Wild North America 1846

Chapter 517 Chinese Merchants
Cuba, Havana
In the antique Chaoshan Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the city

"What nonsense are you talking about? I want to remind you to recognize your identities and not be instigated by others. What kind of bullshit do these local Cubans have with our Chinese businessmen? You are here to do business and make money. If you have sympathy, Just reaching out to help them when they are in trouble, are you still planning to put all your wealth in it?" Zhu Fengchen, who was dressed as a rich Chinese businessman, reprimanded him sternly.

He is the veteran director of the 3rd Operation Division of the Imperial Security Bureau. Now he is the vice president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce in Cuba. He is the director of the Havana Sugar Factory on the surface. He has been operating in Cuba for more than 6 years. The uprising broke out. In the end, it is natural to have wind and rain.

But now that the Kingdom of Spain has massively increased its troops, it has launched a large-scale brutal suppression of the Cuban uprising.

According to the instructions in the empire to "accept as soon as you see it", Zhu Fengchen must control the enthusiasm of local Chinese businessmen and draw a clear line with the local Cuban rebels to avoid being affected.

After all, he is an outsider, so there is no need to be so concerned.

It's not that the empire doesn't protect these Chinese businessmen anymore, but that the time is not ripe, and it's not appropriate to intervene in the rapidly turbulent Cuban situation in advance.

To be honest, there are not enough dead people in Cuba, which is not conducive to the colonial rule of the empire.

Of course, this can't be said indiscriminately. This is just Zhu Fengchen's private guess, and it should not be made public.

Think about how many years were the three countries in Central America in chaos?

How many more died in the upheaval of the civil war?
"President Zhu, in the Cuban locals' uprising for equality and freedom, there are Cuban friends we have known for many years, relatives and family members, students who love Chinese culture, and plantation workers. Can we give up all of them? Isn't it too cold-blooded?"

"Yes! The Spanish army treats unarmed civilians so cruelly, and there are too many women and children in need of help in those cannibalistic concentration camps. Don't we all have the heart to ignore them?"

"Last week, the Spanish army in Mirotel massacred the entire town, killing thousands of people. We must expose such atrocities..."

Many Chinese businessmen are a little over the top, the sense of substitution is too strong, and the crowd is angry and accuses the Spaniards of atrocities.

Seeing that he couldn't hold back, Zhu Fengchen looked helplessly at Zhou Qingren, the chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce;

It means; it's your turn to come forward.

"Ahem... everyone, be quiet and listen to my heartfelt words." Zhou Qingren is not only the president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce in Havana, but also a leader of local businessmen, with extremely high prestige.

As soon as he made a sound, some of the merchants below stopped shouting, and sat down rather unwillingly, their expressions still indignant.

President Zhou Qingren looked around and said in a clear but powerful voice;

"My colleagues in the business world, I'm here today to pour cold water on everyone. I hope you can seriously recognize yourself, where are your abilities? Where are the boundaries? How much is your height?
in my opinion;

You are so well protected by the empire, you have given birth to a kind of omnipotent arrogance, if you don't rein in the precipice, destruction will follow.

Can you recognize yourself?

Recognize what kind of shit you are?

Those idiots who spoke so boldly just now may have been refugees fleeing from the mainland more than 10 years ago, or a few years ago.

At the beginning, he came to the North American continent penniless, developed and became rich under the care of the empire, and began to become defiant.

Look at each of you, you want to protect this, and you want to protect that. Seeing the atrocities of the Spanish army, who gave you the courage?
think about it
It is the strong power of the empire that supports us overseas businessmen from being bullied, doing business with British and French foreign businessmen with a straight chest, living here with dignity, and enjoying a business environment that is not bullied. All because we have a great empire behind us.

As a subject, you should be proud of it, but you must also know the boundaries of your behavior, and don't cause trouble for the empire.

Why do you have to contend with the tens of thousands of Spanish troops armed to the teeth?

Just rely on red mouth and white teeth?
The man who can't bear to abandon the Cuban uprising people stand up for me, what kind of dog are you, dare to bark like this?
What ability do you have to protect the Cuban uprising people?

Just because of your status as a businessman?
Do you believe that today you will be expelled from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and tomorrow you will be killed on the street?

You shameless ungrateful things are trying to kidnap the empire morally, and relying on the military deterrence of the empire to protect your relatives, friends or employees, have you ever thought about it?

to satisfy your desires

How many Imperial soldiers would die fighting the Spanish Expeditionary Force?
How much did the empire have to pay for the war in order to win the war for its own sake?
Is it possible that all of you can scrape together this money?

So capable, why don't you go to the battlefield by yourself with a gun?
Are you afraid of death or what?
One of you counts as one, that is, the dogs who yelled the loudest just now, will stand guard at the gate of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce with a gun for me from tomorrow morning, for a month first.

