Port of Los Angeles Terminal

Richard and his entourage stood on the shore and watched as the four big-bellied Galen sail cargo ships sailed into the blue harbor one after another, and the sea breeze blew their clothes and fluttered, exuding a kind of elegant and dusty dignity.

This British medium-sized gallen sail cargo ship used for ocean voyages has a displacement of about 500~600 tons, which belongs to the American Pacific Cruise Line and is responsible for coastal transportation from Central and South America to North America.

Its biggest feature is that the hull is long, and the stern is low and square, which is different from the tall and fat round stern of the Spanish Galen sail cargo ship, so it has better maneuverability and speed.

Los Angeles has a typical temperate Mediterranean climate, with cool sea breezes and early summer sunshine.

Compared with the extreme heat and drought in the interior, the climate is much more pleasant.

This is Santa Monica Bay

From a long distance, Richard could clearly see that the deck of the sailboat was full of dense Chinese immigrants, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile of relief.

This group of 2,396 Chinese laborers, all from Zhangzhou, belonged to the indentured laborers who had expired in the guano mines in Bolivia, South America, and embarked on a long journey north under the temptation of a high salary of $15 a month in North America.

The four galleons approached the pier pier in turn, and local officials from the Port of Los Angeles with more than a dozen mounted police officers greeted them and handled the procedures for the transfer and unloading of personnel and goods with the ship.

Each of the four British galleons carried nearly 600 people, and there were no less than 420 bales of cotton, each weighing about 200 pounds, which was fully loaded.

Seeing the Chinese workers walking down the trestle, Richard's expression of joy was uncontrollable, and the corners of his mouth inexplicably curved into an upturned arc.

In his eyes

The endless stream of Chinese workers who came from the pier trestle is a powerful army!

What kind of work did you do in North America?

It is serious to follow me to fight the world, and this is a career with a bright future.

If Richard wants to fully control the military and political power of the Tang Kingdom, he must establish a kingdom army based on the Chinese armed forces and firmly control it.

White soldiers and officers can only be a useful supplement in the early stages of development, but they must not be the dominant force.

In the future, the Tang Kingdom will definitely be a country with the Chinese as the mainstream society, and the gun is firmly grasped in the hands of the Chinese, which is a necessary prerequisite for consolidating and continuously strengthening this social system.

Richard was well aware;

These Chinese laborers, who have worked hard in the guano mine for several years, have a kind of perseverance, extremely tenacious stubbornness and independence in their character, which is due to the strength of never giving up in hardship and the precipitation of a miserable life.

History has proven it countless times

Whether it is in the South American Guano War or the ice and snow of Siberia, these Chinese troops composed of miners are extremely tenacious, brave and tenacious, able to endure extremely harsh environments to fight, and have repeatedly created miracles.

"Your Majesty; We are well prepared to receive migrants, and we will be able to get off the boat and have hot soup and cakes.

Just wait for a short rest

We would organize laborers to unload the ship, stack all the cotton bales neatly and store them, and load local goods such as wheat and tobacco for the return sail ship.

Camp by the sea

According to the quarantine system of the kingdom's ports, the clothes of the Chinese workers will be burned, their hair braids will be cut, they will be bathed in hot water and a set of clothes, a pair of cloth shoes and simple daily necessities will be distributed......"

"Wait, it's easy to say anything else, cutting your hair will cause trouble, I don't think these Zhangzhou men will give in easily. It's easy to make trouble when so many people get together, so let's put it aside for a while at dinner, and cut off all the braids first. Richard interrupted the Los Angeles officials, pointed to the neatly lined up soldiers behind him, and continued;

"These are more than 2,000 Zhangzhou men, and without the strong bullet pressure of the soldiers, if you don't do it, there will be chaos."

"Oh, lowly understood."

The Los Angeles officials immediately rushed to the camp where the laborers were shabby, apparently to prepare the manpower.

so far

More than ten batches of Chinese workers landed in North America, and it has become a common practice to make a fuss on the issue of whether to cut braids.

In the past, there were three or five hundred people or seven or eight hundred people, and there were laborers in all coastal provinces, because the number was small or unanimous, and they were forcefully suppressed after making a fuss, and no big basket was poked out.

But this time it is different, most of the Chinese workers in these Bolivian guano mines are people from Zhangzhou and its vicinity, and they are relatively grouped and numerous.

The Chinese in the area have always had a tradition of gathering people to fight, and when they have eaten and drunk enough, wouldn't it be more powerful to make trouble?

On one acre and three points of land in the Tang Kingdom, not to mention anything else, the money rattail that symbolizes the servile rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty must be cut, this is a hard and fast rule.

The power of custom is so strong that Richard is not prepared to do any persuasion and education work at all.

Sure enough

As soon as the local officials in Los Angeles announced the hair-cutting policy, it immediately aroused the excitement of the disembarking laborers, shouting loudly and dissatisfied.

The truth is nothing more than "the body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it", "there is no face to see the ancestors", "in the world, how can there be a reason to force the cow to drink water", "the ancestors have become the law, and it is absolutely immutable"......

I have to say

In the more than 200 years since the Manchu Tatars entered the customs, the enslavement education has been quite successful, and most of the Chinese have taken the bad habits of the Tatars as the Chinese tradition, and they stubbornly adhere to it in their bones, and it is extremely difficult to turn the corner.

Seeing the agitation of the Chinese workers, the local officials in Los Angeles who were weak were surrounded by them, like a lonely boat drifting in the angry waves of the sea, which could capsize at any time.

