Updated: 20-06-02

In 54 years, Hong Kong is still just an ordinary port city on the Pacific coast, and the Victoria Harbour Terminal is full of cargo ships from all over the world every day. They brought all kinds of goods and commodities from foreign countries, and transported tea, silk, and porcelain from China. But the biggest deal was the opium trade, which was a conduit for British speculators to make money. Huge steamships flowed along several routes to sell opium from Calcutta to Hong Kong.

The 2nd of the month was a Sunday, and in the early morning, the fog on the docks on the sea had not yet lifted, and the ships of all sizes were still asleep. In and around Victoria City, Hong Kong, there was a sound of newsboys hawking. They pedaled scooters through the streets, waving newspapers in their hands and desperately soliciting business in Chinese and broken English.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! Please South China Daily for the latest news, because of the financial emptiness of the Hong Kong government, the Colonial Office ruled that the Governor of Hong Kong has reduced the salary income of Sir Bol. ”

"According to the latest news from Hong Kong Daily, Mr William Kin, Vice-Chancellor, has announced to the Governor yesterday that he will resign from the post of Deputy Governor."

"Please "South China Daily" latest news, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Happy Valley Racecourse will be the first horse bet in Hong Kong history, all guess the results of Marseille, and the grand prize will be 100,000 yuan."

"The latest news, the Hong Kong Jockey Club will hold horse racing as usual this afternoon, and all the horse information is available in the Hong Kong Daily."

"Hong Kong Daily" and "South China Daily" are boutique projects created by the South China Press, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Huafu & Co.

As soon as the Hong Kong Huafu Foreign Bank opened at the end of June, Tang Muyao contacted smugglers in Fujian. By smuggling tea from Wuyi Mountain, he made several big deals in a row, and soon gained a foothold in the Hong Kong business community. After that, the Executive Committee successively sent Chen Tianxiong, Chen Deng and other elite soldiers and strong generals to strengthen the strength of Hong Kong Huafu Foreign Bank.

With a strong new force, the scale of Hong Kong Huafu Company began to gradually expand. Tong Taipan first bought a large vacant land in Victoria Harbour near the waterfront of Bonham Street in Sheung Wan, where he built a wharf and warehouse, and set up a transportation company to transport passengers and goods between Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

In order to facilitate the renovation and repair of ships, Hong Kong Huafu Foreign Company through a series of means, a small shipyard near the lower ring of Victoria City, hired many technicians from Nanyang and India, and established Hong Kong Huafu Machinery Repair Factory, which is managed by mechanical engineer Chen Deng, responsible for the transformation, maintenance and maintenance of ships purchased from Europe.

Chen Deng was a fanatical militant who always wanted to work in the army, but he never got his wish. Coming to Hong Kong is considered to be an underground job, and the establishment is in Jinyiwei. The executive committee arranged for him to take over the mechanical repair factory, and Chen Deng found it challenging, so he happily obeyed. The task of repairing shipbuilding in the machinery factory is not very heavy, Chen Deng and they also imitate modern machinery according to the drawings on the computer in their spare time, and apply for patents in European and American countries first, Huafu printing press and other printing and typesetting equipment is a series of successful works of theirs.

Huafu printing press is a copycat imitation of the British machine, which is a single-cylinder printing press in Washington, D.C., which is a letterpress co-invented by William Dawson and He Tolai in 60 years.

With typesetting and printing equipment, Tang Daban recruited many editors and reporters from a few Chinese and English newspapers in Hong Kong, and asked Li Duoen, Li Siyu and Xu Xiaobing to work together on the Nanhua Press.

The readers of "Xiangjiang Daily" are foreigners, and "South China Daily" is mainly to catch the attention of Chinese, and the two newspapers respectively publish commercial quotes, shipping, notices and advertisements, news and reviews, as well as some serialized novels and serialized anime adapted from later works, the content of the newspapers is generally similar, but the focus of news, reviews, novel serialization, etc. is different.

Because the newspaper is novel in form and rich in content, it is deeply loved by the vast number of readers, and now it prints 4,000 copies of "Heung Kong Daily" and 2,000 copies of "South China Daily" every day.

In 54 years, Hong Kong has a population of only 50,000, most of whom are Chinese illiterate. In less than three months, the Nanhua Printing House expanded, and the circulation of the newspaper has reached as far as Guangzhou and Macao, with a circulation of 6,000 copies, which is quite good.

Every evening, a large amount of information on politics and military, business and finance, social and people's livelihood, culture and entertainment, etc., is sent to the printing house by various correspondents, and then the recruited editors are sorted out by category, and the editors-in-chief of each section are screened, and finally summarized into the hands of Li Dorn, the manager of the printing house and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

Lee's office has a darkroom with two laptops, a laser printer, and a bicycle-driven hand-cranked generator.

The most important task of Li and his secretary is to type out the content on a laptop, typeset it, and print it out into a sample with a laser printer.

After the newspaper sample is checked for correctness, it is then made by photographic copper-zinc plate technology, and finally handed over to Huafu printing press for printing.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a horse-drawn carriage broke into the temporary residence of the Governor of Hong Kong on Chun Yuen Street, Wan Chai.

Wearing a crisp red military uniform with the rank of captain? Jian, ignoring the salute of the guards in front of the door, stepped on his big leather boots, walked into the restaurant of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion and waved the morning "Xiangjiang Daily" angrily, "This hateful newspaper is talking nonsense all day long, Huafu Foreign Bank wants to go against the Hong Kong government!" ”

William? After getting up in the morning, he went to the "Hong Kong Daily" to report on his failure to win the chairmanship of the two Hong Kong bureaus, and rushed to be very angry. William? Jian has always discriminated against the Chinese, although the "Hong Kong Daily" reports are all facts, and many newspapers founded by British people often criticize the Hong Kong government, but a printing house with a predominantly yellow race sneered at him. Jian simply can't stand it.

