Expedition to Europe

If a group of originally kind people turned into bullies, how vicious would they be?

This is directly proportional to the extent to which they were bullied before.

Generally speaking, the more severely you are bullied, the more serious your feelings of revenge will be. Therefore, if a group of kind people become bullies, then the new group of bullies will be at least twice as vicious as the original bullies.

Qin Zhiyuan's behavior of beating up foreigners and then extorting a lot of things was like opening Pandora's box, releasing the devil in the hearts of the workers.

Many workers know Kung Fu, which is passed down from their families and started practicing when they were teenagers or even younger.

Regarding warriors, Han Feizi, who advocated building a harmonious society ruled by law, said in "Five Worms": "A chivalrous man violates the law with force." In other words, people who know martial arts will use their physical fitness and striking skills beyond ordinary people to break through the moral bottom line of society and do things that are outrageous to both humans and gods.

Although this statement is a bit one-sided, it also reflects the fact that Takeruto's personality is not very good in some aspects, and he draws his sword against him whenever he disagrees.

The warriors aboard the Victory Message originally lived in the Republic of China, where "foreign affairs are no small matter." Their fear of "foreign adults" was deeply rooted, and the word "resistance" was not in their minds, so they dared not say anything and were not energetic. He dared to do so, so much so that he "stopped drinking and throwing chopsticks, unable to eat, and drew his sword and looked around at a loss."

Qin Zhiyuan's behavior set an example for everyone, just like a group of martial arts writers who had exhausted their ideas and talents. When they suddenly saw Huang Yi's "Looking for Qin", they suddenly realized: Oh, it turns out that you can still write like this!

The power of role models is powerful. In just three or two days, the attitude of the sailors on the Victory News towards the workers was very different from before. Although the overall situation was not overturned, it also changed from being aloof to being respectful. .

The sailors were shocked by the transformation of the workers. Ever since the Far Eastern overlord from China taught a few of them a lesson, just like the famous stone monkey blowing a handful of hair, all the workers had become Chinese. Overlord of the Far East. In just two or three days, a group of farmers who had only retreated in the face of unfair treatment suddenly turned into "civilized people" who were neither arrogant nor humble and dared to argue their case.

Well, they haven't reached the level of "civilized people" yet, but these people know some mysterious witchcraft. It's no longer appropriate to call them "yellow-skinned monkeys". Let's call them "savages" for the time being.

"Savages" are also human beings and have escaped the category of "beasts".

As for Qin Zhiyuan, Chen Kangjian and other famous people, these people have also broken away from the category of "barbarians" and been promoted to the level of "evil people".

Although "evil" is also a derogatory term, compared with "barbarian", it is less contemptuous and more fearful, and the meaning is completely different.

With this fear, on September 3, 1916, the Victory News arrived in Marseille, France.

Just half a month ago, when the first batch of workers arrived in Marseille, the French newspaper "L'Excelsoir" described it on the front page of August 22, 1916: "These Chinese workers were recruited to France through careful selection. Most of them come from the north of China. They can tolerate our country's climate better than the Annan people. In addition, the medical examination report shows that most of the Chinese workers are in good health, which is good news for our country to continue to recruit workers there."

There is a reason to recruit Chinese workers from northern China. The French believe that "Northern Chinese people are very flexible, smart, patient and careful, resourceful, agile and hardworking."

Through hard work, Chinese workers have won a good reputation in Europe. British journalist Wakefield wrote in a press release: "Every Chinese worker is an excellent all-rounder who can endure unbearable hardships and works regardless of rain or shine. He is good at learning and able to cope with various work demands of the British army. "

A British War Department report from 1918 stated: “Chinese laborers are the best of all foreign laborers…Most laborers can master work skills as quickly as possible and work proficiently and continuously, and they have always They all stayed at the railways, arsenals and tank workshops waiting for work. "The French army commander-in-chief Foch also wrote in a letter to the then French Prime Minister Aristide Briand: "Chinese workers are very good workers and they can be the best. Soldiers, they can maintain a good posture under the barrage of shells and never flinch. "

The above are some of the comments made by Europeans about the Chinese workers at that time. I am afraid that no one could have imagined that the Victory News that arrived in Hong Kong on September 3 did not bring a group of Chinese workers who obeyed orders, but a group of Chinese workers who were led astray by Qin Zhiyuan. The bully of the road!

After the Victory News arrived in Marseille, the labor camp was not given any rest time and was sent directly to the front by train.

According to the contract, the Chinese workers are not responsible for combat missions and are only responsible for providing services in the rear. However, under the pressing pressure of the Germans, the French have used all available forces, and Chinese workers have also been sent to the front lines to engage in the most dangerous battlefield auxiliary work.

The train Qin Zhiyuan and the others took was a steam coach, and the facilities were pretty good. Although there were no electrified equipment such as lights and air conditioners, ordinary living facilities such as wooden tables and chairs for passengers were still complete. Because there are fewer passengers, the carriage is not too crowded and the air is quite fresh.

Most of the members of the labor team had never taken a train before, so this was like a peep show. For them, everything in a foreign country was new and worth studying. Whether it was the locomotive that was tired and whining and spewing white smoke, or the blond and blue-eyed slim stewardess, they were all worth discussing in detail.

These people have learned bad things. In front of the stewardess, they discussed the stewardess's buttocks and breasts in Chinese. Some people saw the stewardess smiling back and actually thought that the stewardess was similar to the girls in the Eight Great Hutongs. They even went up to chat with her in stuttering French. They really didn't know how to live or die.

The waiter didn't understand, okay? If you dare to discuss the French girl's figure in French in front of her, no matter whether she likes it or not, she will reward you with hot pot.

... Maybe if that happens, these perverts will be happier!

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Qin Zhiyuan doesn't care about these. For him, all the technological facilities in the early 20th century are unremarkable. Only the glimpse of local customs outside the car window is worth seeing.

The cruel reality disappointed Qin Zhiyuan. France in this era has nothing to do with the green mountains, green waters and pastoral scenery of later generations. Looking out of the car window, everything is gray, even the houses that are deliberately painted with architectural paint on the exterior walls are gray. Even the lush hills are like a layer of dust, and they are gray like the sky.

This is normal. The current world industrial center is Europe represented by Britain and France, especially Britain. The capital London has now been dubbed the "fog city". This title is not because the smoke is vast and looks like heaven, but because most of the residents in London use coal as household fuel, and there is too much coal smoke, which is the so-called "pm2.5" concentration in the air is too high, so it is called the "fog city".

Now the concentration of "pm2.5" in London has not reached its peak. It was not until the winter of 1952, when a smog caused 4,000 deaths in 5 days, that the "fog city" was truly worthy of its name.

Gray is the first impression Qin Zhiyuan had of Europe.

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