Chapter 90 Promotion and Salary Increase, Soft Rice and Hard Eating (Seeking Genuine Subscription)
Kunpeng hit 3,000 miles in water, and trained 100,000 people.
This poem describes the tide of Qiantang, and it is also very appropriate at this moment, at least in the eyes of Hua Twelve.
When Hua Twelve saw the storm and waves coming, he immediately ignored the wind and rain, and shouted loudly: "Quick, raise the sails, speed up and dock!" ”
All of a sudden, everyone was busy, and the sailors and the sailors who never set the sun helped control the sails and operate the boat.
The rescued hostages wanted to run into the cabin to escape, but the space in the cabin of the fishing boat was limited, so Hua Twelve simply let the woman hide in it, and then found a cable, so that the rest of the people were tied around their waists, and everyone was tied together, saving the wind and waves and falling off the boat together.
Fortunately, the fishing boat was already very close to the shore, and in addition to the marine police brought by Hua 12, there were also active sailors on board, all of whom were extremely experienced sailors.
With the joint efforts of these people, the fishing boat finally landed successfully after struggling in the storm for more than ten minutes.
At this time, the typhoon was approaching Hong Kong Island, and the black clouds were pressing down on the city, and the wind and rain were becoming more and more violent.
The fishermen on the wharf were busy with their fishing boats, and the coachmen who usually waited for work had already disappeared, so Hua 12 couldn't find a carriage and had to take everyone to a foreign bank closest to the wharf for temporary shelter.
It turned out that he didn't choose to leave with everyone in the rain, which was the right decision, because the storm at this time was just beginning.
On 18 September 1906, a sudden typhoon struck Hong Kong Island, killing about 15,000 people, missing 1,349 people, and injuring 220 people.
This typhoon also hit the Pearl River Estuary, so it is also known as the 'Pearl River Estuary Typhoon'.
The typhoon went as fast as it came, lasting only a few hours, but the damage it caused was enormous.
On Hong Kong Island alone, in addition to the casualties mentioned earlier, nearly 3,000 fishing boats and 670 ocean-going steamers were sunk, and even the gunboat Phoenix, on which the sun never sets, capsized and ran aground due to the typhoon.
When the wind and rain subsided, when everyone came out of the foreign bank to check the situation, they couldn't believe their eyes, only to see that the vicinity of the port was already in a mess, the buildings along the coast were damaged, and the large and small ships that were originally moored in the port capsized countless ships, and almost none of them were intact.
The fishing boat that everyone took back to Hong Kong Island has disappeared at this time, and it is not known whether it was blown away by the typhoon or whether it has sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Hua Twelve and the others still don't know how serious the storm is, just what they see in front of them is shocking, he asked Zhuo Yifei to take a few water police to send the gold, silver and jewelry from Sanpao Island back to the martial arts hall, and then asked Hong Tianci to organize the rescued hostages to go to the police station to find Mei Sir to report and settle them by the way.
He himself took Ma Rulong and the rest of the people to help the fishermen along the coast rescue and disaster relief.
After working all day, when he returned to the martial arts hall, it was almost dark, Hong Tianci brought him back a good news, Mei sir told him that with this credit, he promised him a promotion, and it was done!
A few days later, when the post-disaster statistics of the Bingwu typhoon disaster were published in the newspapers, in the face of the shocking death toll and the assessment of the damage, Hua Twelve, Zhuo Yifei, and Ma Rulong and other marine policemen who carried out the decapitation rescue mission this time jointly made a decision.
That is, the gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings that were originally decided to be divided equally from Sanpao Island were all exchanged for silver dollars for disaster relief.
Zhuo Yifei, as a fisherman, quickly sold these things and exchanged them for more than 800,000 silver dollars, all of which were donated to the families of the victims and the fishermen whose fishing boats were destroyed in the typhoon.
Of course, this kind of thing can't be done in vain, since it has done a good deed, it is natural to find the media to report and hype it up.
While reporting on the aftermath of the typhoon, many newspapers focused on the donation of huge amounts of property by Master Shen and his police disciples from the first hall in the world.
In addition to the name Shen Chongyang, Zhuo Yifei, Ma Rulong, and Dazui, all those who donated money were all on the newspaper's charity list.
What is unexpected is that Chen Shaobai, the editor-in-chief of the 'Flower Planting Times' who had previously criticized the First Pavilion of the World and Hua Duoduo, actually wrote an article praising him for his generosity and active disaster relief.
He also called on the people of Hong Kong Island to learn from him, and to donate money and make a strong contribution to help the victims tide over the difficulties.
In fact, Hua Twelve and these police disciples are not unfounded, at least all the members of the police force who participated in the beheading rescue operation have all been rewarded to varying degrees.
First of all, the originally disbanded marine police were re-established, and Ma Rulong was promoted to the assistant marine police officer for meritorious service, taking over the position of the original stone assistant officer.
The other marine police officers who participated in the operation were also promoted and raised, such as Dazui, and a few others who contributed more were directly promoted to the rank of sergeant.
Of course, the biggest gain is the person in charge and the biggest hero of this operation, Shen Chongyang, that is, Hua Twelve.
Because of the success of eliminating Luo Sanpao's group of pirates and rescuing the rear admiral, Francis Henry May fulfilled his previous promise and was promoted to Hua XII as the chief assistant of the Chinese, with the rank of deputy police officer of the foreigners.
However, the promotion document has come down, and it has not been officially announced to the public, and it will not be officially promoted until the regular meeting of the police force in early October.
In addition, because Hua XII took the lead in donating money, coupled with the credit of this achievement, his future father-in-law Francis Henry May also used his relationship as a nobleman to let the sun never set recognize his contribution to society, and won him a knighthood canonized by the queen of the sunset.
At the end of September, he will be knighted together with the richest man on Hong Kong Island, He Comprador, and will be allowed to buy a house in Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, and the two are also the only two Chinese on Hong Kong Island who can live in Mid-Levels.
With fame and status, Hua Twelve and Legina's marriage is also on the agenda, after all, the latter's belly is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and if he doesn't get married, he will be seen.
When the time comes, it doesn't matter if Hua XII is there, Francis Henry May's old face will still be there.
Therefore, the old foreign devil urged Hua Twelve to hurry up and get the marriage done, and for this reason, he also specially sent the heir of the earl, Alger, on a ship to India, and sent the other party to travel to the ancestral colony in the name of beauty, to see the scenery over there, and not to come back in a year or two.
As for the marriage contract or anything, it didn't even mention it, so there should be no such thing.
Hua Twelve expressed great difficulty in urging the old foreign devil to marry, and he spread his hands:
"It's better to wait for another two years, you see I want money but no money, I want a house without a house, although the above has allowed me to buy a house in Mid-Levels, but I don't have any money, what should I do?"
The old foreign devil pulled his hair angrily, and waited for another two years? Will you marry together when you and my daughter have our second child?
He said a little angrily: "Why don't you have any money, how much money do you make by opening a martial arts gym, if others don't know, do you want to play irresponsible?" ”
Hua Twelve said that he had donated everything, but there was really no way.
In the end, Francis Henry May had no choice but to compromise and bought a garden house for his daughter and Hua 12 in Mid-Levels out of his own pocket, and even paid for the wedding expenses.
Hua Twelve was moved, the achievement of soft rice and hard food was finally achieved.
When he went out, he couldn't help but announce a celebratory invitation: "Happy today, invite all the brothers of the police force to a big dinner in the evening!" ”
The old foreign devil almost didn't go over when he covered his heart in the office, didn't you say you had no money.