Cutting 1719

Chapter 662

In June of the 15th year of innovation, when discussions about the new cabinet were in full swing in Nanjing, on a seaport far away in America, the old and the young were moaning, with despair almost appearing on their faces.

"I shouldn't have listened to that foreign devil at the beginning. He said he would take us to Europe, but who would have thought of bringing us to such a place where no shit? Every day I follow these barbarians here to eat black bread. Is it for the sake of it?" What?"

The young man who is talking is Hongli who fled overseas back then, but at this time he is very different from the Pianpian noble son, the original decent Hanfu has disappeared, replaced by an inappropriate fur The clothes and the long unshaven beard on the face add a bit of wildness.

Hearing Hongli's lament, Zhang Tingyu next to him lamented softly. Compared with Hongli's drastic changes, Zhang Tingyu himself didn't change that much, but the wrinkles on his face became deeper and more, and his hair also changed. It became almost completely white, and even the eyes became more cloudy, and the whole person looked much older.

However, it cannot be blamed for the great changes between the two. It is really that the experience in the past few years has been too bizarre, even a bit dramatic-the two originally wanted to go to Europe through Batavia, but they were fooled by the local snakeheads. They didn't really send the two to Europe, but stopped and stopped all the way, and sent the two to the west coast of America, the newly opened Georgia colony.

The Colony of Georgia is a colony directly under the British King. It was originally discovered by the Spaniards. It did not become a colony under the British until five years ago. The so-called "Georgia" itself is the Latin name of King George II, so this place can Said to be very desolate, but also often faced the threat of Indians.

Under such circumstances, the Georgia colony is naturally very short of population. Even Hongli and Zhang Tingyu, who were sold by snakeheads, were arranged here and became ordinary slaves in the colony.

Of course, for Hongli and Zhang Tingyu, this is undoubtedly a great shame. They were almost regarded as prisoners. They have been trapped in the Georgia colony for a full year, and there is no way to escape here.

It is not very difficult if they just escape from the camp, but they will soon face the threat of those Indians, which is not as safe as the colony. However, if they want to go to other places by sea boat, the two of them have no way to come up with it. Half a penny is used to redeem one's freedom, and there is also no money to buy extremely scarce tickets.

Looking at Hongli, Zhang Tingyu couldn't help sighing softly: "Your Majesty, no matter what, the old minister will send the Emperor back to his homeland, and will never let the Emperor live in another country. But those foreigners are really hateful, but the lion opened his mouth. The redemption fee is twenty pounds, and the boat ticket is thirty pounds!"

For the two of them right now, the sum of the two of them would cost a full one hundred pounds, which is naturally an astronomical figure, and they only had less than five pounds of property in their entire body. Not to mention sending the two of them back, even Hongli would be sent back. are far from enough.

Looking at the departing ships at the port, Hongli almost burst into tears, and said blankly, "We need to earn a full fifty pounds. I'm afraid we will be trapped here for the rest of our lives."

"Hey, the old minister will go and beg Sir De Rossi to ask for less."

Zhang Tingyu's learning ability is excellent, but in the past few years, he has slowly learned a little English. Although he can't really talk to foreigners fluently, some simple conversations are still no problem.

Sir De Rossi is not the real manager of the Georgia colony, but actually just a local local snake. It was he who bought Zhang Tingyu and Hongli from the snake head, so he also became the nominal owner of the two, but Sir De Rossi has a kind heart and is quite interested in oriental culture, so he didn't make it too difficult for the two of them, which made them not live and die like those black slaves.

When Zhang Tingyu and Hongli stood in front of Sir De Rossi, he was smoking marijuana recklessly, and two black girls waited on the side, rolling tobacco for Sir De Rossi, and there was a strange smell in the whole room The smell makes people feel soft all over.

Zhang Tingyu didn't dare to stay too long, he knelt on the ground decisively, and repeated what he had said more than once, probably meaning that he was a nobleman from the East and should not be treated like this. As long as De Rossi is willing to let them leave Georgia, they will definitely repay Sir De Rossi in the future.

