Chapter 3 third quarter

After the tea merchant Hubbard went bankrupt, he no longer had the courage to live.He and his wife were so poor and sick that they couldn't even build a bark, grass and mud house. They could only use the tea piles from the previous year to build a few shacks and curl up in them. People called them "tea houses".The number of tea houses quickly increased, indicating that many tea merchants were in the same situation as Hubbaid.A haze of dashed hopes hangs over the Tea Valley.Hubbaid had three children. When he heard that bankruptcy would not cancel the debts of the East India Company, he said to the children: "If you don't plan to grow up and pay off the debts, you have to go with us." The children said: "Of course you must." Come with you." Who knew he was talking about walking towards death.When he poured oil on the dry tea house, someone heard him yelling inside: "This is what you promised, you have to go with us." Hubaid went crazy, and he burned his family of five to death.

Smoke was still rising from the ruins of the tea house as Darth thought passed the place where the Hubbards died.With the mood of a Buddhist monk, he put his palms together to face the undead in the smoke, read a few words of the "Repentance Law" that lamas usually use to save the undead, grabbed a handful of soil, and used it as a blessing of barley and bosang, and sprinkled To the burnt tea pile. Kaqi said in amazement, "Pastor Darth, why don't you read the Gospel?" Darth didn't answer, but looked at the suddenly rising smoke and said loudly: "I don't know you, but I know grief; I haven't experienced death, but I have experienced sorrow. Those who no longer miss the world, the souls of the bardo world, You walk slowly. You have seen that no one shed tears, and caring is the only connection, and it has been quietly torn off."

Kaqi couldn't help feeling sad.He remembered that although Hubaid came to Darjeeling very late, he brought from Delhi the advanced roasting method that can preserve tea for a longer time, and selflessly passed it on to all tea merchants.The tea merchants all felt that Habaid had saved everyone's life. If the three-year-old tea can still taste the fragrance of new tea, it can reduce the loss by at least one-third.But unexpectedly, his own life fell before everyone else.If the rescuer dies, how long can the rescued people live?Kachi sighed and said, "Our Father in Heaven, take Hubad to Heaven." He looked at the sky.It seems as if you can see the scene where Jesus Christ took the Hubaid family away.

The biggest distress after the British ruled India was that they could not stand the heat there.Darjeeling is located on the plateau at the southern foot of the Himalayas. It is neither hot nor cold and has a pleasant climate. Every summer, India’s political heart beats here.When Darth and his party appeared, the five charred corpses that had been carried by the tea merchants to the Summer Resort had already been sent to the cemetery.Before the grief had dissipated, a quarrel broke out in Victoria Hall on the east side of the estate. Someone was holding a newspaper, shaking it and shouting loudly: "The European Times reported a month ago that the French pastor planned to enter Tibet from Sichuan, and the Russian pastor planned to enter Tibet from Yunnan. Where is our pastor? We are only a hundred miles away from Tibet." Still hesitating here. Reverend Mahon, we have invited you here today to let you know that you are responsible for the dead Hubbards. Responsibility may lead you to declare now that the British East When will the Indian Church's trip to Tibet begin?"

Kaqi told Darth that the speaker was Brand, First Secretary of the Governor's Office. Mahon said: "As a pastor I can only tell you with regret that God does not expect all forms of occupation, if you think the Church can take on the diplomatic mission of the British Empire, convince the Tibetans to believe in God and then welcome the British, That would be a big mistake. It doesn't matter when my trip to Tibet starts, what matters is that it has nothing to do with you." Brand said: "Isn't Pastor Maun a subject of Her Majesty the Queen, don't you worry that we believers of God will no longer go to the Gospel Church to listen to your sermons and pray with you?"

Mahon said: "I am more worried that when Tibetans hear the Gospel of God, they also hear the sound of guns and guns. Jesus Christ made the church take on the mission of believing in the Lord, nothing else." Brand said: "It seems that we need a new church. This church must firmly believe that God is on the side of the strong. The British Empire should have the courage and courage to conquer everything." Kaqi echoed: "That's right, from Darjeeling to Kalimpong, we have reclaimed tens of thousands of hectares of tea fields, but we can't even sell half of them in the Indian and Gurkha markets. We have to sell the tea to Tibet." Go. The Reverend Darth can attest that the people there are addicted to tea."

Bland said, "But our Reverend Mahon doesn't drink tea, and there are great soldiers who are used to coffee and think Tibetans drink coffee. General McGory. You won't keep silent, will you?" " General McGory, in military uniform, was silent while drinking wine. Cage said: "Just because of the incompetence of the church and the military. Last year we lost six million pounds. This year the loss is at least eight million pounds. Most of the Anglo-Indian tea merchants have gone bankrupt. The tragedies of the Hubbard family will continue. It happens. The churches we sponsor and the soldiers we feed look on."

