The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 776 Audacious
"Senior brother, congratulations! Sister Wanyun is pregnant!" Li Xiwen came to Chen Zhengwei with a smile.

"Huh?" Chen Zhengwei almost didn't react.

"How long?"

"About three months..."

"I understand. Find her a wet nurse... or let her find one herself." Chen Zhengwei ordered.

In fact, he had long discovered that it seemed difficult for him to have children.

After all, I have been here for so long, and with the speed at which I have been looking for women, I only have one child...

But since he already had a son, as long as he had him, he didn't take it too seriously.

Unexpectedly, there was another one suddenly.

"Brother Wei, congratulations! I have to prepare a gift."

“It’s a pity that I won’t be able to see the birth of Brother Wei’s second son this time… The gifts have to be prepared in advance, even the full-month and one-year-old gifts…” Aaron said with a smile on his face.

"If you don't know, you might think you're not coming back..."

Chen Zhengwei continued to look down at the list in his hand.

"What's going on with this Yuan Shikai?"

"Brother Wei, this guy is a disciple of a martial arts school. He is not tall, but very talented. He has also read military books. I think he is a talent! Let him go to West Point Military Academy to study and see what the difference is between American military books and ours!" Aaron is very optimistic about Yuan Shikai.

This was recommended to him by Zhang Ziang.

Yuan Shikai met Zhang Ziang in a martial arts school. Zhang Ziang thought he was a talented person and recommended him to A Long.

After Aaron found out about it, he recruited him into the security company.

Although the time was not long, I was able to do two things well. I was particularly good at sorting out some complicated things in an orderly manner.

A Long was in need of this kind of talent. After talking with Yuan Shikai, he learned that he had read military books, so he immediately put him on the military academy list.

Chen Zhengwei nodded. He was not worried about Yuan Shikai's loyalty or whether he would cause any trouble.

If he worries about these things every day, he won't want to use anyone.

"What about this? John Joseph Pershing? Who is this?" Chen Zhengwei looked at another name.

Among this list, there are several names that stand out, one is Yuan Shikai, and the other is John Joseph Pershing.

"He is a teacher at the school. He had previously proposed that military training be conducted in the school to improve students' physical fitness, willpower, and sense of cooperation. He also did this and did a very good job. The school thinks highly of him."

"We were going to build a military academy, so I asked the school if there was any suitable candidate, and the school recommended him."

"And this Friedrich Wilhelm von Hardenberg, who is said to be a Prussian Junker noble. His family used to own a manor, but it was auctioned off due to poor management. He also wanted to join the army to maintain the family honor, but the German army was reformed in 1871 and he was forced to retire..."

"There was no way out in Germany, so he immigrated to the United States... and then joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency... This guy is just unlucky..."

Aaron spoke of Hardenberg with naked mockery.

This guy is just so unlucky.

Every time I see him, he feels that the most important thing when doing things is to follow the right people and take the right path.

Otherwise, just like this guy.

But this guy's luck turned around. He used to be a trainee detective at the Pinkerton Detective Agency... and then he was arrested. He was one of the people who stayed behind.

I have done well in the security company in the past two years.

Then Chen Zhengwei saw two familiar names on the list of students at the U.S. Naval Academy.

“Lim Kok Joo and Lim Kok Hu, these two are Malay Chinese?”

"Brother Wei, do you know them? These two used to study at the Fuzhou Naval Academy, and later served in the Guangdong Navy and the Fujian Navy."

"Now their whole family has moved here. Because of the incident on the Malay Peninsula, their two older brothers also resigned from their posts and fled. They are now working in our navy. I think it's okay, so I let them in."

"That's it! Let them prepare, and you will leave for New York at the end of the month." Chen Zhengwei nodded slightly.

"Come to Los Angeles before you leave, so I can meet them too."

West Point Military Academy is located in West Point, New York.

The Naval Academy was in Annapolis, where Chen Zhengwei fought a battle with the US Army and blew up several naval ships.

He kept a copy of the list, part of which was to be recommended for admission by President James Garfield.

The other part is occupied by California, Oregon and Texas.

……

Xu Shichang found a job at a trading company in Los Angeles.

Yuan Shikai joined the security company. Although his current position is not high and he cannot be brought in, it is still easy to find a job for him in Los Angeles.

Xu Shichang was looking at the accounts in his hands when Yuan Shikai hurried in.

"Weiting, why are you back? Were you kicked out?" Xu Shichang said with a smile.

He felt strange, thinking that Yuan Shikai should be in a security company near San Francisco.

But looking at the expression on Yuan Shikai's face, you can tell it's definitely not a bad thing, so he made a joke.

"Come on, come on! Don't look at these things anymore. Come drink with me first!" Yuan Shikai laughed and pulled Xu Shichang out, saying as he walked:
"You don't have to come tomorrow. I've found a job for you in the security company! With your ability, I think you'll be able to make a name for yourself in no time!" "That's good. We can take care of each other. And the salary at the security company is high!" Xu Shichang said with a smile.

