The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 675: Best at Getting Along with Others

In the UK, in last year's general election, the Liberal Party finally won and William Ewart Gladstone came to power.

The new government that was subsequently formed was led by the Liberal Party.

The foreign secretary is no longer the Marquis Cecil, an ally of the Churchill family, but a senior member of the Liberal Party, the 668nd Earl Granville. (Corrects an error in Chapter )

At this time, the United Kingdom, the Foreign Secretary's Office.

"Mr. Earl, I think you should take a look at this." Sir Julian Ponsonby, the permanent secretary of the Foreign Office, placed a telegram in front of Earl Granville.

After receiving the telegram, Earl Granville read it carefully and said softly, "It's him again?"

"Yes, Count!"

Earl Granville sat there thinking for a long time, and then said: "Although everyone enjoys the freedom given by God, he obviously has too much freedom."

"He's been giving us a lot of trouble with the boats we sold him."

"From the South American War to Hawaii, and now to Japan..."

"Does he want to conquer the whole world with the warships we sold to him?" Earl Granville said with some mockery.

"I need to call a meeting! Notify the heads of the departments for Americas and Asia."

Granville found the most puzzling thing to be that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy had actually agreed to sell a batch of warships to Chen Zhengwei, and what was even more puzzling was that the Chinese guy actually used these warships to cause trouble everywhere.

He is just one person, one company, and at most a local force in the United States.

Rather than a country.

Granville had only one feeling about Chen Zhengwei: an inexplicable madman.

Of course, this lunatic has a good card in his hand.

penicillin.

This is why Britain has ignored his actions until now.

An hour later, in a conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Earl Granville and other officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were sitting, the room was filled with the smell of cigars.

"That's the situation. He's gone too far now. We should give him a whack!"

"Earl Granville, excuse me for being blunt, but this guy is a lunatic, and he has penicillin in his hands, which is very important to us." said the head of American affairs.

"Is our British Empire going to be held hostage by a few drugs? By those aristocrats who lead decadent lives?" Earl Granville asked calmly.

"Not just those, but also the wounded soldiers." The Director of American Affairs continued to argue.

"So far, no soldier has used penicillin." Earl Granville spread his hands.

"Besides, I don't mean to destroy the deal we made with him. We need to do something to stop him from causing trouble. Maybe we should blow up the ships we sold him... This will make him more rational."

There was a moment of silence. After a moment, the person in charge of Asian affairs spoke up: "Perhaps we can involve him in a war, so that he won't have the energy to cause trouble. And this will also continue to consume him and make him more dependent on us."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Earl Granville smiled. He heard something that interested him.

"For example... the Malay Peninsula!" continued the head of Asian affairs.

"According to the information we have received, he is currently travelling around the world and will inevitably pass through the Malay Peninsula and Singapore. If he is there, there will be a riot against Chinese workers in Malay."

"This man has a violent personality, but he is very concerned about overseas Chinese because he needs these people to fill the American West. The Malay Peninsula has a large number of Chinese laborers... Although the Qing Dynasty can also, as far as I know, the Qing Dynasty has just blocked his route for transporting Chinese laborers."

"And his character makes him vindictive. If there was a riot in the Malay Peninsula or Singapore, he would never sit idly by even if he was not involved."

"The sea route from the Malay Peninsula to San Francisco is 8000 nautical miles. Each round trip for resupply takes four or even five months. Such a long distance for resupply is unbearable for any country, let alone for him."

"And the Malay Peninsula has a deep enough hinterland and complex terrain, which is enough to make his people get stuck in the quagmire there, so that he has no energy to cause trouble elsewhere."

"In addition, this will consume a lot of his resources, including money, weapons, manpower, medicine, and ships... Even a small or medium-sized country would find it difficult to bear, let alone a small group of Chinese in the United States."

“To sum up, I think we can promote a riot in Malaysia and involve him.”

“And the Malay Peninsula is our colony. Whatever he wants to do in the Malay Peninsula, he needs our consent, unless he wants to go to war with us.”

"Will he? Although I admit that this Chinese guy is very courageous...but we are different. We are the Empire on which the sun never sets!" The head of Asian affairs smiled and looked at everyone else.

