Chapter 152: Meet old people 2

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The fleet sailed in the set direction and arrived at the southern port of Great Iba an hour later.
The island of Great Iba belongs to the British colony in the Caribbean Sea. After the Chinese hired British ships to transport Chinese workers, the British promised to open Caribbean colonial ports to moor and repair their transport fleets, and they would not charge a docking fee for the transport fleets.
The waiving of the parking fee is a side benefit of the transaction given by the British, and of course the Chinese will not refuse to be able to pay for it.
Big Iba Island is sparsely populated because of the large-scale transportation of Chinese workers in Rio Grande do Sul, which caused a certain population increase on the island.
Near the port, a group of black freelancers and Indians under the command of the British pulled the reins and fixed the anchor points of the ships, and a team of Chinese workers who cut their braids lined up to disembark and went to the place designated by the Chinese soldiers for repairs.
After Chen Sen and Hou Taiyuan disembarked from Huagong, they left some soldiers on the ship to alert them before finally leaving the ship.
There were originally no buildings in the southern port of Big Inagua. However, some ten Chinese who were free in the past came to the island. They cut down the trees on the island and quickly built two humble wooden houses to entertain them. Transport fleet.
After the Opium War, the two-hundred-year sea embargo policy was abolished under the opposition of the major powers. For more than a hundred years thereafter, the Chinese, mainly the working people in the southeast coastal provinces, went abroad to make a living on a large scale, an average of 100,000 per year More than 10 people, with a total of more than 10 million overseas trips, and a footprint all over the world, forming a pattern of "seawater everywhere, there are overseas Chinese."
North American Chinese workers are mainly located in the United States, and Canada also has some Chinese workers.
In February 1865, the first Chinese workers hired by the Americans went to the railway construction site. The laborious work of the Chinese laborers has been recognized by the Americans. In the next few years, the Americans recruited Chinese laborers from the mainland on a large scale. Until the transport fleet operated in Cuba, the number of Chinese laborers in the United States was about 30,000, of which more than 90%. Work on railway sites and gold mining sites.
Compared with Cuba and Peru, where Chinese laborers are slaves, Chinese laborers in the United States are in a better position. Some Chinese laborers who have completed labor agreements have been freed and started to operate in the Americas as free people.
The number of Peruvian and Cuban Chinese workers in South America is much higher than that of the United States, and it is relatively close to Rio Grande do Sul. In addition to the advantages of the local distribution of Chinese workers, the first two batches of Chinese workers were placed in Peru and Cuba.
The Pacific Railway project in the United States will end next year. Until then, they will not allow Chinese workers to leave. Therefore, it is necessary to wait until next year to bring in Chinese workers from the United States.
More than a dozen new Chinese on the Great Inaba were not from North America, but entered from other islands under British jurisdiction.
The British Caribbean colony is dominated by blacks and Indians, and the Chinese population accounts for only a small portion.
The leader of more than ten Chinese is a middle-aged man named Liang Xing, about forty years old. He came to Jamaica, a British Caribbean colony, to live more than ten years ago. After hard work, he earned a solid family business. And married a white and Indian woman as his wife.
Family, children and property are all in Jamaica, so after hearing that the Chinese set up in Rio Grande do Sul, Liang Xing did not make up his mind to emigrate to Rio Grande do Sul, but instead took the opportunity to park on the island of Greater Inagua with the transport fleet. While opening a small business store to get new income, while exploring the inside news of Rio Grande do Sul.
"Guixin, don't be too busy playing with your shaving objects, come and help me calculate the account book."
Liang Xing inspected the goods in the shop and shouted outward.
"Liang Dong's, I'll be right there."
The man outside said to put the shaving things in place and limped over with his right leg.
Liang Xing held the abacus and checked the books. When he saw the man coming in, he said, "Lao Chen, I think you are busy. Didn't you see that the Chinese workers outside were bald? Their braids were cut. It's dropped. Without braids, who will come and shave you? "
"This place is not the mainland, and you can cut your braids as pigtails, but those people have much more courage than when the Taiping Army started."
The man touched the top of Guangguang's head, and then looked at the Chinese workers outside with emotion.
"Let's settle down on the island occupied by the British, and we don't have to be afraid of the court's investigation. Why do we still have ugly braids?"
"Yeah, it's better here. If you don't leave a braid on the mainland, you have to beheaded!"
The man said, observing Liang Xing's expression, and found nothing unusual on his face. He tentatively said: "I heard that the newly-established Rio Grande do Sul, the landlord is the son of Li Shixian, the attendant of the kingdom. Discussing life. "
"Hairy hair separates men and women. What if Anna and Mary go to Rio Grande do Sul?"
Liang Xing tapped the abacus and didn't return his head.
"After the kingdom of heaven was settled, the kingdom of men and women will not be divided into men and women. Those rumors outside are the slander of the kingdom of heaven by the sister-in-law. Brother Liang should not be trusted."
The man was agitated, and the inconvenient left leg was moved forward, revealing a piece of wood below Yiku. It turned out that the right leg of the man was a fake leg made of wood.
