Down the river, the Yangtze River as China's longest, but also the largest river, has always been a moat, from the Three Kingdoms period, the Yangtze River has become a barrier, around his contention, until after the liberation, the first Yangtze River bridge was built, before, even China's railways, are bounded by the Yangtze River, there has never been a bridge from the south of the Yangtze River to the north of the Yangtze River. It seems that in 50 years, a bridge will appear here.

Later generations of this bridge is also mixed, the key is that this bridge is a little too short, directly restricting more than 5,000 tons of ocean freighters, a certain distance dù, restricting the Yangtze River waterway such a golden waterway effect, later generations, even some people proposed, blow up the Yangtze River, all the bridge said, but because of various reasons, was vetoed.

Hankou wharf, which is considered one of the busiest wharves, is mainly freight, all kinds of resources from the mainland, coal, and all kinds of handicraft supplies, they will go through Guò Wuhan to transshipment, to Shanghai or Nanjing, and then directly take the ocean cargo ship, leave China, and go to the world.

Freight is almost always busy, passenger transport is not anywhere, because of the importance of Britain and France, the entire Yangtze River Basin, basically is the sphere of influence of the great powers, under the attention of the great powers, the entire Yangtze River Basin, has become China, one of the fastest economic development regions, all kinds of basic mineral deposits, cotton textile industry, cotton industry, tea, silk, porcelain, pottery, these, have become the economic pillar of the entire Yangtze River Basin, thousands of farmers, they are in a variety of families, However, thanks to the efforts of these small craftsmen, China in the late Qing Dynasty, in terms of science and technology, was completely backward, and created an unimaginable industrial value.

Because they stayed in Wuhan for another day, they did not take the original ship, they took another British steamboat, the Jenny, the whole Yangtze River waterway is very busy, not only the British, French, German, and even Japanese shipping companies, many private shipping companies in China are also haunted here, and even a certain amount of dù under the dominance of the entire Yangtze River waterway shipping.

This is a thousand-ton ordinary steamboat, it looks a little old, Yang Yuanzhao on the ship at the moment, the all-in-one machine also scanned this steamboat, sure enough, 20 years ago, the ship type, 4 years ago after a certain modification, for the Yangtze River waterway, this is the method used by the powers, generally speaking, the most advanced steamship, will not be placed in China, will only carry out domestic routes, or more important places of shipping.

A whistle sounded, separating the people who saw off and parted, some relatives, on the dry strings, were still saying goodbye, Yang Yuanzhao stood on the boat, looked at the obviously different banks of the Yangtze River, sighed, and walked to the cabin.

The ship from Hankou to Shanghai is not too big, but fortunately it is a steamboat, the speed is relatively constant, and the design is 2 and a half days to arrive, such a speed, in this era, is already considered fast.

The thousand-ton steamboat was crammed with hundreds of people, even in the first class, the cabin was not very spacious, a little worse than the second class seat of the train, and they chartered a cabin, which was two high and low beds, distributed in a small room of only six or seven square meters. The smell and air are really uncomfortable, this is still better, the second class, the third class, and even the lowest level below are almost more crowded than the Spring Festival in later generations, almost crowded, and the air is not good.

In this era, the ship is almost always like this, the space on the ship, as far as possible placed in a more important position, because the ship's navigation is not safe, the establishment of watertight compartments and functional cabins will allow the ship to have more leeway in the event of wind or waves or disasters, so even if it is a 10,000-ton tanker, their position is still very small.

Yang Yue noticed Yang Yuanzhao's gaze and said with a smile: "The cruise ship is better, but unfortunately there is no cruise ship on the Yangtze River!" ”

Yang Yue was full of emotion, Hanyang's two days of rest made his improvement very good, compared to the stable train, it seems that the boat is a little more rocky, and it is difficult to fall asleep if you are not used to it.

"Yang Yue, are you coming back from the United States, is it a cruise ship?"

