Chapter 66: The Vortex of History

What the ideal is, I think no one in the world can fully answer. We inherit the legacy of our ancestors and live on the land on which we depend.

In any case, Mei Xiaohan now has a dream, that is, to let the farmers in this village have enough to eat, and then let the whole city have enough to eat.

So reform is imperative, and there may be a lot of resistance in the meantime, but it won't hold him back.

The peasants who used to own the land were reluctant to take out the land, just like their own things and were unwilling to share them with others.

Peasants are always short-sighted, they don't look far, they don't think more, they only focus on the immediate benefits, what they can get in the short term.

Therefore, it is necessary to take some thunderous measures, and the land is all taken into collective ownership, which is enforced. Although there were many gentry who resisted, after all, their arms could not twist their thighs, and whoever held enough power in their hands had the right to speak.

The peasants turned over and became the masters, and they were allocated land and agricultural tools, and they had hope for the future.

Mei Xiaohan felt the need to go back to modern times, the existing means of production were too backward, and the sowing season had already passed.

Fortunately, in the southern region, sowing can be carried out several times a year, as long as the climate is good enough and the temperature is suitable for some species.

After returning from the village, Mei Xiaohan felt a lot of emotion, but fortunately, everything was under control.

In the whole city, there are many villages like this, and the land of many villages is concentrated in the hands of local tyrants, and it is not so easy for them to hand it over easily, and once they unite to fight, it is not so easy to clean up.

The reform must be gradual and not too violent, so Mei Xiaohan decided to hold on to other villages first, and only carry out pilot reforms in Wencheng Village, once Wencheng Village has some achievements, other places will definitely follow suit.

Mu Hao had never left that home, this was the first time he had gone far away, and it had spanned more than a thousand kilometers, such a distance he had never dared to think of before.

When he saw the wider world, he was not very emotional, but fell into sorrow, just like many teenagers, in the process of growing up, they will always be sad.

This is very similar to Mei Xiaohan, who fell into sadness, seemed to sigh the passage of time, and seemed to be confused about the uncertainty of the future.

However, he has been happy these days, and he is happy for the decision he has made, because he has taken the first step to speak for his life and make decisions about his life.

What's more, it's a mysterious trip, a dream trip. It's not easy to make a decision, and it's even harder to be firm in your beliefs.

After Zhang Chuan graduated from university, he repeatedly hit a wall, although he is still young, but with his qualifications, if he wants to make a name, it is difficult to achieve anything without three or five years of hard work.

All roads lead to Rome, and there is not only one way to succeed.

Grandpa Hulu shook his gourd and said, "Our story will start with this gourd, and our journey will also start with this gourd." ”

While this sounds mysterious, it's worth the risk because it's so much fun. A gourd, a gourd with magical powers, the important thing is that it can travel through time and space. It's a magical power beyond imagination.

"We're all set!"

Zhang Chuan and Mu Hao also called home one after another, but did not say that they were going on a magical trip, in order to reassure their parents, they chose to be silent on the other end of the phone, only saying that they were all right.

Such scenes have been staged countless times on this land, and the love between parents and children cannot be told in words. However, as a person who lives independently in the world, you must have your own ideas, endure loneliness, and choose to go through thick and thin for your dreams.

Leaving soon, saying goodbye to this era, they will start with a new environment, which will be very interesting.

Before going to the Great Song Dynasty, Grandpa Hulu decided to take them on another magical trip.

They will meet with those historical figures, listen to their hearts up close, feel their lives, feel how different people in different eras and different historical backgrounds survive.

History is like a roulette wheel, each revolution is a century and 100 years, and countless lives pass by like white horses in an instant.

The roulette wheel points to another era, another century, another world:

In 1840, this year was the twentieth year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, and the year of the sexagenary branch was the year of Gengzi and the year of the rat in the lunar calendar. This year was in the late Manchu Dynasty, and the first Opium War took place in this year, and the Western powers knocked on the door of the ancient closed Manchu Dynasty.

In 1842, China signed the Treaty of Nanjing, which humiliated the country, which was the beginning of China's modern semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

Since then, China has successively signed various unequal treaties that have lost power and humiliated the country, and the Qing Dynasty has embarked on the road of national destruction. In the fourth year of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Xun of the Qing Dynasty issued the "Edict of Abdication", ending China's feudal imperial system for more than 2,000 years.

Standing at the Pearl River Port in Guangzhou, looking at the fort from afar, I felt the wind blowing. On this day, May 29, 1840, the British warship sailed the Pearl River in Guangzhou.

This day is a day that will go down in history, and it is also the day when ancient China and modern times were divided.

When the news of Lin Zexu's ban on smoking in Guangzhou reached Britain, the British were furious. The British Cabinet immediately convened a meeting and decided to launch a war of aggression against China.

Charton, a well-known opium dealer, wrote to Foreign Secretary Palmerston with a detailed plan for the battle. Queen Victoria of England delivered a speech in Parliament, claiming that the smoking ban had caused damage to British interests and affected the dignity of the British crown.

At this moment, Mu Hao and Zhang Chuan are like walking into an ancient Chinese painting, because the world they see in front of them is shocking to them.

The docks are full of scrawny migrant workers, carrying things back and forth, their eyes glazed and unrefreshed.

On the docks, the British were reprimanding the migrant workers back and forth, whips in their hands, leaving marks on their backs like smoking livestock.

"I couldn't believe my eyes!"

Before Zhang Chuan could come to his senses, a British soldier had already walked towards him, waving a stick in his hand and about to knock it at him.

When the soldier approached, he realized that the soldier was walking towards the other side as if he didn't see him.

Grandpa Hulu said: "Because the time and space we are in are different, he can't see us!" ”

When the real scene emerges in front of your eyes, you will truly experience the pain of being humiliated and humiliated.

Zhang Chuan gritted his teeth and wanted to scold him fiercely, and even wanted to snatch the stick in his hand and knock it on his head.

Standing in the whirlpool of history, there is a feeling of powerlessness to want to change, which is an indescribable pain.

When will China be able to become strong, no longer subject to foreign aggression, and become a great power standing in the east? Only when the stigma is strongly felt can there be motivation to change the status quo.