Chapter 498: The Rebellion of the Polynesian Islands (1)
"What is this? This... I have never seen such a machine even in Nanyang." Chen Guoqing looked at the engineering machinery of later generations in front of him and said in great shock. These machines look like this just from the appearance.
He knew it was much more advanced than the machines he had seen before.
"Well, these are all customized by our own factory. You don't need to know where they come from, but you need to know how to use them. Now we are in the war period, and the efficiency of digging with hoe after hoe is too slow. Only these machines can
It is the main force of our construction. Of course, you must learn how to use it first." Jiang Cheng patted one of the excavators and said.
"Great, with these, we can build our base much faster!" Chen Guoping said excitedly, "Mr. Jiang, just be optimistic, we will definitely build our military base as quickly as possible."
"That's right, Mr. Jiang, please take a look. We promise to learn how to use these machines in the shortest possible time." The worker representative next to him also patted his chest and said.
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "I'll give you half a month to sharpen the knife and cut firewood! In this half month, you must learn how to use these machines and practice them 24 hours a day. You need more
I will continue to transport construction machinery like this with one person and one truck. When the time comes, I can’t let the machinery I bought with so much hard work sit here gathering dust just because there are not enough skilled people to use it.”
Chen Guoping said firmly, "Mr. Jiang, please rest assured that we will never delay the completion of the construction plan by one day because of our fault."
In fact, half a month is not a long time to master these machines, and is even a little too short, but Jiang Cheng has no choice but to become familiar with them while operating them on the spot.
Jiang Cheng smiled with satisfaction. At this time, the ships from Lianyungang also began to dock. Groups of soldiers and officers walked down. Many of them collapsed into a ball as soon as they landed. They had been digging on the land for generations.
It was difficult for them to adapt to the water all at once, and God knows how many times they vomited along the way.
"Chief 203, we finally meet." Chen Qihan saluted Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng looked at his pale face and saluted back and said, "Don't call me chief. I'm twice as young as you. I'm so embarrassed.
It's been a hard journey, you look like you're vomiting a lot."
Chen Qihan said quickly, "This is not possible. The chief is the chief. I'd better call him chief. However, this ship is indeed powerful, but just rest for half a day."
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "This is outside, and not many people know my identity. So, you can also call me boss. This is overseas, and there are many foreigners. We must pay attention to confidentiality here. The chairman also explained something to you.
Bar?"
Chen Qihan nodded and said, "The chairman said that when I come here, I will do more island protection work, and Comrade Zhang Aiping will take more responsibility for the formation of the navy."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I think so too. The chairman is very thoughtful. In addition, there is Mr. Chen Guoping from Nanyang. He is the son of Mr. Tan Kah Kee and has great business experience. The climate in Nanyang is also very similar to here."
, he can make a lot of suggestions, and Zhu Wei, he is a local aborigine. There are many locals and foreigners here. We must respect their customs and strengthen communication with them. These people will support us or resist us.
That makes the difference in the results of our work here.”
Chen Qihan hummed and said, "I understand, and I will strengthen cooperation and communication with them."
Jiang Cheng was very confident in the working ability and consciousness of these old revolutionaries. They were all people who had worked in various difficult situations. Moreover, the situation in Polynesia was not bad at all, at least in terms of materials.
Soon, the Polynesian Islands welcomed batches of guests. Overseas Chinese and Chinese Red Party forces who came from all over the world gathered here. The French people such as Hill were extremely shocked and blindly built a military base.
Barracks to hospitals, from airports to ports, from anti-aircraft positions to forts were quickly established in the Polynesian Islands, but at the same time, discordant sounds gradually emerged.
Colony - a geographical term that has existed in Western European civilization since ancient times. Modern colonization can be traced back to the Portuguese occupation of Ceuta in 1415. The colonial governance model is actually to occupy various local natural resources, and then let the local indigenous people do the grassroots work.
