Southern Seas, Natuna Islands, Greater Natuna Island.

This is an archipelago on the edge of the South China Sea, which was occupied by some descendants of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the ancestors of Fujian, Guangzhou, and Zhejiang who went to the South China Sea in the distant late Ming Dynasty. The island's indigenous people quickly assimilated into Chinese life, and in the 19th century, a Teochew native of Guangdong named Zhang Jiexu consolidated the Chinese forces and established a kingdom on the island, which was much larger than Hong Kong, and became king.

This was supposed to be an inspiring thing at that time, but if it had been effectively publicized and guided by the strength of China itself, it would have played a guiding role in the millions of Chinese in the Nanyang countries. Perhaps, a vigorous wave of Chinese nation-building will be staged in various parts of Nanyang.

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was incompetent, and denounced these Chinese living in Nanyang as 'rebels against the chaos', and not only did not support this kind of Chinese nation-building behavior, but also implemented the policy of moving to the sea, which could have been able to take the opportunity to develop into a good situation of Chinese colonization. As a result, such absurd remarks of the emperor were introduced, "Those who violate the will of the mainland and do not listen to the recall, and are willing to live for a long time, are supposed to be righteous in the Celestial Empire, but they are killed in foreign countries, and their sins are brought upon themselves." ”

As a result, the Nanyang Chinese, who originally thought that they had the protection of the great Chinese Empire, were disappointed again. As soon as Zhang Jiexu died, the Dutch, who occupied the Indonesian colony, extended their colonial claws to the Natuna Islands, not only stationed troops on the islands, but also established the Natuna Administration. The Chinese of the Natuna Islands were thus reduced to a colonial people, and like the Chinese in other parts of the South Seas, they were once again ridden abroad after they could not survive at home.

During this period, the colonial authorities and Indonesians in the Natuna Islands repeatedly attacked the Chinese, robbed the Chinese plantations and land, and fabricated various charges to gradually torture the originally wealthy Chinese into poor and lowly workers, and finally became plantation workers. Although there was resistance in various places, under the threat of Dutch guns and Indonesian machetes and sickles, little was achieved.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Sun Yat-sen and other members of the League also set foot on the Natuna Islands many times, one as a return to China, and the other to collect money. The kind and simple Chinese in the Natuna Islands, like the Chinese in other places, are bent on hoping that the motherland will become rich and strong, some hope that the Chinese nation can rise, hope for the overthrow of the decadent foreign Manchu Qing Dynasty, and hope to establish a powerful Chinese empire, so as to say a word and do a practical thing for these Chinese who are working as pigs and dogs outside. So, they took out their savings for many years, some took out their ancestral dowry, some took out a few yuan hidden by blood and sweat on the plantation, and some sold their family property, just to support Mr. Sun to buy a few more guns and a few more cannons.

It is a pity that after the establishment of the Republic of China, Premier Sun's eyes were focused on tens of thousands of kilometers of railways, and the warlords in the north did not have the energy to manage Nanyang.

Until, until the official establishment of New China was announced to the world, they saw a new dawn, and from the bits and pieces and some local Chinese tabloids, they realized that this may be a different regime of the motherland.

Great Natuna Island, an ordinary little yard.

It was late at night, and the courtyard with the door closed was filled with people. At the top of the list was an old man, with a white beard, dressed in a white cloth coat, and carrying a long cigarette stick. On either side, there were several elderly people seated, but in the middle were three young people kneeling.

"Since my Zhang family went to the South Seas at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it has lasted 261 years, and there have been 12 generations of people breeding on this remote island in the South Seas. Twelve generations, twelve generations!! The old man held the cigarette stick in his hand, trembling slightly, his expression was excited, and he was unconsciously in tears, "Twelve generations, it has been a hundred years since my ancestor Zhiwugong established the kingdom. Have you all forgotten!! ”

"Grandpa, we don't dare to forget!!"

The three young men kneeling down were all dressed in black Chinese costumes, which was a style of clothing that was recirculated from the mainland of the motherland to the South Seas.

The elders of the clan sitting on the side wanted to persuade something, but they didn't dare to speak, the family rules were quite strict, and they were brought from the motherland when they went to the South Seas.