"So he needs our consent, and we can take the opportunity to seek something."

clap clap clap!
Lord Granville clapped softly, his face showing appreciation.

Although this plan is different from what I originally thought, it sounds very feasible.

Most importantly, even if this plan fails, they won’t lose anything.

All they have to do is incite the local natives to start a riot against the Chinese.

"Submit me a detailed plan!"

After the meeting, Earl Granville sent a telegram to the British ambassador to Japan, asking him to wait and see and not get involved.

If God wants to destroy a person, he must first make him crazy.

……

United States.

"Mr. Garfield, you should see this." Garfield's staff knocked on the office door.

"Is it important? You know I'm going on vacation..." Garfield was packing his things and preparing for a vacation.

As we all know, when people are going on vacation, they don't want to do anything.

"Sent by the Secretary of State, it's related to China Chen." The aide said softly.

"Okay!" Garfield finally gave up his expectations of vacation and sat down to deal with business.

After a moment, Garfield looked at the telegram in his hand, began to rub his temple, and asked a question: "Where is Japan? Do we have any dealings with them? Is it a civilized country?"

"In Asia, it is related to our economic and political interests in Asia. Japan is 35/1 of our area, but has a population of more than 3000 million. Although the country is still weak, it is developing very fast."

"so many people?"

"Yes, East Asians are very fertile."

"I think the ambassador to Japan should fully support him. What is the Secretary of State's opinion?" said James Garfield.

This is an opportunity to reap the benefits.

"The secretary of state has not commented, they are still in meeting."

"Notify me when there is any news." James Garfield's mind drifted back to his vacation.

……

The next day, the Warrior entered Tokyo Harbor again.

Chen Zhengwei swaggered down from the boat with his men, and the smell of gunpowder could be faintly smelled.

Since most Japanese houses are made of wood, a fire broke out after yesterday's shelling, and the whole city was in chaos.

But this has nothing to do with Chen Zhengwei, as he didn't set the fire.

"Mr. Chen!" John Bingham walked quickly towards Chen Zhengwei, took off his hat and bowed slightly, and said in a firm tone:
"The White House fully supports your decision!"

"So what do you want?" Chen Zhengwei asked. "Open the North Korean market!" John Bingham said.

The United States has long wanted to open up the North Korean market and dump its products there, but North Korea is extremely closed, and currently only the Qing Dynasty and Japan are allowed to enter the North Korean market.

In 1876, Japan forced Korea to sign the Treaty of Ganghwa, opening up the Korean market.

Last year, Vice Admiral Schaeffer, commander of the Pacific Squadron, visited Japan, hoping to open up the North Korean market through Japan.

With Chen Zhengwei stepping forward this time, the White House believes there will be no problem.

After all, Chen Zhengwei is very good at dealing with people and is very reliable in this regard.

"I understand!" Chen Zhengwei nodded. He was an American from the Plain Yellow Banner and had no choice but to do his part.

And he will drag the United States and Spain into war in the future.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen!" John Bingham looked happy.

There was a group of Japanese soldiers ahead, and they had prepared a carriage for Chen Zhengwei.

"Do you think they will bury bombs on the road?" Chen Zhengwei asked John Bingham as he walked towards the carriage.

"Why do you think so, Mr. Chen?" John Bingham looked at Chen Zhengwei strangely.

No country would do such a thing.

"I've come this far thanks to my cautiousness!" Chen Zhengwei said as a matter of course.

He actually wanted someone to find some horses, but it was very difficult to find horses that could carry him in Japan.

When he sat on a normal pony, the horse would fall down directly. Even if it didn't fall down, he could still put both feet directly on the ground, which looked very funny.

I had no choice but to get into the carriage.

I looked outside through the carriage along the way, and I have to say that the Japanese are really not tall.

男的身高一般在1米5到1米55，女的身高1米4，他觉得他能打十个。

Those Japanese were hiding in the distance vigilantly, with hatred hidden in their eyes.

Now people already know that yesterday's disaster was caused by the naval fleet.

Those... Chinese!
The Japanese government specially sent soldiers to protect along the way, fearing that someone would come to assassinate Chen Zhengwei and give Chen Zhengwei an excuse to cause trouble.

