The deafening whistle resounded through Longmen Port, and the huge steamer with nearly 4,000 materials entered the port, and the wharf that had been expanded many times also looked cramped.

Watching the huge oars slowly stop, on the dock, a gray-haired old man's face was full of happiness, pride, and even boasting.

"The Beikun ran from Tianzhu to Liaodong, and now it is back in Tokyo, and the machine has two or three small breakdowns, and the Nankun that went to Vladivostok has not produced any big baskets, and the circulating steam engine is practical enough. Lao Huang, you insisted on pondering land use back then, but now you are behind me. ”

Another man in his fifties, bald on his head, snorted and was about to speak, but he saw a commotion on the wharf, and countless people rushed over, as if to greet someone, and the black-clad police officer blew his whistle and lined up to separate the surging people.

"Is there any big guy on board?"

"Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager Cichun of the Tartars has been arrested!"

"There is more than one Queen Mother, I heard that there is also a Queen Mother Ci'an."

"God forbid, the Tartars are finally defeated!"

The conversation vaguely floated over, and Huang Zhuo, who was already the head of the Dongguan Machinery Institute of the Tiandao Academy, and Xu Shenghuai, his former partner and current head of the Wusong Ship Institute of the Tiandao Academy, looked at each other in surprise, and then rose into excitement.

The steamer still standing on the sails unloaded the miscellaneous people and goods, there were soldiers who took turns to rest, there were refugees who defected to relatives in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then the two large water tanks that appeared on the pedals attracted the attention of everyone at the dock.

Is this the Promised Land? This is Tokyo?

Ru Xi, whose head was resting on the edge of the cylinder, looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart, which was originally as hard as iron and stone, swayed, and the wide pier stretched to the left and right, and the huge warehouses stood majestically like hills. Huge tower cranes, driven by rumbling steam engines, are lifting cargo from the ship. Not far away, there was a huge iron ox that looked like it was made of steel, belching white smoke, driving iron wheels and dragging a long line of carriages on the steel-paved tracks.

She had read all this in the newspapers. She even saw a photo, but when she saw it today, just what she saw at the pier, the power contained in it had already made her lose her spirit, and behind the pier, the layers of buildings were boundless, which made her feel insignificant in the heavenly court.

I should laugh at myself for more than 20 years against an emperor who has been in charge of the power to create such a new world. Or should I be proud.

At this time, Ru Xi forgot his situation and forgot his inadequacy. It wasn't until a sneer rose in the back of her head that it dragged her back to reality.

"Sister, my son and I are about to enter this new world. I will ask the Holy Dao Master to take good care of you, no matter how you say, you are my sister......"

Another water tank was lifted, and the human head on the edge of the tank stabbed Ru Xi's eyes bloodshot instantly, in her memory, this human head should have been described as withered, like a skeleton, but now it was full of blood and radiant. There is a dazzling light in the eyes. That is the expectation, the yearning for a new life, which is something that has disappeared in her Ru Xi's heart.

"Ci'an! Slut-! ”

Ru Xi's eyes erupted with fire, and he didn't know where he got the strength, and his body without limbs pushed the water tank and shook suddenly, and in the exclamation of everyone, he hit Ci'an's water tank.

Clicking. Ru Xi's water tank shattered, and the water tank containing Ci'an rolled down the water from the pedal with two lifu and a canopy of fragments.

The upheaval abruptly started, and almost everyone was shocked, and they heard Ru Xi, who was lying in the debris, covered in blood, laughing like crazy: "Useless slut! Even if you have no hands or legs like you, the mourning family can cure you! ”

It took a while to get Ci'an up. It was massage and artificial respiration, and outsiders clearly saw that the doctors and nurses were helplessly spreading their hands and sighing.

Witnessing this scene of the Queen Mother's killing, the people on the dock, even the police were stunned, and a chill rose. Wait for the doctor to bandage Ru Xi urgently. Loaded into a large bamboo frame, when walking to the nearby carriage marked with the water pattern of the green bird, citrus, persimmons, and even rotten vegetable leaves rained down on the large bamboo frame, "Demon woman! The rebuke resounded throughout the docks.

This scene fell in the eyes of Huang Zhuo and Xu Shenghuai, and the two of them also shuddered at the same time, sure enough, it was a demon woman, they were all like this, they could still kill people, and they couldn't treat each other as people at all.

"Soon, the judgment of the Great Court will spread all over the world, and the inhuman face of this witch and all the Tartar chiefs will be known to the whole country."

