The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 624 Family Law
New York, New York Medical College for Women.

"Dean, there's a guest looking for you!" the secretary knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Elizabeth Blackwell was a woman in her fifties, and she had already seen the person outside the door.

Obviously, this guest was not easy to refuse.

Then a Chinese man with ordinary appearance walked in from outside, took off his hat and smiled: "Dean Blackwell, I hope I didn't disturb you."

"If you can just state your intention directly, it won't be considered a nuisance." Elizabeth Blackwell was somewhat surprised by the other person's Chinese face, but she still spoke calmly.

"Our boss wants you to go to San Francisco. There's a lady who needs you to help deliver a baby." Xu Yan said.

"Actually, I don't work on the front line anymore!" Elizabeth Blackwell vaguely guessed who the other party's boss was.

"I've heard that you are the most famous female obstetrician in the United States, so you need to go! This invitation cannot be refused!" Xu Yan still had a smile on his face.

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female doctor to receive a bachelor's degree in the United States and also a very famous one.

"A commander does not necessarily know how to use a gun better than a soldier. I have been away from the front line for a long time and my energy is mainly focused on education. But I can introduce you to several female doctors whose skills are better than mine!" Elizabeth Blackwell explained.

"That's a very good analogy!" Xu Yan agreed. "But please go anyway! Also, what are the names of those female doctors?"

"It's not a bad thing! Just a short trip will be of great help to you! I can help you out when you need help in the future."

After all, what Chen Zhengwei wants is the best, not the best in reputation, theory, or technology.

Of course I have to invite them all together, otherwise it would seem like he doesn't take it seriously enough.

……

On the last day of 1880, Chen Zhengwei went downstairs yawning.

I've been traveling for so long recently, and it's a rare moment of peace and tranquility to be back in San Francisco. I don't want to care about anything.

Anyway, many things can be done well by others even without him.

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw Qiao Niang standing straight against the wall with a bowl on her head. Zheng Wu was deliberately turning around in front of her. Qiao Niang was so angry that her mouth was almost crooked.

Lin Changning curled up on the sofa, holding a small wooden stick as thick as a finger in his hand.

"What? Standing in the corner as punishment? What trouble have you caused again?" Chen Zhengwei watched the scene with a smile.

"Brother!" When Qiao Niang saw Chen Zhengwei, her face was full of aggrieved expression.

"What's the problem? Why is a girl this old being punished to stand in the corner?" Chen Zhengwei sat down next to Lin Changning, took out a cigar and put it in his mouth, then took it out after thinking for a moment.

"Ask her yourself!" Lin Changning said calmly.

Then he added: "The upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked."

"Why does it sound like it's not a bad thing?" Chen Zhengwei smacked his lips and lay down on the sofa.

"Tell me, what happened?"

"Fight!" Qiao Niang said with her head down.

"There's nothing wrong with fighting..." Chen Zhengwei smiled, but he estimated that it was not just a small matter.

Isn't it normal for people from the Chen family to fight? Besides, Lin Changning is not a gentle and kind person.

"Keep talking!" Lin Changning looked at Qiao Niang coldly, and Qiao Niang shrank her neck.

Zhengwu is most afraid of Chen Zhengwei, while Qiaoniang is most afraid of Lin Changning.

"He beat the guy..." Qiao Niang muttered softly.

"Tell the truth!" Lin Changning picked up a wooden stick.

"Get the gun..." Qiao Niang's voice became even lower.

"Keep talking!" Lin Changning snorted coldly.

"Put a gun to the person's head and shoot him!" Qiao Niang's neck almost shrank.

Chen Zhengwei grinned.

This is not a big deal. People from the Chen family will fight without using guns.

"Go on, who did you beat up?"

"Situ Xianyi...who let him take the lead!" Qiao Niang stiffened her neck again, looking unconvinced.

"Not really, it's just a small thing! Why scare her with a small wooden stick?" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

"Is this a small matter?" Lin Changning was so angry that his hair almost stood up.

Chen Zhengwei grabbed a stick as thick as a child's arm and handed it to Lin Changning: "Use this! Beat him with this so he will remember!"

"elder brother!"

"Even if you scream your throat out today... you'll still get beaten!" Chen Zhengwei's face shrugged. "Who told you to shoot your own people? Did he want to kill you?"

Seeing Chen Zhengwei's face fall, Qiao Niang was also frightened and whispered:

"He insisted on coming forward... I was just trying to scare him..."

After hearing this, Chen Zhengwei no longer cared about any conflict between Qiao Niang and Situ Xianyi.

