The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 798 A biting dog doesn’t bark

In a house near the port of Manila, Philippines.

A Chinese youth in hunting clothes was standing by the window, looking down.

In the room behind him, a dozen Chinese people dressed similarly were either leaning against the wall or sitting on chairs.

Apart from leftovers, there were bullets scattered all over the table.

"It's been several days. Can those people be trusted?" a young man asked.

"This is not our place! We can only rely on the local Chinese... Don't worry, they dare not betray us! Otherwise, they will suffer a fate worse than death!" Another man was fiddling with a revolver in his hand.

After receiving the telegram, they set out from Ryukyu and came to Manila.

However, they are unfamiliar with the place and can only rely on local Chinese.

"Once the Chinese have figured out the whereabouts of those two people, we will capture them and leave here directly without making too much noise. I don't want to be chased by a warship!"

While the group was waiting for news in this house, Dog Master was also at home with a gloomy look on his face.

"Master Gou, we found out. Do you want to tell them?"

"Don't worry, let me think about it..." Dog Master raised his hand to stop the other party from speaking, and the hesitation on his face became even more obvious.

At this time, there was still a whip mark on Dog Lord's face.

After being captured by the Civilization Guards, he was severely beaten in prison. His family had great difficulty in getting him out. At that time, he wished he could skin the head of the Chamber of Commerce and the lieutenant of the Civilization Guards alive.

But now that he had calmed down, he began to hesitate again.

Those people took the people and left... But what should I do? Should I go with them?

If that happens, all his family businesses in the Philippines will be gone.

He was wearing shoes, not barefoot.

Or should I just swallow my anger?
But even if I want to swallow my anger, will those people agree?

He is now in a dilemma.

While Mr. Gou was hesitating, his woman spoke with disappointment.

She also knew what Mr. Gou had been hesitating about these past two days.

"Master Dog, what's the point of hesitating now? They are here, we can't leave empty-handed! If those Spaniards don't get into trouble, then you, Master Dog, will be the one who gets into trouble!"

"Even if these people die, there will be another group! Chen Lao Hu has tens of thousands of people under his command. You told me this, Lord Gou!"

"On the contrary, we helped him do this. We followed the ship and went to America. We may not become rich, but we will never starve to death!"

Dog Master sighed. He also knew this truth, but he just couldn’t make up his mind for the moment.

After a while, he slapped his hand on the table and said, "Forget it, let's go to another place and live another way!"

"Go and inform them... Never mind, I'll go myself."

"Go and invite Huang Laogui and the others over. I still have to make a contribution to my family business here."

At nine o'clock that evening, in a small garden building in Manila.

"The people from the Chamber of Commerce are here." The servant sent by Lord Dog to lead the way whispered in the carriage.

Several Chinese youths in the carriage looked through the window and saw that the light was on in the room on the second floor, and there were human figures reflected in it. It was not just one person, but a man and a woman.

"It looks like it's inside!"

“Is there a dog in there?”

"I raised them, but I have a way!" The servant who came to lead the way took out an oil-paper bag from his arms, inside which were two pieces of fat meat.

"There's drugs in here. The dog will be motionless in three minutes at most."

"Is this medicine effective? There won't be any problems, right?" asked a young Chinese man.

"It will definitely work. This is passed down in my family. My grandfather and father rely on it to support a family of so many people!" The servant immediately said with a chuckle.

"You stole the dog, didn't you? Okay, I got it!"

The servant got off the carriage and walked around the yard half a circle. Suddenly, the barking of dogs was heard in the yard.

After finding the direction,
He then threw in two pieces of meat wrapped in oil paper.

After a few minutes, the dog became quiet.

At this time, the people in the carriage got off, climbed over the wall, walked around the house, and finally pushed open the kitchen window. As soon as they jumped in, they saw a local woman looking at them with horror.

"Shh!" A Chinese youth made a gesture to silence her and pointed his gun directly at the black woman's head.

Then the native woman screamed.

"Fuck!" Someone covered the woman's mouth, took out a dagger and stabbed it into her neck, and then it became quiet.

At this time, the others came out of the kitchen and moved towards the stairs with guns.

"Rosa, what happened?" A man's voice came from the second floor.

Several Chinese people looked at each other and then rushed forward.

Fortunately, the people on the second floor didn’t think anything had happened. After all, this was the Philippines, and a Spaniard of status like him was safe here.

Valverde was standing at the stairs when he saw several Chinese people rushing up with guns pointed directly at him.

