C1987 Lost Soldiers (1/2)
When Xiang Ying and La Ku ran to the main entrance, the stage of wielding a fist had already passed, but the two sides were already facing each other with sharp blades in hand.
Just by looking at their heads, one could tell how serious the fight had been. Their faces were swollen and their noses were light. Some of them had already been drenched in blood.
The leader of the French sergeants could not even keep one of his eyes open anymore. His face was purple like grape skin, as he muttered and cursed using his hometown's slang.
Just as he was about to reprimand him, the French sergeant's mouth twitched and he spat out a bloody tooth.
”God, what are you doing? ”What happened?!” La Ku roared.
The sergeant's heart ached for one of his back teeth, and he shouted with his feet jumping, ”They're all crazy, all crazy! ”We were just about to barge in. We told them to inform them that we didn't want to wait at all …”
”It shouldn't have been a fight? ”Put away all the bayonets …”
”Sir, you don't know, these people speak very weird English. We don't understand either. They just say it's embarrassing or whatever, and they even say it's Chinese in a fit of anger …” How do I know what they're going to do? ”
Hearing that, Xiang Ying's face changed, he shouted to one of the guards below him: ”Xiao Wang! What do you think happened? ”
Xiao Wang was a very highly regarded guard by Xiang Ying. He was tall and handsome, but a cut had been made on his forehead during the fight today, so deep that his bones could be seen. Blood was flowing like a waterfall, and he couldn't even open his eyes.
However, he did not continue to bandage his wound. The Mauser in his hand had a shining bayonet, which formed a human character with the French bayonet.
Pui … He spat out a mouthful of pus and blood, ”Captain! The fourth child and the melon peel were missing! These French devils must have been kidnapped! ”It must be …”
”What?” Four lost their skins? ”Just what exactly is going on …”
When Xiang Ying declared that they could freely move at 3 in the afternoon, the 12 warriors who were carrying the rifles on their back started to move freely within a 200 metre radius around the entrance of the Consular House.
Consular House faced the sea, with only one street separating them into the harbor, his vision was very wide, although there were a lot of citizens, but he could still take care of them with a glance.
How big of a mess could a two hundred meter radius cause? Frankly speaking, it was only one street away.
In the beginning, nothing had happened. The twelve soldiers moved together, casually enjoying the scenery of a foreign land under the gaze of the veiled girls.
Tropical fruit, local nuts, Middle Eastern snacks... In any case, these soldiers were rich, so there was no asking price for these ordinary goods.
Although the ancient people's hearts were simple and honest, the people in the commercial cities were very smart. When they saw that all the soldiers had around 20 to 30 silver coins in their pockets, the astute merchants of Arabian immediately took action.
Spices, carpets, ivory carvings, rhino horns, rough-hewn gems, even Middle Eastern silverware... The entire street was filled with hawkers.
Little Wang and the others were puzzled, thinking to themselves, how much consumption could these few people have? How did they attract so many Arabian merchants?
However, when Little Wang bought herself a small knife with an ivory handle, the rich boss spoke the truth in broken English.
Originally, the group of Arabian merchants had planned to use these twelve standard soldiers as a break in their advertising, and their goal was still the many ships of Chinese soldiers on the sea.
They were truly a group of shrewd businessmen who knew how to advertise and were determined to seize any opportunity. This was indeed the land of the Middle East fostered by the culture of thousands of years of commerce and travel.