The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 212: Great Integrity
When passing by Portsmouth Square, Lin Mingsheng pointed at the square and said, "In the past, there were many people waiting for work here every day."

But now Portsmouth Square is much quieter, with only some Irish people still waiting here to find jobs.

The Chinese workers gathered at a place on the edge of the square.

"That should be the labor company over there!"

The carriage then went all the way to the martial arts hall. The door of the hall was half-open, and the pharmacy next to it was closed.

Lin Mingsheng pushed open the door of the martial arts hall and saw a very beautiful woman sitting on a chair in the hall. She was wearing a white fox fur coat, a moon-white robe underneath, and holding a book in her hand.

The woman also heard the voice and raised her head, meeting Lin Mingsheng's eyes.

After a while, the woman put the book aside and just looked at Lin Mingsheng.

The two haven't seen each other for five years.

When Lin Mingsheng left home, Lin Changning was still a girl, but now she has grown into a beautiful young lady.

This made him feel a little emotional, and then he walked inside.

Lin Changning's eyes were a little complicated, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. After a moment, he said: "I brought my mother's ashes here, they are in the room!"

"How have you been recently?" Lin Mingsheng asked after a long time.

"What do you think?" Lin Changning asked back. He was not too close to Lin Mingsheng.

"I'll put my things down first." Lin Mingsheng didn't know what to say, so he went in to put his things down first, and then came out after a while and sat on the chair next to him.

"Did you have a smooth trip to San Francisco?"

"It went smoothly, just killed a few people!" Lin Changning said calmly.

"If anyone does something bad to you, kill him!" Lin Mingsheng nodded.

Lin Changning felt a little warmer in his heart.

When she was still in Singapore, this was what she wanted to hear her mother say the most, but unfortunately it never happened even once.

Then the two of them were silent for a while, and no one knew what to say.

"What's going on between you and that guy?" Lin Mingsheng asked after hesitating for a long time.

"I don't know." Lin Changning turned his neck away and didn't want to talk.

"Don't know?" Lin Mingsheng frowned.

"Why don't you ask him? Why do you ask me what to do?"

"What about others?"

"do not know!"

Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang stayed outside for a long time, and they wanted to reminisce about the past first.

After waiting for a long time, they came in and sat there without saying a word.

"Changning, do you still remember me?" Zhang Yan asked with a smile.

"Uncle Zhang!" Lin Changning finally stood up. Although his tone was light, he at least greeted him.

She had been feeling complicated just now and wanted to get up and go back to her room to calm down, but she felt as if she was guilty, so she remained in a stalemate with Lin Mingsheng.

Now that Zhang Yan came in, the deadlock was finally broken.

……

"Brother Wei, Mr. Lin is back!" Chen Zhengwei yawned as he went downstairs. He heard the news as soon as he came downstairs.

"That old guy is back?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows.

Damn, why did this old guy come back so early?

I wanted to give the old guy a surprise, but who would have thought that Lin Changning was so difficult to deal with.

I haven’t slept yet, and I’m very angry.

"Go and book the Dingshi Restaurant, and then notify my fellow apprentices!" Chen Zhengwei thought about it and decided to give the old guy a welcome treat.

Chen Zhengwei took a carriage directly to the martial arts hall.

Lin Mingsheng and an unfamiliar middle-aged man were sitting in the hall chatting, and a young man in a long gown and a mandarin jacket was standing not far away.

As for Lin Changning, he disappeared without a trace.

Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows, thinking, this old guy wouldn't do anything wrong, right?
What are those two doing? Are they planning to become in-laws?
Let them swim back in a while!
Make it a little more difficult for them and add some weight.

"Mr. Lin! Why didn't you inform me when you came back?" Chen Zhengwei walked into the yard with a smile, but that smile was a little fake.

Seeing that he was always in a bad mood, Lin Mingsheng snorted softly.

"What are your names?" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows. He noticed that the muscles in their necks were not in the right position, their hands were much larger than those of ordinary people, and their finger bones were flat.

Both of them are martial artists!
"Zhang Yan, come to think of it, you should call me uncle-master!" Zhang Yan looked at the young man in front of him. He had a handsome and heroic appearance, wearing a purple mink coat with a red suit underneath. He was tall and gave people a sense of oppression just standing there, like a ferocious beast that would pounce at any time.

There was still an air of unbridled recklessness about him.

Zhang Yan had never seen that kind of temperament in anyone else.

"Brother Chen, my name is Zhang Ziang!" Zhang Ziang bowed with a smile on his face. He had heard of Chen Zhengwei for a long time.

It was Chen Zhengwei's smile that made him feel a little strange.

"Oh!" Chen Zhengwei nodded without calling him uncle master.

"Are you two from Singapore?" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

This attitude made Zhang Yan frown inwardly, but he didn't show it on his face.

Zhang Ziang seemed to have noticed something and said with a smile: "I have a cousin who left home to study in the United States when he was young. I came here to travel and to visit his parents to see how he is doing!"

"Not many people go to the United States to study at this time!" Chen Zhengwei said with some surprise.