"Brother Chen refused to tell me about his past. I don't ask much, but presumably Brother Chen had some relationship with the Taiping Army before, otherwise he would not be so excited. I don't know if I am right?"
Liang Xing put down the abacus in his hand and stared at the man with his eyes.
The man was stared at by Liang Xing, as if there was a sense of being seen through. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I have participated in the Taiping Army before. In a battle, my leg was injured and amputated. In order to avoid the hunting of my sister-in-law, I came to Jamaica from Hong Kong."
Telling his true identity, the man feels a lot easier: "Brother Liang really treated his brother. The brother shouldn't have concealed his brother, but the kingdom of heaven failed, hundreds of thousands of brothers were killed, and his brother did not want to mention his sad past. Please forgive me. "
After the man finished speaking, he suddenly felt that someone was watching himself behind his back, and turned around, but found a familiar and stranger standing five or six meters away.
"Brother Chen! Is it you?"
"Hou five." The man shouted a name subconsciously.
"Brother Achen, you really are, you are alive!" The people outside the store looked excited, ran to the man in a few steps, held the man's hands, and said happily: "Brother Achen, I am waiting for five, waiting Taiyuan, I have n’t seen you since Tianjing fell. I thought you were sacrificed in Tianjing! "
When old people meet, Hou Taiyuan is particularly excited,
"Brother Chen, Shizi Wang and the Kingdom Brothers founded the country in Rio Grande do Sul, and the Kingdom Brothers will no longer have to evade and stray overseas."
"Okay! I'm going to meet the world with you!" The man's eyes flushed and he said three good words in a row, but when he finished this sentence, his expression suddenly waned.
Hou Taiyuan noticed his emotional change and was waiting to be persuaded, but in the corner of his eyes, Yu Guang found that the big leg he had previously worshipped turned out to be an artificial limb.
"Brother Chen, why is your right leg gone!"
"When the kingdom of heaven fell, I took a team of brothers to cover the retreat of the King of Heaven, and the right leg was injured during the battle with the pursuing mule soldiers. Later, there was no way to cut off the right leg."
The man shook his head and looked at Hou Taiyuan as if resigned, "Xiao Wu, I'm not the close guard of His Royal Highness, but just a useless person.
You go, just when we have never met. "
"Brother Achen, no matter what you become, you are the eldest brother I admire. If you don't recognize me, I will always kneel in front of you!"
The brave and valiant Ah Chen in the kingdom of heaven became Gou Yandu's disabled and disabled man. Hou Taiyuan could realize the pain in Chen Xingui's heart, but because he knew the loss of his right leg to a soldier, he could not continue to watch his former elder brother decadent.
Hou Taiyuan knelt straight in front of Chen Xingui, staring earnestly at him.
"Hou five, you ... you are forcing me."
Chen Xingui looked at the stubborn kneeling Hou Taiyuan with a complex expression.
"You are the elder of the kingdom of heaven, my brother Gao Pan said, calling you Brother Chen." When the two were deadlocked, Chen Sen stepped forward.
Persuaded: "Brother Chen lost his right leg in order to cover the retreat of the King of Heaven, which is worthy of respect for every soldier in the kingdom of heaven. Brother Chen's right leg was lost for the kingdom of heaven, and he is a hero of heaven.
As there are more than one brother in the country today, His Royal Highness earnestly hopes to reunite with the heavenly heroes such as Brother Chen to create a great cause. In the critical period of employment in South America, Brother Chen cannot be discouraged. "
"Brother's kindness was brought by Chen Xin, but my current body can't help His Highness Shishi Shizi!"
Chen Xingui moved a little with Chen Sen's persuasion, but thought of his current appearance, and lost his refusal.
"Brother Chen is wrong.
The heavenly brothers create a great cause. You do n’t have to charge forward. You have a disease in your right leg. You ca n’t fight the enemy, but you can teach your brothers combat skills ~ EbookFREE.me ~ A Chen Chenxin ’s kung fu and fists are famous in heaven. Even if you lose one leg, you can still teach a group of outstanding soldiers, turn them into new Ah Chens, and fight for our new country. "
"Yes, Brother Chen, His Royal Highness is not the same as the former King of the Heavens. He is sincere to his brothers. When he turned thousands of miles, the injured and disabled brother Shizi did not leave a person, but sent a unit to guard them. Now, those injured and disabled brothers have been arranged by Shizi. Some are converted into civilian officials, managing local affairs, some are instructors, helping the army train new recruits, and one more powerful, He Yanliang-Lieutenant Colonel He. He was originally a large sword team. One of the second lieutenants, who later entered the wounded barracks after amputation with his left hand, now not only returned to the field forces, but was upgraded to fourth rank within a year.
Brother Chen, these are all heard by the five brothers from the mouths of the brothers and will not lie to you. "
"What are you talking about?"
"It's all true. If it's false, I'll screw my head down to Big Brother."
"Hou Wu, I believe in you, His Royal Highness treats the Brothers of Heaven sincerely, and my Chen will not drag down Shi Zi's leg if he loses one leg!"