Is it cool to transmigrate to South America? Zhu Xianhai's answer is: it's very cool.
After all, 19th-century South America is still a place where cowards vie for hegemony, a land ful...
Chapter 707: Anti-Qing and Restoration Ming Di Hui (3rd update, please subscribe)
In this world, no nation understands the value of living space better than the Chinese nation. For the Chinese people with a large population, hunger and poverty always accompany them. In order to change their fate, to have a full meal, and to survive, since the late Qing Dynasty, millions of Chinese ancestors have gone to Southeast Asia, Jinshan, and Jinzhou without hesitation.
There is no hardship that Chinese people cannot endure in this world, and there is no crime that they cannot endure. No matter how hard or tiring it is, can it be more hard and tiring than the days of hunger and uncertainty in China?
In order to survive, they suffered in a foreign country, and only they themselves know the grievances and sufferings they endured. Whether they are poor or rich, they will always suffer a lot.
Even as the leader of the Tiandihui, Xie Richang suffered a lot in Australia. When he was panning for gold, he was exploited and blackmailed by white police and officials. All this seemed inevitable.
In Jinshan and Australia, the Chinese are inferior and are used to blackmail people.
"One day, sooner or later, I will go to Ming Dynasty!"
Five years ago, after learning from a white policeman that there was actually a Ming Dynasty in this world, Xie Richang had always had this idea in his mind.
Unlike many people, he came to Australia not to pan for gold, but because he could no longer stay in Guangdong - he was once the leader of the Tiandihui in Guangdong and participated in the Tiandihui uprising. After the uprising failed, he was forced to flee to Australia with his family.
Like many Chinese who came to Australia, he made a living by panning for gold, and later changed his career to do small business. Over the years, he has accumulated some savings. If he had not known that the Ming Dynasty had been restored that year, perhaps he would have continued to do business.
Of course, he himself did not believe this. After all, he had always had a dream in his heart - to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, that is, to overthrow the rule of the Manchu emperor, drive out the Tartars like the Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty, and restore China.
But he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would come back to life!
He even learned this news from foreigners. From that day on, Xie Richang began to pay attention to the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was established in South America and conquered two countries before its rise.
The Ming Dynasty launched an expedition to Europe and became a powerful country at that time.
The Ming Dynasty stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Antarctic in the south...
Ming Dynasty...
He had heard too much about the Ming Dynasty in the past five years, and was filled with too much curiosity about it, and of course, too much imagination.
What kind of Ming Dynasty is this?
Although millions of people travel to Ming Dynasty from all over China every year, it is not easy for him who is in Australia to go to Ming Dynasty because there are no direct merchant ships from Australia to Ming Dynasty.
It was not until half a year ago that Xie Richang accidentally learned that there were merchant ships traveling back and forth between Ming Dynasty and Australia. Those merchant ships from Ming Dynasty or Britain brought all kinds of goods produced in Ming Dynasty, and even many of the things sold in his store, were all produced in Ming Dynasty.
Although those merchant ships are not passenger ships, they certainly don't mind taking a few passengers as long as they are willing to pay the fare.
So, after considering it over and over again for several months, looking at his four-year-old son, Xie Richang finally made a decision - he wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty.
He sold his shop and took his wife and children on a merchant ship bound for Linhai. However, the ship was British, which disappointed him. After all, he had learned that Daming also had ships sailing between Daming and Australia. If it was a Daming ship, he could certainly talk to the crew about Daming on board. But it was no big deal. The most important thing was to be in Daming. It would not be too late to learn about Daming when he got there.
As the British merchant ship flying the Union Jack slowly sailed into Linhai, the woman holding her little son looked at the port that came into view with a trace of sadness between her brows.
"Hubby, is this the Ming Dynasty you were talking about?"
Why should we waste such a good time here?
Is it because this is Ming Dynasty?
As a woman, she didn't understand those big principles at all, but she knew that the store was the result of her years of hard work, and now it was all gone.
It’s all for that man’s dream.
“This is the Ming Dynasty.”
Xie Richang picked up Xie Zuntai, who was just four years old, and pointed at the port and said.
"Son, look, this is Ming Dynasty, this is where we Chinese live. Do you see that flag? What is it?"
"Sun and Moon Flag."
Xie Zuntai looked back at his father and said.
"Dad, this seems different from what you drew."
In fact, Xie Richang also painted a sun and moon flag, but that flag was painted based on his imagination according to what he saw in the newspaper, so naturally it was a little different.
"It's all the same, it's all the same. The Sun and Moon Flag of the Ming Dynasty. Wherever the sun and moon shine, it's Ming territory! As long as there's the sun and the moon, it's the Sun and Moon Flag..."
Looking at the sun and moon flag flying on the customs building, Xie Richang felt his vision was a little blurry, and even his eyes felt a little sore.
Is this the Ming Dynasty he has been dreaming of?
It’s the Ming Dynasty.
Finally, ten minutes later, he set foot on the land of Ming Dynasty.
However, after passing the quarantine and setting foot on Ming Dynasty soil, he ran into trouble before he even walked out of the customs building - he didn't know which way to go.
"National Channel."
"Foreigners' passage."
“Immigration channel.”
The customs hall is divided into three channels, and the immigration channel is the most crowded.
What does this mean?
Looking at the words on the sign, the woman holding her youngest son asked.
"Shall we go there?"
"Foreigners? Locals... We..."
After thinking about it, Xie Richang said.
“They should be immigrants!”
After Xie Richang and his family had been waiting in line for almost an hour, when it was finally their turn, they encountered a new problem - language barrier!
Both Xie Richang and the customs officer were a little confused.
One can't speak Mandarin, and the other can't speak Cantonese, so when the two of them talk it's like they are talking to a deaf person.
But he was soon replaced by another young customs officer who spoke fluent Cantonese.
"Welcome to Ming Dynasty. Hey, you are from Australia?"
"Yes sir, by cargo ship."
Qin Sihua looked at the family with some curiosity. He had never met Chinese people from Australia before.
Unlike foreigners who need to apply for a visa to enter the Ming Dynasty, Chinese people do not need a visa to enter the Ming Dynasty no matter where they come from. If Australia had not disagreed with the Ming Dynasty setting up a consulate in the local area, these people would probably have obtained Australian passports long ago.
"May I have your name?"
During the questioning, Qin Sihua had already taken out an "Immigration Registration Form".
"Thank you, Richang."
Xie Richang replied quickly.
"Place of origin", "age"...
After several minutes of questioning, Xie Richang received a blue registration form from the official that contained the information of his family of four.
"That's all!"
With some excitement in his heart, Xie Richang took his wife and son and walked along the railing to the other side. At this moment, he seemed to see a brand new life that he had never seen before, and it was waving to him.
This is the Ming Dynasty he has been waiting for for a long time!
But soon, Xie Richang felt that everything seemed a little wrong.
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(End of this chapter)