Liu Zhenming held a simple map in his hand. This map came from the railway company. It marked the places where the Canadian Pacific Railway passed through, as well as some of the larger cities in Canada.
Of course, what Liu Zhenming mainly read was about British Columbia. There were only a few city names shown on the map. Compared with eastern Canada, this place is obviously a primitive land.
Liu Zhenming and others got off the bus on the way to Kamloops. Kamloops was only settled in 1893. It is about 400 kilometers northeast of Vancouver and serves as a supply center and population for nearby agricultural, animal husbandry and mining areas.
Not many, no more than five thousand.
Of course, the population here does not include the aboriginal Indians of Canada, because there are many Indian tribes here. This place was a fur trading station from the beginning, a place where white people specialized in trading furs with indigenous people.
Ye Geyin once lived in this area and was familiar with several major mining areas and ranches around Kamloops, so he suggested that Liu Zhenming get off here.
After getting off the bus, all the Chinese people looked at Liu Zhenming and other leaders. They seemed a little confused and didn't know what to do for a while.
"Brother Liu, there is a lumberyard not far from here. Should we attack it?" Ye Geyin suggested.
Liu Zhenming now wants to find a small base with a mountain at his back. Of course, a logging camp is not the best choice. It would be best if there is a mine. As a foothold, the mine is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so it is a good base.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhenming asked: "Are there any other coal, iron, or gold mines nearby? How many people there are." Liu Zhenming looked at the Chinese people who were a little depressed, and he continued: "It is best to have less than a thousand people.
Down."
There were only 658 Chinese people in Toronto who escaped with him, including 56 old, weak, women and children, and 602 young and middle-aged people.
After the last battle, most of these people knew how to handle guns, but there was still a long way to go before they could become qualified soldiers. So Liu Zhenming wanted to capture a small factory or mine first.
Ye Geyin thought for a while and replied: "There is a small gold mine. Including the miners, there are only about 600 people. If you just walk, it takes about a day to get there."
If he could afford to wait for a day, Liu Zhenming nodded and said: "Just go there, everyone is tired and urgently needs a place to rest!"
"Okay, I'll call everyone on the way." After Ye Geyin finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but Liu Zhenming stopped him and told him: "Send a few team members in front to explore the road, and send a few more team members in front
Be alert from behind."
"Brother Liu, you should do your job properly." Ye Geyin plucked his hair and said slightly embarrassed.
Liu Zhenming entered the army system, checked the morale, and found that the situation was very bad.
Chinese Self-Strengthening Army:
Number of people: 658.
Morale:41100.
Morale is already below half. It was still more than 70 before. At that time, Liu Zhenming had just used his bewitchment and everyone was facing danger. Their hearts were full of anger and passion, so morale was so high.
But now, some people's relatives and friends have died in the war, and when everyone comes here, they look around and see a bleak future. Some people have lost confidence in the future, and some are still in sorrow. Can morale be high?
After Ye Geyin went down to convey the order, all the Chinese people began to pack their things silently.
Liu Zhenming pondered for a moment, then walked to the front of the team, and then quietly looked at a Chinese man who had an indifferent expression on his face again.
Everyone was a little strange at first, and then they were a little embarrassed by Liu Zhenming. The rustling sounds stopped, and everyone just stood quietly like that.
Liu Zhenming knew that the most important thing for an army is not weapons and ammunition, but cohesion and ideas...
This Chinese self-rescue army, let’s call it an army. At first, everyone just came together based on a moment of courage. Now, the courage and passion have begun to dissipate. If everyone no longer has a unified mind, this army will only follow
As time goes by, it is slowly submerged in the dust of history.
However, now is not the time to adapt, because the pursuers from behind do not know when they will arrive. Liu Zhenming originally wanted to solve these problems when he reached a safer place.
However, now that I see everyone like this, their thoughts are confused and their will is not firm, maybe someone will run away before they reach the mine.
Therefore, he had to stand up and say a few words.
"Fellow compatriots!" Liu Zhenming looked at everyone quietly for four or five minutes before speaking slowly. Although he was very tired, he tried his best to make his tone sonorous and powerful.
"Many of us have lost relatives and friends. I understand how you feel because I have lost them too. These friends and relatives all sacrificed their lives to protect us from escaping." Liu Zhenming looked at the numb faces on his face.
I glanced over and saw their expressions fluctuate.
"What should we do after we escape? We must live well, and let our friends and relatives who sacrificed for us feel at ease. In addition, what else should we do? It is to help others who are like us and are lonely abroad.
The helpless and often bullied Chinese people live well." Liu Zhenming raised his voice and said: "From the moment the battle began, from the moment others sacrificed for us, we, we no longer belong to ourselves, but
We belong to Chinese people all over America, and we are the spark of resistance for Chinese people all over America!"
Liu Zhenming raised his hand fiercely and shouted: "But up to now, I have only seen you who are depressed. We are not afraid of hardship and fatigue. We are only afraid of living without dignity. Now, we are just fighting for our own."
Fighting with dignity, have you already surrendered? Have you who once raised your guns to fight become cowards?"
Liu Zhenming pointed to the faintly visible railway track behind him and said angrily: "Behind, the pursuers are coming, but we are losing the will to fight. Could it be that we escaped just for them to come after us and eliminate us?"
?No, we are trying to build a society where Chinese and white people are equal. For this ideal, we can bleed! We can also sacrifice! Because only by resisting can we have hope."
All the Chinese people were blushing at what Liu Zhenming said. Liu Zhenming saw that the heat was almost over and continued: "Now, I announce the establishment of the Chinese Self-Rescue Association. Our purpose is to enable all overseas Chinese to live freely in their countries.
And the army we fight for is called the Chinese Self-Relief Army."
A group must have a common goal. These overseas Chinese undoubtedly hope to be equal to white people.
That’s why they supported Sun Yat-sen’s Revive China Society and Kang Youwei’s Royalist Society. During the Sino-Japanese War and when China was invaded, they donated money and materials, and even returned to the country to join the army, because what they most hoped for was the strength of their mother country.
In the end, they can also enjoy the benefits brought by this power.
Liu Zhenming wants to give everyone a common goal, an ideal that everyone can strive for.