The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 357 Qing Minister
In a bar in the South Side of Chicago, a big bearded man was sitting at the bar drinking. He reached out and pinched the butt of a waitress passing by, then laughed out loud.

The waitress glared at him coquettishly, then left with the wine.

Most of the bar's patrons were rude and vulgar, and the waitresses were accustomed to it, not to mention that they also did other business.

And this bearded guy is a newly emerged gang leader in the South Side of Chicago.

Relying on his brutal methods, he gathered dozens of people in just half a month and expanded his territory to three streets.

This bar is on his territory.

After a while, the bearded man stood up and walked out. The men who were playing cards at the two tables next to him stood up and followed him out of the bar.

At this time, a carriage was parked opposite the bar.

Watching the bearded man and others come out, the window of the carriage opened, and then two gun muzzles appeared.

Da da da!
As flames spurted out of the muzzle of the gun, the group of people who had just walked out of the bar suddenly burst into blood and fell to the ground.

Now that the submachine gun has been displayed, Chen Zhengwei will not be polite this time.

The entire group of people were knocked down, except for two who were quick enough to hide back in the bar.

The two Chinese youths took a look through the window and asked the coachman to drive away.

Someone will take over here soon.

After the carriage left, it took a long time for someone to carefully look out and see bodies scattered on the ground in front of the bar.

After a while, a well-dressed man appeared nearby. After seeing the FBI agents collecting the bodies, he looked around to find the people who had witnessed the murder to inquire.

"So, there are only two murderers and two guns? They killed seven or eight people in a few seconds?" The well-dressed man, who was also a special agent of the Ministry of Justice, took notes on paper while listening to the other party's narration.

"Yes... I have never seen such a gun. It does not require two people, only one person, and can kill dozens of people in a few seconds..." The man being questioned swallowed, obviously still in shock.

At the same time, his eyes swept over the money under the other person's wine glass.

The people from the Ministry of Justice asked some other questions and then turned and left.

The man being questioned quickly put the money under the cup away.

……

Aaron and his men attacked separately, and in just a few days, the law and order on the streets of Chicago were cleared.

Although some people died in the past few days, the public security in Chicago quickly improved.

Those vicious thugs who were fighting for territory everywhere a few days ago have all started to behave themselves.

The dishonest ones are already dead.

Aaron also took this opportunity to win over hundreds of people on the streets of Chicago.

Although these people are a bit messy, as long as they are trained, they will be useful in no time.

At the same time, Chen Zhengwei also rented several shops on Lake Street and Dearborn Street in Chicago.

The Tremont Hotel is located at the intersection of Lake Street and Dearborn Street, both of which are the busiest commercial streets in downtown Chicago.

In just a few days, several shops on these two streets quietly changed their owners and brands.

There was a gun shop, a custom suit shop, a watch shop, a trading company, and a financial company.

These shops are quite large, all three-story buildings, and even have basements.

Chen Zhengwei placed some of his men in these shops. If anything happened, they could just rush out with guns to avoid being blocked and beaten in the hotel like last time.

……

Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, while Aaron led his men to clean up the streets of Chicago.

Several students with Chinese faces were chatting about interesting things in school on the recliners. They were Huang Kaijia and his friends.

Several people were talking about Zhang Kangren.

"Recently, Zhang Kangren has been spending a lot of money. He has become much richer. He often treats people to meals and makes friends with those senior students!"

"He has been helping Mr. Chen recently, and Mr. Chen is obviously doing something in return!" Huang Kaijia said with a smile.

"He also found a girlfriend. I saw her once before. She has a very hot body!"

Zhang Kangren helped Chen Zhengwei with his work and made friends with those Yale University students.

It is said that some graduating students went to San Francisco a few months ago because of Zhang Kangren.

Huang Kaijia and others were also aware of this matter.

None of them took it to heart as they all had different ambitions. However, they were quite envious of the fact that Zhang Kangren had a girlfriend.

No matter what big figures they will become in the future, at this moment they are just young people studying in a foreign country, so it is natural for them to admire Ai at a young age.

