The sun never sets in America

Chapter 89 On the way to immigration
woo... woo...

With a whistle blowing on the pier, more than a dozen ships flying the British flag slowly left the Edo port. At the port, several Han officials who had been arranged by Hu Junding to stay in the Edo mansion were greeting the people on the ship. wave.

Congratulations to them on this journey! !

Not long after, more than a dozen immigrant ships disappeared into Edo Port and headed towards the ocean...

Three days later, the second batch of immigrant ships will arrive at Edo Port. After a few days of repairs, they will embark on a distant journey to the Americas like the first batch of more than a dozen immigrant ships.

After the second batch leaves, the third batch of immigration fleet, which is also the last fleet, will arrive at Edo Port in two days, and then leave in three days...

The three batches of fleets seemed to have been agreed upon. As soon as the front foot left, the back foot came.

Just like a train that leaves on time, it leaves on time and finally meets in North America.

This is what Hu Junding requested from the beginning, to make immigrants into a precision-operated machine, just like a local rail carriage. There must be a complete schedule for when to get on the train, when to get off, and even when to arrive at the station. schedule.

On the vast sea, a dozen ships flying the British Union Jack flag and carrying thousands of immigrants were sailing on the rough sea.

The sun is high in the sky, and the fleet below is undulating on the vast sea, like a warrior riding a fierce horse, taming the fierce horse under him all the time! !

And this fierce horse is called Pacific! !
Quack... quack...

The familiar sound of seagulls came from not far away from the fleet. The inland immigrants standing on the deck looking at the sea were whispering to each other as if they had seen something extraordinary.

"Li Datou, look at those birds above, do they look like wild geese?" Mrs. Li Zhang stood on the deck and pointed to the seagulls above her husband Li Datou beside her. She had never seen a seagull before and could only Take the wild geese that I have seen several times but cannot see clearly as a synonym for seagulls.

"What wild goose? That's called a seagull." Li Datou, who got some news about the sea from the soldiers on the ship, retorted with some disdain to his wife Li Zhang, who had never seen the world. His tone was full of arrogance, as if he knew The bird in the sky is called a seagull, which is a big deal.

"Hey... Li Datou, have you eaten too much, or is it that some naughty fox on the ship has charmed you? You dare to talk to me like this." Li Zhang was furious when she saw Li Datou's arrogant look. Come on, he said immediately.

"Why are you like this? How come you are so unruly on the ship?" Seeing the other people on the deck looking at them, Li Datou said to Li Zhang with some embarrassment, "You... you will talk softly from now on." Yep, by the way, in the future you have to learn Chinese characters, learn culture, and be a civilized person." Li Datou educated Li Zhang that the reason for this was because he was educated by the accompanying immigration officials on the ship.

"You..." Before Li Zhang could finish speaking, she was pulled into the boat by Li Datou.

Before and after the departure, there were many teachers on the ship. The responsibility of these people was to teach these immigrants as much basic culture as possible during the more than a month on the ship. Basically, there were several classes every day. …

These classes are mainly about Chinese characters, basic mathematics, health, and patriotic education.

The so-called writing is easy to understand, but the biggest difference between this writing and ordinary literacy is that Liu Peng added Pinyin education before the departure of the immigration fleet.

As Liu Peng came from a later generation, no one in this era understood the importance of tone better than him. At this time in China, especially in remote areas, it was normal for people to have different tones for ten miles.

This is true even in urban areas. Common people, and even dignitaries, speak the dialects of various places to communicate with each other.

This is of course no problem at the local level, but once it spreads to the whole country, it will cause great trouble. Although each dynasty and each generation has its own specific Mandarin.

For example, Luoyang Yayan in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Mandarin in the Ming Dynasty basically used Nanjing Mandarin as the standard, and in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, Nanjing Mandarin was actually used as the standard Mandarin. However, as time went by, the Qing Dynasty who came from the north, It is inevitable that the accent will be biased towards the Central Plains Mandarin, or Northern Mandarin, so in the end the so-called Beijing Mandarin was born, which is the predecessor of Mandarin in later generations.

