The Gaoyou section of the Grand Canal was completely boiling at this moment. Both sides of the wide canal were filled with slow-moving or docked ships, and the channel in the center was a parade ground for three gunboats showing off their power!
Businessmen, officials, boatmen and people on both sides of the river all crowded over like swarms of swarms, and they worshiped the gunboat at the front!
Countless people knelt on the deck and bowed their heads: "Long live the head of state! Powerful Europe! The head of state... is so powerful!"
This scene suddenly frightened the accompanying Chinese officials and soldiers. They looked at the scene in front of them with dumbfounded eyes. Even Xiao Letian was stunned. He really didn't expect that his popularity was so high in the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty. ?
Even if he is well-known, why would people call him long live him? Aren't they afraid of the Manchu king's laws?
Xiao Letian was wrong. He really underestimated the suppressed resentment in the hearts of the Chinese people in this era. They were bullied by the foreign devils and brutally suppressed by the Manchus. Do you think this was the insensitivity of the people in exchange?
In fact, those are all illusions. The Chinese are the smartest, and numbness is just a way for them to protect themselves, in order to survive in a humble way!
This does not mean that they do not have that fire in their hearts. The story of Grandpa Yue was still being sung by people in the Qing Dynasty. Even though they knew that the Jin Kingdom was the ancestor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they still could not prohibit folk storytellers and folk artists from holding the story of Grandpa Yue. stories to inspire generations of people!
Even the high pressure of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could not change all this, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had to protect some folk ancestral halls in various places that worshiped Yue Fei!
This is the power of cultural inheritance. This is an invisible bloodline memory passed down from generation to generation. Whoever can evoke the blood in this gene will be long live in the hearts of all people!
You, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, couldn't even defend the capital, but Xiao Letian was able to lead his troops to attack the French capital. Who do you think is worthy of admiration and worthy of shouting "Long Live"!
At this moment, the public sentiment was so intense that no one cared about the opinions of the Manchu court. The people were simply venting their emotions!
"This is the head of state...the hero of the Han family...the great man who lives in the capital of a foreign country thousands of miles away!"
"For thousands of years, how many kings have been able to do this? Just for this, we are convinced!"
"What is the True Dragon Emperor? First see if you can be a fraction of the head of state!"
Xiao Letian went all the way north along the canal like a strong magnet for people's hearts. The alloy propeller rotated underwater and stirred up long sprays of water. The sword-like bow split the water waves and moved forward!
At this moment, there was no need for any local officials to maintain order. All the boats on the canal, large and small, voluntarily gave way to the main channel for the head of state. Some small boats were even unable to avoid it, and the boatmen fell into the water!
"Ouch...be careful...save people quickly!" Xiao Letian pointed at the boatman in the water and shouted anxiously from the edge of the deck.
However, this kind concern was exchanged for more people’s worship!
"Look...this is the real Mingjun. He really cares about the life and death of ordinary people! Mingjun! Holy Lord!"
The boatman who fell into the water was probably a familiar water ghost Tuosheng. His eyes were red with excitement, and tears were falling down. He stepped on the water and buckled his head on the water. He knocked down and then turned somersaults in the water. !
"The head of state spoke to me... Guangzong Yaozu! Long live the head of state!"
The common people were in a state of shock, and the sounds of kneeling down and praising him continued continuously, as if they had reached all the way to Gaoyou City. Xiao Letian could no longer hide his figure!
"Now that it's been exposed, don't hide it!" Huniu walked up to the man at some point, took his arm and said with a smile, "Why are you hiding now! Stand here like a clay statue and accept the kneeling worship of all people. It’s your duty!”
"Don't always think that this kneeling ceremony is backward. You don't understand these people... If they are lucky enough to see you and kowtow to you in this life, they will have bragging rights for the rest of their lives!"
"That's their pride!"
Xiao Letian was speechless. At this moment, he had no choice but to stand up straight and accept the inspection of Wanmin accompanied by his wife. He raised his arms to wave to both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but he was already exhausted in less than twenty minutes!
But he couldn't stop. He really underestimated the enthusiasm of the people in this era. There was no radio or television, and there were not even newspapers in the world!
It is impossible for the common people to see a living king in their lifetime, not to mention people like Emperor Tongzhi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the heads of state of the Chinese nation, even ordinary princes and nobles have no chance to see them!
Being able to see Xiao Letian with their own eyes is truly a blessing for them for eight lifetimes! It’s really enough for them to brag to death!
In order not to disappoint these simple and kind-hearted people, Xiao Letian could only assume this most classic TV pose, smiling and waving to all the people!
Should I shout "Long live the people"? Hey... let's forget it. It's too sensational. I'm afraid Gaoyou City will rebel tonight!
The people were going crazy, the big shots on the canal were even more excited, and the guests on one of the boats couldn't hold it any longer!
"Simpson! What am I talking about! There is something weird about these three gunboats. There must be a big shot, maybe the head of state... Look, I guessed it right!"
On board the ship was none other than the British journalist Simpson and his new friend, Liu Peiqi, the head of the Household Department, who was also Yang Zhi's agent!
By the window of the cabin, Liu Peiqi’s hand holding the cup of tea kept shaking. The tea spilled on his pants and it felt like he had peed. “I really met... the Hidden Dragon of the East China Sea... Oh, I really met... …”
"The Chinese's latest Yangtze River series iron-clad ships, inland river and coastal defense series...with a displacement of five hundred tons...the latest weapons are naturally for the noblest people to ride on!"
"I guessed it right... Hey, hey... Simpson, what are you doing? Taking pictures... Be careful, don't let the CIA catch you..."
Simpson directly put the camera on the window, he excitedly pressed the shutter, and recorded the scene of Xiao Letian inspecting the Grand Canal!
But as soon as the shutter was pressed three or four times, a burst of footsteps was heard on the deck of the ship. Five or six fully armed Chinese soldiers jumped over from nowhere!
"What are you doing? What are you doing secretly in the cabin? Are you trying to assassinate the head of state... arrest him and interrogate him!"
"No...I'm a British reporter...don't arrest me...I have a passport and paperwork...oh my arm..."
Simpson, who was pinned to the ground by the Chinese soldiers and the CIA intelligence officer, screamed in pain, and even Liu Peiqi was pressed to the tea table with her head like a fish!
"I am the fourth-level manager of the Ministry of Finance... I have a status card... This is not a bad guy, he is a British reporter... He was just taking pictures!"
"I know Mr. Baojun... I also know Mr. Fu Qing... I have a clean family in the Prime Minister's Office... I'm really not an assassin, I'm really not..."
After explaining for a long time, the CIA people let them go. When Liu Peiqi saw that his identity was exposed, he couldn't hide it, so he took out the notebook and knelt down in the direction of gunboat No. 1!
"Liu Peiqi, the fourth-rank director of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Qing Dynasty... kindly requests an audience with the head of state..."
