Chapter 185: Changes in Chinatown
Many Chinese who came to Nanyang for the first time were mostly engaged in some hard work, not to mention their status, no human rights, and many times they were not even guaranteed to live. But even so, there are still some nimble Chinese who stand out from the crowd.
At present, Nanyang has experienced the existence of Nanyang Chinese in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and some Chinese have established families in Nanyang. But these Chinese families in Nanyang have a low status in Nanyang.
The only people who really respect these Chinese patriarchs may be the Chinese in Nanyang. But in the eyes of many foreigners and other indigenous elite families, these Chinese families are still nothing, and they don't need to be too considerate and polite.
Although the Chinese are now able to open factories and mines in Nanyang, buy land and hire tenants and local owners. However, in many governments in Nanyang, it is rare to see Chinese as government officials. Even if there is, most of them are sesame petty officials who do some paperwork.
As for the military and the police, most of the Chinese who can be hired are stuffed into the police station at their family's expense. The reason for this may be that in the eyes of many people, most Chinese people have little courage.
If the Chinese are brave, then why is China being so bullied by an Oriental island country at this moment?
Now Zhao Tiehu suddenly told these Chinese leaders that the foreigners promised to let them select people to be sent to the neighborhood management agency to be officials, not to mention, but also promised to form a joint defense team composed of all Chinese children and equipped with guns, which is too rare!
Hearing this, the patriarch of the Wang clan immediately said, "Brother Yonghua, what you just said is not a joke?" ”
In front of so many seniors, how dare Yonghua joke about this? Regarding the selection of people to serve in the government, you can choose your own people. But in the end, whoever can be an errand still needs to go through an assessment.
As for the members of the joint defense team, if each family has a good soldier, they can also send them. Although it is only a joint defense team, I hope that the Chinese children who join this joint defense team are all people who dare to fight, dare to fight, and dare to fight.
Therefore, if you want to become a member of the joint defense team, you must go through a period of training and selection. Of course, I am also the commander of the joint defense team for the time being. After all, I should be more familiar with dealing with foreigners than everyone else.
In the future, whether our joint defense team can be recognized by those foreigners also needs to make some achievements. If the existence of the Joint Defense Force can be approved by the Governor in power, then the size of the Joint Defense Force can be expanded at a later stage.
You can also think about it, if you are here in Manila, there is a joint defense team composed of all Chinese children. Not to mention a few thousand, even a few hundred, I think those indigenous hooligans and ruffians are afraid and dare not bully our people and merchants at will, right?
Besides, if something happens in the future, this joint defense team will not leave us defenseless. Now that the situation is turbulent, who can guarantee that the little devils will not invade Manila in the future?
Compared with the distance of the little devil warship here, the United States, which controls Manila at the moment, is not bad in military and national strength. But how far away are they? If the little devil kills, where will we go? ’
As soon as these words came out, a Chinese leader immediately said: "Brother Chen, the Oriental devils should not be so bold as to dare to trouble the Americans, right?" I've heard that the strength of the U.S. military is not bad, and its national strength is much stronger than that of the Oriental devils. ”
'Will or no, time will tell!' Back then, many people didn't believe that little devils dared to invade our big country, but what about the reality? Today's Oriental devils have gone crazy, and if they want to support this war, they must keep waging war.
Regarding the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in China, if you are concerned, I believe you should have heard about it. At present, although our anti-war forces have not yet regained the lost territory, they have also made it impossible for the little devils to continue to advance.
The little devils who are unable to make progress for the time being will inevitably seek other ways to support their colonial aggression. And the most convenient place for them to invade is the countries of the South Seas not far from them.
Now that Europe has broken out, even if the little devils invade the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia, will Britain and France still have time to come to the rescue? As for the Americans, although their national strength is not weak, their navy is only afraid that it is no match for the little devils.
Once the little devils take the risk and really start a war against Manila, what will we do? Surrender and be a slave to the little devils, do you think the little devils will let us go easily?
Even if the little devils are willing to let us go, will the local natives who hate us let us go? The reason why I plan to form a joint defense team is more to prevent problems before they happen!
As long as we form a joint defense team and let the Americans see our role, I am confident that they will support us in expanding the size of the joint defense team. In this way, even if the war burns to Manila in the future, we will not be powerless to fight back! ’
Even if Zhao Tiehu said these things that would happen to the Chinese and Nanyang in the future, many Chinese leaders felt a little unwilling to believe it. But for Zhao Tiehu, he didn't expect everyone to believe what he said.
He summoned these people over, no doubt to announce the matter. In the future, the Chinese community will have a joint defense team under his direct command and leadership. With the help of this joint defense team, reserve soldiers are screened for the Wolf Warriors.