Don't run any business, first be an upright person, a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and a person who knows how to be grateful.

Now that I've finished speaking, who has any objections? "

Chairman Zhou Qingren gave a speech like a storm, and under the training, all the Chinese businessmen who were excited just now were completely silent. It was really like a basin of ice water poured from head to toe, and now they were completely awake.

Thinking about it carefully, many people almost got under the table with red faces.

The chamber of commerce behind it didn't support it, so the courage of the merchants came and went faster.

Zhu Fengchen couldn't help but secretly admired the chairman, after all, he was old and cunning, his words were strong enough and meaningful, he stood up and said without losing the opportunity;
"My colleagues, according to the notice received by the Chamber of Commerce from the foreign department;

The Spaniard is now jealous, and it is not appropriate to be tough with the other party at this time. It is easy to cause the two sides to misfire, which is not good for the situation.

in this spirit
I hope that all my colleagues here will refrain from their behavior after returning home, and stop sheltering those Cuban locals who participated in the riots, so as not to bring disaster to themselves.

As for the relatives you said should be sent away, they should be sent away, and they should be dismissed. It is best not to drag yourself into the muddy water.

ugly words ahead

In case of being caught by the Spaniards, the Chamber of Commerce may not necessarily come forward to find people.

Even if the chamber of commerce intervenes in the end, the starting fee is [-] Tang Yuan. If you don’t have money, you should be prepared to stay in a Spanish concentration camp.

Wipe away the sins you have made yourself.

say it all

There are so many people of Chinese descent in Cuba, there is always someone who wants to try whether the Spanish butcher's knife can cut off his head, but the chamber of commerce is really powerless.

Now is an extraordinary period, it is better to do a little bit of duty. "

after the meeting
More than a hundred businessmen all made birds and beasts, and rushed back to tidy up.

Zhou Qingren, the chairman of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, did not leave. Instead, he came to a separate room with Zhu Fengchen, the vice chairman. They lit a top Havana cigar and chatted with French champagne. The topic naturally cannot be separated from the current Cuban situation. .

"Brother Fengchen, has the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce conveyed the meaning related to the diplomatic department?"

"The Chinese businessmen in Cuba and Puerto Rico have basically been notified, and the Chinese in the remote plantations have also sent people to deliver letters. I dare not say that all of them have been notified. At least most of the Chinese business groups have been notified, but I don't know the effect?"

"The nine sons of a dragon are all different, and there is always a strong one. This cannot be redeemed by human power."

"Hehe... Brother Qing has read it thoroughly! What you said just now is so vivid that it's so powerful that you can't help but admire it."

"Brother Fengchen, don't be polite to me. You are a member of the secret department. Can you let me know in private? Does the empire have any intentions..." Zhou Qingren drew a big circle with his hand, and his eyes revealed a question look.

What he meant...was the Empire interested in conquering Cuba and Puerto Rico?

A businessman who has reached his level has a seven-hole exquisite mind and is well-versed in the world. If he can find out the policy trends of the upper echelon and make arrangements in advance, he will definitely benefit a lot.

Zhu Fengchen, director of the third division of operations, took a deep breath of his cigar, and then slowly exhaled the thick smoke, before replying; "Think about the things about Guatemala and Nicaragua in Central America, these are all your guesses, what can I do?" Didn't say anything."

"Understood, I will write down this deep friendship." Zhou Qingren said it clearly, and what he didn't say was worth a thousand words.

The three countries in Central America experienced five years of civil war and turmoil, more than half of the population died, and finally fell into the empire's pocket as a matter of course, and now they have changed a lot.

Putting such a change on Cuba has been able to explain many problems.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

There is no doubt about the ingenuity of Chinese businessmen. Against the backdrop of the rise of the Tang Empire, a large number of powerful Chinese businessmen have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Their businesses have achieved success in American countries and Europe. It can be said that their development is becoming more and more prosperous.

Even in the Brazilian Empire, there are many Chinese businessmen.

These Chinese businessmen continued to develop in various countries in the Americas, selling the empire's industrial products, specialty commodities, grain, oil, cotton and other bulk goods to various countries, and firmly established a foothold in the local area.

Chinese business capital has also become an important force that cannot be ignored in the international financial and business circles. Many Chinese business families that have been passed down for hundreds of years originated in this era of reckless crowds.

And it occupies an important position in the political and business circles of South American countries, and even dominates the local national economy.

Seriously
Now the business environment of Chinese businessmen is much stronger than in the original history, and they naturally exploded with dazzling energy. They have risen rapidly in just over 20 years, especially in finance, chemical industry, retail industry, internal combustion engine, shipping, grain, oil and food, etc. A large number of outstanding enterprises have emerged in the field.

The world-renowned Chinese cuisine has been widely welcomed in North and South America and Europe, and it was during this period that Chinese restaurants began to proliferate.

(End of this chapter)