"Yes, by then, it will be Shengping to rule the world, and trains and railways should be able to spread all over the world."

"It should be a steamer that travels all over the rivers and seas, and it is a ship with propellers and no sails."

"Lao Xu, our Yinghua is a land and sea country, and it is not enough to rely on a boat alone......"

The two fought again, when Huang Zhuo developed a steam engine, partnered with him, won the first place in front of the emperor, and it was Xu Shenghuai who received the development funds. After the advent of the first generation of low-pressure steam engines for industrial use, the two continued to work on high-pressure steam engines when they diverged in direction. Huang Zhuo saw the great potential of the railway and insisted on the land route, while Xu Shenghuai insisted on carrying the steam engine on the ship, creating the era of sailless shipping.

In the end, Huang Zhuo continued to preside over the Dongguan Machinery Institute, tackling key problems in train and railway technology, while Xu Shenghuai went to the Wusong Shipyard to specialize in steam ships. At present, it is the twenty-fourth year of the Holy Dao, and the steamships equipped with ordinary steam engines have blossomed all over the rivers, and the two large steamships equipped with circulating steam engines of 4,000 materials have been put into practical use.

But Huang Zhuo was not depressed, he pointed to a certain direction of the wharf and said confidently: "Old Xu, you don't know that on the fifty-mile straight road from Longmen Wharf to the north of Fengxian County, half of the railroad tracks have been paved. The steam locomotive of our Dongguan Machinery Institute has passed the joint inspection of the Ministry of Industry and the Patent Office, and by next year, our locomotive will be able to drive directly from the gantry to the gate of your Wusong Shipyard......"

Xu Shenghuai was shocked: "No wonder the expansion plan of Wusong Port has been advanced by three years, it turns out that there is this railway to help!" ”

The throughput of Longmen Port is far from meeting the demand, and the Government Hall and the Ministry of Industry plan to build a new port in Wusong Port in Shanghai County, as a new outlet for commercial goods in the south of the Yangtze River, from the sea to Lingnan, North China, Liaodong, from the Yangtze River and Huguang into one.

The construction of a railway from Longmen to Wusong can not only greatly improve the construction speed of Wusong Port, but also serve as a test point for the railway industry, and at the same time serve as the foundation of the railway line leading to Suzhou and other places from the two ports in the next step.

Huang Zhuo said wistfully: "It's just. After the completion of the Longwu Railway, the next step is the Wuxi Railway, the Hangfu Railway, the Yanjin Railway, and the Yangyan Railway......"

The 20-year railway planning map of the Ministry of Industry was churning in Huang Zhuo's mind, and one line after another ran through the north, south, east and west, and Xu Shenghuai, a maritime faction, was also fascinated.

"Then there is the Seongsei Railway, the Tobu Railway, the Gwangboku Railway, the Toyang Railway, ......"

The 50-year planning map also spat out of Huang Zhuo's mouth, connecting lines one by one. Covering the entire land of China.

Xu Shenghuai said excitedly: "At that time, it will really be a thousand miles of land for the sea." ”

Huang Zhuo sighed again: "Twenty years can still be seen, but we won't have a chance to see the grand occasion after fifty years." ”

Xu Shenghuai smiled slightly: "Lao Huang." Fifty years later, we are gone, and our children and grandchildren, they are not only blessed to see, but they will also feel the same emotion as we are, and they can't see what the next fifty years from now will be like. ”

Huang Zhuo also smiled with relief: "Yes, what we have seen in this life is really a vicissitudes of life." Our children and grandchildren will not see such a great change. ”

The Chinese people in Jiangnan, Lingnan, Huguang, Sichuan-Shaanxi, and even Luzon, Funan, Nanzhou, and Dongzhou all have this feeling, not only the things in the country are changing with each passing day, and the steady flow of people comes and goes, but also with the endless yearning for a new life, as well as the spiritual shock of the contrast between the new world and the old world.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Holy Dao, the hearts of the people of the country stirred up by the Northern Expedition did not stop because the Northern Expedition came to an end. The imminent demise of the Manchus. took away the negative emotions of hatred and hatred in people's hearts, and the rest of the surging enthusiasm was invested in cherishing life and looking forward to the future.

There is only Liaodong and the land of North China, and the people's hearts are still disordered and helpless, compared with Liaodong, where the war has not yet completely ended, the people's hearts in the land of North China are even more in a state of helplessness. Like a drowning man, he is desperately searching for every life-saving straw to ensure that he can still stand firm in the tide of this strange era.

