1855 United States Tycoon

If Scrooge heard someone ask him, "Have you ever heard of Xingzhonghui?" Then Scrooge, who had an explosive taste, might ask him back: "Have you heard of Amway?" But Chen Bachike I really haven’t heard of Amway, so naturally he wouldn’t have such a sentence, and even he hadn’t heard of "Xingzhonghui", but when he heard the word "会", he naturally remembered something like "Triad Society", "Old Brothers Club", "Small Sword Club" and so on. So he casually said: "I don't know, I am not very familiar with things like the Rivers and Lakes gang."

"We are not the Rivers and Lakes gang." Hearing that Chen Bachi considered the "Xingzhonghui" as the Rivers and Lakes gang, Li Chongguang was obviously unconvinced, and his face flushed slightly, "We Xingzhonghui is going to expel Tartar, an organization that revitalizes China and establishes a united government, not the Rivers and Lakes gang."

"Ah, isn't it just fighting the Qing Dynasty and reviving the Ming Dynasty?" Chen Bachi thought in his heart, but he, who was already so sophisticated, didn't say it.

Li Chongguang continued to introduce their Xingzhonghui to Chen Bachi. That posture really had a taste of Amway. From his description, Chen Bachi also has a general understanding of the "Xingzhonghui" situation.

According to Li Chongguang, the Xingzhonghui was a revolutionary organization led by a Mr. Sun. It was established in Honolulu. Now a Hong Kong Xingzhonghui has been established in Hong Kong, intending to launch a revolution and overthrow Manchuria. Qing government.

"Supporting the revolution", especially supporting the "revolution of the colonial people's resistance to the oppression of the emperor, the state, the sovereign, and righteousness" is one of the common businesses of Heishui Company, so after hearing the word "launch a revolution", Chen Bachi His interest came up immediately.

"I don't know how many members your club has now, how many people have guns, but you need to buy weapons and equipment, and receive military training." Chen Bachi said immediately, "I don't know if you know, I worked in Heishui Company before retirement. Now I have friends in MacDonald’s Infantry Weapons and Heishui Security Company. If you need weapons or personnel training services, you can come to me. You may not know that what Heishui is best at is teaching people to rebel For example, Panama, without us, they would never be able to become independent. Another example is Cuba. Although it is still under the colonial rule of the Spanish, the people in western Cuba have already obtained a high degree of autonomy to a considerable extent. The fact that they can have such a situation is inseparable from their victory in the armed resistance to Spanish rule, and their victory is inseparable from the weapons and training we provide them. Therefore, if you want to rebel, find We are absolutely right. We provide one-stop service, including education, education and meeting."

"Mr. Chen, we are indeed preparing for the revolution. I think we must need guns and weapons. But I don't know how much they need, and whether they need services from your company." Li Chongguang said, "If you stay in Hong Kong for a few more days, Mr. Chen, I can invite Mr. Chen to talk to Mr. Sun and the others."

"I do have to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days until next Wednesday, and then take the'Cassiopeia' back to North America. The ticket has already been booked. If the people above you are interested and have time, I You can talk to them. You know where I live." Chen Bachi replied.

...

The morning after returning to Hong Kong, Chen Bachi had just had breakfast and was sitting in a rocking chair by the window reading a newspaper. A waiter from the hotel came and told him:

"Mr. Chen, there is a Mr. Li and a Mr. Sun outside to visit you."

"Ah, please come in." Chen Bachi said.

After a while, Li Chongguang led a man in a white suit and a white helmet, who looked about five and a half feet (about 1.68 meters) and looked about thirty years old. Walked in.

The height of five and a half feet is considered short in the United States. However, in China at that time, due to nutritional reasons, most people were generally low in height, especially in the south of China. The height of this person is actually quite high. It's a bit higher.

"Hello, Mr. Chen. This is the Mr. Sun I mentioned to you." Li Chongguang first introduced Chen Bachi to the person behind him, and then turned to introduce Chen Bachi to that person, "Mr. Sun. , This is Mr. Chen."

The Mr. Sun took off his hat, revealing his short hair without braids. He stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Chen Bachi: "My dear Sun Wen, lucky to meet."

"Happy meeting, happy meeting. Mr. Sun sits here." Chen Bachi also stretched out his hand and shook Mr. Sun, then let him onto the wicker chair next to him. If it was Scrooge, he might have a reaction to the name Sun Wen. Of course, the reaction would not be great. And Chen Bachi is not a traverser. He doesn’t know anything about the founding father of the Republic of China, the pioneer practitioner of the revolution, and Mr. Sun doesn’t have the legendary aura of shock and worship from all directions. Chen Ba The ruler will naturally not have any special feeling. In his eyes, this Mr. Sun Wen is just a customer who can make him feel good (because he has always been full of malice towards Manqing).

"I heard that Mr. Chen also turned back then, saying that he is also our senior." Mr. Sun spoke first.

