The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 377 "Anti-Insurrection Act", war is coming!

At noon, Chen Zhengwei kicked the women around him off the bed, threw a stack of money at them and told them to get out.

I came to the restaurant after smoking a cigarette.

He had no plans to meet the British for the time being. He would wait until he had a fight with the army. Then the British would come to him on their own initiative.

"Boss! There's new news from the Pinkerton Detective Agency..." Green looked a little strange, as if he was trying to hold back his laughter as he walked to Chen Zhengwei and whispered.

"Have you eaten? If not, sit down and eat together!" Chen Zhengwei gestured to bring Green another bowl of morning tea.

"What's the news?" Chen Zhengwei asked after Green sat down.

"Someone from the Ministry of Justice contacted the Pinkerton Detective Agency!" Green had a smile on his face. He thought that the person sent by the Ministry of Justice was probably a fool.

Ask the Pinkerton Detective Agency to help them deal with Chen Zhengwei?
Well, the outside world does not know that Pinkerton Detective Agency is now Chen Zhengwei's property.

The outside world only saw that the Pinkerton Detective Agency was shot and suffered heavy casualties, and then detectives from various branches came to Chicago to reorganize the detective agency. Apart from that, it has been very low-key.

"They have a lot of ideas!" Chen Zhengwei laughed. "How many people are there?"

"I don't know...the people who contacted us were very vigilant. But there shouldn't be too many people. After all, there are not many people in the Ministry of Justice!" Green said.

In many areas, the wanted and arrested criminals are outsourced to the Pinkerton Detective Agency, which shows that the Ministry of Justice does not have much influence.

Chen Zhengwei tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a moment: "Since the Pinkerton Detective Agency has not been exposed, we must hide the relationship between the detective agency and us!"

"As for those people, don't pay any attention to them for now! We'll find a chance to catch them all in one fell swoop in the future."

He could imagine that after this incident, the Ministry of Justice would definitely find ways to expand its scale and strengthen its armed forces, and the FBI might even show up in advance.

If the Department of Justice is going to expand, who better to do it with than the guys at Pinkerton?
Maybe one of my men could become the Minister of Justice?

While Chen Zhengwei and Green were chatting, a large number of miners had already taken the train from Virginia to Sacramento, and then took the horse-drawn carriage to the farm near Red Tree City. After a day of rest, three thousand of them were recruited.

At the same time, another two thousand people were recruited from the remnants of the Taiping Army who had been transported back from Peru to expand the scale of the security company again.

It expanded directly from five thousand to ten thousand.

These people need to undergo at least three months of training before they can have a certain level of combat effectiveness, and they serve as reserve forces.

The monthly salary of these 30 people is $50, plus food and other expenses, the monthly expenditure on these people exceeds $.

Even Chen Zhengwei felt a little stressed by this number.

You have to know that in addition to salary, equipment and food, there is another major expense, which is pension.

Fortunately, most people here have no home or job, so they don’t even need to pay out pensions, otherwise they would go bankrupt after just two fights.

At the same time, protests across the United States continue to rise and fall like waves.

Especially in the past two days, a large number of black people have taken to the streets.

The voices of protest are like a tsunami, making governments everywhere feel the pressure, but they can do nothing now.

In New Orleans, a large number of black people marched in the streets.

Inside a house, several white people took out several bottles from their backpacks. The mouths of the bottles were stuffed tightly with soaked cloth strips, leaving a long strip outside, and the bottles contained kerosene.

These white people were members of the White League, an organization that launched the "Freeman's Campaign" in New Orleans in 1874 in an attempt to overthrow the Republican state government.

Although it failed, it has remained active in Louisiana in recent years, often using violence to prevent blacks and Republicans from participating in political activities.

At this time, several people lit kerosene bottles and threw them into the crowd marching outside.

While laughing and shouting, “White supremacy!”

As the bottle broke, a large amount of kerosene splashed onto the marchers and was then ignited by flames. Screams were heard and the whole street was in chaos.

"This is what happens to you damn niggers!" the white men yelled out the window, then raised their guns and fired at the fleeing crowd.

The New Orleans massacre shocked the entire United States the next day. A large number of black people and immigrant groups were angry after seeing the news and took to the streets.

A larger wave of protests has erupted across the United States, not only against the Department of Justice, but also against the widespread racial discrimination and white supremacy today.

For a time, cities across the United States were in chaos.

Crowds of people and slogans can be seen everywhere.

"Wow, these guys are really not human!" Chen Zhengwei sighed with a click of the tongue while holding the newspaper in his hand.

He hadn't even started yet, but he didn't expect someone else to take action first and do everything he wanted to do.

With these people as a foil, even that bastard Aaron looks like a good guy.

"I admire them a little bit now!" Chen Zhengwei smiled after thinking about it. Anyway, those people didn't come to him, and he felt that he could donate money to support these white supremacist extremist organizations if he had the chance.

Their presence will definitely make the United States more prosperous.

Of course, if those people appeared in front of him, that would be another story.

He will let them know what the iron fist of justice is!

……

Meanwhile, a meeting was being held at the White House.

