The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 359: Be generous and have big bombs

"Brother Wei, what's going on?" When Aaron entered the hotel, he saw several thugs dragging someone out.

He walked over and sat down opposite Chen Zhengwei and asked.

"Sent by the Qing Dynasty envoy!" Chen Zhengwei glanced at the envelope on the table.

"The Qing Dynasty envoy?" A-Long was surprised. "He already knows Brother Wei? What does he want to see Brother Wei for?"

"Summon me!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"He summoned Brother Wei? It's more like he came to see Brother Wei!" Aaron shouted immediately, then frowned, with a bit of haze in his eyes:

"The Ministry of Justice and the Army are both looking for trouble with us now. He wants to summon Brother Wei at this time? To New York? Brother Wei, they are setting a trap!"

"Look, even you can think of it!" Chen Zhengwei tied his napkin with an expressionless face, and the men beside him had already brought over plates of morning tea.

He just thought about it and knew that it must be related to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Army.

"I didn't cause any trouble to them, but they came to cause trouble to me!" Chen Zhengwei became angrier the more he thought about it.

He has always been the one who causes trouble for others, but now someone is actively causing trouble for him?
"Brother Wei, teach them a lesson!" Aaron said immediately.

"Since we want to teach them a lesson, we can't be too stingy! We should be more generous!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Send them a big bomb!

"Let Rong Jiacai contact their hometown and remind them that they should run away if they need to." Chen Zhengwei paused with his chopsticks, thought for a moment, then looked up and said to Aaron.

"After bombing the Qing embassy in New York, the news will get back sooner or later. Even if the Americans can't find out your identities, the Chinese can, and they might retaliate!"

The other subordinates were fine, but the Chen and Hai Yanrong and Yan families in Wencun were too conspicuous and could be easily found out by asking around.

Aaron didn't expect this and nodded after hearing it.

This is an important matter.

They don't care about the Qing Dynasty, but people in their hometown do.

"You all mailed a lot of money back home, so that your family could move to Southeast Asia, or find a steamship to come to America! It's better than staying in the country!"

"It's okay for young people, but I'm worried that the older generation will find it hard to leave their homeland!" Aaron followed.

"Anyway, I've told them what happened. It's up to them whether they want to leave or not." Chen Zhengwei didn't take the matter to heart.

He doesn't care about Wencun Chen either.

He reminded Aaron because the families of his trusted subordinates were still in Taishan.

After dinner, Chen Zhengwei called Green over.

"Arrange a few inconspicuous people to go to New York and blow up the Qing Dynasty's embassy in New York! Be more generous and put more explosives, otherwise people will laugh at us for being too petty!"

Chen Guofang was dragged into the alley outside, and he struggled frantically while looking at the knife in the hand of the thug.

But he couldn't break free at all. He just felt severe pain in his hands and fainted instantly.

Several thugs sprinkled medicine on his severed arm and bandaged it simply. Brother Wei told them to buy him a train ticket, and even if he wanted to die, he would die on the train.

Then a basin of cold water was poured over him to wake him up.

After being awakened by the water, Chen Guofang immediately raised his arms and then cried out miserably: "My hands, my hands, my hands!"

"Fuck, you yell so ugly! You didn't even ask about Brother Wei's temper before coming here, how dare you give Brother Wei the cold shoulder?" The henchman next to him sneered and kicked him to the ground.

Then they dragged him into a carriage and stuffed him into a train.

A man with both hands broken, with blood still oozing from the bandages on his broken arms, was thrown onto the train, which immediately scared everyone on the train.

As for Chen Zhengwei's men, they left in a swagger and returned to report.

Anyway, I'm on the train. Even if I die on the train, it's none of their business.

……

San Francisco.

"Since we can't get anything out of you...how did you deal with it in the past?" Lin Changning was wearing a moon-white cheongsam with a woman's bun on her head.

If you don't look at her hair bun, it would be hard to believe that this girl is already married.

"In the past, they were hanged outside Chinatown!" said Rong Jiacai.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Lin Changning was calmer and more dignified than before.

Facing her is a bit like facing Brother Wei.

Of course, she is much more immature than Brother Wei.

"It's too ugly! Let's just throw it into the sea!" Lin Changning thought for a while and said.

She often heard Chen Zhengwei shouting that he wanted to throw people into the sea.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to do it later!"

"Also, the farm needs to continue to step up its security. If it happened the first time, there will be a second time! Those guns... are too conspicuous. They will definitely be targeted by someone with ulterior motives!"

“Have those slot machines been transported away?”

"It has been delivered to Auckland and will be shipped out tomorrow!"

……

Chen Guofang wailed all the way back to New York, and by the time he arrived in New York he was half dead.