Soon, Chen Zhengwei brought his men to the Daijokan to discuss the details of the agreement with the Japanese.

"Pay 200 million yen or US dollars in compensation!" Chen Zhengwei sat at the edge of the table with a cigar hanging from his neck and his legs resting on the table.

Only the back two legs of the chair were on the ground, and they were swaying there.

"One million is a more reasonable price!" Japanese officials argued with Chen Zhengwei.

"If you don't agree, then fight!"

"Mr. Chen, this is not the etiquette for negotiations! Our goal is to reach conditions acceptable to both parties!" Foreign Secretary Inoue Kaoru said in a deep voice.

"This is my fucking etiquette. If you're not convinced, let's fight!" Chen Zhengwei grabbed the ashtray on the side and flew over.

boom!
Inoue Kaoru fell down immediately.

"Mr. Inoue! Mr. Inoue!" A group of Japanese hurriedly carried out Inoue Kaoru, whose head was bleeding.

"You talk so much nonsense every day. You should have sent someone to negotiate long ago!" Chen Zhengwei curled his lips.

"Mr. Inoue can no longer participate in the negotiations. The negotiations will not resume until tomorrow!" Someone came over to inform him soon.

"I just hit you lightly. It's obvious that you have no sincerity in talking! Talk now, or I will go back and fire! It's your choice!" Chen Zhengwei had an unhappy look on his face. He felt that Japanese Foreign Secretary Inoue Kaoru was pretending to be injured to delay time.

Soon, the second round of negotiations began, this time led by the Left Minister himself.

"I will be responsible for your losses and the reconstruction cost is 300 million yen! If it is not enough, you can increase it later." Chen Zhengwei made a huge request.

After all, the houses that were bombed were just some wooden houses.

At that time, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the US dollar was 1:1, while Japan's tax revenue for the whole year of 1880 was only 7000 million yen.

This is equivalent to sitting at home and having someone come to your door, burn your house, blow up your car, and rob you of 7% of your tax revenue.

"Ryukyu, including Okinawa Island, Amami Oshima, Miyako Island, and Ishigaki Island, these islands will be leased to me!" Chen Zhengwei directly pointed out the largest islands in Ryukyu.

With these islands, we can control the entire Ryukyu Islands.

"Also, you must help us open up the North Korean market!"

"North Korea is another country! We have no right to interfere in their internal affairs!" The Japanese side once again argued with Chen Zhengwei.

"That's your problem. Have you tried hard? How could you not do it if you tried? That's just perfunctory!" Chen Zhengwei slammed the table and shouted.

"Help us open the North Korean market, or go to war!"

"You are forcing us to do something against our will!" The Japanese were furious.

"I have forgiven your mistakes before. Is it too much to ask you to help open the North Korean market? Okay, let's start a war! America and Japan!" Chen Zhengwei kicked the table angrily, and the whole table flew out.

"I will bomb Tokyo right now! And then hunt down your fleet all over the world!"

American Minister John Bingham also participated in the negotiations and was amazed by what was happening from the sidelines.

The White House is right.

Chen Zhengwei is indeed the best at dealing with people and can always get along well with them.

Very good at negotiating agreements with people.

But the consequences are a bit serious.

One can imagine what actions Japan will take after it recovers.

But that has nothing to do with him.

After a day and a half of intense negotiations, during which thirteen Japanese people were carried away, the two sides finally reached a consensus.

……

One day later, the Grand Councilor.

Ministers from various countries gathered here, chatting in groups of two or three.

I didn't expect that this negotiation would produce results so quickly.

They thought it would take at least a week.

But thinking about what they had heard, it seemed natural.

If the talks continue, no one from Japan will be able to participate in the negotiations.

Soon, both the Left Minister and Chen Zhengwei appeared in the meeting place. Chen Zhengwei was dressed formally today, a rare occasion. He wore a red gentleman's suit and a white shirt, and his face was beaming with joy.

It’s a festive occasion, so of course we should wear red.

The Japanese representatives were completely different from Chen Zhengwei, and many of them were injured!
(End of this chapter)