on the street is the gray two-story building, that is, with a stone foundation and wooden pillars to support, the outside is greasy and flat is the primary color of mud, ordinary people also live in such a house, except for the four corners of the house generally has no support columns, so the indoor space is not large.

There are also many wonder-like cathedrals and magnificent aristocratic mansions, mostly stone buildings, with whitewashed exterior walls and orange-red tiles, but those are rare after all.

Now the whole street is covered with mud and flat walls, but when I paint it with cyan whitewash, it looks so abrupt and abrupt.

When asked why he had to paint the green walls but not the white walls, he said that his brother-in-law had said that the Ming Dynasty was all blue walls.

"There are also white walls, the white walls in the south are still the majority, the lime can be moisture-proof, your brother-in-law is from Huizhou, Huizhou people do business but most of them are thrifty, the lime walls are not easy to get damp in the future, and the courtyard walls will be repaired later...... But that's a brick wall, you're an earthen wall. ”

Ren Chang was quick to talk for a while, and after listening to him, Ren Xiaozuo stared at the earthen wall without saying a word, the more disappointed his face became, and hurriedly comforted: "What's the point of you brushing an earthen wall, it's small and broken, as long as you do the errand given to you by the general, when the situation is stable, knock down these houses, you go to Changsheng to find a craftsman to build a big yard for yourself, what do you want?" ”

"I, can I push this all and build a big yard here?"

One sentence is overjoyed.

"I don't know if I can, it depends on how many things you can collect, the Ming Dynasty will be rewarded for meritorious service, if you can make meritorious contributions, it shouldn't be difficult to build a big yard."

Ren Chang scratched his head as he spoke: "But this morning, there is not even a figure, you have to find a way, don't let us stand guard in your place." ”

"Collecting more things is meritorious service? I'm going, I'm going. ”

Ren Xiaozuo threw the brush down as he spoke, splashed a green powder soup on his trouser legs, looked left and right, and finally said, "I, I'll go find a few people to help me collect it!" ”