However, just as Zhang Tingyu has said it countless times, Sir De Rossi has heard it countless times. He doesn't believe Zhang Tingyu's nonsense at all. In his opinion, these two orientals are just They are just two liars who like to tell lies, and there is no truth in their mouths.

But Sir De Rossi will not feel annoyed by this, after all, the Georgia colony cannot find a third oriental, and the traits in them make De Rossi very curious, so he just waved his hand lightly , lazily said: "When you can earn forty pounds, I will consider letting you go. As for the boat ticket, then earn another sixty pounds!"

Hongli on the side couldn't bear it any longer. Although he didn't understand De Rossi's specific meaning, he could tell from the other party's expression that the other party had bad intentions, so he said angrily, "Zhang Qing, we don't have to ask for this. Such a person, I will go back and see what else can be sold, if I can recover in the future, I will definitely take revenge for this humiliation!"

After saying this, Hongli no longer ignored De Rossi's sarcasm, turned around and walked towards the door, but he no longer wanted to bear this anger.

Zhang Tingyu showed a look of helplessness. The property they had hidden on their bodies had been squeezed out by the snake head long ago. How can there be any property to sell now?It's just that he also knew that Hongli was young and vigorous, and it was not easy to directly refute his face at the moment, so he could only turn around and leave with Hongli in silence.

It was only when the two returned to their thatched hut that Hongli's face turned down again. He counted the only five pounds left in his and Zhang Tingyu's hands, and then heaved a heavy sigh.

"If I had known today, I might as well have died on the battlefield like Ama, and would have lost the humiliation of today."

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground in a hurry. Although he was old, his kneeling posture was not slow at all. He almost shrank into a ball, like an old tortoise.

"Your Majesty, if the former Emperor knew that the Emperor could endure humiliation, he would truly feel gratified. As long as there is an Emperor in my Qing Dynasty, it is not considered dead! When Chu Ni's heart is corrupted and the world is in chaos, the Emperor will then be able to take advantage of the situation. Come on, repeat my country of the Qing Dynasty!"

However, Zhang Tingyu's exciting words did not make Hongli feel happy. He was tired of listening to this set of rhetoric, but the reality was getting worse and worse, so that he began to feel discouraged Feeling cold.

"Zhang Qing, we have already reached the extreme east, thousands of miles away from Huaxia? The two of us have been on a boat intermittently for more than a year, and now we are trapped in this wild place, even the people of Huaxia I don’t know the news at all, how can I recover? Where is the Qing Dynasty?”

Hongli's eyes turned red. He knelt on the ground facing the direction of his homeland, weeping and said, "Ama, what should I do now? Ama, can you tell my son in a dream?"

Zhang Tingyu on the side could only kneel on the ground, sighing for a long time without saying a word. Given their current situation, it seemed that Yongzheng really needed a dream.

But what Hongli and Zhang Tingyu didn't know at all was that just when they didn't know what to do, thousands of people who were originally captured under the Eight Banners had already arrived in America intermittently, but they were in the place where the later generations of California are located. The region of the United States, which is the west coast of the United States, is thousands of miles away from the east coast where Hongli and Zhang Tingyu are located.

Compared with the east coast, which already had a large colony, the west coast of the United States can be regarded as a real blank land. Except for the local aborigines, there are no European colonies at all, and places like California are even more It can be called a virgin land that has not yet been developed.

However, all this changed a few years ago. Following Ning Yu's order, the people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, who were the first immigrants, and a large number of immigrant people from the Great Chu came here, and also established the first Great Chu. Colonial America - Golden State.

The Golden State Colony can be regarded as the starting point of the current Great Chu colonization in the Americas. Compared with the northern regions, the Golden State not only has a very pleasant climate, but also has a large amount of fertile land, which is very suitable for the growth of crops, and is also very rich in mineral resources. , also discovered some gold mines, so naturally received the attention of Da Chu.

After several years of immigration from the Central Court of Great Chu, the population of the Jinzhou Colony today is about 1, and a medium-sized small town has been built. However, because it is too far away from the mainland, Therefore, the current Golden State Colony adopts a relatively independent Duhufu system.

