Most of the Chinese in San Francisco are concentrated in the Yerba Buena neighborhood, which has gradually formed the prototype of Chinatown.

On both sides of the street, there are Chinese-run butcher shops, vegetable shops, fish stalls, etc., and the silk shops are more luxurious.

Today is also the great joy of Hongmen Hall's renaming of the Chinese Association, and the Chinese Consul in San Francisco, Zheng Zaoru, personally attended the ceremony to congratulate and cut the ribbon, adding a touch of official color to this grand ceremony. There is no doubt that the overseas Chinese in San Francisco are gradually getting rid of the state of rootless wanderers.

In fact, in the late Qing Dynasty, when the anti-Chinese trend arose in the United States, Mexico, Cuba and other places, the response of the late Qing political axe was very fierce, and it also sent warships to Mexico to protect overseas Chinese and force the Mexican political axe to submit soft indemnities.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the hardliners never had a disadvantage, but although most of the hardliners had the mentality of the Celestial Empire, they did not have the insight of the Celestial Empire, so in the late Qing Dynasty, anything ridiculous could happen, such as declaring war on all nations at the same time, single-handedly fighting the whole world with the strength of one country, and creating a powerful record that has never been broken since the birth of mankind.

After the founding of the new dynasty, overseas Chinese were also one of Ye Zhao's most concerned issues.

It's just that now walking in Chinatown, Ye Zhao is not in a very happy mood, last night he dreamed of double eagles catching white eagles, and he always felt that this dream was not auspicious.

If it is used in the rise and fall of dynasties, the ancient beast white eagle, homophonic with leaves, does it refer to itself? Double eagles, are you invisibly burying hidden dangers? The faces of the powerful ministers flashed in Ye Zhao's mind, but they couldn't figure it out.

And if this dream is used to interpret the current political situation in the world, does it mean that a conspiracy or alliance against the Chinese is gradually forming?

In short, this is not a pleasant dream, and it also makes Ye Zhao's mood not very bright.

On Ye Zhao's side, Christina was elegantly holding a flower umbrella, wearing a slightly exaggerated beautiful top hat inlaid with parrot feathers, and a red long skirt with a sense of surname, which was actually a simple puffy skirt, a typical image of a court lady, elegant and noble with a cold surname.

After last night's dance, Christina went back to the clinic, because the rich woman who had cataract surgery had already made an appointment to remove the blindfold. The operation was a success, and the rich woman did not feel any discomfort, so after treating a few patients this morning, Christina boarded the carriage to the Chinese consulate.

The news of Ye Zhao's visit to the United States has not been officially made public, and although some powerful dignitaries who attended the ball will inevitably leak the news to the outside world, it obviously has little impact on Christina's clinic and Chinatown.

It's just that in Chinatown, there are several more white police patrols than in the past, and law and order has been maintained for the first time, and the San Francisco police have arrested thieves stealing overseas Chinese property for the first time in Chinatown.

Ye Zhao suddenly saw the Yunlin Temple in front of him, which was built by Chinese businessmen and local overseas Chinese at the end of last year to worship the Queen of Heaven, which was actually the Mazu Temple on the coast of the Central Plains. Mazu Lin Mo Niang, from the Song Dynasty to the previous dynasty, a total of 14 emperors enshrined it 36 times, the title from the lady to the concubine, the concubine, and then to the queen of heaven of the previous dynasty, the empire was established, and the emperor named Lin Mo Niang as "the mother of the country and the people, Miao Ling Haiyu Tianbo Anlan", included in the royal ceremony, and carried out spring and autumn sacrifices.

The temple gate of the Yunlin Temple in San Francisco is not wide, and it is juxtaposed with the merchants on the side, which is less solemn than the temple and a little more friendly.

