Chapter 014: Watching People Serve Dishes
When Hong Tao really tattooed these three lines of characters on his neck, and deliberately wore a round-necked dress to go around Jinhe City, Bo Jiao encountered much less resistance in the council. Who is more precious than His Majesty the Emperor? This string of characters is tattooed on someone else's body, it is just a string of characters, but the tattoo on the neck of His Majesty the Emperor is a symbol of the empire, is it a shame to prove that he is a resident of the empire in this way?
When Hong Tao appeared at the harvest festival at the end of August with his wife, daughter, and son, and everyone had a string of characters around their necks, the residents of the empire were less resistant to the government's new residency bill. In particular, those young people who were full of blood and blind worship rushed to the government-designated institutions, lined up to stab the new identification number issued to them by the empire in their necks. Although it really hurts, in order to show his manhood, he can't say a word. If there are girls queuing up next to them, they have to try to squeeze out a smile and tell them loudly: it doesn't hurt! It's just a little itchy!
"Baixiang, thank you very much for your support of me, but there's no need to tattoo one on both sides of your neck, right?" In this nationwide tattoo campaign, those who have a clear and resolute support for Hong Tao, except for some young soldiers, are worshipping incense. The girls of the Li family originally had sashimi, which was the custom of their people. Now that the people of the whole country have this custom, it is still protected by the law, whether it has anything to do with the Li people or not, she supports it, as if in this way, the people of the whole country are brothers of the Li family.
"My brother said that as long as Geya is fifteen years old, the patriarch will be handed over to her, and the Li family will always be the royal brothers, and they are willing to fight for our family and protect the royal family for generations." Bai Xiang didn't feel that there was anything ugly about tattooing characters on both sides of her neck, she felt that everyone else had one, and she had two of them very honorable, and by the way, she also told Hong Tao a good news, through this small act, the royal family had a firm ally, which was better than marrying each other.
"Thank you on my behalf, brother, and the other patriarchs, and by the way, tell them that the emperor is not the best ally, and he is not capable of protecting them for generations. I would be happier if they transferred this friendship to the country. Only by keeping the country going from generation to generation and letting this set of rules continue to be perfected can they be their best allies and never betray them. This is what Hong Tao didn't expect in advance, he didn't think about it at all, if he had known that it would be so easy to convince a group, Hong Tao would have no opinion on tattooing this thing on his head, anyway, there is no need to protect his face.
"I don't care what country it is, I only know that you are my husband. We Li people are the most reasonable, whoever is good to us will be returned twice, and whoever is bad we will also be returned twice. Pojiao is not good! He doesn't let us Li people come here from the mountains to live a good life, we don't like him! "It's basically in vain to talk to Baixiang about these truths. Their generation of Li people has a relatively poor ability to accept new things, and they still maintain many of the habits and thinking patterns of living in the mountains, and have no concept of the country, and pay more attention to ethnic groups. This thing can't be changed for a while, and it will only slowly change after more and more children from the Li family have been going to school since childhood.
"How's our tobacco shop? Has the first shipment arrived? "There is no urgency in this matter, as long as they can abide by the laws of the country, other problems can be diluted by time.
"It's here, I hired a boat to send it to Boss Xu in Mingzhou, and there are more than a dozen clansmen. I don't worry about letting someone else sell things for us, what if he steals our goods? I can't see it from this distance, so I'm going to open my own shop. I have already discussed with my brother, each family in the clan will have a person, first go to Lin'an and Mingzhou, and then go to Guangzhou and Quanzhou, all of them will open our own shops, and we will sell them ourselves! "Tobacco is another thing that makes Bai Xiang happy, because he could only grow a little, but since the royal estate in Cape Town, the output has increased more than tenfold, and finally there are enough goods to be sold in the store, which is much more enjoyable than the money transferred to her through Cixi's daughter-in-law. Earning money, if you don't get involved in it, it's not very enjoyable, and now she is in the addiction stage.
"It's okay to do it yourself, but I have a few requests, and you have to promise me 100% compliance before I agree." The daughter-in-law likes money, Hong Tao does not object, but a gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way, and women are the same, they can't exceed their bottom line for money.
"I know! No tax evasion, no participation in schooling children, no swaggering under the banner of royalty! Hong Tao wanted to say something, Bai Xiang simply said it for him, his husband had said this more than once, and he basically said it every time he talked about tobacco.
