Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 90 First Coming to the Shanghai Sea

  January 26, 1879

  Shanghai

  After 15 days of sea voyage, the fast freighter "Taishan" sailed into the Huangpu River. This one of the five trade ports that was forced to open after the Opium War has now shown the charm of the Pearl of the Orient.

  In 1879, the entire Shanghai Sea accounted for 60% of foreign trade. The prosperous commercial trade gave birth to this Oriental magic capital, which is even more brilliant. There are row upon row of tall European-style buildings along the Huangpu River.

  Among them are the Huitong Bank Shanghai Branch and the Normandy Import and Export Corporation building, which are all under construction, all of which are Victorian colonnade structures, which look exceptionally spectacular.

The Bund is a leased land allocated to the British by the Shanghai County Government of the Qing Dynasty. The original purpose was to not want foreigners to enter the county seat. Therefore, a large area of ​​deserted beaches along the river was allocated to the British for use. Unexpectedly, it flourished and showed the embryonic form of an oriental metropolis. .

  The boats on the Huangpu River are like weaving, a scene of prosperity.

  In the land city, pedestrians wearing melon skin hats and foreigners in suits and leather shoes go their own way. Rickshaws, sugar haws, luggage and baggage men are going to go around, and it is very lively.

  As soon as the freighter "Taishan" arrived at the pier, a large group of pier coolies and porters surrounded it, eagerly looking forward to doing a big business.

  "Get out of the way, you yellow-skinned monkeys get out of my way, don't block my way, you **** guys."

  An Englishman from the customs rushed over in a sedan chair carried by two people, and loudly rebuked the crowd. The porter and coolie with more than 100 people quietly stepped aside, allowing the white British man to come to the side of the ship.

  At this moment, a neat line of young people walked down from the gangway on the ship, all of them with short hair and wearing dark wool coats that looked confident and sturdy.

  Uh...what the hell?

This British customs officer quickly pulled out the documents from his body and looked at it. It was the Australian 19th Century United Shipping Company. It was right. It was right from the Red River Valley Wharf in Queensland to the Shanghai Sea. The name of the ship "Taishan" was right, but so. What the **** is multiplayer?

  "Sir, I advise you to know how to respect people in other countries. This is that an educated person should have a humble character, not just knowing rude nonsense. This does not show your strength."

  The leading young man came to the white staff member and spoke with him in fluent English, which made the white staff member stunned; "Are you talking about me? I want to know your name."

  "A team of student officer Li Sixian."

   "Li Sizhong, the second team student officer."

   "Li Siliang, the student officer of the three teams."

  "Zhang Qiang, the student officer of the four teams."

   "Do you need to know anything else? Report your name, and we will complain to your chief that the attitude is bad and insults the image of the British Empire."

  "I’m little John, um...sorry, I don’t understand what you mean?"

   "We are going to complain to your chief, idiot."

  The white customs clerk was immediately trapped, and Ai Ai replied, "But you... please forgive me for not knowing who you are. You and these Chinese... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend."

Li Sixian said solemnly; "We are naturalized British, but we have the same blood, the same ancestor, and the same black eyes, black hair and yellow skin as the yellow-skinned monkey you mentioned. We are sincere about this. Pride and pride, because we come from an ancient civilization with a long history of 5,000 years, and our spiritual power is extremely powerful."

  Now Little John understood, and his expression became extremely ugly.

  If he is really complained, a helpless little employee like himself will definitely not be optimistic. Maybe he will lose this well-paid job, which is unacceptable to him.

  Don’t look at Little John's dignity on the dock. Compared with the wealthy and powerful nineteenth century United Shipping Company, Little John is a grasshopper at the bottom of society and can easily be crushed to death.

  Why are so many young students surnamed Li?

   is also unified with the word "thinking", which has to be said.

  Many of these young students are refugees or orphans. The original names were Gouzhuer, Little Stone, Gougan, Two Monkeys, Dumb and so on. Many people don't know their surnames.

  After you come to Australia, you have to register for enrollment. It makes sense for you to call your name every day and give yourself a big name.

