In 1881, the Kingdom of Romania was established by Grand Duke Carol I of the Principality of Romania after he ascended the throne. From a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, it became an independent state. The Romanian upper class felt better, and the Romanian people also felt better after the expulsion of the forces of the Ottiman Empire.

In 1815, a Chinese fleet arrived in the Romanian coastal city of Constanta. As early as the sixth century B.C., Constanta was built with a fortress of the Greeks, and from a historical point of view, Constanta also has precipitation in this place. The Chinese fleet did not come to Constanta, of course, for archaeology, and after the flotilla docked at the dock, the workers on the dock and the workers on the ship began to hurry to unload their cargo.

The departure point of this fleet was the Sultan, and a large number of sailors in overalls were black. The Romanians, of course, could not tell the difference, but these blacks working on Chinese ships were thin and not tall, not of the same race as the blacks of West Africa. It is also a European country, and in the eyes of Romanians blacks for hundreds of years were equated with slaves. The difference was only whether or not they were sent on slave ships destined for the Americas. But these blacks did subvert the traditional notion of the locals, and they were really sailors and porters when they worked. Moreover, there were guards on the ships, and the members of the guards were loaded with live ammunition, and in the guards led by the Chinese wearing khaki uniforms, the proportion of blacks was even more than half, close to seventy.

Zhong Danian was the commercial representative of the fleet, and he competed with the Romanians in the local merchant house, speaking a language that was a mixture of Chinese and local Romanian words. China now has specialized foreign language academies, but these personnel are far from sufficient enough to equip the fleets. Zhong Danian's Romanian level is limited to listening, and he relies more on his flexible gestures and small notebooks in his hands to communicate. When it came to the question of money, he wrote the numbers and handed them to the local merchants. Regardless of the heated internal discussions among the local merchants, the sale between the two sides was ultimately resolved by Arabic numerals.

April is a cruel month, and even in May, the lack of harvest is only alleviating rather than solving. That's when the Sudan's pastures helped the local Romanian farm through the difficult times. However, the currency of purchase and payment is not the local currency of Romania, but the flow of funds is carried out by the bank branches set up in Austria in the local area. There is a handling fee of up to 10% for this transfer. Although the fee is high, the benefits are obvious. Austrian banks are far more creditworthy than local banks in Romania, and they can be used to send and withdraw money in major European countries with an Austrian bank cheque. Europe does not recognize the Romanian currency, which has only been independent for four years.

The business was finally negotiated, and Zhong Danian finally got the check he was looking forward to. Generally speaking, when the trade is done, it is time to eat the traditional meal by sea, where the sailors eat and drink in the local hotels. However, the Chinese fleet did not have such a situation, the local hotels in Romania did not welcome foreigners, the Chinese were okay, the blacks were alien in Romania and were not among the popular ranks at all.

The crew stayed on board and waited for the next day to pull anchor and set sail back to Sudan. In their home port of Port Sudan, the sailors can fully relax. There, Chinese and East African sailors were not discriminated against.

In the middle of the night, Zhong Danian dreamed that he was holding a local Romanian white girl on his left and a handsome black MM on his right, as if he was pouring wine or doing something nonsense. Dreaming, the neurons are just combining those memory fragments, and they don't have any real thinking ability at all.

Just then, the ship's sirens sounded. The Romanian girl and the black MM were instantly driven away by the sober mind, Zhong Danian opened his eyes in the hammock, and saw an orange light coming in from the porthole.

"The dock is on fire! The dock is on fire! "In the midst of the siren, there is also the shouting of the watchman at the top of his throat.

Zhong Danian tidied up the crotch of his pants, jumped down from the hammock, and stood next to the porthole, he saw that the location of the warehouse where the grass was stored was on fire, and the area near the fire was as bright as day. And not only near the fire, but in several places, including at the berth of the pier, there were flashes of fire.

Where can the Chinese fleet manage so much, at this time, of course, self-preservation. It didn't take long for the ship's searchlights, signal lights to come on. By dawn, the Chinese fleet left the burning port of Constanta and sailed into the safety of the sea. The fire in the port of Constanta was not extinguished, but the wind became stronger and stronger, affecting a large area centered on the port area.

Similar to the ports of this era, Constanta also looks like an urban-rural junction. In the event of a fire, there are no firebreaks between the main buildings, a few wealthy people's settlements, thatched huts and small wooden houses, and once a fire breaks out, there is no firebreak between them, and the burning houses become the murderers of other houses.

Zhong Danian only felt very lucky, if he hadn't gotten the check earlier, the loss this time would not have been small. In the early morning, looking at the port that was still smoking, Zhong Danian even gloated a little about whether there would be a chance to sell pasture to Romania again.