"It's not enough to memorize, it's better to be able to do it...... Okay, you go get busy first, I have something to do again, and someone is coming to me desperately! Hong Tao is still not at ease to worship incense, money can be changed quickly, and it becomes unrecognizable to parents. Others don't change, Hong Tao can't control it, but his family can't change. But before he could start a lesson for his daughter-in-law, three horses came in the distance, and Hong Tao had to suspend his daughter-in-law's lesson first. He recognized the people on the horse at a glance, Wen Nan returned, and the other two horses sat on his sons and daughters.
As for why they came to Huangzhuang early in the morning, it was very simple, Wen Nan's daughter-in-law did not agree to tattoo her family, so Hong Tao became the first bird, and personally took Baixiang to complete the tattoo for them, or executed it in public at the door of the library. The reason for this is very simple, if there is an example, there must be negative teaching materials, so that the persuasion of the people is strong, and the families of the imperial ministers have been suppressed by the emperor, who is still not convinced?
"Get on your knees! Your Majesty, I came today to ask for sin, the children and girls are confused, and I have caused trouble to Your Majesty. The son is not the fault of the father, and such a trivial matter has to cause trouble to His Majesty, and it is I, the father, who did not educate them well, and also caused trouble to the government. After Nan first pleaded with His Majesty, he asked Prime Minister Bo to resign from the post of Foreign Minister...... "Wen Nan's face is iron blue, and there is also an iron blue on his neck, it seems that he has just finished stabbing his ID card, and the swelling has not been sheathed.
As soon as he saw Wen Nan's face, Hong Tao knew that he was really anxious, mainly because he lost his face too much. After all, he is a literati who grew up in the environment of the Southern Song Dynasty, no matter how he adapts to the Jinhe Kingdom and how he identifies with the Jinhe Kingdom, he is still a scholar who is deeply influenced by the culture of the Southern Song Dynasty. His family was punished in public, and whether he could hang himself immediately was already a great improvement.
How to deal with people like Wen Nan, Hong Tao feels that as long as he is shameless, it is very easy. When his father was rehabilitated, he was reluctant to work with colleagues who exposed him again, and he reported several times that he was to be transferred. Moreover, he told himself about this matter, and used it to educate himself, and he must not do such a thing in society in the future. It's okay to be forced to be helpless, individuals can't fight against society, this is a means of self-preservation, there is no way. But taking the initiative to do something behind a guy who has no hatred for him is a shame, and this kind of person must not be contacted, let alone cooperated.
But when the leaders of the school came to the door with those parties to apologize, my father forgave them in an instant, and he became so fast that even Hong Tao couldn't understand what was going on. Father's explanation is that you can't punish yourself for other people's mistakes, since the leaders are here, and the parties have apologized, and in that era when people have lost their humanity, this mistake should not be all on their heads, it can be forgiven. Of course, you can be colleagues in the future, but you can never be friends, and this hatred can be remembered for a lifetime.
Later, Hong Tao grew up, and after some time in society, he began to understand why his father said one thing and did another thing to himself. The real reason is not as my mother said, but because of the biggest weakness of people like them, thin skin, good face and rationality.
If you offend this kind of person, no matter how deeply you are offended, as long as you can give up your face in front of them, cry bitterly, sincerely apologize, and say that you are worse than Yang Bailao, and by the way, find a more rational reason, they can forgive you. No matter how unhappy they are in their hearts, they care more about their feathers, and they don't want people to think that they are unreasonable, small-bellied, and ignorant of the overall situation, isn't this no different from ordinary people? They are intellectuals, and they must be superior to others, especially on a spiritual level.
"Well, I'll just kneel down for your father and son, and please forgive me for taking a knife on your family. This matter is indeed that I can't live in your house, and it's not just you who don't want to get tattoos, even my father-in-law doesn't want to stab, and he doesn't want to stab now, but he's too old, and I can't do anything if I want to use him, so I have to find someone who I think understands me better. This is Hong Tao's way of dealing with Wennan, kneeling directly in front of Wennan's family of three, deeply examining his ideological roots, and clearly stating the purpose of doing so.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Bastard thing, still watching! The emperor kneels down for you, you can stand it! Wen Nan directly made Hong Tao's actions dumbfounded, and he didn't react for a long time with his mouth open. Then he began to kneel in front of Hong Tao and wanted to hold Hong Tao up, but unfortunately his small body couldn't carry Hong Tao at all, so the eldest son, who was also dumbfounded with him, was kicked by his father in vain. (To be continued.) )