The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 570 Interception
At the Panama dock, a group of well-dressed people stood there.

Half of them were Chinese. Yung Wing and the Chinese businessmen who came to Panama this time received the news and stood waiting at the dock.

Not only them, Panama's S Governor Justo Arosemena was also there with his men.

"Here it comes!" someone shouted from a high place.

In fact, there was no need for him to remind others, as they also saw the black smoke coming out of the chimney on the sea level.

Before long, a fleet came into everyone's sight.

It was not the first time that Yung Wing and the Chinese businessmen who came to Panama saw Chen Zhengwei’s fleet.

But this time it was very different, every Chinese person had a smile on their face.

The previous fleet was Chen Zhengwei's fleet.

But now, it is precisely because Chen Zhengwei opened up the market in Panama and forced Panama to sign an agreement that they can obtain such a large market.

Even the most short-sighted and politically ignorant person would understand what this fleet means to the Chinese.

What's more, they have been negotiating with the Panamanian government these days. Now that Chen Zhengwei is here, their bodies are stronger and their backs are straighter.

Half an hour later, the Warrior slowly approached the shore. After lowering the gangplank, Chen Zhengwei and his men got off the boat.

"Mr. Chen!" Yung Wing and his men hurried over to greet him.

"How do you feel about being in Panama? I heard that Panamanian girls are very welcoming!" Chen Zhengwei laughed and patted Yung Wing's shoulder.

There are a large number of Spanish-Americans in South American countries, just like Peru, and the girls here are pretty good.

Chen Zhengwei had regretted not being able to experience it before.

"It feels very strange!" Yung Wing smiled. He was certainly not like Chen Zhengwei.

But this experience of coming to Panama was indeed very unique.

You have to know that Chen Zhengwei used cannons to force Panama to open its doors for business. This kind of thing was particularly strange to Yung Wing, who was once the deputy minister of the Qing Dynasty to the United States.

Chen Zhengwei exchanged a few words with Yung Wing and the wealthy Chinese businessmen behind him. Although those wealthy businessmen looked familiar, none of them were too familiar.

People like Lin Yuanshan and Liang Yiyue are now wealthy and their businesses are booming.

In addition, we can communicate with the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, so I didn’t come in person.

Then Chen Zhengwei shook hands with Panama's Minister of Foreign Affairs Justo Arosemena who came over and said, "I heard that your negotiation progress is very slow. If you have any difficulties, please tell me and maybe I can give you some suggestions!"

"Everyone who knows me knows that I have always had a lot of ideas! They all call me the King of Ideas!"

"Some business agreements have been signed!" Arosemena forced a smile.

Chen Zhengwei shelled a Colombian patrol boat two days ago. The president asked him to hold Chen Zhengwei accountable, but he directly refused.

If he could shell the Colombian patrol boat, he could shell the Panamanian city hall.

He had no doubt that Chen Zhengwei was capable of doing such a thing.

"Mr. Chen has been very popular recently. The whole world is discussing Mr. Chen's medicine, saying it is a gift from God to mankind!" Arosemena changed the subject and complimented.

"So I am God?" Chen Zhengwei asked back.

"I heard that Mr. Chen is a devout Catholic!" said Arosemena.

"Of course, I am God's favorite!" Chen Zhengwei pulled out the cross from his neck and rolled it between his fingers.

"Maybe Mr. Chen is really loved by God, so God brought this gift to all mankind through Mr. Chen's hands!" said Arosemena.

"You speak so nicely, but you want penicillin?" Chen Zhengwei smiled and looked at Arosemena and said directly:
"I don't have the patience to wait any longer! Sign the extraterritoriality agreement tomorrow! Then I'll personally send you a batch of penicillin!"

Arosemena's face was a little stiff, and he didn't respond.

"Mr. Chen, on behalf of the Colombian government, I want to talk to you about the fleet you led that sank our patrol fleet!" A man from the team behind Arosemena came over, stretched out his hand, and tried to slow down his tone.

Only then did the Chinese who came to greet Chen Zhengwei learn about this matter.

Many people looked at each other, they felt that these Colombians were very ignorant.

Obviously, Chen Zhengwei dared to do such a thing and was not afraid of the Colombian government causing trouble for him.

