It was so vicious that Sir Frederick S. Jacob felt a chill in his back and a tingling in his scalp when he heard it.

But it cannot be denied that this is a good plan with immediate results, and it is extremely feasible, and once implemented, it will definitely deal a severe blow to the forces of the Red River Valley, which is enough to make the Earl of Queensland feel painful.

Of course, the consequences are also extremely serious.

The fact that the ancient Oriental Empire was still a formidable existence, and the fact that Britain and France were able to defeat him did not mean that the Dutch were entitled to despise this ancient Oriental court.

In this world

Are there still fewer countries that have been beaten by Britain and France?

In the 9th Russo-Turkish War (also known as the Crimean War) in 1853, Britain and France intervened in the Russo-Turkish War in order to curb the Russian woolly bear, which was greedy for territory, and to combat its strategic attempts to find a presence on the warm Mediterranean coast.

This battle

Unable to take care of his own life, he vomited out the territorial rights and interests obtained by the Russian-Turkish wars for more than 100 years, and paid countless soldiers' lives and wealth, and retreated to the cold banks of the Saiva River.

In the midst of the brutal war, the brilliant Russian Tsar Nicholas I died suddenly in 1855, and many conspiracy theories spread in the court, and people were panicked for a while.

The entire Kremlin was shrouded in the clouds of war, and the successor Tsar Alexander II, despite his best efforts, still failed miserably, and had to sign the disgraceful Paris Agreement, cede large tracts of land for huge reparations, lose the status of Orthodox protector, allow the Black Sea neutrality, promise not to build military factories on the Black Sea coast, etc......

The Russian woolly bear that Britain and France can beat together is miserable, which does not mean that the Kingdom of Holland can also, and Tsarist Russia is still a formidable existence in the Eastern wilderness.

The same thing

In the Far Eastern Empire, Sir Frederick S. Jacob hesitated to assassinate an important person in the Red River Valley, considering the extreme sensitivity of the matter, and did not squeak for a long time with a red wine glass in his hand.

Seeing the Governor's concerns, Sheng Yeyun reminded him softly; "If the Governor takes into account the international outlook, the Westerners will cause a strong backlash from the Qing court, and I suggest that the Chinese warriors from Batavia be sent to do so, so as not to cause international disputes."

Yes! How did I not think of that?

One sentence made Sir Frederick S. Jacob suddenly enlightened, as long as he refused to admit it, the matter was very troublesome.

"Dear Mr. Sheng, I wonder if you are willing to share your worries for the Governor's Palace?"

"Back to the Governor, Sheng Moude is thin and shallow, and he does not have effective operatives in his hands, and many matters need logistical support......

"Hahaha...... This is not a problem, and when it is done, I will appoint you as Lord Kapitan of the Chinese community in Batavia. "Sir Frederick S. Jacob, the Governor, finally threw the biggest bait, not afraid that the other party would not take the bait.

Sure enough, Sheng Yeyun, who was full of profit, immediately lit up his eyes, he knew that the title of nobleman was only an improvement in social status, but "Jiabidan" was a real power, almost equivalent to a small Chinese governor.

"Thanks to the love of the Governor, how dare Sheng not serve his death?"

"Hahahaha...... Great! Governor Frederick S. Jacob smiled very happily, looking at Sheng Yeyun's eyes full of appreciation, the more outstanding Chinese subordinates, the better!

Beginning in the 17th century, in order to better deal with the Chinese and manage the immigrant community in an orderly manner, the Dutch elected a leader from among the most prestigious Chinese and bestowed on him the title of Kapitein der Chinezen.

The word "Kapitein" means "captain", "chief" or "captain", and the Chinese transliteration contains the word "jia", which means "head", so it has a wide acceptance in the Chinese community.

Later, it gradually developed into a special position to assist the Dutch in the management of Chinese affairs, and was the highest official rank of the Chinese in Batavia in the 17th and 18th centuries.

During the 200 years of the East India Company's rule, Batavia produced a total of 20 Kapitans, who played an important role in all phases of the city's development.

"Kapitan" was an important bridge between the Chinese community and the East India Company, managing the Chinese community, collecting various taxes, leading the Sino-Dutch trade, and even assisting the Dutch to expand their maritime interests, suppressing other indigenous groups as colonial pioneers.

Since the Dutch East India Company went into liquidation at the beginning of the century, the city of Batavia has not had the official Dutch title of "Kapitan" for 70 years.

