Shandong people "traveled to the Guandong", Shanxi and Hebei "traveled to the west", and Guangdong and Fujian "trapped to the South China Sea". Although the region is different, these are three large-scale population migrations in modern Chinese history. The "trapped to the South China Sea" is especially the large number of immigrants, the wide area involved and the long time span, which can be regarded as a feat of Chinese overseas immigration.

In the 1740s, China underwent a revolution in the Ming and Qing dynasties, facing the country being occupied by the enemy, countless innocent children from China "don't serve the Qing Dynasty", crossed the vast sea, seeking a place to settle down. Later, they were persecuted by bans, sea bans, and sea bans in the early Qing Dynasty, and moved to the country and foreign lands. There were exiled Chinese everywhere in the South China Sea.

These Chinese people who were "shamed to be ministers of the Northern Dynasties" were in foreign lands, and had their hearts in their homeland. They took the responsibility of "maintaining and inheriting the incense of the Ming Dynasty" and maintained the characteristics of "Ming Dynasty people". They maintained the clothes and used the Ming Dynasty era. Even if they died in a foreign land, they would not forget that they were subjects of the Ming Dynasty. These Ming people who "would rather be tourists from the southern country" were the earliest Chinese people who immigrated to Southeast Asia on a large scale.

Two hundred years later, as the British army opened the Qing Dynasty, in the following sixty years, there were storms and smoke, and the people were living in vain. A large number of Chinese left their hometowns and went to Southeast Asia to make a living. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were more than 5 million Chinese in Southeast Asia, of which more than 90% were from Fujian and Guangdong. The hard work of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia changed the history of Southeast Asia to a certain extent and had a profound impact on the entire overseas Chinese territory. These people were called "Qingxiang Guests".

During those decades, on the river and on the sea, men carried their bags and said goodbye with tears. They left alone. The young wife reluctantly and cried bitterly. A mountain song that was crying like a crying sounded throughout the fields. "Sending a man to the Fan" was once a true portrayal of the Fujian and Guangdong people "going to the South China Sea". "Going to the South China Sea" was called "going to the South China Sea" in Fujian and Guangdong areas, and "going to the South China Sea" was called "going to the South China Sea". A large number of Fujian and Guangdong people could not bear the frequent wars and the poverty and hunger of their families, and traveled across the ocean to Southeast Asia to make a living. Left his wife alone to take care of the whole family.

At this time, industrial and commercial capital from the colonial sovereign countries in Southeast Asia poured in, investing in railways, ports, electricity, shipping, manufacturing, etc., which triggered a large demand for contracted workers. Many "family customers" never came back. Since then, they are separated from their relatives' life and death.

Whether it is a "Mingxiang people" or a "cleaning guests", there are two types of jobs that they will never do, no matter how hard or difficult it is, one is a groom, and the other is a slave, because that is the work done by inferior people. Chinese people must be decent and are unwilling to attract carts to sell pulp. As long as they have the opportunity, they will not continue to hang out at the bottom. This shows the courage and determination to forge ahead.

For Chinese people, when they first arrived in Nanyang, they either worked as contract workers or shops, but in the end, they would try their best to find various opportunities to get rid of poverty. Doing business is the choice of almost all "fan customers", and the Chinese people's hard-working spirit is fully demonstrated in these "fan customers". They carried cargo boxes, barefoots, went deep into the rainforest, and sold various goods to the villages in the rainforest in exchange for local specialties and then sold them to the city. They even made little profits and even paid the price of their lives. However, after hundreds of years of hard work, these Chinese merchants slowly monopolized almost the entire Nanyang retail industry.

Although these Chinese merchants sold foreign goods from various countries in Southeast Asia, as long as they had a choice, they would buy similar domestic goods and foreign goods. For these overseas Chinese who were interested in their hometown, it was just a forced choice. This was the case in the past. It was the same now. Especially after the Republic of China, with the prosperity of domestic industrial and commercial industries, Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia refused to sell foreign goods as early as before Europe and changed to selling domestic goods. It can be said that it is the patriotism of these Chinese merchants that made domestic goods best sold in Southeast Asia.

