The wind and waves are calm, and a Chinese sailing ship is moving forward slowly, with the front and rear sails full of strings, and the sailboat is driving the sailboat to the northeast under the blowing of the sea breeze.

Standing on the bow of the sailboat, Huang Qiuyuan looked at the rising red sun on the sea antenna, and could see the sun, which showed that the storm that had raged for two days had finally passed, and the sailing ship, which was once in an extremely dangerous situation, finally got rid of the fate of sinking, and all the passengers and sailors on board also calmed down from the panic and immediately embarked on the journey.

Now, everyone on board was incense in the bilge, thanking the gods for their blessing, and there were only a few sailors on deck, except for Huang Qiuyuan, who were quickly repairing the hull and sails that had been attacked in the storm.

The Chinese sailing boat sailed all the way from the Sarawak region on the northwestern coast of Borneo. The destination was the Sabah region on the northeastern coast of Borneo, which is collectively known as the "North Borneo" coast by Western colonizers. out. The next stop is the "Xinmin Reclamation Field". The main task of the sailing ship is to transport the necessary supplies for the "Xinmin Reclamation Field", such as medicines, letters, agricultural tools, hand tools, fishing tools, pig iron, wrought iron, etc. The sailboat will also bring back some agricultural and handicraft products from the Xinmin Reclamation Yard, and then transport them to Xinfuzhou, where they will be sold to middlemen.

It is said that the steamship industry is now relatively good. This is especially true in the British-ruled Straits Settlements. It was originally a shipping center, and in recent years it has become the most important tin ore refining base in the Nanyang region, and there are many steamships from various countries entering and leaving the port of Singapore every day.

This is not because Huang Qiuyuan is stingy, but because in recent years, the stalls have been spread too big, the expansion of the new reclamation field is too fast, and the replenishment of funds cannot keep up with the expansion of the reclamation field, and the British colonial authorities basically oppose the actions of the Chinese "civil colonization" and make it difficult everywhere, so Huang Qiuyuan can only rely on the strength of the Chinese themselves to maintain these reclamation farms that have been established, in fact. In order to support the operation of the reclamation funds, his "New Fuzhou Chinese Medicine Shop" is already heavily indebted and at risk of closing down at any time, but even if it is so difficult, Huang Qiuyuan still tries his best to do his part.

What's more, now that the situation in Singapore is chaotic, the British colonial authorities have tightened control over the shipping industry. In order to prevent the Korean rioters from escaping by boat, even the Chinese colonists who operated plantations in various parts of the South Seas were included in the "dangerous group".

Since Mr. Huang Naishang could not personally sit in Nanyang to preside over the construction of the reclamation field because of the ban of the British colonial authorities, then he could only rely on Huang Qiuyuan to preside over this work, who called him the younger generation of Mr. Huang Naishang.

Although the new Minqing reclamation field is not a reclamation field created by Mr. Huang Naishang himself, in order to commemorate the pioneer of the Chinese Nanyang colonization, the reclamation people of Xinminqing took the initiative to name the reclamation field "New Minqing". It is precisely the existence of this relationship that Huang Qiuyuan has to go to the Xinmin reclamation field. Even at the risk of capsizing, he had to go to this reclamation to trade.

The Xinmin Reclamation Farm had been established just a year earlier, when Chinese immigrants raised a large sum of money from home to buy a piece of wild land at the mouth of the river from the North Borneo Company, controlled by British merchants. And use a year in that piece of land to work hard, and finally turn that barren land into a land of fish and rice, now the harvest season has just passed, the reclamation of a bumper harvest, if everything goes well, Huang Qiuyuan will make a good deal in the new Minqing, which is conducive to his capital turnover, but also conducive to the development of the Chinese reclamation business.

Since ancient times, the rich and the dangerous seeking, the Chinese who go out to adventure can be regarded as the extreme of this antiquity. Huang Qiuyuan is one of the representative figures, although his political courage but economic courage is great, enough to support his confidence in sea navigation.

The sea storm encountered in the first two days was not the strongest storm that Huang Qiuyuan had ever encountered, and he had long been accustomed to this kind of adventurous life at sea.

"Shopkeeper, abandon it in Xinmin!"

Just when Huang Qiuyuan was looking into the distance, a sailor riding on the top of the mast suddenly shouted a few times and beckoned to Huang Qiuyuan, then raised his arm and pointed to the northeast.

It was indeed time to arrive, and it would have been long overdue to Xinminqing, if it weren't for this storm at sea. Huang Qiuyuan had arrived in Xinminqing at least yesterday.

Although Huang Qiuyuan didn't see anything now. However, he trusted the sailor's judgment, and on the other side of the sea antenna was his destination, Xinminqing.

However, the main problem he is thinking about now is not how to deal with the local Chinese settlers after the new Min Qing Dynasty, he is now thinking about the situation in Singapore, before the Korean workers staged an armed rebellion in Singapore, Huang Qiuyuan had already left Singapore, and when he arrived in Borneo with his ship, the Korean labor riot in Singapore had already exploded, and he also learned about the turmoil in Shishan through telecommunications.

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"I wonder what the situation is on the Lion Mountain side now? Calm not? ”

Huang Qiuyuan also knew that it was useless for him to worry about it now. He wanted to return to Singapore immediately, but because the British colonial authorities had begun to blockade the nearby seas and strictly prohibit any suspicious ships from approaching, he could only continue to complete the trade, the situation was turbulent, but this life had to go on, and it was not easy for the Nanyang Chinese to make a living, but it was not enough for outsiders.

