The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 354: Talking about business not only hurts feelings, but also takes time
"So, fifty elite army soldiers were killed by the gangsters? Are you trying to tell me that our army's combat effectiveness is not as good as the gangsters?"

Alexander Bryce looked at his men, his expression full of anger.

Fifty elite soldiers of the army!

How could he accept that he raided a gang and was completely wiped out?

"What else?" Alexander Bryce asked after taking a deep breath.

"Two men were shot execution-style outside the hotel entrance... they should be Captain Ross and Lieutenant Bruce!"

boom!
Alexander Bryce slammed his fist on the table. If he was just angry before because the elite army had never fought against gangsters, now he was furious.

"They are provocative!"

A gangster not only killed the army's men, but also provoked them, simply trampling on the army's face.

This was unbearable for him!
A fire started rising in my stomach.

After a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Go down!"

After his subordinates left, Alexander Bryce leaned back in his chair and took out a gun from the drawer to wipe it.

This was his way of calming himself down.

He had to admit that he had underestimated the gangsters.

But this is not the end, but the beginning.

Even without considering the new weapon, he would not let the other party go for the sake of the army and his reputation.

A gang dares to confront the army?
He will let those people know what cruelty is.

Alexander Bryce was cleaning his gun while thinking with a grim look in his eyes.

He was a new type of general who emerged in the late Civil War. Unlike classical generals such as Robert Edward Lee, a famous general during the Civil War, these new generals did not care about casualties or their subordinates. They were cold-blooded and would do anything to achieve their goals.

In order to achieve their goal, they could even burn to death nearly ten thousand women and children in the city.

So he decided to mobilize a large number of troops next time to deal a heavy blow to those gangs and defeat them directly.

The only problem now is how to mobilize the army.

After thinking for a while, he decided to visit a few people.

Since the Boscom Act restricts the Army's operations within the United States, if one wants to mobilize the Army to eliminate those gangs, one needs to find a way to circumvent the Act so that the Army's mobilization has a legitimate excuse and sufficient legitimacy.

Well, he didn't actually know how to get around it, but he knew someone must know.

He needed to visit the General Staff, and such military operations could not bypass the General Staff.

When the staff learned of his purpose, they were also somewhat surprised, because they had no idea that such a team was operating.

"It's meaningless to say anything else now. That Chinese killed our soldiers and provoked us! We must fight back against him, not only for revenge, but also to show the majesty of our army!"

"And can you just watch a yellow monkey doing evil on American soil?" Alexander Bryce said, holding the table and looking at the people in front of him.

The people in front of him were silent for a moment and then said, "This requires the Ministry of Justice to request law enforcement support!"

"We need to convince the Department of Justice. It would be best if we let them suffer a loss first. After they are sure that the gangster is just as you said and they can do nothing about him, they will take the initiative to propose to Congress and ask for support! They will even owe us a favor!"

"That's a good idea!" Alexander Bryce sat back in his chair, satisfied with the answer.

A letter was sent to the Ministry of Justice.

On the letterhead were some things about Chen Zhengwei and some news from Chicago.

After the Justice Department received the letter, Mr. John W. Griggs, the Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Affairs, took the letter to the Special Agent's Office.

"Chinese?"

"Chicago?"

"It's so shocking that I can't imagine this happening in the United States. A wealthy man was killed, and a mayoral candidate was kidnapped in a restaurant and disappeared, and we didn't hear any news at all?" John W. Griggs said while sitting in the conference room.

"Have all the local investigation bureaus been bribed?"

"Why would a Chinese person do something like this in Chicago and we don't know anything about it?"

"Also, where did this Chinese guy come from?"

"Zhengwei Chen? He should be from San Francisco. We have been collecting information about him recently!" said the intelligence director of the Special Agent's Office. The Special Agent's Office did have some information about Chen Zhengwei, but not much.

After all, Chen Zhengwei's influence in California is too great. It is impossible for them to know nothing. They have received several letters of complaint.

They had sent people to San Francisco to investigate before, but two people disappeared. Later, the Nevada train robbery occurred. The special agents sent were still tracking the whereabouts of Bob's brothers, sleeping in the open in the wilderness of the West.

