C1904 equine return attack (1/2)
”Oh, sorry …” Doctor Ba Ke did not expect Ferdinand to be a little obsessed with cleanliness, so he quickly took off his gloves and threw it to the side. ”I'm very sorry, I lost my composure for a moment, but I hope Consul will take our suggestion seriously!”
”Enough, enough!” Ferdinand impatiently shook his hands and said, ”Things are not as simple as you think. Do you think these lowly aboriginals will change their living habits?”
”Pulling feces into the depths of the desert to bask in the sun? Who was going to do the hard work, and who was going to pay for it? These people are so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Do you still expect them to increase the trouble in their lives? ”
”And what did you say about boiling water? Please, this is a desert city, where does the fuel come from? The limited number of shrubs and trees in the desert is not enough for them to boil fire and cook, and to boil water every day? ”
”As for the construction of the sewers, that's even more impossible. The locals have no money, and the Canal Company also have no way of paying for it … Do you know how much our France invested into the construction of the canal? ”
”In 11 years, we invested a total of £18 million! Now all we have to do is take back the investment! We will not increase any other extra expenses by even a little! ”
”Enough. I am very grateful for your hard work, but unfortunately, everything you have proposed is unrealistic. Please go back, there is still a long journey waiting for you, so I will not send you off!”
With that, Ferdinand turned and left! At this moment, the sounds of horse hooves coming from the east side of the street was getting closer and closer. A team of supporting French cavalry s quickly surrounded the medical team, the big and tall horses began to isolate the distance between the medical team and the Canal Company building, causing Ba Ke and the others to be forced out bit by bit.
”Forget it, Mr. Ba Ke, we have already done our best. These Frenchmen are a group of vampires, and the locals are very wary of us, we can't change anything, let's return to the ship …”
Ba Ke licked his dry lips, looked in the direction of where Ma Huan had disappeared and said softly, ”Let's wait a little longer, I hope that Ma Huan will be able to reap some rewards!”
Just as the medical team was slowly retreating towards the sampan, Ma Hui and the other two were in trouble, Ba Ke and Ferdinand suddenly encountered a group of teenagers wrapped in a cape.
The screaming teenagers picked up the stones in their hands and desperately threw them back at the horses. The translators continuously shouted at them several times, but they were unable to do anything.
At first, there were only four to five youths harassing Ma Hui, but soon, more than twenty of them were throwing rocks. Ma Hui was hit on the forehead with five or six bags of stones and his eyes had stars in them, so he had no choice but to hold his head and run away.
”What are these kids shouting about?”
”Sir!” They called us evil pagan, saying that we are the demons that brought about the plague! ”
”F * ck, there's really no room for reasoning. The plague has already broken out. We just arrived today and it can be blamed on me …” ”Look ahead, there's a small mosque. Where are we going to hide?”
More and more children came after them, and stones rained down on them, and the three of them, without any religious habit, crashed through the wooden door of the mosque and rolled like rubber balls on the carpet.
At this point, the children finally didn't dare to throw rocks anymore, but when Ma Hui and the others looked up, they discovered that there were more than 20 strong men around them. All of them had a full beard as they glared at them.
It was clear that these strangers had angered them, and that the attack on the mosque was the greatest disrespect to Allah.