Cuba, Havana is one of the quaint Chaoshan Chinese Chamber of Commerce

"What crazy are you talking about? I want to remind you to recognize your own identity and not to be dizzy when you are fanned by others, what kind of bullshit do these local Cubans have to do with us Chinese businessmen? You are only here to do business and make money, if you have compassion, you can just help them when they are in trouble, are you still ready to put all your wealth into it? Zhu Fengchen, who was dressed as a wealthy Chinese businessman, rebuked in a fierce voice.

He is the veteran director of the 3rd Operations Division of the General Directorate of Imperial Security, and now holds the post of vice president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce in Cuba, and his apparent identity is the director of the Havana sugar factory, and he has been operating in Cuba for more than six years.

But now, with a massive military build-up, the Kingdom of Spain has launched a large-scale and brutal suppression of the Cuban uprising.

According to the empire within

Zhu Fengchen instructed to control the hot-headed emotions of the local Chinese businessmen and draw a clear line with the local Cuban rebel army, so as not to be affected.

After all, he is an outsider, so he can't be so concerned. It is not that the empire does not protect these Chinese businessmen, but that the time is not ripe to intervene in the rapidly turbulent situation in Cuba in advance.

To be honest, not enough people died in Cuba to the detriment of the colonial rule of the Empire. Of course, this can't be said nonsense, this is just Zhu Fengchen's private speculation, and it is not appropriate to make it public.

Think about how many years of chaos the three Central American countries were back then? How many people died in the turmoil of the civil war?

"President Zhu, in the uprising of the Cuban locals for equality and freedom, we have Cuban friends who have known us for many years, relatives and family families, students who love Chinese culture, and plantation workers, can we give up all of them? It's just cold-blooded, isn't it? ”

"Yes! The Spanish army's treatment of unarmed civilians is so brutal, and there are so many women and children in need in those cannibalistic concentration camps, can we all bear to watch it? ”

"Last week, the Spanish army in Mirotel slaughtered the entire town, killing thousands of people, and we must expose such atrocities...... "Many Chinese businessmen have become too involved, and they are angry to accuse the Spaniards of atrocities."

Zhu Fengchen couldn't hold it down, and looked helplessly at Zhou Qingren, the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Meaning; It's your turn.

"Ahem...... Everyone, be quiet and listen to my heartfelt words. "Zhou Qingren is not only the president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce in Havana, but also the leader of local businessmen, with high prestige.

As soon as he spoke, some of the merchants below stopped shouting and sat down quite unwillingly, still looking indignant.

President Zhou Qingren looked around and said in a clear but very powerful voice;

"Fellow business people, I am here today to pour a basin of cold water on you, I hope you can seriously recognize yourself, recognize where your ability is? Where are the boundaries? How many pounds and taels do you weigh? In my opinion; You are too well protected by the Empire, and you have developed an all-powerful arrogance, and if you don't stop at the precipice, destruction will follow. Will you be able to recognize yourself? Recognize what you are? Those dog owners who are not ashamed to speak out may be more than 10 years ago, maybe a few years ago, they are just refugees who fled from the mainland. When he came to the North American continent penniless, he developed and became rich under the care of the empire, and began to become unpopular. Look at you one by one, you want to protect this, you want to protect that, and you see the atrocities of the Spanish army foaming at the mouth, who gave you the courage? Think about it, it is the strong power of the empire that supports us overseas businessmen not to be bullied, to be able to do business with British and French merchants with straight hearts, to be able to live here with dignity, to be able to enjoy a business environment without being bullied, all because we have a great empire to back us. As a subject, you should be proud of it, but you should also know the boundaries of your actions and not cause trouble for the Empire. Why are you going to contend with tens of thousands of Spanish troops armed to the teeth? Is it just a red mouth and white teeth? The man who can't bear to abandon the Cuban uprising stands up for me, what kind of dog are you, dare to bark like this? What are you capable of protecting the Cuban uprising? Is it just your identity as a businessman? Do you believe that today you will be expelled from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and tomorrow you will be on the streets? Have you ever thought that you shameful things who don't know how to use morality to kidnap the Empire, and try to rely on the military deterrent power of the Empire to protect your relatives, friends, or hired workers? How many Imperial soldiers will die in battle against the Spanish Expeditionary Force to satisfy your desires? How much does the empire have to pay for war in order to win the war for its own selfishness? Is this money all you can make up for all the money? With such ability, why don't you go into battle with guns on your own? Is it fear of death or what? One of you counts as one, the dogs who shouted the most fiercely, and I will stand guard at the gate of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce with a gun starting tomorrow morning, and I will stand guard for a month. Don't run any business, first be an upright person, be a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and be a person who knows gratitude. Now that I'm done, who has any objections? President Zhou Qingren's stormy speech, the Chinese businessmen who were still excited at the bottom of the training were silent, and it was really like a basin of ice water poured from head to toe, and they were completely sober.

