"Old man, please get up, please get up quickly. If you keep kneeling like this, you will shorten my life. Isn't it better for me to live a few more years and win more battles for us Chinese people?"
"Please get up, the ground is slippery and don't ice your legs... Hurry up, hurry up, there is your son next to you, help your father..."
"Oh, you shouldn't be holding a child. There are so many people here and it's easy to get trampled. Brother, the child you are bringing is still so young, so be careful..."
"Haha... fellow villagers, please stop crowding. I, Xiao Letian, am not a trivial person. I am just an ordinary person... It is not easy for the British soldiers to maintain order. Just now, people of all ages were crowded into the sea. How embarrassing is this? A brand new one..."
The Chinese in the Lion City have never seen such a prime minister who is so close to the people. He smiles with two rows of snow-white teeth. He looks so frank. Moreover, Xiao Letian is extremely polite when he talks. He does not have the condescending feeling of officials from his home country at all.
Even though Xiao Letian is just the Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he is a Han Chinese who has done earth-shattering things. As long as they stand by his side, people will feel an inexplicable sense of security.
Along the way, Xiao Letian was simply possessed by the Prime Minister. This attitude of being close to the people made countless people stupid. No high-ranking official in that era could behave like this. Even the Prime Ministers of various European countries were like this. They are nobles. They are also high in the hearts of the people.
Xiao Letian's words and deeds instantly conquered the people of the city. Xiao Letian walked for more than 20 minutes in a pedestrian alley more than 50 meters long.
Countless hands stretched out from the crowd. They didn't dare to touch Xiao Letian who was walking at the front, but they just wanted to touch the group of tough soldiers, as if they could get good luck.
Xiao Letian really knew how to act. He looked at the pair of pleading but timid eyes and hands. The corners of his mouth turned higher and his smile became brighter. He reached out and took hold of those big rough hands. No need to say anything. That rough feeling has told Xiao Letian everything about how miserable the lives of these overseas Chinese are.
"Thank you...thank you everyone...thank you everyone for voting for me...cough cough cough...I said it wrong, I said it wrong. I meant thank you for coming to welcome me. I really feel ashamed..." The emotional Xiao Letian refused and his brain was cramped, but in such a chaotic scene, no one would care about the nonsense he said.
At the front of the alley, dozens of British soldiers formed a small open space. The British governor and the Chinese representatives had been waiting for a long time. On the table next to them were wine pots, wine glasses and pig heads for worshiping heaven and earth. , whole sheep, etc., these things are not for Xiao Letian to eat, these are tributes to be used to worship the heaven at the welcome ceremony later.
The Chinese representatives who can host such a large-scale welcome ceremony are the most prestigious representatives of various industries in the Lion City. This is a European colony, and the Confucian approach is not feasible. The Chinese representatives here can only be one kind of person, that is, heavy business.
Xiao Letian's eyes were very poisonous. When he saw the old men standing beside the altar table, some were even octogenarians, and all of them were wearing Qing Dynasty supplementary clothes. Although they were all official uniforms of the sixth or seventh grade, It's quite eye-catching among such a crowd.
"You can't be wrong. These old men must be the God of Wealth in the Lion City. If they are not big businessmen, how could they have the spare money to buy an official position from the Qing Dynasty? Only they would pursue this false face..." Thinking of this, Xiao Letian took three steps. He walked up in two steps, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Xiao Letian's guess was correct. These old men were all well-known businessmen in Southeast Asia. Their combined net worth was estimated to account for 70% of the entire GDP of the Lion City.
This is really not a boast. Of course, most of the wealth in Southeast Asia is in the hands of foreigners, but Europeans do not regard Asia as their home. Every profit they make here is sent back except for business capital. of Europe.
As for the indigenous people in Southeast Asia, forget it at all. They are a tribe of wild monkeys who do not even have their own culture. They have not been influenced by Buddhism, Islam and the Central Plains cultural circle for thousands of years. They have never done anything. whats the matter.
Without the influence of foreign culture, they would not be able to form even the most basic country, and everyone would be a tribal wild monkey.
In this environment, immigrants from the Central Plains cultural circle naturally occupy the top class of wealth. They are hard-working, frugal and experienced, and have a very strong clan concept.
Such a Chinese family, as long as there are no major accidents, can create a big family in three or four generations. These old people who came today are all the senior ones in the Chinese circle. They even donated official officials from the bottom of the box. All clothes are on.
"The remnants of the Lion City bow to the Prime Minister..." A group of old men's beards started to tremble. When they saw Xiao Letian walking towards them with a smile, they did not dare to neglect and knelt down to salute.
The prime minister is of the first rank. The highest rank among these old men is only the fifth rank. The official rank is extremely poor. In addition, the people in front of him are civil and military prime ministers who have mounted their horses to lead the army and dismounted to pacify the people. They are Zhuge Liang, Xiao He, and Cao Cao. They don't dare to show their age in front of such a big shot.
