What is a nation and what is a country are terms that have been shouted out by countless people, but there are not many people who can truly feel the warmth of these two words.
It is an eternal truth that a friend in need is a friend indeed. Only when a country or a nation is truly facing the pressure of enemy troops and a common disaster can they feel the warmth of these two words.
We share the same culture and species, and we have common values and interests. Although we quarrel and fight on weekdays, when foreigners invade, these people are still the ones relying on each other.
Are there such soldiers and armies in the world? In China's thousands of years of history, it seems that only the Yue family army froze to death without tearing down their houses and starving to death without grabbing food. Other than that, there is no other army that loves the people so much.
Let the people eat grain while you eat weeds and bark. Who would believe it if you told me this?
Chang Sanhao subconsciously didn't believe it, "They're lying, they're lying... Be careful, Xiao Letian will settle the score in the future, these fools..."
Despicable people will never understand the soul of a noble person, and rats in the sewers can't see the beautiful scenery enjoyed by the flying eagle. What made Chang Sanhao and the others even more speechless was that all the people on the long street actually believed in the old man at that moment. The shopkeeper's 'lies'.
With a bang, no one on the long street could stand. Everyone knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, "We were wrong... We were really wrong, we are not human beings... Wuwuwu..."
"No one in the world has ever really regarded us people as human beings. Only the Prime Minister and the New Army..."
The crowd was so choked that they couldn't say anything. They just knelt on the ground and kept choking. In that era of simple people's hearts, if you were kind to the people, they would definitely repay you in kind.
"Stop being embarrassed here and wasting the military rations. I'll make up for it with my broken family... My family would rather eat wild vegetables for the rest of their lives, and we have to protect our new army. Without the new army, we will be slaves to human flesh from now on." …”
The mood at the scene suddenly changed. Everyone suddenly changed from robbing rice to donating military rations. Even the rice boss was dumbfounded. He quickly shouted, "There is still rice. I still have food stored outside the city." ...As long as we get through this difficult time together, we will definitely get through it..."
"I, Fatty Mi, swear here that if I dare to raise prices and make the country miserable, will I have a son?"
However, they never expected that the stubborn temper of the people would suddenly rise. They only said one sentence: "If you do something wrong, you have to correct it. If you ruin something, you have to pay compensation... God is watching what you do, and you can't make mistakes." Add errors.”
This scene was so touching that the old shopkeeper and the cavalry all couldn't help crying. They all recalled what Xiao Letian said in elementary school.
"The people are not hard-hearted, nor are they greedy for small profits and forgetting the righteousness. The key is whether we can do our best. The people's eyes are sharp, and they can tell who is really good or fake to him at a glance..."
"As long as you can truly touch them, as long as you can touch the softest place in their hearts, the rewards that kind people will give you will be beyond your imagination..."
Today, the vivid reality was placed in front of the soldiers. They watched with their own eyes as the crowd moved like ants and brought back the little rations they had hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. The clerks in the rice store blocked the door and refused, but they didn't want them at all. He can't stand up to these people.
Boss Mi has already burst into tears and keeps nagging: "Oh my god, oh my god, it's not enough if I don't want to make money. It's not enough even if I want to lose money. It's not enough if I give you rice for free." .”
"If I continue to be a profiteer in my life, I will never have any descendants..."
A rice riot was actually quelled by such bizarre means, which is enough for Shopkeeper Fan to go down in history. However, the credit belongs to Xiao Letian. The only name that everyone is talking about now is their Prime Minister.
Ryukyu is very lucky to have such a new army, Ryukyu is even more lucky to have such people, and East Asia is even more lucky to have Xiao Letian.
Sun Ximei and the others had fled long ago. The shock they received today will never be forgotten in their lives. They disguised themselves as common people and walked through the streets, escaping to their hiding place in the mountains.
"Sister, please give me an idea. I'm so confused that I can't understand what happened today..." Chang Sanhao said with lingering fear while sitting on a rock while blowing the sea breeze.
"If you have any ideas, let me tell you to run away quickly. The boat we hid in the cave should also be put to use. As long as we break out of the French encirclement and encounter a merchant ship on the sea, we can go home... "Stubborn Donkey has already given up.
This group of Manchu craftsmen was nominally headed by Chang Sanhao, but in fact people were willing to listen to Sun Ximei. This clever woman stared at Shuri Castle with twinkling eyes and let out a long sigh.
"Let's go, are you able to leave? If we hadn't met that mysterious man before, it would be okay for us to leave... Now that a new mission has been assigned, if we leave now, I'm afraid we will be arrested when we get home..."
As soon as the mysterious man was mentioned, all the people present did not dare to speak. Originally, this group of people had completed their mission by passing the news of the French war back to the mainland, but just when they wanted to secretly leave Ryukyu, a sudden A hidden thread that had never been seen before found several of them.
