The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 600 Let’s fight!

"That American?" Antonio Maceo picked up the wine glass and took a sip without comment.

"That's right. Guns, ammunition, medicine, food... He has everything you want. He even has a fleet!" Juan sat next to him, looking at the wine cabinet in front of him, also holding a glass of wine in his hand.

The two seemed to be chatting casually, but the content of their conversation was unusual.

"He just killed a lot of people, including people from various independent organizations..." Antonio Maceo spoke with a dignified look.

"Excuse me, you have no other choice. For you, Cuba's independence and the liberation of slaves are your goals!" Juan's momentum was not inferior at all.

"You have to do something for this goal, for Cuba and for your compatriots."

“It’s not the people who died that mattered, what mattered was what was gained.”

"How many people died in the ten-year war? What did you gain?"

"You should think about it carefully!"

"But you are sitting in front of me!" Antonio Maceo interrupted Juan directly. The other person was in front of him and his life was in his hands.

"There is no point in this. I'm just a small person, so you come to trouble me, right? Otherwise, you can't even get in front of me." Juan smiled self-deprecatingly.

After saying this he pointed behind him with his thumb.

"Those families out there are not on your side. They are pursuing their own interests and can abandon you at any time. In fact, they have already done so!"

"On the contrary, Americans don't mind helping you."

Juan didn't speak again for a while after he finished speaking, and Antonio Maceo fell into deep thought.

Juan's words touched upon the problem that he needed to face most right now.

After a moment, he asked, "Why did he help us? What was his purpose?"

Juan smiled and said, "Then you have to talk to him yourself. I can help you make the contact. But you have to be respectful when facing him, otherwise you will die."

"He has a bad temper!"

Antonio Maceo did not respond. After thinking for a moment, he drank the wine in his glass.

He stood up and walked outside with his men.

Juan turned around and looked at the backs of Antonio Maceo and others as they left the bar, and smiled playfully.

……

In the morning, Chen Zhengwei boarded a small gunboat and left Shivara. A moment later, he led his men onto the Warrior.

Huapao and Changhong immediately flew to Chen Zhengwei's shoulders, grabbed his clothes and climbed up and down on him.

"Do you think you are so small?" Chen Zhengwei grabbed the two parrots from his body, raised his hand and threw them, and the two parrots spread their wings and flew into the air.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!" Changhong howled at the top of his voice.

"They miss their boss very much these days!" Liu Guanchang said with a smile.

"Go to Havana!" Chen Zhengwei snapped his fingers and staggered up the stairs to his bedroom on the bridge.

23 hours later, the fleet arrived near Havana.

In the Governor's Palace of Cuba, Governor Arsenio Campos stood in front of the mirror and asked the maid to help him adjust his clothes.

"It's so serious. The person you are going to meet today must be very important." Not far away, his wife looked up and smiled.

Although Arsenio Campos is usually meticulous about his clothes, he would not be as meticulous as he is today unless it is something very important.

"Honestly speaking, it's very troublesome!" said Arsenio Campos.

He did not underestimate Chen Zhengwei because of his status as the Spanish governor.

Countless examples have proved that he is an extremely daring guy, and now he has a great reputation internationally, so it is impossible for me to look down on him.

"Sir, the fleet has reached the sea and it will take about half an hour." The butler came in to report.

"I understand!" Arsenio Campos picked up the cane and walked outside.

Of course, it was not to greet Chen Zhengwei.

Because of what Chen Zhengwei had done, he didn't want people to think that it was instructed by the Spanish government, so it was impossible for him to welcome Chen Zhengwei with great fanfare.

But he had already arranged for someone else to go.

More than half an hour later, the Warrior slowly sailed into the port. Merchants on other ships in the port were looking up at the huge ship.

On the side of the Warrior, there were two Spanish warships, but they were obviously smaller than the Warrior.

After the Warrior stopped, Chen Zhengwei, wearing beige trousers and a white shirt, came down from the boat with a smile on his face.

When the people at the port saw Chen Zhengwei, they were filled with surprise: "Chinese!"