"The situation is getting more and more chaotic, and the various voices from the public are getting louder and louder. We can't let this chaos continue." US President Rutherford B. Hayes said to others. "The United States is a new country, and the Civil War has only been over for more than a decade. This kind of voice is very dangerous and may cause more serious consequences! Let some dissatisfied and unwilling people take the opportunity to stir up trouble!"

"Under the Insurrection Act, I will be signing a special authorization to authorize the Army to assist the Department of Justice in law enforcement, arrests and suppression of riots!"

"First, deal with that Chinese man! Chicago and San Francisco... I hope that the next time I see news about him in the newspaper, it will be the news of him being hanged!" Rutherford Birchard Hayes said in a deep voice.

He was fed up with seeing a Chinese man inciting the public every now and then in the newspapers.

Faced with this situation, they should be arrested and suppressed as quickly as possible, and then all Chinese should be expelled from the United States.

The United States is a country of immigrants, so they will never tolerate any immigrant ethnic group challenging the authority of the government.

"How long will it take to deal with him?" Rutherford Birchard Hayes looked at the Army Commander-in-Chief William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous American general.

"One week!" said William Tecumseh Sherman.

It would take about four days to mobilize the troops to Chicago and San Francisco, and three days to deal with the Chinese, which was enough.

President Rutherford B. Hayes nodded, then looked at the others:

“Secondly, I hope that the states can appease the people and prevent such things from happening again!”

"Then we'll have a talk with those newspapers. I don't want them to cause us any more trouble!"

"As for the filing with Congress, I'll have someone do it!"

"Also gather the reporters and hold a press conference to make the announcement!"

That evening, Rutherford Birchard Hayes told reporters in front of him: "The United States will never allow some people to commit crimes on this land. According to the investigation of the Ministry of Justice, it can be determined that the Chinese is a criminal expert who has committed a large number of crimes."

"Not only did he recruit a large number of thugs to commit crimes in the city where he lived, he also used public opinion to stir up chaos in the United States and challenged the judicial organs. This is not only a crime, but also a rebellion!"

"Yes, he planned a rebellion!"

"So under the Insurrection Act, I am authorizing the Army to assist the Department of Justice in law enforcement!"

"Finally, I want to say to the rebels who assisted him: your only option is surrender!"

"At the same time, I will reconsider the bill that bans Chinese from entering the United States unless they can prove they are not criminals!"

The reporters below looked and heard what Rutherford Birchard Hayes said, all with shocked expressions.

This is the first time that a certain ethnic group has been completely excluded.

Although there was a Page Act before, that act was more restrained and left some room.

Rutherford Burchard Hayes's words were indeed directed at the entire Chinese community, and the subtext was that all Chinese were criminals.

More importantly, his identity is the President of the United States.

It is conceivable what kind of sensation the remarks made at this press conference will cause once they are spread.

……

At the same time, William Tecumseh Sherman spoke at an internal meeting of the Army:

"Mobilize the 6th Cavalry and the Buffalo Regiment to San Francisco to suppress the Chinese rebellion there."

The U.S. Army has a total of ten cavalry regiments, each with 1000 men.

And 25 infantry regiments, each with 500 to 800 men.

The 6th Cavalry Regiment was stationed in Arizona Territory to fight against the Apache tribe.

The 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were composed entirely of African-Americans and were called the Buffalo Corps. They also fought against Indian tribes in the West.

Now that the pressure from these two aspects is not great, Sherman decided to dispatch these three corps to San Francisco for suppression. After all, it is the largest and most important city in the West. In addition to the Chinese, there are also a large number of other ethnic groups.

"Also, mobilize the 16th Infantry Regiment, the 18th Infantry Regiment, the 19th Infantry Regiment, and the 22nd Infantry Regiment to Chicago!"

"I don't care what they do. We'll take over San Francisco and Chicago in seven days! Although that Chinese man has a lot of subordinates, no one should have told me what kind of trouble they would cause to my soldiers, right?"

Sherman's eyes swept over everyone in the conference room like a hawk, cold and ruthless.

"Of course, they don't stand any chance! They are just some gang members. They may shoot, but they can never fight against well-trained soldiers! Even if our soldiers arrive, most of his men will just flee!" said a general from the staff department.

"The threat posed by the Indians is much greater than his! After all, it will take us a lot of time to find the Indians!" another general laughed.

Then everyone started to chuckle.

Sherman was very satisfied with their answer, and then he said in a loud voice:
"Only dead Chinese are good Chinese!"

　These two chapters were a bit difficult to write, after all, there are many things involved, including the army generals at the time, the US Army’s garrisons, and other aspects, and there is a lot of information that needs to be found.

　　So the update is a bit late.

　　In addition, all this has been laid out, and only when the situation escalates to a certain extent will the US President sign an order allowing the Army to assist the Department of Justice, and he can then report to Congress afterwards.

　　Otherwise, you don't think that if the Department of Justice wants to take down a gang, the Army will do the hard work, right? Even if they want to, the law doesn't allow it.

　　And I also have to explain some of Chen Zhengwei’s operations!

　　Otherwise, once the war starts, it will be out of control.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)