The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 305 What if you don’t want to pay back the money?
The sun was shining, and Nob Hill smelled of grass and flowers.

In a manor, some people in white uniforms were busy.

This was William Arlett's estate, where he hosted an afternoon tea and a meeting of the Nob Hill Home Rule Association.

"You can't stop him!" William Arlette, who was sitting in a chair basking in the sun, said to the person next to him.

"After all, he is now a member of Nob Hill, and we can't exclude him!"

"Although we all want to do this! But he will go crazy..." William Arlette spread his hands.

The Nob Hill Municipal Association excluded Chen Zhengwei, and who knows what he will do.

It's definitely not a good thing.

But this has nothing to do with William Arlette, whose next work focus will be on the East Coast.

He will leave for New York next week and then go to Chicago.

"They are coming!" William Arlette saw the carriage at the gate of the manor, stood up, straightened his clothes, and then went out to greet them with a smile.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Scott, I didn't expect you to come so early!"

……

Chen Zhengwei got off the carriage and entered the manor, and saw that there were already quite a few people standing on the lawn and talking.

"Welcome, Mr. Chen!" William Arlette came forward and extended his hand.

"I'm not late, am I?" Chen Zhengwei smiled casually. Of course, even if he was late, he wouldn't care.

"Of course not, and this is just an ordinary afternoon tea party, there is no time requirement!" William Arlette said with a smile.

"That's great! When does afternoon tea start? I can't wait!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Wait a moment, Mr. Ford hasn't come yet!"

"He came so late, and he's more arrogant than me. If you don't know, you'd think he's the protagonist!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile, feeling a little unhappy.

You know, he came twenty minutes late on purpose.

There was actually someone who arrived later than him?

"I heard that you made a lot of money recently?" Chen Zhengwei changed the subject again. Recently, many wealthy people deposited their money in California banks and moved to the East Coast.

"It's just a little bit of increased business!" Alette said with a bit of reserve, smiling from the bottom of her heart.

From a certain perspective, he also has to thank Chen Zhengwei.

If it weren't for Chen Zhengwei, Bank of California would not have had the opportunity to expand its business on the East Coast.

While the two were talking, a carriage stopped in front of the manor gate, and then an old man in gentleman's clothes got out of the carriage, with a blond young man beside him.

"Sorry, I'm late! I was delayed by something just now!" The old man smiled after entering the door. He was Mr. Ford, the owner of Gulf Shipyard and also a shareholder of United Steel Works.

His assets amounted to millions of dollars. Although he was far less than those of the railroad tycoons and bankers, he was still a well-known wealthy man.

"You came so late and everyone is waiting for you. You might as well not come!" Chen Zhengwei said with narrowed eyes without waiting for Alette to speak.

The smile on Ford's face froze for a moment.

"There are so many people here, who isn't worth a million? Everyone has been waiting for you for half an hour, so you must have suffered a huge loss!" Chen Zhengwei glanced at him.

Everyone looked over there, and a few of them hesitated as to whether they should come over to help Ford.

"Okay, everyone is here now! Ladies and gentlemen, for today's afternoon tea, I would like to introduce you to a new companion and neighbor. I believe you all know him! Mr. Chen from China!" William Arlette introduced loudly and interrupted Chen Zhengwei.

Everyone applauded softly.

Chen Zhengwei glanced at William Arlette with amusement, for the second time.

Last time it was at the shipyard, this time he just changed the subject.

Chen Zhengwei felt that he had become more and more restrained recently because he did not immediately pull out his gun to kill William Arlette.

Full of gentlemanly demeanor.

Of course, it was also because he had just borrowed $500,000 from William Arlette.

Chen Zhengwei didn't want to return it.

"I think everyone won't object to me moving to Nob Hill, right?" Chen Zhengwei glanced at William Arlette and then looked at everyone else with a smile.

"No one should object, right?"

"Of course not!" everyone spoke up.

"We welcome Mr. Chen as our neighbor!"

"That's good! If someone doesn't want me as a neighbor, then he can only move out! The Pacific Ocean is so big, there will always be a place for him!" Chen Zhengwei laughed, quite hearty.

However, the content of the words made many people frown. This Chinese was too arrogant.

But no one dared to stand up and accuse him.