"Why is he here!"

A businessman looked at the newspaper in his hand, then looked at Chen Zhengwei in front of him.

And the report he was reading in that newspaper was "The Yellow Peril in America."

Recently, events in central and eastern Cuba have caused a lot of controversy, and many newspapers have revealed that these events are related to the Chinese.

Today, the most active Chinese person internationally and in America is Chen Zhengwei.

Those people are all his subordinates.

There were even newspapers that published a lot of Chen Zhengwei's personal information.

For example, the article "The Yellow Peril of America" exaggeratedly slandered Chen Zhengwei and even blamed most of the crimes in the United States on Chen Zhengwei in order to exaggerate Chen Zhengwei's destructive power.

In that report, Chen Zhengwei was a separatist warlord in the United States. The criminal organizations in all cities in the United States were sent by him to threaten and control everyone through violence.

According to the description in that report, the United States has been controlled by Chen Zhengwei and is a country in the shadows.

Of course, this is just a tabloid that attracts attention with sensational headlines and exaggerated content.

Any gentleman with a little common sense will sneer at the contents of this newspaper.

However, these exaggerated contents were widely spread in places like ports where the personnel were complex and most of them were uneducated sailors and laborers.

Many people were discussing it with great interest.

"I originally thought that what was written in the newspaper was a lie..." The businessman looked at the tall man in front of him, who was like a brown bear and full of explosive power.

And the Chinese behind him.

Everyone exudes an aura of keeping strangers away, as if they will pull out a gun and kill someone at any time.

He suddenly felt that what was reported in the newspaper was not all exaggerated.

Around him, others were looking at the group with their mouths slightly open, having the same thought in their minds.

"Mr. Chen, welcome! The Governor wanted to come and greet you in person, but there have been a lot of rumors recently, so the Governor needs to consider the local people's opinions..."

Several well-dressed men came up and asked, "What's the rumor?" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile.

"Some tabloids exaggerate things to attract attention!"

"As the Governor of Spain, he is even worried about such a tabloid? If I buy two reports in the local tabloids in Spain saying that the Governor wants to rebel, will the Governor commit suicide?" Chen Zhengwei looked at the people who came to greet him and directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Whenever I went to Peru, the president and officials from the capital came to greet me.

The faces of the men who came to greet Chen Zhengwei suddenly froze.

"It's just a joke. Why do you look so unhappy? You Spaniards don't like jokes? Lead the way!" Chen Zhengwei changed the subject.

He didn't come here to cause trouble this time.

"The Governor is waiting for Mr. Chen at the City Hall!" Several people quickly took this opportunity to cover up the matter.

Chen Zhengwei brought a small group of people, only about twenty people, who arrived at Havana's City Hall in a horse-drawn carriage.

After entering the city hall, I finally saw Arsenio Campos. The Spanish Governor came to greet me with his men. "Good morning, Mr. Chen from the United States!"

The Governor can speak fluent English.

"I've heard a lot of rumors about you, but after seeing you, I realized they were true!"

"Of course, the most important thing is that your achievements have impressed many people!"

What impresses people most about Chen Zhengwei is his terrifying sense of power, as well as his age and achievements.

Most of the children of the nobility, at this age, are still eating, drinking, having fun, and going to various salons and banquets.

"Finally, I see you, Mr. Governor! By the way, I brought you a gift!" Chen Zhengwei took a wooden box handed to him from behind.

“This is my company’s new drug!”

Ten bottles of penicillin, this thing is very suitable as a gift for meeting someone.

Although the total cost for Chen Zhengwei was only over a hundred dollars, it was different for others.

This can save lives at critical moments.

As expected, Arsenio Campos immediately smiled with interest. "I've heard about this medicine from the newspaper before. Thank you very much, Mr. Chen, for this gift."

Soon, a group of people came to the conference room. After the others left, only Arsenio Campos with his two staff members and several bodyguards, and Chen Zhengwei with several men were left.

