Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 125

   August 6, 1879

The fast freighter   Taishan steadily docked at the Red River Valley Wharf, and the 7-month Europa trip came to an end.

  The return of the king of Li Fushou made the lively and even a little messy Red River Valley quiet, and many of the forces that were so happy had their tails honestly clipped.

  This feeling is very similar to that the owner cleaned up the beautiful manor before the long trip, and it was not like that at all when he came back.

  The manor was still the original manor. The flower pots were overturned, the flower racks were overturned, the bottles and pots that were hidden in the cabinets were everywhere, and the weeds grew wildly on the green lawn.

  There is no doubt that a storm is brewing.

  In the Red Fort

The newly completed Lingxiao Pavilion is a fully Chinese style eaves bucket pavilion. It is also the main project of the second phase of the Red Fort. It is located on the top of a 700-foot hill. It is a commanding height nearby. The view is very wide. You can see Brisbane from the distance beyond the valley town. River.

  The spacious and bright Lingxiao Pavilion

  Li Fushou, wearing a light shirt, was reading related reports with a sullen face. The huge Lingxiao Pavilion was quiet and terrible. The two chief executives Fan Asheng and He Shoutian sat half-butt on the stool, like on pins and needles.

  During this period of time, the valley town was undercurrent, and various forces sang and I appeared on the stage, and the people's hearts were turbulent.

  Fan Asheng and He Shoutian tried their best and couldn't hold the place. They didn't deliberately indulge. They really had more than enough energy.

  The amazing thing is that Li Fushou just arrived at the Red River Valley Pier. Everything melted and disintegrated like frost hitting the scorching sun. No objections were heard anymore, no protesting crowds were seen, as if it had never happened before.

  The matter was much more serious than Li Fushou originally expected. He also overestimated his prestige. Many people don't just need to eat and wear warmth. There are still many potential careerists.

  In case the Taishan wheel sailing across the ocean is overturned in the stormy waves, this promised industry must always be inherited. Start early to seize the opportunity.

  After a long time

  Li Fushou lifted his head from the document, and the bright light from the window lattice clearly reflected his facial features. This is a man who has faded away from the green and mature, and has grown up in the cold and cold image of the wind and rain.

  He spoke;

   "Asheng, Morita, maintaining the difficult situation in the Red River Valley these days, it's been hard for you two."

  Speak in one sentence

  Fan Asheng and He Shoutian looked at each other, the bitterness of his stomach all turned into tears of grievance at the moment, and he immediately rushed out of his eyes, shouting in a trembling voice; "Master, we really can't hold on..."

  Recalling how I spent the past seven months, it feels like a nightmare.

  The first two months were calm, and the master sent messages from Gusu from time to time, remotely controlling the Red River Valley to follow a fixed trajectory.

  Since the Taishan Ferry set sail for Europa, I don’t know when the changes have taken place, and everything has become unfamiliar.

  Some workers gathered in private to denounce sweatshops and the exploitation and oppression of unscrupulous bosses, and many immigrants expressed dissatisfaction with the cost of naturalization by spending a lot of money, believing that someone used monstrous forces to collude with the Queensland state government in order to seek huge profits.

  Some white women encouraged their husbands to participate in associations, embarking on the path of pursuing national consciousness, self-reliance and freedom, and resisting authoritarian oppression in the new era.

  The spearhead is naturally Li Fushou, the great aristocratic farmer and the great feudal lord.

  What they are pursuing is the right of white women to love and marry freely, not to be rationed to the Chinese like goods, to choose their own careers, to act freely, to own property and to be respected, and the right to self-determination of the pan-Andean people, etc.

  Are there any pan-Andean people?

  Strictly speaking, there is no. The area is now under Spanish colonial rule, including the later South American countries such as Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, all located in the range of the Anlis Mountains on the west coast of South America.

  The Pan-Andean region includes Cuba and other Central American regions, which are also under Spanish colonial rule, which is a common feature of these native white women.

As Li Fushou and his party stayed in Europa for a long time, they accepted the entrustment of the British Queen’s aristocracy, and some unkind measurements and rumors spread everywhere. Why do you want to come back when you see Europe? What do you hear about buying land and buying a property in the UK? I live for a long time. Whatever comes to the UK will become ill, may soon die, what will be reused by the Qing Dynasty, will no longer return to Australia, etc., there are even worse rumors...

under these circumstances

  The originally peaceful valley town is like a boiling hot pot. Various forces appeared on the stage and sang a wonderful drama.