But until now, when officials from other places come to Beijing, the Mandarin they speak is not very standard, especially in remote places. Therefore, there is a joke that when meeting ministers from other places, an interpreter is needed.

How funny it is that translators are needed for internal communication in one’s own country.

In view of this, Liu Peng's emphasis on accent has been raised to the level of a basic national policy. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he promulgated the pinyin of Mandarin as the standard for future generations. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Culture even issued a guide to speak Mandarin and facilitate communication. slogan.

In schools opened in various places, even in white towns, local officials, even white officials, must be able to speak Mandarin. Those who do not meet the standard of Mandarin will not be hired.

Of course, in view of the problem that white people do not understand Chinese, basically as long as they can roughly speak a complete sentence, it will be enough.

Among the more numerous Indians, the slogan "speak Mandarin, take Chinese names, and become Han Chinese" was promoted, which triggered a craze for learning Mandarin and taking Chinese names.

Among them, various surnames with the same transliteration of hundreds of surnames are used as the basic way of naming.

For example, if this tribe is transliterated as Longze tribe, then all tribes have either the surname Long or the surname Ze.

Another example is that an Indian tribe transliterated it as Shanhai, which was chosen from the two words Shanhai.

And these tribes who took the initiative to change their surnames and learn Mandarin surnames were praised by the Han State, especially Liu Yan, the Han monarch.

When Liu Yan summoned the leaders of the 22 major tribes in northern Han, he said:
"I am Chinese and you are Indians, but we have the same blood and common ancestors. This is the writing of the extinct ancient Inca country in South America." Liu Yan pointed to the prepared ancient Inca hieroglyphs and said to the tribal leaders present.

"And these are Chinese characters. We are all hieroglyphics that evolved based on the heaven and earth." Liu Yan then pointed to the calligraphy and paintings in the palace and said to the tribal leaders who still didn't understand what they meant.

"And this is the Latin text of Western white people." Liu Yan then pointed to a Western book and said to them, "America was originally a peaceful and peaceful continent, but since those white people came, what did they bring? , they brought nothing but countless killings and diseases." Liu Yan said angrily to everyone present. "In today's world, the white people in the West are powerful and cruel, while the yellow people in the East are kind and loving." Liu Yan praised his own people. In fact, according to theory, the Chinese in this period were better than those in other places. The race of the people is still very white. It is actually a bit inaccurate to say that they are yellow race, but this yellow race is definitely determined by the Han Dynasty.

For nothing else, just for the natural solidarity with the Indians and the legal rationality of the Americas. Since the white people say that the Native Americans are yellow people, then it is legal for the Chinese, who are also yellow people, to take back the land that belongs to the yellow people. ? ?

In Liu Peng's words, you are not the only one who can use the Bible to explain the world. When necessary, we can also use the Classic of Mountains and Seas! !
"If we Easterners don't unite, the world will be completely divided by white people. If white people divide the world, what will they do... Where will we go??" Liu Yan asked, like a heavy hammer. All the Indian tribal leaders present must know that no one who can be a leader is a fool. Of course they understand what His Majesty the King of Han means.

"We will disappear like the Incas, we will disappear like the Mayans." Liu Yan continued to say to all the Indian leaders present, "Then those white people stood on top of our former city and our former civilization and said... Look, this It is a civilization that has disappeared, and what we have to do is dig it out." Liu Yan continued to everyone with a sad face.

"Do we want to accept such a fate?" Liu Yan asked loudly, "No, we will not accept such a fate. Accepting such a fate is undoubtedly a betrayal of our ancestors and our descendants. When the time comes, they will When white people work as slaves on farms like those hey people and pick cotton, do they think that if our ancestors were braver, they wouldn't be like this?" Liu Yan said to the tribal leaders half-questioning and half-answering.

Finally, after the two-hour palace dinner, the 22 major northern tribal leaders present expressed that they would increase their efforts to learn Mandarin and Chinese characters after returning, and they also changed their Chinese names on the spot.

After these tribal leaders returned, the entire Indian tribe in northern Han Dynasty was doing one thing, which was to learn Mandarin and change their Chinese names.

