In May 1905, a ship docked at the docks of Port Suward. Now that Alaska's gold rush has passed, although new minerals, such as oil fields, have been discovered, but firstly, because of the inconvenience of transportation, the development cost is expensive, and secondly, because the local, mainly the oil production in the Gulf of New Mexico is also enough to meet the needs of the market, so Alaska's oil naturally has no need for large-scale development. So when the gold was exhausted, Alaski returned to the silence and wilderness of the past.

After the gold was mined, the gold prospectors' huts that dotted the river were abandoned. Even the heavily fortified gold mines have been abandoned. The original road was soon overgrown with grass, the tall watchtowers had collapsed, and the roofs of the houses where the workers lived had long since been crushed by the winter snow because no one had cleared the snow, leaving only four bare walls, and even the continuous walls of the mine had fallen down a lot.

However, thanks to advances in freezing technology, Alaska's ports are still there, but today only fishing boats and whaling ships stop here. Port Suward is close to the Aleutian Islands, where many whales gather in the summer, including blue whales, humpback whales, minke whales, and sperm whales. MacDonald built a primary processing plant at the port to process cetaceans, seals, and other seafood. This is almost the last vestige of Araskie's civilization.

The U.S. government had no interest in managing the wilderness, and the money they had paid for the land had been lent to them by MacDonald, and then the government had recouped most of the money by selling some of the land to MacDonald, and then made a lot of money by blocking the port during the gold rush to collect taxes. However, a few years ago, the last government agency, the tax office, was withdrawn from Alaski, and now there is no gold, and it is too little to collect taxes on aquatic products, and it is better to wait for these aquatic products to be shipped back to the country, so that the cost of collecting taxes is lower. As a result, although Alaska is still on the territory of the United States, it no longer has any government agencies, and it has become a complete place outside the law.

Every once in a while, a cargo ship arrives to bring away the seafood, as well as all the items needed by the fishing and whaling ships. However, after the ship docked, some sailors who happened to be in the harbor found that the ship had brought a lot of passengers.

It's not uncommon for ships to bring people to Alaska, and workers in seafood factories rotate every once in a while, as do port staff. So, they didn't care too much. The people who came down this time were slightly different, because a large part of them were Orientals.

"Those guys are getting more and more stingy, and they are only willing to hire Orientals." A sailor looked at the men who disembarked from the boat from a distance, shook his head, and said, "These guys are paid cheaply, but I don't know if they have the strength and skills, so don't waste everything we have worked so hard to catch...... Hey, Harpy, you see there's a woman, it's Japanese, right? It's great that they're finally willing to do something serious! ”

Qiu Jin, who was regarded as a Japanese woman, had just stepped off the springboard, and she didn't know that some sailors had already regarded her as a Japanese woman engaged in some smoke-free industries. At that time, because Japan embarked on the road of industry earlier, in the eyes of Westerners, the Japanese were the representatives of the yellow race, and when they saw a yellow person, their first reaction was always to think that they were Japanese. And Japanese women are even more famous in the world, because a considerable part of the funds for Japan's industrialization are earned back by Japanese women. At that time, Japan was almost exclusively promoting the women's custom industry as a national policy. So in the whole world, you can see almost all Japanese women engaged in the smoke-free industry, so much so that when people around the world think of Japanese women, the first thing that comes to mind is that they are employed in the kind of industry that men like to see.

Qiu Jin, who had just turned 30 this year, learned six months ago from people in the Xingzhong Society that in Manila, there was a senior named Chen Guang who was willing to support the revolution, and from him they were able to buy all kinds of weapons at relatively cheap prices. So the two of them immediately found the past and took Chen Guang's path.

More than a month ago, Chen Guang told them that after research, they believed that the reason why the revolutionary party's previous uprisings had failed was that the revolutionary party was very unprofessional and lacked training, so he intended to organize a study class so that the revolutionary aspirants could have better professional skills in advance.

"You know, I worked with Mr. Scrooge MacDonald, the number one tycoon in the United States, as his bodyguard. Mr. Scrooge has always been very supportive of the national liberation of various countries. Mr. MacDonald's support played a crucial role in the liberation of Cuba from Spanish rule. In fact, my idea to organize a workshop came from Mr. MacDonald's support for the Cuban Revolution at that time. At that time, Mr. MacDonald organized a similar study class in Blackwater, and trained a large number of outstanding political and military talents for the Cuban Revolution. Nowadays, important figures in the Cuban government and military basically have Blackwater classes on their backs. Scenery.

