1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 549, Yuan Peng Class (1)

In May 1905, a boat docked at the pier in Port Suward. Nowadays, the gold rush in Alaska has passed. Although new minerals, such as oil fields, have been discovered one after another, the development costs are expensive because of the inconvenience of transportation, and secondly because of the local area, mainly oil from the Gulf of Mexico. The output is also sufficient to meet the needs of the market, so there is no need for large-scale development of oil in Alaska. So when the gold was exhausted, Alaski once again returned to the silence and wildness of the past.

After the gold was mined out, the gold digger’s huts that were originally scattered along the river were abandoned. Even the heavily guarded gold mine was abandoned. The original road was quickly overgrown with weeds, the tall watchtowers had also collapsed, and the roofs of the houses where the workers lived had been crushed by the snow in winter because there was no one to clean the snow, and only bare four sides were left. The walls, even the continuous walls of the mining area, have fallen down a lot.

However, due to the advancement of freezing technology, the port of Alaska still remains, but now only fishing boats and whaling ships will stay here. Port Suward is close to the Aleutian Islands, where every summer there will be a lot of whales gathering, such as blue whales, humpback whales, minke whales, and sperm whales. MacDonald built a primary processing plant at the port, which is responsible for the processing of cetaceans, seals, and other seafood. This is almost the last trace of civilization left by Alaski.

The United States government has no interest in the management of this wild land. The money for buying this land was lent to them by McDonald, and then the government sold some of the land to McDonald. Most of the money was collected, and then I made a lot of money by blocking the port to collect taxes during the gold rush. However, a few years ago, the last government agency, the tax bureau, also withdrew from Alaski. Now there is no gold. The tax on aquatic products alone makes too little profit. It is better to wait for these aquatic products to be shipped back to China. Let’s collect taxes again, so that the cost of collecting taxes is lower. As a result, although Alaska is still in the territory of United States, there is no government agency, and it has become a completely extra-legal land.

After a while, a cargo ship will arrive here to take away seafood, as well as various items needed by fishing boats and whaling ships. However, after the ship docked, some sailors who happened to be in the port discovered that the ship had brought many passengers.

It is also common for ships to bring people to Alaska. Workers in aquatic products factories are rotated every once in a while, and the same goes for port workers. So, they didn’t care too much. The people who came down this time are still slightly different, because a large part of them are oriental.

“Those guys are getting more and more stingy, and they are only willing to hire Easterners.” A sailor looked at the people who were disembarking from a distance and shook his head. technology, don’t spoil all the things we’ve worked so hard to get… Hey, Hobby, there are still women, are they Japanese? They are finally willing to do something serious, which is really great. !”

Qiu Jin, who was regarded as a Japanese woman, just stepped off the springboard. She didn’t know that some sailors had already regarded her as a Japanese woman in some smoke-free industry. In that era, because Japan embarked on the road of industry earlier, in the eyes of Westerners, Japanese talents are representatives of the yellow race. When they see a yellow race, their first reaction is always that they are Japanese. . Japanese women are even more famous in the world, because a considerable part of the funds for Japan’s industrialization was earned by Japanese women. At that time, Japan almost talked about exporting women’s custom industries as a national policy. So in the whole world, almost you can see Japanese women who are engaged in the smoke-free industry, so that when people in the world mention Japanese women, the first reaction in their heads is the kind of workers in the industry that men love to see.

Qiu Jin just turned 30 this year. Six months ago, she and Tao Chengzhang learned from people in Xingzhonghui that in Manila, there is a senior named Chen Guang who is willing to support the revolution, and he can buy it at a relatively cheap price. To various weapons. So the two immediately found the way to Chen Guang.

More than a month ago, Chen Guang told them that after research, they believed that the reason why the Revolutionary Party’s previous uprisings failed in a mess was that the Revolutionary Party was very unprofessional and lacked training. Therefore, he deliberately organized a study class to make people interested in revolution. All the revolutionary patriots can have better professional abilities in advance.

“As you know, I worked with Mr. Scrooge McDonald, the number one tycoon of the United States, and served as his bodyguard. Mr. Scrooge has always been very supportive of the national liberation of countries. Cuba can be ruled by the Spanish. After being liberated, Mr. MacDonald’s support played a very important role. In fact, my idea of ​​organizing a study class came from Mr. MacDonald’s support for the Cuban Revolution at that time. At that time, Mr. MacDonald’s support for the Cuban Revolution. A similar class was organized in Heishui, which trained a large number of outstanding political and military talents for the Cuban revolution. Nowadays, the important figures in the Cuban government and military basically have the background of Heishui.

