Don’t get me wrong, time has not returned to 1916, but has come to the first day of 1919 in the Western calendar.
A fleet of four cruise ships is sailing 50 nautical miles off the coast of Tianjin, and their destination is Tianjin.
This fleet was the one sent by Qin Zhiyuan nearly two months ago from France to transport supplies to the Republic of China. The fleet transported an entire regiment of foreign legionnaires, as well as a batch of heavy weapons, machinery, food and medicine that they escorted.
Materials.
The regiment responsible for escorting supplies was the 32nd regiment. The regiment leader, Huang Li, was a rare Sichuanese among the foreign legions. He also had another task during this trip, which was to get in touch with the Sichuan governor Qin Yunpeng and try to immigrate from Sichuan to Lanfang.
Sichuan is located inland and has always been a province with a large population. The people are good at both working and farming, and they perform particularly well in the army. There is a saying in China that without Sichuan, there is no army.
At present, the immigrants to Lanfang are mainly from the southeast coast. On the one hand, the people on the southeast coast have a tradition of going to Southeast Asia. On the other hand, the immigration of the northern population has almost reached a bottleneck, and new sources of population must be developed.
, in order to speed up the pace of immigration to Lanfang.
Half a year after Lanfang became independent, its population has exceeded 7 million, most of whom immigrated from the Republic of China, and some are overseas Chinese who originally went to Southeast Asia.
This population seems to be quite large, but it is far from Qin Zhiyuan's requirements.
In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, Lanfang should have a population of more than 50 million in order to fully exert its regional radiation effect.
However, immigration from coastal areas and northern provinces has entered a bottleneck period. If you want to increase the population, you can only turn your attention to the inland, especially the Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei region, where the land pressure is still relatively high, and there should be a lot of
immigration space.
Knock knock knock
There was a knock on the cabin door, and Huang Li said yes and came in, keeping buttoning the last moral button on his hand.
Wu Qing, the regimental deputy, walked in through the door. Wu Qing was from Hunan, and he had important matters to attend to when he came back this time.
Hey, you are very energetic. I thought you were still asleep and wanted to come over and wake you up. Wu Qing kept laughing happily. It felt good to be able to speak Chinese freely.
In order to learn French better, Qin Zhiyuan asked the officers and soldiers of the Foreign Legion to use French as much as possible when communicating, even when communicating with purely Chinese people.
Now that the world war is over, and since I will not go to France again for a long time, asking to learn French is naturally overkill, so this rule is naturally abolished.
We will be home soon, and that turtle boy can still sleep. Huang Li finally adjusted the two cents on his shoulders, straightened the hat on his head in front of the mirror, and then turned around and asked, "How are you doing?"
Looking at the stinky Huang Li, Wu Qing's face was full of contempt: No matter how handsome he is, what can he do? You have already got a French daughter-in-law for your old man, how dare you provoke those female students?
Wu Qing and Huang Li have been working together as a team for almost two years. They have been partners since they were leading the company, and they are already very familiar with each other.
The old man is the father, this is the Sichuan dialect.
Hehe, if you don't provoke him, he feels good in his heart. Huang Li was very proud.
Huang Li, who was still single when he arrived in Europe, already had a family. His wife is a nurse at the Foreign Legion Field Hospital. The two got married during the Battle of Ferenta de Noir the summer before last. They held a simple wedding in the winter. Now
Huang Li's wife was pregnant, so she did not come back with Huang Li this time, but stayed in Corsica.
Senior officers of the Foreign Legion basically have a home in Corsica, and the same is true in Bali. This is one of the benefits of officers.
Qin Zhiyuan has never forgotten the bag of gems when he made his fortune. Now that Qin Zhiyuan is rich, he naturally cannot treat the soldiers who followed Qin Zhiyuan badly. Among all the troops of the Allied Powers, the treatment of the Foreign Legion is the best.
.
Huang Li and Wu Qing have imagined countless times about those female students.
In Huang Li and Wu Qing's imagination, when they arrived at Tianjin Port, there should be countless flowers and beauties to greet them. Perhaps those female students in the Republic of China were not as passionate and unrestrained as French women, but in the eyes of the Chinese, they were still more gentle.
Reserved Chinese women are more in line with aesthetic standards.
The 32nd Regiment was the first unit to return to the Republic of China. Huang Li and Wu Qing wanted to appear in front of the people of the Republic of China with the fullest mental state and the most strict military appearance and discipline. This was the first time for the foreign legion in Europe to return to the Republic of China. They must
Only by proving that they are different from the warlords currently fighting in the country can they successfully take root in the Republic of China.
Go and ask the brothers to get up and change their uniforms. All of them should put on their uniforms. If anyone dares to give me diarrhea, I will punish him by cleaning the toilet for a year. You are a sage. Huang Li is strict.
Thinking of the enthusiastic scene in which the Parisian citizens greeted the Foreign Legion when they returned to Paris from Reims, Huang Li felt extremely hot.
In Paris, no matter how popular the Chinese are, even if some Chinese have chosen to become French citizens, the Chinese always feel out of place in that bustling city.
That place is not their home, in fact everyone knows it in their heart.
Now, they are finally about to accept the enthusiasm from their compatriots, which makes Huang Li excited.