, the colonists served as middle- and upper-class rulers, and at the same time, in order to reduce the resistance of the local indigenous people, they would allow some local indigenous people to enter the middle and even upper classes to help rule. For details, you can look at the racial system in India, while in China, due to their hard work and large numbers,
Fewer, they were often used as shields and middle-level forces by colonists in Western colonies, deliberately causing conflicts between local indigenous people and Chinese. The Polynesian Islands at this time were no exception. The rapid increase of Chinese soon caused conflicts among other ethnic groups.
of alertness.
"General Hill, you must come out and say something. We have been jointly warned by those farmers and mine owners. If the number of Chinese people continues to increase, they will go to Paris to sue us! You will not be able to get away with it by then.
"A French bearded man with a big belly shouted, holding a cigar in one hand and slapping the table with the other.
"Yes! These Chinese are now opening up new plantations everywhere. What do they want to do? Whose colony is this? It's our France! Not their China!" Another man also shouted loudly, looking at Hill with hatred.
The red flag waving outside the office is said to be the flag of the Chinese company. God knows if these people have anything to do with those damn red parties.
"And those Chinese people went to those indigenous villages and said that the proletariat should unite and ask them to unite! Who are these people? Their arguments are simply like the Red Party!!" A fat man shouted angrily, "If you
If the government and the military don't step in to take care of it, I can't say what will happen in the end. Australia has had trouble before."
"You must not mess around!" Hill shouted hurriedly. Australia, another overseas country where Chinese people gather, is also a country that introduced the "Chinese Exclusion Act" thirty years before the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in the United States. Of course
, it was not actually a country at that time. Since the Bendigo Anti-Chinese Exclusion in 1854, there have been three large-scale anti-Chinese anti-Chinese attacks. Each time, they were accompanied by blood and violence. Local white thugs burned the houses and tents of local Chinese people and destroyed local Chinese people.
stores, and then rounded up the Chinese like animals, beaten and slaughtered them. Records at the time indicate that a white European absentee from work came home from the riots holding a flagpole with eight whips tied to it, and the front part of the whip was a bloody scalp.
Hill naturally knew these things. He trembled all over when he thought about what might happen. Others didn't know, but he knew how terrifying the Chinese was. Those so-called security teams who came from unknown places were all
Elite infantry, if these fat pigs really dare to incite the local indigenous people to riot, I am afraid that it will not be the Chinese who will be slaughtered in the end, but these fat pigs and the local indigenous people.
Hill waved his hand and shouted, "Listen to me, damn guys, the current situation is completely different from what you think! First of all, our country has been occupied by Germany, and Marshal Pétain also has to listen to Germany, and these Chinese
Your boss has a very good relationship with the Germans. Even if you go to Paris to sue, it won't change. And how much damage has been done to your interests? They don't seem to have infringed on your plantation at all."
Several people looked at each other and communicated with each other. One of them stood up and said, "Since General Hill is unwilling to come forward, we can only solve it ourselves."
In fact, Hill is not clear about this. Although the Chinese have not invaded their plantations, the opening of new plantations means there are new competitors, and they are very aware of the Chinese's abilities and are not bad at doing business.
They are even more good at it. They used to be able to work in their plantations, but now they have their own plantations, so they will naturally choose to work in their own plantations. In terms of work efficiency, the Chinese and the indigenous people are like two living creatures, and those
Aboriginal workers also have new choices. Even with your eyes closed, you can predict that the labor force will increase in the future. These are losses.
Hill grabbed one person and said, "What do you want to do? I want to tell you that we are no longer in the French army, but the Chinese mercenaries. If you do something to embarrass us, we can't
To help you."
"Huh! Traitor!" The fat man snorted and left in a swagger. Hill scratched his head anxiously. After ringing for a long time, he finally decided to report the matter to Jiang Cheng, otherwise he didn't know how much trouble would happen.
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"Oh? There is such a thing." Jiang Cheng was basking in the sun on the beach wearing a Hawaiian cedar from later generations. He was thinking about whether he should let Yu Yishan come here to enjoy it together, when Hill came to report to him about the French white people.
Abnormal movement.
"Boss, I hope you can meet with those people, otherwise, there will probably be a riot." Hill said urgently.