Compared with the difficult overseas market development, it seems natural to sell domestic products in Nanyang. Almost after the first batch of domestic products poured into Nanyang, the Chinese businessmen who were in charge of the Nanyang market took the initiative to underwrite domestic products through the "ban on foreign countries". For a time, Chinese products not only became the only choice for the Chinese in Nanyang, but also the only choice for those natives and even Westerners. This is true in cities and in the countryside.

The Tin Factory Shop is a town more than 40 miles away from Kuala Lumpur. It is named after an overseas Chinese surnamed Liu opened a tin factory here for more than thirty years ago. Although the tin factory here was refined more than 20 years ago, some overseas Chinese miners did not leave the place, but instead lived here. They used the open spaces in the rainforest cut during the past tin refining, cultivated land, planted rice, and lived a field life here. Perhaps, few overseas Chinese in the Nanyang area rarely engage in agricultural production, but it does not mean that there is no. Just like the hundreds of overseas Chinese living in this tin factory, they do not make a living by workers or plantations, but like rural farmers in Guangdong, they work here for a living.

This has been like this for more than ten years. Although they are farmers, they benefited from the special policies implemented by the British, or Europeans in order to facilitate the rule of the colonies, that is, the balanced policy of ruling the "ethnic minorities" by supporting and preferential treatment of "ethnic minorities". Although they are farmers here, they are far better than those of the local Sudan rule. Although they are farmers, they live far better than those of the domestic rural farmers. The only disadvantage is that their farming life is often affected by various external factors. After all, according to the "professional division of labor" in the British design, Chinese should be "urban residents", and local indigenous people should be "farmers". However, this intentional "professional division of labor" has caused chaos here, but the outside world does not care much about this rainforest town.

What's more, in the past year, the Chinese Consulate General in the Straits Colony has repeatedly emphasized the "legal power of overseas Chinese", British colonial officials are even more unlikely to force them to "change their careers" because they violated the "professional division of labor". What's more, the British also clearly know that after a hundred years of development, overseas Chinese in the Straits Colony has no longer been the "minority immigrant ethnic group" of the population of nearly 2 million, accounting for more than 45% of the total population of the Straits Colony, both in the population and the proportion of the population exceeds the local indigenous Malays. For this "dual nationality", there is a huge country behind them. Perhaps this country has just risen, but the awareness of protecting overseas Chinese in the Dutch East India five years ago is enough to make them consider it.

Moreover, now, in London, whether to imitate France and introduce the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, any move that "may intensify Sino-UK relations" is strictly prohibited. As for some "abnormal" issues, they are naturally ignored, such as the Chinese purchasing "non-plantation fields". Because of this, in just a few months, the population of the tin factory has grown from hundreds in the past to as many as thousands in the present, and the population growth has only made this rainforest town more prosperous.

As the "prosperity" of the town, Sun Kaiwu, the only grocery store owner of the small shop. This Fujian overseas Chinese, who was born in an old contract miner, naturally had a deep understanding of the "best" of his grocery store in the past, but now, there are more or less dozens of yuan left every month.

"Oh, these profiteers..."

With a sigh, Sun Kaiwu looked at the goods in front of him, and when he sighed, his face was full of helplessness. The reason for his helplessness was very simple. The quality of the goods he bought from the wholesaler was very poor, so many customers returned the goods, which made him suffer a huge loss because the supplier said it clearly at the time--no returns.

"Really, I don't care about anything to make money!"

I opened a box of cooling oil, but there was almost no smell of cooling oil. Even the unworthy thing like matches, the quality was no better than before. Even if he "specially sells domestic products"...

"Boss Sun, look at these shoes..."

