The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 412 I am an American...you ask me what I think of the Qing Dynasty?
When the Chinese students studying in the United States who were staying in the hotel learned that Chen Zhengwei was going to host a banquet for them, half of them came immediately. There were more than 30 people, all of whom were older students from the first two batches.

They have suffered from discrimination over the years in the United States and know the difficulties faced by Chinese people in the United States.

Chen Zhengwei is a legendary figure among Chinese Americans.

Everyone wanted to meet him, but some students were afraid that meeting Chen Zhengwei would affect their studies, so they stayed in the hotel.

After all, Chen Zhengwei is not only a legend in the United States, but also a big traitor.

"I didn't expect you to come... Aren't you afraid that it will affect your studies?" Zhang Kangren looked at Huang Kaijia and said.

Because of Chen Zhengwei's matter, the two argued several times, and Zhang Kangren now has a rather bad relationship with Huang Kaijia and Ouyang Geng.

Zhang Kangren came from a poor family and studied in the United States for many years, so he had little identification with the Qing court.

Huang Kaijia's uncle was a prefect, his father was in charge of Chaoshan Customs, and Ouyang Geng's cousin was the prefect of Zhili. Their families were all wealthy.

"I'm afraid it will have some impact, but I still have to meet him!" Huang Kaijia laughed heartily, not arguing with Zhang Kangren.

In his opinion, Chen Zhengwei is quite similar to Hong Xiuquan, who caused great trouble in the Qing Dynasty.

Under the name of "One World, One Family, Sharing Peace", Hong Xiuquan swept across half of the Qing Dynasty. At his peak, he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals. But what was his end?
Now Chen Zhengwei has nominally fought for his rights and won both races. Countless immigrants welcomed and supported him at the port. Although he did not go there, he heard about the scene.

Therefore, he came here to see what Chen Zhengwei's plan was. If he was confused by his current glory, his final outcome would probably not be good.

Besides, even if he attacked Washington, what would happen? This was America after all, and those people were all blond and blue-eyed. Even if many people supported him now, they would turn around and support the US government.

He came here with the intention of finding an opportunity to persuade her.

After all, Chen Zhengwei has caused such a big fuss that it has affected not only himself, but also tens of thousands of Chinese Americans.

When Ouyang Geng came here this time, his thoughts were similar to Huang Kaijia's.

Others also had their own ideas, but most of them still wanted to meet the legendary Chen Zhengwei.

"The Fifth Avenue Hotel!" Everyone got off the carriage and looked at the hotel in front of them, all clicking their tongues.

Although they had never been there, they had heard that it was the best hotel in New York.

Ouyang Geng and Huang Kaijia felt a pang in their hearts.

Chen Zhengwei came here to fight, but he stayed in such a hotel. He was living in such a luxurious manner after just winning two games, which made both of them feel uneasy.

Moreover, this is the best hotel in New York, and all the guests are celebrities from all over the world. Chen Zhengwei is staying here, so where are the other guests?

After entering the hotel, I saw Chinese men in hunting suits everywhere in the lobby. Most of them were in their thirties and looked very tough.

"Young men, where are you from?" A man looked at them and smiled. Others also looked at these young children studying in the United States with curiosity.

"Brother Wei wants to meet the student studying in the United States!" said the henchman who led the way.

The group was taken to the restaurant, where only a few guests were eating.

After waiting for a while, everyone saw a young man wearing purple gentleman's suit and as tall as a bear walking in from the restaurant door. As soon as he came in, he attracted everyone's attention.

Aaron followed behind Chen Zhengwei. Normally, he would have been conspicuous wherever he went, but when he stood next to Chen Zhengwei, almost no one noticed him.

"Mr. Chen!" Zhang Kangren stood up quickly, and the others also stood up quickly.

Those students who had never seen Chen Zhengwei thought that he was very powerful. Just seeing him made them afraid and they did not dare to speak loudly.

Even those who had seen Chen Zhengwei felt that Chen Zhengwei's power was greater than before, and he seemed to be taller and more oppressive.

"I was passing by New York and knew you were here, so I asked you to come and meet me!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Don't be so reserved. You are all Chinese in a foreign country. You are one of us. Sit down and talk!"

When everyone saw Chen Zhengwei sitting at the head of the main table, the words "dragons coiling and tigers crouching" popped up in their minds, which made people impressed at the sight.

"The world is undergoing drastic changes. There will be no peace for the next 100 years. Who is the most important person now? Talent!"

"You have knowledge, skills and vision! The future world needs talents like you!" Chen Zhengwei said to everyone with a smile.

Everyone was surprised and excited. They didn't expect that Chen Zhengwei valued them so much.

