The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 720 Blood for blood, tooth for tooth

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Chen!"

"I didn't expect to see you here!"

The British people quickly guessed Chen Zhengwei's identity and stood up.

Soon the British people tactfully returned to their rooms, packed their luggage and moved to another hotel.

"Go get some food and bring it to the banquet hall!" Chen Zhengwei said to the cook behind him. "Let me fill my stomach first!"

"As for the banquet later, they don't need to eat!"

A banquet could not be held in one hour, and Chen Zhengwei had no plan to hold any banquet. He just wanted to find a reason to gather people together.

"Take me to the banquet hall!" Chen Zhengwei ordered the waiter.

After entering the banquet hall and sitting on a chair, Chen Zhengwei said to Li Xiwen: "Let someone calculate how much it costs to transport people from here to Los Angeles!"

"Do you want to transport the Chinese here to San Francisco?" Lin Changning said after sitting down.

"Why else would I go through so much trouble? There are 40 to 50 Chinese in the Malay Peninsula. Even if we take away half of them, that's still more than 20. They will settle down in San Francisco and bring their families over."

"In three years at most, the number of Chinese in the West will exceed one million." Chen Zhengwei fiddled with a cigar.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Changning looked up and stared at Chen Zhengwei.

She suddenly understood why Chen Zhengwei was making such a big fuss... It was not just because of Randolph Churchill's telegram, the telegram just allowed him to do his job freely.

He wanted to cut off the retreat of these Chinese in Malaysia and prevent them from further development in Malaysia.

If this is the case, the conflict at the dock is probably just a small matter, and he has other tricks up his sleeve.

Although she also thinks that these Chinese will have better development in San Francisco than in Malaysia.

But there is a serious problem.

“We don’t have enough transport capacity!”

The previous piglet boats could generally only make one round trip a year.

Even if their steamships could carry more people and travel faster, they could only make two or three trips a year.

"Just send them to Ryukyu. It only takes 7 days! We can make two trips a month. And such a short distance can be covered by not only large ships but also small boats!"

"It will be easy once we get to Ryukyu. We can rent all the Pacific Cruise ships! We can just cram more people into one ship, and we can even resupply in Hawaii!"

"Anyway, they can all sit on the piggy boat, so just cram a few more people in!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"Senior brother, I've figured it out!" Li Xiwen took a piece of paper and walked over to hand it to Chen Zhengwei.

"A ship can hold 3000 people, and the cost of transporting one person is only US$52.5!" Chen Zhengwei took the paper, glanced at it, and slammed the paper on the table.

"How much do I pay a person from those piggy boats? $120!"

"20 people, that's 2400 million! 30 people, that's 3600 million!"

Chen Zhengwei felt that those piggy boats made too much money.

2400 million US dollars is enough for two countries to go to war.

The Vietnamese court scraped together $70.

Japan also wanted to write an IOU for the 3 million yen I helped it pay for building the house.

"By the way, we transported people from Peru back to San Francisco. How much did it cost per person?" Chen Zhengwei suddenly remembered something. He remembered that the cost per person was higher than this at that time.

"70 dollars!" Lin Changning said directly. She had heard about this from someone else.

"It's only 4000 kilometers from Peru to San Francisco, and it costs 70 dollars to transport one person. It's 8000 kilometers from Penang to San Francisco, and it only costs 53 dollars per person... Who made this money?" Chen Zhengwei's face immediately turned ugly!

"The situation is different, right? At that time, all the ships were rented, and those ships would run empty for a while and then take people back. Now we can bring some goods and supplies over, and then transport people back. Besides, renting a ship is much cheaper now!" Lin Changning comforted Chen Zhengwei.

At that time, Chen Zhengwei was just a gang leader in San Francisco. In order to recruit people, he even used fishing boats, and the price of renting a boat was not low.

People are willing to rent to him because they are giving him face.

But things are different now.

"Brother, $52.5 is for our own ship. If we rent a ship from Pacific Cruises, the price will definitely not go down." Li Xiwen also said.

"Then let's buy Pacific Cruise Lines..." Chen Zhengwei was about to say that he would buy Pacific Cruise Lines, but then he gave up the idea.

His own shipyard built new transport ships with speeds reaching 22 knots or even 24 knots.

The speed of Pacific Cruise ships is generally between 12 and 14 knots, so they will be eliminated after transporting these people.

"So what are you going to do?"

"The Malay Peninsula is already in such a mess, why not add more fuel to the fire!"

"If I were bullied like that, I would definitely not be able to stand it, but they could stand it! If they had a little courage, they could just take up their guns and fight them!"