Listening to the sound of the words, Sun Kaiwu knew that Liang Ercheng was working as a rubber worker in the rubber garden. He saw that he was holding a pair of cloth rubber shoes in his hand, but he only saw that the sole of the cloth rubber shoes had broken, and it was obviously another pair of inferior rubber shoes.

"this……"

Although he was a little unsure, Sun Kaiwu still recognized that this was a cloth rubber shoes sold to Liang Ercheng a month ago. Originally, a pair of cloth rubber shoes could be worn for a year, but now it's better, but this shoe has only been worn for a month.

"Boss Sun, you should have bought the Japanese goods!"

With his hands shaking, Liang Ercheng's face was full of sarcasm. It is well known that the Japanese goods were not used. Compared with those low-quality Japanese goods, domestic goods are not only cheap, but also durable. But recently, I thought about Sun Kaiwu, who was admitted to Dehua University, and wanted to earn two more money, so I wanted to buy some bargains and took some "cheaper" goods from others. But I never thought that the poor quality was beyond his imagination, and even more times than the "tricky Japanese goods".

"Oriental goods, what kind of oriental goods..."

When he heard others say he was selling Japanese goods, Sun Kaiwu's old face suddenly turned red. The reason was very simple. Since the "Jiaoao Incident" two years ago, the big guys have taken the oath of his ancestors and never sold Japanese goods.

"Look, the ones on these shoes are our Chinese characters, serious Guangzhou products!"

As if he was afraid that he would not believe it, Sun Kaiwu pointed to the seal inside his shoe and said, as if he was to prove it, he took out some goods.

"Look, there is no Japanese goods, all kinds of domestic goods, and even Western goods can't be seen!"

"Then...Old Sun..."

Liang Ercheng smiled and said with his shoes shaking.

"What kind of rich family brand? If this is a country, there is a rich family. If you buy these shoes, it is obviously a waste of your life..."

In a word, Sun Kaiwu could not speak for the turtle, but Liang Ercheng continued to say unyieldingly.

"I'm not an oriental product, how could I not wear this shoe for even a month? Look at the pair of triangle cards on my feet, I have been wearing it for half a year!"

"I...I, didn't I let those profiteers cheat?"

Scream, maybe this is the only answer that Sun Kaiwu could think of.

"That's not your own greed..."

"I, I... I will keep these shoes for you. When the triangle card I entered comes, I will give you a pair at half price. Do you see if it's OK?"

Although it was not his fault, the shoes were sold here after all. For the sake of his own credibility, Sun Kaiwu could only accept this.

Prodigal businessman, if the prodigal businessman who made these shoes appears in front of him, I am afraid he will even have the intention to eat the other party, but who can he eat when the emperor is far away?

After the outbreak of the European War, while the supply of Western goods was cut off, the domestic industry developed rapidly, especially at the annual production and sales conference, a wide variety of domestic products, especially those for Nanyang, which fully met the demand in the Nanyang market. The annual export volume of hundreds of millions directly led to the prosperity of industrial development in the Pearl River Delta area of ​​Guangdong, which is close to the water.

Fuchun Garment Factory is a not-so-conspicuous factory in Guangzhou. There are only more than a hundred female workers here. In the simple factory shed, the roar of electric sewing machines echoed day and night.

Although Shengjia, the world's largest sewing machine manufacturer, created the first electric sewing machine, thus creating the modern garment industry, now, Shengjia's glory is completely covered by the "Flying Ren" sewing machine company in Lianyungang. After the outbreak of this war, tens of millions of troops were mobilized around the world, thus entering the era of large-scale military uniform production. Although garment manufacturers in various countries generally use electric sewing machines, that kind of electric sewing machine is far from meeting the needs of military uniform production. The "Flying Ren" sewing machine company has launched continuously variable speed electric seams in a timely manner.

Sewing machines, new electric sewing machines have accelerated production speeds, and reduced thread breakage and other sewing failures. With the help of new electric sewing machines, modern garment factories have emerged across China. They accept orders from trading companies to produce cheap military uniforms for each party. At the same time, in this process, garments have also begun to be accepted by the market. While large and medium-sized factories produce various military uniforms and Western garments, many smaller factories produce various clothing, and the most popular among them are short-sleeved shirts and "one dollar shirts" imitated by the Jiangsu Army.

