The sun never sets in America

Chapter 336 The situation in Australia: The incident and Sansheng Island

In the Port of Brisbane, scattered merchant ships were docked, and the people on board were unwilling to go ashore, as if there were some terrible monsters on the shore.

So much so that they dropped their goods and ran away without even stopping.

In the Brisbane port, Luo Xiaojia, who already considered himself the deputy general manager of an Australian company, looked at the merchant ship that could no longer be seen clearly, with a smile on his lips.

In the past few months, they relied on their British identity and the endorsement of the Baroness to establish a foothold in Australia. Even because of Father Mansi's propaganda, news about the existence of demons gradually spread, and even appeared on the The front page of The Times.

This has affected the UK's view of Australia to a certain extent. Although the number of deaths in Australia has been gradually declining recently, the "bad news" for several months still makes people believe that Australia is a cursed place.

So much so that in the UK, there are endless calls to evacuate Australia, but the top British officials are not that stupid. The data in their hands shows that the disease is becoming controllable. The test data in London also shows that this incident and the so-called demon It has nothing to do with it, it’s just the Black Death of the new century.

But the upper class understands, but that does not mean that the lower class also understands that the news about the Australian devil spread everywhere in the British mainland and even the colonies. The final reaction to the economy is that as long as the goods are sent to Australia, they are cautious and want to throw them away. The goods ran away.

The scene that just happened at the Port of Brisbane is a true portrayal of reality.

In Australia, due to the loss of more than half of the population, the already scarce situation in Australia has become even more empty.

There are even situations where no one can be seen for dozens of miles along the coast.

The Australian companies of Luo Xiaojia and Wang Meng also emerged at this time. They acquired iron mines, purchased steel plants that had lost their employees, and packaged themselves as a local Australian steel company. Even Wang Meng, who married a baroness, returned the money. Money', bought a so-called Queen's Medal, euphemistically called: "Love the British Empire".

The so-called Salvation Society, also vigorously "promoted" by Father Muncy, has more than 7,000 believers, which can be said to have won over most of the surviving people in Australia.

Although false believers account for the majority of them, it is undeniable that the Salvation Society has grown into the second largest force after the Governor-General of British Australia.

The whole process took no more than five months. Although it is often said that reality is more science fiction than science fiction, the Salvation Society truly practices this.

Just like Luo Xiaojia, who is now "satisfied", said: "After a disaster, we will all be characters!!"
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Penglai Immigration Bureau.

This is the largest yamen in the area, even surpassing the governor's yamen in Penglai in terms of architectural specifications.

"Bureau Guo, this is the immigration data for the second half of last year."

Xiao Chen, who is responsible for revising immigration data, sent the immigration transfer report for the second half of last year to Guo Weimin's desk.

Guo Weimin is a middle-aged man in his forties. Originally, officials of his age would have been at the governor level at first. However, with the closure of the Han Dynasty's power system and the increase in the number of officials, A middle-aged director like Guo Weimin can even be called "young and promising."

He is to be promoted by the higher authorities! !

Guo Weimin flipped through the text in his hand and praised Xiao Chen for being "motivated" and "brainy" without even reading it a few times. Xiao Chen, who was standing opposite, repeatedly shied away. He said it was just shirk, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that " proud".

"Hula——"

Guo Weimin flipped through the pages very quickly and quickly saw the header. He was just about to sign on it, but a number in the lower right corner caught his eye.

"Why is the number of immigrant deaths so high this year? In previous years, there were only a few hundred people. Why is it over a thousand this year??"

Guo Weimin looked at the data of "1,007 people" and saw something was wrong. If he remembered correctly, less than 600 people died last year at most, so why did it suddenly exceed 1,000 this year?

“Are there any big boating accidents this year??”

Guo Weimin raised his head and looked at Xiao Chen, his eyes full of questions. After all, according to the above requirements, the death number of immigrants is also the standard for assessment. It is also because of this that every immigration director is very concerned about the mortality rate, not them. How kind-hearted, but because this thing is related to Wu Sha Mao.

Xiao Chen was speechless when he heard this. After all, he had never heard of any major shipwreck. But at this time, Guo Weimin became impatient and directly yelled: "Yes or no??"

"Guo Bureau. This -"

"No!!"

Xiao Chen was completely confused, but he knew one thing very well, and that was "no".

"No, okay, that doesn't make sense. It can't be that these people all jumped into the sea, or were they all on the same boat?"

Guo Weimin's face showed sarcasm, which made Xiao Chen next to him frightened. After all, if he made a mistake in this matter, he would have to have a "greeting" meal.

Director Guo looked at Xiao Chen's face and already had the answer in his heart. He said directly: "Go and find out what's going on with these death lists. I want to see people alive and corpses when I die -"

"Yes, Director Guo!!"

Xiao Chen stood upright, like a human sculpture.
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"That's not right. It's not right no matter how you calculate it. How could this person just be short of 400?"

"How are you doing there??"

The auditor who was looking at the list of receipts looked at the ball numbers on his abacus and couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"It's the same here, always four hundred and a few less."

