Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, I, the rice class leader

Chapter 306 Chapter 306: A big storm in Hong Kong, let’s move!

The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, so there is no problem in mobilizing soldiers to pick up people.

As soon as the army moved, news was received in Jianghu, and Lu Dachao followed up with the order: "Let them go."

The war started from Kowloon Walled City, but it does not mean that this is the final battlefield.

The world is a chess game, and for chess players, it ultimately depends on the reaction and cooperation of all parties.

A group of policemen walked away dejectedly, escorted by soldiers. They were greeted with a middle finger.

On the day of the Kowloon Walled City incident, the contents of the newspapers had spread to Guangfu, Shamien and other places, and public opinion was boiling.

The next day.

"Obviously we have stood up, but foreigners always think we are kneeling."

"The chairman of the committee has said that the land does not distinguish between north and south, and regardless of age, everyone has the responsibility to protect the land."

As Gao Yao expected, the first thing to break out was the sand surface.

I saw dozens of people who looked like young students walking onto the street holding signs.
"We want to recuperate and rebuild."

"Foreigners are ravaging the people and destroying my homeland."

They all raised their arms and shouted: "Down with the foreigners."

"Down with the foreigners!"

Shamien was originally the center of the democratic movement, and since it was close to Hong Kong Island, they could confirm whether the news was true or false, and they could indeed feel the arrogance and rudeness of foreigners.

If someone takes the lead, others will immediately follow.

The long street was quickly filled with huge parades.

Liu Meiren stood by the bed and silently looked at the team with intentions. She was greatly shocked. The dead ghost had no plan, but Shamian actually fully supported and protested against the cruelty of the ghost.

"Where are they going?"

"consulate."

Someone on the side said: "Ms. Liu, this is Sha Mian."

He murmured: "Those who die in battle are honored, those who live in vain are disgraced. The honor and disgrace attached to one person is light, but the honor and disgrace tied to the country is more important."

"The era of wanton bullying by foreigners has passed."

Liu Meiren's hair stood on end when he heard this. No one in Hong Kong would say this.

The man then said: "I have called all walks of life in Guangdong and Guangzhou to set up a diplomatic support group in response to the Kowloon incident. Miss Liu, please wait and see."

"Down with Imperialism!"

"Resolutely take back Hong Kong Island!"

When Liu Meiren listened again, there was already a loud noise outside.

She couldn't imagine it, but she was shocked!
The sparks finally began to gather, and the oil in the pan began to slowly boil.

On January 1948, 1, the Hong Kong government sent a large number of military and police forces into the Kowloon Walled City, demolishing more than 5 houses and injuring hundreds of people, including Sing Tao Daily reporter Li Man-tin who came to report.

People are angry!

On January 1, thugs during a Shamian march set fire to the British Empire Consulate General in Guangfu. The news came out and shocked the world.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government lodged a protest with the British Ambassador to China, Stephen Stiff, over yesterday's expulsion of more than 2000 residents of the Kowloon Walled City by military police on Hong Kong Island.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: The government has asked the British Ambassador to inform the Hong Kong government to stop the current violent practices.

The people did not accept the protests and demanded that the government severely punish the Hong Kong government for violating its sovereignty.

On January 1, Baoan County Magistrate Wang Qijun and the County Council Speaker visited the Kowloon Walled City in person to declare their sovereignty and were welcomed by tens of thousands of Kowloon residents along the way.

On January 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again lodged a serious protest with the British Ambassador to China, Stilman, over the Kowloon incident, emphasizing that the National Government had jurisdiction over the Kowloon Walled City and condemning the breach of contract by the British Hong Kong authorities;
The Supervisory Committee of the Control Yuan held a talk meeting and believed that the Hong Kong government's forced eviction of Kowloon Walled City residents violated international public law. They decided to write to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge them to immediately find out the truth and negotiate with the British Hong Kong authorities.

On January 1, the Hong Kong government, which had been silent all along, issued a statement on the Kowloon incident, saying: "The entire demolition issue in Kowloon City is entirely related to the internal administrative affairs of the Colonial Department."

When the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar.

Gao Yao slapped the table: "That's unreasonable."

The British treasury is so poor that it can run away with rats, and it is still imposing ration restrictions. At this time, do you still want to pretend to be the arrogance of a big country?
"Let the brothers move."

Gao Yao said with a cold face: "Times have changed, but Westerners have not felt this. It is time to let them know that the future is an era of sincere cooperation."

“It is difficult to gain weight by eating alone.”

People are demonstrating outside at the call of the Guangdong-Guangzhou Diplomatic Support Association for the Kowloon Incident. It makes no sense that Hong Kong Island is calm.

