Great time travel

Chapter 51. Qiongya at the Wind and Rain Meeting in All Directions ([-])

With Manhattan Island as the center, the Huamei Republic occupies the Northeastern states of North America in later generations;

The core territory is on the Atlantic coast, occupying the Eastern Republic of the later Uruguay region;

With Lingao County as the center, the "Australian Bandits" ruled the entire territory of Hainan Island and half of Taiwan Island;
There are also "true-Australians" who made their home in Derby Harbor in the northwest of Australia in later generations-compared with the "pseudo-Australians" on Hainan Island who have never spent half a day in Australia in this time and space, they have been eating kangaroo meat for two years They seem to be more worthy of the title of "Australian".

These four modern Chinese traveler groups, whose sphere of influence spreads all over the world, have now dispatched their respective diplomatic representatives to gather together in Lingao County, Hainan Island. Huge collision to hit the earth!

——Just like the Tehran Conference and the Yalta Conference at the end of World War II, today's Lingao Conference is also preparing to decide the future world order!
The previous talks in Batavia, because they were on the territory of the Dutch, and they were very unfamiliar with each other, so they basically just contacted each other and talked about some irrelevant empty words.It was not until Lingao that the four-party talks finally began to enter into substantive content:

That is to carve up the world!
——No matter which time-traveling group, after surviving the initial difficulties of survival, with the experience and insights from later generations, it is inevitable that they will have a heroic ambition to conquer the new world: First, these time-traveling groups are young Most of them are men; secondly, brave boys are born to venture into the world, and the overwhelming Hollywood blockbusters and Japanese hot-blooded anime clearly explain this core point of view to the world.

So, as a brave man, you have to ride on a horse or motorcycle like a hero, wave your sharp knife, split all the thorns in the way, and then defeat other competitors, laugh at their incompetence and Ignorance, in order to become a real hero.It is your life, your destiny and your duty to defeat all the opponents in front of you - from criminal groups to aliens.

Of course, if you fail, then you, who lost your glory and pride, will degenerate from the favorite of heaven to nothing, just a lost dog who can't find the way home, and will be ridiculed by others. Be despised, abandoned...until making a comeback again.

Although most people are afraid that after a miserable failure, they will become devastated and never have the courage to start again.However, before that moment of despair, the brave warriors still believe that their life is bright, invincible, and wonderful.

As travelers who lead the trend of the times, most of these explorers who came to this world with naive dreams and great ideals are not lacking in courage, vitality and adventurous spirit.After overcoming the initial panic and confusion of traveling to another world, they have already begun to conceive the grand blueprint of exploring this mysterious new world, conquering, transforming and building this new world!
It is a pity that there is only one earth, and there are not one or even one group of traversers trying to conquer the world, but at least four groups of people have discovered each other... So, in order to prevent their respective world conquest plans from starting at the beginning Stillborn, the traversers from all over the world had to sit down and start a discussion—firstly, fabricate a story that could at least be justified, to deceive those natives of this time and space, and at the same time, talk to each other to avoid cheating; secondly, Divide their respective spheres of influence and reach a consensus on some things that need to cooperate with each other.

Obviously, there are countless interest entanglements involved, which is enough to drive people to exhaust all their energy to intrigue and scheming.

——Just like any multi-party international meeting in the past and present, in the course of this high-level meeting, apart from a few high-sounding plenary meetings, there were more secret meetings and meetings between the parties. Conspiracy in secret... All the representatives are looking for opportunities to contact each other in private, constantly bargaining... The fierce game not only takes place between the four forces, but also takes place within each force...

In this series of vortices of conspiracies and wranglings, the Australian Traveling Group, which is the weakest and most unstable, has become the focus of competition among all parties - of course, not for the purpose of competing for Australia's land and resources : With the meager strength of the "Australians" today, they can't look down on such a vast territory at all. As long as they are willing to invest capital and take risks, anyone can send people to establish a colonial stronghold on a piece of land in the Australian circle. There is no need to ask the Australian people Approved by the government - for example, the East Coast Republic has established a supply station in Australia.

The assets that really make Huamei, Dong'an, and Lingao feel coveted are actually the "Australians" themselves - first of all, the modern sailing ship "COSCO Star" with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, on the ocean in the seventeenth century , it is definitely the world's largest ship!Then when the "Cosco Star" traveled over, the thousands of tons of modern steel and machinery carried in the cabin, a considerable part of which the travelers could not produce by themselves in this time and space, because it required a complete set of industrial systems. support.Finally, the more than 100 passengers on the "COSCO Star" are also a valuable human resource. Among them, there are expert research groups for biodiesel research and development, senior mining engineers, and researchers from agricultural research institutes. ...all of them are technical talents who are very useful when opening up a new world.

More importantly, apart from the Australian Congregation, several other forces, whether it is Huamei, Dong'an, or the Lingao Senate, have already laid the foundation for the founding of the country and dominated one side.It is basically impossible for them to give up their foundation, home, independence, and dominance, and relocate to another party's territory to be ordered by others.Only the Australians with a shallow foundation, the base established in Australia is just a temporary camp, there are not many people under them, and there is no target for expansion nearby. Life is difficult, so it is possible to give up independence and go to other places. Under the command of the forces.

For this reason, East Coast, Huamei, and Lingao are all trying to take Australia as their own—although the East Coast Republic’s global voyage fleet was the first to connect with Australia Travelers, and initially reached some cooperate.However, Huamei and Lingao are not to be outdone, and each offer threats and lures, trying to attract the Australians.Therefore, as a representative of the Australian public, Li Wei took the opportunity to wait for the price, and strived for a more favorable joining condition.

