The southern gate of the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou. This is the place where the Opium War broke out, and it is also the oldest foreign trade port in the Qing Dynasty since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

However, at this time, the Thirteen Elements had long disappeared in the long river of history, and a fire in the Second Opium War completely burned down the station of the Thirteen Elements, and now although it has recovered part of it, it has lost its past glory.

It was not only the Thirteen Lines that declined, but also the city of Guangzhou, when the coastal cities of the Qing Dynasty were opened up after the Second Opium War, Shanghai had sprung up to replace him as the boss and became the first port in East Asia.

At this time, compared with a few decades ago, the trade volume of Guangzhou was not even a third, and the old shipwrights could only sigh when they looked at the number of sails on the docks and the open sea, and then recalled the scenes of their youth.

"O iniquity, there is no way to pass this day...... If I'm hungry again, I'll go to Nanyang too......"

The whining on the wharf has been said for a long time, the business is light and the business is not easy to do, and even the people who walk with strength cannot have enough to eat, and a year ago, the Manchurian generals had to enclose land to build a special zone, and tens of thousands of refugees came out, and these hard-working people who had no food rushed to the city, making the already difficult life even more difficult.

At first, people scolded Xiao Letian, this bastard has a good life, but if he doesn't write a good book, he has to do something in the special zone, and he has robbed the people of their livelihood fields, and he must have no asshole when he gives birth to a son.

But as time passed, everyone was dumbfounded when the news from the north came. The land in the Shanghai Special Economic Zone is replaced, one acre for two acres, and they are all watered with good water, and the red-top businessman Hu Xueyan is bold enough.

Look at the special zone in Tanggu, it is even more dumbfounded, Xiao Letian, the god of wealth in the north, bought it with cash, and also gave the people a big temple, which satisfied the people from material to spiritual.

It was only then that people understood that it was not the special industrial zones that were bad, but the people who ran the special zones. Ay...... People say that the Han people take care of the Han people, and it is like Guangzhou City, and when you meet this group of Manchurian masters, you will come up and rob it.

Complaining should be made, but complaining does not relieve hunger, the fierce long hair has been suppressed by the imperial court, these people who have lost their land dare not provoke trouble, the generals in the city are waiting for them to make trouble, it is estimated that the land will not come back at that time, and the head will have to be borrowed by the family.

What? What, you ask, what's the use of borrowing heads? Isn't this nonsense, when you soak in lime powder, it's a good trophy, and a bunch of heads can go to the court for a reward, and ask for silver.

"Hey...... In these years, what a killing of the poor......"

Just when the wharf was gloomy, suddenly there was a whispering sound from the far side of the harbor, and many hungry coolies who were basking in the sun actually jumped up and looked at the sea one by one.

"Look... Is that the ship of the Chen family in Nanyang? Why did you hang a Xiaozi flag? Could it be that you have changed the master's house? Don't sleep, everyone, the cargo ship of the Chen family in the Lion City is here, and the big guy may be able to get a pot of wine to drink tonight......

The crowd rushed over with a bang, waiting to grab the work given by the Chen family's cargo ship, this boss's shipload of goods, it is estimated that all the hard workers present can have work.

Countless ships on the Pearl River estuary watched the cargo ship with the strange Xiao flag sail in, and many familiar ship bosses shouted from afar.

"The Chen family's ...... Why are you hanging a Xiao character?" Before the bronzed captain could answer, the people on the dock were surprised to find that there was more than one ship with this Xiao character on it.

"Look, there is a Xiao character on all the ships behind, what's going on...... In everyone's sight, there are more than a dozen ocean-going cargo ships behind the Chen family's merchant ships, and all the big and small Xiao flags are at the top of the mast.

"Hahaha...... Sue you, this Xiao Zi flag is the flag of Xiao Lotian, the Ryukyu Prime Minister who shook Europa, and the one on my ship was given by the Prime Minister himself...... The Lord has already led his troops into the Lion City, and he is going back to defend the Ryukyus......"

"Prime Minister Xiao is still alive, alive and well, and he has returned with his troops......"

Guangzhou has been a gathering place for Chinese maritime merchants since ancient times, and it is one of the most well-informed cities in China, and the legend of Xiao Lotian has been grinding out cocoons in people's ears over the years.

"Oh my God... Is Prime Minister Xiao still alive? Didn't they all say he was dead before...... Some say he was killed by a bayonet, others say he had pirates kill him on his way home......"

"Yes, some people say that the French warships have been chasing him all over the world, and have blown him up on the sea? I cried at that time, what a good man who can run to Europa to vent his anger for us..."

The bronzed-skinned captain stood on the deck with his domineering crossed waist and yelled, "It's all fart, it's all bullshit...... The Prime Minister returned to the Lion City in good style, and even the British lined up to welcome him...... We hung out the Xiao character to recognize the flag, just to tell everyone that the prime minister has returned to China, and the end of the French is not far away......"