"It's good if you haven't forgotten, it's good if you haven't forgotten. I think back then, I Nanyang Chinese, all pigs and dogs are not as good, and the hardships of survival are like walking on thin ice. The foreigners wantonly bullied and ignored the motherland, which is really the abandonment of the Celestial Empire and the abandonment of the motherland. I, the Zhang family, know Wugong, feel the hardships of the Chinese, and want to be the master of these millions of abandoned people, establish a kingdom, change the name of the island to Hanzhong, and unify the Chinese forces. Who knows, the foreigner's ship is strong and the cannon is sharp, and the Zhiwu Gong works hard, but he is defeated by the foreigner's guns for a while, the front foot is funeral, and the back foot is occupied by the foreigners Hanzhong Island. Since then, the status of our Chinese has plummeted, Hanzhong Island has become the Great Natuna Island, and the Chinese have become pigs and dogs. "The old man almost beat his chest and paused, and brought the unbearable past together." Although our kingdom is gone, the ancestral training is still there, and the ancestors let us wait for the opportunity to restore the country, however, a hundred years have passed in vain. A little money and force, how can you fight those foreigners. It's sad and lamentable......"

"Dad, you are old and discouraged, don't be angry, the Chinese on this island are counting on you to call the shots." An old man sitting at the head of the left said carefully.

"It is good for a dead soul to return to his country. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't give up these more than 10,000 compatriots, the old man would have returned to China a long time ago. The roots of the Chinese are still in the mainland. The old man waved his hand and asked the old man who had just spoken, "Minshan, how are the other big families on the island getting in touch?" How are our staff? ”

The old man got up and said, "Dad, the patriarch of the Wang family and the patriarch of the Chen family have promised that only my Zhang family will be the leader, as long as my Zhang family can succeed this time, they will come forward to help stabilize the situation together." As for manpower, there are more than 100 good sons and daughters in my Zhang family, because of the fist and foot kung fu handed down by the ancestors, and their skills are good. In addition, we have followed the example of the League and developed more than 700 plantation workers and laborers. ”

The white-haired old man stroked his long beard with his right hand and said approvingly, "Yes, this Chen Wang's second family is worthy of being the ministers of my Zhang family back then, and they can still stand with us on major issues of right and wrong." When the time comes, I, Zhang Chaozhong, will personally visit them. As for manpower, though we have a lot of men, much more than the Dutch red-haired ghosts, we are not afraid of the forces on their island, but we are afraid of their rear. Therefore, when you return to China this time, you must enlist the help of the New Deal Axe. ”

"Dad, according to all sources, the New Deal Axe is indeed very different from the previous Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the leader of the New Deal Axe, Zhang Shusheng, is a real nationalist, and we still have a lot of hope for the help of the New Deal Axe. However, after all, we are Nanyang outcasts, and if we want the new policy axe to help, I am afraid that it will be ......," Zhang Minshan asked.

The white-haired old man sighed, shook his head, and said, "Even if we are Nanyang outcasts, we are first and foremost Chinese, and we are the descendants of the dragon that is connected to the mainland. If we can really get help and rescue our Nanyang outcasts, even if the Hanzhong Islands are included in the Chinese territory, it will be a good thing, not a bad thing. Moreover, the Hanzhong Islands are located on the edge of the South China Sea, and if they return to the motherland, they can not only defend the South China Sea and the South China Sea, but also go out of the South China Sea. Therefore, the ancestors said, "Those who win the Hanzhong of the South Seas will be able to shake the countries of the South Seas"! It is rumored that Chairman Zhang attaches great importance to the country, and he is a 10,000-year-old noble person surnamed Zhang, who will be able to know the major rights and wrongs. ”

At midnight, the white-haired old man Zhang Chaozhong finally got up and bowed to the statue of Confucius behind him, and then said, "Please ancestor relics." ”

After a while, several disciples of the clan opened an iron box, took out two jade boxes, one long and one short, and handed them to Zhang Chaozhong.

Zhang Chaozhong took the two boxes tremblingly, put them beside him, and took the short jade box first, feeling extremely emotional, the whole family, and he knew how valuable the box in his hand was.

"Today is a big day, and you are all descendants of my Zhang family, so that you can know that there are three things in the ancestral relics. The same is gold and silver property, this kind of treasure is for the resurgence of the Zhang family, after the Zhang family is down, the descendants of the descendants of the South Seas to do business, generation of savings, just for this millennium rare opportunity. The second is a seal. Zhang Chaozhong opened the short jade box and took out a seal that could be held in the palm of his hand, and the word Zhang was faintly visible at the bottom, "This is the seal of my ancestor Zhang Zhiwugong, which was a token of the kingdom back then, passed down from generation to generation, and can be used as a token for returning to the country to see Chairman Zhang." ”

After speaking, he picked up the last longer and slightly larger jade box, sighed lightly, opened it carefully, there was actually a small jade box inside, holding this small jade box, Zhang Chaozhong said to the descendants of the clan, "The reason why my Zhang family was able to start smoothly and establish a kingdom back then was because of the help of a minister." My Zhang family was kind to this person back then, and helped him and several other people go to Nanyang. This person not only helped me to establish the kingdom of Zhiwu Gong, but also gave me a lot of treasures. The most valuable thing here is the contents of this jade box. ”

After speaking, Zhang Chaozhong carefully opened this small jade box, which was also the only thing that had to be carefully kept by the patriarch of the Zhang family every year, and a lot of protection work had to be done every year, and putting on a pair of clean white gloves, he finally took out a booklet from the jade box.

