The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 668 This is fucking freedom!

"Brother, San Francisco sent me the details of the French invasion of Tunisia. The two sides signed the Treaty of Tunisia."

After finishing morning tea, Chen Zhengwei just sat down on the sofa when Li Xiwen handed him a telegram.

Chen Zhengwei took it and took a look. He was actually quite interested in it.

After all, he didn't have much experience in this matter, while the great powers such as Britain and France were very experienced.

In April, France invaded Tunisia, occupied the Tunisian Royal Palace on May 4, and read out the agreement that had been written in Paris in the palace.

Tunisia "accepted" France's "protection" and officially became a French colony.

"Awen, what do you think?" Chen Zhengwei asked Li Xiwen casually.

"Robbery!" Li Xiwen said honestly.

Chen Zhengwei sighed: "Do you know that I have discovered my biggest weakness!"

"I'm so damn proud! I have to have a legitimate reason for everything! If there is a reason, I have to give it. If there is no reason, I have to create one!"

"Look at them. They just attacked their palace, and then wrote an agreement in advance and read it out in the palace!"

"Do you know what this is called?" Chen Zhengwei folded up the telegram and threw it on the table, then leaned back on the sofa and sighed:
"That's called fucking freedom!"

Chen Zhengwei began to reflect on himself three times a day.

Although he always felt that he was right, he did reconsider his strategy towards Hawaii this time.

"What freedom?" Lin Changning heard Chen Zhengwei's words not far away, stuffed the golden egg in his arms to Wanyun, walked over, picked up the telegram and read it.

"Freely invade other countries? That's how the world works. If you're weak, you'll get beaten! Even a child understands that!"

After thinking for a long time, Chen Zhengwei gave up the idea of changing his strategy toward Hawaii.

The main thing is that he has already made all the arrangements, and suddenly changing the strategy is like slapping himself in the face.
Mr. Chen can't afford to lose this person.

"Go ask Gibson and Alperich if they have made up their mind! I don't have much patience!" Chen Zhengwei said to Li Xiwen on the side, "Go find their Minister of Justice. I'll have afternoon tea with him here."

There are only a few important people in Hawaii. Apart from the king, there are the prime minister, foreign minister, interior minister, justice minister, and an education minister... who was ignored by Chen Zhengwei.

More than an hour later, Gibson arrived at Chen Zhengwei's manor.

"You have such big dark circles under your eyes. Didn't you sleep well last night?" Chen Zhengwei looked at the dark circles under his eyes and smiled. "So you should have made a decision earlier. No matter good or bad, at least you can get a good night's sleep."

If you promise Chen Zhengwei, you don’t have to think too much and can sleep well.

If you reject Chen Zhengwei directly, you can also sleep better and never wake up.

"Mr. Chen, what do you want me to do?" Gibson sighed.

"Hawaii, a country with a population of more than 50,000, has fewer people under the command of an African chief. The great powers can attack you if they want to!" Chen Zhengwei threw the telegram about Tunisia to Gibson.

After Gibson finished reading it, he didn't speak for a while.

"Tunisia has more than one million people, and you only have a few? You're not even as big as a village!" Chen Zhengwei said with some contempt.

"Tunisia asks France for protection, you can ask mine for protection!"

"I am much more reasonable than those great powers!"

"You guys sell Hawaii to me step by step! I will give you corresponding benefits. Aren't you a plantation owner? I also have many plantations in Cuba. I will use some of them to set up a sugar company with your plantation, and we will hold shares together. We just need to find someone to manage it. You don't even have to go to Cuba, and you can get money every month."

"Also, the newspaper in Hawaii is yours? I have newspapers in San Francisco, Chicago, and Texas. We can exchange shares."

"This way, all your assets will be transferred to the United States, where the development prospects are definitely much better than in Hawaii!"

"Also, I can help you join the Republican Party. After a few years when the Hawaii issue is resolved, I can help you get a congressional seat in California or Texas. You should know that congressmen in the United States can be hereditary!"

"What about... King Kalakaua?" Gibson asked back.

"You have a good relationship with him? I think the most important thing for you now is to take care of yourself! With such strong waves on the sea, anything can happen!"

Gibson's eyelids twitched a few times and he said in a deep voice.

"I understand, I promise you!"

