This coast looks unremarkable, even a bit eerie and desolate. The edge of a large jungle is green and black, with white waves, as if a white line drawn with a ruler, looking straight along a blue ocean.
Stretching out, the mist slowly rises, covering up the sparkle of the sea water.
The land seemed to be shining under the scorching sun, and it was dripping with moisture. From time to time, some gray spots appeared in the white waves. When the "Annis" sailed through the wind and waves, as it sailed into the river mouth, several customs officers came to the customs station.
The clerks - none of them got on the boat. For these people, as long as they dropped a few dozen pesos, they could sail directly to the mouth of the river. Zhu Xianhai specifically looked at the customs station at the mouth of the river. There was a small fort near the customs station. There was also a small fort next to the fort.
These few soldiers probably need to protect the customs employees.
The tropical sun makes people drowsy, but now Zhu Xianhai is full of energy.
"Brother Zhu, we should be arriving soon. I remember this river. When we came here by boat, we reached the gold mine in just one day."
Gold mine!
The gold mine they talked about was located between the cities of Coratina and Lini. It was a gold mine run by the British. Although it was small in scale, Zhu Xianhai still found the gold mine.
After all, gold mines in this era are always extremely special, and it is a gold mine with thousands of miners.
As the boat sailed upstream along the wide river, Zhu Xianhai, who was lying on the bed, closed his eyes and called out.
"system!"
Now that the time has come, Zhu Xianhai is naturally a little impatient to simulate the next situation.
…
Everything went smoothly beyond Zhu Xianhai's imagination. For the guards of the gold mine, they never worried about attacks from the outside.
Attack?
Aboriginal people?
The nearest indigenous people are hundreds of miles away. If there are indigenous people, they will probably howl with excitement and capture the indigenous people as slaves. The men will pan for gold in the mines, and the women will be used as tools to vent their desires and give birth to slaves.
Early the next morning, Zhu Xianhai and his party eliminated the guards of the gold mine. Those guards armed with muzzleloaders and only a few revolvers were no match for Zhu Xianhai and the others. In the fierce battle, the powerful firepower of the Henry rifle was difficult to withstand.
, the guards were either shot dead or fled in a hurry.
If there was a flaw, it was that the defeated guards and gold mine employees escaped by steamboat from the mine.
The compatriots who were sold to the mines were rescued.
1786 people!
The number of people exceeded Zhu Xianhai's imagination. These compatriots who had suffered four years of abuse and slavery were liberated.
Facing liberation, these compatriots were excited and excited. They cried loudly and vented their inner excitement.
But what happened next was far beyond Zhu Xianhai's expectation.
Because there were not enough boats, they had no choice but to leave the mine on foot. After a day and night of long journey, when they were about to reach the mouth of the river, they encountered a warship anchored on the shore.
The mine owner who fled the mine reported the news of the slave rebellion to the authorities, who sent the army. The arrival of the army changed everything.
As soon as the small, even somewhat dilapidated warship discovered them, it fired its cannons into the jungle, and the soldiers on board fired into the rainforest.
Facing the army's blockade and the army's guns, they could only flee into the rain forest in a hurry.
From then on, everything became more and more difficult. They did not have enough food, and they did not even need an army attack. The team was overwhelmed by mosquitoes in the rain forest. After escaping into the rain forest,
The god of death seemed to release swarms of mosquitoes and sprinkle them on them. They chased Zhu Xianhai and his party day and night, floating around and forming a buzzing ominous cloud. The mosquitoes penetrated through their hats and hats.
The clothes sucked their blood and injected disease into their bodies.
They walked aimlessly through the rainforest, heading south, just like when Li Fugui and his group fled. They walked along the same road as before. The swamps in the rainforest reached their waists, and everyone was confused.
Tired and hungry, they had no fire, no bed, and no house in the desperate rain forest.
Along the way, people kept falling, but no one stopped. For people who were slaves, they longed for freedom.
…
Finally, their luck was not bad. After crossing the swamp area and trudging all the way, they came to a river. The survivors used knives and axes to make rafts. Then, they held the boat and sailed along the twists and turns.
The river flows.
But what is waiting for them ahead?
It was hunger and the interception of the Brazilian army, and it was the slave-catching team of the slave owners. In order to survive, they changed from fugitives to warriors, marching all the way to unknown places.
"Where shall we go?"
“A place of freedom!”
"Is there freedom there?"
"There is oppression everywhere."
"Then we will use guns to seize freedom."
[On July 19, 1865, you died of septicemia caused by a gunshot wound during the breakout...]
…
he died!
Again!
This time, he died as a hero.
It even became a legend, a legendary figure a hundred years later, and a legend in the entire American world. In newspapers, Zhu Xianhai became the "Spartacus of Brazil" and the "liberator of slaves."
Of course he is also a hero!
His life experience is definitely a legend.
He is also a scientist - the inventor of aspirin.
Is a weapons expert - holds multiple revolver patents.
Still a hero!
A tragic hero.
If he had not embarked on another path to fight for freedom for the enslaved in order to save his compatriots, perhaps the career he would have accomplished is unimaginable. Perhaps he would have become one of the greatest scientists in modern human history.
I believe it deeply, but I don’t know how many people feel sorry for it.
Even until the 21st century, there are still many debates about him on the Internet. His legendary experience and tragic ending have attracted the attention of many historical researchers. His experience has even been written into novels and made into movies.
. He has even become a symbol, a symbol. In South America, for a hundred years, countless people followed his example and devoted themselves to the cause of freedom. It seems that he really became a spark.
Even Argentina's Che Guevara said during his visit to China that he was inspired by Zhu Xianhai to devote himself to the cause of fighting for freedom.
Of course, in the end, their fates were similar. They were all betrayed by the people they wanted to liberate...
Of course, on the other side of the ocean, as a Chinese who has a well-documented history in the Chinese community and has achieved great achievements overseas, his legend has supported countless self-media. Well, there are still many regions competing for the right to his hometown.
Build a "former residence".
But no matter what, none of this is what Zhu Xianhai wants.