At the gate of the wooden fence temple, there were stalls set up by scholars, Ye Zhao walked over, shook his fan, sat at the divination table, and asked, "Can you interpret dreams?" ”

Xiangshi has a thin and long face, black moles and long hair on his cheeks, and when he saw Ye Zhao dressed as a nobleman and Christina, his small eyes flashed with a hint of joy, but his eyes were squinted deeply, and he said lightly: "Chrysostom is broken, Tong Su is not bullied!" Dream interpretation face-to-face, self-communication. ”

His small movements couldn't escape Ye Zhao's eyes. Ye Zhao couldn't help but be disappointed, and met Jianghu Langzhong again, but once he came, he was at ease, and listened to what he said. shook the fan and said, "The two tigers are fighting for the white eagle, I don't know what the master is doing?" ”

Xiangshi said indifferently: "Ask about marriage? Blessing or misfortune? Or wealth? ”

Ye Zhao said: "What if it's a militaristic matter? ”

Xiangshi was stunned, his little eyes slowly opened, looked Ye Zhao up and down, and then, he took out the turtle shell and copper coin, shook and threw it away, and finally the copper coin fell on the table, Xiangshi shook his head and explained, what "less yin and less yang", what "all yang number nine is old yang", muttered for a long time, and thought about the hexagram book for a while, and then said to Ye Zhao: "This dream is hidden in the auspicious, auspicious is fierce, it is a situation between the two tigers, if the son asks the militarism, the so-called two tigers must have an injury, and the white eagle will be able to meet the fierce and auspicious." ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly when he heard "Fierce in the Hidden Jiji", listened patiently to the surname, and heard the Xiangshi's words of "turning evil into auspiciousness", so he hummed, and the attendant behind him handed over two silver dollars, no matter what, he listened to an auspicious word.

In the midst of the thousands of thanks, Ye Zhao and the others set off, and turned their heads to see Christina looking at him curiously, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "I had a dream, we Orientals, have the custom of interpreting dreams, in fact, many times, it is a kind of emotional comfort, dreams, often closely related to the real world, said to think about dreams at night." ”

Christina suddenly said, "You had a bad dream last night? You're in a bad mood, aren't you? ”

Surprised by Christina's sensitivity, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It's not bad, let's go, let's go to dinner, don't you talk about it today?" Celebrate your first successful cataract surgery. ”

There is a very large Chinese restaurant at the intersection of the Chinese street, as soon as you enter the store, the atmosphere of oriental antiquity comes to your face, the octagonal palace lamp, the carved window, the screen, the wood carving cabinet, the Chinese character couplet, the round table and square stool are also extremely clean and tidy.

Ye Zhao and Christina sat at a table next to the wooden cupboard with a painting fan, and fifteen guards sat at two tables on the left and right.

Nowadays, in San Francisco, especially in Chinatown, it is extremely common for a large group of people to gather and walk, but Ye Zhao and his entourage are gorgeously dressed, and there is obviously a difference between master and servant, and the male host and Christina, the blonde stunner who has fallen into the city, are naturally eye-catching.

Ye Zhao asked for a few side dishes, among which "crispy fried tenderloin" and "oyster custard" were specially ordered for Christina, even if she was used to Western food, these dishes would suit her appetite.

In fact, Westerners are not accustomed to eating stir-fried vegetables mixed with green vegetables and meat.

Because the Chinese restaurant is close to the street, there are often white people who come to taste exotic dishes, because the store has knives and forks, but Christina still asked for a pair of chopsticks, and affectionately asked Ye Zhao to teach her to hold chopsticks.

When two white young men came in and saw this picture, their faces changed, and they sat down at a table by the window, looking at Ye Zhao from time to time.

Before Ye Zhao came to San Francisco, there were already state legislators in California who had proposed bills against interracial marriage, although the main target was blacks, but the Chinese inevitably became members of the interracial race, and the white racial organization Ku Klux Klan was established in a grand manner, and the state legislators were members of the Ku Klux Klan. This also shows how serious the trend of white supremacism is today.