Valverde's face changed and he turned around and wanted to run, but as soon as he ran into the room, he was caught up and pinned to the ground.

"Valverde?" The oldest Chinese asked in Spanish. He was a remnant of the Taiping Army. Many of the remnants of the Taiping Army brought back from Peru knew a few simple Spanish words. "Who are you?" Valverde's eyes were full of panic. These Chinese looked completely different from the ones he usually saw.

"Our boss wants to see you!"

"Your boss is..." A thought that made Valverde tremble all over popped up in his mind.

Then I got hit on the back of my head and everything went black.

Several people stuffed his mouth and tied him up, then looked at a woman huddled in a corner next to him.

"What should I do about this?"

"We are not bad people!" said the oldest Chinese man.

"Just tie her up so she can't inform others!"

Anyway, they will leave on the boat soon.

After tying up the woman, several people dragged Valverde downstairs and threw him into the carriage, and then kindly helped him lock the door.

At the same time, in another house in Manila, several people were packing up Lieutenant Montoya.

But he was in a much worse situation than Valverde. He was stabbed several times because of his heroic resistance.

"God bless him, please let him live! At least let him live to San Francisco! As long as he can make it to San Francisco alive, I will fulfill my wish with a pig's head!" Several Chinese youths were praying for him while tying him up.

"Let's see if he's lucky enough. When we get to Hong Kong, let's find a doctor to check on him first! We'll try to keep him alive!"

That evening, a wooden steam cargo ship with a displacement of more than 500 tons left the port.

……

The Spanish Embassy in the United States was attacked, and all the people including the minister were killed, which immediately caused outrage throughout Spain from top to bottom.

Anyone with eyes can see that this is revenge, and the means used are outrageous.

In anger, many Spaniards rushed into the American Embassy in Spain, only to find that the American minister had escaped.

This has led many to cry out for war and revenge.

However, for the Spanish government, they actually do not want to go to war.

Although their navy was stronger, everyone could see that the United States had much greater war potential than theirs.

If the war cannot be ended in a short period of time and becomes a long war, Spain will suffer heavy losses.

War is never an easy decision.

Except for some troublemakers.

The Spanish just wanted to drive Chen Zhengwei out of Cuba, not start a war with the United States.

The American minister fled and the Spanish minister died, and diplomatic relations between the two sides were almost severed.

Spain began to criticize the United States in the international community, and showed its determination to defend its honor even at the cost of war, and announced that it would increase its military strength in Cuba.

However, anyone with a keen eye could see that the Spaniards were not at all prepared for war.

On the other hand, in the United States, newspapers were flooded with reports about Cuba. The tragic experiences of the Cuban people under the oppression of the Spaniards made many Americans feel sympathy.

It seemed as if overnight, newspapers in major American newspapers were filled with this news.

There are even some reports about the Cuban Contra, including former Cuban Contra general Federico Betancourt, who studied in the United States and joined the Northern Army as an individual and participated in the Civil War.

He then returned to Cuba and led the rebels to fight against Spanish tyranny and oppression.

Of course, that’s all the reporting on the former general went on, leaving the American people to believe that he had died in the war or from illness after the war.

You can't write that he was killed by Chen Zhengwei.

Coupled with the United States’ past history, this has caused many American people who had never paid attention to Cuba to begin to feel good about and sympathize with the Cubans.

At the same time, after returning to Washington, James Garfield found a suitable opportunity to be interviewed by reporters.

He first reviewed the history of the United States, and then changed the subject to express that he was also concerned about the plight of the Cuban people and was full of sympathy for their plight.

Following President James Garfield's statement, there were more reports about Cuba.

More people also turned their attention there.

The reactions of Chen Zhengwei and the US government were completely beyond the Spaniards' expectations.

They thought Chen Zhengwei and the US government would protest against them, and they were prepared.

But Chen Zhengwei didn't say a word, which caught them completely off guard.

But then he turned around and committed the Legation Massacre, massacring the Spanish legation in the United States.

And didn't say anything after that

At the same time, various reports about Cuba and the US government's statements made the Spanish government alert.

"What do they want to do?"

Spanish Prime Minister Praxedes Mateo Sagasta convened a cabinet meeting directly.

This old fox in Spanish politics sat in his chair and looked at the others: "You know, their reaction makes me feel dangerous!"

"The dog that bites never barks... they are now like that biting dog!"

(End of this chapter)