If you think about it, there are quite a few people who are so red that they almost burrow under the table. The chamber of commerce behind it does not support it, and the courage of the businessmen comes and goes faster.

Zhu Fengchen couldn't help but secretly praise the chairman in his heart for being cunning after all, these words were strong enough and the meaning was clear, he lost no time in standing up and saying;

"Colleagues, according to the notice received by the Chamber of Commerce from the diplomatic department; The Spaniards are now red-eyed, and it is not appropriate to force themselves with the other side at this time, as it is easy to cause the two sides to misfire, and it is not beautiful to do so. In this spirit, I hope that all of you here will restrain your behavior when you return and stop sheltering those Cuban natives who participated in the uprising, so as not to cause trouble to yourself. As for what you said about the personal rolls or something, you should send them away, and you should send them away, and it is better not to drag yourself into troubled waters. If the Spaniards are caught in the past and do not rely on the real evidence, the Chamber of Commerce may not come forward to catch people. Even if the Chamber of Commerce finally intervened, the starting cost was 2,000 yuan, and if there was no money, he would be prepared to stay in a concentration camp for the Spaniards. Wipe away the sins you have made. There are so many Chinese in Cuba, there are always people with iron who want to try to see if the Spanish butcher's knife can cut off his head, and the Chamber of Commerce is really powerless. It's an extraordinary time, and it's better to do a little bit. After the meeting, more than 100 businessmen all made birds and beasts and hurried back to clean up.

Zhou Qingren, president of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, did not leave, but came to a separate room with Zhu Fengchen, vice president, lit a top-quality Havana cigar and tasted French champagne and chatted.

"Brother Fengchen, has the meaning of the diplomatic department also conveyed by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce?"

"The Chinese businessmen in Cuba and Puerto Rico have basically been notified, and the Chinese people in the remote plantations have also sent people to send letters, and I dare not say that none of them have been missed, at least the vast majority of Chinese businessmen have been informed, but I don't know what the effect is?"

"The nine sons of the dragon are different, and there are always people with iron heads, which cannot be recovered by manpower."

"Huh...... Brother Qingren has seen it thoroughly! What he said just now was incisive, and the power penetrated the back of the paper, and the foolish brother could only obey. ”

"Brother Fengchen, don't be polite to me, you are from the secret department, can you breathe in private? Does the empire have the intention to ......" Zhou Qingren drew a big circle with his hand, and his eyes revealed an inquiring look.

What he meant...... Does the Empire intend to conquer Cuba and Puerto Rico? If a businessman can find out the policy trends of the upper echelons in advance, he will inevitably benefit a lot.

Zhu Fengchen, director of the third division of the operation, took a deep breath of cigar smoke, and then slowly exhaled a thick smoke before replying;

"Think about Guatemala and Nicaragua in Central America, it's all your speculation, I didn't say anything."

"I see, I have written down this deep friendship." Zhou Qingren was thorough at one point, and it was worth a thousand words that he didn't say anything.

After five years of civil war, more than half of the population died, and finally fell into the pockets of the empire, and now it has changed dramatically.

Such a change in Cuba can already tell a lot. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

In the context of the rise of the Tang Empire, a large number of powerful Chinese businessmen have sprung up, and their careers have reached the Americas and Europe, and it can be said that the development is becoming increasingly prosperous.

Even in the Brazilian Empire, there were many Chinese businessmen. These Chinese merchants continued to explore in the Americas, selling the empire's industrial products, special commodities and bulk goods such as grain, oil, cotton and other commodities to various countries, and firmly established a firm foothold in the local area.

China Commercial Capital has also become an important force that cannot be ignored in the international financial and business circles, and many Chinese business families that have been inherited for a hundred years originated in this era of reckless masses.

It also occupies an important position in the political and business circles of South American countries, and even dominates the local national economy. Seriously speaking, the business environment of Chinese businessmen is much stronger than the original history, and it has naturally burst out of dazzling energy, and it has risen rapidly in just over 20 years, especially in the fields of finance, chemical industry, retail, internal combustion engine, shipping, grain, oil and food, and a large number of outstanding enterprises have emerged.

The world-renowned Chinese cuisine was widely popular in both North and South America and Europe, and it was during this period that Chinese restaurants began to proliferate.