The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 464 Who said I bought a merchant ship?

"Brother Wei, the piggy boats are coming! There are four of them this time, and they are all women!"

"Women! How many?" Chen Zhengwei leaned back in his chair. This was a good thing.

There are very few women in Chinatown. There were more than 40,000 Chinese people, but only about 2,000 women.

Although a lot of people were sent last year, he still had a huge gender ratio after bringing back so many people from Peru and Old Silver Mountain.

That's why so many people like to gamble because there is nothing else to do.

Fortunately, as the status of Chinese people has improved, many Chinese people have married Mexican women.

Plus, there were plenty of brothels in San Francisco, so there wasn't much trouble.

"More than 18! They were all sold from Zhili. They are all very young. The oldest is only 10 years old, and the youngest is less than years old. The captain said that they can be sold to others as child brides and raised for a few years!"

"Fuck!" Chen Zhengwei cursed. What's the use of him having those children?

Do you still have to support them yourself?
How much do they owe themselves?

"Those people can't survive in their hometowns, and those who sell piglets say they are doing charity!" The man laughed.

"Are they doing charity, or am I the one doing charity? I have to spend money to buy these people, so what am I doing with a bunch of children?" Chen Zhengwei cursed.

"Let the scholar settle the accounts with them! According to the old rules, those who are willing to work in the factory will sign a debt contract, including interest, until they redeem themselves."

"It doesn't matter if you're willing to marry, as long as you can pay back the money."

"Brother Wei, what about those children? Are they also working in the factory?" asked the henchman.

Chen Zhengwei leaned back in his chair and looked at the henchman for a long time. He felt that this guy looked like he deserved a beating.

"You are so careful in your work, so you should stay with me from now on!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Keep him by your side to block the bullets.

"Thank you, Brother Wei. I will do my best!" The henchman suddenly smiled happily, as if he had won the lottery.

Chen Zhengwei pondered for a moment and said:

"Go ask the scholar if there is any solution!"

He estimated that Rong Jiacai would definitely report this to Lin Changning.

In fact, it is not a bad idea for him to support these people, but he cannot support them directly. When has Chen Zhengwei ever done such a loss-making business?

If others knew about this, what would they think?
"Let those who go by boat take their turn. I'll come after we get the job done."

Chen Zhengwei waved his hand, signaling his men to leave.

I was thinking about opening an orphanage or something and asking the rich to donate money.

In this way, people are supported and the kindness of the rich is satisfied without them having to pay for it.

A win-win for all parties!
Chen Zhengwei feels that he is becoming more and more adept at achieving win-win outcomes with others.

This is a good sign.

After all, fighting and killing is fun for a while, and it will be fun to keep fighting and killing, but you can't fight and kill all the time.

He is now a leader of the Chinese people, so he needs to have a vision.

……

Rong Jiacai received the news at home and frowned after hearing it.

"Child?" Rong Jiacai's wife immediately looked at him.

"Why are you looking at me? I can't even support him!" Rong Jiacai sighed. Brother Wei had kicked this matter to him... But what on earth was Brother Wei thinking?

You should know that in the past, women who were sold to San Francisco were sold at auctions, and the highest bidder won.

Most of them were taken away by brothels and the gangs behind them, and a small number were bought by wealthy businessmen as concubines.

However, this has not happened since last year. All men and women are sold directly to Chen Zhengwei.

These people would sign an IOU with Chen Zhengwei, and then Chen Zhengwei would arrange jobs for them, with men working on farms and breweries, and women working in cigarette factories or getting married directly.

These people use half of their salary every month to pay off their debts until they are fully paid off.

But these children... are indeed not easy to deal with, especially since Chen Zhengwei didn't explain anything.

Rong Jiacai thought about it, and immediately came up with an idea.

He took up his coat and put it on, then picked up his hat, and as he walked out he said to his wife, "Go and tell my sister-in-law about this! She's kind-hearted, maybe she'll keep the children."

After saying that, he went out and left, heading for the pier.

"Mr. Rong!" These captains had been here last year and knew several important figures under Chen Zhengwei, the most prominent of whom was Rong Jiacai.

Rong Jiacai is tall and thin, a little over 1.7 meters tall. He usually wears a pair of glasses and looks gentle and refined. He is the person in charge of business under Chen Zhengwei.