When Xiao Letian saw that all the octogenarians were kneeling down, he rushed over with a whoosh sound like an arrow had been shot in the butt. This time he was not pretending, he really couldn't bear to let an old man in his seventies or eighties do this to him. Kowtow, this will really shorten your life.
"Don't, don't, don't... get up, I can't afford it, I really can't afford it... How can this kid be so virtuous?"
At this time, the British Governor next to him came over with a smile and interrupted, "Dear Prime Minister, a cocktail party has been arranged in the Governor's Mansion..."
Before he finished speaking, the Governor was glared away by Xiao Letian with a white eye. "Mr. Governor, a gentleman should not interrupt others when they are talking, especially when facing such an elderly person."
Bah, I won't give you face. A governor of the Lion City whose name I don't even bother to remember. I can knock down three or four people with a stick on the bank of the Thames in London. I really think I am a big shot. I'll just wait and see. …
These old men are all human beings. When they saw Xiao Letian's behavior towards the British Governor, and then looked at the Governor's blushing face and timid appearance, not daring to get angry, they completely understood that everything said in the newspaper was true. , and even restrained a lot.
At this time, the waists of the old men were as straight as if they were welded into steel bars. "Yes, the Prime Minister definitely deserves this bow. The Prime Minister is showing off to Europe. This is giving face to all the Chinese people in the world, woo woo woo... sir." , you don’t know how hard it is for us immigrants from China to live..."
Xiao Letian, with red eyes, helped the old man up one by one, feeling very uncomfortable listening to their thoughts.
"Master Prime Minister, we wanderers in a foreign land have experienced the miserable days. We will not talk about the Hongxi Valley during the Gao Emperor's time. Just talking about Lao Chen's family, more than ten of their relatives died at the hands of pirates and indigenous bandits. There are many people, but who will take care of us? Foreigners have not taken care of anything besides collecting taxes."
"Yes, that's right. What these foreigners are doing is using foreigners to control foreigners. When we Chinese become stronger, they let the natives make trouble. When the natives are dishonest, they encourage us to compete with them... Three years ago, I had fifty acres of rubber forest. How did they get burned? It wasn’t the indigenous people..."
"We all want to thank the Prime Minister. Ever since the news of His Majesty's sweep across Europe came back, we Chinese people in the Lion City, Malaysia, Surabaya, Brunei...all of South Asia are finally proud and proud."
"Sir, do you know that when I was drinking tea this morning, I actually saw foreigners giving money to buy bananas? They actually gave us Chinese money..."
With a bang, the crowd went crazy, and the atmosphere suddenly became passionate. People talked about the injustices in their lives. At that moment, Xiao Letian almost turned into a clay god in the temple who responded to all requests.
The British Governor was so sweaty that his two handkerchiefs were completely wiped out. He was cursing in his mind, "You guys, these bastards, are just the same. How can you get so messed up that you don't even get paid to eat bananas? Are you so poor that you're crazy? This is South Asia." Ah, bananas are so cheap, it’s like giving them for free, so I have to eat banana bananas, oh my god..."
Xiao Letian helped all the old people up, and listened with a smile to the grievances expressed by the Chinese people in the city. Xiao Letian knew that the people in the city were not looking for justice from him, nor were they asking him to be Bao Gong and try the case personally. All they wanted was It's just a psychological vent.
Hundreds of years of colonial history, the foreign masters above them have changed from country to country, and the humiliation they have suffered is countless. There is no way to repay a lot of hatred. It has been too long. I am afraid that those involved are already scum. Can't find it.
But the anger in people's hearts will not disappear. The anger and sorrow of being bullied for hundreds of years has always been trapped in their chests, and it has been passed down from generation to generation forever. Until today, when Xiao Letian was born and opened an outlet for them, The high-pressure barrier lake suddenly collapsed, and the tide of grievance surged down.
Xiao Hexin leaned on crutches and looked at the excited villagers in the Lion City in front of him. He suddenly said in a low voice, "Who doubts the Prime Minister's decision now? Who still doubts the wisdom of the expedition to Europe? This is a big deal. The world is a chessboard. All nations are pawns, and Europa has only lost our little pawn, and China, the trapped dragon, is showing signs of breaking free from its shackles..."
"That's right, the scale of the Prime Minister's plan is beyond our imagination." Sima Yun also said, "Master can always find the most critical position in a dilemma. You think that the Prime Minister saves the country through curves, but you are wrong. What the Prime Minister did was the real killing with one knife..."
Luo Huo was not to be outdone, "Look at the coward of the British Governor. I understand now. Master, this is called global establishment of authority, also called domination of the world. Everyone is afraid of foreign devils, so let's go to their hometown and beat them until they are convinced." until……"
"Hahaha, even the most powerful foreign devils are convinced. Tell me how much trouble and how many competitors we will save."
"Oh, Luo Huo, you can do it. You have made progress and you can realize this. With your knowledge, I think no one in the Prime Minister's Affairs Office can surpass you..."
During the teasing, Xiao Hexin suddenly said quietly, "Your Excellency has been laughing stupidly for an hour. Why do I have a feeling... Your Excellency seems to be causing trouble."
