The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 233 Everyone in San Francisco has to kowtow to me
“We should unite all those we can unite with and demand our rights from the capitalists. The Chinese are also the ones we should unite with, as they are also part of the oppressed. However, the reality is that we workers are hostile to each other…”

On the street, a social activist is expressing his views to some listeners around him.

Hundreds of listeners stood around. Their clothes were dirty and they smelled of alcohol. They were all unemployed workers.

"It's those Chinese who have taken our jobs!" someone shouted, and others immediately echoed him.

The noisy noise made Ouyang Geng and others around him a little worried, fearing that these people would cause trouble for them.

Just as they were considering whether to leave here quickly, the speaker continued:
"If we each worked just eight hours, there would be a third more jobs, and there would be a job for every one of us!"

"How could those capitalists make us work 8 hours a day?" someone shouted immediately.

“This is what we are striving for!”

Ouyang Geng, Huang Kaijia and others quietly left the crowd.

They were getting ready to leave San Francisco, but before that they wanted to take a tour outside of Chinatown.

Then they discovered that the social activists who could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys outside of Chinatown always brought Chinese people with them when they gave speeches.

This is true for one person, ten people, and fifty people.

"It seems that it was arranged by Mr. Chen..." Ouyang Geng said thoughtfully.

They had been in Chinatown for so long and found that it was Chen Zhengwei who was promoting the integration of Chinese into the United States.

They felt this way especially after hearing people talk about the situation in Chinatown in the past.

So many social activists are talking about topics related to Chinese people, or will find opportunities to bring up Chinese people in topics unrelated to Chinese people. This is obviously intentional.

Apart from Chen Zhengwei, no one else would do these things, nor does anyone have the ability to do so.

"Mr. Chen really knows a lot about the United States. When I listen to him speak, I feel that he is more like a college graduate than I am!" Huang Kaijia laughed. He has always admired Chen Zhengwei.

"That's right!" The others nodded.

Chen Zhengwei had hosted a banquet for them. From Chen Zhengwei's conversation, it could be seen that he had been to school and had received a complete Western education.

However, I heard that Mr. Chen only studied for a few years in his hometown and then dropped out of school.

This surprised them all.

The group spent two days traveling around most of San Francisco, but they also remembered Chen Zhengwei's instructions and only stayed in areas such as the port area, financial district, North Street, theater district, and South Street in the market district.

In these places, even if someone doesn't like them, they won't cause trouble for them.

And these places are also the most prosperous areas in San Francisco.

At night, everyone returned to Chinatown and went to the casino to find Rong Jiacai.

After all, I have been treated by Chen Zhengwei here for so long. If I want to leave, I must say goodbye to Chen Zhengwei in person.

Rong Jiacai asked someone to notify Chen Zhengwei, and Chen Zhengwei asked someone to take them to the club.

They had also heard of this golden club.

I've only been outside, and this is the first time I've come in.

"Mr. Chen, we are here to say goodbye to you!" several people said to Chen Zhengwei.

"Coming here finally relieves my homesickness, but we have been here for quite some time, and it will take another five or six days by train to go back."

"Sit down and talk!" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile, "When are we leaving?"

"tomorrow morning!"

"Well, your studies are the most important thing for you now, so I won't keep you here any longer. Please come visit us when you have the chance. If you need any help in the United States, you can also write to me."

"Thank you Mr. Chen!"

"Give each of them 200 yuan in chips!" Chen Zhengwei ordered those around him.

Several people quickly declined.

"Just think of it as an opportunity to see how Americans live a life of luxury and extravagance, and see what the upper class in America are like!" Chen Zhengwei said with a laugh.

"Some of you are from official families in China, and you may have seen the extravagant life, but the U.S. is different from China."

"No matter how much of these 200 chips you spend, the rest can be exchanged for cash. Just consider it as my travel expenses!"

Let those students from poor families experience luxury and prosperity, and they will naturally tend to stay when they graduate.

"Don't forget to introduce me to some classmates and seniors who are willing to work here when you go back!"

"I need people in medicine, chemistry, agriculture, and metallurgical engineering! It would be a great help if you could introduce me to two more people."

"Then we'd be disrespectful to refuse." Huang Kaijia was the most straightforward and accepted the chips immediately.

The others thought that they would have the chance to repay Chen Zhengwei's hospitality in the future.

In the evening, Chen Zhengwei looked at the account book and found that it was just as he thought. The income in the past few days had been decreasing, but the daily income was still more than 10,000 US dollars.

It has completely met his expectations.

In just two months, all your costs can be recovered.

The most important thing is that there is only one club like this in the whole of San Francisco.

There will definitely not be a second one.

