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Chapter 1257 Landing Day (Second Update, please subscribe)
Is the general trend of the world controlled?
Is it a few careerists?Or the so-called elites of various countries?

Everyone has their own point of view, but what is certain is that since 1887, the world has been irreversibly moving towards war. A mixture of careerists, expansionists, and patriots are promoting war based on various purposes. .

For them, the wealth of war duty meant opportunity and, of course, power.

The war will break out tomorrow, but before it breaks out, no one knows that everything is artificially promoted, and everything is essentially just for the benefit, for the benefit of a few people.

It's just that, for most ordinary people, they don't have this awareness at all. For millions of ordinary people, what they feel is nothing but peace—lasting peace.

And of course the peaceful life that peace brings.

November 11th was an ordinary day, but for Nan Hua, it was an extraordinary day.

Landing Day!
On this day in 1860, the "Anlis" landed in Nanhua Bay, thus creating an era and a new empire.

I don’t know since when, Landing Day has become the biggest festival in Nanhua. People will not only decorate their homes on this day to commemorate this great day, but they will also flock to Nanhua Bay on this day to commemorate the 27 That day years ago.

On this day, countless people flowed towards Suzaku Avenue, crowding the spacious street.Be it workers or peasants, businessmen or students, policemen or citizens, everyone's faces were filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts.Countless "sun and moon flags" of the empire were flying in the air, and the national flags kept shaking above people's heads. Looking around, the square became a sea of ​​flags.

When Xu Zilin and his classmates arrived at the port, hundreds of thousands of citizens had already gathered there. They could only stand on the steps outside the square, overlooking Nanhua Bay in the distance.

The sea breeze blows the harbor, and the warm sunshine shines on the walls of the buildings on Binhai Boulevard. Under the sunlight, the light gray walls are dazzling white.At this time, the Binhai Avenue was already full of people, and people from the streets and alleys flocked here. Xu Zilin and his classmates were squeezed to the steps of the flower pond by the roadside by the crowd coming up from behind.

Looking from a distance, a small group of people came out under the guard of soldiers, and the people who squeezed in the front burst into cheers. The distance was a little far away, and the sound seemed rather dull.Amid the cheers, those people presented a flower basket to the "Anlis".

Then the mayor delivered a very contagious speech as in previous years, recalling the difficulties of a generation of immigrants starting a business, and cherishing the deceased ancestors...

After the speech was over, loud shouts echoed everywhere in the port, and the shouts suddenly rolled over the bay like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Since when did such a ceremony exist?

Is it ten years ago?Or 20 years ago?
What is certain is that anyone who is in it will receive a patriotic education. Xu Zilin standing on the lawn, like many others, was infected by the atmosphere of the scene, and he couldn't help but roared with all his throat , his face was flushed very quickly due to excessive force, but he still tried his best to squeeze the last trace of sound out of his throat.

Not only roaring, but like the people around him, he kept jumping and jumping, trying to see more clearly.Although there is no effect at all, people continue to beat regardless.

Although the mayor's speech was amplified by loudspeakers, the people standing in the back couldn't hear it at all.They only saw the sea of ​​flags constantly rolling, and only heard the tsunami-like cheers wave after wave.

"Airship! . . . Look, an army airship! Our airship!"

A voice in the crowd shouted, his voice drowned out by the cheers, but those around heard a roar from the sky amidst the rolling thunder.

Xu Zilin looked up at the sky, no!In the clear blue sky, sixteen airships were slowly passing over the harbor.The huge winged Suzaku above and below the hull looked so bright and pleasing to the eye.

People looked up at the sky, and they saw the airship flying in the blue sky. I don't know when the airship has been associated with the power of the empire.When it flew over the port, people threw top hats and straw hats into the air, and the hats that flew into the air slowly fell down again, and more hats flew into the air, one after another.

The altitude of the airship is getting lower and lower, and there is a huge roar in the ears. People can even feel the airflow from the sky. When people's heartbeat is shaken by the roar, they see the airship roaring like a thunderbolt. , and then flew towards the bay.

Just as people were staring at the airship, another loud siren sounded in the harbor.A sharp-eyed person pointed at Nanhua Bay and shouted.

"It's the Intrepid!"

It's the Dauntless!

The battleship "Intrepid" sailed towards the berthing area in this way, and the huge battleship showed its majestic figure to everyone amidst the loud siren.

Cheers sounded again, and people stood on tiptoe, trying to see clearly the battleship that was so powerful that the whole world was amazed.

According to tradition, this day is also an open day for the military - people will have the opportunity to board airships, and have the opportunity to board battleships, but they never know that today's display will be a "dreadnought".

At this time of year, the imperial military will fully display its existence. Everything from warships to airships is to promote patriotism to people.

In the empire, patriotism is not expressed in words, but expressed through various forms full of ritual sense. In the middle of the day, there will be programs to sing the national anthem, and everyone will stand up and sing the national anthem with the singers. Not only will the military bases be open regularly, but they will also actively send airships and warships to participate in various large-scale activities.This is not only to show the people the powerful army of the empire, but also to expand the influence of the military.Activities like skydiving before a football game are all too commonplace.

"This is the patriotic education of the empire..."

In a teahouse near the port, Lawrence looked at the harbor that had turned into a sea of ​​red, and said softly.

"From the first time I set foot on the territory of the Empire, I will find that the flag and elements of the Empire can be seen everywhere. In some places, the streets are everywhere. The flag of the country has become an iconic thing. There are only a few days in the UK. You can see more national flags. Airships fly over the gymnasium, the school playground, and the opening of warships... These methods are extremely clever. What kind of people do they cultivate? People who can't help but blend into this group, with a patriotic spirit It has long been integrated into their blood without knowing it..."

Yes, everyone in such an environment will involuntarily integrate into it and become a member of it, and such patriotic education is far better than a hundred lectures.

Not to mention those who were in it, even Lawrence, who was a bystander, could also feel all of this.

"This enemy is really... scary!"

(End of this chapter)