General McGory gulped it down, supported his fat body with both hands, and said, "Listen to me, friend. I don't drink tea or coffee. I only drink, brandy or wine." Maon stopped him and said, "Please don't leave the pastor. I know your hope: when you brought God to the Tibetans, you didn't have a loaded gun behind you. I sympathize with you and support you, but I don't support you in order to make the tea merchants Cut your losses and ditch coffee for tea. To hell with the tea merchants, it is not in the grace of the British Empire to make soldiers fight barbarians for their riches."

Brand said: "You should tell the governor these words, he just likes drinking just like you." McGory said: "I will, and I will tell the Governor General on behalf of the London military that in order to get a more prosperous China's coast and Beijing, we should give up the barren Tibet to Russia and France. Let me tell you, a man in the Beijing Palace A vase is also more worth owning than a temple in Tibet. Just like in our Buckingham Palace, there are so many exquisitely carved Chinese-style tables and chairs, palace porcelain, and large yellow satin embroidered screens, but Tibetan Buddha statues cannot be displayed. Our history is longer than the trunk of an elephant, not even a private museum. Because we are the kingdom of Jesus Christ."

Kachi yelled, "Get out, get this coward out." McGory pointed at Kaqi and said provocatively: "Who is chasing me? Are you? Come here." Kaqi got up and rushed over.General McGory stepped aside and knocked him over with a punch. Kaqi got up, wiped the blood from his nose, and shouted: "My friends, hand over his gun, let us form an army to go to Tibet by ourselves." He rushed over again.Many tea merchants and their family members rushed over.They fell not only on General McGory, but on Reverend Mahon as well.There was a commotion. Brand yelled, "Stop it, stop it."

Suddenly someone ran in and said, "The governor's order, the governor's order." Brand snatched the order from the man, glanced at it, and shouted sharply: "Listen to me, the governor's order is above all else here." He took the order and read it, "For God to entrust us to preach The mission of commerce, travel, and scientific investigation, the governor of India, the holy country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, decided in the name of God to form a cross elite army to garrison the border of India and Tibet, and quickly prepare to march into Tibet. Appoint the heroic and skilled Gelan The colonel is the commander of the Crusaders, and he will lead his troops to set off immediately." silence.Victoria Hall returned to the unexpected Governor's order. Suddenly, General McGory asked loudly: "Colonel Galan? Who is Colonel Galan?" Brand shrugged.Nobody knows. Kaqi took the lead in shouting, and all the tea merchants and those British who were interested in Tibet for various reasons shouted: "Long live Colonel Galan." At this time, someone patted Darth on the shoulder lightly and whispered, "Someone is looking for you." Darth walked out of the Victoria Hall with the man in doubt, and saw a car parked on the side of the road not far away, and a lama in a red and purple cassock called in Tibetan: "Darth Lama, Colonel Galan invites you to Come here." Darth walked over, and was grabbed by someone as soon as he arrived.Six or seven soldiers covered their mouths with their big hands, tearing and tearing, and pushed him into the car.He turned his head vigorously to look out the window, and saw a lama in red and purple cassock leading his mountain red horse under the shade of trees in front of the porch. Darth struggled and shouted: "Let me go, let me go, what do you want to do?" The officer sitting in the passenger seat said solemnly: "It's a pleasure to meet you, pastor, I am Colonel Galan. You said that you know where Tibet is the route to spread the gospel and where God resides. You hope to lead the way. " Darth was taken aback: "I told Brother Mahon, how do you know?" Colonel Galan snorted and said, "There is nothing we don't know about your whereabouts." The car sped away. The field is on fire.When the night came, Kaqi lit the tea stacks, and many tea merchants lit the tea stacks. It seemed that it was discussed, and all the tea stacks and tea houses from the previous year and last year were lit.Although according to Hubbaid's advanced roasting method, these old teas can still taste the fragrance of new teas, but tea merchants still hope to invest in the freshest tea leaves in the newly opened market in order to gain the initial and most reliable trust.They firmly believe that after Colonel Galan led the Crusaders into Tibet, the tea market will be at your fingertips. Wasn't that the case in India and Sri Lanka back then?They are going to pick and process new tea, even if they borrow again.Even in arrears with the tea worker's salary. More importantly, many tea merchants were convinced that until the day when the British occupied the whole of Tibet, it would only be a waste of time and money to continue to operate tea.They frantically burned the stacks of tea, just to put aside the tea for a while, join the army, go to war, and follow Colonel Galan to occupy Tibet.Until one day the Tibetans emptied their teapots and waited for the gift of tea from the British and Indian sides, they would return to the tea valley in Darjeeling and continue to operate their old business in a down-to-earth manner. In the fields and valleys of burning Darjeeling, the brilliant flames, flickering and turbulent in the wind, rushed to light the stars.Hope and fire spread together.The frustration of the tea merchants burned away.