"Sit down, Hill, don't be so anxious." Jiang Cheng waved his hand and said. Zhang Ye next to him had already placed a stool. Hill had no choice but to sit down. Jiang Cheng took a breath and said, "In this way, I will send someone to tell those people
, as long as they can cooperate with us, we can promise three things. First, we will not occupy this place forever. As long as the war in Europe ends and France regains its independent power, we will leave here. In the end, only those who originally lived here will
The Chinese will continue to stay. Second, we will not encourage the local indigenous people to go on strike or leave their plantations or factories. Third, I will purchase all their output at a unified price, and the price will be 20% higher than the market price."
Hill said excitedly, "This... this is really great. Thank you to the owner. I believe these conditions are enough to satisfy them."
Jiang Cheng hummed, and after Hill left, Zhang Ye said, "Boss, aren't we going to suffer too much?"
Jiang Cheng chuckled and said, "You underestimate people's greed. People are most dissatisfied. If Japan only occupies the Northeast and then operates with peace of mind, what do you think the current situation will be like? Just wait.
, they will jump out on their own.”
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"Wow, hahahaha, I thought that mysterious Chinese was so powerful. He had such courage in the past, but now he has given in, isn't he? However, this Chinese seems to be really rich." The fat Frenchman
The man touched his beer belly. His name was Owen, and his eyes were full of greed. He was not only a local plantation owner, but also the deputy chief of the police. He had a gun in his hand and was rarely arrogant. The chief chief was
A person with a civil servant background has no real estate here, and has been sidelined in many things.
"So do we just call it a day?"
"I think it's more or less the same. Anyway, he is willing to pay a high price to buy our things."
Many plantation owners and factory owners expressed their willingness to accept such conditions.
"Fart! Can you people have any brains?" Owen snorted. "According to our inside information, they have brought thousands of people. Do you think they are just here to repair the house? Let me tell you, these people are here.
They won't leave, now they are just using sweet words to impress us, and then they will attack us!"
Owen looked at everyone fiercely and said, "Think about it, now we sell everything directly to them. When he says he doesn't want it anymore, we will have no say at all and can only beg."
He, so you must not be fooled like this!"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"Only by driving those Chinese out completely can this Polynesian Islands belong to us. The Paris government is now incompetent. I think we will be able to govern ourselves once they are driven out!" Owen said with bright eyes.
"Autonomy?" Everyone looked at each other, and something called ambition burst out in their hearts. If autonomy can really be achieved, can their descendants be able to be masters for generations to come? For the sake of future generations -
-Fight!
The undercurrent began. Originally, the natives of the Polynesian Islands did not feel much when they saw the increase in the number of strange and familiar yellow people. Anyway, their lives did not change much. On the contrary, because a large number of buildings were to be built in the local area, a lot of employment opportunities were added. At the same time,
Those Chinese arguments make sense after thinking about it. If we all strike together, no one will do anything. Then the French will naturally be forced to raise their wages... But why do we have to work? Sing, sing and dance
Isn't it nice to dance? You won't starve to death anyway.
But soon, various arguments began to spread from various places. These Chinese people did not believe in God. They came here and blasphemed the gods. The gods were about to bring disaster to the islands. Why were the local indigenous people poor?
That's all because job opportunities and wealth were taken away by the Chinese. If there were no Chinese, those Europeans would have to hire locals, and then they would be rich. Various arguments that are not conducive to the Chinese are used by the indigenous people.
It is spread among various tribes, especially when the natives watch these Chinese building houses, building bases and opening plantations everywhere, and the local overseas Chinese are also as happy as the New Year. Although these natives do not understand why, they intuitively understand
I feel that the status of the Chinese in the Polynesian Islands has been greatly improved. The evidence is that the French big noses who used to be extremely cruel to the Chinese are now very polite to the Chinese.
Why is this? Why is this happening? Shouldn’t the status of the Chinese be similar to ours? This is not okay!
Some indigenous chiefs gathered and asked the French authorities to explain this phenomenon and to expel the Chinese from the Polynesian Islands. They believed that the Polynesian Islands were the property left to them by the gods and the Chinese should not get involved and they wanted to drive the Chinese out.
, but was told by the local French, "This is your private conflict, we will not care about it, you should resolve it yourself."