Chapter 161 The Chinese must be in charge here

"Drive!"

A loud shout came from the distance, and passers-by looked up one after another.

On the road of the pass, more than a dozen horses galloped in, and the iron hoofs rolled with ice. Whether they were past merchants or passers-by, they avoided this scene one after another until they had neither braids nor wore military uniforms. They were wrapped all over their bodies, but all carried big men who were long as quiverage-like burdens. Only then did the Hg gather together to whisper to guess the identity of these people.

On the horse of war, Dong Hai was not in the mood to listen to those gossips. Although many bumps made him a little tired of the night eagle, who had not learn to ride a horse for a long time, he still had no time to braved the wind and snow to rush, because he knew that if he sent the information back one day earlier, the staff headquarters could make it one day earlier. Arrangement.

Seeing the gray earth wall stretching for several miles by the harbor in the distance, he breathed a sigh of relief. He raised one arm and commanded the night eagles behind him to gallop towards the gate in the middle of the earth wall.

When approaching the gate, Dong Hai suddenly strangled the rein, and more than ten riders behind him also stopped at the same time. Hearing the horse hiss, two young people with pistols suddenly rushed out of the gate booth. Dong Dahai immediately pulled the cotton mask, revealing his dark and red face.

"It's Brother Dahai."

Seeing him and the big man behind him, the two young people's eyes lit up excitedly, but they didn't wait for a few flattery. Dong Dahai was already anxious and immediately shouted, "Quickly, lift the fence. I have something urgent."

"Oh! Come on, come and help." As soon as they heard that there was an emergency, the two young people immediately lifted the wooden fence in front of the gate. Dong Dahai and others, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately ran to the dock.

On the dock, Uncle De put his sleeves and walked on the path in the reservoir area. He stepped on the road paved with ash under his feet. He didn't understand why this kind of ash mixed with sand and water could be hard like this.

However, even if he doesn't understand, he knows that this kind of ash is one of the things that the young master needs most. It is nicknamed the Three Treasures by everyone, and the other two are grain and iron.

Nowadays, half of the dozens of large warehouses around are ash and grain, with more than 100,000 tons. Most of the rest are coke and pig iron deposited in the factory after the freezing port in winter. However, due to the strong wind near the seaside, although they are wrapped in several layers of oilcloth, those two things are particularly waterless, so Uncle De also I'm very worried. After all, this is not the Haicheng he is familiar with, but Anton (now Donggang, Liaoning).

Stepping on the gray road, looking at the warehouses around several times larger than Lushunkou and Tianjin Weidu, and looking at the tall chimneys with black smoke in the distance, the old man couldn't help but feel proud.

Now he is no longer the big shopkeeper of the warehouse in Haicheng, but has come to this land under the Devins Western Circle, which is responsible for the wharf and warehouse that were only built in the first half of the year.

Some people who don't understand think that he is tied up with the backer of foreigners. In fact, in the final analysis, this Devons is also the property of the young master who is far away in Honolulu, but he found a Frenchman named Devins to fight in Liaodong to fight in the outpost. He heard from his eldest son's letter that he is now working for the young master in Honolulu and Ryukyu. There are a lot of foreign devils. You can catch them when you wander around on the street.

By the way, Liaodong is easy to use with the sign of foreigners. When the magistrate saw that Mr. Devins was going to run a factory in Andong, he not only rushed to do it, but also the beach of the beach used to build the wharf and warehouse by the sea alone is 10,000 mu, which is connected. What a bay!

The most important thing is that Andong is still the most famous granary in the Liaodong Peninsula. Now the land near here is basically covered by the young master. In addition to being transported away, the grain produced in the second half of the year is also piled up in the warehouse.

And not only this beach, but now in the area of Donghai City and Phoenix, the signboard of Devins is very famous. In the past year, more than a dozen large and small factories have been built, but also the most important coke factories and ash factories have been built. According to my son, even the Citigroup is rare.

From the grocery store in Haicheng, to the later warehouse, to today's second shopkeeper of Yanghang, Uncle De has seen the business develop with his own eyes. Now Devins Yanghang has officially opened, not only merging all the small warehouses including him, but also eating up several large factories in Liaodong. Now there are more than a dozen factories alone. The shop is spread all over Liaodong, and even Zhili and Shandong can be seen. There are tens of thousands of workers eating alone!

I heard from the eldest son who has been transferred to the equipment department that this kind of merger is called integrating resources to make them bigger and stronger. When he is old, he is really shy about these new nouns, but now he has really done it.

Well, even in the middle of winter, the spinning factory in the distance of the dock is still working at night to catch up the goods. If it hadn't been for the icy cargo ship on the sea, it would have been lively here.