"I'm afraid this will get to the ears of the supervisors in New York..." someone said worriedly.

These students studying in the United States have signed an agreement that does not allow them to work in the United States and can only study.

Moreover, the court supervisor Wu Jiashan had always been harsh on these students and wrote to the Zongli Yamen many times, saying that they behaved dissolutely, were undisciplined, learned foreign teachings, and that studying in the United States was harmful rather than beneficial.

They wanted the court to recall them.

If this matter gets to his ears, I'm afraid there will be another round of trouble.

Other students will also be implicated.

Hearing this, the other people also sighed and changed the subject: "Why didn't I see Shu Tang? Why is he missing today?"

Cai Shaoji, whose courtesy name is Shutang.

As they were talking, Huang Kaijia looked around and saw Cai Shaoji coming towards them. He laughed and said, "Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Isn't Shutang here?"

Several people laughed immediately.

Cai Shaoji came over and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"I was laughing at you. You came here just because I mentioned you!" Huang Kaijia explained with a smile.

"I see!" Cai Shaoji didn't care and took out a folded newspaper from his clothes: "Look at this!"

"What's the big news?" Several people came over to take a look curiously.

"Bloodbath at Chicago's top hotel, gunfight involving hundreds of people resulted in dozens of casualties!"

"A few days ago, a gun battle broke out at the Tremont Hotel, a top hotel in Chicago, with dozens of casualties. According to investigations, the dead were all attackers and hotel staff..."

"The Tremont Hotel has recently changed its owner. The owner is a yellow-skinned Chinese, Zhengwei Chen!"

"According to conservative estimates, the value of the Monte Hotel is over $80..."

"Huh? Could it be that person?" Everyone was surprised when they saw the name.

"Mr. Chen's business is getting bigger and bigger! He even expanded to Chicago!"

"And it's the top hotel in Chicago!" "It's really hard to imagine!"

Everyone was amazed. Chicago is not San Francisco. It is the manufacturing center of the United States. It is booming and full of vitality and opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Chen also left San Francisco and went to Chicago.

"A person like this will never be ordinary no matter where he goes!" Huang Kaijia sighed.

"But what's this gunfight about?"

Everyone thought that Chen Zhengwei's style of doing things seemed normal.

Most likely it's a conflict with gangs.

They heard a lot about it when they were in San Francisco.

However, no one expected that this time it was not a gang, but the US Army.

……

Inside a Justice Department conference room, Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Affairs John W. Griggs was presiding over the meeting.

"Zhengwei Chen, age unknown, details unknown, nicknamed China Chen, underground mayor of San Francisco, used to live in San Francisco, is the leader of the largest gang in San Francisco, and is involved in many murders!"

"We must catch him!"

"But according to the information sent back by the agent, he has more than 700 men in Chicago, and he has a new type of firearm with extremely fast firing rate and great power!"

"One person with a gun can kill dozens of people in a matter of seconds!"

"You should understand what this means!" John W. Griggs glanced at everyone.

As the conversation progressed, there was some commotion among the other people in the meeting room.

"Is it true?"

"Is the news reliable?"

"The news is absolutely reliable!" John W. Griggs interrupted the crowd's commotion.

"So where did he get this kind of gun? I've never heard of it!" someone else spoke up.

"It's not clear yet, but it's very likely that he made it himself. Including the gun and the bullets!"

"I would say this is the most dangerous criminal since the founding of the United States! What we have to do next is to capture him."

Then everyone started discussing.

The Chief of Intelligence in the Office of Special Agents spoke up:

"It's impossible to capture him by force. According to the information we have, he has more than 700 men in Chicago and a large number of men in San Francisco as well."

"The Chicago Bureau of Investigation is unreliable!"

"We need to use other methods!"

"He is a Chinese? Can we ask the Qing Dynasty's ambassador in New York to come forward?" Someone soon suggested.

"As far as I know, those Chinese are very respectful to their emperor, and officials hold an important position in their minds! Perhaps we can find a way to lure him to New York? We can arrest him on the way or in New York!"

