Chapter 51: The Wind and Rain (1
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On Sunday, October 23, 1622, frost fell and light rain fell during the lunar solar term.
The cold autumn in North America seems to have arrived very early this year, and the whole day has been cold and rainy, and some residents who have gone out have even turned out their winter clothes to put on.
The city of Manchester, which has expanded a lot, has become a modern garden city with spacious blocks surrounded by green lawns, buildings of varying heights and widths, straight gravel asphalt or cement roads, and street lamps with windproof oil lamps.
There are modern Chinese styles, there are Chinese and Western combinations, and there are also modern styles that are so simple that you can't see the Chinese and the Western.
On the river port, several small steamers are still coming and going leisurely, delivering all kinds of nutrients to this small country.
Sunday's holiday relieved all the companies that worked overtime continuously, and on a rainy day, tired people huddled at home and enjoyed a rare comfort.
But today, at the pier in the outer islands of Manchuria, another big event is about to take place. In addition to the necessary management personnel, more than 300 crossers were wearing umbrellas and eagerly looking at the mouth of the bay to the south.
The radio waves sent from the light cruiser USS Liberty had already informed that the fleet transporting Ming immigrants would arrive on the mainland today. People who have been impatient for a long time arrive at the pier in the outer islands almost early in the morning.
The President of the country, the Prime Minister, the National Assembly and government officials were almost all present, except for the platoon of recruits from the boot camp in the Outer Island District and one platoon of garrisons in the sanitary quarantine area to ensure safety. The Army Command redeployed another platoon from the Long Island New Area, and the Police Department mobilized about 40 police officers from various neighborhoods.
"Haha, now it's solid, in the future, we will be able to gain a firm foothold by adding thousands of Ming Dynasty immigrants every year!"
Ren Changle, the boss of COSCO International Trade Company, was wearing a brand-new dark windbreaker, standing at the front of the crowd with a smile, and the young people around him were smiling.
"Probably thinking about those little women of the Ming Dynasty, right?" Yang Wenwen sneered on the side. "Don't be disappointed by the time. However, you may also meet your ancestors. ”
"Hey, it seems to be! Or let's celebrate today. Shall we roll the sheets at night? Ren Changle turned his head and winked at his major shareholder.
"Get out!" Yang Wenwen's answer was also very simple.
"Hehe, Xiao Qi. I've been looking forward to it for so long, and I've finally looked forward to it, Xiao Su and Xiao Yan, the two young people, are still very organized, and such troublesome things have been done, the government should give them more opportunities to experience! ”
Liu Lao, the president of the Senate of the National Assembly, was full of silver hair, but the tiredness on his face was swept away, and he said to the cabinet premier Qi Jianjun next to him with a red face, as if he had become the chairman of the community committee who led everyone to face the difficulties after the catastrophe.
"Hehe, Liu Lao, don't worry. After Yan Xiaosong returns, he will be arranged to serve as vice minister of foreign affairs, and will be mainly responsible for immigration affairs in Central and South America and the Ming Dynasty. Prime Minister Qi Jianjun nodded hurriedly like an obedient junior.
Talking and laughing, at the end of the line of sight, a few sailboat shadows quietly appeared in the drizzle.
After the order of Captain He Yu, the on-site military commander of the Outer Islands District, was issued. Hundreds of army officers and men began to set up a guard in the port area under the command of non-commissioned officers, and the infantry with helmets and guns stood in three long rows behind a white line, each with their chests puffed up, blocking hundreds of high-ranking officers and nobles more than ten meters behind them.
In the front row is an Indo-European choreographer, Sergeant Mochi, who is only 23 years old and was once a famous hunter in the village of the Delaware tribe on Long Island. As for why Mochi was promoted to sergeant in just over a year. Many European veterans have pointed fingers behind their backs.
No way, Moqi is the son of Kenraton, and his sister Na Da is the wife of Li Xiang, the country's immigration minister. In the eyes of many people, anyone who has a relationship with these Chinese magnates, even Indians, also has a high status in this country.
Like his sister Nada, Mochi was one of the fastest-growing young Delaware in the country's identity led by the Chinese, and was also extremely good at participating in battles against the Pecots and Mohoks. But since he was saddled with some strange argument, Moqi, who had always thought that he would not lose to any opponent, was depressed.