A gust of wind blew, and he quickly put up his cuffs again. Seeing that the New Year was coming, he was still a little worried. He had to inspect it again today. These were all things that the young master wanted by name.

Thinking of this, Uncle De immediately accelerated the pace of the patrol, but at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horse's hoofs in the distance. He hurriedly looked over and saw more than a dozen men rushing to the foreign office building on horseback. Seeing the direction they were running, his face suddenly changed!

They didn't go to the Yanghang Building, and the goal was the radio room?

Is something wrong? ——

When Master Li's ship docked, it was in time for the most lively Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, it took half a month to go back and forth to Palawan Island, which immediately made him very resent the slow way of traveling in this era.

But this is Manila, not the Honolulu Academy of Sciences. He didn't go to the trouble of the big-headed monsters. He had to let the carriage drive slowly in the streets and alleys. Looking out of the windows, he saw that the Chinese shops on both sides of the street were full of red lanterns and festive Spring Festival couplets, and the children were running around and playing. From time to time, there are also bursts of firecrackers.

The inside and outside of the luxury villa specially prepared for himself have also been whitewashed. Compared with today's cold Liaodong, Lu Song is still the season of birds and flowers. Looking at the Spring Festival couplets, window flowers and lanterns that can be seen everywhere, Li Mo couldn't help sighing and counting. After reincarnation to this world, he It seems that I really didn't get all the people around me together for the Spring Festival.

Especially the women around them, they seem to owe them too much.

Thinking of this, Li Mo turned his head and looked around. Luo Sanniang, who was curious about everything like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, couldn't help feeling palpitations for this woman's strength.

Ten years, a whole ten years, which was originally the most gorgeous ten years of her life, were all delayed on the dilapidated island, staying with a group of sweaty men, and must always carry the intrusion of plots and ulterior motives. Such a life is the women who lead big bags around the world in later generations. Children can't imagine.

Maybe I should give her some compensation?

As soon as Li Mo thought of this, he saw two sharp eyes shooting coldly and hurriedly avoided his head.

His strange movements and Luo Sanniang's appearance did not hide Liu Henghe's eyes, who was dragging behind and chatting with Yan Fu. Generally speaking, if this Luo Sanniang is really a descendant of the Lanfang Luo family, how could she behave like this after seeing such a luxury villa? Even if he has never been to Borneo, he can imagine the scenery of the Luo family in those years, isn't he?

Liu Hengqi didn't dare to think too much. Besides, no matter whether she was a descendant of the Luo family or not, this woman was not so easy to get along with. Thinking that she would be killed by dozens of pirates and big and small leaders that night, she couldn't help sweating on her forehead, and looking at his eyes staring at Li Mo, I knew She still has an inexplicable relationship with Master Li. It's better to be careful.

Luo Sanniang stared at Li Mo and wanted to sneer him again, but as she entered the living room, she was stunned.

Is this the life of the rich?

Born as a small family of Lanfang, even if she pretended to replace the descendants of the Luo family for so long, she deliberately cultivated her vision in this regard, but when she saw the spacious living room of the villa, she was still stunned.

Let's not talk about the golden silk nan wood sofas in the center that can lie down and sleep. The color paintings hanging on the walls around are enough to attract people's attention. In addition, it was arranged all over the living room, and it was easy to touch. At a glance, it was very expensive porcelain antiques, which immediately gave her the idea of daring to buy and sell here.

"He put it like this? Aren't you afraid of those servants? Sure enough, he is a promiscuous and shameless prodigal!" Touching the celadon vase placed next to the coffee table, Luo Sanniang suddenly found that the distance between herself and Li Mo was so far away, and an inexplicable sourness suddenly surged in her heart, and she stared at the back fiercely.

At this moment, Luo Sanniang suddenly saw that the strong man who had been following him ran to the door to take a piece of paper from another man, and then quickly walked back to him. After handing over and muttering a few words, the annoying guy's face suddenly changed a few times, and Mr. Yan, who hurriedly said a few words.

Seeing this scene, Luo Sanniang's heart suddenly jumped. Did she say something?

"Mr. Yan, San Niang, Heng Jin. Come with me."

before she could figure it out, she suddenly heard Li Mo calling her. Originally, she wanted to ignore her, but somehow she slowly followed her feet. Following the wooden spiral staircase, she soon came to a study on the second floor. Before she could see the layout of the surroundings clearly, she suddenly heard the guy say, "Hengxiong, Sanniang, I'm afraid I don't have time to stay for today's New Year's Eve dinner. The State Council urged me to go back to Honolulu immediately, so I can only ask you about Nanyang. "

"Are you leaving?"

