Chapter 69 Hell Mode
Luo Jiu coughed hurriedly, "What they mean is that the Boxer Indemnity cost our Qing Dynasty a lot of money, and these foreigners are simply trying to destroy our Qing Dynasty."
Luo Jiu secretly pinched Zhong Jialing and Feng Qi, signaling them to be careful with their words.
These people are real Qing Dynasty people, very different from the Qing Dynasty people on the Internet.
They considered themselves to be the subjects of the Qing Dynasty and could not bear to hear words like “the Qing Dynasty is fallen”.
Cheng Yaoyao whispered in their ears: "The Boxer Indemnity refers to the humiliating Boxer Protocol."
The Boxer Protocol stipulated that the Qing government had to pay 450 million taels of silver to various countries, to be repaid in 39 years, with a total of 980 million taels of principal and interest. Dongjiaomin Lane was designated as the embassy area, and Chinese were not allowed to live there...
When Luo Jiu mentioned the Boxer Indemnity, sighs were heard in the cabin, and some people even sobbed and cried.
Old Man Qi raised his head, but tears still flowed from his dim eyes. "God didn't bless our Qing Dynasty. We couldn't defeat the foreigners. We had no choice but to cede land and pay compensation, and let them bully us. The country is weak and the people are living in misery. Otherwise, why would we leave our homeland?"
Gu Dali followed up by saying, "These foreigners are so tyrannical that they set up concessions on our territory and even put up signs saying that Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter. Oh, I really hate them!"
"Who wouldn't hate it?" Luo Jiu said, "This shame will be written in textbooks, and the Chinese people will remember it forever from generation to generation. Let future generations remember that a weak country will be humiliated by others, and a strong country can defend its dignity. One day, we will get back at this debt."
Old Man Qi wiped away his tears and said, "Will there be such a day? Will the Qing Dynasty still become powerful?"
Luo Jiu said in a clear voice: "From the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the wheel of history has rolled forward, and the country's name has changed several times. As long as the people are always there, why should we be obsessed with the Shi Qing or something else?
As long as the Chinese nation continues to thrive, is there any reason to fear that there will not be a day when it becomes strong?
The foreigners took away everything with guns and cannons. If we also have guns and cannons, can't we take everything back? "
These words brought a brief silence into the cabin.
Father Qi was silent for a moment, "Young lady has great ambitions, and sounds like someone who has been educated."
Luo Jiu hummed, and made up a story: "My family hired a teacher and I studied for a few years."
Gu Dali asked curiously, "Why haven't I seen you guys before? It's been more than three months. I don't remember there were a few girls your age on the ship. Where did you get on board?"
Good fellow, Zhong Jialing glared at him in the dark. If I had known he would talk so much, I would not have given him water. He is really ungrateful.
Luo Jiu said calmly: "I was too lazy to move because I was sick a few days ago. We don't like to talk on weekdays. We have been in the corner and are not familiar with everyone, so it is normal that you didn't notice. By the way, where did you get on the ship from?"
Some said Guangzhou, others said Hong Kong. Luo Jiu guessed that these were the two places, so he replied, "We also boarded the ship in Guangzhou."
The people around him began to introduce themselves one after another. "I am Ding Hua from Jinan. Thank you ladies for your generous gift of water."
"I am Sun Wu from Qingdao."
"I am Tianjin Qusuo."
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The four of them looked at each other and bowed in tacit understanding, "I am Luo Jiu from Jiangcheng, and these guys are all my fellow townsmen."
"My name is Cheng Yaoyao, nice to meet you all."
"My name is Zhong Jialing, nice to meet you." After saying that, Zhong Jialing touched Feng Qi's arm. Feng Qi looked at this scene and really wanted to laugh.
I never imagined that one day I would have to introduce myself to people from the Qing Dynasty.
She cleared her throat and said, "My name is Feng Qi, greetings to all of you."
Father Qi asked: "Since you are educated and your family can afford to hire a teacher, you must be from a well-off family. Why did you come here?"
Feng Qi sighed, "It's a long story. I don't know how I got here."
