It doesn't seem like a good choice to go in the summer. As soon as Gao Xu and Miao Jin got off the plane and waited for the bus outside Cairo Airport, he immediately felt that he was in a big steamer, and sweat immediately broke out all over his body.

At this time, the person he admired the most was Miaojin beside him, she was dressed tightly. Lace-up leather shoes, canvas trousers, a long-sleeved shirt in wide cotton, a sun hat, sunglasses, and a mask, barely showing any skin except for the hands.

"Are you alright?" Gao Xu kindly asked.

Miaojin looked sideways slightly, his sunglasses were pointed at him, and he said weakly: "The heart is calm and naturally cool." ”

Gao Xu seems to have said this sentence many times.

Finally, there is a Ming country made "Mountain Tiger" brand off-road vehicle to come, before the phone contact, the hotel said that the person who picked up the airport drove a Mountain Tiger off-road vehicle. Sure enough, a sign sticking out of the window said Liu Gang in Chinese characters.

The two of them immediately walked over.

A middle-aged Ming man in his forties and fifties stepped out of the car, his face was tanned black and yellow, and his wrinkles were obvious, but his facial lines were resolute, his body was also very strong, and he was wearing a gray Ming Army uniform without insignia.

"Yang Kui." The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said simply.

Gao Xu shook hands with him: "Liu Gang." ”

The middle-aged man looked at Miaojin again and nodded, "I'm sorry, the parking lot is too far from here, so I couldn't pick you up from the airport." ”

"It's okay, I'll be out in a few steps." Gao Xue said.

At this moment, a strange young woman came over and asked in official dialect with a dialect accent, "You are from the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

"Yes." Yang Kui replied.

The young woman took out a few small pieces of Mingguo money, and said anxiously: "Can I trouble you and take me to the city?" The hotel said there was a traffic jam, and I was waiting here for almost an hour. ”

Yang Kui looked at Gao Xu, and Gao Xu said, "Do you want to take her for a ride?" ”

"Get in the car." Yang Kui said.

The four of them got into the car one after another, and Yang Kui drove off, but did not collect the money, claiming that he had received the payment.

The woman's mood seemed to have improved, and she said in the car: "I read the guide and don't dare to take a taxi here alone." You will definitely be touched in the car, but you are more afraid of something serious happening. I had made an appointment with a companion, but she didn't go for the time being, and I wanted to see the pyramids and temples, so I had to come alone. ”

Gao Xu asked casually: "Can a regular taxi do the same?" ”

Miaojin's voice next to him said: "It's a little better than India." ”

Yang Kui echoed while driving: "Yes, it is generally just touching and looking, the most common thing is to ask for more money, and there are still not many vicious crimes." Locals don't think it's right to harass women, there's an essential difference. ”

Gao Xu asked, "Just now, when we were waiting for the bus, we saw a white woman getting into a taxi alone. ”

Yang Kui said with a smile: "Some women come here just to meet them, and the local young handsome guys are not picky eaters." How to say it, because of factors such as customs and culture, they are a little depressed in that regard. Moreover, some of the people are immigrants from southern Europe and Greece, which is more in line with the tastes of Western women. ”

"Master Yang has been here for a long time?" Gao Xu asked again.

Yang Kui sighed and said, "It's been almost twenty years. I first served in the Suez Canal barracks, and after I retired, I was hired as a security guard at the embassy, and then the owner of the Mingzi Hotel poached me, and the salary was good, so I switched to this again. His wife and children are also here, but his son has returned to China when he becomes an adult. ”

When he said this, he turned his head and glanced at Gao Xu more, with scrutiny in his eyes, "I received this business from the embassy staff. ”

Gao Xu also knew that the Wei family had contacted acquaintances in the embassy.

The hotel is located in a wealthy area southeast of Cairo, but the woman hitchhiking on her way to the city center has to go around. And then it was stuck there.

There were many people marching on the street, holding signs with Arabic letters, and Gao Xu could not understand why they were demonstrating. He looked out the window of the car, and his eyes were full of a large patch of earthy yellow gray, as if everything was shrouded in one color, and the air was covered with dust. The street and pavement are full of garbage, but the difference is that the debris on the side of the road is piled up. A lot of unfinished buildings are like areas that have just been warped.

This is the "great governance" in Mr. Pan's mouth. Gao Xu suddenly suspected that the guy had never been here at all.

Of course, Gao Xu didn't say it, and when he went to other countries, he would be disgusted and impolite at will. Although there were no locals in the car, he didn't say much, and so did Miaojin. It was very dull for a while.

The woman who hitchhiked said: "I don't feel anything in China, I thought the city should be like that." When you come out to take a look, you know how clean and tidy the streets of Daming are. ”

Yang Kui said with a smile: "I often hear such words, last time a travel buddy said a sentence, if you want to be patriotic, go abroad to see." However, there are good and bad people in every place, so be careful, most of the locals are still very good and especially friendly to the Ming people. ”

The woman said: "I just want to see the pyramids and temples, they are amazing and mysterious. ”

"Why are there so many unfinished buildings in the city center?" Gao Xu asked.

