"That's what the girl said." Sun Tianqi took a step forward and said: "When the tomb was designed, it was expected that people would enter, so this port was created. But we have to see where the organs are. "
After Sun Tianqi finished speaking, Yue Guanchao already understood what he meant and asked tentatively: "Daozhang Sun, I'm not surprised that you are walking in front of me this way.
Could it be that you have been to this place in advance? I see that the Taoist priest is unmoved by the money, but he only urges us to go to the tomb, saying that it is to bury the imperial concubine, which is really a bit reluctant. You must have something else to find! "
Seeing this, Yue Guanchao was basically certain that Sun Tianqi did not enter the tomb for the treasure. Otherwise, he could have easily found a place and put the ashes jar in it.
In this way, he saves time and does not incur danger. He insists on sending the urn into the tomb even though he knows that the tomb has not been opened. This means that the thing he is looking for is in the tomb, even with the tomb. Burial jewelry has nothing to do with it.
As soon as these words came out, Sun Tianqi raised his head and swept his clothes with dust: "Well, at this point, I don't have to pretend anymore. Let's open the skylight and speak openly, and you don't have to pretend to be a brave slave."
Sure enough, Sun Tianqi didn't believe that they were real slaves from the beginning. Although Yue Guanchao felt surprised, it was reasonable. If Sun Tianqi couldn't see through this, then he would have spent so many years in the world in vain.
Yue Guanchao simply stopped pretending: "Since Taoist Sun has seen that we are pretending, why did we wait until now to say it?"
Sun Tianqi smiled and said: "If I didn't do this, I wouldn't be able to get here. I saw along the way that you are not interested in treasures. You are probably looking for things in the tomb. Since our purpose is the same, what is there to expose? It’s better to go together.”
"Then according to Taoist Master's wishes, you are opening the skylight to us now to speak openly because you no longer need to hide it from us. Then, can you tell me what exactly you are looking for?"
Yue Guanchao asked. He always felt that they were looking for the same thing.
"This matter starts with my identity..." Sun Tianqi coughed a few times and asked slowly: "Do you know about the Taiping Society?"
When Song Siyuan saw Sun Tianqi mentioning the Taiping Association, a trace of curiosity flashed in her eyes, and she asked: "What the Taoist said was the Taiping Chamber of Commerce in the Magnesium Kingdom."
"Exactly."
Song Siyuan obviously did not expect that they were actually related to the Taiping Chamber of Commerce, and continued to explain: "The Taiping Chamber of Commerce is a Chinese chamber of commerce in England and Wales. It was born in the mid-19th century and is a Chinese group association that appeared in the West after 1860. , is a mutual aid association for Western Chinese to resist foreign discrimination and protect their property and personal safety overseas."
The emergence of the Taiping Chamber of Commerce is still related to the defeat of the previous government in the Western War.
After 1860, the former government was defeated in the war. In addition to ceding territory and paying indemnities, it also had to open up trade to cater to Western trade with China.
Although the defeat was extremely humiliating for the former government, the failure of the war also stung some of the knowledgeable people at the time, telling them to stop being obsessed with writing books and fame and Confucianism, and start to open their eyes to the world.
On this basis, the Chinese saw the technology and civilization of the Westerners, and also had the desire to go to the West. At that time, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom were in the period of rising construction.
Let’s not mention the UK for the moment, let’s talk specifically about Magnesia.
After the Abolition War, major cities ushered in an era of great development. The emergence of gold mines in the west allowed a large number of coastal Chinese to enter the west by ship and start their gold mining dream.
At the same time, the establishment of the Pacific Railway project increased the country's demand for labor. However, many of the domestic workers were lazy and undisciplined. The Irish they hired could not endure the hardship, and they also liked to ask for salary increases, and even deliberately drank and fought. Delay the progress of the project.
After much thought, they turned their attention to the Chinese who came to work in Magnesium at that time. Seeing that they were particularly hard-working during the gold rush, they decided to hire Chinese to build the Pacific Railway.
At that time, the previous government had just liberalized foreign labor and allowed foreign labor service companies to recruit workers from Guangdong, Fujian and other places and bring them to the mainland to contribute to their urban construction.
When these construction companies saw these Chinese people for the first time, they mostly viewed them with disdain. After all, these Chinese people were dark, thin, small, and looked sickly. They seemed to have little strength. Originally, they wanted to give up on the Chinese workers, but later they still met the Chinese workers. They would rather lower wages and still find work, so they were willing to give them a try.
Unexpectedly, the capabilities of the Chinese workers were indeed beyond their expectations. Although these Chinese workers were short and thin, they were not weak in strength. They were very hard-working. In addition, they were docile and silent, and the wages were low. They also saw the characteristics of the Chinese workers. Value began to be obtained through labor service companies, which hired a large number of Chinese workers in Guangdong and Fujian and sent them to China to participate in construction.
Among the 14,000 workers employed by the Pacific Company, Chinese workers accounted for approximately 95%. It can almost be said that nine out of every ten railway workers were coastal Chinese at that time.
These people first contributed to the gold rush in the west, and then participated in the construction of the Pacific Railway. They worked so diligently, but what they received in exchange was not the respect of these Westerners, but profound discrimination.