The first Chief Protector was none other than General Xu Chengliang who was born in the Young Eagle Battalion. He was in charge of managing the entire Jinzhou Colony, and he specially organized a guard team of about 1000 people, each armed with muskets. These people are basically Han Chinese, and only some of the well-reformed Manchus can join the guard.

For example, the 28-year-old Chang Bao is one of the guards, and he even held a modest position, that is, the captain of the guard. He has [-] people under his command, and he can be regarded as the backbone of the current Manchurian population. He is a Manchu, but he is different from other Manchus. He is a Manchu who is sincerely loyal to Great Chu.

"Your Majesty gave us food and clothes, so we should die for His Majesty and Great Chu!"

Every morning, Chang Bao would stand in front of other Manchus and start giving them patriotic education. Although many Manchus hated people like Chang Bao very much in their hearts, more people began to accept it slowly. One set, became Da Chu's loyal supporter.

The reason is simple, the form is stronger than the people. All the Manchus who still have the Qing Dynasty in their hearts have gradually died in the labor of the past year after year, and all the Manchus left behind are extremely loyal and clear. In order to survive, they Either pretend to believe, or force to believe, as long as you can show your loyalty, you can have a chance to survive.

Of course, as far as Chang Bao is concerned, he is sincerely loyal to Da Chu, because in the Far East, it was Da Chu's cavalry who saved him from the severe cold, and everything he saw later was completely broken. The fantasy of Qing Dynasty in his heart-the times have changed, and Qing Dynasty will never have hope.

However, although Da Qing had no hope at all, Chang Bao still had to live on, and even for the sake of his younger brother Haiyin, he had to actively integrate into it. Even if he paid all the price for this, it was worth it.

"Chang Bao, come and take a look, your brother Haiyin is making trouble again!"

With a shout in the distance, Chang Bao couldn't help raising his head, and saw a thin young man running over quickly, he shouted loudly while running, "Hai Yin, Hai Yin, for a woman, with Jin Si Fight!"

Jin Si's original surname was Aixinjueluo, but he was a descendant of Aixinjueluo. However, after the surname change order promulgated by Dachu, all Manchus had their own Chinese surnames. Among them, Aixinjueluo changed his surname to Jin, while Changbao's Niu Colu changed his surname to Lang, so his current Chinese name is also Lang Changbao.

Chang Bao frowned slightly. He knew that Hai Yin had grown up now, and he had a hot fight with a woman some time ago. This was a normal thing, but he didn't know that this woman was also involved with Jin Si Relationship, this can't help but make him feel a little tricky.

Among today's Manchu groups, Aixinjueluo naturally no longer has the dominance of the past, but after all, it is different from other people. When other Manchus meet the descendants of Aixinjueluo, they will more or less tolerate it. Therefore, people like Jin Si who did evil among the relocated Manchus were not in the minority.

"Brother Cha, take me there quickly!"

After explaining a few words to his subordinates, Chang Bao ran towards the young man with his musket on his back. Both of them had a bit of depression on their faces. It was obvious that this incident gave them a headache.

After the two of them walked for more than two miles and crossed a small stream, they finally saw a group of people gathered there, who seemed to be watching the excitement, and someone shouted hello from time to time.

Chang Bao raised his eyebrows, pushed aside the crowd and walked in, only to find that his younger brother Haiyin was standing there with blood on his face, and behind him was a petite woman, who seemed to be a woman from the Guarjia family , called Yelan.

But Chang Bao just glanced at it, and quickly focused on a fat man opposite Haiyin. This person is Jin Si, who belongs to the line of Prince Li. He was originally a yellow belt in the Qing Dynasty, but now Let's not talk about this, but everyone looked at Jin Si with a bit of awe in their eyes.

When Jin Si saw Chang Bao coming, a look of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he sneered, "Hey, look who is here, Captain Lang Chang Baolang, what's the matter? Who are you going to arrest to go to the Zongsi's yamen now? "

(End of this chapter)