Alchemy Greater China

Hmph, he, Leland Stanford, is ready to go all out!

"If there is anything to do, please do what the Earl tells you!" It was Chini Carbonella who answered first.

Long Hao took a look at this beautiful lady, and smiled meaningfully: "Okay, these few things really need the full help of Mrs. Carbonella..."

A few things Long Hao confessed are as follows.

The first is to continue to create an atmosphere in which he is unable to resist the pressure of the special investigation team, and earn sympathy points for himself.

Second, ask Qi Ni to set an example, lead the sea merchants, mobilize the public, and start buying Earl stocks at low prices, and declare to the outside world that this move is to support Long Hao, optimistic that the Earl of Beihai can tide over the difficulties.

Third, the old Stevenson and Leland Stanford used their political resources to appeal for momentum and try to delay the time of "boarding" for Long Hao. Call out, and, preferably, be able to drive into San Francisco.

fourth……

These arrangements of the Earl of Beihai were a bit unconscionable, which made old Stevenson and the others a little confused, but out of trust in Long Hao (well, the mayor does not count, he must listen to Long Hao), they still transferred The head did its best.

Long Hao had made arrangements here, and Captain Kerim also returned to the Gogol and reported everything that happened on the pier to Benson.

After hearing this, Benson laughed out loud, and slapped Kerim across the face, which was a happy slap: "God help me, I know Miller, and his coming to be the leader of this special investigation team shows that The military department still supports me! Haha, the Earl of Beihai can’t escape now!”

finished.Benson clenched his fists tightly.

Kerim rubbed his cheeks and asked cautiously, "Captain, um, do you want to go ashore and confront the Earl of the North Sea?"

"Fuck your mother!"

Benson glared, and kicked Kerim hard, but it was a kick that hated iron and steel: "Grass, did you get seaweed in your head? Now that we have the advantage, why go ashore? Of course, wait for the North Sea." Earl, come here by yourself, stupid!"

"Ouch!"

Kerim covered his stomach and said miserably: "But, but in that case, outside public opinion will be against us, and it may tarnish your image, Captain!"

Idiot, I'm on the verge of riding a tiger now, and almost half of the inventory of shells has been destroyed.If the image is to be discredited, it will be discredited long ago. Anyway, as long as the Earl of Beihai is in his hands, at worst I will go to that big man!Benson squinted his eyes and thought: It won't be too late for me to come back after the limelight passes.

"This captain is right!"

Freemant said from the side, "The pressure of public opinion still has to be considered, little Benson, if you don't bombard, you might as well consider going ashore to give the Earl of the North Sea a fatal blow! Don't worry. The British soldiers under my command are all dead. I will send them to protect you with experienced soldiers who are skilled in land and water. Huh, those Spanish expeditionary forces are nothing to worry about!"

Benson rolled his eyelids, and directly ignored Fremantle's words.

This old British man is looking for opportunities to generate income again: yes, seeing the decrease in the stock of shells.There is little chance of continuing the bombardment. This gambling admiral began to look for new growth points for the dollar.

Isn't there a fee to send troops?

Actually, Benson misunderstood Freeman this time.

Fremantle is not about the money.But to release the desire of his subordinates.

Thinking about it, this group of British sailors followed Benson on the sea for more than half a month, seeing the bustling San Francisco in front of them, but they couldn't land!Hey, the battleship's guns are really good, but our soldier's second child is still hungry and thirsty!

Holding a handful of dollars in your hand is not as good as holding two balls of pink meat with both hands!

Fremantle even made several night patrols and found several British soldiers masturbating to the dollar bills in their hands: Oh, that’s George Washington on the dollar bills, how heavy is this taste? !

The experienced Fremantle understands that he can no longer be held back by the guys under him, so today he seized the opportunity to try to encourage Benson to go ashore, and by the way, he could also bring this group of birds who were saving dollars and carrying bored birds The British GIs went ashore to have some fun.

"General Fremantle, I have my own opinion."

It's a pity that Benson's affection for Fremantle has dropped below zero, so he coldly refused, and then told Kerim: "Tell me what I mean, either the Earl of the North Sea boards the ship, or I will continue to bombard the pier! Public opinion, let them shout, if I shout too much, I will shoot down, and they will be quiet..."

Benson had made up his mind, and Freeman touched his chin regretfully, but didn't persuade him any more. Kerim took the order, didn't even bother to drink his saliva, and hurried back by boat.

San Francisco Merchant Harbor, Morning, May 1892, 5.

The two bombardments of the 'Boom', together with the Benson decision brought by Kerim, completely declared the failure of the 'peace talks': Colonel Benson refused to land, and still insisted that the 'sinner', the Earl of the North Sea, must board the ship for naval investigation!

At noon on May 5, shortly after the shelling, San Francisco Mayor Stephenson expressed his position in the Mayor's Building: he supported the Earl of North Sea and expelled the special investigation team from Washington.

On the afternoon of May 5, when Major General Miller and his subordinates, who still had gauze on their mouths, were driven out of the private villa by the police, Miller, furious, led his men to the pier, declaring with a telegram: The Ministry has dispatched the army and will come to San Francisco in the near future. If the San Francisco city government insists on going its own way and shielding the Earl of Beihai, then what awaits them will be a double attack from the army and the navy!