Living in it, the shoulders of the master confessed to him before leaving, but he did not have the right to command military forces. Fan Asheng and He Shoutian can be imagined under pressure. They are on the front line of fighting the fire every day, physically and mentally. All are exhausted.

   was scolded as a running dog when he went out, was hit by eggs and vegetables, was attacked by black guns at home, and was even pointed at his back after walking on the street.

  On the pier to welcome

  It’s no wonder that the two of them rushed up to hug Li Fushou when they saw Li Fushou. They knelt on the ground regardless of the occasion, and couldn't stop the tears.

  ………………

"Oh, as the saying goes, the same rice raises hundreds of people, and no one can stop them with their own thoughts in private." Li Fushou gently shook his head, his tone gradually turned into a stern voice; "The feet are on everyone's body, I don't want to You can leave the Red River Valley while staying. As long as the debts are paid off, no one will stop them, whether Brisbane or Victoria. You can go wherever you want. You should never make trouble with me. These people are really good. Think of me as the local wealth of Wanjia. Is there no thunder anger?"

  Speaking of this, Li Fushou looked at Fan Asheng and He Shoutian asked; "Do you think you are competent for the current position?"

"Master, you'd better send me a handy maneuver. If I sit down in this position, I'm afraid I will be driven crazy." Fan Asheng looked scared. He really didn't expect the Red River Valley Supervisor to be like sitting on a volcano. Above, a crushed bone was burnt accidentally.

  He Shoutian is the same. He thought of coming to be a chief in the Red Fort. He would be respected wherever he went to eat fragrant and spicy food, and no one dared to bury it.

  Li Fushou smiled and waved his hand, and said in a low voice; “I have my own rationale for how to arrange it. Please wait and rest for a while.”

   "Thank you, Master, for your sympathy."

  Fan Asheng and He Shoutian retired. The Lingxiao Pavilion returned to silence. Only Li Fushou's slender fingers tapped the desk lightly, making a slight noise.

  Faced with the current situation in the Red River Valley, Li Fushou needs to consider a proper plan in an all-round way, so as to completely eliminate the problem without leaving any future troubles.

On the desk in front of him, there was a thick report submitted by the black guard. Turning to the report page, there were dense records of various wrongdoings, wrongdoings, and wrong speeches in small letters, as well as some familiar names. It was someone Li Fushou had trusted.

  Hu Dong, the current vice president of the Xinghua Club, the sheriff of Valley Town, was transferred from the former sheriff of Brisbane Chinatown, and the former president of the Guangxi Chamber of Commerce in Queensland, a very capable person.

  Originally for the purpose of reuse, it was transferred to the valley town to maintain law and order, but I did not expect it to be a failure.

  The current chaos in the Red River Valley is not unrelated to Hu Dong’s connivance and secretly stirring up troubles, and it has revealed his insubordination.

  Luo Jingming, once one of the five tiger generals of the secretariat, is currently the deputy manager of Australia's 19th Century United Shipping Company. He is based in Brisbane and is responsible for global trade and transportation. He is a very important figure.

  Xianda Xu, the deputy director of Hongshan Iron and Steel Plant, a Chinese talent who has worked hard in Australia for nearly 10 years, with outstanding ability.

  Liu Ling, the former head of the 3rd grazing station, the incense owner of the four auditoriums in Hongmen.

  ……

  Gold traded in the European and American gold markets, the unit of measurement used for gold trading is troy ounces, which is different from the normal ounces used daily.

  Ty ounce is a unit of measurement dedicated to precious metal commodities such as gold, and its conversion is 1 troy ounce = 31.1035g, 1 constant ounce = 28.3495g.

  According to Australian official statistics;

  Only 1876, the funds transferred by Chinese gold prospectors to Guangzhou and other places were equivalent to 9.2 million ounces, which was about 26 tons of gold, and this year was the first year that Li Fushou had just set foot on the Australian mainland.

  From 1877 to 1878, the funds remitted to Guangzhou and other places were significantly reduced to less than 1.1 million ounces, which is approximately equal to more than three tons.

  It was not until 1879 that the funds remitted to the mainland increased significantly. What does this show?

  Chinese gold prospectors invested huge sums of money into the Australian citizenship certificate.

  Such a huge amount of money, half of which went to the corrupt officials in Queensland. They were fed up with fat, no political affairs, indulging in banquets, spending lavishly, and living a rich life of drunkenness, dreams and death.