Another auditor did a lot of calculations and finally came up with an "impossible" number, that is, four hundred and five missing people.

"bump!!"

Teacups with roosters on them were scattered all over the floor, and everyone in the lobby lowered their heads.

Guo Weimin didn't speak, he just looked around at the officials and said coldly:

"Tell me, where have these people gone??"

Guo Weimin clicked and sat on the mahogany chair, and soon someone handed him tea.

"Gulu..."

After drinking a few sips of tea, Guo Weimin saw that no one had said anything yet, so he said sarcastically:

"Usually, there are five to six people, and they all seem to be officials. But now it seems that they are worse than dogs. Dogs will bark a few times when there is a thief in the house, but you guys don't even fart!!"

Listening to the harsh "education", the slickers present bowed their heads in obedience, as if they had really admitted their mistake.

In fact, the Immigration Department is a well-known Qingshui Yamen in Han Dynasty. Every money is spent on immigrants. How much is purchased every year does not pass through their hands at all. The people below can't make money even if they want to.

If the bonuses given by the superiors were not high enough, there might not be many people coming to the Immigration Department. Under such circumstances, some "activities" would naturally be indispensable.

Guo Weimin usually turns a blind eye and closes one eye. After all, this kind of thing is difficult to control even for the Imperial Council, let alone the Procuratorate. In the words of Prime Minister Hu, "It's human nature", "Small greed leads to letting go, big greed leads to killing".

Guo Weimin cursed a few words, and finally announced a re-examination, a comprehensive review, and no one would be allowed to go home until those 405 people were found.

Listening to Director Guo's "righteous and awe-inspiring" order, everyone present bowed their heads.

On the fourth night, the lights were brightly lit in the Immigration Bureau, and hundreds of Immigration Department officials could be seen through the windows, still immersed in sorting documents.

Most of the people looked haggard, unshaven, and even had eye mucus in the corners of their eyes.

The audit of immigration work is inherently complicated, otherwise last year’s accounts would not have been delayed until March this year.

"Damn it, why can't I figure out this account clearly? After all the calculations, there are still 405 people missing!!"

"I feel a headache now when I see the number four hundred and five..."

The people around who were still "fiddling" with the abacus stopped, and some even had an unstable mentality and cried directly.

After cursing for a while, I heard someone say: "I wonder if this number is low to begin with, or maybe someone concealed it!!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone became "energized", and soon the sound of abacus and "clatter" could be heard again.

"I found it……"

"I found it……"

On a desk near the corner, a young official with a chicken coop on his head stood up excitedly holding a document.

"Brush", hundreds of pairs of eyes focused on him.

"One company shipping company lost 405 people. No, they simply passed on."

"This document shows that it is full, but I checked the data of the Immigration Department in recent months and found that there is no so-called full vacancy at all. They simply have vacancies. They keep using the missing data to fill up the numbers!!"

The young official's words were like a match, igniting everyone's anger. Everyone wanted to criticize the company and how unpleasant it was.

When the news reached Guo Weimin's ears, he said:

"You want to see people alive, you want to see corpses when you're dead!!"

"I want to see people, and I also want to catch them!!"

As for who to arrest, it’s self-evident! !

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"Lao Zhou, what's wrong with you these days? Why are you always so distracted? Why, is it that some of your sweethearts from outside have come to you??"

"Okay, I knew you were not a good person. What did you say when I married you? You said..."

Seeing Zhou Ping who was still unmoved, Mrs. Zhou seemed to have thought of something, and immediately displayed the characteristics of a middle-aged woman, causing Zhou Ping to give no answer.

During lunch, Ping Ping was slurping the braised noodles in the bowl and suddenly asked:

"Is the child okay??" Mrs. Zhou paused while eating noodles, and then muttered the answer:

"You also know, child, I see, you are fascinated by some vixen outside."

"I don't care about us two anymore..."

Mrs. Zhou cursed a few times and felt something was wrong. She saw Ping around her shed tears and asked cautiously:

"What's wrong??"

"Pa", the chopsticks fell to the ground, and the surrounding people howled loudly, shouting:

"Something happened to the company, and sooner or later it will be traced to me. If I turn myself in, our whole family can survive!!"

Listening to the cries, Mrs. Zhou repeatedly asked what happened, but Zhou Ping just replied with one word "plague".

Then he hugged Mrs. Zhou and cried loudly.

"Name??"

“All around is flat!!”

"age??"

"Forty-one years old."

"Position??"

"Three Rivers Shipping Manager."

Looking at Zhou Ping who was answering inside, Guo Weimin said nothing and just kept smoking until the other party said the words "plague", which scared him to the point of dropping his cigarette.

When he learned that there were 400 infected patients on an island, especially after some of them escaped, Guo Weimin was so frightened that he wanted to "kill people." He did not expect that Zhou Ping was so bold and dared to do such a thing.

Especially when he learned the reason, Guo Weimin wanted to rush in, grab the other person's collar, and curse him as a "stupid pig."

When the people around him argued "for safety", Guo Weimin rushed in and cursed: "Stupid pig, you can't be more stupid!!"

