The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 621: The Qing Dynasty Recalls Chinese Students Studying in the United States
In the Qing Dynasty, Cixi was looking at the memorial in her hand, which was sent to the Zongli Yamen by Wu Jiashan, the supervisor of Chinese students studying in the United States.

As Cixi had been paying close attention to the United States recently, this memorial was handed to her again.

"My Qing laborer Chen Zhengwei is very powerful in the United States. He has committed all kinds of evil deeds, such as murder, extortion, and blackmail. He is also good at hiding. Now he has a great reputation in the United States. Nowadays, young children studying in the United States are already promiscuous and undisciplined. Now they admire these thugs and often mention them in their conversations..."

Cixi threw the memorial on the table in front of her and said, "Sending them to the United States is to train talents for my Qing Dynasty. But these people... in the end, it is still unknown whether they will be talents for my Qing Dynasty or talents for those mobs."

After a moment's silence, Cixi said, "Call them back!"

"Yes!" Dong Xun responded immediately.

In fact, Chen Lanbin and Wu Jiashan had already expressed their dissatisfaction with these young Chinese students studying in the United States.

After Chen Lanbin's death, Wu Jiashan often wrote letters saying that these young children studying in the United States behaved in a dissolute manner, learned Western religions, and were not talents for the Qing Dynasty.

However, this matter had been a topic of debate among several prime ministers in the Zongli Yamen.

Now it was submitted to Cixi, who immediately ordered the recall of all these students.

These people have no Qing Dynasty in their hearts. No matter how well they learn, they are only making wedding dresses for others.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty had tens of thousands of people and so many talented people, how could these hundreds of children be compared to them? Not to mention that these children were full of foreign culture.

It was only because of Yung Wing's strong push that the Qing Dynasty selected some young children to study abroad.

……

"You should go to Wilmington, the sugar maple trees there are so beautiful. They are at their most gorgeous in season! They are like a fire, emitting colors of gold, orange and red."

"Lying under the tree, the sunlight was broken up by the leaves and scattered down, falling on my body and making me feel warm..."

Cicely lay on Chen Zhengwei's chest and described her hometown to him.

His fingers slid from Chen Zhengwei's neck to his chest, and he always curiously pinched Chen Zhengwei's bulging trapezius muscles, which were as strong as steel plates.

The muscle bulge is too high, making Chen Zhengwei's neck look a little short and his shoulders appear a little sloping.

"There is a chance. After all, James is going to be elected, and I have to attend the celebration party to congratulate him. He will definitely be surprised to see me." Chen Zhengwei said perfunctorily.

He had no interest in going to Cicely Dupont's house.

He had little interest in the DuPont family.

"Get up! We have to go to Ohio today!" Chen Zhengwei slapped Cecily on the butt and grabbed it.

Cicely immediately burst into laughter and rolled around on the bed.

Chen Zhengwei just felt that this girl always seemed very innocent, and her happiness from the bottom of her heart would also infect others.

It took the two of them quite some time to get up and leave the room. There were two rows of thugs standing in the corridor.

They were ready a long time ago.

"Let's go!"

They had to take a train to Pittsburgh, then transfer to Akron, Ohio, and then take a horse carriage to Huntington.

When he arrived at the train station, Chen Zhengwei could still see people sent by the San Francisco City Government recruiting workers near the train station. It was already late November and the weather was starting to get cold.

Some people, wrapped thickly, were queuing there.

In the past six months, the San Francisco city government has recruited at least 5 workers in New York and Chicago and sent them to San Francisco.

Behind these 5 workers are more than 3 families.

The total population reached 12. With the influx of Chinese in the past two years, the population of San Francisco has reached more than 40. This is because tens of thousands of Chinese were sent directly to Los Angeles.

This instantly made Los Angeles the second largest city in the West.

This is a huge achievement. The addition of these people has had some impact on the public security in San Francisco, and large tracts of suburban farmland have been transformed into new communities.

A large number of workers poured into the factory.

This has led to rapid and vigorous development of San Francisco in the past six months and has also driven the development of various industries.

Chen Zhengwei looked out the window for a moment before rang the bell to signal the carriage to go directly to the train station.

Then continue reading the newspaper in your hand.

It was news that a priest denounced the harm that alcohol had brought to society and called for prohibition.

"Many families are torn apart by alcohol, children are forced to live in misery and poverty, and alcoholics often lead to violence and crime..."

"Such tragedies should never happen again! Alcohol is the enemy of our society and it must be banned!"

Looking at the content in the newspaper, Chen Zhengwei admired the priest very much.

I think we can get someone to donate some money to him... to step up the efforts!
After Chen Zhengwei had a conversation with Pastor Hobart, Pastor Hobart has been calling for a ban on alcohol both within the church and in society.

