The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 704: Turbulence brewing in the Malay Peninsula

Guangzhou, although Chen Zhengwei has left Guangzhou, Lin Fuyuan and Xu Xinyi are still here.

After receiving the telegram, Lin Fuyuan discussed with Xu Xinyi: "Mr. Chen wants some Malays, preferably those who have a deep hatred for the British!"

"He wants to buy some assassins! The most important thing is to keep their mouths shut and be able to take the punishment!"

Hearing this, Xu Xinyi said thoughtfully: "I remember that the British executed a chieftain from the Malay Peninsula a few years ago?"

"The Sultanate of Perak! They also killed a British Resident!" Lin Fuyuan reacted immediately.

Just a few years ago, the Perak Sultanate on the Malay Peninsula had a conflict over the succession to the throne, and was then forcibly suppressed by the British.

This caused great dissatisfaction among the local Malays, and they assassinated the British Resident.

The British then retaliated with even more brutal repression and executed several chiefs involved in the assassination.

This incident had a huge impact at the time, and since it had only been five years, both of them still remembered it clearly.

"Although most of the people related to that chief were killed in the suppression, there must be some who escaped! They have a deep hatred for the British, and they hate them to the bone! And their current situation is not going to be very good."

"As long as we can find them... I should be able to buy a few lives!"

"Also, there are many people who are not afraid of death, but not many who can withstand torture." Xu Xinyi said as he pondered. "If we don't handle this well, we'll get into trouble."

"That's no problem! In fact, just one such person is enough!" Lin Fuyuan nodded.

Chen Zhengwei has already made it clear in the telegram.

It's actually very simple.

In fact, if you find ten Malay natives, nine of them don’t even need to know what they are here for.

Then when they get to Hong Kong, let the police kill them.

Just leave one person behind, interrogate him, and then let him die in prison.

Then Xu Xinyi said, "We need to find Ye Guansheng for this matter. Brother Lin is more familiar with him!"

Besides plantations, the most important thing in Perak is tin mining, and Ye Guansheng is in the tin mining business.

He is most familiar with the situation there, and has deep ties with local gangs and a wide network of contacts.

Afterwards, Lin Fuyuan sent someone to the telegraph office to send a telegram to Malay, asking someone to visit Ye Guansheng and ask him to help find the people who were related to the chief and were executed at that time.

At the same time, a telegram was sent to Penang to inquire about the news.

Afterwards, the news came from the newspapers in Hong Kong, and the two finally realized what had happened.

……

In a plantation in Thunder State, Malay Peninsula.

An old man sat on a throne, holding a cup of tea in his hand.

This old man is Ye Guansheng.

"Master, the recent situation is not right." A man in his forties standing beside him said.

"What's wrong?"

"There have been a lot more conflicts between the workers and the indigenous people recently. The local indigenous people seem to be colluding with each other recently!"

"Oh? What are they colluding with?" Ye Guansheng immediately became interested when he heard this.

"I had someone investigate...it seems quite a few people feel we've taken their land and opportunities!"

"Those natives, even if they are given a chance, they can't do it well!" Ye Guansheng's words were full of contempt for the local natives.

The Malay Peninsula was originally their place.

But after the Chinese came here, they quickly gained a foothold here with their hard work and intelligence.

These Chinese businessmen are much better at business than the local natives.

If the British hadn't supported the local natives, those natives would not only have most of the tin mines, but also the army and guns...

Today in the Malay Peninsula, the indigenous people have tin mines, political status, and armies.

These Chinese businessmen are much stronger economically than the indigenous people, but their status is much lower than that of the indigenous people.

This is the case for the Chinese businessmen who own tin mines and plantations, not to mention the ordinary Chinese.

There are more than one million indigenous people and hundreds of thousands of Chinese on the Malay Peninsula.

In fact, conflicts often occur between the lower classes of both sides, and the resentment of the indigenous people has been going on for a long time.

"Pay attention!" Ye Guansheng ordered after thinking for a moment.

Although he didn't take those small-scale conflicts too seriously, he still had to be careful.

While the two were talking, a servant came to inform them that Lin Wenzhou was here to visit. This was Lin Fuyuan's fourth son, who had just turned twenty and had just started to get involved in family affairs.

"Lin Fuyuan?" Ye Guansheng said to those around him, "I heard that Lin Fuyuan has climbed up the social ladder! He has been trying to buy someone to go to the United States these days!"

"Invite him in!"

After the servant left, the man next to him asked, "Is America really that good?"

"It should be not bad! You have seen the situation here. The British are helping those natives! We Chinese are just trying to make some money!"

"If you really want to develop... the Chinese in America have established themselves and made a name for themselves! There are more opportunities than here."

Not long after, Lin Wenzhou was brought in. He was wearing a Western dress and had no braids, but he looked very energetic.

"Uncle Ye!"

"I haven't seen my nephew for a few years. You're such a handsome man now!" Ye Guansheng said with a smile, stroking his beard.

"Sit down and talk! There's no point in making guests stand! Someone, serve tea to my nephew!"

