After a warm toast and praise to each other, Qin Zheng and Zhang Peilun both returned to their seats, although the other three people were still very lively to persuade each other to drink and drink, but no one came to disturb them, because everyone knew that the two would definitely discuss some important things.

Sure enough, after Qin Zheng and Zhang Peilun drank another glass, Zhang Peilun said: "Political Commissar Qin, this Gengzi change, the harm to my Qing Dynasty, far better than the last Gengshen difficulty (that is, the second Opium War), if it is not for the return of the nobles to Dachun, the defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the defeat of the spirit of the foreigners, otherwise this situation does not know how dangerous it is, I and Zhongtang in Shanghai heard that the nobles recovered Tianjin, it is really very gratifying, it is rare that the nobles have lived overseas for hundreds of years, but they have always been concerned about China, and in the future history books, they will be remembered by future generations." ”

Qin Zheng smiled faintly and said: "Mr. Youqiao has won the award, since he is a descendant of China, naturally he can't let foreigners run rampant on the land of China. ”

Zhang Peilun said with a smile: "However, there is still something unclear in the middle hall of Xiahe, and I also ask the political commissar Qin for advice." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I don't know what is going on?"

Zhang Peilun said: "Since you have been overseas for hundreds of years, you have always been concerned about China, and you regard yourself as a descendant of China, but please forgive me for seeing the shallowness of my knowledge, I have indeed never heard of the news of your people, but I don't know why you returned to China at this time, but you have never had any contact with the Qing Dynasty before, even if you don't return to your homeland, but you don't send an envoy to offer money, but I don't know why." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, Zhang Peilun's question was indeed asked to the point, although China's national gate was only opened after the Opium War, but before that, it was not completely closed, and there was no interaction with the outside world at all, the Qing court has always had a trade gate in Guangzhou, and the outside world has trade exchanges, in fact, many foreign businessmen have always had business with China before the Opium War, and during the Qianlong period, there were foreign businessmen who entered Beijing to sue Guangzhou officials. In the heyday, there were more than 30 countries that supplied to the Qing court, so Zhang Peilun raised this question, which is also difficult for the travelers to justify.

However, the traversers have already thought of an explanation, after all, the traversers are very clear, no matter whether it is the people of that era, they are not so easy to fool, you say that you are returning to China, will the Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang really believe it? Therefore, there must be a reasonable explanation.

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Mr. Youqiao, it's not a secret, although we live overseas, we have always had contacts with China, even after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, we often have businessmen who come to China to do business, not all of them, but at that time, we only discussed business in the name of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and never revealed our identity. ”

Zhang Peilun said: "But I don't know why?"

Qin Zheng pondered for a while, as if pondering, and then said: "I don't hide it from Mr. Youqiao, although we have lived overseas for hundreds of years, the real founding of the country is less than two hundred years, and the leader of our founding is still the old ministry surnamed Guoye. ”

Zhang Peilun said "ah", only then did he understand that "the surname of the country" is the honorific title of Zheng Chenggong, so in Zhang Peilun's heart, the history of this group of overseas Chinese also has a general context, this group of overseas Chinese has lived overseas for a long time, but there was not much difference from other overseas Chinese before, but after the Qing court recovered Taiwan, it is estimated that a group of Zheng Chenggong's old troops fled overseas, and gathered some overseas Chinese to build a country and stand on their own feet overseas

Zheng Chenggong's life, together with his grandchildren, was an enemy of the Qing court, and that was the time when the Qing court's national strength was the strongest, and even the strength of the navy was not weak, otherwise it would be impossible to cross the sea to destroy Taiwan, so this group of overseas Chinese founded the country, naturally did not dare to speak out, so as not to be attacked by the Qing court, and they sent people to China to do business, I am afraid that it was not really business, but to spy on the news of the Qing court, so it seems that this group of overseas Chinese came to the Qing Dynasty, and their motives are probably not so simple, can it be said that they plan to take advantage of the weakness of the Qing court now, and plan to regain power？

And after all, overseas Chinese and the Eight-Nation Coalition are different, they are indeed descendants of China, although the Qing court has been established for more than 250 years, and it can be regarded as deep-rooted, but after all, it is the Hu people who entered China, but the name of the Hu and Han Dynasty is righteous, inherited for thousands of years, and it is even more difficult to eliminate. Moreover, Zheng Chenggong's reputation for loyalty and righteousness is indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people even in the Qing court, not to mention that this group of overseas Chinese defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance at this time, and their prestige is skyrocketing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Peilun's face did not change drastically, if this is really the case, then wouldn't Dachun be dangerous? Now that the Eight-Nation Coalition has beaten the Qing court to the ground, even the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor have run away, if overseas Chinese take advantage of this time to attack the Qing court, it will really take advantage of the Qing court's illness and ask for the Qing court's life.