When Guo Weimin came out of the interrogation room, he was surrounded by Ping He, whose nose and face were bruised and swollen after being beaten, and he looked different from a human being.

Looking at the scared eyes of those around him, Guo Weimin ordered with a straight face:

"Sansheng Island, this is too big, please report it to the court!!"

When the telegram reached Xijing, Liu Peng was swimming. This was something he did every day. It was called "health preservation", but in fact it was just laziness.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go to Sansheng Island??"

Liu Peng was wearing a bathrobe, leaning on the chair, looking at the report in his hand, and said directly: "Go, why don't you go? Isn't it just a plague? It's not a dragon's den or a tiger's den."

"By the way, check if those who ran away went to Australia."

"His Majesty……"

Wen Ting was a little confused when she heard this. After all, it had something to do with Australia, but she quickly realized it.

“Your Majesty is saying that Australia’s disease is caused by them??”

"No surprise, that should be the case."

Liu Peng sighed. He did not expect that the Australian flu that has been raging in recent months was actually caused by Han immigrants.

Who would have thought of this, never dreamed of it! !

"Then, do you want to capture them and bring them back??"

Wen Ting asked tentatively.

"Catch them, why arrest them? Just let them stay in Australia. I want to see what tricks they can do."

"By the way, tell the investigation bureau that within five days, I want to see all the news in Australia, especially the Chinese ones!!"

"Yes……"

Wen Ting left this "Dragon and Phoenix Pool".

Liu Peng picked up the report in his hand, glanced at it a few times, and murmured to himself:

"You don't have any brains. Why don't you go to Australia? What's there to see in that place? If you want to go to London, just go to London and burn London again!!"

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Sansheng Island is a small island that has become famous in the Han Dynasty. The entire Sansheng Island is no different from other islands in the Pacific. It is basically a tropical rain forest and a small coastal plain.

The area of ​​Sansheng Island is about nine square kilometers, so it can be considered an island.

In some cities in Han Dynasty, it is also a district.

At sea, an armored cruiser flying the dragon flag was approaching this "legendary" island.

This 2,000-ton ironclad ship is a Hanfeng-class cruiser, and its main function is patrol.

For this reason, the size is very different from the Xia-class iron-clad ships currently under construction in the Han Dynasty. The largest naval gun is only 155 mm, and the secondary gun is only 55 mm.

Because of their low price, fifteen more ships were added on the basis of today's arms race, and the total number may even reach forty. They are the largest number of warships built by the Han Dynasty except for capital ships.

"Go to the island!!"

Major Mo Tongsheng looked at the island opposite, thought about it a few times, and finally gave the order to land.

I saw a few kayaks launched into the water, with soldiers wearing rubber protective suits and gas masks riding on them.

These soldiers carry short guns on their backs. This short gun was developed according to special circumstances. It is code-named Nineteen, also called Type Nineteen.

"Tap..."

When the first soldier stepped onto the beach, someone quickly rushed up with mortars and set up a small fort.

As more and more soldiers poured in, the beach became a little crowded. Finally, under the leadership of the captain, they entered the interior.

When they saw those wooden houses, everyone tightened their grip on the short guns in their hands. It wasn't until someone reminded the "dead man" that everyone relaxed.

bump! !

The wooden houses were kicked open one by one, and what came into view were grotesque corpses. The corpses were rotting and even crawling with insects.

Holding back the nausea, these corpses were dragged out. They will be sent back to the mainland for anatomical research.

"Report, no one alive!!"

"Report, no..."

Listening to the reports, Tang Mude, the captain, frowned, looked at the disgusting but missing corpses, and then announced:

"Go into the forest and search, there must be someone alive!!"

"Damn it, how could there be anyone alive? Let me tell you, Captain Tang, I'm afraid he's not stupid. He's already dead like this. If I were alive, I would have escaped by boat and still be here!!"

"Who says it's not the case? If there was a living person, I would stand on my head and eat shit!!"

"Haha, maybe you will eat shit later!!"

A few soldiers who got into the rain forest complained about Tang Mu De's search order. In their eyes, this was a joke.

Until a sound of "footsteps" scared them.

"Who, who is there??"

The man in the lead held a gun and pointed it at the left side of the forest.

Several people held their breath.

I saw a few ragged savages emerging from the forest. When they saw them, they started to chatter and even burst into tears.

The soldier who just said he wanted to eat shit turned red all over and stood there at a loss.

When the news came that there was a living person, the whole beach was boiling.

No one thought that at this time, there were still living people, and there were five of them! !

On the ship, Mo Tongsheng felt as if he had won a lottery after receiving the news. He became excited and even laughed out loud. He knew that the living were more valuable than the dead.

When the news of the living person reached the Han mainland, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

After Liu Peng, who was at work, learned about it, he was stunned at first, and then uttered:

"You can still survive in this way. Survival in the wilderness is not too real!"

Then Liu Peng issued an order to receive the Han Dynasty, euphemistically calling it "a reward."

　Please give me rewards, please give me monthly tickets, please give me a boost.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)