He finally returned to the Qing Dynasty's Embassy in the United States. The people in the embassy were shocked when they saw his miserable condition and quickly sent him to Chen Lanbin.

"Sir, you have to make the decision for me!" Chen Guofang entered the room and fell headfirst to the ground. He kept hitting the ground with his head and tried hard to stretch his pair of broken arms forward so that Chen Lanbin could see them clearly.

At this time, not only Minister Chen Lanbin was present, but also Deputy Minister Yung Wing.

Seeing Chen Guofang's miserable condition, both of them were shocked.

"I asked you to deliver a letter, why did it turn out like this?" Chen Lanbin had a bit of anger on his face.

"My lord, that Chen Zhengwei has no regard for the imperial court and he insulted you. I couldn't stand arguing with him for a few words, so he had my hands chopped off! My lord, you must do something for me!" Chen Guofang kowtowed and cried loudly.

His face was full of resentment.

"Tell me everything that happened along the way!" Chen Lanbin no longer cared about Yung Wing standing beside him, and said to Chen Guofang below.

Chen Guofang immediately recounted the entire incident with exaggeration.

"I told him that the Ambassador was pleased to learn that he was running a hotel in Chicago, so he wanted to meet him to see if he needed any help in the United States!"

"Who would have thought that he would say something so outrageous, saying that he is an American and has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty! Is the minister crazy to see him?"

"I was so angry that I said a few words, and he had my hands chopped off!"

"He has no respect for the law, is extremely audacious and arrogant!" Chen Lanbin slammed the table and said angrily, his face flushed, and it was obvious that he was extremely angry.

He sent someone to send a letter to summon Chen Zhengwei. If the other party was unwilling, he could just not come.

He actually chopped off Chen Guofang's hands.

It can be seen that this person is extremely cruel and vicious!

Such a person cannot be tolerated by either the United States or the Qing Dynasty!
"You go down and recuperate first!" Chen Lanbin then said to Chen Guofang below.

"Sir, you must make the decision for me!" Chen Guofang kowtowed continuously.

"Just go down and recuperate. I have my own ideas on this matter!" Chen Lanbin said with a serious face.

Yung Wing listened to the whole story, holding his tea in silence, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

After Chen Guofang left, Yung Wing asked, "The Chen Zhengwei that this servant of Master Chen is talking about, is that the Chen Zhengwei from San Francisco?"

"It must be this person, Chunfu, do you know this murderer?" Chen Lanbin asked.

"I've heard of it a bit!" Yung Wing nodded, somewhat surprised: "But how could Lord Chen be related to this person?" "There is another hidden story behind this matter. I will talk to Chunfu later. It's inconvenient to talk more today!" Chen Lanbin shook his head, unwilling to say more.

He wants to meet with people from the Ministry of Justice again.

If I say that I had to write a letter before because of the Ministry of Justice.

Now he hates Chen Zhengwei and wants to assist the Ministry of Justice in catching this murderer.

"In that case, I will not disturb Lord Chen and will take my leave first!" Yung Wing knew that the other party was seeing him off, so he immediately stood up and said goodbye.

Yung Wing was the first person from the Qing Dynasty to study in the United States. After returning from his studies, he placed his hopes for China's modernization on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, wanted to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and put forward several suggestions.

However, Hong Xiuquan was not thinking about this matter at that time.

Seeing this, Yung Wing had no choice but to leave. Later, when Zeng Guofan presided over the Westernization Movement, he sent Yung Wing to the United States to purchase equipment.

It was later Yung Wing who proposed and promoted the idea of sending Chinese children to study in the United States.

Now, Minister Chen Lanbin and Supervisor Chen Jiashan are both quite dissatisfied with the Chinese students studying in the United States, and want to write to the Zongli Yamen to recall them.

It was Yung Wing who was always mediating.

Therefore, he had heard about Huang Kaijia and others going to San Francisco.

Not only had he heard of Chen Zhengwei, he had also made special inquiries about him. He learned that the situation of Chinese people in San Francisco was originally bad, and then Chen Zhengwei created a name for himself there. He now has a very high status in San Francisco and is a leading figure among Chinese Americans.

This impressed him greatly.

But no one expected that Minister Chen Lanbin also knew this person and had a conflict with him.

However, he only believed half of what Chen Guofang had just said, and felt that there must be something fishy about it.

As far as he knew, although Chen Zhengwei came from a humble background and acted fiercely and decisively, he was quite methodical and was not an arrogant and foolish man.

After returning to his house, Yung Wing thought for a moment, wrote another letter, and asked someone to find Huang Kaijia and others to ask about their opinions on Chen Zhengwei.

……

After Yung Wing left, Chen Lanbin asked someone to contact people from the Ministry of Justice.

In the evening, the Ministry of Justice rushed to the embassy and asked impatiently: "Mr. Minister, what is the result?"