It was also very simple to restore, just a word from the Governor, which was originally within the authority of the Governor's Office.

After entering 1882

Since 1879, major projects related to the national economy and people's livelihood have been completed and put into operation, giving wings to the economic take-off of the central and northern regions of Australia.

Early January 1882

The completion and commissioning of the two-track railway connecting the Red River Valley and Brisbane's twin cities will greatly promote the economic integration of the two star cities and facilitate the development of the hinterland.

At present, the railway double-track project that extends more than 100 kilometers west from the Red River Valley through Baihu City to the thylacine rock and continues to extend more than 100 kilometers to the west is officially on the agenda and is scheduled to start in May.

This is the top horizontal of the zigzag railway network, known as the "Central Railway", which stretches from Brisbane on the east coast to the west to the farming and pastoral towns more than 270 kilometers away, connecting all the towns along the way.

The second horizontal pen is located in the south of Songjiang Town, which also enters the inland hinterland from east to west, connecting the agricultural and animal husbandry towns along the way, this railway is called "Songjiang Railway", and is scheduled to start construction early next year.

The third horizontal pen starts from Beilun Town, which also enters the inland hinterland from east to west, connecting agricultural and pastoral towns along the way, this railway is called "Beilun Railway", and the construction is planned to start in the second quarter of 1884.

On February 15, 1882, the large-scale reconstruction and expansion of the Port of Brisbane was successfully completed and put into operation.

The port facilities far exceed that of Sydney Harbour, with the capacity to receive and unload 5 10,000-ton giant ships at the same time, and the construction of a special coal wharf and an ore wharf, which is conducive to the large-scale export of ore resources and boosts economic development to a new level.

On March 1, 1882, after several years of construction, the Songjiang Reservoir was officially connected to the grid for power generation.

Songjiang Town, New South Wales

This emerging industrial city, which has the architectural charm of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the south of the Yangtze River, has shown a charming style and impressive style in its rapid development.

The population of Songjiang Town from 75,000 in 1880, after a year and a half of rapid development, has now become a large and medium-sized city with a population of 133,000 people, not only has 4 woolen factories, 5 factories, 8 factories these labor-intensive enterprises, but also has a general machinery company such a leading enterprise, the economic development is booming, a prosperous scene.

Today is a good day and a big day.

It was on March 1st

General Machinery Co., Ltd. warmly celebrated the official launch of the 10,000th tractor off the assembly line, and the diesel engine branch has been able to produce a full range of diesel engines from 0.8 liters to 2.5 liters, most of which are exported to Europe and the United States.

Compared with the huge and bulky steam engine, the diesel engine can play a wide role in various factories and enterprises, processing industry, equipment manufacturing and agriculture, especially in some small and medium-sized enterprises.

This is a completely blank field with unlimited market prospects.

Also on this day

The civil part of the construction of Songjiang Iron and Steel Base has been officially completed, and the next step will be to install advanced steelmaking equipment and marine thick plate production lines from Britain and Germany to give full play to the advantages of heavy industry and further expand the international market space.

Also on March 1st

After several years of construction, the Songjiang Reservoir was successfully completed and officially connected to the grid for power generation.

The whole city lit up at night, breaking through the energy bottleneck, Songjiang Town can use electricity freely, and the situation of the original small thermal power plant in short supply will be changed in an instant, and it will be completely shut down after continuing to operate for a period of time.

This is because the small thermal power in this era not only has high energy consumption, high operating costs, low power generation efficiency, but also serious pollution, and the chimney spits billowing black smoke all day long, which seriously pollutes the climate and environment.

After abundant water conservancy and power are connected to the grid, there will be a large number of curtailment in a short period of time, and there is no need for small thermal power to continue to maintain.

During the initial operation period, only the power plant on the right bank of the Dongjiang Reservoir was opened, which fully met the urgent power demand of Songjiang Town, and nearly half of the power was curtailed.

At least within a year, the power plant on the left bank will not need to be connected to the grid for power generation, and sufficient power reserves will be reserved for future development.

At night, red lanterns hang high on the streets, festive red slogans can be seen everywhere, and the shops along the street are brightly lit and crowded, and people are smiling festively.

Snack street

A Mexican restaurant has a unique Mexican straw hat on its sign, and the inside of the restaurant is bustling with customers.

On the four large barbecue grills lined up at the entrance, the clerk wearing a large Mexican straw hat is sprinkling fiery red chili powder and pungent cumin powder on the roasted food.

