Take advantage of the situation and robbery

Anderon Anddonk, an American, engineer, once worked as an engineer in the Pacific Railway Engineering of the United States... Like many Americans, this engineer likes to take risks, to be precise, he is willing to take risks for money. Therefore, after Canada's zhèngfu started bidding for the Pacific Railway again, he did not hesitate to lose all his wealth and won all the projects. In his opinion, the Canadian Pacific Railway Engineering has huge benefits. If he can successfully build it, then what awaits him will be the same as Lelan Stanford and others, and even has extraordinary wealth.

But the problem came soon.

Andronk encountered the same problem that Lelan Stanford and others had encountered: because the railway had to pass through Rocky Mountain, which was several thousand meters above sea level, was icy, snowy, deserted, and even completely isolated from the world, and had extremely difficult work, so none of the British Columbia, where he recruited workers, was willing to go. This forced him to recruit more than 50 white carpenters from eastern Canada, and white people in San Francisco, the United States. But the problem was that most of the people came were bankrupt gamblers and drunkards. As soon as the start of work fired, the lazy and irresponsible guys quietly drove away.

In the first 18 months, he encountered the same result as the Central Pacific Railway: the railway was only two miles. With this progress, he would not have thought of repairing the railway in 30 years. In addition to the progress, as the contractor of the project, Andrdongke had to consider the income and expenditure. He did some calculations and found that among the various expenses, the materials could not be saved, and the workers' wages and transportation costs could be saved. But if white workers were completely hired, he would not only not make money, but also lose $1.5 million, which meant bankruptcy. Canada was vast and sparsely populated, with an average of people per square kilometer. The labor shortage was also an extremely serious problem.

This situation made Andrdongke unbearable. Finally, after a fierce discussion with McDonald, he decided to hire Chinese workers. Because he was an engineer of the Pacific Railway in the United States, he was very impressed by the hard-working and disciplined character of Chinese workers. He knew that if he could hire Chinese workers in large quantities, then he would not only be able to complete the project quickly, but also earn more than hiring white people... Everyone knows that Chinese workers are very cheap.

That's it, make a decision and things begin.

Andrdongke soon hired a lot of Chinese workers... However, not many of these Chinese workers came from the United States. Because Chinese workers in the United States knew the meaning of the "Pacific Railway" and Rocky Mountain, they were really unwilling to endure such suffering again. Therefore, Andrdongke hired a large number of Chinese workers from China through other means.

The work was carried out by a man named Ye Lianshan, who had recruited Chinese workers for the Pacific Railway in the United States. Most Chinese workers who went to Canada also arrived in batches from several counties in Taishan, Xinhui, Kaiping and Siping, Guangdong. Ye Lianshan is very good at doing *, and he knows what kind of * can give people the greatest temptation. In his job recruitment, people saw that as long as they work in Canada for 5 years, they could save 300 Canadian dollars. At that time, 30 Canadian dollars could be used to support a Chinese adult to live carefree for a year, so 300 Canadian dollars was a blessing. Therefore, a large number of Chinese workers pressed their handprints on the contract without hesitation.

From 1881 to 1884, more than 10,000 Chinese left their hometowns and suffered a lot. They participated in the construction of the Canadian Railway, and they were the main force in the construction of the Pacific Railway. Thousands of Chinese workers drifted on three-masted wooden sailboats for 6 months and went through hardships before they climbed Canadian land. But when they saw the mountains and steep mountains of the Rocky Mountains, they were all shocked. They did not expect the mountains to be so high and so dangerous. What welcoming them was the severe cold that they had never experienced in their lives.

Guangdong is a very warm place. Many people are used to wearing slippers, but not boots. When they first came, the Chinese workers didn’t have boots. The weather was cold and it snowed. They had to tear the sacks containing potatoes into strips, wrapping their feet big and stupid. This seemed ridiculous, but they had nothing. They could only do this. Because there was no ready-made road, they often climbed mountains and did not have suitable boots, and many people fell from cliffs to valleys and fell to death. In addition to these harsh weather and geographical environment

The working and living conditions of Chinese workers were always at the bottom. The treatment they were treated was inhumane and their living conditions were also poor because they were on the mountain. They could only live in the tent in the cold of minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius. The food was also very simple, which made many people die due to insufficient nutrition. In addition, those who died accidentally, those who used gunpowder to break the mountain and died unexpectedly, or those who were dissatisfied with the abuse of the foreman, dared to say a few words or resist, and some were beaten to death.

But this is nothing to Andrdongke. In the eyes of this former Pacific Railway engineer, this is how Chinese workers use it. They are just human-shaped machines. All they need to do is to sell their labor in the most difficult environment. Either die or get a little money after the project is completed and get out of here... Of course, it is also possible that they can't get this little money back to their hometown.

It can be said that if everything develops as expected by Andrdongke, the Canadian Pacific Railway will be completed as scheduled and earn him at least $3 million, and it will also make him a celebrity in the history of American railways. But the problem is that someone is causing trouble.

