Nine idlers

Chapter 230 VII

"There is no need for these empty gifts between you and me." Zheng Xuan touched the beard of his chin, and said, "You must be extremely careful when you go to the West. Although those heretics in the West are not as good as our China's good and evil people, but They can exist in the West for such a long time, which proves that there must be some advantages in them, so don’t be too careless.”

"Brother, please don't worry, Changqing understands." Xu Changqing smiled slightly, then clasped his fists at everyone, and said, "I'll take a step first, everyone will meet later."

After finishing speaking, Xu Changqing immediately disappeared from everyone's eyes with his ghostly action, turned into a phantom, leaped across a field, rushed into the woods, and galloped towards the south.After seeing Xu Changqing leave, everyone took the carriage prepared by the Chen family and headed northwest along the mountain road.

After leaving Chen Jiachong, Xu Changqing used his agility and went directly through the mountains and dense forests without stopping on the road, heading towards Hong Kong.Because of the three elements of heaven, earth and human beings, Xu Changqing was stranded on the mountain and did not have time to catch the boat from Shanghai, and the nearest boat would have to wait two months later.Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and the Chen family found out for him that a passenger and cargo cruise ship of the Portuguese Pacific Trading Company departed from Osaka the day before and would stop in Hong Kong for half a day in the past two days.If he misses this boat again, he can only take a fishing boat to Mumbai, India, and take a British cruise ship there. This is obviously a result he does not want to see.

With Xu Changqing's ghostly and magical acrobatics fully exerted, it only took four or five hours to rush from Shaoguan to Hong Kong.Because he traveled through the mountains and forests all the way, his clothes looked a little messy. Fortunately, because the Five Elements Taoism has the effect of avoiding dust, there is no dust on his body, so he doesn't look too dusty.Although he was on the road very smoothly, he still encountered a little trouble when he entered Hong Kong.

Before the Civil War between the North and the South, although Guangdong was at the rear of the battlefield, it did not make the local people feel safe, so a large number of people flocked to Hong Kong to seek protection from the British colonial invader.Due to the influx of too many refugees in a short period of time, the law and order in Hong Kong declined accordingly. Under pressure, the Governor of Hong Kong ordered the blockade of the entry channel and prohibited the refugees from entering Hong Kong.Although the North-South peace talks were successful and a new regime was formed, Hong Kong has no intention of lifting the ban.In order to avoid trouble, Xu Changqing spent money to apply for a temporary Hong Kong entry permit before entering Hong Kong.

After the establishment of the new regime, interim President Sun Yat-sen issued an order to cut the whip. In Guangdong, except for the elderly, most young people responded to this order.Hong Kong has also been affected by this trend of whip-cutting. Not only young people cut off the whips on their heads, but even some trendy old people still got rid of this Qing court legacy.For a while, the street was full of pedestrians who were clean in front and shoulder-length hair in the back, looking particularly weird.

Two years ago, when Xu Changqing was refining the Thousand Soul Yama King Shuo, he cut off the braids at the root and used fake braids all the time.Afterwards, when I was on the mountain, my hair grew back. Although it was not combed, it looked disheveled and disheveled, but it was full of black hair after all, and it looked much better than other people who had just cut off their whips.

After learning from the port management personnel that the passenger and cargo cruise ship of the Atlantic Trading Company will not arrive at the port until noon tomorrow, Xu Changqing did not wait at the port hotel, but hired a carriage and entered the urban area of ​​Hong Kong.

Since he was going to the West, he would inevitably deal with Westerners. It would be a bit inappropriate to wear this long gown and green shirt all the time.After entering the urban area, Xu Changqing bought several gray and black suits at the best western clothing store in Hong Kong, including leather shoes, trousers, shirt, vest and a knee-length woolen coat. The hair was combed back neatly, and was simply tied behind the head with a red dust rope.Xu Changqing himself is not at all shorter than those foreigners, and he used the Five Elements Law to make his clothes shrink to fit, making people look as if the clothes were specially made for him, which is very decent.

"Sir, he is the best-looking Chinese in foreign clothes I have ever seen. He looks better than most foreigners." The owner of the foreign clothing store looked at the handsome and handsome Xu Changqing, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Don't other Chinese people look good in western clothes?" Xu Changqing looked at himself in front of the big mirror, always felt that something was missing, and while thinking about things, he also casually asked.

"They? Huh!" The owner of the foreign clothing store smiled disdainfully, and then glanced sexually at Xu Changqing's back.

Xu Changqing turned his head and saw that at the booking counter not far behind him, a local rich man from a village near Hong Kong was leading a group of slaves to try on the newly made suits in the shop.I saw him wearing a Su embroidered brocade gown on his upper body, a long mandarin jacket with gold silk embroidered edges on his lower body, and a pair of thick-soled cloud boots on his feet. He was wearing gold and silver hanging on his body. He was completely dressed like a traditional rich man.The reason why he was looked down upon by the owner of the western clothing store was mainly because he treated the suit as a general brocade robe and wore it outside the long gown. .Although in the eyes of outsiders, this person's clothes look a bit unsightly, but in the eyes of himself and most Chinese people, this is how a suit should be worn.

Seeing this situation, Xu Changqing couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, and had no intention of stepping forward to give advice.Like this local rich man, many Chinese people are wavering in the impact of Chinese and Western cultures. What they need is not reminders, but self-awareness.

Although Xu Changqing didn't point out the rich man's attire, but the rich man's attire gave him a hint, making him realize that he was missing something.So he turned to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know where Western pocket watches are sold?"

"Sir, if you want to buy a pocket watch, the small shop just has it." After hearing this, the owner of the foreign clothing shop quickly and respectfully welcomed Xu Changqing into the back room. After passing through a small courtyard, he came to the shop on the other side.This shop is a foreign goods store, all of which are sold in Western goods. Obviously, the owner has a very high understanding of these Western goods. The products are neatly arranged by category, and with the special glass counter, the overall look is very comfortable.

The owner asked the clerk to take out several boxes from the counter, and opened them one by one in front of Xu Changqing, and saw a dozen or so beautifully shaped Western pocket watches inside.Xu Changqing took a look and did not choose those gorgeous pocket watches, but chose a silver pocket watch with a simple style and a bit old look.