Seeing that the piece of meat in the middle of Christina's chopsticks finally fell to the table under her clumsy movements, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Waste food, you better use a fork." As she spoke, she stretched out her chopsticks and took a piece of meat and put it on her plate, saying, "This is our Oriental courtesy, only this time." ”

Christina's deep blue eyes flashed, and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "I heard that Orientals will deliver food to their lover's mouth. ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "I don't have this habit. ”

After talking and laughing, Ye Zhao asked Christina how the Chinese food tasted, and Christina said that it was delicious.

When they came out of the restaurant, the two white young men followed a few steps, but when they saw that the Chinese were powerful, they looked at each other and had to return abruptly.

Sitting in the carriage of the European-style closed carriage, Ye Zhao asked Christina with a smile: "Have you heard of the Ku Klux Klan?" ”

Christina shook her head blankly and asked, "What is it?" ”

Ye Zhaoxin said that this organization, which was initiated by the soldiers of the Southern Federation, seems to be not famous now. In fact, probably except for China, which is tolerant and large, in modern society, any group that thinks it is excellent has racist organizations, including white organizations, including Muslim organizations, including Dongying samurai organizations, etc., and now in China, it has also given the soil for racists to breed, which is important to pay attention to.

Later generations of Han nationalism can only shout slogans, and many times it is just a helpless move to be confused in thought, if the current government is prosperous and the country is rich and strong, this kind of nationalist sentiment will not be too extreme. However, in this world, it is different, if there are also racist organizations in the country and infiltrate the army, foreign races will really shed thousands of miles of blood.

The carriage clicked and came to the back door of the public house tavern, Christina stood up, bent down and hugged Ye Zhao, kissed Ye Zhao on the face, and said, "Your Majesty, I will come out in a while." ”

Ye Zhao is a little uneasy today, maybe it was caused by last night's spring dream, right? hugged her slender waist, smelled her fragrance comfortably, and said with a smile: "I'll go with you." Except for the ball, this was the first time Ye Zhao took the initiative to hug her, Christina was stunned, and said softly: "You're not performing now, are you?" ”

Obviously, Christina is very smart, although she doesn't understand why Ye Zhao wants her to be her dance partner, but she also feels that Ye Zhao is not infatuated with her beauty, and she doesn't seem to have a reason to fall in love with her.

Ye Zhao felt slightly embarrassed and said with a smile: "It's not for show, it's really about hugging you." "Get up and take Christina's hand and get out of the car.

Christina had naturally come to visit her mother, Madame Fischer Jr.

The Public House Tavern is Hamilton's business, and although Hamilton absconded last night, no one knows that the tavern is still in operation except for a few of his cronies.

Since Hamilton and Christina were engaged, Mrs. Fischer Jr. had become a courtesan in the tavern, more or less out of her career as a memorial girl, but if Hamilton's friends and even cronies took a fancy to Mrs. Fischer Jr., she still had to spend the night with these men.

Mrs. Fischer Jr. usually lives in the dormitory on the second floor of the tavern, and there is a wooden ladder winding up the backyard, and the second floor also houses the chef, bartender and other employees and their families.

Ye Zhao and Christina were in the corridor on the second floor, when they heard Mrs. Fischer Jr. arguing with someone, Christina knocked lightly on the door, but the door opened.

The messy bedroom is already small, and the dirty clothes and sundries thrown all over the ground make it even more difficult to get off your feet.

It was a black woman who was arguing with Mrs. Fischer Jr., the bartender's wife, and she didn't know what trivial things they were arguing about, and when she saw Christina and Ye Zhao entering the house, the black woman spat and moved out step by step like a hill.