Tanggu Port is such a "life-saving straw capital", and the sea outside the port is full of ships from half the world. And every inch of the wall pillars in the port are plastered with notices. For the northerners crowded here, every notice is a life-saving straw and a door to a new life.

Not only are there many notices, but from the wharf to the edge of the city, on both sides of the streets and alleys, there are small tents, and people with various accents shout loudly, as if they are peddling some rare things, but there is no goods under the small tent, only a desk, on which stacks of tables are stacked. There are even those who don't even have small tents and desks, and they are like cutting paths in the streets and alleys, eagerly stopping passers-by.

"Taiwan Pioneer Company, sincerely calling for innocent, healthy and powerful men and women! It's time to go to Taiwan! It's in Fujian Province, you don't have to go overseas, you can get 20 acres of land! Although the loan is small, you can earn your own family business, and you don't have to sell it for the bank for many years, and go to Taiwan! ”

"Luzon! Luzon! Those who don't smoke opium want it, and those who want fields have fields, and those who have crafts have loan houses! The loan can be up to 100 taels! Choosing a home in Luzon is the way to go! ”

"Funan summons honest people who are good at farming! Funan! Don't be deceived by other people's rumors, the natives of Funan have been killed by us, and it is already overseas Jiangnan! Thirty acres of paddy fields are waiting for you! After entering the Cattle Farming Society, the cow money is only a few dozen yuan per acre! ”

"As long as you have strength, Bagan is waiting for you! The jade mine has been working for three years, and there will be plenty of food and clothing for a lifetime! Come to Bagan, come to Bagan! ”

"Farming and planting to old age, it's better to sleep in Tianzhu! How can those who seek wealth not go to Tianzhu? Grab anywhere and you'll be full of gold, silver and jewelry! There is also a Western company cover on the head, as long as you have the courage and ability, Tianzhu is your paradise! ”

"The last 100 places in Nanzhou Jinshan, listen up, it's Nanzhou Jinshan, not Dongzhou Jinshan! There is no wild li, no red hair, and no cold winter wind, Nanzhou Jinshan, do you still need to explain? ”

This was the 2nd of September, and the "Edict of the Ninth Month of September" promulgated by the Emperor Shengdao had been widely spread throughout the country, and the red clothes were ordered to attack Shengjing and eradicate all Manchu forces still entrenched in Liaodong. Although the war in Liaodong is undecided, in the hearts of the people in the north, the world has been decided, and the new Yinghua dynasty is pressed on the head and is unbreakable.

The northern provinces were placed under military control, the government and the League would clean up the people from county to county, township by township, and government decrees were promulgated one after another, and a new future was gradually presented to the people of the north.

Not everyone is happy to accept such a new world, and in this changing world, countless people who have lost the foundation of the old world have become wanderers. There are old squires. There are also ordinary villagers. In absolute terms, the latter is the majority. Most of them are sharecroppers or even unemployed. The decrees issued by Yinghua, such as restricting land and production, and the government going deep into the countryside to control land transactions, etc., not only cracked down on the gentry's tyranny, but also squeezed out a part of the poor tenant farmers, leaving them without food and clothing, and losing the right to tenant land.

Even if it's a small percentage of five percent. According to the base number of tens of millions of people in the north, it is also a million scale. Promoting the acceptance of these new immigrants in overseas colonies became a key measure to stabilize the North. The overseas colonies have also been reborn by the efforts of immigrants in previous years. The accommodating capacity has been greatly improved, all industries are thriving, and the demand for immigrants is also stronger, and the two sides hit it off, which is why Tanggu is so prosperous.

Of course, the colonial company will not only squat in Tanggu to recruit people, but according to the arrangement of the General Administration of North-South Affairs, it will go deep into Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other places, and join hands with the local government and the League to organize immigration groups. However, there are still a large number of spontaneously mobile people who flock to Tanggu in search of a place to go. The establishment of a recruitment point in Tanggu is only a supplementary measure.

Even so, these recruitment sites are faced with tens or even hundreds of thousands of poor migrants eager to get loans to start a new life in their hometowns. Immigration companies need immigrants, banks need loan business, and for every person they pull, the government has corresponding subsidies for immigration companies and banks, so each immigration company has done its best in Tanggu. We only want to attract enough and suitable immigrants.

It is not all poor immigrants who want to go overseas, but also the broken gentry, and those who have an affair with the Solidarity Fist, or who are burdened with other burdens, and continue to stay in their hometown, and the government will find out their roots.