Yang Kui said: "Deliberately didn't fix it." There is a property tax in the local law, but there is a loophole that cannot be taxed on houses that have not been repaired. ”

The woman asked, "Can't you change the law?" ”

Yang Kui turned his head and said, "Sister thinks that all the Zhengfu are as efficient and honest as Daming?" Multiple forces will play games and fight with each other, and it is not easy to solve one thing. Let me tell you, in some places, it will take half a century to deal with the backlog of criminal cases, dare you imagine? ”

"The process of chaotic games may produce a rule of law with perfect checks and balances, or it may become a backwater." Gao Xu said casually.

No one could answer him, only Miaojin glanced sideways at Gao Xu.

After being congested for a long time with all kinds of vehicles with different wheels, Yang Kui found an alley, and then drove in from the narrow and messy alley and began to detour. Gao Xu suddenly had a little more confidence in this man, and it seemed that Yang Kui was very familiar with the situation.

After tossing and turning for a long time, they finally brought the passengers to the door of a hotel, and the three of them drove towards the southeastern suburbs of the city. When they arrived at the hotel, the beautiful architecture with modern and Arabic atmosphere made Gao Xu feel as if he had arrived in another world, like an oasis in the desert. But the same place is still hot, maybe not 50 degrees outside, but 40 degrees is definitely there.

Yang Kui asked, "You have the Pyramid of Khufu on your itinerary, do you want to hire a professional tour guide?" ”

"Let's get back to it." Gao Xue said. Probably because he was away from home, Gao Xu was more cautious than when he was at home, and he used to it back then that the people around him could not be a party member. So he didn't want the tour guide recommended by Yang Kui.

Gao Xu pinched a stack of banknotes from his pocket, gently folded it and pressed his thumb into the palm of his hand, stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you for today." ”

When shaking hands, Yang Kui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said politely: "It should be, it should be." ”

Mingzi Hotel is in good condition, the main building of the guest rooms is very high, and it should be the tallest building in the vicinity. Gao Xu and Miao Jin's suite is on the sixteenth floor, and a waiter helps them go up with their big bags and suitcases. The business of the Chinese people adheres to the domestic custom, and the floors with six and eight are the most expensive.

The suites are fully equipped with utensils for brewing local black tea, as well as tools for making coffee and tea. Gao Xu blew the air conditioner, made a pot of tea, and half-lay down on the sofa with Miaojin to rest.

He poured his tea and walked over to the glass, looking out at the large yellow-gray area of the city in the distance.

Gao Xu said a little disappointed: "It has been 400 years since the Ming army defeated the Mamluk forces and entered the city, and I thought that the local area could be governed well. ”

Miaojin's voice said: "It's not too bad now, and the local government shouldn't be blamed for the situation." With a population of 80 or 90 million, too little arable land, and the need for foreign exchange to buy grain and products, there is no decent industry, and the small amount of oil exports is a drop in the bucket. There is a saying that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. ”

"The Suez Canal, ownership seems to have been returned to the government?" Gao Xue said.

Miaojin nodded and said, "The income has long been returned to the country." ”

She sat on the sofa, drank tea and said slowly: "Da Ming has never directly ruled here, what you did back then was to garrison the river and support the local people to be kings." Later, the same was true of the various Ming emperors who ascended the throne. By the outbreak of the First World War, the Ming Dynasty was in the midst of a civil war, and there was only one fortress left in the forces in the country, and for a period of time it completely lost its control over the country. Francois (France) and the English forces have all visited.

After World War I, the Ming army regained the place, and after World War II, the local revolution broke out. The Ming Dynasty then gave up direct intervention in the canal, leaving only ownership of the Suez Canal. Later, through negotiations and treaties, the ownership of the Suez Canal was relinquished; Instead, in the form of the International Peace League, some powers, including the pricing of tolls, were given on the grounds of public waterway safety.

After all, the canal was built by us, and now the revenue of the Suez Canal is owned by the government and the government, and it is natural for the Ming Dynasty to retain some of its powers. In addition to ensuring the smooth passage between the east and the west, the Ming Dynasty did not directly plunder wealth from the local area. ”

Gao Xue asked, "What happened overseas during the First World War?" I read a lot of books that are written in general terms. ”

Miaojin smiled and said, "Aren't we going to the ruins of the Donggang Fortress?" Take your time along the way. ”

Gao Xu nodded: "That's okay." ”

She took a device out of her backpack and began testing it in the bathroom and everywhere. Gao Xu said curiously: "Ming-funded enterprises seem to be quite standardized, not so bad, right?" ”

Miaojin didn't respond, tested it, and then went to take a shower and change clothes.

At this time, it was already afternoon, Gao Xu also washed his sweat, and then took Miaojin downstairs for a walk, waiting for dinner.