Chinese families who are willing to develop with the wolf warrior, Zhao Tiehu will also welcome them with both hands and provide shelter to these Chinese families. If he is unwilling to go with the wolf warrior and still retains the mind of 'sweeping the snow in front of the door', he will not be too forceful.
After all, he is not a savior, and it is impossible to save everyone. All he can do is to do his best to help those who want to change their fate and are willing to work hard for the rise of the Chinese.
With the end of the Chinese leaders' gathering, Zhao Tiehu then visited the door to the door and fulfilled the promises made at the meeting. Seeing Zhao Tiehu so trustworthy, many patriarchs of Chinese families felt that it was very rare.
But what really caused the shock in the Chinese neighborhood was the notice posted by the Wolfsburg faction. Looking at these posted notices, many young children from ordinary Chinese families felt very unbelievable.
Listening to the words read by some people who could read and write, these young people also said with surprise on their faces: "Sir, do you mean that it is written on the recruitment notice of the owner of Chen Zhuang on the outskirts of the city?" Every month, is it really a salary of five oceans? ”
'Yes! Here's what it says! According to the meaning of the notice, if you want to participate in this joint defense team, you must also go through an assessment and interview. Those who pass the examination will also undergo one month of military training.
Only the 200 people who pass are eligible to join the joint defense team and be paid for their salaries. In the future, this joint defense team will be responsible for the security of our Chinatown, just like those foreign policemen, who can carry guns all over the street to patrol and perform duties! ’
Along with the posting of the notice, Zhao Tiehu also set up a recruitment point in Chinatown. The number of Chinese children recruited in the first batch seems to be far less than the 200 mentioned in the notice. But the reason given by Zhao Tiehu is that the extra people will eventually be kicked out.
In the end, from these hundreds of Chinese children, the best 200 people were selected to join the joint defense team. Regarding Zhao Tiehu's reason, Major Harks, who is in charge of public security management in Manila, also feels that Zhao Tiehu's method can indeed select elite soldiers.
If Zhao Tiehu can really train an elite joint defense team, then it will undoubtedly be a boost for Harkes, who is responsible for managing security in Manila. After all, through the previous battle, Hax already knew that Zhao Tiehu was not simple.
And the combat effectiveness of the escort team under his command should not be underestimated. Fortunately, Zhao Tiehu has a good relationship with him, and Zhao Tiehu is also very supportive and helpful in the fight against the Philippine rebels, which makes Hax even more satisfied.
Even before the joint defense team was formed, Zhao Tiehu took the lead in pulling the heads of those Chinese families and raised 50,000 oceans. The Chinese neighborhood, which is full of disorderly garbage, has been thoroughly cleaned inside and out.
At the same time, several neighborhood conventions were proposed, requiring all Chinese living in neighborhoods to abide by them. It also spent money to build public toilets in some parts of the neighborhood and dig sewage canals and other infrastructure, which changed the weather of Chinatown in an instant.
Later, Zhao Tiehu united with some Chinese families in the main block of Chinatown to create a Chinese commercial street. With the Chinese restaurant built by Zhao Tiehu as the main body, it will create the first pedestrian commercial street in Manila to buy leisure.
On the day of the opening of the mall, the arrival of Governor Joseph and the commander of the garrison undoubtedly made the whole of Manila boil. The Chinese who invested in the construction of the commercial street earlier made a lot of money just by renting or selling their shops.
And the beneficiaries naturally include the ruling governor and the commander of the garrison who owns the shares. It can be said that Zhao Tiehu's unique business ability still makes many Chinese family owners truly admire from the bottom of their hearts.
It's just that in Manila's Chinatown, it seems that earth-shaking changes are beginning to take place. Zhao Tiehu also reached a secret agreement with Joseph to gain the right to relocate Chinese immigrants to Mindanao.
After all, with the arrival of a large number of immigrants into Manila, the government has also begun to implement a strategy of relocation in order to alleviate the dissatisfaction of the indigenous people with the government. Many people have migrated to Mindanao, which is currently undeveloped.
But when they arrived in Mindanao, most of them were under anarchic jurisdiction. Many of the natives who moved to Mindanao joined the rebels hiding there, causing a lot of trouble for the administration that was sent there.
Although the Americans do not pay much attention to the undeveloped and barren islands of Mindanao, it does not mean that the US military does not want a new province for taxes and resources. In any case, Mindanao is also a big island in the Philippines!
After some haggling, Zhao Tiehu was finally appointed by the consul as the newly formed Davao municipal governor in Mindanao. But in fact, the so-called Davao City is just a small town with a small population.
But for Zhao Tiehu, this is equivalent to giving him a real chance to establish a chance to belong to the Wolf Warrior base camp. And in the future, Davao will also become the real core and key development place of Wolf Warrior!