New World 1620

The European immigrants who arrived in the New World of North America did not live the beautiful new life they imagined at first.Like the wild land of the primitive world, there are too many unbearable sufferings.Hunger, disease, beasts, they are waiting for the next sunrise in fear all the time.

In contrast, the gentle native Indians are the easiest of all the strange problems they encounter.From the perspective of social psychology, when the human group is at a disadvantage in the natural environment, the human group will, under the guidance of the subconscious, cover up their inner fear by creating various interpersonal psychological advantages of relying on the strong and bullying the weak. This behavior can be internal , can also be external.

As a result, these Europeans who were far away from home vented their loneliness, dissatisfaction, suffering and fear on the Indians and even their own people, and tried their best to fill all the material or spiritual poverty and desperation they needed.

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The third day after the catastrophe.

After two days of vigilance and search by two squads of armed police, the survivors' temporary camp did not appear to be attacked by wild wolves as imagined.

The survivors who were kept in the dark did not wait for the external rescue they hoped for.

On the same day, the self-rescue leading group was reorganized, the name was changed to the self-rescue committee, and the members were appropriately expanded.Including Dong Jiunan, a great man from Liaodong, was selected. As for the reasons for being selected, Zheng Quan answered that the opponent is a veteran and has a certain appeal among dock workers.

Quarrels, verbal abuse and even fights are still unstoppable.Often because of a small problem, two youths who look extremely weak will pull each other hysterically, and the cause is probably just because one side sat on the other's plastic sheet.

The women were deliberately isolated on the other side of the river beach by the police to prevent possible vicious acts.

Every night, there will always be hoarse curses or crying from such a corner, making the nervous people even more haggard and sleepless.

Thanks to yet another new member joining the Self-Help Committee, a middle-aged man who is said to have been engaged in social psychology research for a long time.In his theory, if the crowd in a dangerous state receives a lot of safety hints, the crowd will quickly recover from the panic.

From the uniforms of dozens of people standing guard, to the first batch of piles of materials sorted out, to the all-night armed guard and the food that can be picked up at any time on demand, all of them play the role of safety hints.

In any case, from the third day onwards, some optimistic changes took place in the mental outlook of the survivors.

The dead have been properly buried in a remote place, and the wounded have also received good treatment.This depends on the efforts of the medical team organized by the self-rescue committee. The overturned 120 ambulances contained a large amount of medical and surgical emergency medicines, and the medical staff basically suffered no casualties in the catastrophe.

After simple classification statistics in the past two days, except for the five bulk cargo ships that were temporarily isolated by the customs anti-smuggling team, the materials in the wharf warehouse at the disaster site generally have a result.

Household items include nearly 4 sets of various ready-made clothing products, nearly 1 sets of bedding textile products, more than 3 pairs of shoes and hundreds of imported assembled furniture.

Kitchen utensils include more than 3000 sets of stainless steel kitchen utensils produced by a coastal township enterprise, and more than 2000 sets of high-end glass wine sets imported from Italy.

The mechanical supplies are imported garbage piled up in a collapsed warehouse—probably dozens of slightly rusty second-hand machine tools.

In the ruins of several warehouses are buried thousands of car tires, hundreds of tons of diesel and other industrial oils, and hundreds of imported mountain bikes in spare parts.

For food, it is a large number of packaged foods produced by coastal township enterprises for export to other provinces or Southeast Asia.The only mainstream one is about 30 tons of imported Thai fragrant rice and some crop seeds in the leased warehouse of an agricultural company.

In addition, there are a large number of industrial products such as coils and cables, and dozens of damaged dock locomotives.

It is estimated that it will take some time to sort out more detailed material statistics, but it can be expected that with the existing manpower and the ruined site, this work will last at least several months.

Now, many young people are gathering together to mutter that smart people have drawn countless versions of possibilities through climate and geographical features.Some people have a mysterious expectation for the truth, but more people have a vague and spreading panic formed in their apprehension.

From yesterday to today, the customs anti-smuggling ship with ship number 516 has wandered north and south in the big river several times, but the results of the investigation have not been made public.During the survey process, Su Zining participated in the whole process as the first person to reach the South River Estuary.

Yan Xiaosong and Liaodong Dahan Dong Jiunan, as members of the new self-rescue committee, are responsible for the material statistics and sorting work.Although the two of them made it clear that this kind of work was not their forte, Qi Jianjun, as the deputy commander of the self-rescue committee, gave them unexpected trust.

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At the mouth of the Hudson River in the south, the anti-smuggling boat bypassed the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island and turned to the East River in the northeast.

About two kilometers later, several people, including Su Zining, boarded a river bank on the southeast side of Manhattan Island.

In front of me is a vast flat water plain surrounded by forests, with a very simple wooden pier, and there is an even simpler wooden shed area near the pier.But judging from the scene, it also looks like there have been no people inhabited for several years.

