The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 543: Gangsters? The show is good

Chen Zhengwei stayed in Chicago for three days, hosted a banquet, and met with local wealthy people and politicians.

The process was very pleasant.

After all, Chicago has been in Chen Zhengwei's hands for a year. Everyone knows that he is the boss of this city and no one dares to offend him.

The day after the banquet, Chen Zhengwei took a "low-key" train back to San Francisco. This railway line belonged to the Pacific Railway Company and was managed by his security company.

So it's easy to arrange.

Inside the luxurious carriage, exquisite wood paneling exudes a faint scent of sandalwood, and hanging crystal chandeliers emit soft light.

Chen Zhengwei sat on the sofa in the corner, holding a newspaper in his hand, and on the table next to him was a bottle of root beer - a Chicago specialty.

The soda bottle was shaking slightly due to the vibration of the train.

At this time, several men walked to the connection between the train carriages.

"Gentlemen..." The waiter on the train stopped a few people, and then the next second he shut up and raised his hands.

Two men held guns to his head.

"Go in!" One of the ferocious-looking men with gold teeth pushed him aside, looking at the carriage in front of him with a joyful smile on his face.

He turned his head to look at his companions behind him: "Brothers, this carriage is full of rich people! We are going to get rich!"

He saw with his own eyes that a luxury carriage was added at the train station.

Although the security personnel of this train were those Chinese, what did it matter? As long as they found a place to hide after robbing the money, those Chinese would not be able to find them.

These men were all dressed in canvas work clothes with vests underneath, indigo denim trousers, and riding boots, and they had the air of fierce desperados.

It is the most common gang in this era.

Then several people walked in with guns pointed at the waiter.

"I suggest you not to go in..." the waiter said with a sad face.

He was not afraid that these people would disturb the guests inside, but he was afraid that he would be beaten to a sieve as well.

The guests inside are much more terrifying than the gangsters!
Several men followed the waiter into the train. With a glance, they saw some people sitting on the sofa, looking at them curiously.

There are Chinese, Western Slavs, and Germans.

Some people had their backs to me and I couldn't see their faces at all.

The leader of the gang frowned. The guests here were different from what he expected. They looked too young and tough.

But it doesn’t matter, anyone who can ride in this carriage must be a rich person.

Are they afraid of tough guys? Who isn't a tough guy?

Now that I'm here, I can't just go back like this.

"Gentlemen, we are sorry to disturb your happy time! Now, take out the money you have!" The gang leader pointed the gun at several young Chinese people on the side.

Those Chinese people seemed to suspect that they had heard something wrong, and showed surprised and amused expressions, and some of them even grinned.

"Hurry up, don't make me say it a second time!" The gang leader felt that he was being looked down upon and said angrily.

Now even those who had their backs to him turned to look at him.

Then he turned his head and looked at the corner, where there sat a tall man with a bear-like figure, wearing a pink suit and white pants.

Chen Zhengwei put down the book in his hand.

Looking at the gangsters rushing in, his heart was filled with strange emotions and also a little bit of amusement.

Damn, there really is someone who dares to rob me.

"Today's show was great!" Chen Zhengwei closed the newspaper in his hand.

"Hang them outside the train!"

Wow!

Accompanied by a noise, more than 20 people in the carriage pulled out their guns and pointed them at the people at the door.

The gang leader's heart skipped a beat.

There are indeed a lot of tough guys...this one is too tough!
"Sorry, we went to the wrong car!" Several people turned around and ran.

Da da da!
Bullets flew across the connection between the two train cars, and a robber fell to the ground on the spot.

"Chase!" A group of thugs were eager to try. The train had been idle and boring along the way, and finally there was something to play with.

More than a dozen people chased after him.

"Bang! Bang!" The remaining robbers were chased so fast that they turned around and fired back. The two sides continued to chase and fire all the way.

Not long after, two more gang members were shot dead.

Only the boss was still running away in panic.

At the same time, the security personnel on the train also heard the gunshots and rushed to block the way.

"Boss, are you okay?" A Chinese man in security uniform walked up to Chen Zhengwei and looked at him nervously.

He is the team leader of the security company in charge of this train.

Chen Zhengwei kicked him onto another sofa and then flipped over the backrest.

"You didn't even notice the gangsters got on the train... Next time, will you not notice when they plant bombs on the train?" Chen Zhengwei cursed expressionlessly.

"People pay you to do things, not just to be decorations!"

