The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 508 Do They Look Down on Me?
"If you have never loved someone, you will miss the most beautiful miracle in the world..."

"Before that, I had never imagined it like this. It was too far away for me, as far away as the dream stars."

"Until those eyes pierced my soul..."

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"He has everything I don't have and everything I dream of!"

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"He is a warrior. He is always fighting against injustice. He is a fighter for justice and a messenger sent by God..."

"There seems to be a kind of light on him. No matter if there are a thousand or ten thousand people standing there, the first thing you see is him..."

"I thought it was love because he shone so brightly in my heart...but other people thought the same thing."

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Chen Zhengwei could feel from these words a girl's feelings going from being heart-pounding to being crazy infatuated.

After they broke up, all her memories were about him.

The text is full of passion and attachment.

Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows and looked at Xi Seli: "What is this?"

"Love letters... I mailed you many letters, but you didn't reply... Then I stopped mailing them to you. I wanted to preserve my most beautiful soul!"

"This is it!" Cicely looked at Chen Zhengwei intently, her eyes full of love and happiness in her eyes and eyebrows.

"do you like it?"

"It's really a surprise!" Chen Zhengwei said insincerely.

Well, this was also the first time that Chen Zhengwei received this thing.

Especially... this thing is a bit corny.

But after turning two more pages, Chen Zhengwei felt that this thing was not bad.

I have to say that Cicely's writing is very beautiful. Although she used a lot of modifiers, it fully expressed the girl's love.

"A friend suggested that I publish this booklet and call it "Cicely's Love Letters". I think this is a great idea. It will let everyone in America know how much I love you!" Cicely DuPont said again.

"But I don't know what you think...what do you think?"

"Of course I have no objection!" Chen Zhengwei smiled. In this collection of love letters, or essays, he is simply God's messenger and the embodiment of a warrior.

It wouldn't be a bad thing if it was published.

Or rather, a completely good thing.

Maybe you can still find this book in a bookstore a hundred years later.

By then, there may be a group of "Chen scholars" among world history researchers, who will then use this book as research material.

Given Chen Zhengwei's personality, he naturally felt a little proud.

"What's the name of this book?" Cicely Dupont asked happily.

"'Cicely's Love Letters', I think this is a great name!"

After dinner, Ma Zai handed over a telegram.

"From Philadelphia?" Chen Zhengwei took a look at the telegram and found that it was indeed about Greater Poland's recent contact with the Republican candidates. Then he walked to the sofa and sat down.

"Our former president is bankrupt?" Chen Zhengwei burst into laughter at the first sight.

One of the candidates, Ulysses S. Grant, who had served two terms as president, went bankrupt.

After leaving office, he first failed in investment and then was defrauded of all his money by his partners.

This time he is running for president again in order to change his financial situation.

Logically speaking, such people should be easy to control.

But Ulysses Grant did not buy into Greater Poland's account.

Although he met with Greater Poland, his attitude was somewhat perfunctory and he rejected Greater Poland's request for cooperation.

On the one hand, Ulysses Grant was the commander-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War and a hero of the Civil War. He hated Chen Zhengwei, who was trampling on the army.

On the other hand, he has gained a lot of support in this election and has a good chance of success, so he is even less willing to get mixed up with Chen Zhengwei, which may very likely cause him to lose some support.

"You're bankrupt but still so fucking arrogant? I'll leave you starving." Chen Zhengwei snorted after reading it.

The other leading candidate, Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman, was a cool operator with a gentle hand.

But his biggest shortcoming is that he is a reformist candidate.

The political intentions of the reformists include anti-monopoly and improving workers' rights.

As we all know, monopoly business is the most profitable, and Chen Zhengwei has always been engaged in local monopoly business.

Moreover, workers in the United States as a whole are treated poorly. If he treats workers a little better, he will appear to be a breath of fresh air among capitalists and a pioneer of the freedom movement.

What will he do if the treatment in other factories is better?
So he didn't have a good impression of the reformers.

That leaves only the half-blood representative, former Speaker of the House and Senator from Maine, James G. Bryan.

This is a very shrewd person and is very good at behind-the-scenes deals... This is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

The fact that he can balance the demands of all parties also means that we can't get much benefit from him.