"Call everyone down!" Rong Jiacai stood at the dock and threw a pack of cigarettes to the captains.

"Thank you, Mr. Rong!" The captains ordered the crew, "Bring everyone down! And get some water so they can wash their faces!"

How can you calculate the price if you don’t clean your face?
Soon, the women were taken on board and saw at first sight the busy port of San Francisco, the ships coming and going, the magnificent buildings in the distance, and the foreigners everywhere.

I suddenly felt even more uneasy.

They all got off the boat and stood cautiously on the shore.

"Wash your faces! Let me tell you, you have come to a good place this time! You are lucky. Where is this place? San Francisco, USA!" The crew members urged and shouted:

"Mr. Chen and Mr. Rong are both kindhearted. They will not sell you to a brothel. Instead, they will arrange jobs for you. You will get paid and eat meat every day."

"Isn't it better than not having food at home?"

The women only saw those ferocious-looking captains standing next to a tall and thin young man with a smile on their faces.

After washing their faces, the women stood there nervously, not daring to speak.

Rong Jiacai took a quick look and found that most of these women were good-looking.

Obviously carefully selected.

"What do you think, Mr. Rong? These are all carefully selected. In fact, there are several boats behind, but this batch is the best!" said the captain of the piggy boat.

"The same old rules, 200 for an ordinary girl, 400 to 800 for a good-looking girl!" Rong Jiacai said.

In fact, women with average looks are the easiest to pay off their debts.

For those beautiful ones, the best way out is to find a rich man to marry, otherwise the interest will be huge.

Chen Zhengwei has a lot of unmarried men under his command, especially those who dare to fight and work hard. In addition to their monthly salary, they also get some money for working outside.

As long as you don't gamble excessively, you can save some money.

Coincidentally, Wei Ge is also preparing to sell a batch of land in Los Angeles.

With land, houses, wives, and debts owed, these people have settled down.

"How many are under 14 years old?" Rong Jiacai asked.

The Factory Act of the United Kingdom stipulates that the age limit for child labor is between 9 and 13 years old, and limits the working hours of child laborers between 9 and 13 years old in factories, not that they cannot work.

Under U.S. law, only those under the age of 14 are considered child laborers.

So 14 years old is a limit.

Soon, those under 14 were counted, and there were more than 14 of them. "Although they are young, they are all beauties! There are many more under on the boat behind us," said the captain.

"What embryo or not! They are just fucking children, what can they do? And they are so young, maybe they can't even grow up. Brother Wei is kind-hearted, I will give you 200 for each of these!" Rong Jiacai said expressionlessly.

While he was bargaining with those people, five or six carriages entered the customs directly, and then Lin Changning and Rong Jiacai's wife got off the carriages and came straight over here.

Some disciples from the martial arts school got off the carriage at the back.

"Sister-in-law!" Rong Jiacai quickly stepped aside after seeing Lin Changning.

"Mrs. Chen!" When the captains saw Lin Changning, their eyes lit up, but they didn't dare to look at her for too long and just greeted her one after another.

"Is that all?" Lin Changning looked at the women at the port and the anxiety in their eyes.

After walking in front of them for a few times, he began to comfort them, "Don't worry too much. The situation here is not too bad. It is much better than being sold to a brothel by those human traffickers."

"My husband is not a bad man. If you come here, you will have a chance to survive!"

"No one will bully you here. If there is anything you can't solve, you can come to me! My last name is Lin. When you are in Chinatown, you will know me by asking around."

When those women saw her, they thought she spoke fluently, had a heroic temperament, and her words were convincing.

Especially when he appeared when they were feeling nervous, they felt that there seemed to be light on Lin Changning.

Hearing her say that, I felt relieved.

Then Lin Changning looked at the anxious girls on the side, especially the twenty or thirty girls who were only about ten years old. Each of them was only slightly taller than her waist, and their eyes were somewhat soft.

"They are too young to do anything right! I will take these people away first! I will arrange a place for them in Chinatown!"

"These few years are just the right time for them to learn something so that they can support themselves in the future."

"I'll listen to my sister-in-law!" Rong Jiacai smiled immediately and turned to look at his wife. His wife blinked at him.

Both of them smiled.

Lin Changning came quickly and left quickly.

She asked the disciples from the martial arts school to stay and help send the children back to Chinatown, and then she went straight to the club to find Chen Zhengwei.

