Chapter 04: Chapter 4 Grandson

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Be capable, able to handle things, and dare to stand out.

These are the basic elements that a team leader must have.

Qin Zhiyuan's style perfectly demonstrates these elements.

People have a herd mentality. When they are in a weak position and feel that their safety is not guaranteed, they will naturally choose to stick together to fight against the fear of the unknown. For the strong in the team, people will subconsciously choose to obey, and will consciously maintain the order in the team under the guidance of this obedience mentality.

If Qin Zhiyuan's team leader status was just a little bit of a sign in the cabin just now, then now this sign has become a small cluster of flames. Although it is not enough to warm everyone, it can already point out the direction for everyone.

After returning to the cabin, everyone looked at Qin Zhiyuan with a more intimate look, which also contained a bit of fear.

Think about Qin Zhiyuan's behavior just now and you can understand why. Just now, Qin Zhiyuan taught the rampant foreigner a lesson, just like teaching a child. Although I couldn't understand what Qin Zhiyuan said, I could feel Qin Zhiyuan's anger. At that time, Qin Zhiyuan's image was like a father who stood up for his son, giving people a sense of solidity and warmth.

Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family every festive season. Perhaps it is this solidity and warmth that I miss.

At this time, the Chinese land was in 1916 when the Republic of China was first established. The status of "foreign adults" in China reached its peak. On Chinese soil, "foreign adults" is synonymous with privilege, just like the existence of "emperor emeritus". Not to mention foreign adults, even those "second devils" who depend on "foreign adults" can point fingers when facing the highest administrative chief executive, the county magistrate, who ordinary people may come into contact with, and the county magistrate can only obey.

Under this premise, a laborer who dared to rebuke the foreigner for his companions, and dared to fight with the foreigner and win, is undoubtedly a strong man.

Just for this reason, Qin Zhiyuan deserves everyone's admiration. And admiration is the first step to worship.

"... I just came out of the toilet, and I saw Huang Tongyi and the foreigner knocking on the door one by one, so I asked what they were doing. As a result, the foreigner held me and refused to let me go, and Huang Tongyi refused to translate, and they just started to fight." Gao Hongshi was still explaining the cause of the conflict. He was still confused and didn't understand what happened.

"It shouldn't be? Huang Tongyi is a good person, why didn't he translate?"

"Hey, Xiao Gaozi, it's not that you did something wrong and bumped into that foreigner."

"I saw that the foreigner was talking nonsense, and he definitely didn't say anything good."

"..."

Everyone was confused, except for Ge Lifu who was always silent, and expressed their own guesses.

"Huang Tongyi and that foreigner were informing everyone to tie themselves to the bed. As for why Huang Tongyi didn't translate, it was probably because he was afraid that things would get out of hand." Qin Zhiyuan was the only person present who could understand what the foreigners were saying, and he had the most say on this issue.

"Oh..."

"So that's it..."

"That foreigner really didn't say anything nice, he should have been given a taste of a man's fist just now."

"..."

Everyone was talking about it, and there was a knock at the door, and then Huang Fugui pushed the door open.

"Hey, the old guys are all here." Huang Fugui was very polite, and he bowed as soon as he entered the door.

"I dare not."

"Hello, Mr. Huang."

"Thank you for your help just now, Mr. Huang." Seeing Huang Fugui enter the door, everyone stood up and greeted him.

"..." Ge Lifu still didn't say anything, but just stood up with everyone else.

"It's the middle of the night, and you still troubled Mr. Huang to run around, thank you for your hard work." Important people always have to speak last. Qin Zhiyuan waited for everyone to finish their politeness before expressing his cordial condolences.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. We are all from the same roots. It's natural to take care of each other when we are away from home. It's not hard at all." Huang Fugui clasped his fists to Qin Zhiyuan in a very formal way, which seemed like "first meeting".

"What's your name, brother?" The room was too small, so Huang Fugui didn't sit down, and just stood there to exchange pleasantries with Qin Zhiyuan.

"My surname is Qin, my given name is Zhiyuan, my courtesy name is Dingyuan, and I'm from Cangzhou. This is my cousin Qin Zhisheng, and this is Brother Gao Hongshi from Heze, Shandong..." Qin Zhiyuan acted as an introducer and introduced everyone in the cabin one by one.

"Haha, Brother Dingyuan's name and courtesy name are very unique." Huang Fugui kept a "long-admired" expression, greeted everyone one by one, and then turned back to Qin Zhiyuan.

"My father was not very knowledgeable and had served in the Beiyang Navy when he was alive. I just used these two ship names to make do. I am sorry to make Mr. Huang laugh." As the saying goes: only say half of what you say to others. Qin Zhiyuan, who was born as a special agent, said half the truth and half the lies, which made it difficult to distinguish.

Qin Zhiyuan's father had served in the Beiyang Navy. When the Beiyang Navy was destroyed, Qin Zhiyuan's father died in Weihaiwei. After the news was passed back to his hometown, Qin Zhiyuan's mother entrusted Qin Zhiyuan to Qin Zhiyuan's uncle, that is, Qin Zhisheng's father, and then followed her husband in the witness of the whole family.