"Back then, the important minister of Nanming gave this thing as a gift in exchange for the three sons of my Zhang family, who swore to protect the mysterious figure of Nanming to escape. Later, after my enlightenment and public verification, this is a treasure that has been lost in my China for many years, the authentic work of the Lanting Order!!"

As soon as this remark came out, several core disciples of the Zhang family present couldn't help but be shocked, it was rumored that this treasure was lost in Zhaoling, why did it go to the hands of the Zhang family, could it be that the secret treasure in the palace of the Ming Dynasty was taken away by the person who fled from the Nanming Dynasty, and finally given to the ancestor of the Zhang family? Thinking about it, the important ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty were far-sighted and resourceful, and it was reasonable to see that Zhang Jiexu was loyal to the country, and he did not hesitate to protect himself and others at the risk of his heirs, and helped to establish the kingdom with advice, and gave him a variety of treasures.

"Minshan, the true works of Lanting Xu and the seal of Zhiwu Gong have you and your third son to carry to the motherland Hanjing, and present it to Chairman Zhang, no matter what, I beg him to send troops to Nanyang, save me Hanzhong Islands, and save millions of Han outcasts in my Nanyang. Be careful with these treasures. ”

Zhang Chaozhong is not worried that the matter will leak secrets, after all, the people here, in addition to his three sons, are the two elders in charge of the Zhang family, and the three kneeling are the best among the grandchildren he has observed for many years.

"Dad, don't worry, it's such a big thing, if Minshan can't do it well, I will never go back to Nanyang to see my old father!!" After Zhang Minshan finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed with his three sons, and his forehead was bleeding.

"Let's go, leave overnight, take the book of the people written earlier, board the ship and return to China, the fate of Nanyang is in the hands of your father and son!!" After Zhang Chaozhong finished speaking, he didn't stay long, and with the support of his two younger sons, he went back to rest.

Zhang Minshan and the three of them immediately packed up, set off overnight, boarded a sailboat, and left the port overnight.

Half a month later, New China Hanjing.

Zhang Shusheng was flipping through the military newspaper that the Ministry of National Defense had just handed in.

Judging from the military reports from the northeast side, he said that he had regarded the Shenyang Campaign as a battle that would decide the fate of the northeast, and judging from the continuous increase in troops, he might eventually form a decisive battle force of more than 10 divisions and regiments. As for the People's Army, troops are also moving north. Among them, Chen's northbound corps completed all deployments, with six divisions totaling 100,000 troops. Together with the troops of the old Northeast Army, a total of 300,000 troops. In addition, due to the fear that the original Northeast Army was insufficient in combat effectiveness, in addition to supplementing two additional infantry divisions to the north, Tao Qian led the second wave of the North China Army to be stationed in the Jinjing area, which could not only defend Jinjing for a generation, but also be able to rush out of Shanhaiguan at any time to support the north.

As for Tibetan Province, Zhuge Sheng's troops have already arrived on the outskirts of Lhasa, and are engaged in some intricate struggles of Tibetan forces, and it is expected to enter the urban area of Lhasa in the near future to deter the religious authorities.

On the Xinjiang Provincial Side, the Xinjiang Provincial Corps led by Zhang Zizhong and Wang Zheng has already passed Hami and is marching in the direction of Turpan.

In addition, it is the current progress of some infrastructure construction in China, which is also Zhang Shusheng is very concerned, large-scale economic construction is about to begin, and whether the national infrastructure construction task that will last until November can be completed, will have a huge impact on the first five-year economic plan of the whole new China.

"Knock knock!"

"Come in!"

Mao Yunxian had already reported in advance just now, and Li Zongren of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an urgent report.

"Chairman, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received a letter of the people of the Nanyang, which was submitted by the Chinese of the island of Natuna in the Nanyang, that is, the person who submitted the letter of the people, called Hanzhong Island. Please take a look at it. ”

Li Zongren handed the book of all the people to Zhang Shusheng.

Zhang Shusheng was stunned, Nanyang? Isn't that one of the most concentrated and most sinful areas of the Chinese at present? I haven't forgotten them, and I was going to deal with this aspect of things after the various undertakings in New China have stabilized a little, but I didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to ask for help.

When he opened the Book of the People, he was slightly stunned, this Book of the People was actually written in blood, judging from the faint smell, it was actually real human blood.

(To be continued)