"It doesn't matter what you do to outsiders. You point a gun at your own people, shouting for war and killing, what will others think? If you can point a gun at Situ Xianyi today, can you point a gun at Situ Ye tomorrow? Can you also point a gun at A-Long?"

"No... I just wanted to scare him..." Qiao Niang quickly defended herself.

"You think it won't happen, but others think it will. How will others see you? Who will submit to you? You can point a gun at them, but will they point a gun at you?" Chen Zhengwei became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He really wanted to kick Qiao Niang, but he was afraid that he would not use enough force.

Chen Zhengwei suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his education of Qiao Niang.

The beating was not light.

"How is Situ Xianyi?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"It's just a superficial wound. The person is in the martial arts hall." Lin Changning said.

Chen Zhengwei said to Li Xiwen: "Bring Situ Xianyi here!"

He had a good impression of Situ Xianyi, who had come to San Francisco at the age of 12 and was smart and studious. He was young, capable, and generous.

He is of the same clan as Situ Ye, calls Situ Ye uncle, and also worships the old man as his master.

Not long after, Situ Xianyi was brought over.

Situ Xianyi is only 14 years old now, but he is not small in height, nearly meters, and looks very strong.

At this time, each of them had black eyes, swollen foreheads and faces, and walked with a limp.

"Senior Brother Chen!" Situ Xianyi bowed and greeted Chen Zhengwei when he saw him.

"We're family, don't be so polite." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand.

"How's the injury?"

"It's nothing serious!" Situ Xianyi glanced at Qiao Niang who was standing against the wall with a bowl on her head as punishment, and said, "I am also wrong in this matter, Senior Brother Chen, there is no need to blame Senior Sister."

To be honest, Qiao Niang is still Situ Xianyi's senior sister.

"You have no right to speak on this matter." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand and interrupted him.

"I don't care what grudge you two have against each other! But she pointed a gun at one of our own people, and I can't ignore it! If she can point a gun at you today, who knows what she will do tomorrow. I won't say anything if she is beaten to death."

Chen Zhengwei looked at Lin Changning. It was not convenient for her to do anything because of her big belly.

This cannot be done by others. It is not someone else's turn to beat his sister.

"Stand facing the wall!" Chen Zhengwei said to Qiao Niang.

"Brother, I was wrong!" Qiao Niang was about to cry when she saw the stick in Chen Zhengwei's hand.

This was the first time Chen Zhengwei beat him.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Chen Zhengwei said with a cold face.

Only then did Qiao Niang turn around and stand facing the wall.

Chen Zhengwei held the stick, thinking he might as well try his strength, and "gently" hit Qiao Niang on the back. Qiao Niang screamed and almost jumped up.

"Brother, I was wrong!"

The bowl also flew to the side and broke into pieces.

Chen Zhengwei's light blow with the stick could produce a sound of breaking through the air.

Situ Xianyi's eyebrows were knitted together, and he felt pain just watching from the side. After thinking for a while, he said:

"Brother, I am also wrong in this matter, why don't you beat me up too!"

Chen Zhengwei couldn't persuade her. Qiao Niang was being beaten while he was standing aside and watching. This was not right, and he couldn't leave now.

After this incident, Qiao Niang would regard him as her mortal enemy.

Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows, knowing that although Situ Xianyi was young, he was very thoughtful.

But he was beaten by Qiao Niang with a gun pointed at his head, and then beaten by himself. If this matter gets out, what will others think? Does Mr. Chen have no face?
Chen Zhengwei thought for a moment and pointed to one side: "She was supposed to receive fifteen strokes of the cane. Since you said you were also at fault, you should give her five strokes of the cane!"

Then he hit Qiao Niang on the back with another stick.

With a bang, Lin Changning's eyebrows began to twitch, but he just watched and said nothing.

If you do something wrong, you will be beaten.

Qiao Niang screamed and shrank to the ground, tears streaming down her face.

"Stand still. What were you thinking when you hit others? Admit your mistakes and stand at attention when you are beaten." Chen Zhengwei frowned and watched Qiao Niang stand up tremblingly, and then he beat her with the remaining eight sticks.

Qiao Niang could hardly stand up.

Situ Xianyi stood aside, and Chen Zhengwei hit him five more times with the same force. Situ Xianyi shook after each blow, but he managed to hold on.

Chen Zhengwei's stick is really heavy.

"Help him up and take care of him! Situ Xianyi, you should stay here for the next few days and go back after you recover from your injuries."