The United States was not a beacon in that era. It had just fought the Civil War and the entire country had little influence in the outside world.

Just like those merchants in Southeast Asia, they go to Europe to do business and never come to the United States.

Only coolies would come to the United States to pan for gold. Almost all of these wealthy businessmen in Chinatown came to mine and pan for gold, and later gradually accumulated their current assets.

"A few years ago, the Qing Dynasty selected a group of young children to study in the United States. My cousin left home at a young age and has been here for six years. He was admitted to Yale University last year!" Zhang Ziang explained.

Chen Zhengwei was a little surprised. He really didn't know about this.

I thought to myself, these people are highly qualified talents, and they are all children selected from the entire Qing Dynasty. It would be a pity if they returned to the Qing Dynasty.

You have to dig them out yourself.

"Junior Brother Zhang, what is your cousin's name? I'll ask someone to find out for you later!" Chen Zhengwei suddenly became enthusiastic.

"My cousin's surname is Zhan, and his name is Zhan Tianyou!" said Zhang Ziang.

Chen Zhengwei's smile became even more enthusiastic, and he reached out and grabbed Zhang Ziang's shoulder.

"Uncle Zhang and Junior Brother Zhang, you are not in a hurry to visit your relatives, right? You must stay in San Francisco for a few more days so that I can show my hospitality. The New Year is coming soon, why not ask your cousin to come over to celebrate the New Year? Bring your friends along, and we can just treat it as a trip!"

He still knew the name Zhan Tianyou. Although he was a railway builder, he might be able to do other things.

For example, shipbuilding?

And he is not alone, he has classmates.

Chen Zhengwei's enthusiasm made Zhang Ziang feel a little overwhelmed.

At this time, Zhang Yan also realized what had happened.

He looked at Chen Zhengwei expressionlessly, then looked at Lin Mingsheng.

"That's enough!" It was Lin Mingsheng who stopped Chen Zhengwei.

"The welcoming banquet is already prepared, we are just waiting for Mr. Lin and Uncle Zhang!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Where's Changning?"

"In the room!"

"I'll go call Changning to eat!" Chen Zhengwei went in with a smile and called Lin Changning.

When I opened the door to the room, I saw Lin Changning sitting there in a daze.

"Why are you here?"

"I don't know what to say." Lin Changning looked up at him and said.

Outside, when Chen Zhengwei entered the room, Lin Mingsheng said to Zhang Yan: "This guy has a dog face!"

"He just misunderstood!" Zhang Yan said with a smile. After realizing that Chen Zhengwei had misunderstood, he didn't take it to heart anymore.

……

After a while, they came out of the martial arts hall and saw seven or eight thugs standing outside.

"Brother Wei! Sister Changning!"

"Mr. Lin!"

"The security in San Francisco is not good. I have been assassinated several times, so I always have some bodyguards around me. Don't think I'm arrogant!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen!" People greeted him along the way.

Chen Zhengwei smiled and nodded in return.

"Junior Brother Chen has a very high reputation here!" Zhang Yan sighed. He could see clearly that although those people were a little afraid of Chen Zhengwei, they also respected him.

It’s not like what Gong Yanyong said.

Otherwise, you can just hide in the shop and not come out. There is no need to come out specifically to say hello to Chen Zhengwei.

"Because of my coming, they can live like human beings!" Chen Zhengwei turned his head and said.

"In the past, Chinese people couldn't even leave Chinatown! The night I first arrived in San Francisco, a Chinese laundry owner was beaten to death with a hammer just outside Chinatown, and the murderer didn't even get punished at all."

"Now, as long as the Chinese don't go to the Sunset District and the Mission District, they can go anywhere else! And once they go out, no one dares to bully them!" Chen Zhengwei looked very proud.

"In the past, Chinese workers were often deducted their wages for some reason, but now no one dares to deduct Chinese wages! Moreover, working outside gives us meat to eat, and we get paid more than before!"

"Chinatown used to be full of garbage, like a garbage dump. I opened a company and hired people to clean up the entire Chinatown. Now it's clean and there's no odor in the air."

"I also opened a school so that children in Chinatown could go to school! Even adults could go to school after work, and it didn't cost a penny!"

"Good!" Zhang Yan praised loudly. "Junior Brother Chen really did a great job!"

Zhang Ziang was listening with great delight and admiration on his face.

Both of them have stayed in Nanyang for a long time and know the situation there.

The situation of Chinese people there is much better than here, but no one has reached the level of Chen Zhengwei.

Just based on what Chen Zhengwei has done, he deserves praise.

Even if the process of making a fortune was somewhat tainted, at least the overall integrity was not compromised.

Especially at his age, it is particularly commendable that he can accomplish these things in such a short time.

Even Lin Mingsheng nodded secretly in his heart, realizing that he had made the right choice of person.

However, when he turned around and saw Lin Changning walking next to Chen Zhengwei, quite a distance away from him, his mood became bad again.

This bastard.

After a while, everyone arrived at Dingshilou.

"master!"

"Master, you're finally back!" The other disciples in the martial arts school were all very close to Lin Mingsheng.

Except Lin Changning.

(End of this chapter)