Just when Anddonk first started using Chinese workers, a group of Chinese workers launched an "uprising" in the United States. That's right, it was an uprising, and later passed the "uprising" recognized by the United States! These Chinese workers not only successfully defeated the suppression of the United States, but also fought in the east, west, south and north, and successively eliminated nearly 100,000 federal soldiers. Finally, they came to Washington, the capital of the United States, forcing the Americans to split the territory.

This incident shocked the whole world.

But Andonk didn't care about this. In the eyes of this contractor who was an engineer, what happened in the United States was just a coincidence and was not universal. Moreover, it was the United States, and it should not and could not affect Canada.

And obviously, his prediction was wrong.

At the beginning of the establishment of Tangzhou, Guo Jinzhang sent Qian Shide and Liu Tongfu back to China to recruit Chinese immigrants. Although they were stationed in Tianjin in order to facilitate contact with Qing zhèngfu, one from Guangdong and the other from Fujian could not give up sending messages to their hometowns. After all, although Tangzhou was first established and could be attacked by white people at any time, the opportunity there would still be far greater than that in China. Therefore, with the idea of ​​"benefiting the hometown", the two also recruited a large number of immigrants in Guangdong and Fujian. As a result, this had a considerable conflict with Ye Lianshan's recruitment.

Because Tangzhou's recruitment of immigrants promised to allocate a certain amount of land, its attractiveness to many people is far greater than Ye Lianshan's 300 Canadian dollars in five years, which greatly affected his business. Originally, this guy wanted to use the government's relationship to make things difficult for these "Tangzhou people", at least in Guangdong, such a group of raw melon seeds who dared to compete for business with him. However, soon, he found that he could not afford to offend the other party at all. Because, he took his money and issued a notice to prohibit Tangzhou from recruiting immigrants in his prefecture, the governor of Xinhui, Guangdong, who was dismissed from Tangzhou to recruit immigrants in his prefecture, was dismissed from office and was raided soon after... It is said that it was a person named Beile, who was a member of the military office in the capital, who was personally issued an order. The governor heard that he was directly sent from Guangdong to Yili, Xinjiang, on the land that Zuo Zongtang had just won.

Ye Lianshan was frightened and almost fled Guangzhou. However, after a period of greed, he found that the group of Tangzhou people had not caused trouble for him. He began to have bad brains again. He actually used "deception" - to deceive the people who were originally going to Tangzhou to Canada!

Just like many smuggling people in later generations, many ordinary people only fantasized about living a good life by leaving the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't know that outside the border was not a paradise... Ye Lianshan succeeded. He sent enough labor to Andrdongke. But he didn't know that he also brought a huge trouble to Andrdongke and even the entire Canada.

The Chinese workers who were deceived into Canada found that they were deceived. Although they had a quarrel for a while, they soon became honest under the high pressure of Andongk. However, there was no airtight wall in the world. Finally, the matter in Tangzhou was spread among Chinese workers who worked on the Pacific Railway.

Someone escaped.

And more and more people are running away.

The Chinese workers' hearts also began to become unstable, and the project progress was greatly affected. Anddonk was very annoyed by this and strengthened his persecution against the Chinese workers. But he did not expect that at this time, the Chinese workers who ran to Tangzhou returned to the construction site and told their companions that they had not escaped what they had experienced in Tangzhou... allocated land, gave work, went to literacy, technical schools, military training, and most importantly, there was no white oppression.

The Chinese workers were completely in chaos.

Anddonk ordered his men to carry out a harsh suppression, but found that it would not have much effect. Many Chinese workers still fled. They simply hired a large number of armed personnel to detain the Chinese workers at each project site, and did not allow Chinese workers to move freely. In addition, he also formulated a punishment system. If any Chinese workers at the project site fled, the Chinese workers at this project site would be fined all their wages and reduce the supply of food... In his opinion, Chinese workers were just a humble person. If they didn't fight, they would not be able to do so. He had never considered what kind of reaction Tangzhou would have.

But Tangzhou just reacted, and it was extremely intense.

When he got the news, there were only less than five hours left before the seventy-two hours given to Canada by Tangzhou zhèngfu. The most terrifying thing was that he knew the news from the soldiers on the Canadian border post, and the soldiers also brought another terrible news: the Red Corps had crossed the US-Canada border and was approaching towards the town of Gais (i.e. Vancouver).

"Madman, madman. That's just a bunch of madmen. What do they want to do?"

Andonk received the news later than McDonald. But the problem is that after receiving the news, the Canadian Prime Minister had no choice but to curse him. The Minister of the country who received his order to send troops ran to him in the shortest time:

"Send troops? What soldiers? Can we cross the Rocky Mountain to find those Chinese? Besides, that's the Red Corps! Prime Minister, you'd better find out that it's the Red Corps, a whole red Corps!"

"So what about the Red Corps? Are we still afraid of a group of Chinese?"

"Of course we won't be afraid of them. But the question is, how can we continue to fight against a group of experienced and powerful Chinese after crossing the majestic Rocky Mountain?" Minister of State Fáng faced tit-for-tat, not giving in to the Prime Minister who appointed him.

