1677 Andreev's Travels
Andreev did not come directly from the Far East to Amami Oshima, but made a detour from the main island of the Ryukyus for three days before leaving to persuade him to surrender. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Perhaps it was intentional on the part of the CIA, or perhaps Andreev was simply a hillbilly, and the trip to the Ryukyus shocked him extremely strongly, as recorded in the memoirs compiled by his descendants.
"I have never seen such a rich and courteous country, although everyone says that Britain is the richest city in the world, but in my eyes, maybe the British have made a lot of gold coins from the sea, but that country is not the happiest ......"
As depicted in Dickens's Orphan of the Fog, the dark and foggy city of London could not hide the social rifts brought about by the disparity between the rich and the poor, thieves, orphans, prostitutes, cripples, ...... Behind the splendid carriage are countless beggars!"
"But this city completely refreshes me, if there is a paradise in this world...... I'm reluctant, but I'm still going to vote for ......."
"It can be said that this is the most prosperous port in Chinese, and Naha has become the largest trading port in Asia under the stimulation of mercantilism, and merchant ships from all over the world are moored at the dock in an orderly manner, and Chinese silk, tea, porcelain, medicines, handicrafts, etc. are transported to all parts of the world......
"Not only that, but I found that the city's light industry is unusually developed, and all kinds of exquisite industrial products are no less than the second-rate products of Europe, miner's lamps, matches, leather goods, iron nails, hardware components, and mass-produced weapons ......."
"Obviously, the Chinese economy led by Xiao Letian has begun to taste the sweetness of industrialization, and since these mass-produced industrial products can be exported as a whole ship, this shows that they have a certain competitiveness......
"I heard from the elderly sailors on the wharf that the volume of coal and steel transactions has gradually increased since last year, and I heard that in the far north of Tanggu Port, a larger special zone for heavy industry has begun large-scale production, and all kinds of steel construction and selected coal are not only digested locally, but also a large part of it is transported to the Ryukyus......"
"The entire area outside Naha Castle near the east coast is the light industrial area of the Ryukyus, where all kinds of chimneys are lined up, large and small workshops are full of hard-working workers, and when it is time to leave work, the entire street is full of tired faces in uniform that support half of Naha's economy......
"Maybe you think that the Ryukyus are just a big factory, and people make a small difference, then you are wrong, the old sailors on the dock even revealed an important information, in addition to the ships that transported coal and iron industrial products, there are many mail ships passing through Naha Port......"
"The first stop for the wealthy merchants from all over the world, who came to the East in search of business opportunities, was definitely here, and all the most beautiful areas of the road from Naha Port to Shurijo Castle were occupied by banks......
"All the famous banks from all over the world have branches here, HSBC, Citigroup, Standard Chartered, France, Deutsche ...... Almost all the banks in the City of London have set up outposts here......"
"Of course, there are a large number of banks that belong to the Chinese, I heard that Xiao Lotian is about to carry out financial reform, and the latest Chinese central bank is going to merge the currency issuance rights of Lotte Bank, and at this moment Lotte Bank is carrying out complex cross-share swap work......"
"It's a pity that my understanding of finance is very shallow, and I can't see what the way is here, but from the words of the people around me, I can feel the rich strength of these Chinese bankers......
"I heard that Sihai Bank started in Tanggu as a foreign trader, Mi Bank heard that it was opened by a grain merchant in the Ryukyus, and Fukang Yinhao, which was opened by a wealthy man in the Qing Dynasty, also did banking trade, and there are dozens of various names in Linlin, and the smallest transaction between these banks and Lotte Bank is more than one million silver dollars......
"Twenty or thirty transactions of this kind of stock swap every day have been going on for months, and God knows how much money these Chinese banks are hiding, and God knows what kind of big things they are going to do......"
"Walking on the street after leaving the dock, I was even more embarrassed to see everywhere, there were exquisite and classical Chinese buildings everywhere, and there were exquisite carvings and paintings on all the woods of the carved beams and paintings......"
"Obviously, this is still a very tolerant city, I have seen a lot of magnificent new buildings, all of them are Pumen Ding brick and stone structure, the magnificent columns even have a bit of Greek style, and I asked the locals to know that most of these buildings belong to those bankers and big merchants!"
"It seems that the financial industry has become the mainstream economy of the city, and I wish there was a bank street of this size in Moscow, so that His Majesty the Tsar would not be so troubled by the financial crisis......"
Andreev, accompanied by four CIA officers, began his tour of the city of Naha, a city of abundance, courteous citizens, clean streets, and a busy market...... Everything shocked Andreev.
Sometimes the power of civilization is so subtle, maybe it's a clean street, maybe a few beautiful statues in the corner, or even the happy expressions on the faces of the people, can shock the outsider.
In particular, Andreev was really shocked by the cleanliness of the city, the whole city was not as clean as the market, there was no debris or sludge on the ground, and all the stone roads and water gate roads were clean with white stubble.
Along the way, many citizens were sweeping the streets in front of their doors, and they even used small shovels to shovel down a piece of mud the size of a coin on the street and sweep it into a dustpan.
Even the spotless streets, which have been clean, have been sprinkled with water, and what is even more incredible is that not only the main streets, but also those small alleys and alleys that are inaccessible are just as clean.
When Andrif asked the interpreter next to him, he was shocked by the answer.
"Naha wasn't so clean before, this wasn't when the prime minister led us to rebel against the Japanese Shimazu family, a fire burned the entire city to the ground, and when he went back to rebuild his home, the prime minister issued a health order. ”
"All streets must be covered with sewer pipes, the city is divided into different blocks, and the people elect their own mayors to be responsible for everything, the most important of which is sanitation......"
"At first, people didn't get used to it, but the prime minister ordered the law of joint sitting, requiring the residents of a street to divide the street equally, and each family is responsible for each family's area, and if you fail the inspection once, you will be warned, and if you fail twice, you will have to reduce the power of your family......
"Do your children want to be soldiers? Do you want to receive compulsory education? Do you want to serve in the government? These powers can be given to you or withdrawn, it depends on whether you are afraid or not!"
"Since then, the Ryukyus have been completely new and clean from the inside out...... Later, after the passage of the Chinese Code, the rules are even stricter, if anyone fails to pass the three inspections, then immediately cancel the civil rights, do you say that it is not powerful, can the big guy not care?"
Andreev listened stupidly, "this...... This is too domineering! How can Xiao Letian even take care of such a thing? This is tyranny! There is no human rights!"