"This man is extremely cruel. He chopped off the hands of the person I sent to deliver the letter!" Chen Lanbin said in a deep voice.

"How could this be?"

The people from the Ministry of Justice frowned immediately. They originally wanted to ask the Qing envoy to bring Chen Zhengwei to New York. If that didn't work, they would find a way to arrange a meeting between Chen Lanbin and Chen Zhengwei.

At that time, they would pretend to be Chen Lanbin's entourage, and then capture Chen Zhengwei during the meeting.

As a result, Chen Zhengwei actually chopped off the hands of the person sent by the Qing envoy. Obviously, both paths were blocked.

This disappointed people at the Ministry of Justice.

"This man is lawless, extremely evil, and cruel! If he is not eliminated, it will not be good for the national system of our Qing Dynasty or for you." Chen Lanbin continued.

"What do you think, Mr. Minister?" The person from the Ministry of Justice heard that Chen Lanbin had other ideas and asked immediately.

"It is difficult for you to investigate him because his subordinates are all Chinese. You cannot break into the Chinese circle, and it is inconvenient to investigate him!" said Chen Lanbin.

He knew why the Ministry of Justice could not mobilize the army to eliminate Chen Zhengwei, and he had special knowledge of the American system.

To him, it was like a joke.

If it were the Qing Dynasty, they would have mobilized a large army to wipe it out long ago.

So he came up with another idea.

"I can send people to San Francisco to help you find out. My people are all Chinese and will not be suspected. They should be able to find out some useful information. It would be best if we can find his weakness!" Chen Lanbin said, stroking his beard.

As long as he sent people to San Francisco to help the Ministry of Justice find out Chen Zhengwei's weaknesses, the Ministry of Justice could use this to arrest Chen Zhengwei.

After all, this is American territory.

After hearing this, the people from the Ministry of Justice thought that this was a good idea. What Chen Lanbin said was exactly what they had always found troublesome.

It would be much easier if there were some Chinese people to help with the investigation.

He immediately nodded and said, "That's fine too! Please ask the Minister to send someone to assist us in the investigation!"

Immediately, Chen Lanbin called a few people from the embassy and asked them to assist the Ministry of Justice in going to San Francisco to investigate.

……

Washington, Office of the Special Agent.

"Three special agents in Chicago are missing! Probably dead!"

"It's that Chinese man again. I'm going to hang him sooner or later!"

"There is no news about the two special agents who went to San Francisco. It is very likely that something happened to them!"

The two special agents ended their pursuit of the Bob brothers and headed to San Francisco. However, they only sent a telegram back on the same day they arrived in San Francisco, and then there was no news from them.

Obviously something went wrong.

boom!
A fist slammed on the table.

Lately the entire Special Agent's Office has been focused on the Chinese man in Chicago, but today all the news is bad.

"Is there any good news?"

"There was one! The man sent by the Qing Dynasty envoy had his hands chopped off, and the Qing Dynasty envoy was furious. He sent a few Chinese to assist us in the investigation."

"Our investigation progressed slowly before because we couldn't get information from the Chinese. If the Chinese were to investigate, it would be much easier!"

"It seems that the officials of the Qing Dynasty are not that important in the eyes of those Chinese!" The intelligence chief of the Special Agent's Office shrugged, not surprised at all.

When someone brought up this idea at a previous meeting, he thought it was unreliable.

"But this is indeed good news!"

……

Early in the morning, several West Slavic youths dressed in gentleman's suits and bowler hats, leaning on walking sticks and carrying suitcases, got off the train that had just arrived.

"Let's go to the Lower East Side!" After getting off the train, several people headed to the Lower East Side with ease.

This is the most chaotic area in New York and also a gathering place for new immigrants.

After getting off a carriage in the Lower East Side, several young men walked on the street for a while carrying their boxes. They saw several Jews leaning against the entrance of an alley and looking at passers-by. When they saw the tattoos on the backs of their hands, they walked straight over to them.

"Are you Monk Eastman's men?"

"Who are you?"

"Take us to see him! Just say he's from the committee!"

Soon, several people were brought before Eastman.

"Are you Mr. Chen's people?" Eastman looked at the few people. They were all Western Slavs, and there were no Chinese.

"Yes, we are here to do something. The boss asked us to come to you!" a young man said.

"What does Mr. Chen want me to do?" Eastman asked.

"Help us prepare a batch of explosives! More of them!"

"This is your territory, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

"Three days!" Eastman said after a pause, then explained: "The Lower East Side Investigation Bureau was bombed before! So now the investigation in this area is very strict!"

Several young men looked at each other subconsciously, with a hint of amusement in their eyes.

They were the ones who blew up the Lower East Side Bureau.

(End of this chapter)