A few months earlier, he had volunteered to take part in the landing on Bermuda, and had personally killed the pirate who had escaped from the chapel after igniting a powder keg.
But he could sense the special attention of the Chinese officers, and perhaps it was his sister who played a role in the back, returning home with the merchant fleet during the change of guard in September, and being told that he would no longer serve as an overseas garrison, and that he would only be responsible for the training of Indian recruits at the Outer Island training camp.
"All of them! Be vigilant! ”
A lot of thoughts flashed through my mind, and in front of me, two large ships had docked, one of which was the familiar light cruiser Liberty. The planks of the ship had been lowered, and Mochi and another non-commissioned officer hurriedly issued the password according to the content of the pre-arranged order.
Three platoons of hundreds of soldiers neatly unloaded their rifles from their shoulders, and then held them in front of them, vigilantly watching the group of Chinese people who were stepping off the board. In Mochi's view, this time was no different from the previous reception of white immigrants from other places.
There is not a single white person, all of them are Chinese. The woman is still the kind of local common Chinese style dress, and the Chinese man who got off the boat is completely different from his brother-in-law Li Xiang in addition to his appearance, "God bless!" ”
As soon as a middle-aged blacksmith stepped off the boat, regardless of the drizzle in the sky, he knelt on the concrete floor of the dock area and bowed vigorously to the sky. And just a few steps away from where he knelt was Mochi.
All kinds of voices of gratitude sounded, and hundreds of Ming Dynasty immigrant men and women who had gone on another voyage all showed expressions as if they had been amnestied.
"Qiao Yan, look, this overseas China and the United States have arrived!" Yu Shan excitedly pulled the sleeves of his companion's shirt and kept pointing around.
"Hehe, so nice place. It's really the overseas pure land that Mr. Chang said! Qiao Yan's face was also full of excitement, and he turned his head to look at the quiet town in the rain in the far northeast, revealing a yearning look. But the eyes of the vigilant soldiers quickly lowered their heads.
"Lord Yan, my Chinese American Wang Shi soldiers are all tiger and wolf, as steady as a rock, and they are really divine soldiers! Gee. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, compared with the chaotic Ming, quite a paradise. I can't wait a few years sooner! ”
Chang Kun, who followed Yan Xiaosong off the board, kept exclaiming all kinds of admiration, and he was a fart. The festival fell to the ground again.
"Welcome! Welcome! Ladies and gentlemen, you have suffered all the way! ”
The older ones could only clap their hands, while the younger people began waving their national flags and shouting all sorts of strange welcome words.
Amid applause and cheers, the president, the prime minister, and the president of the Senate crossed the cordon with happy expressions. Prime Minister Qi Jianjun even walked a few steps and helped up the middle-aged blacksmith who was still kneeling on the ground and crying.
Although I have seen Mr. Yan dressed as a strange Taixi man many times, more "overseas former Song Dynasty relics" poured in front of him, which made the Ming Dynasty immigrants who had just disembarked suddenly nervous.
In the lively welcoming atmosphere, the crowd of men and women disembarking from the boat increased. Old and young did not dare to move, and they had eaten countless "reassuring pills" along the way, and they still looked at the row of loaded soldiers by the dock with apprehensive expressions.
It seems that these are the officials of the local government in China and the United States. Many immigrants speculated, and many even fell to their knees after involuntarily getting off the boat. kept kowtowing, making Liu Lao and others busy helping people everywhere.
"Bang!"
In the middle of the bay in the distance, the Inner Bay Fortress began to fire salutes, and the rolling roar made the faces of the more than 800 Ming Dynasty immigrants who had just disembarked turn pale.
"Follow the aisle line, men go to the left, women go to the right! No crowding. Don't make any noise, go to the open space in front of you to get the number plate...... Hey, ma'am, the men go this way, and the women go that way...... Gentleman, please go this way! ”
Several European-American policemen held tin horns and kept shouting dry Chinese, and the surging crowd in front of them gave them a headache. Because this is the largest immigration they've seen since they became a police officer, and it's all Chinese.
"Yan, I'm a little nervous......"
Excluding the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty who had long been familiar with him, there were hundreds of strange Chinese Americans in the crowd in front of him. Katarina, dressed in Hanfu, was nervous at this time, and could only hold her fiancé's arm tightly.
"Haha, it's okay, come, I'll introduce you."
