After a day off

In the end, it is the young man who has a strong ability to recover, and the fatigue of crossing the ocean is exhausted, and he is resurrected with full blood.

On the Bund Pier

Two hundred teenagers dressed in dark gray field uniforms lined up neatly, each carrying a square package behind them, a water bottle on the left and a short knife on the right, neatly tied all over their bodies, and were preparing to go on foot.

The "Taishan" ship will stay in Shanghai for more than ten days, these outstanding students will practice the principal's call for "reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles" activities, go deep into the folk fields to conduct social research, investigate the people's suffering, reflect on social problems, and come up with a considerable quality research report.

Some of them are called research reports, which are commonly known as proposition essays.

Expecting these young students to write any research reports with profound connotations is completely nonsense and basically impossible.

Unless there is an old fairy-like soul in the young body, it can see 300 years forward, 150 years backwards.

The purpose is to inspire the students to take the initiative to think about the current situation of society, combine their own experience and experience, and realize more deeply that today's happy life is not easy to come by and needs to be cherished.

That one...... Drink water and don't forget the well diggers.

"Report to the principal, the cadet team has completed the preparation for the camping on foot, it should be 210 people, but it is 210 people, can you start asking for instructions?"

"Let's go."

Li Fushou gave an order, a series of passwords sounded on the dock, and the trainees set off in a neat and orderly manner, and the accompanying instructors walked behind the team.

When every student passed by, they paid deep attention to Li Fushou, and Li Fushou also reciprocated with an encouraging smile.

As long as there is a little free

Li Fushou would go to the military camp of the escort team or the affiliated middle school to visit and mingle with the young people under him, which was the core strength he valued the most.

If the youth is strong, the Chinese will be strong.

The cadet team was led by instructors to run to all parts of northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, recording what they saw and heard along the way, honing their will, broadening their horizons, and developing a good mental outlook through long-distance field training.

During the long journey to Europe, the "Taishan" ship will also dock in Calcutta, India, and Istanbul, Austria-Hungary for replenishment, with a duration of 5~7 days, and the cadet team will also conduct hiking and training.

This is also part of Li Fushou's expedition plan, rather than simply visiting Europe, the trip from East Asia to Nanyang all the way to London, Europe, will be followed by a series of outlets.

Each important node will be equipped with high-power radios, leaving a working group jointly formed by Huitong Bank and Normandy Import and Export Company, forming a denser network throughout Europe and Asia, and also a channel for international commodity trade.

In the name of the British Empire, there is nothing that can stand in the way of these purely commercial arrangements.

"Master, there is a question that has been held in my heart for a long time, I don't vomit or be unhappy, I don't know if I can ask the master for guidance." Hou Guangde cautiously moved forward.

Li Fushou retracted his gaze, swept over the faces of the four secretaries Fan Zhongzhai, Hou Guangde, Tian Shan, and Wu Xuewen, and saw that they had the same puzzlement, and said lightly; "Come."

"Master, Zhu Wei picked more than a dozen outstanding people from us yesterday afternoon, and today he has set off for Ningbo to set up a Guangjitang branch, and a few of us have also discussed together, why does the master want to add Weihaiwei and Tianjin Wei to arrange the Guangjitang branch in the five treaty ports, wouldn't this involve more energy, more resources and money?" Hou Guangde paused and said the common opinion of several people;

"If human and financial resources are concentrated in one or two places, we privately think that the effect may be better."

"That's a good question."

Li Fushou nodded, and looked at several German soldiers in the distance, as well as Miss Yelena and Miss Fiona, who were chatting by the carriage, waiting to go to Li Fushou's hometown together...... Suzhou Mansion is about 100 kilometers away.

Li Fushou retracted his gaze and said;

"The Central Plains region is the birthplace of Chinese culture, the folk customs are simple, the values of faith and righteousness, is a good source of immigration, the land of Qilu has always been the state of Confucius and Mencius, known for benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the hometown of Chinese fish and rice, the people are industrious and intelligent, Guangdong and Jiangxi and other places have many mountains and few places, the population contradiction is more acute than other places, the countryside is often killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people in order to fight for water and land, and the government is helpless for it, these are my Chinese blood compatriots, which place is difficult to give up."

Speaking of this, Li Fushou explained with a light smile; "Spend some more resources, you can have both fish and bear's paws, why not?"

Hou Guangde and the others suddenly realized that the master was not considering from the perspective of the highest cost-effectiveness ratio, and this thought was really rare.

The wealth effect of Australian immigrants has spread widely, and now it is not difficult to mobilize immigrants, and a large number of people are willing to go.

Especially in the land of Qilu and neighboring provinces, many refugees have made a fortune in Australia, and the remittances through Huitong Bank are all real money, which has caused a huge sensation.

One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and soon everyone knew about it.

Therefore, Guangjitang can change the way of providing relief to the victims in the early stage, select the best of the best, and select immigrants who are strong and literate and hyphenated, and the quality of migrant families who have recently gone to Australia has been significantly improved, which is the product of the immigration boom.

"Everyone gets in the car, there's still a long way to go today, hurry up." After Li Fushou finished speaking, he didn't wait for a few secretaries to respond, and walked towards the carriage by himself.

Li Fushou went straight to the luxury car in the middle, Yelena followed closely behind, and Fiona Normandy only hesitated to get into the same car.

