The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary sent to the United States is Li Jingfa, a diplomat of special rank; The consul stationed at the Consulate General in San Francisco was Cao Jiade, a senior diplomat, who had been working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a long time and was very familiar with the foreign policy of the Lanfang Kingdom. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Song Shijie, Situ Meitang and others returned to San Francisco, they began to look for a consulate site, and finally purchased an 8,000-square-meter residence at the junction of Washington Street and Paohua Street. There are many Chinese around, which is convenient for dealing with Chinese-related affairs.

San Francisco is the second largest port city on the Pacific coast of the United States after Los Angeles, with a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese, and the "China Town" in the northeast corner of the city is the largest concentration of Chinese in the United States. This is why you chose to set up a consulate in San Francisco.

In order to quickly reach the United States, Zhang Wei sent a Lanfang-class destroyer to escort Li Jingfa and others to the United States, so as to change the nationality of some Chinese to the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom as soon as possible and reduce their suffering.

In order to ensure the voyage of the destroyer, another fast cargo ship was dispatched to help the destroyer transport fuel and daily supplies. This eliminates the need to dock for supplies, saving time for getting to San Francisco as quickly as possible.

After learning that the Kingdom of Lanfang had sent an ambassador to the United States and set up a consulate in San Francisco, many Chinese living in San Francisco came to the consulate to help renovate the courtyard of their houses. Situ Meitang took the opportunity to publicize the policy of the Lanfang Kingdom among the Chinese, first of all, those who were willing to join the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom could not be restricted by the Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States, so that most of the Chinese agreed to join the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom. However, when they heard that they had to cut off their long hair, many people retreated, and Situ Meitang didn't mind, after all, this was a minority.

The members of the delegation have now also become volunteer propagandists, publicizing what they have seen and heard in their respective circles, and at the same time sending out a large number of single copies of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Lanfang to increase the understanding of the Chinese people about the Kingdom of Lanfang.

On July 1, Li Jingfa sent a telegram to the Zhi Gong Party in San Francisco, claiming that he would arrive in San Francisco on the morning of July 7.

Song Shijie told everyone the news, and everyone unanimously demanded to organize a grand welcome ceremony to completely bid farewell to the past and no longer be restricted by the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Lanfang had already informed the US Embassy in Shangjing at the time of departure, the Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Lanfang to the United States would take a destroyer to San Francisco, and then transfer to Washington to take up his post. The U.S. ambassador has already reported back to the country.

On the morning of 7 July, the destroyer crossed the Golden Gate Bridge without any hindrance, and came to the San Francisco Inland Wharf, where it was berthed.

At this time, the tens of thousands of Chinese people waiting on the shore waved the national flag of the Lanfang Kingdom in their hands, let out bursts of shouts, and at the same time waved a long banner, "Welcome the ambassador of the Lanfang Kingdom to the United States!" ”

Seeing that so many people had come to welcome him, Li Jingfa couldn't leave quietly, so he made a short speech.

"Hello everyone, first of all, thank you all for coming to greet me.

I am Li Jingfa, and I am honored to be appointed by our King as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, and the person standing next to me is Cao Jiade, Consul Cao, the Consul General of the Consulate General in San Francisco, and he will be fully responsible for the affairs of the Chinese in San Francisco and the surrounding areas.

Our Lanfang Kingdom is a great country, is a country with Chinese as the main body, the founding time is two years earlier than the United States of America, a few years ago, by the Dutch colonialist invasion, once lying on the salary to taste the courage, hidden strength, now our Lanfang Kingdom defeated the Dutch invaders, no longer choose to forbear, and finally stand up again, under the leadership of the king, will be for the well-being of the Chinese all over the world, to build a big and strong, rich and beautiful Chinese country.

All Chinese in the world, as long as they cut off their long braids and apply to the consulate in person, can join our Lanfang Kingdom and obtain a passport of Lanfang Kingdom, and Lanfang Kingdom will protect the rights and interests of every legal citizen in the world from any harm.

The Kingdom of Lanfang has negotiated with the U.S. Council of Government that as long as the Chinese holding passports of the Kingdom of Lanfang will no longer be subject to the restrictions of the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act.

The embassies and consulates in the United States will protect the life, property, and rights and interests of every lawful citizen from any harm.

I hope that when you encounter difficulties in the future, don't forget that our consul of the Lanfang Kingdom is by your side and can provide necessary help at any time.

That's all I have to say, thank you for coming to greet me, thank you. ”

Li Jingfa's speech confirmed Situ Meitang's words in the past, and many Chinese were eager to join the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom immediately and no longer be bullied by the Chinese Exclusion Act.

It is not bad to have a strong Chinese country to protect, only the Chinese can really think about the Chinese, not the Manchurian court of the Great Qing Dynasty, which does not consider the hardships, helplessness, and helplessness of the Chinese abroad.

The courtyard of the consulate has been prepared, and now a large number of people are coming, Cao Jiade took into account everyone's eagerness to join the Lanfang nationality, and began to exercise his rights after entering the courtyard. Let Wu Yuqiang send people to maintain order, and those who are willing to join the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom first cut off their braids, and then queue up to register.

At the same time, let Wu Yuqiang send someone to unload the cargo ship, move the blank passport as soon as possible, and prepare to issue the passport of the Lanfang Kingdom to those who are willing to join the Lanfang Kingdom.

The first person to cut off his long hair was the original Hongmen master, who is now 88 years old, in order to take the lead for everyone, and everyone respects this lifelong old man who has been running for the cause of the Chinese.

Becoming the first Chinese to sign the application book, the old man's happy beard straightened up, and tears couldn't help but flow down.

After a while, after stabilizing his emotions, the old man choked up and said: "I have been running for the Chinese in the United States all my life, and I have never forgotten that I am Chinese, but I have made no achievements, and I have not done it to gather people to protect myself, and the results achieved are not as good as this thin piece of paper, why is this?" I've pursued it all my life, and it's not as good as this piece of paper? It's because we don't have a strong country behind us. As long as you have this piece of paper, you can stand tall all over the world, no one is afraid, no one dares to bully you, they are not afraid of you, but of the powerful country behind you. Our warship is still stationed on the river wharf, it is that warship that makes us bold, it is the new battleship of the Lanfang Kingdom that makes us bold, and it is the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Lanfang Kingdom that make us bold. I hope you can choose carefully, as long as you join the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom, you will treat the Lanfang Kingdom as your home, and you must not be half-hearted, and you will straighten your waist and be an upright person in the future. “

The words of the old master brought tears to the eyes of many people, but many others died before waiting for this day.

On the same day, more than 2,000 people cut off their long braids, joined the nationality of the Lanfang Kingdom, and obtained the passport of the Lanfang Kingdom.

In the following days, tens of thousands of people came every day to apply for the passport of the Lanfang Kingdom, due to the large number of people, the consulate was not busy at all, so it was announced that each family would first apply for a passport of the Lanfang Kingdom, and the passports of other family members could be handled slowly in the future, as long as each family had a passport of the Lanfang Kingdom, the local police would not dare to bully.

Everyone understands this truth, and only arranges for the main man in the family to apply for passports, but there are too few Chinese in the United States who have families, most of them are bachelors, and the work of the staff is not much easier.

Li Jingfa saw that the staff of the San Francisco consulate was really busy, so he had to suspend in San Francisco for a few days and let the embassy staff assist Cao Jiade in applying for a Chinese passport here.

Li Jingfa stayed in San Francisco for 10 days, helping Cao Jiade with San Francisco's affairs, and did not leave for Washington until July 18 to take up his post.