What does war mean?

For some businessmen, it means wealth. For speculators, www.biquge.info pen "Fun" Pavilion means opportunity. For the military means honor, for the author it means the story.

And what does that mean for immigrants who want to go to the colonies?

Meant waiting!

Almost every day, immigrants come to Qingdao, some of them are exiled, some of them go to Qingdao on their own initiative, they are treated differently at the docks, the exiles are held in the prisons of the docks, as for the immigrants who go to the colonies on their own initiative, they live in big houses, each of which houses contain dozens of immigrants, compared to the exiles, they can leave the docks, but who will leave? After all, you can still eat a meal here that only needs a few copper plates, and outside, that little money is not enough to eat.

Then they started waiting, waiting for the arrival of the migrant boats, which used to come every few days, but now, because the army has requisitioned many migrant boats, the migrants have to wait longer.

Compared to those of the exiles, the life of the immigrants was undoubtedly extremely easy. They do not need to be supervised by the military and police, and they also have a certain degree of freedom.

Of course, for the immigrants, the most enjoyable thing every day is probably the daily lunch, for these immigrants from the countryside, who used to barely make ends meet, now they can not only eat enough at noon every day. And you can eat a piece of meat at every meal.

The meat is a finger thick braised pork, and it is not necessarily possible for them to eat such a thick piece of meat even during the Chinese New Year. But now they are able to eat such meals every day.

As for the steamed buns, they are even more full!

For these people who have been hungry all year round, this kind of food is simply unexpected. It also made them full of various expectations for their future life, and they began to gradually believe that Africa is a rich continent, and believe that there, as long as people are willing to work and work hard for it. Then you will definitely be able to make a good life for yourself and your family, and even make a fortune there.

"Brother, you eat more meat!"

Jiang Zhilin gave the meat to Jiang Zijie, he knew that he would have to rely on the other party's help after coming to Africa, so he always hoped to make the other party more satisfied with him in various ways.

"Zhilin, they are all from their own family, so they don't need to be so polite. In the future, when we get over there, we will have to help each other,"

The reason why Jiang Zijie said this was not because he was polite, but because he knew that when he arrived in Africa, which was tens of thousands of miles away, they were the closest people to those who had no relatives.

In this case, two people have to help each other. Support each other, only then will they be able to survive there.

After all, it's just like what the daughter-in-law said. There are not only man-eating beasts there, but also man-eating wildlings, and who knows what will happen there?

It's always good to have someone close to you to help each other.

"Brother, when you get there, I'm sure I'll listen to you for everything. You can rest assured! ”

Jiang Zhilin smiled innocently, his eyes were full of expectations for his future life. Although he had no idea what Africa was like. But through Mr. Storyteller's novels, he has always been full of curiosity about that wild continent.

He wanted to go there and see all the animals there. And, of course, there are the cannibals there. For the past few days, he had dreamed of how he had taken a glass bead to exchange ivory from a cannibal's hand.

I also imagined how I would take a rag and exchange it for gold from those people.

Although many people laughed at him for not being so naïve, he believed that maybe there was such a possibility. Perhaps for those cannibals, ivory and gold are worthless things.

Who knows?

It doesn't really matter if the person who writes the novel knows it or not, at least he believes that his cousins can't know what Africa is like.

Maybe you can really make a fortune there! Really able to carve out a new life of your own.

"Brother, when will we get on the boat?"

Jiang Zhilin looked at his cousin beside him and asked, now he prefers to be able to get on the ship immediately, preferably tomorrow to reach Africa. And then there's a lot of money there.

"Who knows, I guess I'll have to wait a little longer!"

After a long wait, they finally got the instructions to prepare to board and leave, and at this time, they also needed to undergo a medical examination to ensure that they were free of infectious diseases, lice.

The migrants, like tame animals, displayed their bodies in front of the doctor in order to get the last seal, and then they returned to the dock under the lamppost and waited, waiting for the moment to get on the ship.

"What else do you need to do?"

Jiang Zhijie thought so, but no, there was no need to do anything anymore, they could get on the boat, they followed one by one, carrying packages and boxes, and staggered towards the boat, their eyes looked around, and then they got on the boat, this is a wooden shell sailboat, when they got on the boat, these people were all cautious, for fear that they would fall into the sea from the gangway, and they stepped on every step steadily.

Immediately on board, several uniformed officers, with serious and serious expressions, holding a thick stack of papers, began to check the people on board, and finally the people walked away briskly with a ship, and the crew member did not answer the questions raised by the people with a straight face. Then they touched the drenched handrails, and walked down the dark appearance, until they reached their cabin, where the bunks were arranged up and down, one grid after another, extremely narrow, like coffins piled up.

The space of the migrant ship is narrow, on the migrant ship slowly leaving the port, the immigrants still staring at the dock, staring at Qingdao, this city they are extremely unfamiliar, now, when their fate is thrown into the unknown world, they are instinctively full of an inexplicable emotion for the city, they look at the city, as if they want to focus on the scenery of their hometown, the characters and their thoughts......

The deck was always dark, damp and slippery, almost never dry, and on the ship, people would always say that it was like a hole in the ground, that the whole cabin was black and slimy, and the smell was extremely difficult, people could smell all kinds of smells, and what was even more uncomfortable was that almost everyone vomited after going out to sea, and the vomit smelled sour in the cabin.