"I'm tired."

I don’t know how many calls have been made to Gaofu in the past few days, and I don’t know how many people have come to visit, but they have all been blocked.

People outside thought that Gao was having trouble with the Hong Kong government, but they didn't know that Gao had already seen clearly that this was a fight between Westerners and Chinese for the right to speak.

Although it is not that the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the west wind.

But if we don't even fight this battle, it will be difficult for everyone to stand up in the future.

Gao Yao knew that in the following years, the Hong Kong government had indeed introduced many restrictive clauses in order to facilitate its governance.

In other words, it is simply a gangster clause.

For example, officially adopt the ID card system.

For example, the "Prohibition of Activities of Societies Ordinance" stipulates that although individual members of societies outside Hong Kong Island are treated as societies on Hong Kong Island, the police can arbitrarily enter the houses of societies or society members to conduct searches and arrests.

Another example is the "Deportation of Undesirable Elements Ordinance", which stipulates that the Hong Kong government can deport people without any reason.

It is called the City of Freedom, but the laws it implements are no different from those of fascism and completely violate human rights.

If you don't show your fists at this time, everyone will become fish on the chopping board, and only the obedient ones will survive.

How is this possible?

Lin Jing was ready to inform.

Gao Yao urged: "It must be reasonable and reasonable, and the scope of attack must not be expanded."

Originally, the Shamian demonstration was quite OK, but several radicals among them directly set fire to the British Consulate General in Guangfu.

This left the National Government passive.

Gao Yao was not prepared to do this. He believed that his demands must be expressed reasonably and it would be unwise to fight and kill.

quickly,

The slogan "Aid the citizens and fight against the British imperialists" swept Hong Kong Island.

The parade first started at the Kowloon Walled City and then spread throughout Kowloon.

Teachers and students of Huangren College, which is a government school, were the first to strike, and other schools, large and small, followed suit.

At that time, teachers and students of Queen's College responded to the Guangfu strike action, which attracted the attention of all parties.

Saving the country should start with students.

Although most of the classes taken by teachers and students on Hong Kong Island are English classes, it does not affect their patriotism.

Historically, movements must start with students and then spread to the whole society.

Queen's College was the first to go on strike, and other schools followed suit, including the Radio College.

Later, the Kowloon Power Plant declared a strike!
Workers at Hung Hom Power Plant, a subsidiary of CLP Power, went on strike after friendly persuasion!

The lights of thousands of houses in Kowloon turned into candlelight.

Immediately afterwards, all dock workers in Kowloon declared a strike, and boat crews came ashore one after another.Later, starting from Sai Ying Pun and Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island, dock workers officially announced the strike while shouting "Ah Cai needs an explanation".

The whole sea of ​​Hong Kong Island is full of drifting ships, and the pier is deserted.

When the news came out, the whole Hong Kong was shocked.

"It's a big deal."

Now even Keswick and others couldn't sit still. The situation was very similar to the provincial and Hong Kong strike 21 years ago.

If it continues to develop, Hong Kong Island will become a smelly port.

What followed was an economic collapse and a plunge in the stock market.

"It's over, it's over."

Kadoorie's eyes turned black, and he wailed and shouted: "The share price of China Electric Power has plummeted."

“Why doesn’t this damn Xiangjiang Association close the transaction?”

The faces of the others were not good-looking.

Play off!
FUCK!

They really want to have a conflict with the Hong Kong government, but they are absolutely unwilling to have a strike wave.

Each disaster will bring about secondary distribution, and after each distribution, the Westerners' control over Hong Kong Island will be weakened by three points.

As a result, the Hong Kong government had to re-employ Chinese people.

"This matter must be resolved immediately."

Keswick said immediately: "I will go find the Governor."

"If the quarrel continues, it will not be easy for him."

Not only would it be uncomfortable, it would be possible for him to step down from the governor's seat directly.

The then Governor of Hong Kong, Stuart, was directly dismissed because he failed to handle the general strike, and Clementi was replaced.

How similar is the situation now?
Grantham also realized the seriousness of the matter, and representatives of the new generation of Chinese people avoided seeing him. This was a unique situation.

He could only summon veteran He Dong, Luo Wenjin and others again, and meet with special commissioner Guo Dehua and others to discuss the matter.

"The Hong Kong government has absolutely no intention of demolishing the Kowloon Walled City, let alone evicting the residents of the Kowloon Walled City."

The current situation is pressing, and Grantham can only withdraw his tough declaration on January 1.

He is a qualified politician and naturally would not consider this a humiliating matter.

In politics, as long as the situation can be maintained, it is right.