Luo Sanniang blurted out, but when the words came out, she remembered that there were still other people standing beside her. Isn't it misleading to ask like this? She blushed and quickly added, "If you want to go, what does it have to do with me! What a government, don't let people have a New Year's dinner during the Spring Festival!"

Li Mo was thinking about the information he had just received and didn't notice her tone. Only Yan Fu curled the corners of his mouth slightly and seemed to notice that the woman and the young master were a little unusual.

Liu Hengqi was not in the mood to care about this. It was reasonable for him and Luo Sanniang had just been recruited, and they always needed to tell them what to do. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he heard Li Mo say that he wanted to leave and quickly asked, "Young master, is something wrong?"

Although he recruited two people, Li Mo did not intend to let them know too much at this moment. He was not worried about them, but that these things could only waste their minds. On the contrary, it was not conducive to the two of them to concentrate on working in Nanyang, so he smiled and said, "Nothing, it's just some small things that need to be dealt with."

"Little things? Little things also require you to rush back without even eating New Year's dinner? Are all the people below you dead? I don't know why, Luo Sanniang likes to see Li Mo's embarrassing appearance. She deliberately looked at him and said in a delicate voice, "I'm afraid Master Li, you don't trust us, right?"

Being questioned by women face to face, Master Li may still have the heart to explain or tease the other party, but at this moment, he is all disturbed by the telegram he just received. He said directly, "I don't talk to you, I'm afraid that you will be distracted. I have something very important to do when I came to Nanyang this time, but now I have to go back. Once, as for whether I trust you or not.

Li Mo paused for a moment and looked at Luo Sanniang with a smile: "You will understand in the future."

Being stared at by Master Li's eyes, Luo Sanniang felt a little numb all over her body, but she didn't want to be bullied by him, and she could only look at him hard. However, when she saw his anxious face, she somehow felt a little stuffy in her chest. She quickly asked again, "Then what do you want to do to find us? Is it?"

"Yes, I don't know what the young master wants Henghui to do?" Liu Henghe was also a little anxious. As soon as he seized the opportunity, Li Mo was about to leave, and he suddenly felt a little confused.

How to do it?

"You still don't understand why I came to Nanyang and why I came to you!"

Hearing Liu Hengqi's inquiry, Li Mo suddenly sighed deeply, walked to the window, opened the window, looked at the blue sea in the distance, and said slowly in a low voice: "For thousands of years, countless Chinese have gone to other places through this sea to explore the four sea! They brought the civilized fire that has been deposited for thousands of years, the momentum of our magnificent China, and the pride of our Chinese daughter who will never give in!"

The deep voice echoed in the study. Li Mo pointed to the sea in the distance and was a little excited: "There is Sheng Tang first! Expand the territory on land and deter thousands of miles! Later, there was Zheng He, with an invincible fleet, all over the world, and all the people he met were shocked! Who doesn't know the name of the Three Treasures on this sea! Who in all countries is not impressed by our sons and daughters of China?

Throughout ancient and modern times, whether on land or at sea! I am the only one in China. At the same time, I have created two scenes of the top of the prosperous world! Even the British Empire, which is now known as unfallen, only relies on the artillery and Sinan we invented to forcibly create a powerful country!

Recalling the past, millions of soldiers, tens of thousands of ships are like shuttles, and the country is picturesque!

But what about now? There is no way in the Qing Dynasty, shut down the country, and block the sea! In the past, it was said that the barbarians in their eyes rose to powerful countries, relying on strong ships and cannons, tearing apart the coastal defense, relying on opium, and poisoning the people! Even the Nanyang countries, which used to bow down to China, have now become the graves of the Chinese under the instigation of those races connivated by the great powers!

A Lanfang has made people heartbroken! But who knows where it is! In that sea area, there are countless Lanfang tragedies every day. We Chinese have now become pigs and dogs in the eyes of the great powers and a tool for the natives to accumulate wealth!

Who knows, in this sea! How many Nanyang children have I buried?

Master Li has completely entered the play. People who have not returned to this era will never understand the difficulties of the Chinese today. Lanfang in the previous life is just a character in Baidu. But today, when the Chinese who are still struggling to survive in Nanyang, the Chinese who have to bow their heads when walking under the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act, those railway lines and the white bones near the mine make his chest ache!

This time when he came to Nanyang, both Liu Hengqi and Luo Sanniang gave him a feeling of wearing a mask before recruiting them, and this situation seemed to exist in every Nanyang Chinese!

Li Mo knew that it was not their intention. It was because they had to form the habit of wandering between foreigners and locals. Like the Chinese who are still wandering overseas today, their first consideration is not wealth, not a good life, but self-protection!

