483 Centuries of humiliation
"Uncle, please get up, please get up, if you kneel like this again, you will give me a birthday, isn't it good for me to live a few more years and win a few more battles for us Chinese?"
"Please, don't ice your legs when the ground is slippery...... Hurry up, there's your son next to you, and help your father ......."
"Oh, you shouldn't hold a child, it's easy to step on here, this big brother, the child you are bringing is still so young, you have to be careful......"
"Huh...... Folks, don't squeeze it, I, Xiao Letian, am not an ordinary person with three heads and six arms...... It is not easy for the British soldiers to maintain order, just now all the young and old have crowded into the sea, how embarrassing it is, one by one wearing brand new ......"
How have the Chinese in the Lion City ever seen such a pro-people prime minister, his mouth cracked and he smiled out two rows of snow-white teeth, how to look at it and be honest. And Xiao Letian said that he was unusually polite, not at all the feeling of being on top of the officials of the mother country.
Don't look at Xiao Letian is only the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but he is also a Han and a Han who has done earth-shattering things, as long as he stands by his side, people have an inexplicable sense of security in their hearts.
Along the way, Xiao Lotian is simply the prime minister's possession, this kind of people-friendly posture has fooled hundreds of people, there is no high-ranking official in that era can have such a style, even the prime ministers of European countries and the like are still nobles, they are also high in the hearts of the people.
Xiao Letian's words and deeds instantly conquered the people of the city, a human alley more than 50 meters long, Xiao Letian walked for more than 20 minutes.
Countless hands stretched out from the crowd, they didn't dare to touch Xiao Letian, who was walking in the front, but they only wanted to touch the group of sturdy soldiers, as if they could get good luck.
Xiao Lotian really knows how to act, he looked at the pair of pleading but a little timid eyes and hands, the corners of his mouth were higher and the smile was brighter, he reached out and held the pair of rough hands, needless to say that the roughness has already told Xiao Lotian how bitter these overseas Chinese lives.
"Thank you...... Thank you...... Thank you all for voting for me...... cough cough cough ...... It's wrong, it's wrong, I mean thank you for coming to greet me, I'm really ashamed......" Xiao Letian, who was excited, refused and his brain cramped, but in such a chaotic scene, no one would care about what he said.
At the front of the alley, dozens of British soldiers surrounded a small open space, the British governor and the representatives of the Chinese have been waiting for a long time, and there are wine jugs and wine glasses on the table next to them, as well as pig heads and whole sheep that sacrifice heaven and earth, this thing is not for Xiao Letian to eat, this is all a tribute to the sky at the welcome ceremony.
The Chinese representatives who can preside over the welcome ceremony of this scale are the most prestigious representatives of various industries in the Lion City, this is a colony of Europeans, Confucianism is not feasible, and the Chinese representatives here can only be one kind of person, that is, merchant.
Xiao Letian's eyes were very poisonous, and when he saw the old men standing on the edge of the offering table, some of them were even old, and they were all wearing Qing Dynasty supplemental uniforms, although they were all six or seven official uniforms, but they were eye-catching enough in such a crowd.
"Can't be wrong, these old men must be the God of Wealth in the Lion City, how can they not be big businessmen, how can they have spare money to buy officials in the Manchu court? Only they will pursue this false face......" Thinking of this, Xiao Letian walked up in three steps and two steps, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Xiao Letian guessed correctly, these old people are all well-known businessmen in Southeast Asia, and their combined net worth is estimated to account for 70% of the entire GDP of the Lion City.
This is really not bragging, the greatest wealth in Southeast Asia is of course in the hands of foreigners, but the Europeans do not regard Asia as their home, and every profit they make here is sent back to Europe except for the business capital.
And the natives of Southeast Asia, don't mention it at all, a tribe that has no culture of their own, for thousands of years, they have not been influenced by Buddhism, Islam and the cultural circle of the Central Plains, and they have not done anything themselves.
Without the influence of foreign cultures, they would not be able to form even the most basic state, and they are all tribal wild monkeys.
In this environment, immigrants from the cultural circle of the Central Plains naturally fought at the top of the wealth. They are industrious, thrifty, and experienced, and have a very strong clan mentality.
Such a Chinese family, as long as there is no big accident, three or four generations can create a big family. These old men who came today are all the most senior in the Chinese circle, and they even put on the official uniforms donated at the bottom of the box.
"The remnants of the Lion City knock on the Prime Minister...... A group of old men trembled, and when they saw Xiao Letian walking towards them with a smile, they didn't dare to slack off and quickly knelt down and saluted.
The prime minister is a good product, the highest grade of this group of old men is only five grades, and the official position is poor in the sky and on the earth. In front of him, he is a civil and military prime minister who leads the army on the horse and gets off the horse to settle the people, and the proper ones are Zhuge Liang, Xiao He, Cao Cao and other famous ministers, in front of such big people, they dare not put the age spectrum.