San Francisco is the commercial center of the entire West, and wealthy businessmen from other cities often come to San Francisco.

This way the income will be more stable.

The next day, after saying goodbye to Zhang Yan, Zhan Tianyou, Ouyang Geng and others took a boat to Oakland and took a train back to Connecticut.

Two days later, Peng Ba opened the boxes in front of him. Mixed among the straw were various long and short guns. He picked one out at random and looked at it for a moment. This was a good thing in China.

They are the most advanced in the United States.

He had never thought that he could buy arms before coming here, so he could only buy some of them without the master's permission. He also bought some industrial products and food according to the original plan.

He felt that he would buy more arms next time he came. Once the market for these things was opened, there would be a huge demand for them.

This is true both in eastern Guangdong and in Southeast Asia.

After checking, he had all the boxes carried onto the boat.

Chen Zhengwei also paid him the remaining money.

He felt that the biggest gain from this trip was making friends with Chen Zhengwei. This Mr. Chen had much greater influence in the United States than the previous gangs.

In the future, if there are industrial products that are in demand in China but have no source of supply, we can find a way through Mr. Chen.

Peng Ba's ship was an iron steam ship, which had a very fast round trip speed, taking only three months to complete a round trip. It was not affected by seasonal ocean currents like a sailboat.

……

After Chen Zhengwei got up, he called his men to have morning tea.

Rong Jiacai got the news and came to eat. During the meal, he said, "Greater Poland sent a message that Juan's subordinate named Carlos is missing."

"The Jews have taken action!" Chen Zhengwei put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment and said:

"Let Greater Poland come to find me later." Chen Zhengwei ordered.

After having breakfast, Chen Zhengwei strolled down the street to digest his food, and then Dapolan arrived.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Tell me about Carlos' disappearance!"

"He disappeared after leaving the company last night. His men found him a few hours later, but they couldn't find him anywhere. It must have been Jamie Mays's doing!"

"Just him?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"Two of my men and a coachman also disappeared."

"Several people were caught so easily?" Chen Zhengwei curled his lips. These Spaniards were really useless.

In his opinion, it would be best if the two sides had a direct conflict and then killed a few people.

If they are missing, the person may still be alive and may even be released, but then there is no show to watch.

"Do you know where you were taken?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

Great Poland shook his head. He couldn't find out about this.

"Send someone to keep an eye on... the Jewish territory. If anyone is released, kill them directly!" Chen Zhengwei said after thinking about it.

"Try to incite his men to rush to the Jewish territory to look for people, and then kill a few of them with a hidden gun!"

After explaining everything, Chen Zhengwei talked about another matter: "I asked you to select some people before. Have you chosen them?"

Chen Zhengwei had told Da Poland before that he wanted Green to train a group of people according to the training methods of Pinkerton detectives.

Especially in the aspects of detection, tracking and anti-tracking.

"Fifteen were selected! All of them are quite smart!" said Big Poland.

"Let them report tomorrow!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Only a part of these people will be returned to Greater Poland, and he will keep the rest.

In addition, he also selected some people from his own men and handed them over to Green for training.

The location is arranged at a farm near Mangrove City.

After the New Year, he asked someone to go and take a look there. He found that only one of the two farms had an apple orchard, and also planted some corn and vegetables.

The other farm grows grapes and has a small wine-making workshop.

There are three farms seven kilometers apart between the two farms.

Chen Zhengwei plans to buy the three farms as well. Except in winter, California has plenty of sunshine, which is very suitable for crops.

This type of farm combined with a winery is suitable for housing manpower.

Especially since there might be a group of Taiping remnants in a few months, it would be most appropriate to place them on the farm.

However, these few farms are still too few for tens of thousands of people.

In more than a month, another group of Chinese people may be sent here. There are simply not so many jobs in San Francisco now.

Although he can get those factory owners to hire more Chinese, this will lead to a large number of people of other ethnic groups losing their jobs, and the conflicts between the Chinese and other ethnic groups will become greater.

We also have to open up external markets and create more jobs.

"I have to worry about my job, is this what I'm supposed to do?"

When Chen Zhengwei thought about this, he felt that he was really making money by selling cabbages but worrying about the mayor, and he immediately cursed indignantly.

"I have made an outstanding contribution to San Francisco! Everyone in San Francisco has to kowtow to me!"

"Mr. Chen?" Greater Poland was a little confused.

"Nothing!" The more Chen Zhengwei thought about it, the more upset he became.

He sent Greater Poland away and asked him to keep an eye on the Jews, while he asked someone to go to the bank.

Go talk to Noel about helping the bank collect its debts.

　Corrected an error in the previous chapter: the United States had only 1879 states in 38.

　　In 1889, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington were added, bringing the total to 42 states.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)