At this time, Qin Zheng also saw the change in Zhang Peilun's face, and naturally knew what Zhang Peilun was thinking, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, and said: "Mr. Youqiao, don't worry, in the early years, we did have the intention of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, but now we don't have such thoughts, even if there is, I am afraid that we are powerless." ”

Zhang Peilun was quite surprised and said, "How do you say this?"

Qin Zheng said: "Mr. Youqiao, we Ming people do not say secret words, our ancestors at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, indeed to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty as the purpose, trying to drive away the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore the Han family in China, but after the death of the ancestors of the older generation of the country, our overseas national situation has gradually stabilized, and the new generation enjoys peace, and the benefits of doing business with Western countries, and no longer have the idea of raising swords. ”

Zhang Peilun said: "Then why did your ministry return to my Chinese homeland this time?"

Qin Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "This is still caused by natural disasters, and the reason for it is to say, although this matter is confidential, it will be announced to the world sooner or later, I will first say that Mr. Yu Youqiao learned about it." ”

When Zhang Peilun heard this, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, knowing that what Qin Zheng was going to say next must be the secret of this group of overseas Chinese, so he forcibly pressed the stirring in his heart and said, "I heard it in detail." ”

Qin Zheng said: "After the destruction of Taiwan, the old department of the country surnamed Ye fled to Nanyang, and gathered a group of overseas Chinese, including the descendants of the Song Dynasty Yashan, the old department of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty under the Western Ocean, counting hundreds of thousands of people, trying to establish another Chinese country overseas, entering the Han family of China can be restored, and retreating can be overseas to retain the Chinese lineage, but after all, the land of Nanyang is too close to the Qing Dynasty, and Taiwan is still difficult to protect, not to mention the remnants, the old department of the country surnamed Ye is afraid of being chased and killed by the Qing Dynasty, so he led the crowd to find a Western chart left by the Three Treasures eunuchs- Originally, when the Three Treasures Eunuch went to the Western Ocean, he found a big island in the Western Ocean, located in a remote place, and thousands of miles away from China, saw that there was an old city on the island, but no one lived there, the Three Treasures Eunuch somehow, but saw that the whole island was within a radius of thousands of miles, there were thousands of miles of fertile fields, more than ten big rivers, the climate was pleasant, the resources were abundant, and it was still a place where the foundation could be established。 Emperor Chengzu drew a map from his words, and ordered the eunuchs of the Three Treasures to go to his island again, leaving a large amount of property and jewelry, as the foundation for the future establishment of the country. ”

This map has been kept in the Nanjing Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, and then transferred to the national surname of the lord, brought to Taiwan, the national surname of the lord has sent people to the island to check, the fruit is no different from the old load, and the island is a place to retreat. Later, Taiwan was broken by the Qing Dynasty, and there were manpower owners who went to the island to re-establish the country, but the young masters had no ambitions and led the people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After nearly 200 years, it has reached a population of 10 million, a territory of 10,000 miles, and the surrounding large and small islands are included in the border, dozens of cities have been built, and there are hundreds of thousands of armor, hundreds of warships, the country is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, although they regard themselves as Chinese, but they actually do not want to return to the land of China, although they have done business with the Qing court and Western countries, but they are also incognito, secretly contacting, and really do not want to regenerate branches, so they are not known to the world. ”

"It's just a few months ago, a natural disaster struck, the island erupted, the sky collapsed for a while, the flint magma scattered, lasted seven days and seven nights, and finally the whole island fell and sank into the ocean, and the people did not survive, we were originally a fleet in the country, and we were ordered to go out of the port to cruise at the right time, so we were spared, but we had no home to return. And after the sinking of the island, we only rescued a small number of people, and gathered with the people left behind on the surrounding islands, but the surrounding islands are small, and the people only got thousands, the ship is only more than a dozen, there is no way to build a foothold, so everyone discussed, the only way to do now, can only return to the homeland, or can have a foothold, so he led the people to return by boat, just at this time the Qing family was changed by Gengzi, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded, the Empress Dowager Emperor North Hunt, so we sent troops to attack the Eight-Nation Alliance, recovering Tianjin, one is the same line of China, a total of the outside world; 。 ”

This history of the traverser is actually made up by the traversers with reference to some online novels and mixed with the legend of Atlantis, and it is currently to create a rationality for the origin of the traverser, so as to cover up the crossing, and it is impossible for anyone to verify it anyway. However, Qin Zheng just briefly talked about it, and the content compiled by the traversers was quite detailed, taking into account every possible flaw, just to be able to make up self-justification, the traversers even planned to compile a history book to completely confirm this lie.