Ouyang Geng paid attention to another thing Chen Zhengwei said:

"Mr. Chen, you said that the world is undergoing drastic changes... There will be unrest in the next hundred years? I wonder why you said that?"

"The first industrial revolution a hundred years ago promoted social change, and the economy, politics, thought, and world structure were all turned upside down. Some countries rose up with the help of the first industrial revolution, while those backward countries were defeated and colonized."

"Now is the period of the Second Industrial Revolution. The leapfrog development of productivity will once again cause the entire world pattern to undergo earth-shaking changes! This is a turbulent era. What you have learned and done will determine the foundation and future of a country!" Chen Zhengwei said casually. After all, when he told these things to Aaron and the others, Aaron and the others didn't understand.

He was only interested in talking more to these students.

After hearing this, everyone pondered over Chen Zhengwei's words in their hearts. They were not very clear about it.

After all, the Second Industrial Revolution had just begun, and even the elites of various countries could not see the future clearly. Britain was still dreaming of the British Empire.

Germany was basking in the glory of the Franco-Prussian War, but the working class had begun to become increasingly dissatisfied.

The Russian Empire, on the other hand, became increasingly conservative, with socialist and anarchist ideas spreading and developing among the workers.

However, they vaguely felt that what Chen Zhengwei said was right. In the past decade or so, society has developed faster and faster, and there have been more and more new technologies, which are almost too numerous to keep up with.

Especially when Chen Zhengwei spoke, his tone was nonchalant but full of affirmation, as if his gaze penetrated the long river of history and looked down upon everyone to reveal a corner of the future.

"Mr. Chen, what do you think of the Qing Dynasty and its future changes?" Ouyang Geng asked subconsciously. He wanted to persuade Chen Zhengwei before coming, but after just two opening sentences, his attention was attracted by Chen Zhengwei's words.

"I'm an American...you ask me what I think of the Qing Dynasty?" Chen Zhengwei was a little amused. After thinking for a while, he spread his hands and said, "If you fall behind, you will be beaten!"

"Our Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and is blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery!" Ouyang Geng heard that Chen Zhengwei was not optimistic about the Qing Dynasty and could not help arguing.

"India thinks so too! Mexico thinks so too! The United States also has a vast territory, but it is only a second-rate country among all countries!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand, too lazy to say more about it.

have nothing to say.

What does the Qing Dynasty have to do with him?
He is an American!

He just needs to live comfortably in the United States.

At most, when Sun Yat-sen came to the United States to raise funds, he would donate some money to him. He knew history and he knew the future. A country needs the awakening of countless people and the pouring of blood and fire to forge its soul.

(Most importantly, if he goes back, the book will be gone)

"If you want to stay in the United States in the future, you can come to me! Like I said just now, what is the most important thing in the future? Talent!" Chen Zhengwei changed the topic to attract everyone.

"You don't need to reply to me now. If you want to stay in the future, just come to San Francisco to find me!"

After the meal, Huang Kaijia found an opportunity to ask Chen Zhengwei: "Mr. Chen, do you think this will work?"

"You want to persuade me?" Chen Zhengwei smiled and said, "Do you think that a Chinese like me can't cause any trouble in the United States?"

Huang Kaijia indeed thought so.

Was Hong Xiuquan powerful at the time? But what was the result?
"You are wrong to regard the United States as a country!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

Huang Kaijia was stunned. Shouldn't we consider the United States as a country? What does this mean?
"Although you have been here for many years and read a lot of books, you still don't know much about the United States!" Chen Zhengwei smiled and turned away.

Huang Kaijia left the hotel with others with a puzzled look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Ouyang Geng asked.

Huang Kaijia recounted the conversation just now: "He said that I shouldn't view the United States as a country. I don't quite understand."

Ouyang Geng thought for a long time but still had no clue.

After the group returned, some of the things Chen Zhengwei said in the hotel reached Yung Wing's ears.

Yung Wing thought about it for a long time and felt that Chen Zhengwei was not a thug as outsiders said.

On the contrary, there is a beautiful world in my heart.

His two victories over the army showed that he was a military genius, and his views on the future, whether right or wrong, also showed that he was good at thinking and had a long-term vision.

And he also has the same feeling as Chen Zhengwei about the future.

After thinking about it, Yung Wing changed into a gentleman's suit and took a car to visit the hotel.

"Yong Wing? The Deputy Minister of the Qing Dynasty? Visiting me?" Chen Zhengwei was quite surprised and said with a smile when he heard that Yung Wing was coming to visit.

"Why are you visiting me? Are you here to give me a banner and thank me?"