"Gentlemen... Pure masters...... It really gives us a face...... There is no flag, and my boat is also hanging......" The Pearl River estuary was suddenly shocked by this news, and after the Manchu general and the Han governor ran over, the entire river and sea were already full of Xiao characters to recognize the flag.

"Hurry, hurry...... Hurry up and enter the capital and send a letter to the emperor... How did this troublemaker come back alive?" the general of the city slapped his thigh angrily.

And the Han governor stared at him with stupid eyes: "Fast horse, are you really confused, can the horse's legs run over the sailboat faster? When your letter arrives in the capital, the cucumber vegetables are cold...... I think it will be passed on at this speed, and the capital will know the letter in ten days......"

Ten days of news transmission from the Lion City to Beijing, this is somewhat exaggerated but conservative estimates, about fifteen days is still no problem, Xiao Letian's viral message delivery method is already the fastest way in this era, and the reliability is higher than the pigeon method.

The most important thing is that this method of information transmission can cause a sensation in a very short period of time, and the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom is not dead, he returns with the victory of the expedition to Europa, and this powerful news suddenly explodes a mushroom cloud in the sky of East Asia.

The Chinese merchants in the Lion City faithfully carried out Xiao Letian's orders, and countless merchant ships sailed on the seas of East Asia with the Xiao character and the Chinese flag, and as long as they saw Chinese merchant ships on the sea, including those of friendly countries with the Ryukyus, they immediately divided into several flags.

One becomes two, two becomes four, and four becomes eight...... In just a few days, there was not a single ship in the entire South China Sea that did not carry the flag with the word "Xiao", except for the French merchant ships, of course.

What's even more amazing is that there is such a strange thing happening in the South China Sea, a cargo ship of the Huang family in the Lion City and a merchant ship from Surabaya are meeting on the sea to change flags, and they encounter pirates alfonsino rampant in the South China Sea.

This alfonsino is a character in the South China Sea, bold and ruthless, even the merchant ships of foreigners he dares to start, the three cargo ships in his hands are the highest speed of the pirate ship, thousands of hands are the reincarnation of fierce gods, and those who do not have ten or eight lives in their hands are embarrassed to greet people.

The goldeneye saw that the fat sheep was splicing, maybe it was talking about some shady business, how could he lag behind in the matter of robbing oil and water, and the three pirate ships directly outflanked him.

"Say...... What are you trading? Is it big tobacco? Give me all the money you sold, and even give me the goods......" How did the little merchant ship be the opponent of the pirates, and soon the two captains were stabbed by the pirates.

"Uncle Jin spares my life, we are only trafficking in wood, and we really don't have much oil and water...... We met to change the flag, and we sent a message to Prime Minister Xiao Cheng..."

"What the hell... What kind of bullshit ......Xiao Chengxiang is changing flags to play? Wait a minute... What do you say? The prime minister ......."

When the goldeneye heard that it was Ryukyu Prime Minister Xiao Letian, he gave himself two mouths without saying a word, "Damn, why didn't you say it earlier......"

Naturally, there are robbers, and robbers also have idols in their hearts, and they are also born and raised by their parents, and they also grew up eating people's food, and they also have the most simple values in their hearts.

Of course, Xiao Lotian has a kind, and the whole East Asia is full of horses, and everyone is bullied by foreigners and doesn't even dare to let out a fart, although these pirates don't know why, they also feel aggrieved and uncomfortable in their hearts.

This is the power of culture, it is the blood gene implanted by our nation, even if the alfonus is a robber, but when I was a child, I also heard the three heroes and five righteousness, saying that Yue Quanchuan, they still have a very simple national outlook in their hearts.

"The prime minister is a Han person, give us a long face for the Han people all over the world, even if Lao Tzu robs them foreigners, I feel that my waist is hard, just rush such a kind of prime minister, we also have to help with this...... Little ones, bring more Xiao characters to recognize the flag, and let's go north too......"

The sailors of the two cargo ships have never seen the scene in front of them in their lives, and the goldeneye that crisscrossed the South China Sea did not rob money, but actually snatched a large stack of flags and left happily?

From that moment on, the pirates in the South China Sea also became volunteer messengers, and the pirate ship flew the flag with Xiao Zi and went all the way north, and began to spread the news of Xiao Letian's return to China like a virus.

Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Keelung, Tainan, Ningbo...... In the end, even the mouth of the Huangpu River in Shanghai fluttered with the word Xiao to recognize the flag.

In 1866, Shanghai already had the prototype of the first concessions, and the British and French colonists followed the simplest principle when enclosing land, that is, the safe area of the colony within the range of naval guns.

Along the wide Huangpu River, rows of Western-style houses have been connected into a patch, although they do not have the scale of the heyday of later generations, but they were already a prosperous place in East Asia at that time.

But today, when the first Chinese sailing ship at the mouth of the Huangpu River with the flag of Xiao Zi Recognition rushed into the Huangpu River, the whole city fell silent at once, and only a few seconds later, the Huangpu River was full of jubilation.

"The man is back...... Prime Minister Xiao Cheng replied...... "People rushed to tell each other, and the incredible dream news that the newspaper had said before came true at this moment.

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