This seemingly "stupid" thing was very normal at the time. When the navy was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, many captains committed suicide and nearly 10,000 soldiers died in battle. After the news of the defeat spread, many family members of the Beiyang Navy chose to "commit suicide" as an extreme way to express their strong feelings. In a small village next to the Weihaiwei military port alone, hundreds of women chose to commit suicide collectively to follow their deceased husbands.

The names "Zhiyuan" and "Dingyuan" are not just for show. They are meant to remind Qin Zhiyuan of the humiliation of the Beiyang Navy and the deep hatred with the Japanese. They are full of Qin Zhiyuan's father's expectation of revenge.

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"It turns out that Brother Dingyuan is actually a descendant of a general. Huang is rude." It is indeed very rude to tease someone by his name. Huang Fugui apologized immediately, with a sense of "correcting mistakes as soon as they are made".

"It's okay, it's okay. It's all passing clouds. Let's not talk about it. Mr. Huang came here late at night. Is there anything you want to tell me?" Qin Zhiyuan changed the subject and brought everyone's attention back to the present.

"It's okay, it's okay, I just came to take a look. Huang saw that Brother Dingyuan was sharp-tongued and extraordinary, and what's rare is that he was upright and dared to stand up. Huang felt ashamed of himself, so he came to express his respect to Brother Dingyuan. Now I know that Brother Dingyuan has a family background in French, no wonder he is like this." Huang Fugui said very politely, with a very humble attitude.

"Sharp words" is the key point. Huang Fugui didn't expect that in the labor team composed of ordinary farmers, besides himself, there were actually people who knew French. This was an "unexpected factor". As the leader and translator of the labor team, Huang Fugui did not allow "unexpected factors" to appear in his team, at least he had to ensure that this "unexpected factor" became a "controllable factor", so there was a trip tonight.

After a conversation, Huang Fugui had a preliminary understanding of Qin Zhiyuan and basically understood why Qin Zhiyuan knew French. In the Beiyang Fleet, many foreign instructors were hired, including British, French, American, and German. Therefore, many officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet knew some foreign languages. Perhaps this is why Qin Zhiyuan knew French.

"Mr. Huang, you are too kind. Zhiyuan was impulsive and reckless. If it weren't for Mr. Huang's help, Zhiyuan might have made a big mistake. I still have to thank Mr. Huang." Qin Zhiyuan meant: I know you are the leader, I admit that I am not as good as you, and I don't want to take your position. Let's keep our distance in the future.

Chinese people's names and characters, "name" is used to refer to oneself to show modesty. For example, Qin Zhiyuan would call himself "Zhiyuan". "Character" is used to express one's own character, called "character of virtue", abbreviated as "character", and this "character" is used to provide others for use. For example, Huang Fugui can call Qin Zhiyuan "Brother Dingyuan".

"Speaking of which, Brother Dingyuan was indeed reckless just now. You should know that we have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean, left our hometown and lived under someone else's roof. We should think twice before doing anything. We must not act in a momentary urge and miss the long-term plan." Huang Fugui said with a serious tone. If he was facing a group of farmers who had never seen the world, he would probably cry and be grateful.

This is what Huang Fugui came for: We are here to make money, not to fight. We can endure if we can, and give in if we can. If we can endure for a while, everything will be calm. If we take a step back, the sky will be wide open. Can we not afford to offend the foreign master? It won't cost us anything to endure for a while, so it's not worth it to get angry with him.

"Zhiyuan understands this principle. Please rest assured, Mr. Huang, as long as there is no sword or axe, Zhiyuan will be polite and will not vent his anger. He will not embarrass Mr. Huang." Qin Zhiyuan also showed a "teachable" attitude. If he was facing a foolish and corrupt scholar, he might even praise him as "Ruzi is teachable."

Qin Zhiyuan meant: As long as the foreign devils don't bully people, we men won't take the initiative to make trouble. If the foreign devils deliberately make trouble, we are not easy to mess with. Although we are here to make money, we are not selling to him. At most, we will quit. How can a man bow down for a few grains of rice?

Having said that, I have said everything I should say. Those who understand will understand, and those who don't want to understand will not understand. Huang Fugui laughed, said a few more polite words, and got up to say goodbye.

"Brother, what does Mr. Huang mean? I heard you say 'knife' and 'axe'. Is Mr. Huang going to lead us to fight the foreign devils?" As soon as Huang Fugui left, Gao Hongshi couldn't wait to express his opinion, but unfortunately it was far from what Huang Fugui wanted.

"Fighting with them, I don't think these foreigners are that great. If we really fight, if he doesn't fight, he will call me 'grandfather', then he is my grandson." Chen Kangjian looks "hot", but he is very skilled in digging holes.

Grandfather? If you follow Mr. Huang, you will really become a grandson.

Qin Zhiyuan looked at Chen Kangjian, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with malice.