Chapter 699： Liverpool Travels

? "Uncle Costa, can I ask you anything about finding the boss? If I can solve it, maybe we don't need to contact the boss."

Recosta pursed his mouth, it seems that some words are hard to say. Don't look at him now in the city council. He represents the black community and has the supreme right to speak, but the real situation is just the opposite, embarrassing. , Is synonymous with where he is now.

Because he is currently unable to go up or up, down and down, there are more than a dozen colleagues around him staring at his position, including compatriots with the same skin color as him, so he must make early plans or seize every opportunity to move up. If you try, you can put your ambitions away and work with peace of mind until you retire.

But obviously, he doesn't have much interest in supporting Tiannian, otherwise he would not find his nephew.

After pondering for a while, still didn't know how to speak, and fell silent for a while.

At this time, two tourists with the same skin color and face as Yang Cheng at a nearby table attracted Ian Air’s attention. Of course, it was also because of the distressed faces of these two that seemed to be in need of help.

Ian El saw that Recosta hadn’t spoken for a long time, so he took the initiative to greet him and asked with a strong Liverpool accent, “Are the two from Country Z? Do you need help?”

These two tourists are indeed from country Z, and they are both hard-core fans of the Red Army. This time they took advantage of the holiday to make a pilgrimage to Anfield. Who knows they just came out of the London airport and their wallets and documents were swept away by thieves. Fortunately, one of them was carrying around 100 pounds temporarily exchanged at the airport in his pocket, finally helping them to take the bus from the airport to Liverpool.

It was only when I got here that I realized that I was depressed. These 100 pounds are not enough for two adults to live in Liverpool for a week. The key is that they have to find the embassy to reissue their passports. Undoubtedly, this trip allowed them to experience the evil of the capital world.

As a Liverpool native, the communication with Recosta just now naturally used the local dialect. For the Liverpool accent, it is the most popular topic for the British, even if you know the different local dialects in the UK, even if you can completely keep up with Glasgow He has a Scottish accent, but in Liverpool you will find yourself deaf, not to mention foreigners. Even the English natives don’t understand the Liverpool accent, as if you are abroad.

Liverpool’s unique accent was formed from the Great Irish Famine in the mid-19th century. The disaster brought a large number of Irish refugees to the city. In addition, the Scots who arrived at the same time, under the influence of Gaelic, developed today’s very difficult Accustomed to Liverpool accent.

Immediately afterwards, more immigrants carried the locals and continued to search for livelihoods in the New World. From 1830 to 1930, a total of 9 million people took the large ferry of Cunard and the White Star Company here, bid farewell to Europe and also shaped The demographic structure of North America later.

In short, these two tourists from country Z, whose English level is equivalent to the level of university level 6, they can barely communicate in oral English, but they can only smile awkwardly and politely in the face of the Liverpool accent that the British are obsessed with. .

When the three of them looked at each other, Recosta stepped forward and jokingly reminded, "Ian, I don't understand your Liverpool accent."

Ian El patted his forehead, and gave a gentleman's gift very exaggeratedly, "I'm very sorry for the two guests from afar, please forgive my mistakes, if there is anything I can help you, it will be my honor."

Where did the two people from country Z have seen such a big battle, they quickly stood up and bowed in return. They were at a loss, but the difficulties in front of them made them forget their shyness. One of the smaller men squatted and said, "Very Thank you, but our wallet was stolen in London and our passport was in it. Now we don’t know what to do."

Ian El and Recosta smiled at each other and spit out very contemptuously, "Please forgive Londoners for being rude. In order to pretend to be an international metropolis, London has introduced a large number of immigrants, which has led to a rapid decline in public security. In this way, I will take you around the attractions in Liverpool first, and I will help you settle down later. We can solve the problem little by little, such as contacting the consulate of your country and re-applying for the documents."

After he deliberately took care of slowing down his speech, the two young Z nationals understood most of the meaning. For the two people who fell into the water, Ian Air’s appearance was undoubtedly like a life-saving straw. No matter whether it’s dangerous, catch first. Don't let yourself drown.

Thanks again and again, Ian El waved his hand with a smile, turned his head and said to Recosta, "Ray, I have a job, and you can talk about your affairs when you think about it."

Recosta grabbed Ian El’s arm, "Ian, I also need your help. Please be sure to help me contact your boss. I have very important things to talk to him."