Throughout the Han Dynasty, the cultural popularization of Mandarin, Chinese characters, and Chinese names is slowly unfolding.

As the leader behind this matter, the Prince of Han, Minister of Army of Han, and Minister of State Liu Peng just signed their names with satisfaction on the intelligence sent every day, and then continued to be busy with other things.

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"Look, that's Hawaii?"

"Here we go, we're in Hawaii."

"It's so beautiful. Along the way, this is the most beautiful place in Hawaii right now."

The deck of the first batch of fleet was filled with a large number of immigrants, and everyone was looking at the beautiful big island not far away...Hawaii! !
"Brother Lu, look, Hawaii..." Li Zihao lay on the guardrail, looking at the island getting closer and closer, and excitedly said to Lu Mushan beside him, "I really know what the people in Hawaii look like. It is said that the skin color is similar to ours?" Li Zihao asked Lu Mushan curiously, and he also had great expectations for Hawaiians.

"It should be different. They should be of the Pacific race. Many of the Pacific races are dark, so they should be the same." Lu Mushan shook his head and retorted to Li Zihao.

Along the way, Lu Mushan learned a lot, such as the Pacific Ocean, small islands, North and South America, and even learned about a country called the United States. It was said that they were massacring Native Americans similar to them.

Moreover, it is said that the Native Americans saved the lives of the foreigners. These foreigners even organized a holiday called Thanksgiving to commemorate it. But what did those foreigners do after that? They raised the butcher knife against their benefactors. These foreigners were indeed good enough. Foreign devils, even if their names have a beautiful word, but their hearts are still black, and their actions are no different from animals.

"Wait, why isn't this the way to Hawaii?" At this moment, Li Zihao discovered that they were drifting away from the island of Hawaii, going in a completely different direction.

"We should go to that place called Oahu." Lu Mushan explained to Li Zihao with a frown.

"Oahu?" Li Zihao looked at Lu Mushan in confusion, not understanding what he was talking about.

"It's the island bought by the Liujiapu people." Lu Mushan replied to Li Zihao.

It wasn't until this moment that Li Zihao suddenly realized.

After a period of sailing, they finally saw Oahu.

An island with tropical numbers, its area is countless times larger than the small islands and reefs seen along the way.

Oahu at this time has undergone earth-shaking changes from when I first came here. Not to mention, when I first came here, it was still a small fishing village with only a few stilt houses and the native Hawaiians who fished here. .

But now, especially that bay, has undergone earth-shaking changes. Proud of the deal with the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Kingdom of Hawaii organized thousands of workers to dig out the entire bay. Although there is no large machinery, it is still preserved today. Lots of original looks.

But at the very least, it is enough for an immigrant ship to dock briefly and board and disembark people. As for those large ships, they will eventually return to the Kingdom of Hawaii to dock. After all, there are more people there, the port is stronger, and there are more services.

When the fleet docks, you can still see many houses built on the shore. These houses are mainly built in the inland of the island. They are very different from the stilt houses in the earliest fishing villages.

These houses were built by Han officials who stayed in the local area and organized native Hawaiians to spend money to build them. The most important purpose was to provide housing for local immigrants.

In addition, thousands of acres of land have been opened up on the island, mainly for the survival of subsequent remaining Oahu immigrants.

Yes, according to the plan, some immigrants will be left behind on Oahu. Each batch will have about 200 people, and three batches will have more than 600 people, forming a small village, and the population will increase in the future.

These people are mainly used to develop Oahu. After all, Oahu is the territory of the Han Dynasty, and those Hawaiians are always used. Hu Junding still has some trust, but he finally changed part of the immigration plan and officially included Oahu. in the construction process.

Construction requires people, and the immigrants coming here are the best candidates.

The bay that originally attracted Hu Junding, Wan Fang and others is also a key construction target. It will not only serve as the center of the future Pacific immigration route, but also the future home port of the Han fleet in the Pacific. This port will have a famous port in later generations. name……

Pearl Harbor! ! !
(End of this chapter)