So I asked Mr. MacDonald if I could also organize a study class for revolutionaries in China. Mr. MacDonald was also very interested in this, but he was worried a lot. As you may know, the Macdonald Consortium also had some business in China, and he was naturally unwilling to directly offend the Qing government. Moreover, the strength of United States in Asia is still not comparable to that of Britain and France. He is also worried that, just like in Cuba, directly helping our country’s revolutionaries might cause Britain and France to worry about it, but it is not good. Therefore, there are many concerns. But in the end, he told me that Heishui has a training base in Alaska. The place is very inconspicuous, but the conditions are exceptionally difficult. If you are not afraid of hardship, you can send people there to learn. It’s just that this matter must be kept secret and not publicized. ”

Whether it is Tao Chengzhang or Qiu Jin, he is not afraid of suffering or anything. Tao Chengzhang personally ran around for the revolution, but he had suffered a lot. As for Qiu Jin, for the sake of the revolution, she abandoned her husband and abandon her son, and traveled to Japan by boat alone. As she had no money, she could only stay in the most inferior cabin, surrounded by gangsters and prodigal sons. Qiu Jin held a Japanese sword to stand alone. , For a few days and nights, without eyelashes, I can protect myself. After joining the revolution, there were all kinds of rumors, all kinds of discrimination, and Qiu Jin was able to persevere, and the suffering was unimaginable by ordinary people. So in the eyes of both of them, since they have joined the revolution, they are naturally not afraid of death, and why are they afraid of suffering?

“Chen senior, our comrade in the Revival Society, for the sake of revolution…” Tao Chengzhang said

“But you want to say, for the sake of the revolution, you are not afraid of death. Is there a reason to fear hardship?” Chen Guang smiled and took his words. “Mr. Tao, you also know that I have worked in the Taiping Army in the past. In the Taiping Army, I don’t know how many heroes who are not afraid of death. Let’s pass a few. For example, let’s say that in our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, whether it is the King of Heaven, His Highness the East King, and His Royal Highness, which one is afraid of death? However, whether it is the King of the East or the King Zhong, they all like to talk about pomp, Life They are all luxury. I think back to the things of the Taiping Army in the past few years, and I think that if the great cause is not achieved, I will talk about ostentation and enjoyment. I am afraid it is one of the reasons for our Taiping Army’s last defeat. In fact, they all have the problem of being afraid of hardship. Therefore, it is much harder not to be afraid of hardship than not to be afraid of death. Moreover, when it comes to the king of heaven, he still suffered a lot in the years when he was preparing for the incident. Honestly Said that I have also had a lot of dealings with the Revolutionaries. Among them, they are not afraid of hardship. As far as I am concerned, there is no one who is comparable to the Dongwang. The Dongwang can’t have a beginning and an end. Others… …It’s not easy not to be afraid of hardship for a while, but it’s not easy to be persistent and not afraid of hardship. I definitely can’t do it.”

Having said this, Chen Guang sighed long.

“Senior’s statement is reasonable, not afraid of hardship but it is more difficult than not afraid of death.” Qiu Jin nodded and said. Both she and Tao Chengzhang knew what Chen Guang meant when none of the revolutionary party members could endure hardship. Before that, Chen Guang dealt more with Mr. Sun’s Xingzhonghui. There are indeed many people in the Xingzhonghui who say they are not afraid of death, but they are not afraid of hardship…In short, Tao Chengzhang has always been very uncomfortable with that group of people who like to go to the brothel if they have nothing to do. Involved in a revolutionary man with syphilis. It’s just that Mr. Sun himself is not much better in this respect. He is always surrounded by women, especially those little girls who have not grown up. He also likes to be the only hero who can be a real celebrity. . With such a leader Dage, the atmosphere below is naturally conceivable. Qiu Jin even thought that Chen Guangsenior found that he was disappointed with the Xingzhonghui people’s style when he found the Liberation Association.

“In addition, confidentiality is very important. To put it bluntly, I have seen a lot of revolutionary parties. The Rivers and Lakes gang has a strong flavor. It is too human, too face, and has no discipline. So it can hardly keep any secrets. Xingzhonghui is here. There have been several uprisings in the past few years, but there are almost no reports of rumors. They are still dead and cannot be corrected. What do they say is to believe in comrades!” Sure enough, in Chen Guang’s subsequent words, there was quite a complaint about Xingzhonghui. NS.

“Senior don’t worry,” Tao Chengzhang said, “The comrades Tao brought this time will definitely be able to endure hardships and keep secrets.”