At that time, many Chinese were welcomed by their employers because of their low wages. As a result, those white people who demanded high prices and could not endure the hardships had to either lower their wages or have no work to do. They were originally quite polite to the Chinese workers. Seeing that their own interests were harmed, they finally stopped hiding the face of discrimination and began to openly attack the Chinese. Many Chinese workers were even murdered for no reason.
In the end, the United States even promulgated the "Chinese Exclusion Act" to legally discriminate against Chinese workers.
The Chinese laborers had no choice but to form chambers of commerce in various places like California in the west, so that they could stay together and fight for the rights they deserved. The Taiping Chamber of Commerce was the largest guild established by the Chinese laborers in the Pacific at that time. Once it was established, many guilds suffered from discrimination and The Chinese who were bullied attended the meeting.
As long as they are Chinese workers from the Taiping Chamber of Commerce, they will not only provide translators and simple housing for the newly arrived Chinese workers, but also find fairer employers for them to work and make a living. Even if an employer breaks the contract and deliberately withholds wages, they will resort to it. Law, get back the wages they deserve.
In the end, the Chamber of Commerce gathered more and more Chinese workers, and these people came from all walks of life. With the help of the Chamber of Commerce members, they were able to provide more and more help to the Chinese workers, including weddings, funerals, and home ownership. You can consult about real estate to avoid being deceived and losing all your money due to legal violations.
It can be said that the Taiping Chamber of Commerce is a guild known to all Western Chinese. For overseas Chinese workers, it is like having a lantern of their hometown in a foreign country.
After Song Siyuan introduced this, Sun Tianqi's eyes were a little surprised. Perhaps he was surprised that she actually knew the story of Xiyang. He nodded in approval and said: "Yes, I am from the Taiping Chamber of Commerce. This guild was a mutual aid organization established by the Taiping Army after they arrived in Xiyang. meeting."
At the same time in 1860, when the Western Gold Rush was in full swing, the Taiping Movement in southern China also ushered in fierce fire.
Although King Hong Tian's power group has repeatedly emphasized that it is for the welfare of the people, after King Hong Tian established his capital in Tianjing, the powerful people were inevitably fascinated by the beauty of the Six Dynasties in Jinling, and became increasingly corrupt and degenerate. They began to occupy mountains and seek power, and even wanted to The idea of the Northern Expedition to annihilate the Tatars was almost completely forgotten.
It was also because of the rapid corruption of the elite group that eventually led to the Tianjing Incident, which caused the Taiping Kingdom to miss the golden opportunity of the Northern Expedition. A few years later, even if they captured the Jiangsu and Zhejiang camps, they were still at a disadvantage to the government, until the fall of Tianjing completely failed.
Before this, although the Taiping Kingdom was corrupt, there were still discerning people who could see their problems and still wanted to improve. However, when most of the powerful and powerful groups were blind, no amount of discerning people could change the situation.
At that time, because the Taiping Kingdom controlled the trading port of Jinling, foreigners wanted to prosper business and actively sent envoys to establish good relations with the Taiping Kingdom. Only then did the knowledgeable people in the Taiping Kingdom find opportunities to establish relations with the foreigners. Foreign merchants and cargo ships, some imperial merchants from the Kingdom of Heaven began to travel between the West and Jinling, and started transnational business.
These people were the first to establish the Taiping Chamber of Commerce in Magnesia.
During the more than ten years since they established the Taiping Kingdom, they could be considered as working hard to create a new world for Chinese workers in the West. Their broadened horizons also made these people realize that even though the Taiping Kingdom had loud slogans, its own class limitations would eventually lead to failure.
In order to protect themselves, they have used the Taiping Chamber of Commerce to start planning to cope with the ensuing crisis. Many members of the Taiping Chamber of Commerce have invested in the shipping industry, field industry, service industry, as well as the food industry and catering industry in their own names. , also looking for backers in Magnesium and the United Kingdom.
After all this was done, Tianjing was indeed captured, and they had now taken a foreigner's cruise ship to the West to start their new life in a foreign land.
Sun Tianqi and these Taoists were all in the shadow of Deng before. They took a cruise ship to the West with their acquaintances and settled down there. It was not until more than ten years later that they returned to China from the West.
Yue Guanchao listened to his experience, and it was wonderful. In the Taiping Kingdom, there were not many people with clear minds like him. Even King Hong Tian finally believed in his own theory of the Heavenly Father, and missed the opportunity to escape. Poisoned to death in Jinling City.
Looking at it this way, this person has been a lamp shadow and can still look like a human being in the West. It is indeed unusual. He continued to ask: "Looking for the tomb of the concubine is the reason why you came back, but what you are looking for is not the tomb of the concubine." The treasure that came in made me curious, what is it?"
"It's a female version of training!"
Sun Tianqi made no secret of what he wanted.
"Why are you looking for a female book to read?"
Yue Guanchao could already guess that what Sun Tianqi was looking for was also the Xuan Shu Iron Coupon, but he didn't know if these people were in the same group as the Huasheng Chamber of Commerce.
Sun Tianqi coughed a few times and said slowly: "Sun Tianqi is just my pseudonym. At that time, the Taiping Army was unstoppable. Many former Green Camp soldiers could no longer survive and followed King Hong Tianqi to establish the Taiping Kingdom. I did it later. Lamp shadow.”
"My real name is Wanyan Chengqi. My ancestor is Wanyan Babu of the Jin Kingdom. After the previous dynasty established the Eight Banners, I was also promoted to the Eight Banners nobles."
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