"This is the future Chinatown in Manhattan, New York... Now it's just a temporary pier built by European fur traders. Usually they come here every few years to trade with the Indians. This kind of trade behavior began around the 17s Yes. At present, there have been no European fur traders here for several years, and it is in a state of desertion.”

Su Zining whispered these historical knowledge in Zheng Quan's ear one after another, which made Zheng Quan frown.

"Xiao Su, when was New York established?" Zheng Quan looked at the other side of the East River, and the denser forest over there attracted his attention.

"To be precise, in 1624, the Dutch businessman Peter Minute bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians with a pile of rags worth less than $24, and then named it New Amsterdam, but...not many years It was taken away by the English."

Su Zining dug out this history from his memory, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"Based on your estimate, how many years is it now?" Zheng Quan had no doubts about Su Zining's historical knowledge.

"Now it should be between 1618 and 1625. Of course, it is not ruled out that the time may be earlier, but at least it is after 1614. It is inferred from the epitaph of the unlucky Dutchman and the situation here."

"It should be a few years..." Hearing this conclusion, Zheng Quan's tense face eased a little.

oh?Does this uncle have an idea?Su Zining looked at the captain with a strange look on his face, whose eyes were shining brightly.

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On the fifth day after the catastrophe, it was sunny.

On many people's watches, it's still Friday, September 2012, 9.

After a day of intermittent simple repairs, the fishing boat that had run aground with Customs anti-smuggling boat No. 516 was finally ready for use.The simple and honest fishing boat owner almost kissed the mechanic of the customs anti-smuggling boat who was in charge of repairing in his excitement.

Today, the last seriously injured person escaped from danger.Also on this day, the Self-Help Committee announced an answer that everyone had guessed for a long time.

time travel? !It seems to mean something...

Many people have finally waited for the truth that they have guessed for a long time.Just as Su Zining thought, this group of survivors who had been screaming for the truth a few days ago sat on the sidelines like puppets with disconnected strings after a few days of "holding back".

On the side of the campsite on the river beach, exaggerated stockpiles of the former pier were piled up, and these were less than one-tenth of the total amount. This size alone was enough for the survivors to use for a year.

Of course, no one cared about the food issue. Under the deliberate arrangement of the social psychologist, in order to alleviate post-disaster worries and create a sense of security, the self-rescue committee led by Zheng Quan almost opened up the supply.But in fact, as far as the food reserves in the hands of the self-rescue committee are concerned, they will bottom out in at most three months.

Zheng Quan stood on a large container and said something with a loudspeaker. Su Zining didn't listen, but just wrote quickly with a small manuscript in his hand.

"Why didn't you attend the committee meeting last night? We're going to move south to build settlements in that deserted dock area." Yan Xiaosong touched Su Zining's arm and turned his head to mutter.

"With Qi Jianjun here, I don't have the right to speak, or it doesn't matter if I say it or not." Su Zining didn't look up, and continued to write on the manuscript.

"He seems to value you very much." Yan Xiaosong smiled noncommittally, while raising his hand, he also helped Su Zining raise his arm, because Zheng Quan on the stage was holding a vote with a show of hands in a symbolic sense.This action interrupted Su Zining's writing again.

"He needs help to help him gain more voice in the self-rescue committee." Su Zining lowered his arm, tapped himself with a pencil, and then tapped the other party, "You, Dong Jiunan, and even Zhou Kemin, born in the [-]s, are all possible It's a potential target for him."

"Me?" Yan Xiaosong was a little puzzled.

"You'll understand later, or you can ask that social psychologist." Su Zining smiled mysteriously, and put away the manuscript.

"What were you in a hurry to write just now?" Yan Xiaosong pointed to the other party's pocket.

"Write down everything you can think of about the European colonization of North America in the past or in the next few decades, so as not to forget it. Now these things are more important than an 81 bar." Su Zining straightened his clothes and seemed to be a lot more relaxed.

"What's the conclusion?" Yan Xiaosong saw Su Zining's expression and knew that the situation was still optimistic.

"Perhaps in a while, a group of unlucky ghosts from Europe will land on the coast thousands of kilometers away from us." There was a sound of sound all around, and the mobilized crowd had their own worries and joys under the speech of the self-rescue committee officials.Su Zining smiled and pointed to the northeast direction, "The Mayflower, a group of unlucky children who made history."

Making history... Maybe we are one of them... Yan Xiaosong thought.

After resting for another day, the survivors began to move in batches along the banks of the Hudson River with their old and young.

The tires taken out of the wharf warehouse were simply made into a number of flat trolleys, carrying a large amount of sorted out living materials, and the carts were pushed southward with difficulty.The larger supplies were transported in turn by the barely repaired fishing boat.

At the destination, near the abandoned pier by European fur traders, a few young men who claimed to be majors in civil engineering and dozens of former dock workers were already surveying and making gestures.