Fortunately, the car was wide and comfortable, and the two personal service girls of Mingyan and Tea did not feel crowded when they sat up, and the leader of the escort team, Bo Pengke, couldn't squeeze in, so he could only jump into the car and sit next to the coachman.

A group of eighteen carriages set off in order, followed closely by 12 knights on tall horses, escorting the convoy towards Suzhou Mansion.

The huge momentum is extremely eye-catching.

The official road from Huhai County to Suzhou Prefecture is in good condition, and after leaving the city, the speed of the horse-drawn convoy has reached 15 or 6 kilometers, which is about the appearance of a person running quickly.

According to this speed, it is expected that you will be able to arrive near Suzhou Fucheng at about 3:00 p.m., and you can catch up with the city.

The pastoral scenery on this road is beautiful, and even in the cold winter season, you can see green everywhere.

In the Great Qing Kingdom

Officials or nobles generally travel in a sedan chair or two people carrying a slide bar, and if they travel long distances, they ride a donkey or mule cart, which is a mule and horse on a narrow carriage and a wheel reinforced with a circle of wooden nails.

Westerners' four-wheeled carriages are rare, especially the luxurious carriage in the middle, pulled by four quart-drawn horses, all of which are white horses without any variegation, tall, strong and powerful, and the horses are draped in purple velvet embroidered with gold patterns, which is even more rich and compelling.

With such a big battle, pedestrians or businessmen on the official road didn't know where it came from, and they all gave way to the avenue and let it pass, which was invisibly a lot faster.

on the carriage

Yelena and Fiona Normandy sat beside Li Fushou on the left and right, fragrant and smiling, which really made him enjoy the blessings of all people.

Fiona Normandy has changed her previous perverseness since she was imprisoned for twenty days, and has become much more well-behaved and gentle.

Li Fushou's keen discovery;

Even in the Suzhou Prefecture, which is famous for its affluence, there are still many farmers in patched clothes on the roads, thin and yellow, watching the motorcade drive by from a distance, with a look of surprise on their faces.

From this point of view, life is not easy.

Suzhou Prefecture was not restored to the imperial court until 1860 after the Taiping Rebellion, and the repercussions of the Great War have continued to this day, and it has not been able to fully recover to this day.

"Li, I think this ancient country has too many people, in the cities, in the countryside there is still an endless stream of pedestrians, is it the same in other places?" Coming from sparsely populated Australia, Yelena is particularly impressed by this.

"You're very observant, Elena, and that's the first thing you learned when you left Australia." Li Fushou had a faint smile on his face, took the tea carefully brewed by tea, played with the small teacup with light cyan glaze in his hand, and said unhurriedly;

"Australia is the most sparsely populated region in the world, and by the end of 1878 there were just over 1.87 million people, not yet 2 million.

The ancient country you see now has a history of 5,000 years, developed a unique and charming Chinese civilization, and profoundly influenced the surrounding countries, forming a great Chinese cultural circle.

Can you understand exactly what this is in this huge country, much bigger than Australia, and even bigger than the whole of Europe, with a population of 40,000 people? ”

Yelena was surprised to hear this; "Oh Maiga, are you telling the truth?"

"That's right, to use a person's image metaphor, Hong Kong, which we passed through a few days ago, is considered the foot of this ancient empire, then the Shanghai Sea is almost at the navel, and from here it is another 500 miles north to reach the Forbidden City, the central nerve of the empire, we can call it the heart of the entire ancient empire, and continue to go north for a thousand miles to reach the northern border, and the territory from east to west is even vast, and there are countless people living on this land, just like you see from the city to the fields, from the plains to the mountains, If you can't understand it, there is a visual comparison that can help you strengthen your understanding. ”

Li Fushou put down the teacup in his hand, glanced at the two women who were already shocked, and there was an invisible sense of pride and satisfaction in his heart, he continued;

"In today's world, Britain, France, Germany and Russia are the strongest, with a native population of about 30 million in England, a larger population in France, that is, close to 40 million, less than 44 million in Germany, and more than 90 million in Russia.

"Oh God!"

Yelena looked out the window again, and the sense of superiority in her eyes was gone, and all that was left was deep awe.

The East is a separate world completely different from the West, full of mystery and endless unknowns.

"My dear, has your family ever ruled over this vast eastern land before?" Fiona Normandy couldn't help but ask, and she was also deeply shocked.

"Yes, it was a long time ago......" Li Fushou couldn't explain it to the two women around him, which involved too much historical knowledge.

"Oh, sell ga...... I can't believe it, my gosh...... No wonder you're so good, so extraordinary. Yelena turned her head when she heard this, and her eyes were full of admiration.

The theory of noble blood is more widespread and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Europe than in Asian countries, and even deduces all blood-only theories, and noble blood is everything.

After the failure of the French Emperor Napoleon's restoration, he was imprisoned on the island of St. Helena for the rest of his life, eventually dying on this remote overseas island.

After that, Napoleon II and Napoleon III were restored one after another, and they successfully ascended to the throne of the French emperor until they were defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, and the French emperor Napoleon III was forced to abdicate and leave London.

The descendants of the French Emperor Napoleon's descendants were able to restore the noble blood of the Napoleon-Bonaparte family, not because of outstanding political and military talents.

This is the reality of today's hierarchical aristocracy in Europe, where everything is blood-only.

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