So I asked Mr. MacDonald if I could also run a study class for the revolutionaries in China. Mr. MacDonald was also interested, but he had a lot of concerns. As you may know, the MacDonald consortium also had some business in China, and he naturally did not want to offend the Manchu government directly. Moreover, the power of the United States in Asia cannot be compared with that of Britain and France, and he is also worried that the revolutionaries who directly help our country, as they did in Cuba, may cause Britain and France to worry, but it will not be good. So, there are a lot of concerns. But in the end, he told me that Blackwater has a training base in Alaska, and that place is very inconspicuous, but the conditions are extremely difficult, and if you are not afraid of hardship, then you can send people there to study. It's just that the matter must be kept secret and not hyped up. ”

Endure hardships or something, whether it is Tao Chengzhang or Qiu Jin, they are not afraid, Tao Chengzhang personally traveled all over the world for the revolution, but he suffered a lot. As for Qiu Jin, for the sake of the revolution, he abandoned his husband and children, and crossed to Japan by boat alone, because he had no money, he could only stay in the most inferior bunker cabin, surrounded by hooligans and prodigal sons, Qiu Jin held a Japanese sword in an independent corner, several days and nights, and did not see each other, but was able to protect himself. After joining the revolution, there were all kinds of rumors and all kinds of discrimination, and Qiu Jin was able to persevere, and the hardships she endured were unimaginable to ordinary people. So in the eyes of the two of them, since they have joined the revolution, they are naturally not afraid of death, but what are they afraid of hardship?

"Senior Chen, our comrades of the Restoration Society, for the revolutionary ......," Tao Chengzhang said

"Do you want to say that for the sake of the revolution, you are not afraid of death, where is there a reason to be afraid of hardship?" Chen Guang took his words with a smile. "Mr. Tao, you also know that I used to work in the Taiping Army. If you want to say that in the Taiping Army, I don't know how many heroes are not afraid of death, but to be honest, I am not afraid of hardship, but I really haven't seen a few. For example, you say that our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, whether it is the King of Heaven, His Royal Highness the Eastern King, or His Royal Highness the Loyal King, which one is the one who is afraid of death? However, whether it is the king of the east or the king of loyalty, they both like to talk about pomp and circumstance, and their lives are very luxurious. When I think back to the Taiping Army in the past over the years, I think that before the great cause is accomplished, I will talk about pomp and circumstance, and enjoy it, I am afraid that one of the reasons for the final defeat of our Taiping Army is that it is one of the reasons. For example, the King of Heaven, the King of the East and others actually have the problem of being afraid of hardship. Therefore, it is much more difficult not to be afraid of hardship than not to be afraid of death. Moreover, if you want to say that the king of heaven and the king of the east, he still suffered a lot in the years when he was preparing for the uprising, and to be honest, I have also had a lot of dealings with the revolutionaries, and among them, in terms of not being afraid of hardship, there is not a single one who is comparable to the king of the east and them. The king of the east can't have a beginning and an end, and the others ...... It is not easy to be not afraid of hardship for a while, but it is not easy to persevere and not be afraid of hardship. I can't do it. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Guang let out a long sigh.

"What the predecessors said makes sense, but not being afraid of hardship is more difficult than not being afraid of death." Qiu Jin nodded and said. She and Tao Chengzhang both knew what Chen Guang meant when he said that none of the revolutionaries could endure hardship. Chen Guang used to deal more with Mr. Sun's Xingzhong Society. There are indeed many people in the Xingzhong Association who are not afraid of death, but they are not afraid of hardship...... In short, Tao Chengzhang has always been very unaccustomed to those gangs who like to visit brothels when they have nothing to do, and if they don't do well, they will get into trouble. Poisonous revolutionaries. It's just that Mr. Sun himself is not much better in this regard, he is always surrounded by women, especially those little girls who have not grown up, and he also likes to be the only big hero. With such a leading brother, the following atmosphere can naturally be imagined. Qiu Jin even thought that Chen Guang's predecessors found the Guangfuhui, and he was afraid that there was also a reason for being disappointed in the style of the Xingzhong Society.

"In addition, confidentiality is very important. To put it bluntly, I have seen many revolutionary parties with a very strong taste of gangs, too much about human feelings, too much about face, and completely undisciplined. As a result, there are few secrets. The Xingzhong Society has also launched several uprisings in the past few years, but there are almost no leaks. I can't change it even if I'm still dead, what else do you say this is to believe in comrades! Sure enough, in Chen Guang's later words, there were quite complaints about the Xingzhong Society.

"Seniors, rest assured," Tao Chengzhang spoke, "The comrades brought by Tao this time will definitely be able to endure hardships and keep secrets." ”