"Go call the old man to check on them!" Chen Zhengwei signaled Chen Zhengwu to help Qiao Niang back, and detained Situ Xianyi at home to recuperate, and asked Li Xiwen to call his father-in-law to come and check on the injuries of the two.

He threw the stick away, lit a cigar and went to the door to smoke.

"What do you think?" Lin Changning turned his head and looked at him from the sofa. "Forget about Qiao Niang, but why did Situ Xianyi get beaten?"

"Qiao Niang was being beaten, and he was watching from the side. After this is over, how will Qiao Niang look at him? This will be a mortal enemy!"

"I beat him with five sticks, and he still thanked me!"

"Don't even think about getting up these days, Qiao Niang!"

Not long after, the father-in-law Lin Mingsheng came, checked the injuries of the two people, prescribed medicine for bruises and injuries, and went downstairs to ask about the situation.

Lin Changning said so, and Lin Mingsheng nodded secretly.

"Old man, you are only in your forties and in good health. Do you want me to remarry you?" Chen Zhengwei asked with a smile.

Lin Mingsheng immediately turned away.

"The old man is quite shy!" Chen Zhengwei laughed.

Not long after, the henchman came to inform Chen Zhengwei: "Brother Wei, Xu Yan invited a group of female doctors to come over. They just arrived in San Francisco. They are said to be the best female doctors in the United States."

"Let them come for a check-up and then live in San Francisco for a while!" said Chen Zhengwei.

Soon, a group of female doctors from New York were invited to Chinatown.

In the evening, Chen Zhengwei also specially invited Elizabeth Blackwell and several female doctors.

"Ms. Blackwell, I'm aware of the situation. I want to ask if your Women's Medical School is interested in establishing a branch in San Francisco?"

Elizabeth Blackwell had not expected this invitation.

Originally, she was quite helpless about being forced to come to San Francisco.

However, Chen Zhengwei's words aroused her interest.

The man in front of him, who was as strong as a brown bear and exuded a violent aura, continued to speak:
"I think women shouldn't stay at home all the time. There are many jobs in society that are suitable for women to do!"

"Like a doctor!"

"Only when more women participate in the workforce can women's rights be improved."

"I can help you build a branch in San Francisco and waive the tuition for those students!"

This sentence immediately hit Elizabeth Blackwell's sore spot.

Several other female doctors were also surprised.

Elizabeth Blackwell smiled from the bottom of her heart:

"why not?"

She didn't expect that the most famous violent leader in the United States would view women's rights in this way and treat women fairly.

Instead of talking about women, we think that women can’t do anything and should only do housework at home.

This caught her completely off guard.

Seeing that the other party agreed, Chen Zhengwei was in a good mood.

The Women's Medical College can significantly improve the level of medical care in San Francisco.

The status of women was not high in this era. When Chinese girls grew up, in addition to working in laundry factories and rolling cigarettes, they could also go to college to study to become doctors.

……

1881, December 1.

Chen Zhengwei stood in front of the mirror. Anna helped him straighten his collar, then gave him a kiss on the face before letting him out.

Leaving the warm house with a fireplace, I felt the cold winter in San Francisco.

However, this kind of coldness did not have much impact on Chen Zhengwei, but the coachman and the horsemen waiting on the roadside were rubbing their hands from time to time.

"Brother Wei!" When Chen Zhengwei got on the carriage, the charioteer handed Chen Zhengwei a newspaper.

Chen Zhengwei took one look and said frivolously: "The British are so useless!"

On December 12, the British were defeated in the Drakensberg.

This was the first British defeat in the Boer War, but not the last.

"The world hegemon is on the decline!" Chen Zhengwei read the newspaper again with great interest. Nothing could make people feel the decline of Britain more intuitively than this battle.

Although the British Army has been weak, the British Navy is still strong.

But this battle showed that problems were beginning to arise in Britain's military and colonial management.

The world has reached a turning point again.

There must always be a boss in this world, and everyone takes turns to sit in that position.

The Englishman had been sitting for so long, it was time for him to take his turn.

The carriage then headed to the shipyard.

A ship is going to be launched today.

It was not the torpedo boat with a displacement of only a few hundred tons like last time, but a cruiser with a displacement of 4000 tons.

This is a cruiser produced by Chen Zhengwei’s shipyard.

It also adopts the mainstream layout in the world today, instead of two rows of gun muzzles on both sides.

Instead, three larger caliber main guns and eight secondary guns were installed in the front, and the cannons used smokeless gunpowder.

It has stronger range, firing rate and destructive power.

(End of this chapter)