"I have ordered the police to investigate Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Walled City, and we must give an explanation to all parties."

The earliest controversy came from the death of Ah Choi in Pok Fu Lam. The police force firmly believed that it was correct, and the Hong Kong government also agreed with this statement, which aroused public anger, so the first march was held.

Later, Gao Yao saw that the situation was not yet over, so he asked Xiao Li to come forward and contact his office to provide legal aid, so that the demonstration incident did not expand.

At that time, Gao Yao actually gave the Hong Kong government a chance.

Who would have known that the Hong Kong government was ignorant of the need to praise, and would later attack the Kowloon Walled City, thereby stirring up a hornet's nest.

Eventually leading to the situation at hand.

He Dong is old and easily silent.

Guo Dehua is an old man, not to mention that he received money from someone high and was disgraced by the Hong Kong government last time. Naturally, he will not speak easily on such occasions.

The only one who could express his opinion was He Dong's son-in-law Luo Wenjin.

"Your Excellency, public opinion is boiling now, and everyone needs an explanation."

Luo Wenjin said tactfully: "The top priority is that the situation must not escalate. Please do not send out military police."

These people present are very aware of Westerners' peeing habits. If the situation is not urgent, they will never bow their heads.

As soon as things relax a little, they will overturn all previous agreements.

"of course."

The general strike in the province and Hong Kong shocked China and the world. There were many reports in newspapers at that time. Grantham had already read it at that time. Later, when he came to Hong Kong Island, he deliberately took out the files again to observe, in order to prevent this kind of situation from happening under his watch. matter.

Grantham said without hesitation: "The military camp will not be activated unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Gentlemen, you should have noticed that I sent soldiers out of the camp just to pick up people."

Several people nodded, this was something they were satisfied with.

If the soldiers had taken any extraordinary actions at that time, Hong Kong Island might have become a smelly port now.

He Dong finally spoke, and he directly reassured Grantham: "You can rest assured that there will be no economic and trade blockade this time."

The reason why the general strike in the province and Hong Kong 21 years ago had a far-reaching impact was because the "British and French sailors fired at demonstrators" occurred in Shamian at that time, resulting in 52 deaths and more than 170 injuries. The incident stimulated public anti-imperialist and anti-colonial sentiments.

At that time, there was an industry-wide strike, which caused a shutdown on Hong Kong Island.

The Guangfu Strike Committee personally carried out an armed blockade of Hong Kong Island, prohibiting all ships from passing through and entering and leaving the Guangfu Port.

The Hong Kong government did not show weakness and announced a ban on the export of rice, flour, canned food, coal, oil, Hong Kong dollars and precious metals, cutting off supplies from overseas to the mainland via Hong Kong Island.

Things are different now. Before He Dong came, he had already had a phone call with Song Guojiu from Guangdong Province, who said that he would abide by the Chairman's instructions and strictly observe order.

In this way, there will naturally be no economic and trade blockade.

As long as there is no blockade and things can come in, Hong Kong Island will not become a smelly port.

In fact, Grantham also believed that the situation 21 years ago would not happen. He nodded: "This is good news."

He Dong followed up and said, "It's just that the current situation has changed."

Previously, the most powerful company on Hong Kong Island was the North-South Bank. They controlled trade with the mainland, and their managers were more powerful than the top managers of foreign banks.

However, after World War II, due to the government's implementation of goods import controls and restrictions on foreign exchange settlements, and the influx of large amounts of seafood and groceries from the mainland, South Korea and the East, the mainland and even the world's markets were unable to open up, resulting in a severe blow to the north-south business.

In addition to being older and having some money at home, the older generation is no longer as influential as the president of the chamber of commerce, which combines local accents as the main body.

He Dong had to tell Grantham frankly: "The key to this matter is not outside, but in Hong Kong."

Grantham was silent for a moment, he had to admit that he was a little arrogant on this matter.

I originally thought that my wife and Mrs. Jane would be able to handle Gao Yao.

Who knows that in the face of interests, all friendships are just paper.

This was the first time for Grantham to meet such a person.

"The most important thing is to resume production."

Grantham said sincerely: "It took Hong Kong two years to regain its vitality. We must not let things slip at the critical moment."

"Otherwise, all the hardships I endured in the past few years will be in vain."

After talking for so long, I haven't seen you say anything nutritious.

Guo Dehua said neither yin nor yang: "Your Majesty the Governor, if you still say that, I will wait for the negotiating team."

"My country's Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ye, will fly to Guangfu in the near future to deal with this matter."

He stood up and nodded politely to a few people.

"I'm busy with official business, so I'll excuse you."

(End of this chapter)