As for the remaining candidates, they have too few supporters, so they cannot be elected even if I help them.

Chen Zhengwei's influence in American politics today is too low. Not only is his influence low, but he is also notorious.

If he expresses his support for someone, it is likely to have the opposite effect.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Zhengwei said, "Send a telegram and ask Greater Poland to talk to James Bryan again to confirm his attitude."

"When he comes to power, he must cancel all operations and plans against us, and the Army must purchase weapons and ammunition from Remington."

"The Washington Treaty signed previously must be implemented and no plans targeting us can be introduced!"

"If we can make this deal...we will show our support for Ulysses Grant!"

Chen Zhengwei does not have high expectations for this election. In his opinion, this election is just a transition and it will be fine as long as he can get some benefits.

If he does not intervene in the US election, it means that he is excluded from the American political arena, which is not a good thing.

At least that's what it looks like to outsiders.

So he had to take action.

The next election is the time for him to make an effort.

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The next evening the telegram arrived from Greater Poland.

James Bryan is indeed very good at behind-the-scenes deals, and Greater Poland has almost finished the negotiations with him.

He would cancel all actions taken by the US government against Chen Zhengwei, and at the same time allocate part of the military orders to Remington Arms Company.

However, he also had some requirements, which was that Chen Zhengwei also had to control his subordinates.

Especially in New York and Chicago.

One of these two places is the financial center of the United States, and the other is an emerging industrial center.

Chen Zhengwei's men should be more restrained in these two places and should not kill people at every turn and make headlines.

Especially those wealthy people, Chen Zhengwei's actions will make the wealthy people in these two cities panic, and the city development will also be greatly affected.

Some wealthy people have moved out of Chicago in the past six months.

If Chen Zhengwei can control his subordinates and implement a series of policies after taking office to calm the hearts of the wealthy in these two cities, it will also be beneficial to him as public security improves.

Chen Zhengwei didn't have much objection to this.

After all, he was attracted by these two cities because of their status.

It would not benefit him if the rich people in these two cities moved away and industries moved to other cities.

"Tell Greater Poland to agree to it!"...

Next, Chen Zhengwei stayed in Galveston for another three days and held another banquet. This time, he invited many ordinary wealthy people and explained his power to those small wealthy people.

Then those ordinary wealthy people donated enthusiastically, donating nearly 40 US dollars again.

These two donations together amount to more than $90.

Chen Zhengwei suddenly felt that... he was actually quite good at fundraising.

At the same time, Galveston also began to crack down on the KKK and signed an agreement with Chen Zhengwei to hire 3 security company members to assist in the fight against the KKK.

The story was also reported in local and Texas newspapers.

After the Houston precedent, a large number of suspected KKK members were reported on the first day alone.

After Wilkes was killed in Houston, the KKK in Galveston immediately became a mess. In addition, Galveston is an island city with no rural areas, so those KKK members gathered in the city.

In just three days, hundreds of KKK members were arrested, most of whom were "shot dead" by enthusiastic citizens during the arrest process.

Meanwhile, news here began to spread to other parts of Texas.

KKK members in Texas are either panicking and preparing to leave Texas, or gathering together to prepare for a fight back.

Chen Zhengwei also plans to leave Galveston.

He doesn't like this city very much.

"I think the people in this city are very warm, kind and respectful to you. Why don't you like it here?" Cicely DuPont hugged Chen Zhengwei's arm and looked up at him.

She never understood why Chen Zhengwei always looked angry these days.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's get on the train!" Chen Zhengwei, along with a dozen of his men, and Cicely boarded the train very low-key.

The train began to slow down about ten minutes after leaving the station.

When the train stopped, he got off.

The henchman placed two folding chairs and a small table on the lawn not far from the railway tracks.

Then Chen Zhengwei sat on a chair, crossed his legs and smoked.

"Why did you come down again?" Cicely sat on another chair, looking curious.

"Are you a curious baby? Why every day? Do you want to change your name to One Hundred Thousand Whys?" Chen Zhengwei snorted, then squinted his eyes and looked into the distance and said:
"Wait and see!"

"See if anyone can set off some fireworks for me!"