"Speed up, immediately dispatch personnel to Chicago to investigate! Gentlemen, remember your duties and missions!" John W. Griggs' eyes swept across the conference room.

Soon, the Justice Department's Office of Special Agent in Charge was mobilized.

Several telegrams were sent, and then the special agents who were working on cases in New York and Philadelphia put aside the unimportant cases and boarded the train to Chicago.

……

"Brother Wei, our people are here!" Aaron had a smile on his face. It was good news that a group of new reinforcements had arrived at this time.

"Why did it take so long? Where is the person?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

After the group set off, he received a telegram.

Then we sent someone to wait at the train station.

According to the route, we should have arrived two days ago.

However, as we all know, it is not very safe to take the train at this time. There will always be various problems along the way, or malfunctions may cause delays.

"They're coming this way from the train station. They should be here soon! Brother Wei, where should we arrange for them to go?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhengwei also picked up his coat and went downstairs.

"Find some houses around here, and also buy out the nearby shops!" Chen Zhengwei said as he walked.

He had thought about this issue in the past two days. He planned to rent some shops on this street and do ordinary business there, such as selling guns, lending money, etc. Then, when something happened, a group of gunmen would rush out directly from inside.

This avoids being blocked and beaten inside the hotel like before.

When I went downstairs, I saw Cicely Dupont sitting in the cafe drinking afternoon tea.

"Don't you feel bored drinking tea alone?" Chen Zhengwei sat directly opposite Cicely Dupont and looked at the woman in front of him unscrupulously.

"Now we are two people!" Cicely Dupont smiled. Her willow-leaf eyes gave people a heart-pounding feeling like first love when she smiled.

"Are you so good at talking? Do you have something to ask of me?" Chen Zhengwei smiled.

After all, the difference in attitude before and after was quite large, and Chen Zhengwei reacted almost instantly.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

"Maybe we can talk about some cooperation!" Cicely Dupont hesitated for a moment before speaking, feeling a little excited. After all, it was her first time discussing business with someone.

She suddenly felt that she had grown up.

"For example?" Chen Zhengwei crossed his legs and reached out to the side, and someone immediately handed him a cigar.

"I come from the DuPont family, and the DuPont family is the largest gunpowder company in the United States! We have sales channels covering the entire United States!"

"You shouldn't come to talk to me about this matter! You can let your father come!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand casually.

"Are you looking down on me?" Cicely Dupont frowned immediately. She felt that she was being looked down upon.

"No, it's because talking about business hurts feelings!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile. Not only does it hurt feelings, it's also a bit time-consuming.

After all, if the business deal goes wrong, someone might die.

And the little girl in front of him... Chen Zhengwei was more interested in her posture in bed.

Well, actually she is not small at all, she is very big.

Chen Zhengwei rolled his eyes and said, "That's not how you talk business! Why don't you come straight to the point and tell me directly, let's talk about the gunpowder business and cooperate!"

Cicely DuPont was a little confused and didn't know why Chen Zhengwei said that.

Chen Zhengwei continued with a smile while smoking a cigar:

"It's like I once carried a box of money to a congressman's house and told him, here's the money, if you do something for me!"

"What do you think his reaction was?"

"Kick you out!" Cicely Dupont said subconsciously.

"You're right!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"And then?" Cicely DuPont was curious about what Chen Zhengwei would do in this situation.

"Then I took out a gun and pointed it at his head and told him: You have to choose between money and bullets. No one can refuse my kindness!" Chen Zhengwei had a smile on his face, as if he was talking about something trivial.

Cicely felt that feeling coming back.

The person in front of him was like a ball of wildly burning flame, licking everything around him.

"Are all Chinese people so barbaric? No offense, you have to know that I have never seen a Chinese person before." After asking, Cecily felt that something was wrong and explained again.

"How do you think the United States came to be on this land?" Chen Zhengwei asked in return.

"Indian leather boots, maybe you have a pair at home!" Chen Zhengwei said with some sarcasm:
"Now the US military is still hunting the natives in the wilderness of the West! It's like hunting wild beasts! They have no mercy, stepping on the bodies of the natives and laughing triumphantly! It's just like you hunted a deer!"