I'm so worried that I'm ready to take care of my family at any time. It's too depressing to take refuge in the ocean from home, so all of this must be changed as soon as possible! Nanyang, a former vassal state, should not become a place of fear for Chinese people, not!

Listening to Li Mo's words, Yan Fu stopped wiping his glasses and looked at his figure, his eyes full of heat. Liu Hengqi also felt that his heart was surging. A stream of blood rushed straight to his head and pinched his fist fiercely!

Even Sanniang felt that the little man by the window suddenly became tall and not so annoying, but at the same time, a sense of loss suddenly surged into her heart. She found that she seemed to be a little farther away from this man.

"I know that my husband has a lot of breasts, and I don't want to be so muddle-headed, that's why I contact the natives, hoping to compete for the front-line vitality for the Chinese!" Li Mo didn't notice San Niang's changing face. He turned his head and looked at Liu Hengyu with bright eyes: "But can you guarantee that the natives will not kill me Chinese after they get power? Plunder my property? Did you abuse our woman?"

Without waiting for Liu Hengqi to answer, Li Mo sighed deeply: "The Qing Dynasty is already in its twilight years, and the old age is about to lose its teeth!" He is so weak that he can no longer guarantee the safety of us overseas Chinese. Even if he helps those natives expel the powers, I'm afraid those natives will not be sincerely grateful! Without the protection of a powerful suzerain state, they will only regard us as cattle and sheep!"

"This is a big era, with the wind and clouds surging and strange and changeable! But it belongs to the era of good men like us, and it is the best time for us to make contributions!" Suddenly, Li Mo suddenly waved his hand: "Don't you want to throw yourself in?"

"Big Times! This is a big era!"

Liu Hengqi squeezed his fist tightly and chewed this sentence repeatedly, and his eyes gradually lit up!

He funded the local armed forces and contacted the gentry. He really had the idea of using their power to protect himself. Now after hearing this, he is even more determined to be imprisoned in the lost that day.

Li Mo is right. The Qing Dynasty is too weak! Even if he helps the natives gain power, how much security can he bring to the Chinese? A strong Chinese regime is the only way to guarantee overseas Chinese and even all Chinese in the world!

"The young master told me what to do with Henghui!" Liu Hengqi straightened his waist and said.

Master Li drew a smile on the corners of his mouth, his eyes crossed Liu Hengqi, and stopped on Luo Sanniang's face.

Seeing Li Mo looking straight at herself, Luo Sanniang wanted to pull out the silver needle and stab it twice, but somehow a hot flash in her heart suddenly rose, and she crawled all over her body along her spine in an instant. How long will it take for this shameless guy to see!" Being stared at, she couldn't avoid it, and she didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of outsiders, so she had to rub the carpet under her feet with her toes.

Seeing this small action, Li Mo's smile at the corners of her mouth became stronger. Seeing that she was really angry, she quickly turned her head and took a breath: "I'll introduce someone to you."

"Tianxiu, come in."

before the two understood who Li Mo was going to introduce, they saw a young man who had opened the door of the study. Luo Sanniang was fine, but Liu Hengqi suddenly opened his mouth.

"It's you!"

"Brother Henghui, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon, and we became colleagues. Now you won't ask me to go to Honolulu again, will you?" After saying that, Jiang Tianxiu saluted Luo Sanniang again: "Tianxiu has seen Sanniang."

Suddenly, Liu Hengqi fully understood that the Spanish company he surrounded that day was Li Mo's industry. It seemed that he did not care about Nanyang, but had already stretched out his tentacles here, and it was so deep!

"I have to leave today. As for what you are going to do, Tianxiu will tell you, and Mr. Yan will stay in Luzon for a while." Li Mo glanced at the three people in front of him and said with a smile, "I hope you, the Nanyang trio, can cooperate well."

"Nanyang trio?" Hearing that Li Mo threw herself to a young man younger than Liu Hengqi, Luo Sanniang's mouth suddenly pulled out an arc and hummed, "Why should I listen to your arrangement?"

Looking at the female pirate leader who was still dressed in a wide robe and covered up, Master Li avoided the topic and suddenly smiled and said, "San Niang, this villa is a gift from me to you."

"Give..., give it to me?!"

Luo Sanniang didn't expect Li Mo not to answer her words, but she was so prodigal! Unexpectedly, he gave such a big house to himself casually, and a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart. He blushed and thought, "Does he really... need me?"

"I just want you to remember one sentence."

Looking at Luo Sanniang, who was at a loss after receiving such a big gift, Li Mo suddenly wanted to laugh, but the telegram in his hand reminded him that he had to leave.

"Whether now or in the future, we Chinese must be in charge!"

(to be continued)