From this moment on, the special investigation team and Benson's fleet stood in the same camp.

Miller's 'Waste Recycling' desk at the pier has indeed attracted many reporters, but in terms of the ability to gather reporters, he is still not as good as old Stevenson.

After Miller issued the 'Declaration of Breakup', the old Stevenson announced tit-for-tat that the special investigation team and Colonel Benson were in collusion and wanted to beat the Earl of the North Sea. On this point, the San Francisco city government will stand by the Earl of the North Sea unreservedly. On this side, on behalf of justice, fight to the end with Major General Miller and Colonel Benson!

16 o'clock in the afternoon.A supplement to the San Jose Mercury appeared on the streets of San Francisco, with clear views and support for the city government.

On the evening of May 5, the speeches of the two sides were transmitted to the surrounding areas of San Francisco, the East Coast, and Europe... through the telegraph and telephone lines, but.At this time, it was still a war of words, and both sides remained calm.

There was no way to keep calm, the special investigation team had no soldiers in hand, and Benson was unwilling to let the exhausted British soldiers go ashore to 'bite', because once the situation intensified, Benson was worried that these British sailors might become The other party seized the handle.

The old Stevenson didn't move either, maybe it was a trick, even though the Spanish expeditionary force was used as a backing card.But the mayor is probably also afraid that the "army all the way" that Miller said is not bragging, but the real thing!

On May 5, the last day of May, the situation did not develop in a good direction, but took a sharp turn, rushing towards the worst and most intense direction: San Francisco, chaos began!

There are many reasons for the chaos, which are briefly described below.

Early morning on the 31st.The supporting army that Major General Miller said has been confirmed, it is an elite division on the US-Mexico border.Number 338e, number 10338 people.

The 338e Division is well-equipped and brave enough to fight. They came from the railway line, and it is estimated that they will arrive in San Francisco in only three days.

Less than half an hour after the news that was unfavorable to old Stevenson and Long Hao came, it seemed like a demonstration to show off.The Pushkin launched another salvo of main guns in coordination, and three large-caliber shells hit the three warehouses of the commercial dock. Fortunately, the warehouses were empty, but there was a lot of movement, but they did not cause a fire.

but.Somewhat unexpectedly, these three cannons became a 'branch line' fuse: when the sound of shelling still persisted, a group of people who claimed to be the owner of the warehouse surrounded the city hall and demanded that the mayor invite the Earl of Beihai and The Earl of Beihai must either board Benson's ship, or compensate for the loss of his own warehouse!

For each warehouse, this group of people actually opened their mouths and raised a sky-high price claim of 50 U.S. dollars!

In fact, since May 5th, the Earl of Beihai has disappeared from the public eye. Old Stevenson is also the mouthpiece outside. Sen came forward, and he said: Compensation is fine, but 29 US dollars is too much, the Earl of Beihai is not being taken advantage of, and he will not pay so much money!

Apparently, this group of sufferers came prepared, and they refused to let go, shouting: The Earl of Beihai took all the losses from the bombardment, are you going to regret it now? $50 is not much at all, because there are more than $50 of goods piled up in the warehouse!Moreover, they were all blown into fly ash now!

Faced with the stalking and stalking of this group of bitter masters, the old Stevenson sternly ordered the police to expel them. A conflict between the government and the people broke out brazenly at the gate of the city hall.

When the police with superior numbers and equipment were about to drive away the group of sufferers, a larger wave of people rushed to the city hall. There were not only white people, but also yellow people and black people...not only with different skin colors, but also from different classes of clothes. , There are well-dressed businessmen, plainly dressed workers, and even a group of shirtless 'freelancers'!

Some of them held slogans and banners, some blew their trumpets and yelled, and some held wooden sticks and iron forks in their hands, looking maliciously at the city hall.

"Hand over the Earl of Beihai! Hand over this big liar!"

"The city government gave an explanation! What kind of bill is it against racial discrimination? Why is it submitted for discussion? Everyone shouted at me, against the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and against the granting of citizenship to those dirty Chinese!"

"We don't support Leland Stanford's election. He is a moth on the railroad. He should go home to retire instead of continuing to engage in politics and continue to deceive our kind people in California!"

……

A loud sound seemed to shatter the glass of the city hall building!

in the building.

Leland Stanford asked old Stevenson suspiciously: "What's going on? How did this large wave of people come out? I saw that many of the people in the parade were sea merchants? There are also local Wealthy businessmen, Chinese laborers? Oh, the Chinese are against the 'Abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act', are my ears crazy, or are these Chinese crazy?"

Leland Stanford's doubts were quickly answered, and a piece of gossip came: the Rothschild family's bank in San Francisco just announced that the Earl of North Sea's check in its bank was invalid!

The identity of the spokesperson was surprising. It was Kant Rothschild who went to the pier to personally support Long Hao not long ago.