"No, it's not like that!" Cicely Dupont argued.

"What you saw is not like this!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand casually to interrupt Cicely Dupont.

"The underlying color of this world is barbarism! It's just that when some people have gained everything barbarically, they put on a layer of civilization!"

"Since the emergence of human beings, it has never changed, and it has always been a cycle."

Cicely was silent for a moment. Although that was not what she saw, it was indeed the case from what she had read in the book.

But she soon woke up and realized that she seemed to have been fooled by this Chinese man.

I wanted to talk to him about business.

But she soon realized that the story about the congressman told by the Chinese man in front of her had already been told to her.

I really shouldn't have approached him so rashly to discuss this topic. We weren't familiar with each other and didn't trust each other.

Thinking of this, Cicely felt that she should be more patient.

“Are you from China?”

"No, I was born and raised in the United States! I am a pure American!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"What do you think of America?" asked Cicely Dupont.

"Like I said just now. Barbarism is the underlying color of this country!"

"If you say so, all countries in the world are like this!" Cicely DuPont immediately took over the conversation.

"That's right!" Chen Zhengwei agreed deeply and felt that this woman had eyes that were not polluted by knowledge.

Look, after I said a few words casually, she doesn't want to discuss business with me anymore.

"Brother Wei, they are coming!" Aaron reminded from not far away.

"Excuse me, we can have dinner together tonight!" Chen Zhengwei stood up and said.

"I didn't promise you!" Cicely Dupont said immediately.

"You should agree!" Chen Zhengwei laughed, then turned and left the cafe. He walked to the door of the hotel and saw men getting off carriages.

"Boss!" Wen Bingzhong and others straightened up immediately after getting off the carriage.

"I'm so glad to see you!" Chen Zhengwei laughed. "Are you Wen Bingzhong? I remember you. You came back with Situ Ye and the others. How are you?"

"It's much better than before!" Wen Bingzhong said with a smile.

Chen Zhengwei nodded, swept his eyes over other people's faces, and greeted a few acquaintances.

Most of these people are quite old and are remnants of the Taiping Army.

There are also a few young people, all of whom were planted by Chen Zhengwei.

There were also some Germans.

After all, it is more convenient to bring a few foreigners with you when you go out.

"Did you have a smooth journey?"

"The train broke down on the way and was delayed for two days. Apart from that, there was nothing else. After all, there are so many of us, no one will bother us!"

"I'll arrange a hotel for you. Put your luggage down first and have a good rest. I'll welcome you tonight!"

"Carry these boxes up first!" Chen Zhengwei ordered as he looked at the boxes being lifted down from the carriage.

These boxes are full of bullets.

……

In the hotel, Cicely Dupont looked out the window at the people outside and asked her bodyguard captain, "Are these his people?"

"Yes, these should have just arrived!" The bodyguard captain looked at the people outside the window with a solemn expression.

Chen Zhengwei originally had more than four hundred men, and now so many more have come.

Especially since these people all have signs of training on them.

You can tell from the posture that he is different from the previous ones.

……

Soon, the news that Chen Zhengwei had another group of several hundred men coming to Chicago reached the ears of Mayor Thompson, Investigation Director Eberst, and others.

Since Chen Zhengwei arrived in Chicago, the already chaotic public security in Chicago has become even worse.

Many people are paying attention to Chen Zhengwei's every move.

Thompson thought about it for a moment and put the matter aside.

Anyway, his term is about to end, and what happens in the future is none of his business.

He has no problems with the Chinese.

On the contrary, the relationship between the two sides is quite good.

Eberst's scalp tingled. Chen Zhengwei was already very fierce, and now he had a new group of people under him.

He didn't dare to provoke Chen Zhengwei at all now.

As for other wealthy people in Chicago, they were also a little worried. This Chinese man brought so many people to Chicago, and more people were rushing over. What was he going to do?
At the same time, special agents who came to Chicago by train from New York, Philadelphia and other places also arrived in Chicago.

(End of this chapter)