The other half flowed into Li Fushou’s pocket, and in his hands it was constantly transformed into an expanding pasture, the Red River Valley Reservoir, the dock, and one after another forested factories and increasingly prosperous towns, extending the trade network to the world and extending More Chinese immigrants have moved into this barren continent, which is in desperate need of labor.

  Rolling and developing like a snowball, the situation grows bigger and bigger like a balloon.

Li Fushou does get a lot of profits from selling naturalization certificates, but Chinese who have obtained the naturalization certificates can enter the Queensland Self-Government Government, can serve as the Royal Mounted Police, can serve as government employees, can become businessmen and investors with protected property, and can enter The University of Sydney can become a lawyer, a parliamentarian, or even a governor, realizing the same rights as white people.

  Without him, let alone £40, it would be impossible to pry open the ice of the blockade at £400 or more.

  Since 1851, the unequal situation of Chinese gold diggers in Australia for more than 20 years has made the most vivid explanation for this.

  In 1876, when Li Fushou set foot on the Brisbane Dock, all this has undergone earth-shaking changes with his efforts. Chinese gold prospectors flooded into Australia, hoping to realize their dream of making a fortune in Xinjinshan.

  Red River Valley is like a huge sanctuary without friends, giving dreamers who travel thousands of miles to foreign land a quiet and equal development harbor. It is especially rare in this age of arrogance and prejudice.

  There are always people who want to break all this for their own benefit.

   "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on, why?"

  Gently covering the dossier, Li Fushou got up and walked to the window. From here, he could see the prosperous valley town in unobstructed view.

The row upon row of European-style buildings and Chinese-style corned bucket pavilions complement each other, full of fascinating exoticism, and the infinite expansion of scattered buildings. The area of ​​the city has long surpassed Brisbane, and it is still booming in the rapid development. scene.

The wide streets are crowded with people. When night falls, the lights are as bright as a galaxy. This is a very dynamic immigrant city and the base camp of the Red River Valley. The urban population has exceeded 250,000. It is only in Australia. Next to Melbourne and Sydney, it ranks third.

  A large number of gold note loans issued by Huitong Bank are equivalent to the British pound. Almost every immigrant in this city gets a loan. Now the total amount of loans issued has reached 27 million pounds, which is the driving force supporting the rapid development and expansion of the entire city.

  Without huge financial support, there is no way to talk about the development of Red River Valley, the development of Valley Town and surrounding towns, and Li Fushou’s grand plans are all phantoms.

  Huitong golden note loan comes from the large amount of sands reserves in the Red River Valley. After several years of accumulation, Huitong Bank has now reached 86 tons of reserves, which is the basic guarantee for issuing golden note loans.

  The second aspect is derived from the strong appeal of Red River Valley and the credibility of the golden sign, which laid the basic conditions for Huitong Bank to issue golden note loans.

   Nowadays, there are people who want to mess up the Red River Valley, and want to shake the foundation of the development and survival of the Red River Valley. Li Fushou can't stand it anyway.

   early in the morning

  Located in the luxurious mansion in Christtown, Hu Dong, who had just finished breakfast, patted the white maid’s **** hard, and the white maid looked at him winkingly, with an expression of anger and resentment.

   "Master Hu, you are such a villain."

   "Villain, hahahaha... well said." Hu Dong laughed redly, stood up and was about to chase the maid, when suddenly he heard a noise from outside the courtyard.

  He couldn't help but stunned. He changed his hand and grabbed the leather holster on the dining table. He walked to the window to take a look, and his anger suddenly rose.

  I saw several RCMP in the yard confronting their guards, and some militiamen from the Xinghua Society with guns and live ammunition behind them.

at this time

  Some armed militiamen standing behind suddenly drew out their guns. "Papa..." After a short and intense gunfire, the four guards and housekeepers who were caught off guard were all stained with blood and fell on the side of the road and on the steps in the yard.

  The heavily armed Royal Mounted Police and the militia rushed in with guns. At this moment, Hu Dong's face turned pale.

  He finally knew why these brave RCMP dare to break into the home of the superior sheriff in charge of the security of the valley town. It must have been the person in the Red Fort who had spoken.

  Otherwise, no one would dare to direct the militia operations of the Xinghua Society.

Facing a group of fierce and evil people rushing in, Hu Dong knew he was powerless, opened his arms and threw down the leather holster in his hand, and said, "I am the sheriff in charge of the valley town. You have no right to hurt me. I hope to meet the master. Chen Xu, who among you is in charge?"

