When Su Boss hurried to the trading house, the situation was already chaotic and out of control, he and several partners were in a street away, they were attacked by white thugs, and at this time the shops in the nearby area had already closed, some white shops were also looted, Su Boss and his companions hid in a nearby chapel, and the priest came forward to stop the thugs who followed, but they couldn't be dissuaded, and the situation was quite critical.

In the trading house, there are more than 20 employees, many of whom are members of the former Hui Party, and everyone is equipped with six thunder cannons, but the ammunition is limited, not to mention the large number of thugs outside, no less than dozens of firearms, and some of them are long guns, with long range and great power, and the pottery on the shelves of the store is shattered by stray bullets from time to time, and the dust is filled.

Hiding behind the wooden counter, the high shopkeeper was wearing copper pills one by one, the old man had a goatee, and he said that he had small eyes, and he looked like a philistine, but he didn't want to be a good player, so that the little guy who was hiding on his side and trembling with fright was shocked, and he didn't know that the high shopkeeper followed Boss Su from birth to death, and there were no less than ten scars on his body.

"Bang" another bottle of fire oil was thrown in, and the fire oil splashed on the nearby wooden cabinet shelf, which immediately ignited a sea of fire, and several clerks hurriedly took clothes wrapped in mud to put out the fire.

Listening to the noise outside like a beast, Laixi was almost so frightened that he peed his pants, and asked with a crying voice: "Shopkeeper, police, will the police come?" He can only hope that the police will arrive in time, and the authorities will turn a blind eye to the attacks on Chinese in the goldfields, but this is the capital city, and it stands to reason that the Australian authorities will not condone the rioters who ransack the shops.

The shopkeeper sighed in his heart, and said in his heart Let's look at the creation, I am afraid that when the Australian police come, he and others will already be buried in the fire. But he just patted Laixi's head and said, "It's coming, don't be afraid." This young child, who is usually very diligent, said that he wanted to save money to go back to his hometown to marry a daughter-in-law, but he encountered such a catastrophe in his life, and he was really pitiful.

…… Outside the commercial bank, watching the fire gradually break out in the commercial house, Boris showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth, he pressed his top hat down, just received a report from a friend in the police station, the patrol will arrive in half an hour, and by that time, the gold and silver coins in this Chinese shop have long been in his pocket.

Suddenly there was a stirring in the direction of the Bund near the wharf, and then I saw several white young men running over at the corner of the street, and then, in twos and threes, more and more people ran towards this side, these people must have been robbing the nearby shops, but at this time they were frightened, as if they had been burned by fire, and they swarmed as if they had been burned by fire, as if there were some monster over there.

"What's going on?" Boris grabbed a young man in a felt hat and a musket who ran past him, and the young man shouted: "Navy! After saying that, the Chinese Navy ......" violently broke free of Boris and ran in the direction of the city.

Boris was stunned, then ran up the Bund against the crowd, and on several occasions narrowly missed him, crossed the street and came to a condescending shop with a beautiful view of the sea from the flower garden.

But seeing that under the afterglow of the sunset, several swarthy behemoths appeared on the coastline, Boris hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, and then gasped, driving in the forefront was a dark gray steel fortress, more than a hundred meters long, perhaps, two hundred meters? The huge main guns on the deck were daunting, and although they were still far away, it seemed as if an inviolable coercion had come to them.

The five-ring yellow dragon flag flying high is a force that no powerful country in this era dares to humiliate.

In July 1876, three warships of the Imperial South Ocean Fleet, the "Penglai", "Novosibirsk", and "Lhasa", as well as several auxiliary ships, arrived at the port of Brisbane.

The Novosibirsk and Lhasa are cruisers of the same class with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, and the Penglai is the latest heavy battleship launched by the Empire, with all-steel armor and a displacement of more than 13,000 tons.

Although many countries, including Italy, have begun to have 10,000-ton giant ships, the technical level of Chinese warships has always been in the leading position in the world, and among the 10,000-ton giant ships, the Penglai class is also the first batch of main battleships with a speed of more than 17 knots.

Using the Empire's extremely mature three-expansion engine, the Penglai can even reach a maximum speed of 18 knots, and the coal consumption at cruising speed is only 1 ton/1 hour/7.6 knots, which is an extremely impressive thermal efficiency value.

Penglai has a coal reserve of 1,000 tons, a normal 1,200 tons, and a maximum loading capacity of 1,510 tons; It has a range of 3,080 nautical miles at 14 knots, 3,325 nautical miles at 13 knots, and 5,120 nautical miles at 10 knots.

For the Manila-based South Sea Fleet, the Penglai can completely project force to the entire South China Seas, including Australia, without relying on coal carriers and thermal supply points.

The Penglai's armament system is equipped with 4 350 mm caliber Julang A main guns (67 tons, breech loading); 10 Fengbo fourth-generation 150 mm rapid-fire guns; 14 rapid-fire guns of 60 mm and 45 mm; 7 400 mm torpedo tubes, including 2 underwater broadside tubes, 4 overboard tubes and 1 stern tube.