And given Chen Zhengwei's personality, it is likely to anger him.

Sure enough, Chen Zhengwei slapped him without even thinking.

Snapped!
With a loud slap, the man was knocked to the ground.

"Think carefully about how you should talk to me! Besides, I sank your patrol fleet? Where's the evidence? Are you accusing me with empty words? I hate it most when someone accuses me. I'll give you one day to give me an explanation!" Chen Zhengwei said with sarcasm:

"Otherwise, your Colombian ships will never be able to land in the sea again!"

"It was just a sampan, but I sank it!"

Chen Zhengwei spoke in a fierce tone, his eyes sweeping over the Panamanian officials around him.

The Panamanian officials did not dare to meet his eyes and avoided his gaze.

Then Chen Zhengwei snorted coldly, turned his head and said to Arosemena word by word: "Remember, sign that damn contract tomorrow. I have no patience anymore!"

Then he ignored the other party and walked straight towards the carriage in front with his men.

The news was passed back to the Colombian Presidential Palace, where Colombian President Rafael Núñez was angry for half a day and then convened a cabinet meeting.

At night, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send a telegram to Panama's S Minister Arosemena! Promise him! We promise to give him extraterritoriality... but only in Panama City!"

Then he couldn't help but slammed the table and roared at the cabinet: "This is a shame, this is the sorrow of a small country! Especially when this country is in civil strife! We must take power back to the Presidential Palace!"

The next day, Chen Zhengwei signed a new agreement at Panama City Hall, granting extraterritorial rights to Chinese in Panama.

If Chinese people commit crimes in Panama, they will be extradited back to the United States to stand trial in court.

Actually...this extraterritoriality is of no use to him.

He has always abided by the law, and no one dares to trouble him even if there are some minor problems.

As for those wealthy Chinese businessmen... he doesn't care much if they break local laws and get caught.

But he likes this.

This would also weaken Colombia's control over Panama, making it easier for him to separate Panama in the future.

Another point is that after obtaining extraterritoriality, the citizens of backward countries will be influenced by powerful countries and learn from them in terms of political, social structure and even culture.

"You have been dragging your feet on such a simple treaty for so long, but you still have to sign it in the end, right?" Chen Zhengwei stretched out his hand and shook hands with the mayor of Panama who was representing the country.

The other party signed the agreement as a representative of Colombia.

After all, Panama's S. Minister Arosemena does not want to take the blame, as he will be criticized decades later.

"Come, let's take a picture!" Chen Zhengwei put his arm around the other person's shoulders and looked in the direction of the reporter with a smile.

click!
As the flash went on, the scene was frozen.

At the banquet later, Chen Zhengwei walked up to Panama's Minister of State Arosemena and shook hands with him.

“We will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future and make Panama the pearl of Central America!”

"Also, I'm giving you a personal gift of 100 penicillin! I'm sure you won't refuse!"

"I like this gift very much!" Arosemena smiled. He was now somewhat frustrated by Chen Zhengwei's dominance.

I was angry the first time I encountered it, but I got used to it after it happened many times.

Moreover, Chen Zhengwei now uses penicillin as a gift to open the way, and it is almost always successful. After all, this thing is too rare and can save lives.

No one will say no.

……

At the same time, a large fleet of cargo ships, passenger ships and fishing boats is sailing on the sea near Costa Rica.

"There are two warships ahead!" The first mate of a ship came to the captain.

"Is it ours?" The speaker was a blond and blue-eyed captain with obvious British features.

"No, it's the British! I don't know if they're coming for us!"

"This is a public waterway, they may be going to Vancouver!" the captain said subconsciously.

A moment later, he saw two cruisers ahead.

"Send them a flag signal and say hello!" the captain ordered loudly.

Although he is an American, his British ethnicity still makes him have a special feeling for Britain.

“They told us to stop!”

Hearing this, the captain's expression changed immediately.

"What else did they say?"

"They want to board the ship for inspection!"

The captain's face changed slightly and he immediately looked at the Chinese man on the side.

"They are indeed coming for us!" A Chinese man next to him, who was wearing a gentleman's suit and a soft hat and had a somewhat fierce look on his face, frowned and gestured.

The other Chinese immediately took out their guns for inspection.

But this is on the sea, not on land.