Sun Ximei and the others never expected that one person could produce two secret orders. One was a recruitment order covering the Military Aircraft Department, and the other was actually an identity certificate issued by the British Embassy. She was actually a double agent. .
A transfer order from the Military Aircraft Department is enough to order Chang Sanhao and his group, and the identity certificate from the British Embassy only further emphasizes the importance of this mission. The subtext is that no one wants to cheat, and I have a lot of background behind it. scary.
The mysterious man was just a messenger. Sun Ximei and the others didn't know where the real big shot was hiding, but one thing was certain. It was impossible not to escape.
The rice riots have completely failed. No one sitting here can think of a better way to provoke civil strife, but they dare not run away. Sun Ximei gritted her teeth and finally stamped her feet and said fiercely, "Let's go, hide in the mountains first, this time The mission failed, they will definitely contact us again... Damn it, I have been unlucky for eight lifetimes, meeting these perverts..."
The craftsmen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty disappeared into the mountains, and the mysterious man they talked about is now not on Ryukyu Island, but in the sea.
In the dark waves, a thin figure was struggling to swim forward. Three hundred meters in front of him was the French battleship Glorious. At this time, a slender clipper ship was docked on the west side of the battleship. This figure The goal is there.
"There is someone in the sea...is it a Ryukyu water ghost?" When the figure approached fifty meters away from the battleship, the sharp-eyed sailor suddenly noticed something strange in the sea, followed by the sound of bullets being loaded from rifles.
The French are now on high alert for Ryukyu sea ghosts, fearing that these barbarians may accidentally attack them again. Although they have not yet understood the principle of homemade mines, the seeds of fear have been sown.
"No...no...don't shoot, I am one of our own...I am employed by the British..." The soldiers never expected that a burst of English with a strange accent came from the sea.
"Is there any proof?" cried the Frenchman on deck.
"I'm going to the Tulip...my boss is on the ship...he is from the Qing Dynasty, and his name is Gong Cheng...Master Gong is my boss..."
As soon as the name came out, all the officials on the deck understood that they would never know who the guests on the mysterious merchant ship were.
Yes, he is the very famous traitor Gong Cheng and Gong Banlun in Wan Qing, who led the British and French forces to burn down the Old Summer Palace.
The water-soaked craftsmen climbed onto the merchant ship Tulip. On the deck, Gong Cheng was drinking with the French envoy Molière and General Bruce. The wine was as red as blood, and the appetizer was the Naha Port, which was bright and dark in the distance.
Xizuo knelt down on the deck with a thud, "My lord, the rice uprising failed. I never expected that Xiao Letian's soldiers not only failed to suppress it, but opened warehouses to release grain... In this way, all subsequent plans could not be carried out, but we Without being exposed, we still have a chance..."
Gong Cheng looked at him with a smile, "Yeah, it doesn't matter. I didn't expect you to succeed in the first place. If Xiao Letian can rise in East Asia, he is not an ordinary person. If he can't survive this little trial, then this The game is really boring, hahaha..."
Gong Cheng is a skinny little old man in his late fifties, wearing a black satin robe and holding a big hookah in his hand. His braids are sparsely dragged behind his head. If he hadn't taken the initiative to introduce him, you would have thought he was just an ordinary old man. Qing gentry.
But everyone who knows him has heard his nickname Gong Banlun, which means that he has no relationship between monarch and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, or friends in his heart. He only loves a concubine. The five relationships are gone and four and a half are lost, so he is called Banlun.
This nickname was not given to him by others, but given by himself. This shows how shameless this person has reached.
After dismissing the meticulous work of his men, Gong Cheng turned his attention to the special envoy Molière. When he opened his mouth, he spoke fluent English, with a lot of French mixed in. It seemed that this guy really had the qualifications to be a traitor.
"Sir Special Envoy, according to your previous agreement, this is a shipload of cannonballs and bullets provided by the UK. I took it upon myself to add some food and wine to you. This is enough for the time being... But I want to remind you, as per With your style of play, I'm afraid this ship's worth of ammunition is only enough for you to use it for a week..."
Gong Banlun took a long sip from his wine glass and said with a sneer, "Special envoy, how much money do you still have with you? It's enough to buy a few ships. I'm afraid that if Ryukyu is not captured in the end, you will run out of ammunition and food..."
The corners of Molière's eyes twitched, "I believe in the combat effectiveness of our French soldiers, and I believe victory will eventually belong to us..."
"Hahaha... Combat power, let me tell you the truth, I asked my subordinates to carry out this rice riot, the purpose is to test the fighting spirit of Ryukyu soldiers and civilians... Now it seems that they are not weaker than you French... "
"To put it bluntly, if you continue to fight like this, you won't be able to capture it for another three months."
"Finally, let me remind you that the lives of French soldiers are too valuable. If too many of them die in battle, and your domestic newspapers continue to publicize it, I am afraid that the wave of protests will make your Emperor unable to sleep."