"There is another good news... The security company has selected a group of people to go to West Point Military Academy, which is the best military academy in the United States. Graduates will start as lieutenants! As the saying goes, moving a tree will bring death, moving a person will bring life. America is indeed my blessed land!" Yuan Shikai was in a very good mood.

Although the rank of second lieutenant is small, it is equivalent to the captain of the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty, but at least he can lead troops.

Moreover, these are the first group of people selected by the security company to go to West Point Military Academy. They will definitely rise to the top after graduation.

"This is a good thing. Wei Ting just lacked an opportunity before. Now this opportunity has come!" Xu Shichang was also happy for him, and then reminded: "But Wei Ting, don't forget the introduction of Brother Zhang Ziang! Don't forget to move around more."

"Of course I haven't forgotten. I visited him before I came back!" Yuan Shikai laughed. How could he forget this?

"Also, how is Weiting doing with his English? Don't go there and not understand what he's saying."

Yuan Shikai's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Let's drink today and continue studying tomorrow."

Actually, he has no problem with simple conversations now, but it will take some time for him to read and write. We need to hurry up.

When the news got back to the Lin family, the family became bustling with activity.

Among the Lin brothers, two of them entered the Naval Academy this time. Although it takes a few more years, things will be different after they come out.

San Francisco, school.

"Joseph Pershing, please hand over your work and you don't need to come again." The principal looked at the silent and old-fashioned man in front of him and said with a stern face.

Pershing looked at the principal, but did not speak immediately. After a moment, he suddenly asked:
"West Point?"

With Chen Zhengwei's current power and influence, Pershing felt that Chen Zhengwei should have sent someone to West Point Military Academy long ago.

And this is not difficult for Chen Zhengwei.

So when the principal asked Pershing before, although he didn't say the specific reason, Pershing immediately thought of it after he returned.

He felt that he had made no mistakes at work, and the principal suddenly asked him to pack up his things, so this was the biggest possibility.

"Yes, you didn't do anything wrong. On the contrary, you did very well! I'm actually reluctant to let you go, but this is an opportunity for you! So I won't keep you." The principal's stern face relaxed. He originally wanted to scare Pershing.

This guy is usually very old-fashioned, and I want to see how he will react after being fired.

Turns out this guy is really smart.

"Next time I see you, I'm going to call you sir!"

After Pershing left the principal's office, there was a hint of joy in his eyes. After all, he was only a young man in his early twenties.

Then he began to think, did Chen Zhengwei choose him to be on the list because he wanted him to join the US Army or to join a security company?

……

Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang went out for a drink to celebrate and happened to meet Kang Youwei.

Some time ago, Yuan Shikai joined the security company and the two sides had less contact.

While talking with the two of them, Yuan Shikai was full of ambition and he told them that he wanted to enter the West Point Military Academy.

Kang Youwei forced a smile and asked Yuan Shikai indirectly whether he could help him write a letter, but Yuan Shikai directly refused.

Kang Youwei reluctantly drank a glass of wine and then said goodbye.

After I got back, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.

I wanted to write a petition to Chen Zhengwei, but there was no chance. I wrote to Yung Wing and Rong Jiacai, but nothing happened.

Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang had just gained a foothold here, but they were in a hurry to cut off relations with this old friend. They are not people worth making friends with.

Now that Zhang Xuecheng has gone to New York to study, he feels that there is no point in staying in Los Angeles. Besides, the money he brought with him is not enough for him to stay there forever. After all, the cost of living in the United States is not small. He likes to hang out in red-light districts and can only go to high-end brothels, which cost more than $5 a night.

But he was unwilling to leave in such disgrace.

He took out some reports about Chen Zhengwei and wanted to see if he could find any opportunities from them.

There was no content in the newspaper, but a photo of Chen Zhengwei in the newspaper suddenly made him feel something.

He remembered that when he was drinking with someone a few days ago, he heard that photos could be faked...

This gave him some ideas.

The more Kang Youwei thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. After all, since he had come to the United States, he couldn't just return empty-handed. He had to gain something.

The next day, he asked around and finally found it.

First, he bought the negatives of Chen Zhengwei's photos from a newspaper reporter in the name of collection.

This photo was taken when Chen Zhengwei was demonstrating the car at the beginning of the year.

The newspaper reporter knew Chen Zhengwei's status among the Chinese and didn't think much about it.

Then he spent all his money to find a brave foreigner to combine his photo negatives with Chen Zhengwei's negatives and develop them.

Then a photo of him and Chen Zhengwei came out.

In the photo, Chen Zhengwei was standing against the car in a shirt, while he was standing next to Chen Zhengwei in a gentleman's suit, more than a head shorter than Chen Zhengwei.

Both of them had smiles on their faces.

(End of this chapter)