Zhu Jiumei listened to them talking for a long time, and now she couldn't help but say, "My sister and I were the same. We went out to work with my uncle, and I don't know how we got knocked unconscious. When we woke up, we were on the boat."
Zhong Jialing said quickly: "Yes, yes, we are almost there too. We woke up and were on the boat."
Cheng Yaoyao looked at Father Qi's expression and said, "It looks like you came to the ship on your own initiative?"
Father Qi nodded and said, "Comprador Yang said that if you work well, you can earn several hundred taels a year.
I want to do this for a few years while I still have some strength.
My wife has tuberculosis, and my youngest son was born with a foot disease. I just hope to earn enough money as soon as possible to buy medicine for them. "
Luo Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "This ship... isn't it going to Jinshan?"
Father Qi laughed bitterly, "Where is the gold mountain in this world? That's just to trick those fools who dream of getting rich."
Luo Jiu's heart was about to fall back into his stomach when he said, "This ship is going to Yingguo. We are going to build a railway. The comprador said that we can earn at least ten taels of silver a month."
Old Man Qi looked to be about sixty years old. When he said this, the wrinkles on his face relaxed and he was full of expectations for the future.
Luo Jiu remained silent, just buried his head in his palms and escaped for a short while.
Finally figured out that this ship was a labor ship.
It was not enough for the imperialists to rob gold, silver, treasures and land; they also took away hundreds of thousands of laborers from the country.
Those so-called compradors are notorious in history.
They are pure liars, cheating and deceiving people, taking advantage of their compatriots' eagerness to find jobs and tricking them into boarding a ship with no return.
The so-called gold everywhere and high rewards were all fake. Once on the ship, you became prey under the guns of the foreigners. You couldn't escape even if you wanted to, and you had no money even if you wanted to make money.
They will be whipped and forced to do the hardest work, thinking they will be paid?
No, someone will soon tell them that their wages need to be used to pay for the boat fare, meal fees, and head wages first...
Under various pretexts, honest Chinese workers were trapped in a foreign land and could not return to their homeland until their death.
What should I do?
In just a short while, Luo Jiu felt like he had suffered ten thousand blows.
They traveled through time to a hellish dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty, which had completely become a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society.
The geographical location is a foreign country and I am unfamiliar with the place.
Luo Jiu pushed the body of Zhu Jiumei's sister to the side and said, "Excuse me, please make way."
She lay down on the spot. The corpse was no longer scary to her. What was about to happen was scary.
Zhong Jialing lay down beside her carefully and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, I've been to Ying Country before, and it's actually OK except that the food there is unpalatable."
Luo Jiu smiled helplessly, "This ship is not for us to travel. There is still racial discrimination in the 21st century. They don't treat us as human beings at this time. They will call us piglets and treat us as slaves."
Zhong Jialing bit her tongue and said, "What should we do? Should we run?"
"Where can we go in this vast ocean? Wait until we reach the shore."
Luo Jiu whispered something in Cheng Yaoyao's ear. Cheng Yaoyao disappeared for a while and soon came out with some worn Chinese clothes.
It’s pitch dark now, and no one can see it anyway.
The four of them changed into clothes that were more suitable for the current situation, tied up their hair, covered their masks with scarves, and changed their shoes into cloth shoes.
Luo Jiu still felt that it was not enough. Compared with the weak people around them, they were too clean and too healthy.
She reached into the corner, rubbed off the dust, and touched their faces.
Cheng Yaoyao gritted her teeth, stripped off the outer clothes of several dead people nearby, took them to the space to disinfect them, and then took them out for everyone to wear.
After a lot of trouble, the four of them changed their appearance and lay on the wooden board, took off their night vision goggles, closed their eyes, and let their thoughts sway with the waves.
Feng Qi: “What should I do?”
Luo Jiu: "You go to sleep first, I'll think of a solution."
Cheng Yaoyao was about to fall asleep when Luo Jiu suddenly tugged at her clothes and asked, "Did you go see that person just now?"
"Who?" Cheng Yaoyao didn't react for a moment.
Luo Jiu reminded her, "Fubao, has she opened her eyes?"
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