  Li Fushou brought these children to Australia to train them carefully. This great kindness is no different from their reproductive parents. The teenagers without a surname chose Li by appointment because of this admiration.

   arranged in accordance with the family tree of Li's Fushou;

  Bao Shou Xian Fu, Si Zhong Yong Bo, Ren Bing Tian Zhi Yuan, Ke Chong Succeeding in the World, a total of 18 characters.

  Li Fushou is the character of "Fu", and the next one happens to be the character of "Thinking". These teenagers are willing to live in their nephews and are also out of this admiration.

  Among them, whether there is conscious guidance from school teachers, this is probably unavoidable.

  Now this year, everyone is motivated!

Among the members of the Li clan in the Red River Valley, none of the four characters in front of "Bao Shou Xian Fu" were found. Even if there were, they were quietly changed. The word in the middle class was deleted to show that they did not dare to live in Li. On Fushou, express my sincere respect.

  From this detail, we can see how high Li Fushou's prestige is.

  As for the young students who call themselves British, this is not wrong, because the 33 million square kilometers of colonies in the British Empire are the Queen’s territory, and no inch is superfluous.

  On this infinite vast land covering five continents and four oceans, as long as you are naturalized, you are British, of course, indigenous people are not counted.

  As for saying that the British and the British are different, this is purely a different internal view. The British Empire does not recognize it. It is completely nonsense.

Little John at the pier bowed his head and apologized. This little detail did not affect the unloading of the Taishan ocean freighter. The pier crane lifted a tall and tall quarter horse and thoroughbred horses off the ship, and then hoisted it down again. There are as many as eighteen four-wheeled carriages.

The    is lined up in a row, which is spectacular.

  The crew have arranged for the coolie porters on the shore to wait. There is a large amount of cargo to be unloaded on the ship, and a large amount of cargo to be shipped. It is enough for everyone here to work hard for several days and get full payment.

After traveling thousands of miles to Europe, the Australian native products on the "Tarzan" ship are not worth the cost to transport at all, and they are unlikely to be gifts to the upper-class people in Europe.

  The exquisite silk, high-end porcelain and tea purchased locally by the Normandy Import and Export Company, as well as handicrafts full of oriental style, as well as Suzhou embroidery and lacquerware, are the goods that the "Taishan" ship needs to load.

  It’s not about looking down on what you produce, but that all the products produced in the Red River Valley are off-market goods, which is not unusual in Europe.

  Australian ham is rare?

  Obviously this is only a low-end food, which can be supplied to the army in large quantities to improve logistical supplies, but it is impossible to enter the nobility's enjoyment list. Is it comparable to Spanish ham?

  Is milk candy rare?

  Obviously, this is only a low-end sweet, which is rare in the Qing Dynasty, but in Europe and North America, it can only win with high quality and low price.

  The same is true for canned sausages, such as agricultural and animal husbandry products. They are very good gifts for people in the Qing Dynasty, but they are not welcome when they go to Europe, because the streets are rotten.

The pier quickly surrounded the inner third floor, the outer third floor people watching the western scene, seeing the blonde German, seeing Yelena and Fiona in elegant skirts, they would make a series of deliberately lowered exclamations. The private discussion became more enthusiastic.

  This kind of enthusiastic scene reached a climax when the female black slave Chris was disembarking with Li Fushou, and someone couldn't help but scream.

  Such a big battle, the scared Chris clings to Li Fushou's tall figure, she can hardly look at these Qing people wearing melon hats and long braids.

  Li Fushou is also very helpless. What can he say to a group of ignorant people?

  A group of people, accompanied by Zhu Wei, the head of the Normandy Company, quickly boarded the carriage and left, leaving behind a sound of exclamation.

  Normandy Hotel

  This is a large-scale building with a strong Baroque style. The dark green sloped roof is very conspicuous. The whole building is made of three-story rock structure. The most upscale hotel in Shanghai today has just been completed and opened soon.