The team leader held his stomach and staggered to Chen Zhengwei.

"Sorry, boss!"

"Deal with it cleanly!" Chen Zhengwei immediately withdrew his gaze.

The security captain felt as if he had been pardoned. He staggered towards the back carriage, holding his stomach and feeling cramps in his stomach.

He hated those robbers.

As it happened, a group of gangsters got on the boss's train.

Twenty minutes later, a person was hanging outside the train, swaying in the wind.

The man's hands and feet were tied, and there were two young men sitting on the top of the train, smoking and looking at the ropes.

But when passing through a tunnel.

The two men were lying on top of the train, and then they heard a puff.

When the train came out of the tunnel, the two men found that the rope was light and fluttering. When they pulled it up, they saw only bloodstains.

……

When a train entered the station, passengers crowded around the door with their luggage and loudly asked the train staff, "Why haven't you opened the door yet?"

Many of the passengers on this train were laborers brought in from New York and Chicago, whose tickets were paid for by the San Francisco City Government.

As a result, we experienced an exciting train gunfight halfway.

Now they have arrived in Auckland, but the train staff will not let them get off.

"Wait a moment, you can get off the train in a few minutes! Be patient!" the staff on the train shouted.

Passengers trapped in the carriage could only look outside through the windows.

Then I saw a tall and strong man like a bear, wearing a red suit and beige pants, standing at the station and stretching. Behind him were a dozen men in gentlemen's suits.

"It's still cooler in San Francisco!" Chen Zhengwei said as he stretched.

The daytime temperature in Chicago in early August is 8 degrees, while in San Francisco it is only around 30 degrees. The summer here is the most pleasant.

Of course, the winters here are also colder than other places.

The winter temperature here is much higher than that in Chicago, but it is much colder, a damp and cold that can penetrate into the bones. "Boss!" Several carriages drove directly into the train station.

Chen Zhengwei and his men got on the carriage, and the carriage left after a while.

The doors of other carriages opened and the passengers rushed out.

Someone loudly questioned the train staff: "Did you not let us get off just now just to let those people go first? Who are they?"

"This is Oakland! Next to it is San Francisco!" said the train staff meaningfully.

"If you are invited by the San Francisco government, you can go there. The San Francisco City Government has arranged staff to take you across the sea and help you find a job."

……

"It looks a lot more prosperous here!" Chen Zhengwei looked at Auckland from the carriage. He hadn't been here for half a year, and the population here seemed to have increased a bit, and there were even two more hotels.

However, after returning to San Francisco, Chen Zhengwei found that the changes here were even greater.

"Brother Wei!" Yan Qingyou personally brought people to greet him, with hundreds of men following behind him.

"You're making such a big show now!" Chen Zhengwei said, looking behind him.

"Come and pick up Brother Wei, so of course the ceremony has to be grand. And everyone in Chinatown knows that Brother Wei loves big scenes the most!" Yan Qingyou said with a smile.

Chen Zhengwei laughed out loud.

Then he got on the carriage, and as the carriage moved, he looked outside with interest.

Soon, he discovered that there were a lot more bumpkins on the street.

There were those bumpkins from the East, walking down the street with their luggage on their backs, and the toothless women with freckles on their faces following behind them with their babies in their arms.

These people are full of the flavor of the countryside.

All the way back to Chinatown, pedestrians in Chinatown saw the carriage that they hadn't seen for a long time and immediately knew that Chen Zhengwei was back.

Pedestrians moved to the sides.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Mr. Chen!"

Chen Zhengwei retracted his gaze and smiled at Yan Qingyou, "It's still homely!"

“And the air here is much better than in New York!”

"New York is a big city!" Yan Qingyou asked curiously. He had always wanted to visit New York, which is the largest city in the United States.

"The air there is full of coal dust and a smell of feces and urine!" Chen Zhengwei curled his lips.

When I returned to the house, I heard the sounds of Qiao Niang and Chen Zhengwu laughing and playing before I even entered the yard.

Seeing Chen Zhengwei coming back, Qiao Niang immediately ran over and jumped onto Chen Zhengwei: "Brother, did you bring me a gift?"

"Why didn't you have class today?"

"Brother, we are on summer vacation and school hasn't started yet!" Chen Zhengwu said on the side.

"You haven't told me yet whether you brought us gifts!" Qiao Niang urged with a pout, her eyes looking at Yan Qingyou who came in with Chen Zhengwei.

