Chapter 69: Miserable Chinese (1)
San Francisco, the United States, is one of the most beautiful cities in California and an important financial center and trading port in the western United States. San Francisco is a city full of population, developed industries, scattered factories, and towering chimneys abound. It is a city full of modern atmosphere.
Near the San Francisco Bay, there are many towns and towns, with trains, ships and other transportation vehicles shuttle back and forth. When you arrive in the city, on the spacious roads, various steeply-topped church buildings, bell towers and large squares will appear from time to time.
In early 1907, the population of San Francisco in the United States exceeded 500,000. If the population in the jurisdiction of San Francisco included rural areas, it had more than 600,000 people. Because of the prosperity of San Francisco, more immigrants were more willing to choose to live in San Francisco.
The entire San Francisco has concentrated about half of the population of California. Although the number of Chinese people is affected by the Chinese Exclusion Act, the growth is getting slower and sometimes even the number is still regressing. However, the large number of Chinese workers and descendants of Chinese workers who came in the early years have made the city account for more than 30% of Chinese people.
Once you enter a large Chinatown, you will see that it is no different from the big towns in China. Most of the pedestrians who come and go are Chinese dressed in Chinese clothes. The signs of each store are also plaques written in calligraphy. The vendors shouting in the vegetable market are no different from those in China.
In April last year, San Francisco, which had just experienced a major earthquake, is now undergoing reconstruction work with the strong support of the US government. Reconstruction projects in various places are also in full swing, with people coming and going everywhere, and a busy scene. Many places where Americans live, quickly built with government emergency assistance, have now been completely renovated.
On the street, American gentlemen who didn't know what was bitter were wearing tuxedoes, white gloves, and a proud expression of being strangers; ladies were wearing gorgeous dresses, high heels, and a wide range of jewelry, showing their noble identities arrogantly.
In a large farm covering an area of nearly 30 acres near San Francisco, more than 800 young and middle-aged Chinese with short hair are undergoing military training. They carry 20 kilograms of heavy objects and run around a circle of more than 600 meters without fatigue.
A few dozen meters away, there were some elderly people and children around them, and they were cheering for these young and middle-aged Chinese. With their support and encouragement, the young and middle-aged Chinese cheered up and ran even more vigorously.
An elderly man with white hair and hair said to a black-faced man over 50 years old: "A Zhong, why do you think those benefactors who take in and help us treat us so well? They don't have to work hard for them and farm the fields, they just run like this, and then stand for a few hours, and feed them every day. Moreover, they teach these kids to read and write. I really can't figure it out, old man!"
The black-faced old man was a man who had seen the world. He looked clear and said to the elderly: "Uncle Li, our benefactors, they must be all revolutionaries in the country! Only they do not leave braids, and they also need our kids to cut off their braids. In my opinion, they must train these kids and then return to the country to carry out revolution!"
The elderly man was excited and said with trembling excitement: "A Zhong, are you saying that our children may contribute to our country and sacrifice themselves for our nation in the future?"
The black-faced old man nodded affirmatively and said excitedly: "Yes! Uncle Li, these revolutionaries are very different from those who used to know how to raise funds from us. They did not ask for rewards, saved us, and only asked us to shave off our annoying braids.
Moreover, they are well organized and have far-reaching goals. I have never heard of many of their training methods. If I could be decades younger and trained with these kids, I would return to the domestic revolution in the future and succeed, maybe I could become a general!”
In the meeting room of the farm, Ye Hui, Zheng Tiexue, Wang Xuanzhang and five PLA officers were holding a meeting.
Ye Hui held a telegram that had just been declassified and said excitedly: "The principal asked us to send a few PLA officers who are good at dealing with others to purchase various materials from the US government in the name of the Lanfang Republic to achieve the purpose of establishing diplomatic relations with the United States."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, Zheng Tiexue nodded and agreed: "The United States is a capitalist country based on industry and commerce, and it emphasizes the most economic interests. Now, they have extremely strong productivity and produces countless commodities and machines, but they have suffered from the lack of a broad overseas market. Therefore, they are worrying about this. Moreover, their overseas business expansion will be suppressed and excluded by other capitalist countries led by Britain.
Our People's Liberation Army has already established a vast territory in Borneo. As long as we give them enough economic benefits in the name of the Republic of Lanfang, I believe we will definitely be recognized by the United States."
Wang Xuanzhang then said loudly: "If we establish diplomatic relations with the United States, we can openly purchase a large amount of arms from the U.S. government without spending huge amounts of money and secretly bribing the arms company to purchase it.
The principal is so wise that he has built a territory in the name of the Republic of Lanfang and can negotiate with other countries with justification without worrying about being unreasonably criticized by other countries.
Now, let me first talk about our intelligence department’s investigation into the current situation of Chinese Americans over the past two months. Then, we will summarize the achievements made by our comrades who came to the United States one after another and worked hard for several months.”
After saying that, Wang Xuanzhang took out the notebook he carried with him and began to introduce the miserable situation of Chinese people in the United States.
Under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the upper country of China became increasingly corrupt and decline. In just a hundred years, the once proud Chinese people's status in the world has dropped sharply.
Because China itself has been invaded and insulted by the great powers of various countries and has lost its dignity, the Chinese overseas have no status and have suffered inhuman abuse and massacre by the great powers of various countries.
Chinese in California entered the United States in large quantities during the rush of the gold rush in California in 1849. At first, because California had sufficient surface gold and urgently needed a large amount of manpower to develop and extract, the Chinese were enthusiastically welcomed and accepted by Americans.
Chapter completed!