Actually, Ian Al just took the initiative to approach two young people and offered to help. I don’t know what mentality it is. Maybe it’s because I feel the same skin color as the boss feels kind? Perhaps it was moved by compassion? Or simply want to avoid Recosta?

He himself couldn’t say for sure, but at the moment Recosta said the matter so solemnly, he couldn’t refuse, so he nodded reluctantly, “Uncle Costa, I’ll tell the boss about this, but does he see You are not for me to decide."

After finishing speaking, without giving Recosta a chance to continue entanglement, he waved at the two young men, and the three walked out of the cafe and got on his black Land Rover at the invitation of Ian El.

Land Rover started calmly, and Ian Air was greatly relieved, looking at the two restrained young people in the rearview mirror, showing his most friendly smile as much as possible and asked, "Two, my name is Ian Ai. Er, I work for the Liverpool club, you can call me Ian, I don’t know how I should call you?"

When the two young men heard this, they were overjoyed. The big man, who had never spoken before, waved his fists and said happily, “Ian, you work in Liverpool? It’s great. We came to Liverpool this time to visit Anfield. By the way, you can call me young, this is my friend liu."

Ian El is more happy than the two of them. There is nothing that makes him more happy than meeting Liverpool fans accidentally, "liu? young? You really are national Z. On behalf of the club, I welcome guests from the Far East. Liverpool, the capital of Merseyside, is not only the fourth largest city in the UK, but also because the trade with the ancient country Z can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, so there is the oldest Chinatown in Europe."

Ian’s enthusiasm made the two young people feel the charm of Liverpool. While thanking them again and again, they asked, "Ian, why did you take the initiative to help us? Is it because your boss is Chinese?"

The question was a big young man. After the initial unfamiliarity, Ian Al worked at the club and made him find a sense of belonging. At this time, he slowly opened the conversation.

Ian El did not shy away from it and simply nodded, "Yes, I feel that you may be compatriots with my boss. If you let him know that I see his compatriots encounter difficulties and ignore them, I am afraid I will be fired. ."

The two laughed, and then Ian Ayer entered the role of a tour guide while driving out, pointing to the riverbank not far away and introducing, "This is the most important landscape in Liverpool today-Albert Dock, but including the pier. The Royal Liverpool Building, Cunard Shipping Company Building, and Liverpool Port Authority Building, known as the "Three Goddesses of Beauty and Benefits", all emerged after the slave trade was banned and followed by regular population movements and freight traffic.

If you are interested, you can go to the Merseyside Maritime Museum, which is also in the Albert Dock, where everything is detailed and interactive and fully tells the story from the tide of immigration to the Titanic, from the two world wars to the decline of the port. .

But I heard all those stories from childhood. Have you seen that huge poster? As early as the beginning of the 20th century, as passenger ships gradually became a payable travel carrier, in the immigration posters of the American Dream, there were also advertisements for sightseeing and investigation in the Third World. Behind the skirt scenery paintings, there are 100,000 unhappy childhoods, from 1869 to 1967, from orphanages, children's factories and even the homes of hard-hearted but poor parents forced to leave Canada and Australia. And children from other Commonwealth countries.

In the anxious state of World War I, the German Embassy issued a statement in American newspapers, stating that the life of any American passenger on a British-flagged merchant ship could not be guaranteed, but perhaps it was because of the confidence that the speed was fast enough, or Believing that the Germans did not dare to mess around, the large number of American passengers on the Royal Cruise Line Lusitania did not take the warning seriously.

But when the cruise ship sailed off the coast of Ireland, the two torpedoes launched by the German U20 submarine fulfilled its promise, killing a total of 1,198 people and becoming the fuse for the United States to join the First World War.

News of attacks on civilian traffic caused anger to detonate in Liverpool, where the families of the dead and injured were numerous. The shops of German expatriates were the first to suffer. The earliest Chinese community dry cleaners in Europe were also unlucky. The role and story of Liverpool in the two world wars, As the most important part of the Maritime Museum, following the opening of the Lusitania, the posters you see now are what every tourist who comes to Liverpool needs to understand. "

Speaking of this, Ian Air seems to recall that when he was a child, his father carried him on his shoulders and told him this picture of tragic history in front of the museum. It was a little sad, and he stopped the car and motioned to the two young men. Walk to the front of the museum together.

The two young people are very sensible. In fact, they can also feel the grief of Ian El. As a member of the Z country in the new era, they cannot forget the humiliating but extremely glorious history of the War of Resistance.

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