"Don't forget, I said there would be another riot in Penang!"

"I just happen to have a batch of guns in my hand, I'll lend them to them first!"

"If they don't dare to do this, they might as well find a rope and hang themselves outside the Governor's Palace. Maybe they can scare the British and the natives!" Chen Zhengwei grinned.

There was a riot anyway...it's normal for the governor to be beaten to death, right?

Even the president and the king died in the riots, so it is normal for a few governors to die!
While they were talking, Zhang Yan and others also arrived at the hotel and chatted in the lobby not far away.

The Penang police were also keeping a close eye outside the hotel, but they had received orders before arriving to just keep an eye on things and not do anything else.

When Zheng Jinggui arrived, he saw a carriage opposite the hotel with police markings on it and several British people sitting inside. He felt a lot more at ease and then led his people into the hotel.

In the past, wherever he appeared, he was the center of attention.

However, today everyone else looked at him strangely, only Ye Yalai hesitated and walked over.

After all, Zheng Jinggui is Haishan’s big money sponsor, and Haishan’s ability to grow so big is all thanks to Zheng Jinggui.

Ye Yalai is somewhat loyal.

"I'm afraid we're going to be in trouble this time!" Ye Yalai reminded.

In fact, he felt that Zheng Jinggui shouldn't have come, but he also knew that Zheng Jinggui had nowhere to go.

If Zheng Jinggui didn't come, there would be no room for maneuver.

"What did he say?" Zheng Jinggui asked in a low voice without paying attention to other people's gazes.

"He didn't say anything... You shouldn't have just left at that time! And you didn't even leave those words." Ye Yalai didn't know what to say at this time, so he could only sigh.

Zheng Jinggui's face changed when he heard this. After learning that Chen Zhengwei was in the banquet hall, he saw two men carrying dishes in, and said to Ye Yalai: "I'll go in and say hello first!"

Zheng Jinggui took the gift from the henchman and tried to enter the banquet hall holding it, but was stopped by the henchman at the door.

"My name is Zheng Jinggui. I would like to visit Mr. Chen. I brought some gifts for Mr. Chen!" Zheng Jinggui forced a smile on his face.

After all, the more gifts you give, the less blame you will get, and he was sure that his gift was large enough and enough.

"Brother Wei, there's a guy named Zheng Jinggui who came to see you. He said he brought you a gift!" The food had just been delivered. "Let the others come in together." Chen Zhengwei said, holding chopsticks in his hand.

The henchman went out to notify, and Zheng Jinggui came over first, smiling: "Mr. Chen, I just remembered that I forgot to bring the valuable gift I prepared for you, so I ran to get it. Fortunately, I didn't delay!"

"Just let it go!" Chen Zhengwei looked up at him and stopped paying attention to him.

Zheng Jinggui didn't dare to say more. He handed the box to the henchman and quietly took off a jade ring from his hand and put it into the henchman's palm.

He wanted his men to tell Chen Zhengwei what was in the box.

The henchman glanced at him, walked aside and opened the box, only to see that it was filled with British pounds and there was a layer of jewels on top.

"Brother Wei, ten thousand pounds, and a lot of jewelry." The henchman walked up to Chen Zhengwei and whispered.

"You're very generous!" Chen Zhengwei said casually.

But the most important thing in the world is eating.

Zheng Jinggui felt even more uneasy when he saw Chen Zhengwei's reaction. He quickly smiled and said, "It's just a small profit. There will be a big gift later!"

Chen Zhengwei ignored him.

When the others came in, they saw a table set up in the banquet hall. Chen Zhengwei, Lin Changning and Li Xiwen were sitting at the table eating.

Apart from that, the stools were placed against the wall and no one dared to sit on them.

Everyone stood aside and looked at each other. Under the gazes of so many people, Li Xiwen couldn't eat anymore.

Especially Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang were standing on the side.

"Brother, I'm full!"

"Go get a chair for Uncle Zhang!" Chen Zhengwei ordered.

Li Xiwen quickly went to get two chairs for Zhang Yan and Zhang Ziang.

Zhang Yan looked at the others, smiled bitterly and sat down.

Now he has become the target of public criticism.

Chen Zhengwei finished the rice in his bowl and threw it on the table. Lin Changning also put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and went to the window to look at the scenery outside.

"You are all members of a great cause, and you are prominent figures among the Chinese. You definitely don't lack this food. I'm different. I've been drifting on the sea for several days! After receiving the news, I rushed all the way here." Chen Zhengwei turned around, took out a cigar and threw it to his henchman, asking him to light it for him.

