Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 681 Horn sound

Naturally, the rest need not be said. This thief gang that ran to the train to make a fortune, under the testimony of the accomplices, the remaining three people were arrested and the stolen goods were also seized. They will be taken to the terminal Melbourne to accept railway police In-depth interrogation by the department.

  Before this, the last role will be squeezed out.

  That is to warn everyone that those who dare to commit crimes will be severely punished. If you touch the back of your head before doing bad things, whether you can withstand such serious consequences.

The five thieves were lined up and hung under the luggage rack of the dining car. This time the wrists were locked with iron fetters. The victim had to stand on tiptoe and spend the rest of the day and two nights in this way. , Really painful life is better than death.

  Even if you get to the ground, one of your hands is useless.

  Bian Chunsong didn’t think there was anything wrong with doing this. The education he received from an early age was to starve to death without taking other people's stitches. Therefore, after punishing the criminals for justice, he returned to the soft sleeping box with peace of mind.

  When tea merchant Sheng Shida saw him again, there was a trace of awe in his eyes.

   "Why, don't you Java deal with criminals like this?" Bian Chunsong asked.

"Unless there is a turmoil, the Dutch generally ignore criminal cases. In a big city like Batavia, it is handled by the courts of the Chinese Kapitan, and in remote towns where there are indigenous nobles, it is usually a matter of minorities. The trivial matter, even if you miss someone to death, you can still use money to atone for your sins."

   "Can this stop crime?"

   "The overall feeling is okay. Although there is no such thing as Australia, the society is stable and stable, and there is almost no way to go. It is generally acceptable. Just be careful."

   "Be careful, haha."

  Bian Chunsong chuckled unconsciously, took off the straight woolen military jacket and put it on a hanger, then lay comfortably on the soft bed, closed his eyes and rested, and soon fell asleep.

  Wake up again in the early hours of the morning, the train slowly stopped at a platform, here is Snow Mountain Town.

  The night is shrouded in the earth, and everything is silent. Only the kerosene street lamp on the railway station emits a dim light, which disperses a large area of ​​the night.

  Bian Chunsong came to the platform. The cold wind at night refreshed him. The small vendors on the platform were steaming hot in the pot of tea and eggs, bringing a rare warm atmosphere in this cold cold.

  Small vendors have a good business, and many tourists who get off the bus and move their legs and feet buy some food here.

  There are several stalls with tea, eggs, wontons, peanuts, shaomai, steamed buns, boiled corn, and even stalls selling roast chicken and stewed meat. It can be said that the variety is quite abundant, which can greatly satisfy the appetite of Chinese tourists.

  Smelling the tangy scent, Bian Chunsong felt hungry.

  When getting in the car

  Bian Chunsong carried the braised pork wrapped in oiled paper, two soft flatbreads, 6 tea eggs, and a packet of boiled peanuts. In this way, he was short of a bottle of wine.

  The tea merchant who came along got off the bus at Beilun Station. Beilun Railway Station is more than 20 kilometers away from the city. He needs to change trains or a public carriage outside the station to get there.

  Now in the two soft sleepers, there is only Bian Chunsong as a passenger, as if it has become his personal compartment. Even if you let it go for drinking and eating, you don’t have to worry about the taste greatly affecting others.

  Small vendors who can enter the platform to sell all have to pay. I heard that they have to pay 8 to 15 silver dollars a month. They are still rushing, which can only show that it is profitable.

  The steam locomotive sounded its whistle, and the train started moving slowly.

Bian Chunsong sat in the sleeping car and enjoyed the leisurely eating and drinking. He carried a few books with him, all of which were about the geography and humanities of the Indochina Peninsula, which helped to understand the local customs and historical heritage. He was drinking while drinking. Looking at it, it seems to be at ease.

  Vietnam was once part of the Central Plains dynasty during the Qin and Han dynasties and was under the management of Jiaozhou and Lingnan Road. During the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, taking advantage of the melee in the various towns of the Central Plains and no time to go south, Vietnam got rid of the control of the Southern Han Dynasty, and subsequently defeated the conquest army of the Song Dynasty.

  Since the Song Dynasty’s main energy was in the north, it did its utmost to resist the mighty Liao State. Therefore, there is no energy to pay attention to the small country of southern Xinjiang. In this way, Vietnam has become a vassal state of the Central Plains dynasty.

  The customs, architecture, and language customs of the Kingdom of Vietnam are all copied from the mainland of China. Even the official clothes are imitated the old Ming Dynasty, but the hem of the robe is shorter.

The imperial examination system in the Kingdom of Vietnam is the same as the powerful suzerain state in the north. It still implements imperial examination examinations. Vietnamese scholars can memorize a series of cultural classics such as "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "Analects of Confucius" and "Shi Shi Biao". It is a basic skill to write beautiful Chinese characters. .

  After 1840, Western powers launched a series of wars against the Qing Dynasty, such as the Opium War, the Qing War and so on. The Qing Dynasty's suzerainty system in East Asia was facing a complete collapse.

Western powers began to encroach on the various vassal states of the Qing Dynasty. Among them, France began to encroach on Vietnam, Britain encroached on Nepal and Tibet, Russia encroached on Central Asian countries and Xinjiang, secretly supported Akoub against the Qing dynasty, and Fusang encroached on North Korea, trying to compete with the traditional Korean suzerain state. The Qing Dynasty competed for superiority.

  In the strategic defense of the Qing Dynasty, Vietnam had a very important position and belonged to its own strategic buffer zone to the southwest. In order to maintain its own buffer zone and thus defend the southwestern provinces, the Qing Dynasty began the war against France to aid Vietnam and won the first victory in the battle of the Qing Dynasty.

  Nowadays, when the Korean Peninsula is turbulent, the Indo-China Peninsula also contains undercurrents.

  Bian Chunsong put down the book in his hand and looked out the window. The sky outside the window was already dim. Amidst the monotonous sound of the train running fast, quiet and beautiful towns were left behind.

  His thoughts at the moment have been flying thousands of miles away, and the hot and undercurrent Indochina Peninsula is where he is about to show his skills.

  The situation in the Kingdom of Vietnam is now treacherous, and it is very likely to erupt as the next hot spot.

The North Vietnamese Garrison of the Qing Dynasty and the Black Flag Army firmly occupy the Yuechi, Taiyuan and Beijiang lines in Shanxi Province. They surround Hanoi occupied by the French Expeditionary Force from three sides. The actual power of the army is in the hands of the Viet Nam admiral Gu Zhiwen, who controls 20,000 Xin. The elite army and the black flag army with more than 10,000 people, and more than 10,000 green camp soldiers who have been trained, can be described as prosperous.

  In the Greater Hanoi area, the French Expeditionary Force has accumulated 13,000 heavy troops, and can also be supported by the French Far East Fleet in coastal defense, which is equally powerful.

  The current situation in North Vietnam basically maintains the pattern at the end of the First Qing-French War. Both sides retreated 20 kilometers and disengaged from contact, recognizing the control of the other side.

  Nine years have passed since the end of the French War in 1885. The Ocean Kingdom has risen in Australia, and the Fuso Kingdom has risen in the East. It has become more and more obvious that Tsarist Russia is going southward. France is also trying to consolidate its position as an absolute colonial sovereign in the Indochina Peninsula.

  The undercurrents of the entire East Asia region are surging, and it is almost the sound of a horn that divides the ancient Eastern Kingdom...

  (End of this chapter)