Little Mrs. Fisher immediately hugged Christina with tears in her eyes, kissed Christina on the cheek, and murmured, "My precious daughter, my darling, marry Mr. Hamilton quickly, and take me out of this ghost place, for I will not be able to live a day like this!" ”

But immediately, she shook her head again and again, and said, "No, no, you don't marry that villain, you hurry up, go to New York, leave me alone, go to New York to find your dreams, oh, my poor baby, I hurt you!" ”

Christina gently hugged her and patted her on the back silently, and after a while, Mrs. Fischer's excited emotions slowly calmed down, and then she saw Ye Zhao and asked in surprise: "Baby, who is he?" ”

Christina smiled: "It's my boyfriend, from China...... Aristocrat. ”

Mrs. Fischer Jr. was stunned, and said, "Hurry up, then, and don't, don't be seen." Looking at Ye Zhao, although she didn't like the face shape of the Oriental, there was no doubt that this noble young man was extremely handsome, and he was born with a mysterious and lofty temperament, no matter where he was, he stood out like a chicken, and people were willing to surrender at his feet.

Ye Zhao greeted with a smile, "Hello, Mrs. Fisher." And he said, "Let's go, let's all go down." Chrissy, I don't want all the luggage here, and I don't want any jewelry. ”

There is no doubt that everything here is a nightmare for both mother and daughter, and from now on, the less things that can bring back the nightmare memories of this nightmare, the better.

Christina understood what Ye Zhao meant, but her Western thinking was naturally different from Ye Zhao's, she hugged Mrs. Fisher hard, and said, "Casey, look at everything here, say goodbye to them, in the future, you don't have to come back." ”

Mrs. Fisher asked blankly, "Why?" His face changed, and he said, "Did that despicable scoundrel do anything again?" ”

Christina laughed: "I met God, and he told me to protect me and love me from now on, that bastard, that scoundrel, dare not come and disturb the lost lamb protected by God again." As he spoke, his eyes winked at Ye Zhao and said, "My Heavenly Father, will you protect me forever?" ”

Mrs. Fisher was surprised and said, "What's wrong with you?" Is it sick? But he was already pulled out of the house by Christina, half-hugged and half-dragged.

Surrounded by a large number of guards, Mrs. Fisher gradually came to her senses, but still couldn't believe it, and took Christina's hand and asked, "Is Mr. Hamilton really not going to trouble us again?" Seeing Christina's affirmative nod, she felt a little relieved, looked at Ye Zhao again, and asked, "You, are you a Chinese nobleman?" You're not afraid of Mr. Hamilton, are you? ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Well, I'm not afraid of him." ”

Mrs. Fisher was surprised and delighted, and then asked urgently, "You, will you take us to China?" ”

Ye Zhao glanced at Christina and said, "You will no longer be in any danger if you stay in the United States, as for whether you go to China or not, it depends on Miss Christina's decision." ”

Christina was stunned again, staring at Ye Zhao with ice eyes, and said, "Are you willing to take me to China?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Then what's not to do?" Excellent doctors, from the perspective of bringing in talent, are the most popular in China. ”

Christina blinked her blue eyes and said, "Although it is not the answer I want to hear, I will follow you wherever you take me." ”

Ye Zhao shook the folding fan and thought for a while: "Actually, it's good that you finish studying medical university in New York, take advantage of this time to learn Chinese, and if you go to China now, because of language problems, studying in medical school will be very difficult and will waste a lot of time." ”

Listening to his mind full of calculations about the "Talent Crash Plan", Christina glanced at Ye Zhao a few times and whispered, "I listen to your arrangement." ”

…… Sending Christina and Mrs. Fischer Jr. to the Parkview Green Hotel, Ye Zhao's car drove back to the consulate.

In fact, Ye Zhao of the Parkview Green Hotel had already bought it and was going to give it to the Fisher couple, and the title deed was handed over to Christina, a small hotel, which didn't cost a few dollars, and it was a good home for the upright Fisher couple.

When I returned to the consulate, it happened that there were several telegrams that had just been sent from China, and the telegraph line from China to the United States, the Shanghai-Nagasaki-Honolulu-San Francisco sea line was still being erected.

Therefore, the telegrams that Ye Zhao sees now were all sent from China a few days ago.