"No, it's an ordinary boat, from San Francisco, I bought it in second class, so to speak, it was a hell of a trip!" Yang Yue's face changed when he said this, obviously, it was not a very pleasant memory, Yang Yuanzhao smiled, and was about to make a few jokes, there was a commotion outside, and even the screams and scolding of girls came, Yang Yue and Yang Yuanzhao glanced at each other, and the two of them almost walked out of the cabin together, in front, a group of people, surrounded there and abused, including their bodyguard Zheng Daniu, at this time Zheng Daniu was holding the railing tightly, a pair of big hands and green tendons burst out, obviously on the verge of outburst.

Because there were more people, Yang Yue couldn't see what was going on, so he went up and asked, "Da Niu, what's wrong!" ”

Zheng Daniu heard Yang Yue's shout, turned his head, seemed to have eased his spirits, and said word by word: "The foreign devil sank the fisherman's boat!" ”

The foreign devil hit the boat, Yang Yuanzhao was shocked, his eyes turned to the river, a frigate flying the British flag, was slowly slowing down, behind it, a wooden fishing boat, was smashed into two, on the fishing boat, all kinds of things, sprinkled on the ground, in the chaos, a touch of blood looked so eye-catching, a few fishermen who fell into the water were struggling in the water, and on the frigate, a group of foreign devil soldiers laughed, and a few of them openly urinated in the river, obviously, they did not crash into the fishing boat in time, They are deliberate.

Blood, almost instantly, filled the top of Yang Yuanzhao's head, on the history books, countless times written about the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the humiliation suffered by the Chinese, what was written on paper, and what I saw with my own eyes, completely different, this is China's territory, this is the Yangtze River waterway, but it has become a place for foreigners to show off their might, foreigners see China as their own garden, they are supermen, etc., can freely trample on a qiē.

"This kind of collision happens almost every month!" Uncle Guang didn't know when, but he came behind them and said with a sigh.

"Every month?"

"Yes, I heard Sehoon say that last month, the British and the French respectively crashed and sank 2 fishing boats and killed 3 people!"

Death, crash and sink, one by one heavy words, pressed on everyone's hearts, and the sense of humiliation almost lingered in their hearts, and this is the case, as far as things like this are concerned, let alone no dead people, even if they are dead, how much justice can be obtained.

Yang Yue said in a deep voice: "This is the central Qingguo, even in the hinterland, I am not reconciled to be so humiliated!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao took a deep breath, calmed down, and the humiliation will always remain in his heart, waiting for the day when Zhaoxue waits, time waits for no one, only redouble his efforts, he turned his head and said to Yang Yue: "Cousin Ji, do you believe it, I will write down these humiliations and return them to them later!" ”

"But?" Yang Yue was a little confused

"Agriculture can allow more people to eat, but the really strong country is heavy industry, steel, Yang Yue believes in me, I will make Baotou a paradise, will make him a base to carry our dreams."

Yang Yue looked at Yang Yuanzhao deeply, he didn't know what to think in his heart, Uncle Guang next to him sighed, after all, he was a young man, and he was full of sharpness, China's current situation, he was in his 50s, a person who traveled south and north, he knew very well the current situation of China, it was not formed now, it was formed in decades, foreigners show off their might on the Yangtze River, this is still little, sometimes they directly use knives and guns, and who cares.

Yang Yuanzhao knew that this was in public, and this boat belonged to foreigners, so he hurriedly picked up Yang Yue and returned to the room.

Sitting in the room, Yang Yue still did not wake up from the scenery just now, he has studied abroad for many years, although foreign countries are discriminatory, but he has not come to such a journey, maybe the people he contacts are college students, and these are soldiers, it seems that he is really wrong, China, what is needed is probably iron and fire, not an agronomist like him.

Yang Yuanzhao has been paying attention to Yang Yue's expression, maybe since he was a child, plus studying abroad, Yang Yue has not been exposed to the suffering side of old China, in a sense, he is still a carefree child, even if he is 25 years old, but the reality is in front of him, this is the biggest impact for people like him, although it is a little sad, but it can become a driving force.

There was nothing to say for a day, no one said anything, and in the afternoon of the next day, after Nanjing, Yang Yue relieved himself, began to walk out of the cabin, and laughed with Yang Yuanzhao.