"I don't think we can lure him to New York, but we can meet with him through Qing officials and use that to catch him!" someone immediately said.

"Also, if he made the gun himself, we can start working on that. Making guns requires a lot of equipment, so we can check that aspect. If he has a gun manufacturing factory, it must be in San Francisco, so we need to check San Francisco as well!"

"So what are you waiting for? Let's get started!" John W. Griggs was quite satisfied with the results of the meeting.

At least there is a direction.

"In addition, the investigation into other matters concerning that Chinese man must continue. I want to know everything about him!"

After John W. Griggs left the meeting room, he asked someone to contact Chen Lanbin, the Qing Dynasty's ambassador to New York.

When people from the Ministry of Justice visited Chen Lanbin, Chen Lanbin was quite surprised, but he still changed into official uniform and met the people from the Ministry of Justice.

"We came here this time for a Chinese man. I don't know if the Minister knows this. His name is Zhengwei Chen!"

Chen Lanbin looked puzzled: "I have never heard of this person. Did he commit a crime?"

"I wonder if Mr. Chen has read a report from the New York Times a few months ago, which reported on the Chinese gangs in San Francisco and this Zhengwei Chen. After that, the owner of the New York Times, George Jones, was assassinated at the door of the company. After the Lower East Side Investigation Bureau arrested the suspect, the Lower East Side Investigation Bureau was blown up the next night, causing dozens of casualties!"

"You mean, this Chen Zhengwei did it?" Chen Lanbin remembered that he had read the report before, and because it involved Chinese people, he read it again.

He also heard about the affairs of the owner of the New York Times.

The people from the Ministry of Justice came to me because of him.

"This person is now on American soil. If he commits a crime, he will naturally be subject to sanctions under American law." Without thinking twice, Chen Lanbin pushed the matter back to the Ministry of Justice.

He believes that if a Chinese person commits a crime in the United States, it will have a significant impact on the national system.

But he never likes to take responsibility and is very slippery.

"This person is involved in more cases than just these! He even kidnapped a mayoral candidate in Chicago in public. Now that candidate has not been found, he may have been killed!"

"This person's existence has seriously affected the image of Chinese people in the United States! Perhaps Congress will hold a meeting to discuss expelling all Chinese people from the United States."

"So we hope that Mr. Minister can do something!" the person from the Ministry of Justice threatened directly.

Chen Lanbin frowned. Although he never liked taking responsibility, if Chinese people in the United States were deported while he was serving as minister, even if there was only a rumor, it would be bad for his reputation. After returning to China, he would certainly be attacked and people would think that he had brought disgrace to the country.

After thinking for a moment, he had no choice but to ask, "What do you want me to do for you?"

He simply classified this matter as helping, and even if it failed, he couldn't be blamed.

The other party didn't notice this. Seeing that he agreed, he said, "We hope that the Minister can find a reason to summon him and let him come to New York!"

"I have never heard of him before. What reason do I have to summon him?" Chen Lanbin asked back.

The other party directly took out a newspaper, which was a report on the gunfight at the Tremont Hotel.

"Chinese people in the United States are all working as low-level workers, building railroads, and working as prostitutes! He appears to be a wealthy man, so it's only natural for you to summon him, right?" The person from the Ministry of Justice said with some arrogance.

Chen Lanbin pretended not to notice the arrogant attitude of the foreigner in front of him.

He was already used to this attitude of the other party.

After reading the newspaper once and then again, Chen Lanbin asked, "What did this person do?"

Owning a hotel that costs $800,000 is no small sum.

What's more, this person came from San Francisco and might have some other businesses in San Francisco.

"This Zhengwei Chen is the most dangerous criminal since the founding of the United States, and the leader of the largest gang in San Francisco... Currently, it is known that there are more than ten homicides related to him, with more than a hundred victims..."

"This man has committed so many crimes in the United States, which is detrimental to the dignity of our Great Qing Dynasty! I am willing to write a letter to summon him and help your Ministry of Justice bring him to justice! But if he refuses to come, I can't do anything about it." After hearing this, Chen Lanbin agreed to the matter without thinking.

(End of this chapter)