In this telegram, there is a secret telegram, which was translated by the guards according to the code book and presented to Ye Zhao, which is a telegram from the Military Committee, to be precise, it is sent by the matchmaker.

The cable said that the French began to stir up hostility between Cambodians and Vietnamese with increasing frequency, especially supporting Vietnamese immigrants to fish in Cambodia's major river basins in exchange for the support of some tribes in southern Vietnam and further infiltrating their influence into southern Vietnam.

In the telegram, the matchmaker asked if she wanted to let the Lao Mountain Infantry Regiment enter Cambodia and beat the French.

The Lao Infantry Regiment, subordinate to the Imperial Royal Military Commission, is an armed force of 3,000 people formed by recruiting Laos' brave mountain people, and the political axe army that China helped Laos build, this infantry regiment belongs to the battle sequence of the Chinese [***] team, and all the soldiers of the infantry regiment have also been approved to join the Chinese nationality.

And as the name suggests, most of the members of this infantry regiment are mountain people, trekking through mountains and rivers, climbing trees and vines, and walking on the ground, which is an armed branch that can maintain strong attack power in the mountain rainforest.

The infantry regiment has been training for more than a year, and although there is also live-fire training, the matchmaker obviously wants to test their quality with real battles, and the French in Cambodia are a good target.

Since the Sino-British and French wars, the French Empire has attacked all over the world, but Napoleon III is no less ambitious than his uncle, and his strategic vision and political courage are so poor that he can't do tricks, meddling in the affairs of various countries everywhere, but often can't stick to the end, and does things that offend people and don't like them.

If Napoleon III openly supported the Polish uprising, but did not provide substantial military support, the Poles were suppressed, and the French ended up incurring the resentment of the Russians and the disdain of the Poles.

Allied with the Kingdom of Sardinia, Italy, and fought with Austria, but the emperor, fearing the intervention of the German states, soon negotiated peace with Austria, much to the displeasure of the Italians.

Supporting the unification of Italy, but fearing that Italy would become a strong neighbor of France after unification, withdrew its support for the Italians, and as a result, the Kingdom of Sardinia soon annexed Tuscany and the Kingdom of Sicily to form a unified Kingdom of Italy. The Italians were united, but no one would be grateful to the French.

When the American Civil War broke out, Napoleon III also considered intervening, and finally abandoned the plan, set his sights on Mexico, the southern neighbor of the United States, and occupied Mexico City, and supported the Austrian Habsburg Archduke Maximilian as the Emperor of Mexico, and established the Second Mexican Empire, which offended the Americans, and at the end of last year, the Americans had issued a statement that they would intervene in the situation in Mexico and provide armaments to the Mexican Republicans.

It seems that in Asia, the French also made frequent attacks and began the process of infiltrating southern Vietnam.

In recent years, looking at the intelligence of countries around the world, Ye Zhao really wanted to say a word to Napoleon III, without your uncle's ability, don't learn from your uncle's domineering, make enemies everywhere but can't get any benefits, why bother.

The French occupation of Cambodia was actually based on the idea that Cambodia would open the door to the southwest of China, but after two years of investigation of the Mekong River Valley, the French expedition found out how impractical it was to open the road to southwest China through this river.

And Cambodia doesn't seem to have any reason to be fascinated except for the ruins of Angkor kilns.

Soon the French politicians lost interest in Cambodia and had no hope for Cambodia's industrial and commercial progress, calling Cambodians "a nation doomed to extinction", believing that Cambodians had no ability and necessary conditions for economic development, and that this nation would inevitably be eliminated by history.

As a result, the French have once again set their sights on Vietnam, of course, not to open the southwest gate of China, but to maintain the existence of colonies in Southeast Asia, a kind of European colonialist habitual thinking, but completely unaware of the growing influence of the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Looking at the telegram, Vietnamese, Mexican, and French, Ye Zhao paced slowly, falling into deep thought.

(To be continued)