The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 769 The British are anxious
Two major events occurred on March 1882, 3.

One thing is that with the promotion of Japan, the United States and North Korea signed the "Treaty of Amity between the United States and North Korea", and North Korea finally opened its doors.

Over the past six months, the American Minister to Japan has put pressure on the Japanese government, and Japan has put pressure on North Korea. After three months of negotiations, this agreement was finally signed.

This incident brought great shock and impact to some knowledgeable people within the Qing Dynasty.

Looking around, we can see that the powerful countries in Europe and America are scrambling to grab territory in the world.

However, the Qing Dynasty still held on to the idea of being the central country. After a series of defeats, it was content to stay in a corner, and its decline was obvious.

The original vassal states were also seized by European and American powers, which was a huge blow to the prestige of the Qing Dynasty.

Now North Korea is forced to open its market to the United States, while the French are still gearing up for action in Vietnam.

Reform is imminent.

Another thing is that Peru, Bolivia and Chile fought a great battle in the Atacama Desert. The three parties deployed more than 40,000 troops and the battle lasted for three days.

Chile was defeated on all fronts.

This major saltpeter mining area was taken back by Peru and Bolivia.

This is bad news for Chile.

Chile had already fallen into an economic crisis before the war. After the war, it seized the saltpeter mining area, mined it, and exported it in exchange for foreign exchange.

Coupled with the boost to the domestic economy from the war, it has been able to survive until now.

Therefore, this mining area is of utmost importance to Chile.

Now that this mining area has been taken back by Peru and Bolivia, many people in Chile immediately felt pessimistic.

Chile then organized its forces to launch a counterattack again.

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"If Chile loses again this time, the country will be tired of war!" Chen Zhengwei said thoughtfully while holding the telegram.

After all, Chile is only a small country with a population of 280 million and its war potential is very limited.

Peru and Bolivia have a combined population of almost 500 million.

Chile is entirely supported by this mining area that it seized in the early stages of the war.

Now that this mining area has been lost, it will be difficult for Chile to survive.

"Senior brother, this is a telegram from Britain!" Li Xiwen came over again.

"what did they say?"

"They don't want us to actively intervene in the war again and have banned us from exporting weapons, ammunition, food and medicine to Peru and Bolivia," said Li Xiwen.

"In addition, the British Pacific Fleet will patrol the periphery of the war zone and prohibit ships from any country from passing through or intervening in the war."

The British telegram this time was very harsh.

"The British are getting anxious!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

Before, the British still had some face to save and were unwilling to get involved personally.

The situation in Chile is not good now. The British have simply thrown away their face and started to get involved themselves.

"Don't pay attention to them for now! The guns and ammunition shipped there before should be enough for them... They can figure out the food themselves. But everything must be prepared in advance. Let them find a transportation channel from Ecuador and Colombia. There is no need for us to confront the British head-on now." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand.

He was the one who set the fire, and he wasn't prepared to take the consequences himself in this matter.

Chen Zhengwei had previously transported a large amount of weapons and ammunition, including a batch of grenades, more than 1.

He also sent people to help Peru and Bolivia train soldiers.

Although Chen Zhengwei's men were also from a wild background and not good at command, they were much better at fighting... than the regular armies of these two countries.

For example, at least Chen Zhengwei's men would not be lined up to be shot.

In this war between the three countries in the Atacama Desert, the Chilean soldiers shot in rows and were defeated in an organized manner, so they were defeated in just three days.

Unless Chile's weapons are updated in a short period of time, battlefield command will also improve rapidly in a short period of time.

Otherwise, Chen Zhengwei would not be worried at all on the front battlefield.

The only thing to consider is how long this war will last and how long Peru and Bolivia will have food and medicine.

In the evening, Schultz brought two people to Chen Zhengwei's home.

"boss!"

"Schultz!" Chen Zhengwei was very happy to see Schultz. He looked at his clothes and said with a smile, "You are a respectable person now!"

Compared with the time when he used to hang out with a group of people in the bar, Schultz now wears a respectable gentleman's suit, his hair is neatly combed, and he often goes to high society cocktail parties. Some investors from other places who come to San Francisco all look for opportunities to visit Schultz.

However, the gang aura around him has not changed much, and he looks like a brave and aggressive person.

In this regard, Yan Qingyou is much better than him.

After they sat down and chatted for a while, they talked about their trip to Germany.

"Siemens stole my patent, which made me very unhappy. I wanted to solve it through legal means, but there is no international patent law now... The lawyer told me there is no way!"

"So I'm going to use other methods to solve it!"

"This time you take people over there, no matter what method you use, get their research and technical personnel, and bring their technology back to me!"

"Since he took mine, I have to take theirs."

"I will assign two people from the laboratory to assist you." "Boss, this time I will definitely pack up their company's information and bring it back!" Schultz immediately vowed.