But things did not go so smoothly, and in the morning the Romanian navy actually sorted, and they stopped the Chinese fleet at sea that was about to leave the port of Constanta. At the command of the fleet commander, all personnel were arranged to take up arms and prepare for any eventuality.

When the representatives of the Romanian Navy got on board, they saw that the Chinese sailors were all carrying rifles, and the Romanian major's face became quite ugly.

"Did any members of the Chinese fleet disembark privately last night?" The major shouted at the commander of the Chinese fleet, and from his voice, it could be heard that this guy was also under a lot of psychological pressure. Although speaking Romanian is not Zhong Danian's forte, it is very advantageous to pretend to be a pig and a tiger in business negotiations and pretend not to understand. Listening to this question, Zhong Danian felt that this time things were developing in a very strange direction.

"Do you natives welcome blacks?" The fleet commander said angrily. The port of Constanta is also one of the home ports of the Romanian Navy, and if there are black people roaming the port area, it is definitely a dazzling existence.

The Romanian Lieutenant Commander, though aware of the pointlessness of the question, received an order to strictly scrutinize all port vessels. So the major said loudly: "Your ship cannot leave here, it must be investigated at all times." ”

"Fuck you!" The commander of the Chinese fleet scolded in Chinese, and the Romanian Navy was so small that it probably knew less than one hand. The fleet commander was also not worried about any international disputes arising from this. Zhong Danian can easily understand this, and being investigated means great trouble. Not to mention whether the cause of the fire was intentional arson, even if the arsonist is caught, the party under investigation will be troubled. Europe is not China, there are accident investigation agencies in China, and in Europe, where the feudal system is deeply entrenched, it is very common to arrest people as substitutes. What's more, even if the arsonist is caught, what can he do. Half of the city is set on fire, can the arsonist's net worth withstand it? At this time, it is also the norm to get a few big households to knock on it.

After scolding in Chinese, the fleet commander asked the interpreter to tell the Romanian naval lieutenant in Romanian, "Our people are not involved in these operations at all, and you have no right to demand that the Chinese ships be investigated by you." Besides, you should make a good inquiry into your own people. We don't come to you once or twice, but several times a year. Who do we do business with after we burn down the port? You should have the most basic common sense! ”

The Major could understand this. The Chinese traveled thousands of miles to Romania's largest port to set fires, and it takes a lot of leaping thinking skills to agree with this idea, but this fire is so fierce that if the Chinese ship is slapped and left, the Romanian Navy will not be able to explain.

And so the argument began, and then the confrontation began. The Chinese did not let the Romanian Navy get on board, and the Romanian Navy did not let the Chinese ship leave. The standoff lasted from May 3 to May 6.

On the evening of May 5, the editor of the Bucharest newspaper Izvestia looked drunk, but his eyes were still sharp. Opening the envelope and counting the stack of pounds inside the envelope, the editor's gaze sharpened.

"I'll do something, don't worry!" The editors elaborate their assurances in Romanian.

Early in the morning of May 6, the Bucharest Izvestia newspaper published an article on the front page, in addition to introducing the Constanta fire, the newspaper also wrote: After unloading the hay that fueled the fire, the Chinese ships also raised their anchors as soon as the fire broke out, and left the port while other ships were still moored, but a large number of ships in the port were ignited because of the fire. When the Chinese navy intercepted the Chinese ship and demanded an investigation, the Chinese ship refused to allow Chinese naval personnel to board the ship for investigation with weapons. Now the two sides are facing off in the sea near the port, and the Chinese ship has refused to comply with our laws and is under investigation.

The editor put his news skills to good use, and although much of the article was telling the truth, it was pointing in a direction that he was expecting.

The propaganda quickly took effect, and within a few days newspapers began to follow suit. The news hype is getting hotter and hotter, and no one is paying attention to the question of how the fire in the port of Constanta happened. More and more people began to pay attention to the Chinese fleet, and even some tabloids began to write "mystery novels" in the name of news in a colorful style.

Fortunately, there was a radio on board the Chinese ship, and the personnel trapped at sea received a message asking the fleet to take strict precautions. In the East African Administrative Region of Sudan, contacts are under intense intensity.

The Chinese ambassador to Romania has long been visiting Romanian officials in the hope that they will be able to properly resolve these issues. But the Romanian government, which had originally agreed, began to change its narrative as the news and propaganda fermented.

"The Chinese ships must come back to port, and everyone must be investigated by us! And we are going to conduct a comprehensive search of Chinese ships. On May 9, the Romanian Foreign Minister finally gave a very clear answer after giving the Chinese ambassador to Romania a few days of tai chi.