Even if you take out a gun, it will be of no use.

"Reject them!" said the Chinese man with a cold face.

"Unless they want to tear each other apart!"

Soon, the flag bearer sent back another message: "They said that if you don't accept the inspection, you can't move forward!"

"Telegram to San Francisco!"

On the two cruisers in the distance, the commander looked at the fleet ahead and ordered: "If they dare to break in, fire to deter them!"

The order he received was to intercept the fleet and then blockade the port of San Francisco.

……

In Panama, Chen Zhengwei lay in the hotel swimming pool with a bottle of wine and a cigar beside him.

Next to him was Randolph Churchill, who had just arrived in Panama.

In addition to the two people, there were several Colombian girls in cool clothes playing in the swimming pool.

"I never thought you could develop penicillin!"

"Can you tell me what your secrets are? Smokeless powder, penicillin, you always bring surprises to people!" Randolph Churchill soaked half of his body in water.

It's really hot here in Panama.

"No one understands innovation better than me!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

Randolph Churchill agreed with this point. Chen Zhengwei was indeed smarter than others thought. Everyone else was confused by Chen Zhengwei's apparent rudeness.

Even I thought that Chen Zhengwei was getting cocky, but I didn't expect that he would actually take out the powerful weapon, penicillin.

But being smart doesn't mean being creative.

"Maybe God really loves you, and that's really unfair." Randolph Churchill complained.

Regardless of whether Chen Zhengwei obtained the smokeless gunpowder and penicillin by force or for some other reason, the fact that these two things were in his hands was enough to show that God loved him.

"No, this just shows that God is fair!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Okay! How about we cooperate? Open a new company in the UK, you can invest in it with technology, I have connections and can attract investment. Or you can authorize me! Britain's industry is more developed than that of the United States, and it will definitely be able to find a way to increase production, which will also be good for you!" Randolph Churchill tentatively said.

"Randolph, what are you dreaming about?" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"All you can get is the agency rights for penicillin in the UK!"

"But your output is too low, there is not much profit at all!" Randolph Churchill complained.

"If that were the case, you wouldn't be here. Maybe the direct benefits wouldn't be that much, but it would allow you to gain more allies and greater influence!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

Randolph Churchill shrugged. He knew this would happen.

This guy is very smart.

"I want 30% of your production!" Randolph Churchill bargained again.

"We are the British Empire! All the countries in the world combined do not have as much influence as the British Empire! Nor do they have as strong a navy as the British Empire!"

At this moment, Su Ya quickly walked behind Chen Zhengwei, squatted down and whispered in his ear: "Brother Wei, our fleet departing from San Francisco was stopped by the British Navy!"

"Two cruisers, they demanded to board and inspect our ship, but our ship refused! Then they wouldn't let us pass and fired at us!"

Chen Zhengwei turned his head and looked at Randolph Churchill, his eyes narrowed.

"You just told me about the Navy?"

"This has nothing to do with me. And you should be able to guess it!" Randolph Churchill spread his hands.

Chen Zhengwei knew this would happen, so he sent him a telegram.

"But I'm still very angry!" Chen Zhengwei snorted coldly: "You should do something. Otherwise, you will be useless if the conflict continues!"

"30% production!" said Randolph Churchill.

"Listen, only 15%! Then you go and deal with them, or I will sink these two ships and we'll go our separate ways! Fuck you, Royal Navy!" Chen Zhengwei's eyes began to flash with ferocity, and his voice was full of hostility.

"Don't be so impulsive! There are only two ships, you can force them back! Being impulsive will do you no good!" Randolph Churchill said with his hand raised. He knew that Chen Zhengwei was indeed capable of doing such a thing.

"Let's sign the contract first, and then I'll send a telegram back immediately!"

Chen Zhengwei climbed out of the swimming pool, kicked over the lounge chair next to him, and walked towards the room.

"Notify all crew members of the fleet to end their vacation!"

A moment later, he signed the agreement with Randolph Churchill.

The agreement was drawn up by a lawyer in advance.

15% of the penicillin produced each month was exported to Britain at a price of $22, represented by Randolph Churchill.

After signing the agreement, Chen Zhengwei changed into a red gentleman's suit and left the hotel for the port.

"To the north!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)