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Medan became a military camp, and the city across the sea was bustling with people. If there is one city that is most like Medan, with a large Chinese population, it is Penang.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Chinese have gone to Nanyang and opened up the city with hard work. Many of Mei Hua's industries are concentrated in Penang, with Lee Tin Company, Mei Hua Bank, Southern Star Steamship Company, Acorn International, and Mei Hua Pharmaceutical Company all having branches in Penang.

In recent years, Penang has been in close contact with Medan. As the morning dawned, the Chinese transported a large amount of rubber, tin products, grain and other materials from the Malay Peninsula to Medan in exchange for spices, tobacco and steel products in Medan.

After Medan declared independence, the Dutch fleet was too busy blockading and suppressing the rebellion in Surabaya to worry about blockading Medan. However, if they saw the rice flags or the Stars and Stripes flying on the ships, it was another matter whether they dared to stop these ships.

Penang is sending not only a large amount of supplies to Medan, but also the soldiers who are currently in short supply. This morning, a train arrived from Ipoh, the capital of Si, loaded with more than 3,000 Chinese miners.

They were all employees of the Lee Tin Mining Company or from the mines of the Chinese Tin Association, and after arriving in Penang, they rested at the nearby Zhenhua Secondary School and then went down to Sumatra to take a boat to "open a mine".

The horns of the ships roared over the port of Penang, and a large number of Chinese people gathered in the port, including wrinkled old people, innocent and lively children, and reluctant women, who saw off their relatives and fellow villagers to the other side of the strait to participate in the war of national independence.

A British police officer looks at the agitated Chinese on the dock. Complicated eyes. Behind him was a red turban. Have fun watching the hilarious Indian police.

The nearby military port seems to be on guard, but I don't know why it didn't stop it.

The huge figure of the Nanxing is moored in the port of Penang, and this huge ship is not only loaded with a large amount of supplies, but also about to welcome thousands of Chinese workers who are about to board the ship.

"Smack!" The camera was on, and the "Birth of a Nation" crew was tapping the Chinese workers boarding the ship in front of the ship, and these American photographers had recently fallen in love with the job, having traveled to many parts of Medan and shot dozens of boxes of film, but they still enjoyed it and made the trip to Penang to shoot.

As the footage goes on. A group of plainly dressed workers dressed in the popular denim overalls of the Meihua factory appeared, their expressions ranging from restrained to stern to excited or frightened. When I looked back at the port, my eyes were a little more nostalgic.

When you turn your head to look at the vast sea. His eyes became excited and confident again.

Of course they weren't, they were just a team of miners, who didn't carry any weapons, just carried simple bags, and under the leadership of the miner captain, they lined up to board the ship in turn, neatly aligned, like an army.

These are dark-skinned, athletic and tenacious, and their tenacious character has been cultivated through long hours of labor. Under the militarized management of the United States and China, they learned to enforce orders and prohibitions, and all they lacked was the last shooting training and a little blood.

Hu Maochun, looking back at the crowded port at this moment, thinking that he was participating in a great cause, this man in his thirties was very excited.

He was the son of Hu Guolian, the king of the tin industry, and after Hu Guolian went to Medan to participate in the organization of the South China government, he took charge of the Hu family's industry.

As the secretary general of the Chinese Tin Industry Association, he was obliged to organize the miners' team this time, ready to lead the tin miners to fight a new day.

The port is busy. All kinds of flags are waving, including the rice flag, the Stars and Stripes flag, and the Medan flag that has just emerged (.) The South China flag in Medan is simple, half yellow. Half is blue.

Yellow symbolizes their skin color, as well as the haunting loess.

Blue represents the ocean. It not only represents their difficult way to go to the sea, but also represents the dream of the Han nation to go to the ocean.

The flags were improvised by a British cloth merchant in Penang, but the raw materials came from Meihua's Da Sang yarn mill in Shanghai. Chinese garment factories in Penang are rushing to make military uniforms, leaving a large amount of scrap material left.

A shrewd British businessman saw an opportunity and offered to produce a batch of small flags for the American Chinese Company, and he charged only one processing fee.

The U.S. Chinese Company naturally agreed. Immediately paid $500 for the enthusiastic British businessman to make a batch of farewell flags.

Simple miners do not understand too profound truths, they only know that if they win the war, they will get ahead, they can get a good job, they can take over their poor relatives and villagers, and lead them to live a good life.