"Among the people transported here this time, there are some children! They look very pitiful to me, and I want to keep them here!"

"There are so many poor people! How many people die outside every day?" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"I can't see those things, and it doesn't matter if I can't see them. These things are right in front of us. We are not short of money, whether it is to accumulate virtue or do good deeds. Even if you let them work, they can't do much at their age. It's better to let them learn something so that they can support themselves in the future."

"There are so many child laborers in the factory, and there are many younger than them. Do you know how many children don't live to the age of 14?" Chen Zhengwei said casually, pointing outside the window.

"I have to support them and send them to school for several years. Can they afford it?" Chen Zhengwei asked in return.

"What do you want?" Lin Changning asked directly.

"It's not impossible for me to agree to your request, but you have to agree to one condition!" Chen Zhengwei thought for a while and said.

"What conditions?" Lin Changning asked.

"Come here..." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand.

Lin Changning walked straight to him, Chen Zhengwei held Lin Changning in his arms and whispered in her ear.

Lin Changning bit his shoulder and said angrily:
"Son of a bitch!"

"I promise you!"

Chen Zhengwei then said, "In that case, let's open an orphanage. In the future, all the helpless children in Chinatown can be sent there."

"Before they were 14, they were allowed to live in an orphanage and given books to read."

"After the age of 14, if you are good at studying, continue, if you are not good at studying, go and work!"

"Did you have plans in advance?" Lin Changning immediately became suspicious when he saw that he had made arrangements so quickly.

"It's such a simple thing, I can come up with a solution if I think about it. But opening a welfare home is easy, you have to invest money in it every year! This is real money!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"But you don't have to worry about these things. Find a place in Chinatown to settle them down first!"

I was thinking about asking someone to go to Chinatown to raise funds tomorrow.

Soon, this group of people settled down in Chinatown.

Most of these women were sent to cigarette factories so that they could have a place to stay and become familiar with the environment.

After that, whether they work in a cigarette factory to redeem themselves, or enter a brothel, or find someone to marry, is their own business.

Chen Zhengwei is not God, so he doesn't care about that.

He has done his best by providing them with food.

……

After finishing their work and giving their crews a holiday, several captains came to the club to meet Chen Zhengwei.

"Bring them in!" Chen Zhengwei sat on the chair, yawning. He felt a little depressed all day.

Well, it’s only been two hours since I woke up.

But my waist is really uncomfortable.

"Mr. Chen!" After the four captains came in, they saw Chen Zhengwei behind the table. They felt that after not seeing him for a year, Chen Zhengwei's imposing manner became even greater.

"Please sit down! I asked you to come here because I have something." Chen Zhengwei smiled at them.

"Mr. Chen, please speak." The men said hurriedly.

"I have a good thing for you!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"The British Navy is coming to help me train a group of personnel. Are you interested?" Chen Zhengwei added with a smile:
"You better be interested!"

"Mr. Chen, please tell us what you want us to do! As long as we can do it, we will not refuse!" The captains looked at each other and immediately smiled bitterly.

At the same time, I had some guesses in my mind, how Chen Zhengwei was related to the British Navy again.

You have to know that the entire South Seas is the territory of the British Navy, and they are very familiar with the British Navy.

"I was just kidding. Since you said so, I won't beat around the bush!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Let me put it bluntly! I bought a batch of ships from Britain, all of them are iron steam ships. I need a group of people!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Didn't Mr. Chen say that the British Navy would come to help you train?"

"For a group of newbies, it would be great if they can learn to drive a boat in three months!" Chen Zhengwei smiled.

"And those British people might have something else to hide!"

"So I want you to come with me! After the British leave, help me manage the staff for a while."

"Of course, this also benefits you. Those British are from the Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet. It will be good for you to get to know them! You can't even ask for this kind of opportunity!"

"Besides that, I will also give you some benefits!"

After hearing Chen Zhengwei's explanation of the situation, they calmed down, looked at each other, and nodded.

Then someone asked curiously: "This iron-hulled steamship is too expensive. British ships are especially expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it. Mr. Chen is rich enough to rival a country, so this money is naturally not in his eyes. But this ship...how come people from the Pacific Fleet are here to help you train personnel?"

"Who said...I bought a merchant ship?" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

The expressions of several people froze instantly.

(End of this chapter)