This is a small steamship, so the speed is also relatively slow, driving in the channel, Lin Yuan looked at the cargo ships coming and going, and found that there were no Chinese to check the foreign ships entering the port, Lin Yuan couldn't help but think: "I used to patronize the war, I didn't think about running the port, and I must manage the port well in the future."

Lin Yuanzhi said that China's customs in this era were already in the hands of foreigners, and when foreign goods entered China, China did not have the power to formulate tariffs on its own, and tariffs had to be formulated through consultation with foreigners, and China had always been in a weak position in international relations, so these tariffs were usually very low.

Low tariffs allow foreign countries to dump goods unscrupulously, which is a fatal blow to the fledgling Chinese national industry, if foreigners sell only ordinary goods to China, foreigners in order to obtain high profits, they sell a large amount of opium to China, China because of opium and Britain fought two wars, both ended in defeat, so that the opium trade in China is completely legalized. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If these old diseases are not eliminated, China will never have a day of rejuvenation, but the day when we get rid of them will not be too far away." ”

Lin Yuan raised the binoculars and looked into the distance, according to what Jonas said, the ship transporting seeds was called the General, flying the British flag, but Lin Yuan looked at it for a long time, and did not find this ship, although he did not find this ship, but Lin Yuan saw a strange ship.

This ship is not close to its own ship, more than 2,000 meters, and there is no national flag on it, so it stands to reason that it is necessary to fly the national flag when entering the port of another country, but China in this era is bullied by others, and it is not surprising that this ship does not fly the national flag.

This is a cargo ship, the waterline is very low, obviously it is full of things, Lin Yuan saw four things fall from the ship, splashing patches of water.

Lin Yuan felt very strange, raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the ship, only to see that the things that fell were actually people! These people did not fall overboard, but jumped from the boat, and after falling into the water, they swam desperately in the direction of the pier.

Lin Yuan pointed to Xie Sichen beside him to the boat and said, "Look at that boat, why did someone jump off on it?" ”

Xie Sichen said: "It is very likely that the boat is broken, so these people have no choice but to abandon the ship and escape." ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "No, you see that the ship is stable, there is no sign of tilting at all, why did the people above abandon the ship and escape?" Also, the dinghy on the boat is fine, why didn't anyone go up and put down the dinghy to escape? ”

Xie Sichen frowned and said, "Yes, what is the reason for that?" ”

Lin Yuan immediately ordered: Go full speed and go to the side of the ship. With a command, the steamship quickly headed towards the big ship, but the big ship did not start, so Lin Yuan and their steamship quickly approached it.

At this moment, the people who jumped down before kept waving to the boat in the water, Lin Yuan saw clearly that they were all Chinese, Lin Yuan hurriedly let his men go down to rescue them, and when the first person was rescued, Lin Yuan asked him: "What's going on?" Why do you want to jump ship? ”

The man said, "Yes...... Be...... Because of ......" Lin Yuan was anxious to know the situation, but he didn't expect that the person who was rescued was a stammer, the more anxious the stammer, the more speechless he became, Lin Yuan sighed, turned his head and said to the person on the side: "Save another one." ”

When he rescued the next one, he saw this person screaming "ho ho", gesturing with his hand, Lin Yuan understood at a glance, he was a mute, Lin Yuan thought: "This is really going to kill me!" ”

At this time, Xie Sichen came over and said to Lin Yuan: "I have a relative at home who can't speak, so I know some sign language, let me talk to him." ”

Lin Yuan said anxiously: "That's great, you hurry up and ask what happened on the ship." ”

Xie Sichen walked up to the dumb man and gestured for a while, and the dumb man also gestured with him for a while, both of them were at a loss, Lin Yuan asked on the side, "What's wrong?" Ask what happened? ”

Xie Sichen said helplessly: "The sign language of this era seems to be different from our era, I can't understand what the comparison is?" ”

At this moment, two more people were rescued, and Lin Yuan thought to himself: "These two can't be dumb." So he hurriedly stepped forward to ask, but he didn't expect these two people to sit on the deck like two children and cry loudly, Lin Yuan asked a few times, but the two ignored it.

At this moment, the stammerer finally burst out with a sentence: "They...... Be fools, don't ask them about it. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's still reliable to stutter, let's ask him." So Lin Yuan ordered to continue chasing the ship in front of him, while waiting for the stammering to finish speaking, and stammered: "We were deceived into getting on the boat, they want to sell us as piglets, and there are many more on the ship, all of them are our people." ”

When Lin Yuan heard the words "piglet", the fire in his heart suddenly "soared", because he immediately understood what this ship was doing, this ship was the ship that trafficked Chinese laborers from all over the world!

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Chinese were trafficked to various parts of the world to work as coolies, such as the United States, when the United States built the Pacific Railroad, a large number of Chinese laborers were used, but these people did not have the slightest personal security, suffered insults and abuse by the locals, these Chinese were called "pigs".

The people on the boat were furious when they heard this, and after defeating the Japanese and Russians, the Chinese were also angry, and as soon as they heard that someone actually dared to take their compatriots away, several sailors immediately took out their guns and fired a few shots at the ship, and one of the sailors turned on the megaphone and shouted: "Stop the boat!" Park the boat for me! ”

The ship in front didn't know what was going on, and when they heard the sound of gunfire and shouting, they slowed down the ship, and Lin Yuan ordered the helmsman to bring the steamer closer to the big ship, and shouted at it, "Where are you captains?" Call him out to me. Soon a bearded white man walked out, and Lin Yuan shouted to him: "Come here on the gangplank, we have to board the ship to check!" ”

The bearded white man sneered, "Who do you think you are?" Want to board our ship and dream! ”

Lin Yuan said angrily: "I am Lin Yuan, the governor of the three eastern provinces, can't I board your ship?" ”

The bearded white man smiled disdainfully and said, "Lin Yuan, the governor of the three eastern provinces, hum, it must still be a thing to you Chinese, but in the eyes of our United States of America, it is a piece of shit." ”

Lin Yuan took out a pistol from his waist, pointed at the white ** beard and said, "Hurry up and take the springboard, let's get on the boat!" ”

Seeing Lin Yuan pointing a gun at him, the white-bearded man was not afraid at all, but said provocatively: "You son of a bitch, if you have the ability, you will shoot!" ”

Although Lin Yuan hated these people, he also knew that killing an American at will would cause a big turmoil, so he raised his hand up and took off the hat of the white ** beard with a "bang". The white-bearded man covered his head in fright, turned around and fled to the cabin, shouting loudly: "Start the boat, hurry up and start the boat!" ”