Among them, the Julang A main gun has a total length of nearly 11 meters, weighs 67 tons, and has 34 right-handed rifling lines; The pitch angle is +13 ° - 5, and the projectile weighs more than 1,000 catties; The muzzle velocity reached 628 m/s; Muzzle Energy: Rate of fire of 1 round/2 min.

Particularly impressive is its armor-piercing ability, which has been tested to penetrate 285 mm of Krupp steel armor at a distance of more than 2,500 meters.

In addition to the conventional armor of various Empire's latest technologies, the Penglai armor system uses nickel steel armor as the upper armor on the side between the main deck and the middle deck, which is also the first in the world.

It can be said that the Penglai has gathered the culmination of imperial heavy industry and light industry technology, but in today's rapid upgrading of artillery systems and material systems, almost every ten years, the most advanced ships will become outdated generational products, because the empire did not produce Penglai-class battleships in large quantities, and the limited naval military expenditure must always be used on the blade, and the empire has been far behind Britain in terms of the total tonnage of the navy.

But at least for now, the Penglai can be said to be the representative product of the world's navies, the most advanced ship among the naval powers, perhaps, also represents a watershed in naval technology, it caused the world's amazement during the sea trials, the Germans once invited the Penglai to visit Hamburg, but was politely declined by the Imperial Royal Navy.

Now, the Penglai has appeared in Brisbane, and the panic caused by the Australians can be imagined.

Almost as soon as the Penglai appeared in port, Brisbane's military and police were dispatched with great speed to disperse the demonstrators and rioters, and at the same time sent officials to contact the Imperial fleet to inquire about the Royal Navy's intentions.

As for the Australian marine police, they have long avoided it from afar, so as not to misfire, and the trading merchant ships are also docked and offshore in anxiety, but fortunately, the Royal Chinese Navy has not disturbed any merchant ships.

Boss Su and the clerks of the firm relieved the difficulty, and under the leadership of Boss Su, they took a small sampan on the Penglai, and for the sake of safety, Miss Ross was also quickly picked up on the boat.

Leading the detachment to Brisbane was Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, Admiral of the South Seas Fleet, and Captain of the Penglai, Li Chengmou, who also brought a telegram from the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine.

In the lounge on the second deck, Boss Su saw Li Chengmou, and also saw the letter written by his sister to him, he was slightly stunned when he saw it, in the letterhead, the matchmaker asked him to cooperate sincerely with Li Chengmou, contact the Brisbane political axe, and find a safe gathering area for the Chinese, according to the precedent of San Francisco's Chinatown, set up a Chinese district in Brisbane, as for the gold mining area, you can lease land as a Chinese gathering area, Chinese laborers unite, organize joint defense, of course, everything must be agreed by the local political axe.

The matchmaker said on the letterhead that it was not appropriate for the Chinese workers to evacuate, and it was not easy to work hard overseas, so how could they leave? Of course, the Chinese businessmen are benevolent and voluntarily contribute to the evacuation of their compatriots, which should be a reward.

The evacuation of the Chinese workers was the personal behavior of Boss Su and the Chinese businessmen, and there was no instruction from Yanjing, but it was still a little strange to see this letter.

Li Chengmou said at this time: "The imperial concubine Niangniang has sent you electricity several times, but it is like a stone sinking into the sea, thinking that your contact with the outside world has been cut off by the Australians." ”

Boss Su nodded slightly, and it was not difficult to explain why the imperial fleet had arrived, but he didn't know anything about it.

This time, Li Chengmou knew the identity of Boss Su, and he was doubly polite to Boss Su, speaking of which, the imperial concubine Niangniang is such an elder brother, but she is willing to live in seclusion overseas, how can it not be admired?

While the two were talking, a sailor came to tell him that the Governor of the Australian Dominion, Cook, wanted to board the ship to visit, so Li Chengmou asked Boss Su: "Do you want to see him now or wait, and burn a few fires?" Prime Minister, is he the local governor? But he is also very humble. "Uncle Su has been in Brisbane for many years and is familiar with the Australian spleen surname, and I want to take him as the leader in this negotiation.

Su Lao Avenue: "The military gate does not know, the local is a barren land, the Australian people are more advocating freedom, the people are noble, the head of the Dominion, not to mention the British governor in Hong Kong, is better than the adviser of Brunei, he has to do it himself." This Mr. Cook, with a sweet mouth and a sword, is actually eager to drive all our Chinese out of Australia. ”

Li Chengmou smiled: "I see, then roast him?" ”

Su Lao Avenue: "It should be like this, but there are many Chinese stranded in the gold mining area, and this matter is incomprehensible, and they are afraid that it will be more troublesome." ”

Li Chengmou's face was straight, and he said: "I lost my words and was taught." ”

(To be continued)