"It seems that there is still too little homework!" Chen Zhengwei, who had a pendant hanging on his body, saw Lin Changning standing at the door, stroking her belly with a happy smile on her face.

Even the coolness on his body disappeared.

"You have done something big again this time!" Lin Changning said to Chen Zhengwei with a smile.

Although her pregnancy was also a big deal, Chen Zhengwei caused a lot of trouble this time. Not only did the commander of the army change, the minister of justice changed, and even the president died.

"Am I born to do great things? If I don't do great things, what am I going to do?" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Your belly is not noticeable, why do you always touch it?" Chen Zhengwei took a look at Lin Changning's belly, and the moment he opened his mouth, Lin Changning wanted to kick him.

"what did the doctor say?"

"The doctor prescribed some medicine to stabilize the pregnancy and nourish the spirit! He said that I am in good health and I just need to pay a little attention!" Lin Changning said.

Chen Zhengwei nodded.

"Sister-in-law!" Yan Qingyou finally found the opportunity to say hello.

"We're having dinner at my house tonight, remember to come over and bring your thing with you!" Lin Changning said to Yan Qingyou.

"That's great! Otherwise we wouldn't know where to eat tonight!" Yan Qingyou said with a smile immediately.

Within five minutes, Ah Hu and Rong Jiacai came over with their men.

The house was bustling at night.

"What's the situation with the fleet?" Chen Zhengwei asked while eating.

"Brother Wei's fleet is definitely powerful! So many of them have been sailing for many years. Even though they have some bad habits, with them on the ship, others learn quickly! Now they can be directly pulled out to fight!" Yan Qingyou said with a smile.

One fifth of the people on the ship are long-term sailors. Although these people have many bad habits, their skills are quite good.

"And I see that many people are not planning to leave! Some people are planning to bring their families here!" Rong Jiacai also said.

Chen Zhengwei’s business here is so huge, and he is very powerful.

The captains were also tempted.

Many people thought that Chen Zhengwei might establish a country here, and they would be able to bring honor to their family by following him.

Therefore, when returning from the last exercise in Oregon, many people expressed this idea to a greater or lesser extent.

"You can stay if you want, but you have to correct all their problems! The fleet is no different from other places!" Chen Zhengwei thought for a while and said.

"Go back and ask on the ship. If there aren't too many bad problems, let them stay. If there aren't, give them some money and ask them to get out!"

He doesn't care about the security company, as long as those people practice their shooting skills well, it doesn't matter if their discipline is a little bit poor.

In particular, the security companies are mainly composed of the remnants of the Taiping Army, all of whom have a military background. They have also been mining in Peru for so many years and don’t have too many other ideas.

But the captains of those piggy boats are different. They usually traffic in human beings and act as pirates in their spare time.

Killing and robbing are nothing, but these people also have a habit of eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking.

"The ship should be in Hawaii by now, right?"

……

Hawaii, at this time, was still the Kingdom of Hawaii, and its king was Kalakaua.

There are many Chinese people here, nearly 10,000. Among them, there is one person who must be mentioned, his name is Chen Fang.

The situation in Hawaii is quite complicated. Kalakaua became king with the support of the US Navy. However, after becoming king, he almost became a puppet.

Chen Fang's wife comes from a local British-American mixed-race family and is also Kalakaua's adopted sister.

In order to change this situation and also to increase her influence, Chen Fang came up with a solution.

He first made friends with Chen Lanbin, the Qing Dynasty's minister to the United States. With Chen Lanbin's recommendation, he became a merchant director of the Qing Dynasty in Hawaii (a Chinese leader who did business overseas and had a certain political influence) in 1879, and at the same time planned to become the Qing Dynasty's minister to Hawaii.

Because Hawaii is between the United States and the Qing Dynasty, although it is closer to the United States, the national strength and navy of the Qing Dynasty are no worse than those of the United States.

As long as the Qing Dynasty intervenes, it will be a good thing for both Chen Fang and Kavakala.

However, a small problem arose during the planning process.

Just after he became a business director, Chen Lanbin was killed in a bombing in New York.

He was worried about this matter at the moment.

　I didn’t play games, so I was unlucky and got a stiff neck.

　　When I woke up in the morning, I was afraid to move half of my neck, so I went to a massage parlor.

　　As a result, after the massage, I didn’t dare to move forward, backward, left or right, and it was difficult for me to even sit there and type.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)