"Back then, I rebelled with the king of heaven and Dongwang, although it was lively, but to be honest, after I arrived in United States, I met a few times in the world and realized that our level of rebellion was really not high at that time. To be honest, it was early in the morning. It sucks. If we made fewer mistakes, I'm afraid everyone would not have pigtails long ago." Since he intends to make this deal with Xingzhong Association, of course Chen Bachi has not concealed his views on Man Qing. Of contempt and hatred.

"Yes, the Manchu Qing government lost its power and insulted the country and caused harm to the country and the people. It should have been overthrown long ago. Sir, you see, the Manchu is such a big country, and it's all about being bullied by Western powers. When the Qing court negotiated a peace with Japan, it was kneeling to surrender and cede territories to pay indemnities...How can it be done without overthrowing the traitorous government?” Mr. Sun first counted Manchu Qing’s crimes of bereavement and insulting the country, and then condemned Man Qing’s crimes. Ethnic policy.

"Mr. has been abroad for many years, so he naturally knows the idea of ​​a nation-state. Nowadays, the Manchus are not of my ethnicity, and their essence is no more than the same as foreigners. They all regard me as a colony of China, and use my Chinese anointing to support those useless. The Baqizi brother. Therefore, once the Manchu government encounters foreign enemies, it dare not seriously resist, because the Baqizi brother is useless for a long time. When governing a country, the first priority is not to make the country prosperous, but to suppress the Han people. I heard that before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Zhongtang repeatedly wrote letters, saying that the navy was inadequate, the ships were aging, the artillery was backward, and the strength was far inferior to that of Japan. But in order to contain the Han people, the Manchu Qing court deliberately misappropriated the navy and military expenses for other purposes. I heard people say that the Manchu nobles privately said that the Han people were prospering and perishing. Therefore, I would rather the country be declining and be a big power than to let me. When the Han people have room for their abilities. I am a Chinese Han, dozens of times and a Manchu, as the main body of the Chinese people. How can the main body be oppressed and the country can prosper? Make the best use of your talents, make the best use of the land, make the best use of the material, and make the goods flow smoothly-these four things are the great economy of prosperity and the great foundation of governing the country. But in China, this cannot be done without overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. If this continues, the country and species will be subjugated, such as the Indians in North America and the Mayans in South America. The fate of the Mayans in South America is not far."Mr. Sun, Manqing is a bastard. If you don't say this, I also know. I just don't know how Mr. Sun intends to overthrow Manqing." Chen Bachi said. If it were a few years earlier, Chen Bachi would probably be moved by Mr. Sun’s words a little bit earlier, and maybe he would join Mr. Sun’s Xingzhong Club to make a revolution. But now it is different. Chen Bachi is also old, and although his skills are not bad, he is still much worse than before. Secondly, the older Rivers and Lakes are, the more courage they are, the more they think. After so many years of insight and experience, Chen Bachi also knows that many times the lip service is useless. The key is to see how they do it.

"First of all, it is to propagate the revolution and arouse the people..." Mr. Sun began to tell Chen Bachi how he planned to make a revolution.

"Mr. Sun, I would like to ask how many people there will be in Xingzhong today. Of course, if it is not convenient, then forget it. In addition, rebelling against this kind of thing is very expensive. I don’t know how much money will be spent on Mr. Sun’s Xingzhong Association. Guarantee." Chen Bachi asked, now these two issues are the issues he cares most about.

"Now the organization is still in its infancy, and the number of people is not high. However, the Manchu rebellion is really trying to drive fish for the Yuan. I believe that it will not take long before the revolutionary team will rapidly expand. As for funds, the main fundraising is currently mainly based on the donations of our patriots. "Mr. Sun replied.

"What kind of people can join the Xingzhong Club. What kind of discipline does the Xingzhong Club have?" Chen Bachi continued to ask.

"As long as we approve of the national revolution and support the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty, anyone who established the Union government can join us..." Mr. Sun thought that Chen Bachi was impressed by him, and hurriedly talked again.

But unlike what Mr. Sun thought, Chen Bachi was not moved by the blueprint he drew. On the contrary, he heard a lot of very bad things. Later, in a letter to his own friend, Chen Bachi commented on the "Xingzhonghui" pioneered by Mr. Sun:

"This Xingzhong Club is a freak. It is doing the most dangerous thing-rebelling, but the organization is loosely organized like a club that plays polo, and it is even worse than a club that plays polo, you know. There is still a funding threshold for the club. For publicity, they are too optimistic and almost take it for granted. Of course, they do not have a tool like the Associated Press that can widely influence public opinion, even they did not expect it. To build something like this. Of course, what’s more important is that they all promote the so-called “major principles”. They seem to really believe that there are so many people in the world who are willing to risk killing for the sake of “major principles”. The danger of the head. And in the really critical place, that is, what practical benefits the revolution can bring to ordinary people, they almost did not mention it at all. This is not accidental, but Because their revolution does not seem to be able to bring about these immediate changes. So I think their revolution at that time will probably be at most similar to the "Small Sword Society" and other incidents, and it is far inferior to the kings of the past. What about Dongwang..."

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