William? During the Opium War, he was the captain of the 26th Regiment of the British ** Team. He was the Chief Magistrate in the early years of British rule in Hong Kong, a senior official of the Hong Kong government, and later became the Secretary of Justice and concurrently served as Deputy Governor.

In 54, Bao Ling was inaugurated as the fourth Governor of Hong Kong at the age of 65. When Bao Ling was nominated to succeed Bonham, the British Colonial Office informed him that because of the emptiness of the Hong Kong treasury, he could only rule Hong Kong in the name of commercial overseer and with the vacant title of Governor of Hong Kong. According to the British Royal "Directive", the Governor of Hong Kong is the ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, while Bao Ling was not formally appointed as the Governor, only as the Superintendent of Commerce. William Jian is the "elder of the three dynasties" of the Hong Kong government, and he doesn't take Bao Ling seriously, and there are loopholes to exploit, so he competes with Bao Ling for the post of chairman of the two bureaus.

The matter reached the British Colonial Office, which had to admit that it was an administrative mistake that such an incident occurred. As a result, Bowing was formally appointed as the Governor of Hong Kong with full powers, but his annual salary remained unchanged, and the salary of the Commercial Superintendent was paid as usual, instead of the salary of the full Governor of Hong Kong.

On the dining table was the same newspaper, which Sir Governor Bouling was serializing daily in the supplement "A Study of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in the Bloody Letters".

Sherlock Holmes is the British writer Conan? Doyle's work, although 54 years Conan? Doyle hasn't been born yet, and the Nanyang Press still signs the author's name Conan? Doyle. At the same time, the background of the Sherlock Holmes detective story is also advanced to about 50 years, and Watson is written as a military doctor who returned from Hong Kong.

Bao Ling finished the serialization before putting down the newspaper in his hand. He raised his head, and stood on the side of William, who was panting, and calmly raised the teacup, "Tea?" ”

This is just a courtesy courtesy, and without waiting for William's answer, Bao Ling continued, "Today's 'Xiangjiang Daily' is very interesting, Mr. Holmes can tell at a glance that the messenger is a retired Marine Corps soldier, and a person's speech and demeanor can indeed reveal a person's profession, conduct, and upbringing. From what you just did, anyone with a little brain can guess that you are a junior officer who has experienced the war. ”

The corners of Bao Ling's mouth grew two whiskers that were curved into a wavy shape, his beard turned upward, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's just that his background is not very good." ”

"News, I'm just news." William? Jian was snubbed for a long time, and Bao Ling ignored his topic, but ridiculed his poor upbringing, and was a little annoyed and angry, "Hypocrisy does not show that they are gentlemen, and the words and deeds of these yellow-skinned monkeys prove that they can't change their stinky shit even if they cut off their braids." ”

"Huafu is an American commercial bank, a legitimate business firm that operates legally and pays taxes legally, and Mr. Moytang, the general manager of Huafu Foreign Bank, and the executives of Huafu Foreign Bank are also legal American citizens, do you want to provoke a conflict between Britain and the United States?" Bao Ling's expression was quite serious, "Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law, and you have been a referee, so you should have more legal spirit." ”

Moytang is the English name of Tang Mu Yao.

Bao Ling's blue eyes rolled in his sockets, and he smiled strangely, "To tell you something, I have decided to appoint Mr. Moytang as a member of the Hong Kong Security Council. ”

In the early days of the establishment of the Hong Kong government, the first Governor of Hong Kong, Tim Pu Tingcha, announced the establishment of a Public Order Committee in Hong Kong to assist him in maintaining public order. This system was in effect a copy of the original system in England. The Governor of Hong Kong selects local celebrities of status and prestige to work together to maintain social order. The Public Security Council was later translated as "Justice of the Peace" in Hong Kong.

Pudingcha gave the "Justice of the Peace" a lot of power. In accordance with the law and order maintenance regulations, they have the right to stop the so-called mass assembly and plot rebellion, and to order the order to disperse, otherwise they will be arrested; Prohibit random entry into residents' homes to search and arrest and disturb public order; issuance of search warrants, etc.; Under the Arms Ordinance, "Justices of the Peace" may issue search warrants for the search of arms; According to the gambling regulations, a warrant can be issued to arrest gamblers, etc. There are two types of "Justice of the Peace", official and non-official. Unofficial "Justices of the Peace" had to be vetted and appointed by the British government in Hong Kong who were considered to be subjects loyal to the British Empire.

"I'm against it, this damn Tang has a U.S. passport, he's not a subject of the British Empire." William roared, "I object in the name of the Lieutenant Governor. ”

For William? Jian's objection, Bao Ling simply ignored it, "I have approved your deputy governor's resignation report. In view of the current financial situation of the Hong Kong Government, I have decided to abolish the post of Deputy Governor of Hong Kong, a decision that has been submitted to the Colonial Office for approval. ”

Bao Ling completely forgot Tang Muyao's nationality and skin color, he only knew that Tang Muyao was his god of wealth now, not only did Huafu Foreign Bank bring him a large number of taxes, but Tang Muyao also gave him a lot of ideas in private, making him even more wealthy. Bao Ling was originally a businessman, as long as he could increase his wealth, he always acted without scruples, not to mention that Tang Muyao was still a gentleman in a Western civilized society, full of standard London accent English.

After tasting the last drop of tea in the cup, Bao Ling put down the teacup and wiped his mouth with an elegant dining cloth, "Okay, now I'm going to St. John's Church for worship." ”

"I'm going to worship too~" With a cold look, William? Jian's head was lowered, and his voice was much lowered.