A few days later, at the port of Wusong at the mouth of the Yangtze River, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and some immigrants boarded here, and in this way, the migrant boats went all the way south along the coast, and there were always many immigrants on board the port, and in Fujian and Guangdong, many immigrants went to the colony voluntarily. They are full of confidence, but they don't know why, and they are ready to turn their dreams of wealth into reality through their own labor.

In Saigon Harbor, more than 200 Vietnamese women were on board, fair-skinned and seductive, some of whom were prepared to sell their bodies at a low price to go to the colonies, and many of whom were to marry immigrants there, but they lived in separate cabins, and there were police officers on board to take care of their safety.

All have the same aspirations, the African continent is beckoning to them at the end of the blue sea, it seems that a new life is opening its arms to them, so that the whole of China is fascinated by it, he continues to attract immigrants from the country, this ancient continent is open-minded, absorbing immigrants from the mainland, even the war, it has not stopped all this, the ancient continent is like a steam engine, and the domestic immigrants are like a steady stream of high-quality coal, bringing sufficient power to this land.

For many people, the African continent is their hope to escape hardship and poverty, and it has become the ideal country for all those who are poor or want to get rich.

To be rich, rich, rich!

Despite the terrible smell in the cabins, and even suffocating in the sweltering heat of the migrant ship's tropical journey, for those who have hope, they feel that they are closer to the day when they will become rich, and they will travel to the unknown territory in search of a better life, and the door of a better life has opened its doors to them.

The waves of the sea were undulating, and the immigrants suffered from seasickness on the merchant ships, and the vomiting caused their bodies to spasm, which made the smell of the cabin even more unbearable, and even the sailors had to wash the cabin with hoses to prevent people from suffocating from the bad smell and avoiding the epidemic of disease.

Slowly, people adapted, adapted to the waves on the sea, and at this time, the Indian Ocean also calmed down, people stretched their bodies for the first time, ran to the deck and lay on the railing, kind to the sea, only those immigrants from Japan, North Korea and Vietnam, are silently looking into the distance, when they look at the Chinese, they will always look envious, they know that as Chinese, after arriving in Africa, they can get more than 200 acres of land, Moreover, in the future, they can also buy no less than 1,000 acres of land for the purpose of cultivation in a very cheap way, and as vassal states, even in Africa, they can only serve as second-class citizens with a slightly higher status than the indigenous people, acting as supervisors and foremen on Chinese farms, urging those indigenous people to work.

According to the laws of the colony, immigrants from vassal countries who have been employed by the Chinese for five consecutive years can swear to become "colonial citizens" after marrying natives and settling down in the local area, and can apply for the purchase of 100 acres of land, and only need to pay 10 yuan to obtain 100 acres of land.

It may not be comparable to the Chinese, but for them, it also means hope, that a good life beckons to them, and as for marrying an indigenous person, it is not a big deal, after all, in China, it is difficult for them to marry a wife - whether in Japan, North Korea or Vietnam, girls are proud to marry Chinese.

Just like on this ship, those girls' only dream is to marry a Chinese, and even when they see a Chinese, their eyes will become particularly gentle, because they know that marrying a Chinese means a change of fate, and they no longer need to live a life of hunger as in the past, but will live like Mrs. Kuo, with carriages in and out, and servants at home.

For the colony, because of the different status, people are always full of all kinds of expectations, compared to those from the vassal country of the laborers or women, those who are waiting to start a new life in the colony, this will be extremely relaxed, after adapting to the sea, people who have recovered, some people began to push pai gow, of course, the gambling money is very limited, people use this activity to kill time......

Even Jiang Zhijie, who usually never gambles, was involved, and in the next few days, he lost nearly two yuan before and after. That is, when he found out that he was about to lose two dollars, a message suddenly came from the ship - the mainland appeared!

Africa had already appeared in their sight, and that night, when they came to the deck, Jiang Zhizhou looked in the direction of the continent like everyone else, and there were many people lying on the railing.

"Do you see the mainland?"

"Oh, there, there's a place where the lights are flashing!"

"There's a light, ah, I see it, yes, yes!"

He stared at the bright spot in the distance, and if it hadn't twinkled and flashed, he would have been confused with the stars.

"That's the lighthouse!"

A sailor spoke. Then a lot of people came, and people were there looking at the light.

The stars faded, the sky turned a leaden gray, the sea could be faintly seen, and when the morning dawn opened, the first white clouds appeared, and irregular shadows appeared on the horizon.

"Look, look!"

Suddenly, Jiang Zhilin shouted loudly.

"Continental!"

Looking at the strange continent, everyone roared excitedly, and now the continent finally appeared in front of them.

"How long will it take to get ashore?"

"Three hours at most!"

One of the crew members replied, and the immigrants who had stood the test of the sea would all gather on deck, some with serious expressions, some with nervous expressions, but one thing was for sure, all were full of anticipation, and they knew that their new life was on this continent, quietly waiting for them.

Under the gaze of the people, the migrant boat slowly sailed towards the dock, full of poor people from the mainland, and the tropical sun shone on them, making them stare directly at the mainland.

"It's finally ......"

I don't know who said it first, and then everyone else followed.

"It's finally ......"

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