Looking at the crowd of people at the port, the miners standing on the deck realized the great honor, and this trip to Medan not only represents his people, his relatives and friends, but also represents the hope of a nation's independence, prosperity and strength!

"Haruko, do a good job, give me a hard beating!" A gray-haired old man, holding a bowl of white wine, encouraged Hu Maochun.

"Third uncle, don't worry! We will surely defeat the Dutch, and then we will take you over and see our land. Hu Maochun said confidently.

He held the plate of Zhuangxing wine, drank it all, threw the wine basin on the ground with a "snap", and still turned to board the ship.

"The villagers are doing great things for us, everyone should be spiritual. Come, sing a mountain song, go down to the South Seas, and get ready to sing—"

With Hu Maochun's order, the miners stranded on the deck sang in unison:

"Brother went out to Nanyang

Drift across the ocean to a foreign country.

I wish my brother to take care of his health,

I have a good health to return home.

People fight for breath Buddha for incense,

People fight for breath Buddha for incense,

Fight for breath and get ahead!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! ”

When this cry rang out over Penang, it was like hearing a group of desperate warriors resolutely go to the battlefield and tear apart the injustice of fate with blood and courage!

Everyone present was moved, and the memory is still fresh decades later.

"Great! It is to have this effect, tragic enough, just like Wallace bravely faced the British invasion. That's great! Be sure to record it. And record the voice as well. ”

The director of the camera crew clapped his hands excitedly. sighed again and again.

For them, there is nothing more proud of them than recording the birth of a nation with their own hands.

Although the protagonists are those Chinese, as time goes by, more and more things are recorded, and the camera crew also feels that they have been "assimilated" and can't help but applaud it...... The scene is big, and the market seems to be big! ”

Ferdinand silently watched the scene in the harbor and said with a slight smile.

He was a businessman, a British businessman, who had traveled from Mumbai to Penang to inspect the company's presence in Penang. He ran a foreign firm in India with a fairly objective scale, selling Indian textiles, tea and other products to the South Seas and China.

In the past few years, the business has developed, and I have begun to have more contact with Meihua Company, and I have just negotiated a small business with Meihua Company. The waving yellow and blue flags in the harbor were provided by him.

At this moment, he was standing on the dock, holding a delicate South China yellow and blue flag in his hand waving from time to time, and his eyes secretly paid attention to the face of a Chinese man in a suit and leather shoes beside him.

About 30 years old, not tall, with a good appearance, silently looking at the Chinese workers who were boarding the ship. He was Lee Kong Chian, a senior manager of Mei Hua Company, and after Yao Hongmin and other senior executives of the company moved to Medan, Lee Kong Qian was transferred to Penang. In charge of the affairs of the Malay Peninsula, he is actually responsible for transporting the resources of the South Seas to Medan.

"Mr. Ferdinand, thank you for the farewell flag for us, I love it!"

Li Guangqian turned around and waved the yellow and blue flags a little heavily, bidding farewell to the Chinese workers who had just come out of the mines and farms, and they were all soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield.

"If you like it! Our company can also provide more services, hope we can have more opportunities for cooperation. Ferdinand smiled and looked at Lee Kong Qian with some expectation.

Heart: Be sure to catch the big fish of Meihua! After getting in touch with Meihua Company, the future business will be much better.

The British businessman was courteous. Just to get more orders from the American Chinese company, the turmoil in the Indonesian archipelago made this British businessman with a keen sense of smell see a huge business opportunity.

Clothes, cloth, shoes, hats, food, and even munitions, he was willing to provide. Even if he could not produce, he could get it from other British merchants. It was then sold to Meihua Company.

"I also like to work with enthusiasts like Mr. Ferdinand, or we'll talk more about it when we get back to the office." Lee Kong Chian said with a smile.

After returning to the office. He got straight to the point: "The Meihua company needs a lot of supplies, and we have countless dollars, pounds and even gold in our hands, as long as you can meet our requirements, they are all yours." ”

"Understood!" Ferdinand nodded. Although he was a little impatient, he still waited patiently for Lee Kong Chian's next step.

"There is only one requirement, and that is that the delivery location is in Medan, and you need to deliver the goods there." Li Guangqian said with a smile, carefully looking at the British businessman who came to the door in front of him, as if to say, the opportunity is in front of you, it depends on whether you dare to take risks.

