Chapter 345 Aid Corps
Outside the port of Dar es Salaam, a ship from the Far East was entering the port, and the people on board stopped and looked at the city of Dar es Salaam curiously.
The houses look like houses, cars and horses crisscross, the road is flat and wide, ships of all sizes are docked in the port, and people are coming and going on the pier.
"Brother Shiyan! I feel that the court has been deceived! This East Africa seems to be peaceful and peaceful, with no sign of natural disasters or man-made disasters!" said Ander, the deputy envoy of the East African Kingdom Aid Mission sent by the Far Eastern Government.
Li Ge also had a look of astonishment, but he said: "Brother Thickness, maybe it's just because this is the place used by the East African Kingdom as a facade. We haven't seen other places in East Africa, so we can't make a conclusion lightly. Things (translation) will give you the answer.”
So the two found Aryan, the translator of the East African embassy not far away, and Li Ge said, "Mr. Aryan! I have something to ask, and I wonder if you can answer it."
To be honest, Li Ge doesn't like Aryan very much. After all, Aryan is different from Westerners in any way. Instead, he is a face from the Central Plains. Listening to him speak Chinese also has a Shandong flavor. Usually, when communicating with him, Judging from the language, he should be a country bumpkin from that corner, but he is the nationality of the Kingdom of East Africa.
Isn't this a proper "traitor"! In the eyes of Far East officials, the East African Kingdom is a Germanic barbarian, and they are extremely unreasonable in their actions. They talk about cooperation, but in fact threaten with force at every turn. Aryan works for the East African Kingdom and even changes his nationality. Ge and others usually do not communicate with Aryan except for official business.
In fact, they misunderstood Aryan. Although Aryan was indeed from Shandong, he was also a "high-achieving student" who received modern education in Hexingen.
Aryan also reads a lot of books, and his level of education is not small. He especially likes Hegel's "Encyclopedia of Philosophy". I can't understand, and I can't even write Chinese characters.
After all, the students accepted by Hexingen School are basically orphans. Before arriving in Hexingen, Aryan had never studied at all, and he didn’t even have a name. Since he was a child, he was only called “Daniu” in the village.
Because Aryan has no education experience in the Far East and Far East, it is naturally impossible for Li Ge and others to chat with Li Ge and others, and they will not stick to words when they speak. In addition, after its German translation, it almost uses the original Shandong vernacular to communicate with people from the Far East, so it is indeed a bit weird.
But the fundamental reason is that Li Ge and others do not know German. If they are proficient in German, they will find that Aryan not only speaks a fluent "Heixing root accent", but also speaks in a gentle manner. This is the gap between the two different languages. Therefore, there must be a person who is proficient in both languages and cultures to act as a bridge to break this barrier.
Aryan: "Ask any questions you have!"
Li Ge: "We came to your country this time at the invitation of your country's officials. Has our ship arrived in the Kingdom of East Africa?"
Aryan: "Yes! Look at the flag at the port, it is the lion shield flag of the kingdom."
Li Ge: "There seems to be a slight difference between East Africa and what your ambassador described! Your ambassador told us that people's lives in East Africa are in decline and epidemics are rampant. I see that the city is quite prosperous. Why is it a bit strange? It’s too much the same, but everyone is happy and natural, doesn’t it seem like there is a major epidemic?”
As an envoy of the aid group, Li Ge thought that he was going to the wild land of East Africa to help East Africa fight the plague and aid in reconstruction. Most of the doctors on board this time were doctors organized by the Far East government. Given the situation in Mu City, Li Ge felt that it was the Far East, not East Africa, that should be assisted.
Aryan: "Well! Did Ambassador Richard say that? Then I don't know, but I don't know if what Ambassador Richard said is right. I actually don't know much about East Africa."
Li Ge: "Aren't you from East Africa? How can you say that you don't understand East Africa?"
Aryan: "Actually, I used to study in South Germany, so I didn't go to East Africa. Instead, I lived in the Kingdom of Lower Hechingen in the Kingdom of Prussia in Germany for a period of time. After graduation, I was directly transferred back to the Far East and stayed in East Africa. The Royal Embassies in the Far East let the paperwork go.”
Lige was very confused by Aryan's words. South Germany, Germany, Prussia, the Kingdom of Hechingen, and the Kingdom of East Africa. After so many terms, where is Aryan from? Li Ge himself knew Prussia, as well as East Africa.
Li Ge: "Mr. Aryan! Are you an East African?"
Aryan: "I am a German."
Li Ge: "Then what does the Kingdom of East Africa have to do with you?"
Aryan: "My nationality is the Kingdom of East Africa."
Aryan: "It's my first time visiting East Africa, and I'm also very interested in East Africa. Why don't you two browse with me?"
League: "…"
Soon, Li Ge and Aryan's group dragged their luggage ashore.
The aid group browsed the city of Dar es Salaam (foreign commercial district) like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. It is so special here, white people, yellow people and black people abound, and various costumes are also very distinctive, especially some The Arabs covered in white robes opened the eyes of the aid group even more.
We have all seen Western clothes, but Aryan, a "fake foreigner", wears the same, but has never seen white cloth all over his body. This is easily reminiscent of...
Li Ge: "Mr. Aryan, why do some people wear white robes and white scarves."
Aryan: "They are Arabs, generally distributed in the Middle East and North Africa, such as Egypt, Ottoman and Persia. There are many Arabs dressed like this."
After leaving the Strait of Malacca, the ship never docked and went all the way to Dar es Salaam, so Li Ge and others saw Arabs for the first time in East Africa.
Aryan went on to say: "The Arabs once established a great empire that spanned three continents and monopolized the trade between the East and the West. At present, the Ottoman Empire is regarded as the successor of the Arab Empire."
Li Ge: "Then why are they covered in white cloth?"
Aryan: "This is their living habit, just like the tropics do not need to wear cotton clothes, the Arabs live in the desert, where the sun is scorching, and the temperature can reach 40 or 50 degrees during the day. White can better reflect the sun's rays and reduce absorption. hot."
Li Ge and others realized that it was not the reason for the death of someone in their family, but their customs. Li Ge almost thought that this was the evidence of the epidemic of the plague in the East African Kingdom! After all, so many "clothed and mourning" people are probably caused by the plague. Fortunately, I asked Aryan first, otherwise the misunderstanding would be serious.
Actually, Aryan doesn’t care about misunderstandings, and he doesn’t care about Arabs if they are really like this.
The group continued to browse Dar es Salaam, and after walking for a long time, Aryan finally said: "It seems that there is nothing to visit!" He pointed to the no-passing sign in front of him.
"what is that?"
"No traffic ahead, that is to say, there is no road."
"But aren't there still streets and buildings over there?"
"I'll go over and ask."
So Aryan walked forward, and a policeman stood guard here.
"Sir! Excuse me, why is there a no-passing sign here?"
"After passing here is the West District of Dar es Salaam, which is not open to foreigners..."
After a long time, Aryan finally figured it out. It turns out that Dar es Salaam is divided into the foreign business district and the west district, and foreigners can only move around in the foreign business district.
Aryan: "Actually, I am a diplomatic official of the Kingdom of East Africa in the Far East government. Where is the Dar es Salaam city government agency? I need to get in touch with the Kingdom, because I have been working in the Far East and I am not familiar with East Africa. .”
Police: "Go back from here, turn left at the first intersection, and you will see government agencies such as the Police Department of the Foreign Commercial District and the Taxation Bureau."
Aryan: "Oh! Thank you so much for your help."
(end of this chapter)