Ngamanye amaxesha sibuzwa oku. Kutheni uQuanzhou?
Nantso impendulo ecacileyo. Kulapho iindawo zikhoyo. Iinaliti, iikhamera, iibheringi—ungafumana uninzi lwezinto ezingena kwi-umatshini wokuluka ojikelezayongaphakathi kwerediyasi yeekhilomitha ezingamashumi amahlanu. Oko kuyanceda. Kodwa asiyompendulo yokwenyani leyo.
Impendulo yokwenyani ibuyela umva ngakumbi.
UQuanzhou wayebizwa ngokuba nguZayton ngelo xesha. UMarco Polo wadlula apho ngenkulungwane ye-13. Wayengengonjineli welaphu, kodwa naye waphawula into ethile. Wabhala ngeedamask kunye neevelvets ezenziwe apha, esithi zingcono kunezo wayezibonile kwizixeko ezikhulu zasentla. Wathi ilaphu lathiywa ngegama lesixeko ngokwaso.
Bendisoloko ndiyithanda loo nto. Sasingengomazibuko nje kuphela, kodwa sasiyindawo yokwenza into eyayifunwa ngumntu wonke.
Kangangexesha elide, oko kwakuthetha isilika. Ngoku kuthetha oomatshini bokuluka abajikelezayo. Izinto zatshintsha. Izixhobo zatshintsha. Kodwa ingcamango yahlala ihleli: yenze apha, yenze ibe ntle, uyithumele.
Kukho olunye udidi lwebali leQuanzhou olungangeni kwiincwadi zembali. Uninzi lobunjineli bokuqala bokuchaneka kweli candelo—uhlobo olufunekayo ukuze wakhe umatshini onxibelelanayo othembekileyo—luvela kubuchule baseTaiwan. Kwisizukulwana esinye, olo lwazi lwahlala apha, luxutywe nokuveliswa kwemveliso yasekuhlaleni, lwaza lwaguquka lwaba yinto ecacileyo njengeQuanzhou. Luyasebenza. Alukho malunga nesoftware ekumgangatho ophezulu; lumalunga nomatshini onokuqhuba iishifti ezintathu kumzi-mveliso ofumileyo ngaphandle kokucaphukisa.
Ukuhambahamba kwindawo yokusebenzela yomthengisi apha kwahlukile. Awuthengi nje kuphela into ethile. Uthetha nomntu oneenaliti zikayise, okanye umalume wakhe ochithe iminyaka engamashumi amane efumana iiprofayili zekhamera ngokuchanekileyo. Oko kubalulekile xa uzama ukwakha umatshini omele uhlale uqinile emva kweeyure eziyi-8,000.
Imbali imnandi ukuthetha ngayo, kodwa ayigcini umgca wemveliso uqhubeka.
Into eqhubeka isenza siqhubeke kukuba xa siyila umatshini weMorton, asikwenzi kwinqaba yeofisi kwisixeko esingenazo iifektri. Sikwenza oku singqongwe yingxolo yemveliso yokwenyani. Ukuba ibheri ishushu, siyazi ukuba ngubani esimele simbize. Ukuba umxube omtsha wentambo ovela eTurkey usinika ingxaki, singawuvavanya esitratweni.
Ngoko ke xa umntu ebuza ukuba kutheni uQuanzhou, andisoloko ndithetha ngeMaritime Silk Road.
Ndikhomba nje umatshini osebenza ekhoneni.
Kuthule. Kuhlala kunjalo. Kwaye kuza kube kukwisikhephe ukuya kwindawo ekude kwiveki ezayo.
Yiyo leyo impendulo ebaluleke kakhulu.
Morton — Izisombululo Zokuluka Eziphambili