"Wouldn't it have been better if you did this earlier? In fact, I'm old now and have become soft-hearted, so I gave you many opportunities. If you still can't seize them... then you don't know the current situation." Chen Zhengwei smiled and waved for someone to bring a bottle of whiskey.

"Everything will remain the same in Hawaii from now on. All you have to do is support the Prime Minister!" Chen Zhengwei clinked his glass with Gibson.

Gibson's eyelids twitched a few more times. Just as he had guessed, Prime Minister Samuel Wilder had already reached an agreement with Chen Zhengwei.

"You can inform me of the king's whereabouts!" Chen Zhengwei finally said with a smile.

When Gibson left the manor, he passed another carriage.

Gibson and Alperich in the carriage looked at each other, and neither of them spoke.

……

Chen Zhengwei took half a day to deal with several people in the cabinet, using his power to pressure them into either helping him or dying.

These people didn't even have a chance to resist.

After dealing with these people, Chen Zhengwei felt much more relieved.

The King of Hawaii travels around the world, and as it happens, so does he.

I guess there's a chance they'll meet.

Of course, in order to prevent the Hawaiian king from suddenly coming back, he also had to make some preparations.

By then, the security company from San Francisco will also be here. If he turns back halfway, he will encounter a riot.

Although this method is crude, it is simple and practical.

A few days ago, the former president of Peru returned from Europe and happened to encounter riots and died at the hands of the mob.

However, the King of Hawaii also has a younger sister, who is in Hawaii at the time. Chen Zhengwei met her at the banquet in the royal palace that day. Her name is Lydia Dominic.

Her husband, John Dominic, was the governor of Oahu and an American businessman.

Chen Zhengwei thought about it and decided to keep these two people.

If the King of Hawaii comes back, someone will be needed to start a riot, and the identities of these two people are just right.

The Prime Minister will then announce the abolition of Lydia's inheritance rights and re-form the government, and a referendum can be held after a period of preparation.

Hawaii joining the United States is the common beautiful expectation and wish of the Hawaiian people. They begged and cried to join the United States. The entire process is in line with freedom and democracy and is more than one level more advanced than other countries.

Other countries can't say anything either.

As if aware of the danger, the Governor of Oahu, John Dominic, visited Chen Zhengwei the next day.

After both parties sat down, John Dominic got straight to the point:
"Mr. Chen, what is your purpose?"

There was no point in beating around the bush now. Even the basic pleasantries were unnecessary.

"It's very simple, just protect the safety of Chinese people!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"The Chinese are having a bad time here, and they asked me to protect them. Of course, I don't intend to interfere in Hawaii's internal affairs, so they hired some people from a security company to protect their safety. This is just a civilian action!" Chen Zhengwei paused here.

He suddenly remembered something.

He is not an official of the US government, nor does he represent the US government... No matter what he does, it is a private act of the people.

I often forget this.

"Chinese people are safe in Hawaii, and no one has ever targeted them!" John Dominic was still trying to persuade Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei smiled, this guy is too naive.

What he said made no sense at all.

It doesn’t matter whether Chinese people are safe in Hawaii or not.

"It's not safe just because you say it's safe. A few days ago, a group of Chinese were arrested. Someone tried to throw dirty water on the Chinese. If I wasn't there, they would have been used as scapegoats." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand.

Chen Zhengwei soon lost interest in talking to him.

The other party was just the governor of a small country, and besides that he was an American businessman with some money.

In the United States, such people don't have the opportunity to see themselves.

"That's it! Send Governor Dominic away!" Chen Zhengwei drove him away directly.

After staying in Hawaii for another two days, Chen Zhengwei was ready to leave when the ship from San Francisco was halfway there.

The local Chinese were called in and some arrangements were made.

The Chinese here have hundreds of guns, and the Prime Minister is in cahoots with Chen Zhengwei. The Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Justice have also been convinced by him.

The security company from San Francisco will arrive in four days.

If anything unexpected happens in this situation... Chen Zhengwei feels that they can just swim back to the Qing Dynasty.

After arranging some things, Chen Zhengwei left by boat the next day and continued his journey to the Qing Dynasty.

After getting on board, Chen Zhengwei took off his shirt and lay on a bench on the deck in his trousers to bask in the sun.

Accompanied by the sound of the whistle, the passenger ship slowly left the port. Several frigate birds circled over the fleet, almost blending in with the rainbow of fireworks.

