Is Buenos Aires loyal?
This must be marked with a "?", after all, this is a conquered city, with 110,000 European residents living in this city.
However, since the city was occupied last year, it is changing at an alarming rate. The areas destroyed during the war have been rebuilt, and not only that, the farms on the outskirts have also become a large construction site.
Factories have sprung up on this land, and correspondingly, a large number of Chinese residents have poured into the city.
In less than a year, the influx of more than 200,000 Chinese residents has brought tremendous changes to the city. What is the biggest change?
The city's demographic structure is changing rapidly. As early as half a year ago, Chinese residents had surpassed European residents. There are more and more department stores on the streets, and shop door numbers have been replaced with square Chinese characters. More and more people say
In Chinese, whether people want it or not, change is inevitable.
“This place has become a Nanhua city!”
Faced with such changes, many so-called locals complain and even laugh at those who speak blunt Chinese, but it is undeniable that if you want to find a good job, you must speak Chinese.
Like many people, Hidalgo is also learning Chinese. As a poet, he once loved Argentina very much, but now? He doesn't care much about these. Even as a poet, he needs to support his family and find a job.
.
"For work, all I need is a job, but there are not many jobs suitable for me. Unless I am willing to work as a coolie at the dock, even there I need to be able to speak a few words of Chinese. After all, the supervisor of the dock is Huaxia
Descendants.”
Hidalgo couldn't help complaining. Although he had been working hard to learn Chinese, Chinese was too difficult to learn.
"So, as I said a long time ago, if you don't speak Chinese in Nanhua in the future, it will be difficult for you to move forward!"
Sandler picked up a newspaper, pointed to the large Chinese advertisement in the newspaper, and said.
"Now, there are only two Spanish-language newspapers left in Putrajaya, but these two newspapers will disappear soon, because more and more Chinese are living here, and most of the advertisements in the newspapers are in Chinese, but who will buy them?
What if newspapers only read advertisements? In order to survive, those newspapers will eventually compromise with the market!"
As he spoke, Sandler looked at the pedestrians on the street and the passers-by wearing work clothes. Most of them were of Chinese descent.
"After all, there are now 240,000 Chinese Americans in this city, while there are only 130,000 European Americans!"
"It's only been a year, but there are actually so many people!"
Hidalgo was a little surprised.
"This is just the beginning. The factories they built outside the city will require at least hundreds of thousands of workers in the future. Just one shipyard will require tens of thousands of workers. They and their families, in five years at most, this city will
It may even have a population of one million. By then, the Hispanics here, just like the Indians back then, will be submerged among the millions of Chinese. Don’t forget that there are still many women who marry South Chinese in order to make a living. Very soon
Soon we will be like the Indians on this land, we will either blend in or disappear completely."
Although Hidalgo had no interest in the future fate of Argentina, his friend's words still made him worry about the future of Buenos Aires.
"This, in this case..."
Hidalgo asked, looking at his friend.
“Is Buenos Aires still Buenos Aires at that time?”
…
On November 11, 1870, colorful flags were flying in the Port of Buenos Aires. On the flagpole, a sun and moon flag fluttered in the wind.
The Sun and Moon flag designed by Zhu Xianhai in France is the national flag of the Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, the pattern of the Sun and Moon flag was brought over by a mail ship that arrived in advance. We have learned about the left side of His Majesty's "Message to All Nations"
Zongtang immediately told the people through newspapers that the Ming Dynasty had been restored!
The Ming Dynasty was restored, but the emperor had not yet returned.
While the people of the Ming Dynasty were cheering "the restoration of the Ming Dynasty", they were all cheering for the emperor's triumphant return from Charlotte to Zuo Zongtang.
On this day, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the port. Not only Charlotte came, but Elizabeth, Monica, and Marlena also arrived at the port.
Today is the day when His Majesty returns.
At ten o'clock in the morning, when the ironclad "Friendship" appeared at the end of the sky, people on the dock all stood on tiptoes and stared into the distance. After a while, finally, when the huge hull of the ironclad appeared,
People were surprised at the size of the battleship.
The cannon sounded!
His Majesty the Emperor has finally returned to his loyal home of Buenos Aires!
Of course, loyal Buenos Aires welcomed His Majesty's return with a salute. The cannons on the fort fired in unison. These cannons not only welcomed His Majesty, but also welcomed the soldiers returning from the expedition and congratulated them on their victory.
"Is this a warship that His Majesty exchanged for in France?"
Charlotte asked as she looked at the approaching battleship.
"Yes, only twenty airships were used, which is a great deal!"
"He will never engage in loss-making business. Even if he seems to have suffered a loss now, he will get it back tenfold or twentyfold in the future."
The corners of Elizabeth's lips raised slightly, and her eyes were full of curiosity. Of course, what she was curious about was whether there were any unexpected gains from his trip to Paris. As a woman, she was also very gossipy.
There they are!
Standing on the bridge, Zhu Xianhai's smile gradually grew when he saw his women at the dock.
Finally home!
This trip is really not easy!
However, the harvest is quite rich. Gold and silver are not important. The most important thing is that Ming Dynasty has become a powerful country through this expedition, or it is qualified to hold dialogues with the great powers on the same stage.
It took China more than a century to get to this point!
Amidst the long whistle, the ironclad "Friendship" docked on the trestle. When the gangway was lowered, the band on the trestle played military music. When the "Victor's Triumph" march sounded, while the gangway was lowered, Charlotte
He led his son Zhu Zhenwu to the gangway and waited quietly for His Majesty's return. The photographer came nearby with a camera and recorded this precious moment with his lens.
A moment later, a figure in white appeared above the gangway. Zhu Xianhai, wearing a navy officer's uniform, looked at his wife and children on the trestle with a smile on his face. He walked briskly down the gangway.
"His Majesty……"
Without waiting for Charlotte to salute, Zhu Xianhai, who got off the boat, picked up his son and gave her a hug directly. People on the pier were stunned for a while, and then there was thunderous applause and cheers.
At this moment, everyone is just a human being.
"You have worked hard these days!"
Charlotte, who was hugged tightly by her husband, felt her husband's love for a while, then rationally let go of him, and then said.
"Your Majesty, welcome back to Buenos Aires!"
Zhu Xianhai, who was holding his son, laughed loudly when he heard this.
"Charlotte, stop talking about Buenos Aires, there is no such thing as Buenos Aires in this world.",
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