Xiao Letian saw that this group of elderly people knelt down, and ran over with a whoosh like an arrow on his buttocks, this time he was not pretending to be garlic, he really couldn't stand letting seventy or eighty-year-old men kowtow to himself, this is really a long life...
"Don't, don't...... Come on, I can't afford it, I really can't afford it...... How can a boy, how can he..."
At this time, the British Governor General on the side came over with a smile and interjected, "Dear Prime Minister, a drinking party has been arranged in the Governor's Palace......"
Before he finished speaking, the governor was glared at by Xiao Letian's eyeball, "Your Excellency, a gentleman shouldn't interrupt others, especially in the face of such an elder..."
Phew, I'm not going to give you face, a Governor of the Lion City whose name I don't even bother to remember, I can sweep down three or four with a stick on the Thames in London, and I really think I'm a big man......?
These old men are all human spirits, looking at Xiao Letian's behavior towards the British governor, and then looking at the governor's red face and cowering and not daring to be angry, they completely understood that everything that was said in the newspaper was true, and even restrained a lot.
At this time, the old man's waist pole was as straight as welded into the steel bar, "Dang, the prime minister is absolutely deserved, the prime minister is proud of Europa, this is a long face for the Chinese people in the world... Woowoo...... My lord, you don't know how hard it has been for us to immigrate to the Celestial Empire......"
Xiao Letian had red eyes, and the old man helped him up one by one, listening to their broken thoughts, and his heart was very uncomfortable.
"Your Excellency, we strangers have experienced what it means to live a hard life, we won't talk about the Red Creek Valley during the time of Emperor Gao, just talk about the old family, the number of relatives who died at the hands of pirates and indigenous robbers is no less than ten, but who will care about us? What did foreigners take care of besides collecting taxes?"
"Yes, that's right... This group of foreigners is playing the game of razing and razing, seeing that we Chinese are stronger, they will let the natives make trouble, and the natives are dishonest and encourage us to compete with the natives...... How did my 50 acres of gum forest burn three years ago......?
"We all have to thank the Prime Minister... Since the newsprint of the adults swept Europa back, we have been in the Lion City, Malaysia, Surabaya, Brunei...... The Chinese throughout South Asia are finally raising their eyebrows..."
"Do you know, my lord? When I was drinking tea this morning, I actually saw a foreigner buying bananas and giving money... They actually gave us Chinese money......"
With a bang, the crowd exploded, and the atmosphere of the people suddenly became excited, and people talked about the injustice in their lives.
The British Governor-General, this Khan, both handkerchiefs were wiped through, and he scolded in his heart: "These bastards, you are so bad that you don't pay for bananas? Are you poor and crazy? This is South Asia, bananas are cheap and white, and you have to eat overlord banana......s?
Xiao Lotian picked up all the old men, smiled and listened to the wrongs in the mouths of the Chinese people in the city, Xiao Lotian knew that the people in the city were not looking for justice for themselves, nor did they let themselves be the bosses to try the case in person, all they wanted was a psychological vent.
With hundreds of years of colonial history, the foreign adults on their heads have changed one country after another, and the humiliation they have suffered is simply innumerable. A lot of hatred has been unrequited, and the time is too long, and those parties are afraid that they will no longer be able to find the bones and slag.
But the breath in people's hearts will not disappear, the sadness and indignation of being bullied for a hundred years have been staggered in the chest, and it has been passed down from generation to generation for eternity, until today, when Xiao Letian came out of nowhere to poke a catharsis for them, the high-pressure dammed lake suddenly collapsed, and the tide of grievances rushed down.
Xiao Hexin leaned on crutches, looked at the passionate Shicheng villagers in front of him, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Who still doubts the prime minister's decision? Who still doubts the wisdom of the expedition to Europa? This is a big deal, the world is a chessboard, and all countries are chess pieces, Europa only left us a small son, and the trapped dragon of China has faintly signs of breaking free from the shackles......"
"That's right, the prime minister's layout is not something we can think about at all..."Sima Yun also spoke, "The master can always find the most critical eye in the predicament, do you think that the prime minister is saving the country with a curve? You are wrong, what the prime minister did was the real one-...... kill."
Not to be outdone, Luo Huo said, "Look at the British Governor's cowardice... I figured it out, the master is called global prestige, also called dominating the world, the world is afraid of foreign devils, let's go to their hometown, until they are convinced......"
"Hahaha, the most powerful foreign devils are convinced, tell me how much trouble we will have and how many competitors we will have?"
"Oh, Luo Huo, you can... I've grown in... Can you realize this? Just because of your knowledge, it is estimated that no one in the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen can surpass you......
In the midst of the laughter, Xiao Hexin suddenly said faintly, "My lord has been smirking for an hour, how can I have a feeling...... It seems that the adults are going to make it bad..."
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