And this voice is growing louder and louder, with more and more religious figures and women's rights organizations beginning to stand up.

There was even a temperance league formed.

"Do you think alcohol will really be banned?" Cicely hugged Chen Zhengwei's arm and almost hung him on him.

"Why not?" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"When will it be?"

"About four years later!" Chen Zhengwei said without hesitation.

Because now that more and more people are calling for it, politicians will step forward to compete for these votes.

Politicians can support anything for votes. The election is just over, and next are some city and state elections. There will definitely be politicians who will use prohibition as part of their advocacy to win votes.

To truly implement it, we need the general election four years later.

Unless he is willing to put in the effort.

But he didn't think it was necessary.

Prohibition of alcohol is a foregone conclusion that will inevitably be implemented, and this money is just the difference between earning it early and late.

……

When Chen Zhengwei boarded the train, a group of ragged Chinese were also boarding ships at several ports in Cuba.

Some of these people were sent by Juan after he took over the plantations in central and eastern Cuba.

Others were sent by plantation owners who supported the Governor.

After all, other people may just threaten you, but Chen Zhengwei will not threaten you. Instead, he will directly send people to kill your entire family.

Countless people have proven this with their blood.

So they were all wise this time.

From now until the next month, nearly 50,000 Chinese workers will be transported here, and then from here to San Francisco and Houston, and then transferred to Los Angeles.

When these Chinese laborers left the plantation, they had already heard the whole story from other people.

I know that there is a Chinese compatriot who is very powerful in the United States. He has even fought several battles and killed many people.

After all, Chen Zhengwei had caused quite a stir in Cuba before.

Therefore, these Chinese laborers boarded cargo ships bound for the United States with their dreams and expectations and were sent there like livestock.

They just hope that life there will be better as rumored, with more food to eat and more money.

……

At the train station in Pittsburgh, a group of Italians who looked like they were not easy to mess with stood on the platform and looked into the distance.

The leader was a very handsome young man wearing a windbreaker and a pair of leather gloves.

A moment later, the train entered the platform. Some passengers were about to get off when they were startled by the scene. They stood at the door of the carriage, not knowing whether to get off or go back.

However, the people behind them kept pushing and shoving them off the bus. They walked carefully past these people, looking back as they walked.

Apparently, they had a big shot on this train.

Chen Zhengwei got off the train and looked at the crowd in front of him with a smile: "So many people...scare me!"

"Mr. Chen!" John Laroca took off his hat, bent down and kissed the ring on Chen Zhengwei's thumb.

"Welcome to Pittsburgh! I hope you can stay here for two more days to experience my warmest hospitality!"

"Laroca... don't be so polite! There are so many people, it's too high-profile, it's already scared others!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

John Arocca was a member of an Italian gang that Green supported when he helped Andrew Carnegie acquire a steel plant in Pittsburgh. In half a year, he expanded the gang into the largest gang in Pittsburgh, and then joined the committee a few months ago.

However, his rise was too short, and there were still some gangs in Pittsburgh eager to take over.

That's why he came to welcome Chen Zhengwei with such fanfare this time.

John Aroka then arranged for Chen Zhengwei to stay in the best hotel in Pittsburgh. When he was having dinner with Chen Zhengwei, Chen Zhengwei reminded him, "If you are in trouble, you should go to the board of directors!"

“That’s what they do!”

"For a small price, they can help you solve a lot of problems!"

Although Chen Zhengwei had a smile on his face, John Aroka felt a chill on his back. He looked up at Chen Zhengwei and felt that the other person's eyes seemed to be able to see into his heart.

"I understand, Mr. Chen!" John Aroka said immediately.

"Do you know what other people do? They never meet me in public with such fanfare. Do you know why?" Chen Zhengwei smiled and continued slowly.

"Tomorrow I'm going to help the new president celebrate his election. Although I can choose not to go, I want to give him a surprise."

"Do you know why it's tomorrow? In fact, I can go the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow...Whenever I go, that's when the votes will be announced!"

"So I can definitely help him celebrate!"

"understand?"

"Mr. Chen, I didn't mean to offend you. This is my mistake! I hope you can forgive me." John Aroka was extremely nervous and began to stutter.

"Put your hands on the table." Chen Zhengwei said.

John Aroka put his hand on the table without much hesitation.

Chen Zhengwei grabbed the dinner knife and stabbed it, directly piercing the back of his hand and the table top.

John Aroka grabbed his wrist and groaned, his head covered in sweat.

"Okay, let's continue eating!" Chen Zhengwei still had a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.

John Aroka gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife, wrapped the back of his hand with a napkin, then sat there holding the fork in his other hand and ate his meal obediently.

And he became even more afraid.

(End of this chapter)