Ferdinand frowned, seeing that the Chinese and Dutch in Medan were about to fight, and then the sea would be blocked, so it would not be easy to transport goods to Medan?

Ferdinand hesitated a little, and then heard Li Guangqian say: "The first $100,000, cloth and grain are fine." If the cooperation is pleasant, the next one is $1 million. I think the merchants of the British Empire had a tradition of free trade and would not interfere with the Dutch, don't you think? ”

Lee looked at Ferdinand with a smile.

This time, the Meihua company itself can also provide it to Nanhua, but it is worth spending a little more money to buy British merchants. If British merchants could profit from the war, the Governor's Office in the Straits Settlements would have skewed in its favor.

"You promise the next one is a million dollars?" Federnand looked at Lee Kong Qian with blazing eyes.

"As long as you have the ability, you can afford 10 million Meihua. Unless you don't believe in our strength. Lee Kong Qian said arrogantly. He knows that the other party is moved, and there is money to make the ghost grind, so he can't do it, and the other party won't comply?

"Good! I did it! I sent a telegram to Mumbai right away. Ferdinand gritted his teeth.

"Refreshing!" Lee Kong Chian smiled and nodded, thought for a moment, pulled out a check, and signed $100,000 in Ferdinand's surprise.

"Mr. Li, what are you?" Ferdinand looked at the slip on the check and swallowed.

"It's Meihua's sincerity! After all, you also need money to buy goods. ”

Li Guangqian said sincerely, "But this is only one case, next time we have to pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other according to our agreement." ”

Ferdinand took the check, a little moved, after all, he had taken a lot of risks in this matter.

"Aren't you afraid of me—"

"Absconding with the money?" Li Guangqian glanced at Ferdinand with a smile, and said confidently, "It's not that there are people who dare to play Meihua, but the end is very regrettable." Dear Sir, we are still singing on the days of cooperation! Are you willing to give up a million or 10 million dollars for a mere $100,000? ”

"Of course not!" Ferdinand laughed.

"That's good!"

Lee Kong Qian went up and patted Ferdinand on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

The transaction was led by the Meihua Company, but it was the newly established Nanhua Import and Export Trading Company in Medan that purchased the supplies, thus avoiding a possible future investigation by the British government against the Meihua Company.

Although the probability is low, Lee Kong Chian had to be cautious at the critical moment.

"Mr. Ferdinand, if you have other partners or other channels, you may wish to introduce them to us, we have always been generous to friends."

Finally, Lee Kong Chian said that he was ready to use Guò Ferdinand to win over more European merchants.

"I will!" Ferdinand nodded, understood what Lee Kong Chian meant, and went back satisfied.

In addition to British businessmen, American businessmen were also the targets of the US-China company. Since the declaration of independence in Medan, American businessmen in Manila have frequently visited the Chinese companies in the United States, and Governor Davis, who has invested a lot in Manila, has also become a key partner of the United States and China.

After holding the order for Medan, the Philippine Governor's Office and the American businessmen naturally knew where their hearts were. They are very experienced in this regard.

The more chic attitude is the French, the United States and China have also invested in French Annam, and a group of French businessmen have become partners or suppliers of the United States and China companies, and they also need orders from Medan. When these merchants appeared at the Governor's Mansion in Hanoi, the French Governor's Mansion knew what to do.

All you need to do is show your attitude to make the economy in your territory more prosperous, so why not?

At the same time, there are some worries about how to prevent the recurrence of those Medan in their own territory, but neither the British nor the French will believe that the weak Chinese dare to make trouble in their own territory. Be vigilant and be wary of those who are native.

Medan was just one of the rebellions in the Indonesian archipelago, and the Dutch were too weak to blame.

Ferdinand moved quickly, and after only a week, he delivered the goods to Medan.

When he approached Lee Kong Chian again, he got the $1 million order. At the same time, after hearing about Lee Kong Chian's proposal, Ferdinand organized a group of British merchants in India, Singapore and other places, and each time organized a huge fleet of ships to transport supplies to Medan in large quantities.

Even if he was later warned by the Governor's Office of the Straits to ignore it, in his words, since Medan was not an enemy of the British, and the laws of the enemy country did not prohibit him from selling goods to Medan, then the Governor had no reason to suppress the right of his own merchants to free trade.

The addition of foreign fleets has greatly eased the pressure on Medan's transportation, allowing more ships to be drawn out for military missions...... Ask for a collection recommendation! Ask for a subscription! (To be continued......) x

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