He had killed the Qing ministers... The deputy minister came to see him? However, the other party did not come to see him as the deputy minister of the Qing Dynasty. He just said the two words "Yong Hong".

However, he had heard from other students studying in the United States that this man was not as old-fashioned and conservative as Qing officials such as Chen Lanbin.

"Bring him up!" Chen Zhengwei said after a moment's change of mind. It seemed that the other party was not here to call for punishment, so he didn't know what he was going to do.

Yung Wing observed Chen Zhengwei's men in the hotel lobby. They were in their thirties or forties, with signs of hard work on their bodies, but each of them looked quite strong and did not look like ordinary people.

I wonder where Chen Zhengwei recruited these men from, or whether he trained them himself?
These people gave him the same feeling as the Taiping Army he had seen before.

While he was looking around, the henchman came over and said, "Brother Wei asked you to go up!"

Yung Wing followed him upstairs and came to the living room of Chen Zhengwei's room. After entering, he saw Chen Zhengwei sitting there with his horse and sword in his arms, giving people a great sense of oppression.

The sense of oppression it brings is much greater than when I first met Hong Xiuquan.

It's really like a tiger crouching and a dragon coiling!
And the other party is still so young.

"Sir Rong, this is such a rare guest! You are an official of the Qing Dynasty, and you come to visit me? You are not here to give me a banner to express your gratitude, are you?" Chen Zhengwei said, holding a cigar in his mouth, looking up at Rong Hong.

"There is no need to mention the word sir. I am here in a private capacity, not as an official of the Qing Dynasty!" Yung Wing bowed and said, "I have heard of Mr. Chen's great name for a long time, and today I finally get to meet him."

"So polite, please sit down!" Chen Zhengwei sank into the sofa and casually stretched out his hand to motion him to sit down.

"Seeing Mr. Chen today reminded me of an old friend who was equally as elegant and charming!" Yung Wing said after sitting down.

Chen Zhengwei looked at him and sneered, "Just say whatever you want to say. You don't want me to ask who you are, do you?"

Yung Wing opened his mouth and laughed, "I met Hong Xiuquan before. He had built a great empire with many soldiers and generals under his command. Who would have thought that it would collapse in just a few years? It's a pity."

"Then you are an old traitor!" Chen Zhengwei laughed. He didn't expect that the other party had met Hong Xiuquan.

Then he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Do you want to say that I am the same as Hong Xiuquan? I look like a riot of colour, but in reality I am like a raging fire. Who knows, I might die in a foreign land one day?"

"You want to scare me?"

Chen Zhengwei had already prepared two paths for Yung Wing in his mind.

The ashtray exploded on his head and was thrown out of the window.

Or shoot him to death and throw him out of the window.

When Chen Zhengwei squinted at him, Yung Wing felt a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by a tiger, and sweat began to break out on his forehead.

I felt a little regretful that I shouldn't have kept people in suspense.

Chen Zhengwei is indeed completely different from ordinary people.

I could only smile bitterly and said, "Mr. Chen, you don't have to do this. When I returned from studying in the United States, I wanted to change the country, but I achieved nothing in a few years. Later, I felt that Hong Xiuquan and others had great potential, and gradually agreed with their ideas, so I put forward several suggestions. Unfortunately, although Hong Xiuquan agreed on the surface, he was not a man who could get things done, so I had no choice but to leave."

"I recently heard about Mr. Chen's actions, which made me feel very similar to Hong Xiuquan. I just didn't know what was in Mr. Chen's mind, so I came to see him rashly."

"So, you want to help me?" Chen Zhengwei was a little surprised.

"That's not a bad idea. I just don't know what Mr. Chen thinks of the Qing Dynasty, the United States, and the future?" Yung Wing said. After he met Hong Xiuquan, he later worked for the court and also wanted to accomplish something and change the domestic situation.

However, he was constrained everywhere and had no chance to display his talents. In more than ten years, he only accomplished two things: one was to facilitate the establishment of the Shanghai Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and the other was to facilitate the study of Chinese children in the United States, sending a group of young children to the United States to learn advanced technology.

However, there were many questions in the court regarding the issue of the Chinese children studying in the United States, and he found it increasingly difficult to do his job.

Now that Chen Zhengwei is making a big fuss in the United States, he has started to have ideas again.

Even if Chen Zhengwei does not return to China, if he has a career in the United States, if there are changes in the country in the future, Chinese in the United States can also provide technology, talents, weapons and other assistance to the country.

To put it bluntly, he wants to use the United States as a base for learning and talent training, and if there is an opportunity in the future, he will send talents back to China.

(End of this chapter)