"Uncle Cai, Uncle Cai, there are another group of customers, and there is no place to sit in the store, what do you say?"

"Set up a few tables outside, the old Cui who sells knives and noodles next door has a good relationship with me, you go and talk to him about borrowing two more tables, I'll invite him to supper after I'm done for a while."

"Knowing Uncle Cai, I'll go."

The shopkeeper went in response, and He Acai, who was busy with sweat, was about to come out of the counter to greet customers, and his daughter, who was already talking, shouted coquettishly; "Daddy, hug."

"Okay, hug."

He Acai doted on his daughter in one hand, walked through the crowd and came to the outside of the store, only to see that among the several clerks who were busy barbecuing outside the store, there was a woman with a big belly wearing a Mexican straw hat who was busy.

Her name is Isabena, and she is He Acai's native Caucasian wife, who was pregnant with her first child because of a cesarean section due to fetal misposition, and finally passed the ghost gate of life and death.

Now that the family of three saw the rapid development of Songjiang Town, He Acai simply quit his job in Christchurch, sold his house in Christchurch Town to start a new business in Songjiang Town, and opened this thriving Mexican barbecue restaurant.

"Wife, don't be busy, just leave these things to the guys, the cub in your belly is old, and it's not good to have a fetal gas." He Acai was worried and distressed.

"I know honey, just help me out with this." As she spoke, Isabella put a large bunch of burnt food on her plate and said to the man who ran the hall; "This is ordered by the guest in the carriage over there, now send it over while it's hot, the guest orders a barrel of beer and brings it over, remember to take back the iron skewer later."

"Got it, hostess." The shopkeeper left.

He Acai walked closer with his beautiful mixed-race daughter in his arms, and saw that his wife was busy roasting other food, so he couldn't help but complain; "Isabena, let you rest at home and don't listen, just hire two more guys in the store, you can't let you get tired, then no matter how much money we make, it's useless, nothing is better than getting together as a family."

Isabena looked up, her face glistening in the fiery red light of the furnace, and a thin layer of fine sweat on her forehead, revealing a happy smile.

He Acai picked up the handkerchief and wiped it carefully for her, and said unbearably; "Rest after these skewers are baked, but you are not allowed to be disobedient, otherwise, you will be punished heavily for your husband."

"Listen to you, dear." Isabena kissed him coldly on the face, which made He Acai suddenly embarrassed.

The combination of the Chinese people, who are mostly conservative and introverted, and the passionate and unrestrained native white women of Central America, always produces a wonderful chemistry.

An ordinary horse-drawn carriage was parked on the side of the road

The man came over with a keg of beer and a scorched skewer, and the food was picked up by the tall and strong guard, who took a few bites of one of the skewers and handed the rest to the wagon.

In the carriage

The tall Li Fushou and the long-haired Xin Changjun sat opposite each other, and the small desk in front of the two was full of all kinds of snacks, including dry fried rice noodles, sugar lotus, fried liver and belly, Baba vegetables, ear and eye fried cakes, pasted dumplings and boiled fish, Jiangnan crab shell yellow, Shaoxing chicken porridge, plus fragrant Mexican barbecue, a large table of snacks was placed.

"Yuan Ding, we just had dinner in the evening, how can you finish eating so much?"

"Brother Changjun, don't you know how much I eat?"

Li Fushou said with a smile, picked up a large piece of barbecue meat skewered with two iron skewers and took a bite, and the oil was bubbling in his mouth; "Well, this one is good, it's delicious...... It tastes scorched and delicious, numb and spicy, Brother Changjun, you can taste it. ”

"I'd better forget it, this kind of heavy meat barbecue is not for me." Xin Changjun picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the crab shell yellow, nodded and said; "The crabs here in Australia are big and fat, and the crab roe has a faint coconut fragrance, so it couldn't be better to make this dish, it's really delicious."

Li Fushou couldn't help laughing when he heard this, Australia's coconut crab can be described as the best among crabs, adult coconut crabs can grow to twelve or thirteen kilograms, not only the two claws are thick and powerful, and the full crab roe is even more superb, only as many as a big bowl.

Native white people don't eat this thing, and the Chinese have suffered when they come.

What crab roe buns, steamed dumplings with crab roe, and crab roe tofu are eaten in a refurbished pattern, and it is estimated that it will not take long to eat them into rare goods.

It's not easy to protect, because the hard demand is there, and you can't keep your mouth shut.

Gotta eat more now.