"I……"

  A sturdy man walked out from the crowd. Wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat on his head, he slowly raised his head. It was Nan Huaiyu, the chief of the Hongmen Xingtang.

He looked contemptuously at Hu Dong, who was already shaking like sugar, and said, "Mr. Hu Dong, you are the core figure of my Hong Clan and the tycoon of the Xinghua Society. The master treats you with great trust. I didn't expect to raise your white-eyed wolf."

  " Hall Master Nan, please don't listen to the framing of the villain, I am wronged, and I am no less loyal to the master than you." Hu Dong looked eagerly to defend himself.

  At this time, the militia had driven out all the people in the house.

A cook, two kitchen wives, Hu Dong’s beautiful white wife and a few maids and servants, Nan Huaiyu waved his hand when he saw this, and several RCMP drove all the servants out, pretending to be left outside. Prison car.

Only Hu Dong, his white wife and the three white maids who had been teased, changed Hu Dong’s face and said tragically; “I’ve confessed to Hu Dong. No matter what, I hope that it will not hurt his wife and daughter. Hall Master Nan was able to open up the Internet, with the grandfather's magnanimity..."

"You don't need to say it." Nan Huaiyu interrupted him coldly, drew a revolver full of bullets from his waist, pointed the black hole of the muzzle at Huaiyu's forehead, and said; Mercy, I am going to send you wolf-hearted white-eyed wolves to the law for punishment. Therefore, as the master of the punishment hall, I will use the Hongmen family rules to deal with the traitors who eat inside and outside, and then I will plead with the master by myself."

  With a burst of crackling guns rang out, all dust returned to dust, dirt returned to earth.

  In a three-story tall rock structure building in Valley Town

  Xu Xianda walked downstairs with ease, hugged his wife Dolly-François and kissed him. He was neatly dressed and was about to go to the factory. The carriage outside the building was already waiting.

  Dolly grabbed him, and the worried look on her face betrayed Dolly’s heart activity. She had a strong premonition of anxiety; "Honey, please wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

"Have you not noticed that these two days are different? Since the feudal dictator returned, the valley town has been frozen in silence. People are living in fear and despair, and the flame of freedom that has just burned disappears instantly. People are eager to flatter that feudal dictator..."

   "Dolly, my dear, I'm about to rush to work, shall we come back to discuss this?"

  Xu Xianda felt bored for a while. He didn't know what ecstasy soup he had eaten a while ago, and followed his own white woman to fool around. Maybe he was already targeted.

  Since the Earl of Queensland returned to the ancient town of Shan, the situation with the bright prospects fell silent for a moment, which made Xu Xianda wake up immediately and regret that he did not want it.

  In the past few days, I am preparing to behave actively, trying to get through.

Dolly grabbed her husband's sleeve stubbornly and said, "No, what I'm telling you is more important. The flame of the Pan-Andean Freedom Movement cannot stop. We must fight for the rights of tens of thousands of white sisters and resist the dictatorship. By……"

  Unfinished words

A large number of RCMP and armed militias rushed in from the outside, and they threw them down. Then someone rushed upstairs, followed by the crying of babies and the screams of maids. Voice……

   "Oh my God, what are you doing?" Dolly Mendes was firmly pressed to the ground, still twisting and shouting desperately.

   Xu Xianda fell to the ground with a pale face, and was firmly controlled by a few powerful hands. He shouted out of control; "Let go, I am the confidant of the master. We can't treat me like this."

  "Are you Xu Xianda?"

   "Yes, I am, since you know you still don’t let me go..."

  Before speaking, a heavy rifle **** slammed Xu Xianda's mouth fiercely, causing his head to turn black in an instant, and the blood and teeth spit out from his mouth.

   said in a cold voice; "It seems to be right, it is this **** who is raised by a bitch, and take it away for me..."

  Return to the Red River Valley only two days later

  The owner of the Red Fort launched a large-scale thunder-sweeping operation. Groups of heavily armed militias of the Xinghua Society, led by the Royal Mounted Police, kicked the door and arrested people.

  The prison car was full of prisoners. Under the **** of the militia, one after another went to the town committee, where they would be formally prosecuted by the independent state prosecutor, Jim Sturges, and sentenced by the provisional court on the spot.

  Generally speaking, most of them are hard labor.

  Officials are mainly accused of embezzlement of office, and there are many crimes of no official or no position. There are also a number of core backbones and activists of the Pan-Andean Freedom Movement who are charged with treason and will be sent to the execution ground to be executed.