Finally, when the sun moved to the middle of the collapse of the juice. Huang Qiu showed the end of a thousand to see the land of half of the sea of Yas. By the time the boat finally sailed into the estuary on the coast, it was already afternoon.

Entering the estuary, he had actually entered the Xinmin reclamation field, but what puzzled Huang Qiuyuan was that it was said that the boat approached the estuary. The people in the reclamation yard should have sent a boat to the mouth of the river to meet them. Because once you enter the estuary, you can't use the wind to move forward, so you need to sail with several ropes on the board, and the lifeboat on the sailboat can't drag the full trading ship anyway.

Huang Qiuyuan had no choice but to order the sailboat to go down the cobalt at the mouth of the river. Then he put down the life-saving dinghy, took a few sailors and servants, changed to the dinghy, and rowed to the shore.

When they got ashore, there was still no one in sight, and Huang Qiuyuan was even more strange, and hurriedly led his entourage onto a path through the dense woods on the bank of the river. Finally arrived at the reclamation settlement.

It was only then that Huang Qiuyuan understood why no one rowed a dinghy to contact them just now. Because right now, most of the residents in the reclamation are gathered in the settlements of the reclamation field. And it's not about a meeting, it's about getting weapons.

It was not an ordinary cold weapon, but a powerful modern firearm, with rifles and even machine guns.

See those half-worn modern rifles. Huang Qiuyuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat, as a Chinese living in the British colony, Huang Qiuyuan was very aware of the vigilance of the British colonial authorities against the Chinese. and strict control measures on civilian firearms in the colonies, not to mention rifles. It is the traditional fireworks, Huang Qiuyuan did not dare to send them to these Chinese reclamation yards, once he violated the taboo of the British, then it was very likely to be expelled by the British colonial authorities.

After being taken aback, Huang Qiuyuan naturally asked the reclamation people what was going on, and where did these rifles come from?

The settlers told Huang Qiuyuan that the reason why they had to receive weapons. And practice shooting, because the local Tuwang intends to take back the reclamation field of Xinminqing, and does not intend to pay any money, which is tantamount to robbing the reclamation people, so, while the Tuwang's thugs and troops have not yet come, the reclamation people decided to prepare in advance and practice shooting. Once the earth king comes. Just kill him and use his strength to tell the king of the soil that the Chinese are not easy to mess with.

As for why the Tuwang suddenly wanted to take back this piece of land sold by the British North Borneo Company to the Chinese, this reason is quite lamenting the capriciousness of the Tu people. Just the other day. While Huang Qiuyuan was still trading with the local settlers in the Xinfuzhou reclamation field, an armed rebellion of Korean rubber tappers arose in the princely state to which the Xinminqing belonged, and it was this armed rebellion that led to the impulse of the Tuwang to reclaim the land.

The British colonial rule in Nanyang was basically in two states, and for the relatively "civilized" indigenous population of Malaya, the British colonial authorities basically adopted the same system as the Viceroyalty of India, which appropriately recruited indigenous princes and wealthy Chinese businessmen into a so-called "council". But the British colonial authorities were not so polite to the relatively "barbaric" indigenous population of Borneo, and in the Borneo colony, there was no "council" but a powerful "stationing officer". "He is the emperor of the local princely state. It is possible to point fingers at the princely king and arbitrarily interfere in the affairs of the princely state, and it is precisely for this reason that in the Borneo region, the contradiction between the princely king and the British colonial authorities is very deep, and a small dispute may cause conflict.

Just a few days ago, after the North Korean rubber tappers staged an armed riot, they immediately attacked the official residence of the local British garrison and burned the official residence. The British garrison was not present at the residence, and he escaped, but the rampant insurrection of the rioters clearly angered the British garrison. So the British emperor immediately ordered a crusade against the rebellion. He also recruited the personal guards of the local indigenous princes to participate in the crusade, and also collected a "crusade tax" from the princely kings by the way.

In the face of the extortion of the British bureaucracy, the king of the princely states was angry, and he did not send the army, but this. He still had to collect the "crusade tax" under the guise of the British, but when the king of the Tubang sent someone to collect this crusade tax on the Xinmin reclamation field, he was refused. In the face of the threat, the Chinese united under the organization of the leader, and immediately began to put guns and ammunition in preparation for the personal guard of the princes, armed with old muskets and bows and arrows.

As for how the guns and ammunition in the Xinmin reclamation field came from, the reclamation people have done a lot of work. simply pushed a person in front of Huang Qiuyuan, and he explained to Huang Qiuyuan.

This person is the owner of the Xinmin Reclamation Farm. And coincidentally, this person Huang Qiuyuan knows. His name is Ouyang Nanhua, and he is said to be a newspaper reporter, a native of Putian, Fujian. He used to be a reporter in Fujian, Guangdong and other places, and when he came to Nanyang a year ago, he first went to Xinfuzhou, where he interviewed the daily life of the Chinese reclamation people, and it was in Xinfuzhou that Huang Qiuyuan met Ouyang Nanhua. And it was precisely because of Huang Qiuyuan's introduction that Ouyang Nanhua was able to get acquainted with a Chinese congressman of the council, and the Chinese congressman was the intermediary. I further got to know a "Chinese guard officer" appointed by the British colonial authorities, and it was precisely because of this relationship that this Ouyang Nanhua was able to obtain a license to operate a large-scale plantation, and without this license, this Xinmin reclamation farm would not be able to operate anyway.

It is precisely because of this that Ouyang Nanhua naturally served as the owner of the reclamation field and directly led the work of the reclamation field, and he was the one who united the reclamation people this time and decided to counterattack the attack of the Tubang King by force.

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