Then, this sitting lasted for two hours.

Chen Zhengwei's face began to change from sunny to cloudy, and then to overcast.

"That shouldn't be the case! I've been sneaking onto trains lately, and it's impossible for this pattern to go unnoticed."

“No one blew up the train?”

Chen Zhengwei waved at Green.

"What's the matter, boss?"

"Do you think they look down on me?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"Boss...why do you say that?" Green was a little confused.

"It's okay!" Chen Zhengwei waved his hand angrily, stood up, kicked over the chair, put his hands in his pockets, and walked away with a gloomy face.

He revealed such a big flaw, but no one blew up the train. Did they look down on him?

Chen Zhengwei counted his enemies one by one in his mind... from the US government, to the Army Headquarters, to the KKK, to those wealthy people...

They deserve to die!
When we got down to the beach, there was a small steam passenger ship waiting there, and it had also launched a small boat to pull people over to the shore.

Chen Zhengwei and Cecilie sat on it. Cecilie saw that Mazai was having fun paddling, so she asked for the paddle.

The henchman glanced at Chen Zhengwei.

"give her!"

Then the oars were in Cicely's hands, and the boat went round and round, and nearly turned over.

Chen Zhengwei was so angry that he scolded her several times.

Cicely's clear laughter echoed across the sea.

Green was standing on the beach watching the boat circling on the sea. Hearing Cicely's laughter, he couldn't help but smile as well. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

Among the boss’s women, Lin Changning is the most feared.

He is usually aloof and cold, making it difficult for people to get close to him. However, he kills people without mercy at critical moments, and his actions are quite cruel.

And Cicely Dupont is the simplest and the happiest.

There never seemed to be any haze in her life.

Green felt like she was an angel.

Cicely played for quite a while, her palms starting to turn red and painful from holding the oars, so she reluctantly returned the oars to the wet henchman.

She rowed for ten minutes, but the boat didn't move at all. However, a few of the thugs seemed to have been fished out of the water, and Chen Zhengwei was also soaked by the sea water.

After a while, Chen Zhengwei and others got on board, and the boat returned to pick up Green and others.

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"Ten minutes ago, that man got on the train!" At the Ministry of Justice, the Attorney General's assistant put the telegram on the table.

"Besides him, there are more than a dozen of his men, as well as Cicely DuPont from the DuPont family."

"I see!" Attorney General Charles Deves asked his assistant to go out, then he picked up the telegram and read it, then slammed the table in annoyance.

Such a great opportunity!

What a pity!

He somewhat regretted not insisting on his opinion before.

If we had more manpower there, we could have directly blown up the railway bridge, and that Chinese guy wouldn't have survived even if he had ten lives.

His annoyance and regret lasted for two and a half hours.

"The train arrived in Houston, but the man was not on the train. He must have gotten off the train halfway."

Charles Deves was stunned for a moment, and then his back was covered with cold sweat.

Sherman guessed it.

"Cunning guy!"

He no longer had any doubts about Sherman's plan.

Sherman had already dispatched some elite army troops to San Antonio and Austin under concealed identities, and the president's special envoy also went to Austin to persuade the Texas government to mobilize the militia.

As long as Chen Zhengwei hides his identity again and takes the train to these two cities, more than an army regiment will surround and kill him, including a large number of elite army troops.

If Chen Zhengwei sends his men to these two cities first, they will pretend to be the KKK and blow up the railway!
In order to prevent Chen Zhengwei from surviving by chance, they will also arrange elite troops to surround and kill him.

Because the matter was too serious, Charles Deves did not mobilize the detectives recruited by the FBI this time, for fear that the news would leak out.

Instead, it simply pulled in agents who were originally part of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Agents.

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Meanwhile, far away at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, 755 Republican delegates sat on the benches and whispered to each other.

There were also some spectators and media reporters waiting there quietly.

Republican Party Chairman James Donald Cameron stood on the platform built in the middle and cleared his voice and said, "Dear delegates, today we will choose our presidential candidate here. Now, please prepare for the first round of voting."

　Asking for votes at the beginning of the month!
　　Brothers, cast your vote!

　　Readers of other books were surprised to see that this book didn’t even have monthly votes!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)