America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 514

Honolulu, Pearl Harbor.

This port was permanently leased to the United States. At this time, a dock has been built, and another deep-water port is being excavated.

There are many ships docked in the port.

Two of them belonged to Chen Jianqiu.

The "Kun" was temporarily left here. As long as this ship is here, there will be no troubles in Hawaii.

After all, truth is always within the range of the cannon.

In addition, Chen Jianqiu also left those bolt-action rifles and two Maxims confiscated from the Japanese, as well as some Chinese soldiers.

With them as the core, the Chinese Association of Hawaii has formed a very deterrent team.

This team still exists in the name of the militia, above the Honolulu police, and the command is in the hands of Xu Ajiu.

The other merchant ship is doing final maintenance and replenishment, and is preparing to return to the United States.

The pier is very busy with people coming and going.

Most of them are dock workers, wearing gray or khaki linen clothes, carrying sacks of supplies and boxes of ammunition, and moving them to the ship.

In this grayish yellow, Sean's attire is very conspicuous.

As the "son-in-law" of the Kingdom of Hawaii, he put on gorgeous costumes and got a wig from nowhere.

Although the royal family has stepped down, this does not affect their status in the hearts of the Hawaiian people. Therefore, Sean's words and deeds are also attracting attention.

Others can dress casually, but he can't.

At the same time, there were local Chinese representatives including He Kuan and Chen Dewang who came to say goodbye.

"Boss, you don't really intend to throw me here, do you?" Xiao En walked to Chen Jianqiu's side and whispered to him.

"What else? You can't follow me forever." Chen Jianqiu looked at him with a half-smile.

"I'd rather hang around with you all the time." Sean said sincerely.

Chen Jianqiu straightened his collar for him, just like he did for Holly, and then patted his shoulder: "The princess is pregnant, please spend more time with her, and don't fool around outside all day long."

"If I really need you one day, don't worry, you won't escape, I will find someone to drag you back from this island immediately." Chen Jianqiu glanced at the black man.

"Boss, as long as you say a word, I will be at your call anytime." Xiao En said to Chen Jianqiu standing straight.

Chen Jianqiu nodded in satisfaction.

But he quickly came to Xiao En's ear and whispered to him: "The white man who is watching here for me, if there is anything rash, discuss it with Xu Ajiu."

Xiao En's expression was stern, and he was about to agree immediately, but Chen Jianqiu's next sentence almost scared him out of his wits:

"Of course, if you want to help restore the royal family and become king yourself, you must tell me in advance."

The black man immediately stood up straight again, seeing the smile on Chen Jianqiu's face, shaking his head like a rattle.

Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder again, while laughing, 100 years turned and walked away.

"Boss!"

Sean yelled from behind.

"Anything else?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head.

"Flying Bird, Brother Feiniao is still single, so you can help him out too." The black man shouted loudly.

Chen Jianqiu turned around, leaving Xiao En with a back view, and at the same time raised his right hand high, making an "OK" gesture.

He walked towards He Kuan and the others.

"Send me a letter if you have anything to do." Chen Jianqiu said to He Kuan and the congressmen of the Republic of Hawaii, "Say what you should say and do what you should do. We have no retreat behind us, and we have no backing. ourselves."

The councilors looked at Chen Jianqiu as if they were looking at a lighthouse.

He Kuan moved his lips, but his voice was very low.

He looked around, but finally said nothing.

Seeing this, Chen Jianqiu waved to him and called him aside.

The two turned their backs to the crowd and faced the sea:
"What's the matter?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

He Kuan said in a low voice: "There is a gentleman surnamed Sun who has admired your name for a long time and wants to see you, he."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Jianqiu waved his hand and said with a smile:

"It's gone, it's gone, just like I said just now, do what you should do, if you need human and financial support, just tell me."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, bid farewell to everyone, and walked towards his merchant ship.

When the torch is lit in the dark night, it illuminates the way for future generations. Seeing or not seeing is not so important.

If 1893 was a passing year for Cleveland and the Democratic Party.

That year, 1894, was an absolute disaster.

The financial crisis intensified on the American continent.

A wave of bank and brick-and-mortar industry failures swept across the continent.

People are frantically selling assets for gold.

In a financial crisis, many people's seemingly substantial property almost disappeared in a very short period of time.

Among them are Hawke and Walter Hopkins, who bought Chen Jianqiu's large number of shares in the railway company.

The first to be unlucky was Hawke.

His Philadelphia Railroad collapsed at the first sign of the crisis.

Although Hawke used all social resources and strength to try to save it.

But one day in March 1894, his treasurer told him that the company was completely unsustainable.

The bankruptcy and huge debt of the Pacific Railroad Company became the last straw that crushed him.

Rockefeller was the first to abandon him.

He told Hawke that he would no longer provide him with any financing guarantees, because Hawke had caused him a lot of losses.

To put it bluntly, this railway tycoon has no use value in his opinion.

On a cloudy morning with no sun, Hauke ​​jumped off a bridge outside Philadelphia and chose to end his life in a sloppy way.

As for the rich second-generation Mr. Water, the experience was not much better, or even worse.

Master Walter's business policy is quite radical.

He continued to borrow money for the construction of the railway.

If it is in a period of great development, such crazy expansion may be compensated by compensation from the state government, tearing down the east to pay for the west, and borrowing new debts to repay old debts.

However, during the financial crisis, this is undoubtedly putting ropes around one's neck one after another, because one thinks one's death is not fast enough.

Young Master Hopkins obviously has not experienced such a thing.

The Pacific Railroad is collapsing faster than Hawke can jump off a bridge.

Those unbuilt railroads are so rotten they're almost worthless.

The California courts came and seized all of Master Water's property on behalf of the creditors, including the castle left to him by old Hopkins.

It's hard to imagine that if his father knew that he had worked hard for most of his life to save his family business, and his son had wiped it all out in a very short time, would he crawl out of the coffin and drag this prodigal son into the coffin together? go.

Master Walter disappeared shortly after.

Some people say that he set foot on a ship to the East and went to Asia to find some opportunities; some people say that he went crazy and entered the Elizabeth Mental Hospital.

For all of this, Chen Jianqiu did not show too much emotional fluctuation.

He is still waiting, waiting for the opportunity to intervene in bargain hunting.

At the end of December 1894, he boarded a train for New York.

One is to hold a meeting with the Legal Affairs and Finance Center in New York to assign some tasks for the coming year.

He has a premonition that next year will be the most important year after the financial crisis.

Second, it was his friends in New York who wanted to see him.

Theodore Roosevelt became Commissioner of the New York City Police Department.

(End of this chapter)