Mygod, is it because of the bombardment crisis that hasn't been resolved for a long time, and the suspicion that Long Hao sank five US warships, did Kant suddenly change his mind?

No one can guess the specific reason.However, Kant's announcement undoubtedly slashed Long Hao's back: the bank refused to pay the Earl of Beihai, so why haven't the sea merchants who love the ships flocked to the city government and asked Long Hao to give an explanation? ?

At 5 a.m. on May 31, the marching crowd had already blocked the entrance of the city hall.Because there were too many people marching, the San Francisco police retreated into the compound, barely building a line of defense to prevent the crazy people from rushing to the municipal building to cause damage.

During the confrontation, countless eyes were watching from the building next to them, and many of them were pure black eyes.

"What's going on, there are many compatriots in the parade?"

A black-eyed person let out a soft cry, and the light came, this person is of Chinese descent.With a cropped head and short sleeves, he was actually one of those old Huaxia townspeople who stayed in San Francisco and never left!

"That's right, I remember the one with the long braids, he's from Hongmen!"

Another old townsman also yelled in surprise: "The last time I visited Hongmen, I accidentally stepped on him and almost got ripped off by this guy! Bah, I paid him a few dollars in the end!"

"That's right, the person who smashed the glass with a wooden stick is also from Hongmen! Leader Long. Didn't you say that Hongmen is on our side? Why did you come here to tear down the Young Master?"

Team leader Long is Ganzi Long Ganruo, who squinted his eyes.Looking at the parade crowd that seemed to be gathering more and more as if watching a play, snorted softly, and said in a cold voice: "Who said Hongmen is on our side? Have they joined the party? You are all old party members, can't you see that, Are most of the Chinese who marched against the young master from the Hongmen?"

Somewhere behind the parade crowd.Hong Zaigen snickered: Long Hao, have you tasted the feeling of being surrounded by all sides?The Rothschild family has blocked your source of funds, there are gunboats outside the harbor, and the 338e division is coming inland, how do you deal with it?I predict.Hmph, I'm afraid you have already fled in a panic?

Hong Zaigen, the sixth son of Hong Tianzhu, was actually a pawn bought by Kant. Now that the master ordered him to bite Long Hao, he couldn't help it for a long time, so why didn't he mobilize all his staff in Hongmen to sneak in The parade came to put pressure on the San Francisco city government?

"Old Qi, Lao Qi, I want you to know that the Hong family still belongs to me, Hong Zai Gen..." Seeing the parade getting stronger and stronger, Hong Zai Gen's eyes were full of desire for power.

Here I still have to explain why Kant bit Long Hao back. Didn’t Kant team up with Long Hao to show off a cash box of 1.5 million US dollars at the pier?

It turned out that just yesterday, the killer of the gang in black reported to Kant: The assassination of Bergson Rothschild...has been completed!

Without the shackles of Bergson, the overjoyed Kant saw the opportunity, and of course he had to "pay back" to Long Hao, otherwise, the 3000 million pound check would always be a sharp sword hanging over his head.

If Long Hao survived the bombardment crisis and asked Kant to withdraw the money, the bank he worked so hard to manage in the United States would be declared bankrupt.

Now, if you don't take advantage of the Earl of Beihai's bad luck and use his "enemy of the United States" as an excuse to deny the money, then Kant is not worthy of being a banker.

However, the energy of Kant and Hong Zaigen alone cannot make the parade so strong. The reason why this parade is out of control is because of the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the addition of the Anti-Racial Discrimination Act released by Long Hao. The wind is about!

Leland Stanford and Stephenson Sr. used 'anti-racial discrimination' as their governing slogan, which naturally touched the interests of many people. Moreover, there were not a few officials in San Francisco and surrounding cities who opposed Stevenson Sr. Therefore, by This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they also mobilized their own manpower and joined the parade with the crowd.

It would be perfect if the old Stevenson and the others could be knocked down with a nail and the politics shuffled.

At 5:31 on May 13st, the multi-party black hands behind the above-mentioned parade really got what they wanted, because the parade army had rushed into the compound and blocked it under the municipal building, and the police were all huddled. After entering the building, he yelled with a blushing face and thick neck: "Hey, don't come in again, if you come in again, we will shoot!"

The crowd in the parade was in high spirits, relying on the large number of people, no matter what the warning, they still clamored: "Hand over the Earl of Beihai, and stop this bombardment!"

"The mayor resigns and promises not to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act!"

"Give cash and compensate us for our losses!"

……

Amidst the crowd's jeers, suddenly, the Spanish Expeditionary Force appeared out of nowhere, and some reckless person in the parade fired the first shot.

With a 'bang', a policeman fell down clutching his chest.

This time, the expeditionary army immediately had an excuse. They quickly lined up, fired guns bang bang, and killed a dozen people at the front of the parade on the spot, screaming and screaming... In less than half an hour, seeing the bloody The parade team broke up in a rush, fled the municipal compound, and gave up the arrogant idea of ​​​​taking the city government building.

Sometimes it is difficult for the police to do things that the army can do. Although the parade is huge and instigated by some people, it is like a beautiful soap bubble, and it disappears without a trace with a little force. . (To be continued..)