After taking the cigar and taking two puffs, Chen Zhengwei continued:

"How many Chinese are there in the Malay Peninsula? Can anyone tell me?"

"More than 40..." someone whispered.

"More than 40? I thought it was more than 40!" Chen Zhengwei was a little surprised.

"More than 40 Chinese people... and you were killed by the indigenous people so much that you didn't even dare to go home? Your friends were massacred, your relatives were insulted... I heard that the corpses were thrown all over the streets..." Chen Zhengwei swept his eyes over the crowd.

Everyone looked very unhappy.

Chen Zhengwei then sneered: "40 pigs are more useful than you!"

"Mr. Chen, we tried our best! The incident happened suddenly and we tried our best to resist, but those natives had already colluded with each other..." Ye Yalai couldn't help but defend himself.

"Try your best?" Chen Zhengwei asked in return: "How many people are there in Larut? How many Chinese are there?"

Ye Yalai suddenly stopped talking and his face turned red.

Chinese make up nearly half of the population in Larut.

"How many Chinese are trapped in Perak and Selangor now?" Chen Zhengwei asked without waiting for everyone to speak.

"About 20..."

"What are you going to do?" Chen Zhengwei looked at everyone and asked slowly.

"When they have killed enough, they will stop killing... Then the British will go to appease the natives and say a few polite words, and you can go back to mining with peace of mind?" Chen Zhengwei said, took two puffs of his cigar, stood up and pointed his cigar at their noses and cursed: "I fucking said that 40 pigs are more useful than you, are you wronged?"

"I'm such a fucking wronged pig!"

"Mr. Chen, what do you think we should do? If you say we should fight, I will take people to fight immediately! Even if it means sacrificing my life!" Chen Yayan stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"What have you been thinking about?" Chen Zhengwei glanced at him without giving him any face.

"Do you know why the natives dared to massacre you? Do you know why the British didn't care?" Chen Zhengwei asked back.

"You are all so rich...at least compared to those natives! You only have money but no guns. If they don't kill you or rob you, who will they kill?"

"If they grab this wave, they can live off it for more than ten years!"

"After a dozen years, when people have forgotten about it, they can come back and do it again."

"Why should the British care about you? If they kill them all, they can just bring in another batch! There are so many people in the Qing Dynasty who can't survive, don't they have enough people? As long as they express their attitude, and then catch a few "culprits" and hang them, you will be satisfied!"

"Besides...even if you are not satisfied, so what? Who cares about you? Does the Qing care?"

Everyone's faces turned pale as Chen Zhengwei pointed at their noses and scolded them. They looked away and dared not look at Chen Zhengwei.

Zheng Jinggui felt that what Chen Zhengwei said was wrong.

If the Straits Settlements and the Malay Peninsula were in chaos, British interests would also be affected, but he did not dare to speak up.

"If I'm not mistaken, Penang is going to be in chaos! Do you really think you will be safe if you run here?" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"Mr. Chen, this can't be true?" Now everyone couldn't help it anymore and spoke with pale faces.

"That's a good question! Wait until those natives rush into your house and strip your wife and daughter, then come back and ask me!" Chen Zhengwei pointed at him and sneered, then looked at the others:
"And since so many people were killed by those natives, don't you plan to avenge this blood feud? Wait until they are tired of killing, and then you can go back to mining in peace?"

"This revenge must be taken!" Chen Yayan and several gang leaders had veins throbbing on their foreheads.

"How to report?" Chen Zhengwei asked directly.

"Mr. Chen, we know your reputation. It's normal for you to look down on us! But I, Chen Yayan, am not a person who is afraid of death. There is no one in Yixing who is afraid of death! We were caught off guard by those natives before, and we have been thinking about revenge all the time! What's more, there are so many brothers left there." Chen Yayan's eyes were bloodshot and he clenched his fists.

"I just ask Mr. Chen to sell me some guns, and I'll go fight them right away!"

"That's a reasonable thing to say!" Chen Zhengwei nodded. "What about you?"

"We in Haishan are not people who are afraid of death!" The leaders of other gangs also stood up. If they retreated at this time, they would be doomed.

After they returned and the news spread, people's hearts were scattered.

"We Yi Fu are not afraid of death either!"

"us……"

"Okay, now that you said so, I'll show you the way!"

"I will lend you a batch of guns and even a batch of men. Go and repay blood for blood, tooth for tooth, and bring back the Chinese in Perak and Selangor!"

"Then I will send you to America. That will be my territory. I promise that no one can cause you any trouble!"

(End of this chapter)