  Li Fushou and his entourage stayed here. Today, no exchange activities with the British concession authorities were arranged, and rest were the main ones.

  Standing by the window of the top suite on the 3rd floor of the hotel

  Li Fushou looked at the strange and slightly familiar scenery outside the window, and he was full of emotion in his heart.

  This is not the prosperous Oriental City that never sleeps that he used to be familiar with. It is like a forest of steel and neon lights. It is more like an old-time setting in a certain movie and TV city, but it looks more old and has a little more smoke.

Today, what shocked him most was these Qing people wearing melon skin caps, grinning at the pier and grinning to the blond foreigner in kindness. The ignorance and numbness in his eyes touched Li Fushou deeply and fell into a long period of time. Thoughtful thinking.

  After a long time, he sighed quietly.

  Only by personally coming to this closed and backward society, can we truly feel that the forces of habits formed over the past hundreds of years are extremely powerful, and their thoughts, behaviors, and habits have all been imprisoned.

  In front of this powerful worldly power, personal power is like an ant, and it is impossible to shake this mountain.

Regardless of   , let history follow its original trajectory!

  What I can do is to develop this small world of Australia into a paradise for my compatriots. No matter where you are or what nationality you are, after all, you have the same Chinese blood and belong to the descendants of Yan and Huang.

  Australian compatriots are also overseas survivors of the Qing Dynasty. This is a constant concern.

   Standing in front of the window of the Normandy Hotel, Li Fushou made the most important decision in his life, which will have a profound impact on the extraordinary life and the international situation in the next few decades.

  "Come here, let Zhu Wei, the head of the Normandy company, come to the study, and talk about important matters, and no one else can disturb."

   "Yes, sir."

  Mingcha neatly served the brewed tea to the table, and took a peek at the master Li Fushou, the little heart was "thumping and thumping" very fast, and a red cloud quietly floated on his face.

  She knew that the silly fragrant girl and the chirping sweet girl had been taken away by the master, and she couldn't help but feel strange thoughts.

  Being a girl, but also divided into three or six or nine.

Mingyan, tea, Shimo, Shishu, Shiwen, Shiyan, Shiqin, and Shihua who served close by are all big girls. Originally, sweet girls and sweet girls were of this level. Three pounds a month in silver, belong to the first-class maid.

  Oh, yes, there are Ajin and Abi.

  Other maids who are not close to the master's body can only be regarded as second-class maids. They receive one pound of monthly bills every month, and their status is far inferior.

  As for some miscellaneous things such as sweeping, boiling water, and picking up curtains, these chores are too rough, and they can only get 10 shillings per month, which is a third-class maid.

  Now it's different. Xiang Niu'er and Sweet Niu'er are promoted to big girls through the room, and they can get 8 pounds of monthly bills every month. They seem to be the first girls in the crowd.

  Two little fox Meizi, they are so lucky!

  The big girl has the arrogance of a big girl. Mingcha asks herself that her face and body are all first-class, not inferior to the two big girls who share the room, or even worse.

  Why can they be favored by the master?

  I thought of this

  Tea, I felt feverish on my face, yeah...Bah, bah, I'm not ashamed of it, Huang Hua maiden. Miss man...

Li Fushou looked at the tea with strange eyes, and saw her squatting at the tea table, her white face covered with red clouds, her expression momentary resentment, momentary shyness, momentary hesitation and momentary annoyance. woman.

  The master dangled in front of Mingcha's eyes, and she still didn't realize it.

   "Why are you stupid?"

   "Ah..." Mingcha suddenly reacted like a frightened rabbit, her pretty face blushing like blood, and she walked outside in a panic.

   "Hey, don't forget to notify Zhu Wei to come to discuss the matter." Li Fushou said helplessly.

   "Ah...oh...the slave knows it."

  Looking at Ming Cha's slender figure leaving, Li Fushou smiled silently. How could he not know the thoughts of these pretty little girls around him.

  At this time, he felt the distress of the feudal society master;

  How many nails can you hit even though your body is full of iron?

  (End of this chapter)