Section 3 First acquaintance with China

After a pause, he seemed to have a lot in his mind, stretched out his hand to extinguish the cigar that was about to run out, and reached out to summon the waiter to pay the bill. He had other important things to do, so he went downstairs to summon a car running all over the street, carrying his messenger Gree straight to the Xu family's "ocean freight", and it was said that they were preparing a considerable number of ships to go to the waters near Malacca for commercial activities.

Soon after, he rode all over the street to "Ocean Cargo" and looked at the street outside, which was already becoming lively. The vehicles coming and going, the crowds coming and going, they are all in a hurry, as if an uninterrupted torrent is inexorably rushing into the distance.

He had been in China for many years, and although he had only lived in the city of Geranza and the island, he had certainly changed himself, and he was no longer the same one he used to be. Especially after personally experiencing the battle with the Shenzhou Army, the change in his thinking was even greater.

After many years in China, he still hasn't learned Chinese, which is a musical and quite unique language. Faced with such a people for many years, he could not help but think that the creativity of this people was incomparable, even though they always lived in an era when the Dutch ruled with muskets and cannons.

What a beautiful culture they have created over thousands of years, and now ...... Now they are starting this ...... again This is based on a huge drive for business interests...... What should it be called? ……? "Revolutionized the industry, the industrial revolution! Oh, my God! Who let go of their shackles and let their creativity burst out in full! ”

Some people say that this kind of interpolated "industrial and commercial revolution" will eventually disappear because of the disappearance of the protagonist in the air, the advanced ideas will also disappear, and the whole of China will inevitably go back to the old way of the past. I beg to beg to differ! To use a not-so-appropriate analogy, after a virgin has had sex, when the man she had sex with for the first time disappears, she reverts to being a virgin (not a fix!). Is it? How to develop is a question, but the change has been made, history has moved forward, and who else can change back but God!

His eyes looked out the window, and in the distance was the endless sea and a large flat land. And this teahouse was at the outermost edge of the city yesterday, and today it .......

"That old man ......" It was not a one-time deal with Xu Zhenhuan, although there was no more interaction, he just admired the old man's foresight.

I heard that before this move, he personally sat in charge of his family's "ocean goods". He purchased and sold a large number of captured ocean-going ships from the army as soon as he conquered Taiwan, and immediately invested a lot of manpower and material resources in repairing and refitting them, and it is said that he will be the first batch of ocean-going trading companies to go to Nanyang for large-scale trade.

I can't help but admire the courage of these people, when they are still content with this continent, how calm the world is! But this mysterious oriental people, once their eyes are opened, what a breathtaking scene their enthusiasm bursts out.

After seeing all this, he couldn't help but sigh, it is not too much for people in Shenzhou City to call Westerners "red-haired natives", some things in the West are not as good as others, and some things are not seen in Western society at all, so I can't accept it! And the creator of all this is "that woman", is she or her husband?

Sitting in the comfort of "running all over the street", lighting a cigar again, his mind floated again, recalling the day he had just arrived in the city.

"That woman! The first time I met her......"

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"Hurry up!" With a strong drink, he didn't know how many leather boots he had today, but he didn't dare to say a word, he could only bow his head and endure it silently, and his heart was filled with a sadness that wanted to make people cry.

"These Chinese of them will not treat us as human beings at all...... and now he has almost completely forgotten how they have ever regarded the Chinese as civilized people as "natives" and "barbarians" that they once used to pay lip service to these Chinese.

It's not that he doesn't dare to call it in his heart, but he won't agree to call it in his heart, he has never seen a sharper weapon than them, at least in the entire Western society. And the most they do is kick your ass with their military boots, which is a good name for a benevolent army compared to Western armies. But when they really started fighting, their toughness and ruthlessness were unmatched by Western armies.

Along the way, he was worried that they were not going to send him to meet their leader, but ...... The thought of dying in the hot subtropical jungle in my heart made my heart tremble with fear.

I heard that those people in the mountains and forests have some very cruel methods to deal with their enemies. They often tie people to trees, and let the people be slowly gnawed and sucked clean by snakes, insects, rats and ants in the tropical forest, and slowly die in intense pain.

"At this time, is this the original freshwater port?" He looked at the completely transformed port and exclaimed in amazement.

Fort Antony, founded by the Spaniards, still stands in the harbor, and large and small ships are constantly coming and going in and out of the harbor, boatloads of people from here, and truckloads of goods are loaded on the newly built wharf there, and then pulled by flatbed trucks pulled by strings of cattle to all parts of the island.

There was a crowd of people everywhere, especially the large groups of bald heads who had come down from the ship, one by one, listening to the commands, lined up in a neat line, and strode towards the depths of the island, and at first glance it was a well-trained army, and even the steps were so neat.

The Fury Tide-class frigate, which was specially used to transport war criminals, was sailing up the Tamsui River, except for the soldiers escorted on board, that is, Kuichi and some craftsmen, but the difference was that Kuichi would be able to return to the Netherlands after the amnesty.

Others have to work for Shenzhou City for more than six years. The rest of the people, including the soldiers, sailors, and merchants, have surrendered according to his orders, and will join the "skinheads" of Shenzhou City, paying their personal price for their invasion of foreign lands.

Now, those who have been "amnestied" will be escorted to the city lord's mansion to accept the city lord's amnesty, and the one who has been selected to bring back to Europe the document of the declaration of maritime rights in Shenzhou City to the Western countries. This is also the only person in Shenzhou City who was free from the beginning to the end of the foreign war without having to serve hard labor, join foreign mercenaries, or work.