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Chapter 892 Saving people is equal to the rise of an empire (third update, please subscribe)
The rise of the empire is to step on countless corpses.

And what about the fall of the empire?

That's dead bodies everywhere!

1876 ​​was definitely not a good year for the Qing Dynasty.In fact, starting a year ago, the largest drought in a century broke out in North China.When the drought began to worsen in 1876, the harvests in Zhili, Shanxi, and Henan were halved, and the locust plague caused by the drought further aggravated the disaster. Thousands of miles in North China were full of starvation and death.

A drought turned the world into hell.

At this time, no one knew that the drought that swept across the northern provinces of Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi would last for several years. Thousands of people starved to death, and more than 1000 million victims fled the famine. I am afraid only God knows how many people died of starvation on the way to flee the famine, and only one out of ten survived.

Crowds of hungry people on the official road walked forward with crutches. Among these hungry people, there were neither old nor young. , Predating people for food in such a famine, or being preyed for food, is nothing more than a common thing.There are tens, dozens, or even hundreds of hungry people in groups, not for anything else, but for self-protection. Of course, if they can have a big family in that place, that is God's blessing.

"Eating big households" is God's blessing, but for the big households who are eaten, it is a catastrophe.

Holding a wooden stick in his hand and a waist knife pinned to his waist, Deng Zihui looked around vigilantly. A month ago, his house was robbed by a group of hungry people, all the food was robbed, his father died, and even his daughter-in-law He was also ruined, his son was beaten half to death, and his daughter-in-law was hanged.

The family is broken and the family is destroyed... nothing more than this.

In order to survive, he had to flee famine with his family like everyone else. His mother died on the way to flee famine, and even his little grandson was hungry and skinny.

"Father, we are going there."

Deng Shoude looked at the long secret road in despair. The trees on both sides of the official road didn't even have much bark left, and the bark had been eaten up long ago.

"Go east, there is a railway to the east, and there is a train station next to the railway, get on the train, and go to Daming..."

Deng Zihui said,
"When we arrive in Daming, we will be able to eat enough..."

When he said this, he touched the cloth bag tied around his waist again, which contained a few pieces of jewelry. It was the only possession of the Deng family, although he believed that even if he had nothing, as long as there were ten years of peace Life, he will definitely be able to live a good life again, but the premise is to be able to live.

"At that time, within ten years, I will be able to rebuild the Deng family mansion in Daming!"

Once upon a time, when he heard about the Ming Dynasty, he just laughed it off. Daming...had died long ago, but now, that overseas Daming has become his last straw.

In fact, it’s not only his, but also other people’s. Even the government is closing the gates of the city and prohibiting refugees from entering. At the same time, notices are posted everywhere telling them to go to the railway, where there are porridge sheds and trains. At the train station, they live.

This is not to coax the hungry people to leave the territory to prevent civil unrest. It is indeed true. In the railway station, there is indeed a porridge shop opened by Governor Li of Zhili. As long as they arrive there, they can drink a bowl of porridge. Congee, and then board the train, sailing from Haizhou to Nanhua.

That night, more than [-] members of the Deng family finally saw the railway, and walked along the railway for another day. At the crude railway station in Guanzhuang, they saw the porridge shed and the thatched hut stretching for several miles at the railway station— ——Hungry people from all over the world set up straw huts.

Like everyone else, when Deng Zihui's family arrived at the place, they also queued up, got their license plates, and then waited to get on the bus.

"Okay, now I can survive..."

After eating a bowl of hot porridge, a glimmer of hope finally appeared on Deng Zihui's face.

Alive!

I can survive now...

When more than [-] members of Deng Zihui's family were lucky to have survived there, in the stationmaster's office of the railway station, the stationmaster stood by the window and looked at the hungry people outside the window, with a smile on his face.

"Silver, this is all silver!"

silver!

Hungry people are money to officials. The railway station can get a penny for every hungry person sent to the train, and the government office can get a tael of silver.As for the shipping fee, it is an additional settlement.

For the starving people in desperation, the railway station has become the hope of life in this famine era. When they arrive here, they can not only drink a bowl of gruel, but also take the train going far away, and then board the immigration ship. Travel to unknown continents.

In this land, they are nothing more than starving people who no one cares about, but for Daming, these hungry people are the foundation of national power.

When the galloping train sent tens of thousands of hungry people from Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places to Haizhou, in the concession in Haizhou, the new consul Qiu Huaiyi seemed a little bit burnt out.

"Ships, hire as many ships as possible. I don't care if they are British ships, American ships, German ships, or French ships. Just hire them. You must do your best to send people to Daming!"

In the consular office, facing the managers of several shipping companies, Qiu Huaiyi directly put forward his request.

"I don't want to worry about money, silver. Daming has no shortage, but there is a shortage of people! Nowadays, so many people come here every day, and now there are almost 20 in the waiting room outside the city. If such people want to board the boat, the boat will come from Come there, you just need to hire, "

"Consul, the foreign ships here in Haizhou are increasing their fares..."

The person who spoke was Li Zhi, the manager of the Oceanic Shipping Bureau. He was from Ming Dynasty. He opened the shipping bureau in Haizhou five years ago.

"Talk to them, as long as it is acceptable, then accept it!"

Qiu Huaiyi said.

"In short, let's send people to Daming first. You know, for our Daming, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! There are severe droughts in these provinces and tens of millions of hungry people. As long as one or 2000 million people can reach Daming, then our Daming can You don’t have to worry about lack of manpower anymore!”

Like all consular officials stationed in China, Qiu Huaiyi's responsibilities are very simple. One is to protect the overseas Chinese, and the other is to attract immigrants as much as possible. Unlike his European counterparts who recruit scholars, college students, and technicians and engineers, they are recruited in China. The conditions for immigration are very low - as long as they are in good health, men and women can go to Daming.

Daming is an overseas Chinese country, and he has never refused to his fellow Chinese compatriots.

"Of course, the most important thing is to survive! If we transport one more person away, we can save one more commoner. "Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda." Anyway, I'm counting on you all!"

Standing up, Qiu Huaiyi looked very sincere when he saluted the shipowners.

It is his responsibility to transport immigrants to Daming, and it is his conscience to save a life. In fact, they have been saving people, and even the rice used in the porridge market was donated by Daming. It's just known to the outside world.

But what is certain is that this famine is a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for Ming Dynasty, and it is a good opportunity for the rise of the empire.

(End of this chapter)