Thick pine tree trunks were pushed into the ground to form a wall. Mud and birch bark were mixed to fill the joints, blocking the cold wind outside the house. The room was heated on a heated kang, on an iron stove imported from the south. A long chimney stands straight outside.
Large pieces of pine wood were crackling in the stove, the iron kettle was boiling, hot water was being refilled in bowls of strong tea cups, and the house was filled with lit cigarette pots and spicy Guanwai dry smoke. The stinging smell makes people sneeze.
"Open the window, open the window! When has it been so sunny and it's still so stuffy? Are you in confinement?" Ding Si, who came with Li Gui, was the first to shout.
This is an ordinary wooden house that is most common in the Far East. If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of southern Chinese goods in the house, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all.
This is the property of Laoshentou. It is located on the edge of the old forest fifteen miles southwest of Vladivostok. This was the only way for the Cossacks to attack Vladivostok. Many children of Zhuangzi in Laoshentou a little further south died here.
It was originally a temporary place for ginseng pickers, but as Vladivostok became increasingly prosperous, it became an increasingly important stronghold for the old ginseng family. The old man actually lived here six or seven days out of ten during this period.
Not for anything else, just for the founding assembly that the people of the Far East are looking forward to!
In fact, the so-called Grand Council cannot be attended by millions of people from the Far East. It is just representatives of various local forces gathering together for a meeting. Most people are illiterate and it is difficult to speak logically, let alone Talk about participating in politics.
The house in Lao Cantou is in a secluded location and is not far away. It is suitable for Xiang Shaolong to requisition for the founding meeting. In the past few days, leaders of various ethnic groups and forces in the Far East have gathered here. The number of big bosses is close to ninety, and the number of small bosses is close to ninety. The number of bosses is nearly one hundred and fifty.
The arrangement of the seats for this meeting is entirely based on people's contribution in this war. It is very fair. The men outside the customs have no objection to this. No one can say how many people and land they have in their hands. I want to be here. It depends on how much blood your family sheds and how much food they receive.
Your village has a population of tens of thousands and is of no use. If every one of you survives the war and becomes a spectator, you are called a loser.
Our village has a population of only one thousand, and we were drawn into the volunteer army. We contributed two hundred per house, and forty-eight died in the battle. This is Yan's confidence.
Li Gui and Ding Si are representatives of the Da Qingdao Gold Mine, and they are also representatives jointly elected by the Far East gold miners. The two people who survived the massacre in Da Qingdao participated in the entire process of building the Volunteer Army, and almost all of them They all participated in the battle.
It can be said that the most powerful group of people in the volunteer army are these miners who are full of hatred.
Behind him were Lao Ginsengtou, a representative of the ginseng-picking and herbal medicine shop, the leader of the Oroqen hunting tribe, the shaman of the Wild Jurchen tribe, representatives of the Korean mountain people, and so on.
But in general, the people with the greatest say in this meeting were Lao Shentou, Li Gui, Ding Si and other people. Not only did they have a lot of credit, but more importantly, they were literate and could understand the Chinese people. Those rules.
Many leaders of the Oroqen, Wild Jurchen, and Korean tribes are illiterate at all, and their interests can only be relayed through the mouths of Lao Shentou and others.
Originally, Lord Long thought that the founding conference would not be that troublesome. The overall situation had been settled. The Volunteer Army was the most powerful military force in the Far East. All other tribes were already convinced. Without the power to resist, it would not be easy to talk about something.
But unexpectedly, as soon as the meeting started, huge resistance appeared, and the direct filming made Mr. Long dizzy.
"Okay! Ding Si, your mother-in-law talks the most nonsense, you smoke the most in this room, and you are the cause of the stuffiness!" Lao Shentou couldn't stand Ding Si's talkativeness, so he opened his mouth to curse.
The old man with gray hair was so eye-catching today. Everyone was looking at his head. This old man actually cut off his braids, revealing a short ring of hair under his cap. No matter how you looked at it, it was funny.
Ding Si wanted to have a few words with the old man, but as soon as he saw the old man, he lost his temper, and his laughter immediately disappeared.
"Why are you laughing! A bunch of uneducated idiots. Even if we found the country, we will still have to mix with the Prime Minister's Chinese people. If you don't find a way to integrate now, it will be merciless when someone forces you in the future!"
"If you go to a Chinese place with long braids, everyone will laugh at you, and no one will talk to you about business!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I've asked someone to bring two pigs outside, and we're in the middle of tinkering. Today at noon, we're going to kill the pigs and eat them with a bowl of wine, but in the morning we have to talk it over, and we have to give General Xiang an explanation. ah!"
Everyone was happy when they heard that there was pig meat to eat, but when they heard that there was still something to discuss, everyone got a headache again.
After a long time, Li Gui finally spoke. He banged the copper pipe pot against the iron stove, and tobacco sparks shot out. "No! I'll just say one thing, General Xiang's proposal cannot be passed. It must be rejected!"
"Nonsense! The country that has been built with blood and sweat is actually going to create something... What kind of presidential system? Prime Ministerial system? I don't care what Prime Minister Xiao's attitude is, anyway, we in the Far East must not do it!"
Li Gui's proposal immediately received everyone's response. "That is, why should outsiders benefit from the land that we have fought for our lives to win? If Lord Long is the emperor, we should give him a title! What kind of bucket is the president? It smells better than a toilet." ah?"
In this founding meeting, other small matters are easy to discuss, such as asset exclusivity and nationalization of unowned land. It doesn't matter. As long as the interests of the big guys are not harmed, it doesn't matter.
But Xiang Shaolong proposed a presidential system, which was unbearable. Is the president greater than the emperor? Can presidents be passed down from generation to generation?
In the minds of these tribal leaders, the future country should be like this.
"Let's build our own country in the Far East. General Xiang is a descendant of the overlord of Western Chu. He has the blood of nobles... What? You don't know who the overlord of Western Chu is? You are really uneducated. You haven't heard of it. Is there any drama in Farewell My Concubine?"
"Yu Ji, Yu Ji... the overlord, the overlord... the great aristocrat who conquered the world with Liu Bang and almost killed the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
"Amazing! It is said that his status is nobler than that of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his bloodline is pure... General Xiang should be the emperor of our Far East Kingdom, who can resist it?"
"We will follow the general and be rewarded according to military merit. The earl of the earl and the marquis of the marquis will be well-off and well-off!"
"What about the Chinese Prime Minister Xiao?" someone asked.
"Isn't this simple? When I was studying, I heard my husband say that there is a suzerain relationship in this world. For example, North Korea versus the Qing Dynasty, Ryukyu versus the Ming Dynasty, they are treated as suzerain states..."
"The Chinese are the suzerain country and we are the vassal country. What a simple relationship. What is there to understand? I think it is best to do it this way. It is better than anything else!"
