Chapter 1 - Strangers in a Strange Land
26 January, 1841
As the Union Jack was raised on the top of a hill, several soldiers, sailors, and officers looked on in silent approval. Ever since war broke out between Britain and China over the addictive drug Opium, the men of the British fleet had been sailing for what felt like forever on their way to Canton. Their first piece of the Middle Kingdom they encountered was an island south of the Kowloon Peninsula, dotted by fishing villages and barely having any resources.
As the men landed on the beaches of the island, one of the ship's captain looked around the whole shoreline. To him, it looked and felt unimportant as there was nothing as far as the eye could see. Some of the other officers seemed to agree except the higher-ups back at Westminster. But there was no time for that, he and his men have got a war to fight their job is to finish it.
"Who the bloody hell wants this place?"
Lieutenant Charles Cameron
As the Union Jack was raised on the top of a hill, several soldiers, sailors, and officers looked on in silent approval. Ever since war broke out between Britain and China over the addictive drug Opium, the men of the British fleet had been sailing for what felt like forever on their way to Canton. Their first piece of the Middle Kingdom they encountered was an island south of the Kowloon Peninsula, dotted by fishing villages and barely having any resources.
As the men landed on the beaches of the island, one of the ship's captain looked around the whole shoreline. To him, it looked and felt unimportant as there was nothing as far as the eye could see. Some of the other officers seemed to agree except the higher-ups back at Westminster. But there was no time for that, he and his men have got a war to fight their job is to finish it.
"Who the bloody hell wants this place?"
Lieutenant Charles Cameron
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