"They are invading, they are invading our country. Your mission is to defend Canada's territory from being violated." MacDonald was almost crazy. As the founding prime minister of Canada, he has been working hard to find a broader living space for his country between the two major powers of Britain and the United States, but he never thought that one day he would be forced into a corner by a group of Chinese people.

"Prime Minister, if you forcefully give the order, I can accept it. But... even if we are ready now, how long can we take to get angry with the Chinese when the Pacific Railway is not opened?" Minister Fáng asked with a sigh.

"I don't care about this. I just need you to come out and we must show our attitude." McDonald shouted.

"Okay... I hope you don't regret this decision." Minister Fáng was helpless. McDonald's determination was so firm that he could only follow the orders. However, although he was very depressed, he didn't care too much about sending troops... There was a whole Rocky Mountain between him and the Chinese.

...

"Governor General, the Chinese invaded Canada like this nakedly and invaded the Commonwealth. I want to know what London meant." He drove away the Minister of the country. McDonald slowed down and called to find the nominal head of Canada, Fitz Morris, the representative of the Queen of England.

"Her Majesty the Queen will never allow anyone to violate her dignity. The Chinese must pay the price for their actions." The Governor of Canada seemed righteous.

"Can the British troops stationed be dispatched? I hope they can have our army..." MacDonald said immediately.

"That..." Although the phone was a little distorted, the embarrassment in Fitz-Morris' voice was clearly conveyed: "Mr. Prime Minister, I think you must be very clear about what happened in Sudan. We have a general waiting for reinforcements... So, we believe that with the power of Canada, we will definitely be able to solve this incident."

"What does the matter of Sudan have to do with the Canadian troops stationed?" MacDonald naturally understood what Fitz-Morris meant and suddenly became anxious.

"Ah, the source of troops in Great Britain is a little nervous. Maybe I want to mobilize a group of troops from Canada... You know, there are too many colonies in the British Empire, and there are troops everywhere. Sometimes there is something wrong in Africa. We even have to mobilize troops from India... This is really troublesome."

"But we're even more troublesome."

"Don't worry, I believe in your ability. Goodbye..."

"Hey, hey--"

Fitz-Morris pretended to say a few words, but didn't give MacDonald a chance to speak, and immediately hung up the phone. The Canadian Prime Minister shouted at a microphone for a long time, but only the blind voice of "beep".

"Bad bastards, you're all a bunch of bastards--"

"McDonald must have been furious!"

Washington, White House. The news was received earlier than MacDonald... After all, Tangzhou is still a US territory, and the leaders of the United States have no reason to know what happened in their territory later than foreigners. In fact, after receiving the news, what Chesther Arthur wanted to do at the first time was not to convene relevant people and discuss countermeasures, but to shoot a telegram to greet the prime minister of the neighboring country... Finally, people of the same level as him began to "enjoy" the troubles caused by the Chinese. He can even imagine MacDonald's mood at this moment, and all he had was gloating.

"The Chinese really don't understand international rules. They are just causing trouble for themselves. They do this to give the British the most practical reason for military intervention!" Finance Minister Hugh McCulloch is also a newcomer. He is still a new young man in the Chesert Arthur cabinet, which has dealt with the Chinese.

"The British will not use force. If they dare to use force, they will not wait until now." Fry Lin Haisen sighed. I don't know whether it was for the hesitation of the British, the arrogance of the Chinese, or the frustration of the American zhèngfu.

"The British have been in trouble in recent years. They lost the war with the Boers and abandoned the Sudan... If they fight with a group of more crazy Chinese under such circumstances, they may have to pay a greater price." William Chandler has been in the position of Secretary of the Navy for more than two years, but the only achievement he can achieve at present is to get shares in the Panama Canal from the Chinese. Although zhèngfu paid more than 40 million US dollars for this and has not yet obtained absolute control of the canal area, this has been the only "winning" between the United States over Guo Jinzhang and his group in recent years.

"If I were British, I wouldn't have used military force with those Chinese." Robert Todd Lincoln, who had been staying in the position of Minister of War, also sighed and said: "The Chinese are on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, and although the British have certain strength there, they are far from threatening the other party. If they want to use military force, they must cross the Atlantic Ocean and the entire American continent, or the entire Pacific Ocean... and facing those crazy Chinese people in such an expedition... that would be a nightmare!"

"Not today does not mean it will not work in the future. The Chinese proposed a 72-hour schedule, but they themselves sent troops in advance... Not following the agreement in this way would be a war without declaring it. This would only anger the British and Canadians, and even other European countries." Hugh McCulloch said again.

"Dingling!"

Chesther Arthur did not listen carefully to the conversations of his men. He was still immersed in the gloating of McDonald's experience, but at this moment, the phone ringed suddenly.

"Hello, I'm Chessette Arthur!" He was in a good mood. Chessette Arthur picked up the microphone without waiting for others to reach out.

"Arthur, I'm Brian!" A familiar voice came from the opposite side.

"Bryan?" Chessert Arthur was stunned. The guy hadn't contacted him for a long time: "What's wrong with you?"

"Talking about the Chinese, we think this is an opportunity to expand American territory... Do you have time? I want to have a good chat with you."
Chapter completed!