From the exit of Tanggu to overseas, the government seems to have no intention of investigating carefully, and various immigration companies have climbed up the pole. There will be no detailed background investigation here, as long as it is not Manchurian, there is no unity fist mark on it, and it does not smoke opium, it will not be overly detailed.

Therefore, Ji Xiaolan watched anxiously for most of the hour, and after confirming that there was no official mission to check his identity. With his sleeves cuffed, he squeezed into the crowd, passed by shop after shop, listened to the clamor of the colonial companies, and thought about where he should go.

The gentleman he participated in would be characterized as a "traitor party" by the Yinghua government, and he was also on the wanted list, but the north was in ruins, and the newly built government could only care about tracking down the hidden Manchus, and he, the traitor remnant, still had room to breathe.

But this is only temporary, Ji Xiaolan didn't want to be in prison, and she couldn't find any credit to atone for her crimes, so she thought about it and decided to come to Tanggu to have a look, I heard that she could go overseas to make a living without investigating the case. And Yinghua doesn't engage in Zhulian, which also saves him from worries.

Taiwan...... It's too close, and the loan is too small, Ji Xiaolan is now in a clean air, and he is worried that no one will put a debt on him?

Luzon ...... It's too mixed, I heard that there are many natives there, and there are a large number of Portuguese and Spanish foreigners.

Funan ...... The folk customs are too ruthless, and they are all farming, so he can only teach and teach when he goes, what else can he do?

Bo Ni and Tianzhu don't have to think about it, as for Dongzhou and Nanzhou Jinshan, it's too far, right?

Even if he wants to flee overseas, Ji Xiaolan is very picky, and he doesn't like anyone, but in fact, what he likes is Jiaozhi. When the Song Dynasty died and the Ming Dynasty died, a large number of scholars went to Jiaozhi to avoid disaster, in his opinion, the Qing Dynasty died, just like the Song and Ming dynasties, he went to Jiaozhi to follow the footsteps of his ancestors. Of course, the key is that most of the scholars on the Jiaozhi side are from the Confucian lineage, which is suitable for people like him.

Just as he was looking around, a person suddenly beckoned: "Xiucai, do you want to go to Jiaozhi?" ”

Ji Xiaolan turned his head and saw that he was a fat man, with gray hair and a rich face, his eyes were deep, shining with a deep essence of experience, and there was a layer of burning heat floating on top of the essence, as if he had seen some treasure.

"Yes, this outsider...... Is it to take people to Jiaozhi? ”

He asked reservedly, and consciously called "outsider" to promote the other party, seeing that this fat man was gorgeous, with a gold belt around his waist, and a few fingers flashing with golden eyes, he knew that he was a nouveau riche at a glance.

Seeing that this sour show was acting like this, a young man next to the fat man glared angrily, and was about to say something, but was glared back by the old fat man.

"Jiaozhi is not a good place to go, after entering Yinghua, the government is checking the old Confucianism in Jiaozhi, what three outlines and five constants are forbidden there, if you accidentally exit, you will be targeted by the government, and then check your wealth."

Zhong Shangwei looked at Ji Xiaolan with a smile, like looking at a sheep, and the words in his mouth were like knives, poking at the other party's soft heart.

Sure enough, Ji Xiaolan changed color and said, "How, how is it possible!?" Doesn't it mean that the new dynasty doesn't ask for accountability? ”

Zhong Shangwei shook his head and smiled: "Xiucai, what you can do is two different things, just like full ...... The Qing Dynasty, saying that the Manchu and Han families are actually a head taller than the Manchu masters. ”

Ji Xiaolan sighed, and said in her heart that she was really too naïve.

Jiaozhi is no longer an ideal township, where else can he go?

On the smiling Zhong Shang, Ji Xiaolan felt that this nouveau riche was honest and sincere, he was really a believer, so let's talk to him and see what suggestions he had.

"Outside of the instructors, where is the right place to go?"

"You have to ask yourself what you really want to live......

"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan, students want to find a peaceful place, to avoid this filthy world."

"Xiucai, nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory, we can't just think about the good side, we have to look at the bad first. It's better for us to look at all those overseas places and see what are the disadvantages, and then choose the one with the least disadvantages. ”

"This is the wisdom of the past, and the students are not as good as it!"

Ji Xiaolan entered the small tent on the top of the bell and bowed sincerely. Zhong Shangwei squeezed his eyes at his second son, which means that he should learn from your Lao Tzu!