Liu Wu, the captain of the pro-soldiers, couldn't hold it back, and stepped forward and said; "Your Majesty, look at the situation, it's a little out of control! Out of prudence, do you bring troops to suppress them so as not to hurt these local officials? ”

"It's okay, I won't be able to make trouble for a while, so let's wait and see how things develop." Richard shook his head calmly.

Located in the same bay of Santa Morica, only about 300 meters apart, it was impossible for the Chinese workers who disembarked to see Richard and the brightly armored cavalry.

Although this team only had more than a hundred people, they were all heavily armed cavalry.

The royal flag fluttered, exuding a powerful aura of suppression of the surrounding area.

In this foreign land thousands of miles away from their hometowns, even though there are a large number of these Zhangzhou laborers, they inevitably lack confidence and dare not take radical actions easily.

The laborers shouted angrily, but their eyes drifted from time to time.

There was a stalemate for about a cup of tea

The mood of the Zhangzhou laborers who disembarked calmed down a little, and five delegates, accompanied by local officials in Los Angeles, walked in the direction where Richard had stopped.

An imperceptible smile flashed in Richard's eyes, which was quickly masked by a grim look, and he stood with his hands in his hands, waiting for the arrival of these people.

"We are the grass people who have turned into foreign grass to see the king, long live the king!" The five delegates knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Wait for the excuse of courtesy, get up and speak."

"Thank you, King Longen."

The five men kowtowed heavily on the grass, and the bearded man was still kneeling on the ground, he straightened up, clasped his fists with both hands and just wanted to speak, Richard who saw the sword eyebrows and starry eyes couldn't help but be stunned, thinking how could he be such a young king?

For a while, I forgot what I wanted to say, and I couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

"I know what you want to say, there must be scholars among you, you should know that since Taqing entered the customs for more than 200 years, it has been exploited and suppressed, and the land of Shenzhou has been completely gone. Pity my Han family Miao descendants are easy to shave their hair, slavery is deep, and everything is proud of serving the Manchu thief chieftains, but they are not ashamed, isn't it painful? ”

Since they didn't say anything, Richard talked eloquently, and he stepped forward with a kind expression to help the five men up one by one, and continued;

People of insight often hold high the banner of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", wanting to "drive out the Tartars, return my rivers and mountains, and support the Han Dynasty", but unfortunately under the intersection of swords and swords, it is often difficult to pay for ambition.

The ancestral hall stretches for hundreds of years, the Tang Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, you should know that the ancestors are all the bloodlines of my Han family and Miao descendants, and they have been inherited in an orderly manner since ancient times.

Who would have thought that the unfilial descendants would recognize the Tatar Qing thief chieftain as the main one, and be proud of shaving their hair in Yifu, wouldn't it disgrace their ancestors?

The world is so big, you have seen it.

It should be known that the guns of Western ships are sharp, the products of the Americas are abundant, the waves are vast, and the vast land behind them is rich, and the future is promising.

I, Richard, was originally a widow of Li Tang, and now I founded the Tang Dynasty in this North American land, intending to open up a dream home for the sons and daughters of China, to live and work in peace and contentment on this land, to be respected, and to reproduce from generation to generation.

What the ghosts can do, we can do too. The so-called prince will be a kind of Xiangning?

The Tang Kingdom has set up a banner of recruitment, eager for aspiring companions.

You and I are both sons and daughters of China, flowing with the same Yanhuang blood, with the same black eyes, black hair and yellow skin, and a familiar local accent, which comes from the cultural heritage of the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties.

On this North American continent

If you follow in my footsteps, why can't you lay down a big country?

Isn't it beautiful to shave your hair to make your ambition clear?

What do you think? ”

After these words, the five people in front of them were all shocked, looked at each other, and their hearts were greatly moved.

Since they can be pushed out by more than 2,000 fellow villagers in Zhangzhou, these 5 people's hearts, prestige, and knowledge naturally far surpass their peers, and they know that the young king in front of them threw out the hydrangea.

It's a big matter, and I don't know the depth of the other party, so it's hard to make up my mind.

Seeing this, Richard smiled slightly, casually pointed to the soldiers who were solemnly lined up behind him, and said; "Don't just watch the excitement, report yourself."

"Humble Liu Wu, the captain of the personal guard of the royal family of the Tang Kingdom, arrived in Hong Kong in July 45, fortunately called by His Majesty, now he has a family and a career, and he has no regrets.

"He Jialiang, a lowly guarded cavalryman, arrived in Hong Kong in April 46, a Chaoshan person, worked in Panama, Central America for two years, and survived several times, and now he is finally entrusted, thanks to the protection of the Tang Kingdom, and he is willing to die for His Majesty."

"Humble Lin Feng, the second lieutenant squad leader of the San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment, a native of Qingyuan, worked on a Cuban plantation for three years, and the past was unbearable to look back on......"

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One after another, the knights in bright armor came out and solemnly reported their homes, and the vast majority of them were Chinese workers who arrived in Hong Kong in the past 2~3 months, and their previous situation was not much better than that of the Bolivian guano mine laborers.

The appearance of these people shocked the five representatives of Zhangzhou Hanzigong, and looking at Richard's encouraging smile, these five people no longer hesitated, pushed Jin Shan to kneel on the ground like a jade pillar, and said;

"Zhangzhou grass people Chen Cailiang, Lin Shoutian, Chen Chuan, Huang Yuanshen, Huang Yuanjia to meet the king, our rural people, who have eyes and do not know nobles, beg to take in the subordinates to lead the horse and pedal, drive for the king, please allow me to be felt."

"Hahahaha...... Brave men, please get up, with your help, why worry about big things? Richard laughed and stepped forward, picked up the bearded man Chen Cailiang, and motioned for several other people to get up too, looking very happy.