Patting his fiancée's little hand, Yan Xiaosong took the other party and strode towards Liu Lao and the others. Su Zining took Yuan Xinyi to follow behind, and the two of them were very calm.
More cheers and clapping sounded, and after beating Su Zining's "idol shattered", Yan Xiaosong became the new idol of some young people, because he had heard early that Yan Xiaosong had won a legendary beauty who had been famous in history.
"Xiao Yan, it's hard, hey, it seems that I've lost weight! Hehe, this ...... This should be the ......" Liu Lao held Yan Xiaosong's hand affectionately, looked at the beautiful European girl behind the young man, and nodded incessantly.
"Her name is Katarina, her Chinese name is Elena, and she is my fiancée." Yan Xiaosong hurriedly pulled his fiancée in front of him, and this action immediately caused a group of whistles from the single wolves, and Katerina's face turned red.
"Liu Lao, this time it is very smooth, and the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty are safe and sound." Su Zining took Yuan Xinyi to the welcoming crowd and nodded to Elder Liu, the speaker of the Senate.
"Okay, okay, just go home safely!" Liu Lao took Yan Xiaosong and Su Zining's hands at the same time, and his old heart was relieved.
Dot.
According to statistics, a total of 815 Ming Dynasty immigrants, men and women, under the guidance of the police and soldiers, settled in the sanitary quarantine area one after another, and then used a feast in the bright and tidy restaurant that was far more lucrative than when they rested along the way.
Specially imported rice from Europe, fluffy and delicate white flour steamed buns, grilled salmon that is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, large pieces of stewed moose meat with oil bulging, vegetable soup with a fragrant taste, and golden corn cobs.
In the days of the Ming Dynasty, the men who fled all the way with their wives and children to starve, and crossed the ocean to experience life and death several times, looked at the qiē in front of them, and their eyes were red at this time, and they didn't know whether they wanted to cry or laugh.
And Chang Kun, who led his wife, concubine, daughter, and young son, was even more shocked by the restaurant in front of him. The table is full of delicacies, the snow-white walls are shiny with tiles, and there is even a string of crystal lamps on the roof that cannot be named! all made Chang Kun secretly smack his tongue.
When he got off the ship, he was also secretly listening, knowing that Mr. Yan who he was following all the way was the vice minister of foreign affairs of China and the United States, and after thinking about it carefully, he understood that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actually the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and Mr. Yan was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites!
Second grade master! If you really meet a nobleman, a place of great wealth and wealth! Won't he be able to enter the court as an official in the future?!
Chang Kun simply praised his luck at this time. The smell of fragrant food came to his nostrils, and the wives and concubines and daughters around him were all eager to try, Chang Kun straightened his clothes, took square steps with his chest straight, and swaggered towards the dining table.
"It's delicious...... Willing to die...... Wait for my mother ...... later."
In the corner, Yu Shan was reincarnated like a hungry ghost, grabbing a greasy venison in one hand and a sausage in the other, and was desperately stuffing it into his mouth, while still muttering something.
"Hmm...... In the future, I will definitely bring Cuiya's family too! ”
Qiao Yan beside him also lost his image, drinking vegetable broth while munching on the corn cob he had never eaten, with a happy face.
In a few restaurants, almost every Ming Dynasty immigrant was feasting with the mentality of blessings from heaven, but no one knew that they were about to face an unacceptable trial.
On the other side, the boilers of several disinfection rooms have long been boiling, and the medical staff of 20 Manchester City Metropolitan State Councillors are already on standby, and dozens of police officers and two platoons of army soldiers are also in place, ready to maintain order.
At this time, Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong were planning to follow everyone back to the southern district of Mancheng City to rest and eat.
"After they get used to life here for a few months, they can settle down in the designated neighborhood." Yan Xiaosong took Katarina's hand and carefully escorted the other party to board the ferry, while saying to Su Zining behind him.
"Maybe it won't take a month, and various companies will be in a hurry to ask for people, hehe." Looking at the excited and proud faces on the ferry, Su Zining smiled.
Before the smile on Su Zining's face could be fully formed, a crisp gunshot rang out from the direction of the health and quarantine area in the outer islands.
In an instant, Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong's faces changed at the same time, while the others on the ferry looked at each other.
The rain seemed to be getting heavier again, and the previous drizzle was now a curtain of water swaying in the autumn wind, turning the entire outer island into a haze.
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