After all, there have been enough lessons from the past!
"In that case, no one will object to my joining the Autonomous Association, right?" Chen Zhengwei said again.

"Mr. Chen, the renovation of the mountaintop manor may take some time!" Someone finally couldn't help but speak.

"It doesn't matter. Now that I have a house here, it's only natural for me to join the autonomous association. What should I call you? Don't worry, although you don't seem to like me, I don't care about such trivial matters. I just want to get to know you all!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

The other party's voice suddenly stopped.

Chen Zhengwei's words were clearly a threat.

In fact, Chen Zhengwei has met half of the people here.

After all, the circle in San Francisco is so small, and many people have been to the club.

William Arlette stood aside and watched this scene. After waiting for a while and seeing that no one spoke, he, as the host, had to step out to smooth things over.

"I think everyone has no objection to Mr. Chen joining us. Afternoon tea can begin now!"

Soon, everyone acted as if what just happened had never happened.

Chen Zhengwei sneered.

These foreigners are like this. If you are fierce enough, they will be afraid of you.

By the way, Chen Zhengwei took two seconds to think about how to avoid paying back the money, noting William Arlette.

Of course, it is to kill the creditors!
The only problem was that the money was borrowed from the Bank of California, and William Arlett was only the major shareholder.

In addition to tea, afternoon tea also includes various desserts. Chen Zhengwei feels that these things are simply thrown into a sugar jar and pickled. They are so filling that one bite will kill you.

He took a bite and threw it aside.

After staying for a while, Chen Zhengwei left.

After returning, he asked someone to handle the affairs of the so-called autonomous association, and notified A Long to bring a group of people over. Situ Ye continued to stay on the farm to assist in training.

The farm has now reorganized 5,000 "security personnel", some of whom have been practicing with guns for more than a month. They have enough bullets and are completely familiar with the revolvers and rifles in their hands.

The age of these people is between 30 and 40 years old.

Including the people brought by Aaron, Situ Ye and Da Poland, the total number of people was 5,400.

These people were divided into six battalions, each battalion had 800 people, divided into six squadrons, one of which was the logistics squadron, responsible for the logistics supply of the entire battalion, but when necessary, these people could also be put into battle.

There are another 600 people in the logistics department, who are responsible for the training, logistics and intelligence support of the entire security company.

The six brigades are divided into two parts: security and field work. The first three brigades are mainly responsible for protection.

Unlike the security company where Yan Qingyou works, the main activities of the security company are actually traditional gray industries, such as collecting security fees.

The only mission of this security company is to provide protection.

The 4th, 5th and 6th battalions are responsible for field work.

Of course, this is just a plan. After all, there are no field missions now. The only mission of the entire security company before was training, and now there is one more.

……

On the farm, Aaron was wearing a hunting suit, looking at the "security personnel" who were practicing shooting in the distance, his heart full of heroism.

The most important thing these days is that someone has a gun.

Now that he has so many people and so many guns, Brother Wei can become the governor if he wants to.

"Brother Long!" Two thugs rode over on horses from a distance, then jumped off their horses and came to A Long's side.

"Brother Wei asked you to come?" Aaron asked after turning around and seeing the two of them.

"Yes, Brother Wei asked you to take two large groups of people back to San Francisco!"

"Two battalions? Who dares to cause trouble for Brother Wei? I will sink his entire family into the sea when I go back!" When Aaron heard the number of people, he felt that someone was coming to cause trouble.

Otherwise, Yan Qingyou’s security company also has 2,000 people, and there is no need for him to bring so many people back.

"No, Brother Wei asked you to bring someone into some autonomous association!"

"What autonomous association?" A Long thought about it and went to call Situ Ye.

Then he directly selected the First Battalion and the Second Battalion. One captain was Chen Yonglu and the other captain was Liang Shike. Chen Yonglu of the First Battalion was a remnant of the Taiping Army, and his deputy was a subordinate of Chen Zhengwei.

The situation of the second battalion was the opposite. Liang Shike was Chen Zhengwei's subordinate, and his deputy was the remnants of the Taiping Army.

Only with this combination can the team system be built as quickly as possible.

Moreover, as long as these Taiping Army members are obedient, Chen Zhengwei can accommodate them.

At least for now, these Taiping troops from Peru are still quite obedient.