Li Xiwen handed the newspaper to Chen Zhengwei: "Brother, today's newspaper says Japan is protesting again!"

Chen Zhengwei took the newspaper nonchalantly.

As expected, Japan protested again. After these few days, Japan probably figured out the whole story and may have even sent a telegram to the King of Hawaii.

On the one hand, the newspapers protested to the United States, and on the other hand, they condemned Chen Zhengwei, suspecting that he was involved in the massacre of Japanese immigrant workers.

At the same time, it said that Japan might send warships and troops to protect the safety of its citizens.

Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows, smiled and said, "It looks like someone is not very honest."

After a little thought, he guessed that it was the King of Hawaii who asked Japan for help.

Japan's learning from the West has yielded results, and now is the time for its confidence to gradually increase.

In 1876, Japan used force to force Korea to sign the Treaty of Ganghwa, successfully opening Korea's door and intending to use Korea as a springboard to invade the mainland.

Therefore, even though we know that Chen Zhengwei has considerable influence in the West...especially the United States.

But the United States' international influence has never been great.

Last year, Vice Admiral Schaeffer of the US Pacific Squadron went to Japan, hoping to open North Korea's door through Japan, but failed.

In this situation, when Japan learned that its own workers were being massacred, it received a call for help from the King of Hawaii.

Immediately prepare to increase international influence and demonstrate determination to send troops to protect the country's immigrants.

"Damn it, idiot!" Chen Zhengwei thought for a moment and said to Li Xiwen, "Let San Francisco put this in the newspaper and send it to the Japanese!"

"Senior brother, which sentence?" Li Xiwen asked puzzledly.

"Damn, idiot! That's it!"

"Tell the American ambassador to Japan to keep an eye on this and notify me immediately if there are any signs of movement of the Japanese fleet."

"Brother Wei, will Japan really send a fleet?" Li Xiwen asked curiously.

His impression of Japan was that it was a small vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

"They are just bragging!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

The Japanese Navy is weaker than the US Navy. What can they use to send troops?
The Japanese Navy had only four battleships at its disposal, two of which were cruisers that had just been ordered from Britain.

One is called Fuso, with a displacement of 3717 tons, and the other is called Hiei, with a displacement of 2248 tons.

Of the remaining two warships, one was built by ourselves and the other was converted from a merchant ship.

Japan first sold itself to Britain through a series of unequal agreements, and then learned from Britain in all aspects, introducing a lot of technology and equipment, which made them gradually stronger.

After giving instructions to Li Xiwen, Chen Zhengwei lay on the recliner and continued to bask in the sun, thinking about finding an opportunity to beat up the Japanese.

Thinking about it this way, I can’t suppress this thought anymore.

It has nothing to do with any other national hatred or family feud.

It's just interest.

After thinking for a while, Chen Zhengwei asked someone to call the captain: "Turn to Tokyo, Japan. Do you know the way?"

"No problem, sir!" the captain bowed. Going from Hawaii to Guangzhou or Japan is the most common route.

"Then let's go to Tokyo, Japan! First go to Tokyo, then go to Guangzhou!"

……

Chen Zhengwei's fleet turned and headed for Tokyo, with the telegram sent back to San Francisco.

San Francisco also asked the newspaper to respond.

Regarding Japan's condemnation of Chen Zhengwei for causing a massacre in Hawaii, Chen Zhengwei responded with one sentence: "Damn, idiot!"

The ministers of various countries were not surprised by this, and this response was full of Chen Zhengwei's style.

The report was then published in the Times of Japan via telegrams from Britain to India to Hong Kong to Japan.

The British have always been eager to create chaos in this kind of thing, and they were afraid that the Japanese would not see it, so they put it directly on the headlines.

The newspaper was then stuffed into the Daijokan (Japan's political system in 1881, equivalent to the cabinet).
"Bastard! Is he humiliating us?" The Meiji Emperor at the time cursed angrily, and then put the matter aside.

Just as Chen Zhengwei guessed, Japan had no intention of sending troops and was just making its presence felt verbally.

After all, Chen Zhengwei has a fleet, and Japan's current focus is on North Korea. There is no benefit in fighting with Chen Zhengwei.

However, many things do not develop based on their will.

(End of this chapter)