"Well, be careful. After all, that's not the United States. If anything happens, I can't get you out!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile.

"I will pay attention! I grew up there and I'm very familiar with the situation there. And I'll bring enough people this time." Schultz said.

"When you get there, you can start with the local tyrants! After all, you can't avoid the local tyrants anywhere! If you can deal with them, things will be much easier!"

"In addition, I will have someone arrange a fast ship to pick you up near the border between Germany and Poland... It's a modified transport ship that can reach a speed of 20 knots."

Chen Zhengwei talked to Schultz about everything and chatted with him about interesting things in San Francisco for a while before letting Schultz leave.

Watching Schultz and others leave, Chen Zhengwei felt that if he messed up again this time, he would never have to come back.

Just kill them on the boat and throw them into the sea.

What's the point of keeping it if you can't do anything well?

At that time, in order to win over Schultz and the Germans, Schultz also had a stake in Chen Zhengwei's head office. In fact, Chen Zhengwei has recently been considering taking back these shares.

You can take more money, Chen Zhengwei is not a stingy person, but the prerequisite is that you can do things well.

Otherwise Chen Zhengwei would feel that he was at a disadvantage.

He hates to suffer losses the most.

Not everyone is Chen Zhenghu.

The next day, Chen Zhengwei attended another banquet held for Malaysian Chinese businessmen.

Not only Malay Chinese businessmen, but also businessmen from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce were invited, many of whom were building auto parts factories.

In addition to them, a special group of people were also invited to this banquet.

Chinese halls in the Malay Peninsula.

The banquet will be held in the city hall building.

In the evening, there was a lot of traffic outside the city hall building. Horse-drawn carriages arrived and some wealthy Chinese businessmen got off the carriages.

Chen Yayan from Yixing got off the carriage and walked together with Ye Yalai from Haishan. These two former sworn enemies now had a day to drink and chat happily together.

They have been in Los Angeles for some time now, and these days have been eye-opening for them in both San Francisco and Los Angeles.

In the United States, the situation of Chinese people is much better.

Especially in the West, the status of Chinese people is higher than that of many white people, not to mention Mexicans and blacks.

Even the President of the United States comes to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Moreover, the development here is changing with each passing day, and it is much more prosperous than the Straits Settlements and the Malay Peninsula.

Chen Zhengwei has never seen them, and they are very low-key here.

After all, this is not Malaysia, this is Chen Lao Hu's territory, and everyone has to look to him for food.

But they were also anxious. After all, there were over a thousand people in Yixing, and there were still six or seven hundred in Haishan. Many of them had families, so so many people had to do something.

If they keep going like this, even a mountain of gold will eventually be spent. Besides, they have lost a lot of wealth before, and they can't take their fixed assets with them, so they can only leave them there and let others take care of them.

All it can bring is some temporary wealth.

These days they have been studying the situation in the United States, trying to see where they can develop.

Fortunately, Chen Zhengwei finally met them.

However, they were a little worried and didn't know how Chen Zhengwei would accommodate them.

After a group of people entered the city hall, they gathered in groups of three or five.

However, those who are active are obviously from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and many of them have a slight sense of superiority.

After waiting for a moment, everyone saw Chen Zhengwei and Yung Wing come in, and everyone bowed.

"Mr. Chen!"

"Mayor Rong!"

"It's the Chinese New Year recently, and I've been busy with a lot of things, so I haven't had time to chat with you! Let's get everyone together today!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile as he walked, "You all look good, so I'm relieved."

"The Chinese in Malaysia have suffered a great disaster this time. We will always remember Mr. Chen's kindness!" Those Chinese in Malaysia bowed their hands.

"You must remember! You should repay someone with a favor. If you don't remember, I will be unhappy!" Chen Zhengwei agreed deeply.

"Mr. Chen, please speak quickly! This is a life-saving favor, and it is not an exaggeration to repay it with gratitude!" Liang Yi Yue from Zhaoqing Guild Hall immediately continued.

These people from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce know Chen Zhengwei's style too well.

Now that Chen Zhengwei's status is higher, his wealth and influence are becoming greater, and his personality is much more restrained than before.

The main reason is that in Chen Zhengwei's view, these people are all small figures under his protection, so he naturally would not show any displeasure to them.

If it were in the past, those Malaysian Chinese would know what it meant to be arrogant and domineering.

“We will never forget!” the Malaysian Chinese said immediately.

"Just talk about it. I didn't ask you to come here today to talk about this!" Chen Zhengwei raised his hand to suppress the voices of the crowd.

"It was just a joke! Everyone in America knows that I have the best sense of humor and I love to joke."

Of course, it would be no joke if they didn't remember the favor.

(End of this chapter)