The former's best-selling is loved by Chinese people from all over Southeast Asia because of its simple style and cheap style. As for the "one dollar shirt", it is different from the former's "simple". At this time, shirts are a must-have for Western men. On average, each man in the United States has at least ten shirts in his wardrobe. However, even the cheapest shirts cost more than $3. This "one dollar shirt" is the most popular now and also the "most profitable" product. At least for Tian Fuchun of Fuchun, the Fuchun Clothing Factory.

"Boss Tian. Look, this fabric..."

Keiichi Komori, wearing glasses, pointed at two sample cloths and showed to Tian Fukuhun that as the president of the Guangzhou branch of Keimoto Co., Ltd., he has been selling Japanese-made "special fabrics" for the past month. This special fabric is a specialty of "Chinese factories". It is made of the worst cotton yarn and the secondiest rayon blend. The cost is much lower than that of Chinese blended fabrics that use high cotton woven. Even this kind of fabric was specially proposed to the country.

Three years ago, the first batch of "one dollar shirts" made in China were listed in the United States and opened up the US market. Faced with a huge market, Japan also tried to compete with China, but it was difficult to compare with China's manufacturing. The Chinese people reduced the cost of fabric by mixing rayon, while Japan's rayon industry was not even established at that time. Even a year ago, Japan established Rayon Corporation, the quality of the rayon produced was still incomparable to China.

But just when the Japanese garment industry was trapped by the fact that it was not as good as people and could not develop, Komori Keiichi unexpectedly discovered that in Guangdong and the riverside areas of China, there were many small factories that used poorer quality fabrics to make shirts. They took advantage of the "Made in China" to sell inferior products in China and Nanyang. The products in Guangdong were mainly sold to Nanyang. These Guangshang and Fushang, who had many relatives and friends in Nanyang, had their own channels to send the inferior products to Nanyang for marketing. This discovery only made Komori Keiichi's eyes shine. He saw an opportunity, so he immediately returned to China to discuss with domestic companies to develop a kind of "fabric that is not inferior to Chinese blended fabrics in appearance". As for the market, it is the Chinese market, and customers are naturally profit-oriented people like Boss Tian.

"It's no difference between touching your hands and ordinary shirt cloth!"

Touching two pieces of cloth with his hand, Tian Fuchun did not find any difference between this fabric and the fabrics used by major factories.

"This kind of cloth won't work..."

Although the fabric was good, Tian Fuchun continued to say with some regret.

"No, the technology in my factory is the same as that in Chunming factory. I have long used shirt cloth to make a shirt for one dollar. Using this cloth is too much..."

Technology, perhaps, Tian Fuchun, who had never set up a factory, gritted his teeth and sold more than 2,000 acres of land to set up this factory, but in terms of clothing making technology, it is far from the Chunming Factory. Compared with the technology of this former Guangdong Military Clothing Factory, other technicians have been trained in Lianyungang.

"Not expensive, not expensive!"

Keiichi Komori answered seriously.

"Although the price of this cloth is 10% more expensive than the cloth you use, how much does the shirt in your factory cost per piece? How much profit is, the fabric will not be sold at the price once you touch it with your hands. But this fabric...at least it feels like a high-quality shirt when you touch it, so the price will naturally be a little higher..."

At least touching... Komori Keiichi thought so. Similarity in the feel does not mean that it is the same in all aspects. Japanese companies have put a lot of effort into how to reduce the bottom cost in the past two years, and this kind of cloth is due to the latest new achievements in the textile industry.

"Yeah, this..."

Murmuring, touching the cloth, then Tian Fuchun glanced at Komori Kaiyi again.

"No, it will be a prototype after washing it!"

"Boss Tian, ​​anyway, I won't return the washed clothes anymore!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)

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