After the other party sat down, Ye Guansheng asked, "I heard that you went to the United States a few days ago. How was it over there?"

"It's much more prosperous over there than here! The Chinese have a higher status, too! Uncle, have you ever heard of Los Angeles? It's a Chinese city over there, with railroads connecting to all parts of the United States, allowing for fast movement of goods! Not only that, there are even railcars in the city, packed with commuters every morning!"

Lin Wenzhou was very energetic when he talked about this. He had been to Los Angeles once before he left, and he still couldn't forget the vigor and sunshine there.

"My dear nephew, your description really makes me fascinated!" Ye Guansheng was also moved when he heard it. He thought he should send someone to go there to take a look and leave a way out.

As for this side, his industries are all here, and his businesses are all in Malaysia, Guangzhou and Fujian, so he is reluctant to give up easily.

Not everyone is as decisive as Lin Fuyuan.

After a while, Ye Guansheng asked the other party why he came.

After learning the other party's intention, Ye Guansheng thought for a moment and said, "I do know about that incident."

After all, he is a Chinese businessman in Perak, how could he not know about these things.

"Some of the chief's men were suppressed, some are in hiding, and some are now very obedient."

"Those who work for the British are no good. We have to find those who are hiding!" Lin Wenzhou said immediately.

"Okay, I can help look for it! But I can't guarantee whether I can find it!" Ye Guansheng said.

"A big reward will always bring a brave man! If I offer a big price and still can't find it, then it's really impossible to find it!"

After all, those people were hiding here and there, and no one knew where they were.

"Thank you, Uncle Ye!" Lin Wenzhou expressed his gratitude immediately.

"By the way, you haven't seen Caiying for a long time, right? It happens that she is at home these days! You are all young people and can chat with each other. She is also very curious about things in the United States." Ye Guansheng then said with a smile.

Seeing that Lin Wenzhou was in high spirits, and now that Lin Fuyuan had hooked up with Chen Zhengwei and was helping Chen Zhengwei with his work, he was somewhat tempted.

Some time ago, Chen Zhengwei first snatched Ryukyu from the Japanese, and then extorted a sum of money from the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that the Qing Dynasty now has strong ships and powerful guns.

This makes these Malaysian Chinese very excited.

In the past, Chen Zhengwei's influence was in North America, and his influence here was not that great.

But now that Ryukyu is in his hands, the situation is completely different.

……

Not only did Ye Guansheng notice some unusual things about the local natives, but other Chinese people also noticed something, but they didn't take it too seriously.

After all, the conflict between the two sides is not the first or second time.

After all, the British are in charge here, and the natives dare not do anything.

But no one expected that a storm was brewing where they couldn't see.

This time, the British sent people to seduce some local chiefs and allowed the hatred to brew and spread among the local indigenous people.

Even the sultans of some places were involved.

This also made the atmosphere in the Malay Peninsula gradually become weird, and the number of private conflicts between local indigenous people and Chinese began to increase sharply.

……

After receiving the telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong Governor Blake felt very embarrassed.

I already had a headache, and now it's even worse.

This matter is not easy to handle.

Now everyone is watching.

Later he called the police superintendent to inquire about the investigation.

"Does this matter have anything to do with him?"

"Based on the evidence we have so far, it shouldn't be him!" said Superintendent Clark.

"Who is the murderer?"

"Now those agents are still investigating outside. If there is any result, I will inform the Governor immediately!" Superintendent Clark said immediately.

"Then let's do this for now."

It wasn't until the next day that Superintendent Clark submitted a report to the Governor.

"Two bodies were lost last night!"

"Corpse?"

"Yes, the bodies of two waiters! This should be related to this case! In addition, we found some witnesses, and it was confirmed that China Chen was not the murderer! After the explosion, his people exchanged fire with the people inside the club outside!"

"Notify me immediately if there's any new information! This incident has a huge impact. The Colonial Office is very dissatisfied and will send a commissioner to investigate. Before that, we must investigate everything thoroughly and catch the murderer!"

"Yes, sir!" Superintendent Clark saluted and turned to leave.

Behind him, the Governor looked at the report on the table and breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the current evidence, Chen from China should not be the murderer.

He did not intend to comply with the telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

That Chinese Chen...if I really dare to frame him, he will definitely kill me first before he gets into trouble.

He didn't intend to get himself involved in this matter.

This will not do you any good.

Subsequently, information was gradually gathered at the police station, and the governor was informed of the latest situation every day.

Over the past two days, more than a dozen witnesses of that night were found and their statements were recorded. Judging from their statements, what happened that night was definitely not done by Chen Zhengwei.

However, the governor did not hand over all the information to the police. After receiving the report, he asked his guards to question the witnesses, and they got the same answer.

As for the bodies of the two club waiters who were missing from the police station, some people had seen them having contact with some Southeast Asian natives with darker skin.

Governor Blake then reported the report to the Colonial Office.

This made the Ministry of Foreign Affairs extremely dissatisfied with him.

(End of this chapter)