I got up early and have been waiting for you on the deck for a long time, just waiting for you, the captain, to give you a lecture. Wu Qing laughed.
An immortal would not have said anything earlier. Huang Li picked up his gloves from the table, turned around and strode towards the deck.
On the deck, small groups of soldiers were chatting. No matter which direction they looked in, their eyes could not be separated from the dark continent in the distance, where they had the home they dreamed of.
Squad leader, when I go back, can I ask for leave and go home? I heard that there was a fight at my house and I want to go back and have a look. A young soldier asked the squad leader who was also young next to him.
They were all soldiers who had just arrived in Paris last year. If it had been the year before last, most of them would have been officers by now, and at the very least they could have been classified as sergeants.
They're all fighting. It's useless if you go back by yourself. Your family is still in your hometown. Didn't you say that you should immigrate to Lanfang? The squad leader suddenly had a headache and bombarded him with questions.
It has been moved, it has all been moved, but the young soldier is still shaking.
Yeah, my sweetheart is still in my hometown, why don't I write an application and immigrate to Lanfang together? Isn't it good to give me a house and land? Supervisor Chang Le.
It was not easy to write, and her family did not agree. The young soldier was worried.
You are a stern person, nothing like a man. When we get to Tianjin Wei, I will go home with you to propose marriage. If that turtle son dares to stop me, I will squeeze out his eggs. Huang Li's voice came from behind, although
The language is vulgar, but it gives people unlimited confidence.
Really, captain, please don’t try to trick me. The soldier’s eyes burst out with surprise, and he exclaimed without caring about etiquette.
Come on, when did our group leader ever fool someone about whether you could speak? Before Huang Li had time to answer, the squad leader next to him scolded and praised him.
Hmm, this is a promising one.
Hehe, you went to France too late. If you had gone a year earlier, it would be great to marry a foreign wife like our group leader. The squad leader continued to take pictures.
No, no, my father wants to beat me to death when he comes home. The soldier's face was filled with fear.
Not every Chinese can accept his son finding a foreign wife. It would be better if he could speak Chinese. If not, would he have to rely on gestures to communicate every day?
Fortunately, Huang Li and his family don't have to worry about this problem. Huang Li has been teaching his wife to learn Chinese for the past two years. Now his wife has learned Chinese well and can communicate with others basicly. She has already left it alone, even if she has to watch people go to the toilet.
When you come out, you still say hello to me.
Hahaha, you are wrong. Our army commander said, marry a foreign wife, who has a big body and can have children. If you have the ability, after marrying a foreign wife, you can also marry your best friend.
When a group of little guys are born and surround your old man and call him grandpa, it’s only natural that your old man still has the heart to beat you. Huang Li thinks so.
Huang Li did indeed do this. He didn't ask his wife to come back with him this time because he had this idea. When his wife gave birth to a child, it would be like cooking a meal. When the time comes, the old man in his family would like to have a grandson.
It was too late, so there was no time to take care of his unlucky son.
Elderly people are all relatives from another generation.
While we were talking, a small steamer came up ahead, indicating that Tianjin Port had arrived.
Line up, line up wrong, stand on the slope, stand on the slope, stand upright. Huang Li yelled at me. Even if he is used to seeing life and death, he can't help but be excited at this time.
I feel even more timid when I'm close to my hometown.
The soldiers quickly separated, and according to the regulations during the exercise, they all ran to their respective positions and stood up.
Strictly speaking, the soldiers who returned to the Republic of China have separated from the Foreign Legion, but they have not prepared their own military uniforms. Qin Zhiyuan definitely disdains the popular military uniform styles in the country, but it takes time to design new military uniforms, and Qin Zhiyuan does not
Be willing to give someone a hand.
So the soldiers still wore the uniforms of foreign legionnaires.
The soldiers' standing posture is also very distinctive. They are not standing at attention with their arms hanging down and their middle fingers close to the seam of their trousers. Instead, they have their feet shoulder-width apart, their hands behind their backs, and their left hand holding the right wrist.
Similar to a straddle position.
Compared with standing at attention, this posture is less serious and more conducive to soldiers relaxing.
After all, the soldiers are not the navy, but the army. It is not easy to maintain a straight posture on the rough sea.
If anyone fails to live up to expectations and is knocked unconscious by the boat, it will be a laughing stock instead of showing off.
Tianjin Port is the gateway to Gyeonggi Province and the most important port in the northern part of the Republic of China. The boats and oars are like clouds and shuttles are like weaving, which describes this kind of busyness and prosperity.
But it was different from what Huang Li and Wu Qing imagined. There were no lights and colorful flowers in the port, and there were no beauties with flowers. Even the merchant ships waiting in front to unload were not polite. As for the small pilot steamer, it has not been there since it arrived.
In Tianjin Port, the small steamboat disappeared just like that.
This situation made Huang Li dumbfounded. He had imagined many scenarios, but he had never imagined this kind of deserted situation.
Old Wu, go and see if the operator forgot to send the message. Huang Li had a vague feeling in his heart, but he still thought on the bright side.
Impossible, I sent it myself. How could it not be sent? Wu Qing was also dumbfounded.
Since the telegram was sent, it means that the officials deliberately neglected it.