However, what Wen Desi and Li Wei didn't know was that their bargaining and verbal confrontation were completely useless.

Because, a certain supreme arbiter over all of them has quietly descended into this world at this time...

——Just when Wen Desi and Li Wei had a secret meeting in a restaurant in Bopu Port.Bairen City, the seat of the "Central Government" of the Senate, more than ten kilometers away, has already been caught in a magnitude [-] earthquake because of a sudden clear-coded telegram... Some of them are already in a mess in the wind To the extent that they can't think, the other part of the guy who is still sober is busy looking for the leader to report the explosive news.

It is a pity that although Lingao Travelers had established a local area call wireless network using PHS in Lingao at the beginning of their landing.But the problem is that with the passage of time and the expiration of various consumables, there is no longer a PHS with a battery that can continue to be used in the entire Lingao Traveler Senate.All the remaining PHS that can still work rely on bulky external power supplies to maintain the ability to communicate, which is equivalent to becoming a landline phone.Even a giant like Wen Desi lost the ability to communicate instantly after his trip, and could only "communicate basically by roaring"... So, just as a secret agent in Bairen City was pedaling hard When a bicycle hurried to Bopu Port to report to Wen Desi, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared at the end of the horizon...

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Lingao County, Bopu Port Wharf Area
When the wind and snow were howling in the north, Hainan Island in January of the fifth year of Chongzhen was still a beautiful scene with bright sunshine.

Li Meng, the former salt lord who had been famous on the ground in Shandong last year, and the transmigrator Li Meng who "confuses traitors and caused chaos in Jiaozhou" in the imperial palace newspaper, now has a bald head shaved and is wearing a blue cloth dress as a Coolie character carrying a big bag.

"...A team of ten people! Each team moves one kind of thing, and the things must be piled together! Don't move the wrong thing!"

On the wharf trestle where thousands of sails gathered, with the cries of the foreman, all kinds of goods were unloaded from the ship with steam-powered cranes and unloaded on the trestle, and the coolies began to move these piled up like hills. The supplies were all in full swing, and a few lively guys sang songs and ditties from their hometown while working. For a while, the pier was full of lively and extraordinary labor scenes.

Because of limited knowledge, most people on the pier couldn't tell what these strange overseas goods were, but Li Meng, who was a traverser, recognized the metal tools wrapped in straw and packed in wood. Cocoa beans and coffee beans in barrels, sea otter skins and bison hides from North America, Brazilian mahogany and penguin furs from South America, various spices from India and Southeast Asia, whale oil and canned whale meat from the Pacific Ocean...every continent in the world It is really amazing to gather all the products of all kinds in this remote and small county of Hainan Island.

"...North America, South America, Australia... Unexpectedly, there are so many traversers in this world!"

Li Meng stretched out his hand and scratched his bare scalp, while sighing, he worked hard to carry the large and small bags of goods, so as not to be watched by the strict supervisor, and peeked at the groups of people next to him, who were struggling with the pulleys He Jilu towed a small boat ashore, and then cleaned the bottom of the boat overgrown with barnacles and seaweed—this was definitely the hardest job on the pier, and anyone who watched it felt a little daunted.

——At this time, half a month has passed since Li Meng was transported from the north to Lingao by the warship of the Senate as a refugee.Originally, according to the rules, he should still be isolated and learn the rules in the purification camp.However, with the large-scale visits of more than 300 foreign ships, there is a shortage of labor at the wharf of Bopu Port. These strong laborers who are still quarantined in the purification camp have also been temporarily arrested and come here to carry big bags. .

And Li Meng, the former Jiaozhou salt lord who went to the imperial court to arrest documents, was also able to glimpse some of the true face of this overcrowded world.

Obviously, now that so many traversers have emerged from all over the world, this single-handed household like myself is not so conspicuous.In any case, at least it is impossible for the other party to uphold the "law of the dark forest" in "Three-Body Problem", let alone firmly believe that "the greatest enemy of a traverser will always be another traverser", and treat himself, the traverser who came to the door, as his own. Get rid of it... because it doesn't make any sense at all.

However, even so, after revealing his identity as a time traveler, will he get better treatment... Li Meng also has no idea.

So, with hesitation and hesitation, Li Meng continued to carry the goods with his companions, moved them from the trestle to the freight yard, and covered them with huge linoleum to prevent the rain.It wasn't until three poles in the sun, when a piercing copper whistle sounded, that they temporarily stopped their work in exhaustion.

At this time, several carts had already been pulled to the pier, and a shaved cadre announced loudly, "Let's have lunch now!"

The coolies on the dock neatly lined up at both ends of the car, ready to receive their share of meals: potato rice cooked with rice mixed with sweet potatoes and potatoes, as well as salted fish and pickles that had been eaten.With the sad living standards of the people at the bottom of this time and space, it can already be regarded as a good treatment.

Li Meng, who was a military household in Shandong and tasted enough of the hard life, naturally wouldn't be picky about it. He immediately picked up his rice bowl and ate it in big mouthfuls, planning to hurry up and add another bowl after eating.No one on the entire pier realized that a group of uninvited guests were approaching from the sky—although the formation of airships painted with the August [-]st military flag had already appeared at the end of their field of vision, they were so far away that they only looked like inconspicuous black point.And in the minds of those on the pier, it never occurred to anyone that someone would attack from the air.

As for the traversers who received the notification telegram—well, please don’t overestimate their reaction speed under extreme shock.And because there are several forces with radios gathered here, they can't be sure whether this is a prank by one of them.

Thus, amidst the eerie calm, Lingao County ushered in another batch of uninvited guests from the 21st century...