"Actually, I have been planning to talk to the Governor for a long time. I have been busy with various things before!" Chen Zhengwei sat down and said straight to the point with a smile.

The two of them were not far apart, separated only by a small round table for drinking coffee.

This wasn't a formal meeting after all.

"We really need to talk! After all, a lot of information cannot be conveyed through middlemen!" Arsenio Campos agreed deeply.

Chen Zhengwei took the cigar from the henchman, and the henchman struck a match and lit it.

After taking two puffs, Chen Zhengwei said, "I've helped you solve a big problem this time. You should thank me."

"Mr. Chen, those people are part of the colonies under Spanish rule! They now all obey the leadership of the Spanish government." Arsenio Campos retorted.

He knew the purpose of Chen Zhengwei's visit, so the first thing he did was to point out that this was a Spanish colony.

"Bullshit!" Chen Zhengwei didn't give him any face and waved his hand.

"We all know what's going on. They want more power and they want to push for independence for this country."

"They've only compromised temporarily for their own benefit, and you've lost complete control over those areas."

"The King of Spain wants to maintain stability in Cuba so that he can steadily deliver benefits to the country."

"And you must ensure that no major chaos occurs here during your term. Only then will your experience as Governor-General of Cuba become a qualification, not a stain."

Chen Zhengwei's words hit the nail on the head.

"Now that I have helped you solve your big problem, those plantations should belong to me. Of course, I will pay the taxes!"

"I came here for personal grudges and to do business and make money. I have no interest in Cuban independence, and I will not seek political benefits here. This is good for you and Spain!"

“It’s a win-win situation for both of us!”

"I helped you deal with those people, so those plantations, sugar factories, and cigar factories are naturally mine. Of course, I will pay taxes to you! There is no doubt about that, I am a person who likes to follow the rules!"

"This is impossible!" Arsenio Campos shook his head.

"First, the plantations, the sugar mills, the cigar factories, and the other heirs."

“Secondly, even if there are no heirs, they will belong to Spain and can be resold.”

"And the plantations owned by those people account for nearly half of Cuba's plantations. We can't allow one person to own so many plantations."

The people working on the plantations accounted for one-tenth of Cuba's population.

Chen Zhengwei owns so many plantations that he can easily influence Cuba's economic and political situation.

This is something that neither he nor the Spanish government can accept.

"What happened here has long been reported to the mainland. Many people have noticed this. It is not something I can decide on my own! Even if I want to reach an agreement with you, it is impossible. I have to be responsible to the king and the prime minister."

Chen Zhengwei smiled, but the meaning of his smile was somewhat ambiguous.

"I told you I'm a rule-follower."

"Then you should follow the rules too."

"Now I'm doing the hard work, and you're getting the benefits..." Chen Zhengwei looked at Arsenio Campos. "Are you kidding me?"

"That's the rule! Like you said, it's a personal grudge...it was actually your people who killed someone in Cuba. We didn't pursue these matters, which is already a break." Arsenio Campos was also tough.

Just by killing some plantation owners, they want to occupy large tracts of plantations in Cuba. How can such a good thing be possible?
"In addition, I can decide to sell you some plantations at a low price, but the maximum price cannot exceed 20% of the plantations involved this time."

Chen Zhengwei looked at Arsenio Campos, and Arsenio Campos looked back at him without giving in.

"Okay! Let's start fighting!" Chen Zhengwei grinned and gave the other party a malicious smile.

"What did you say?" Arsenio Campos was stunned.

"I said let's start the fight! Do you still think Spain is number one in the world? You guys are taking all the good things. Do you think I'm a fool?"

"I'm going to send weapons to Cuba right now to support those independence forces in their fight against you!"

"Then send a fleet to rob your caravans and attack your ports!"

"Cancel the penicillin deal with Spain again!"

"Let me see how you're going to explain this to the Spanish government! Do you believe that you'll end up in jail when you return?"

Chen Zhengwei stared at Arsenio Campos with a fierce look on his face and put his hand on the table.

Like a tiger ready to devour anyone at any time.

(End of this chapter)