  19th century

The British torture law is very severe. Stealing a few pounds of cotton yarn worth 9 shillings will be sentenced to 14 years of exile, and stealing a silver candlestick will be sentenced to life hard labor. This is the case for criminals in the UK. , One can imagine what the end of the crime of treason.

  The Investigation Department and Heiyiwei collected a lot of conclusive evidence, and everything was done under the name of the law, which quickly restored the peace of the valley town.

  Only three days of work

   nearly 1,300 restless elements were unearthed. Except for more than 40 who were sentenced to shooting, all the others were sentenced to hard labor, and the least were eight years.

  These people will be escorted into a separate coal mining area to perform hard labor. They will enter the mine with iron chains on their feet to work, and then exchange the mined coal for food. If they don’t work, they will have nothing to eat.

  To make trouble on the territory of the British Empire, the laws of the British Empire are naturally sanctioned by him. The laws were not made by him, and he did not come up with hard labor. Naturally, there are legal sanctions for breaking the law. There is no need for Li Fushou to be this bad guy.

  Being a law-abiding feudal lord, he has the responsibility and obligation to maintain the dignity of the laws of the British Empire, nothing more.

by the way

  According to the strict laws of the British Empire, the Queensland Self-Government became a trend of corruption and soliciting bribes. One RCMP, starting from the governor to the bottom, would all have to be hanged.

  The brightly lit Red Fort night banquet was filled with celebrities.

"Your Excellency, the Earl of Queensland, in order to complete the drudgery that you accounted for, my colleagues in the special court and I have worked hard for three days, and the legal documents that need to be supplemented can't be completed in a year." State Independent Attorney James Sturt With champagne in his hand, Jace poured bitterness in a hoarse voice.

Li Fushou patted him on the shoulder appreciatively and said with a smile; "You can call me Lord Lord, Mr. Jem, your outstanding performance and your colleagues have upheld the fairness and justice of the law and dealt with instability decisively. Factor, I will mention this in my letter to the Colonial Minister of London, thank you for everything you have done for Valley Town."

  "I am willing to help you, Lord Lord." Jim Sturgers bent slightly to express his gratitude.

  The social class is so harsh. The state independent prosecutor, Mr. Jim Sturgis, is a civilian. No matter how good his work is, it is difficult to be appreciated by Shangfeng. His current status is almost the end of his career.

  And Mr. Queensland Earl was able to talk to the upper class in London, as long as he gently mentioned in the letter, Mr. Jim Sturgis may be awarded a medal for his outstanding work, and he is honored as "Mr. Jazz."

  These honours that have flooded the British mainland are still very valuable in remote colonies.

  The point is that no matter how much you do, no one sees, no one hears, and no one appreciates it. This is what the upper-class society of Queensland is troubled by. The upper-class society here is not the upper-class society in London. It is completely different.

  At best, it is just a circle formed by some high-ranking state officials and white gold mine owners. Governor Frank is only the lowest baronial title. He hardly knows anyone in London, let alone aristocracy.

The Queen’s Earl of Queensland was different. According to reliable news from London, the young Earl was in the Emperor’s Heart. The noble title was elevated from Viscount of Red River Valley to Earl of Queensland on the spot, and he was particularly favored by Lord Victor. Adopted the Countess of Queensland as goddaughter and treated her as cordially as a nephew.

  For Queensland and even the upper aboriginal society of Australia, this is a great road to the sky!

  Luxury dinner

The gentlemen and ladies were all dressed up, the crystal clear champagne tower, the long table decorated with white tablecloths and flowers, on which exquisite food and drink were displayed, and the well-dressed waiters held the champagne tray with one hand, and the melodious dance music was elegant. Atmosphere.

A tall and thin old man walked over in a luxurious and well-fitted dress. He saw Li Fushou from a distance and laughed and said; "Your Honorable Lord, I am very happy to see you again. It is a pity that you left my daughter Yelena. Britain, cannot participate in this grand banquet today."

  Li Fushou looked at Speaker Edward, who was possessed by the dramatist, and asked Jim Sturges next to him; “Mr. State Attorney, whether the existing evidence can be used to instigate a conspiracy to accuse him of rebellion.”

   "Of course, but it must go through long and cumbersome legal procedures, go through formal court defense and statements, and finally be decided by the judge."

   "Then let's just be better." With that, Li Fushou greeted him with a light smile.

   (Sorry, due to a mistake today, the two chapters are combined into one chapter with 7,000 words. Forgive sins and forgive sins. Be sure to pay attention next time.)

  (End of this chapter)