国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 | |
北京からラサへ : vol.1 |
SIAN 29
with a thousand bandits. Meanwhile Chen had
warned the Shensi governor of the invasion, and
Kuo's troops were cut to pieces. Kuo and Chen
afterwards associated ; but later on Kuo tried to
murder Chen ; and since then there has been war
to the death between them.
In Sian, Pereira passed four mountain guns and
a battalion of infantry marching eastward. The
men were of good physique, but looked sullen and
listless, and there was not a smile among them.
They had not been paid for months, and in that
state might very well mutiny and go over to the
other side. They had no transport, and the mules
or carts were commandeered whenever they could
be got.
The civil governor gave Pereira a feast at the
club, which was a good two-storied building with
bedrooms in which honoured guests could be put
up. There was a billiard room and bowling alley,
and a nice garden. But the club had twice to be
closed down owing to members failing to pay
their bills.
Torture was still allowed, and four soldiers
were crucified on the city wall, an extra nail being
driven in at the throat, though not at a vital spot.
They lingered for two days, though probably they
lost consciousness after six hours.
Opium was again coming into Shensi and was
grown along the Wei River. When the Chinese
heard Pereira was coming they thought he would
be investigating the opium conditions, and orders
were issued to remove all advertisements for the
sale of opium.
The Nestorian tablet for which Sian is famous
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