The next day, Aaron returned to San Francisco with a team of 800 people. Everyone was wearing a hunting jacket and carrying a backpack. They looked much better than when they came, and their faces were greasy.

You should know that during this month, not only were there enough bullets, but there was also enough meat and eggs every day.

If nothing else, meat is very cheap in the United States.

Steak was only 13 cents a pound.

When this group of people arrived in San Francisco, their biggest wish was to eat as much meat as they could.

But now my biggest wish is to eat some green vegetables. Apart from training every day, I dig wild vegetables everywhere to eat.

After all, Chen Zhengwei's farm only planted carrots and various orchards. Because he started sowing too late - his farm has not yet finished sowing. After all, it is too large, covering more than 20 square kilometers.

Although I have planted some lettuce and kale, it is not time to harvest them yet.

In Chinatown, eight hundred people directly blocked a section of the street.

"Brother Wei, these people are from the first team. The people from the second team will be back tomorrow!" A Long said as he approached Chen Zhengwei.

“This is Chen Yonglu!”

"boss!"

Chen Zhengwei nodded, looked up at the dense crowd of heads in front of him, pointed at himself and said with high spirits: "You need to know who your benefactor and boss is. It's me! Remember what I look like! I brought you to San Francisco. From now on, you work for me and I will pay you."

"You are responsible for my safety, and I protect you! Not just you, but all Chinese in the United States."

"Do you understand?" Chen Zhengwei asked loudly.

"understand!"

"Very good!" Chen Zhengwei nodded.

Each of them knew who they were, he just had to make them remember what they looked like.

"Go change your clothes first! I have prepared some new clothes for you!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Recently, the garment factories in Chinatown have received a lot of orders from him.

Everyone had a set of coarse-spun hunting suits, two sets of woolen gentlemen's suits, and even hats. Although the workmanship was ordinary, it was sufficient.

Chen Zhengwei did not plan to have them wear any unique uniforms.

Such clothes can help them blend into San Francisco and make it easier for them to do things.

Then Chen Zhengwei called A Long and Chen Yonglu to the side to talk.

"Those foreigners have some issues with me, so they set up the Nob Hill Autonomous Association. Now I have bought a house in Nob Hill and I am also a resident of Nob Hill. You can go there and watch what they do, and then do the same to them!"

"Everyone who goes in and out of Nob Hill must be checked thoroughly and questioned."

Chen Zhengwei was stopped twice when he returned to his manor, which made him very angry.

"If they have any complaints, let them come to me. If those people's bodyguards dare to cause trouble, beat them up!"

"Brother Wei, you can trust me in doing things!" Aaron said with a smile.

He is the best at this.

And being back in San Francisco also put him in a good mood.

This place is much more fun than the farm. There are hardly any women there!

"By the way, Brother Wei, do you have a new gun ready for me?"

"I left twenty for you. Come back to me and get them later!" A batch of guns were made before, and he gave a batch to Yan Qingyou. Then he kept twenty for himself, and the rest were left to A'long.

Chen Zhengwei's bodyguard now carries a pistol on his body and hides a San Francisco typewriter in the carriage.

If you encounter any trouble, you can just use your gun to shoot it.

Aaron smiled immediately when he heard this.

An hour later, there were 800 more "security personnel" in Chinatown, wearing coarse-woven suits and with pistols on their waists.

These people also wore a brass shield badge on their chest with the English letters SFSC on it.

An abbreviation for a San Francisco security company.

Although the security company has not been officially established yet, I believe no one will have any objection.

"Let's go to Nob Hill!" Aaron waved his hand and took people to Nob Hill.

When the bodyguards on Nob Hill saw nearly a thousand Chinese people in gentlemen's suits coming down the hill, they suddenly felt their scalps tingling and even pulled out their guns.

"You'd better put your guns away. I don't like people pointing guns at me!" The smile on Aaron's face was fierce and ferocious.

“But…” As soon as Aaron stretched out his hand, the man behind him took out a gun and pointed it at him: “I like pointing guns at others!”

The faces of the bodyguards of the Nob Hill Autonomous Association suddenly changed.

"But don't panic. I'm not here to cause trouble today! We are also part of the Nob Hill Autonomous Association! If you have any problems in the future, you must notify us!"

"By the way, which bastard was it that stopped our boss' carriage a few days ago? How dare you be so brave? I fucking admire you guys!"

(End of this chapter)