The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 565: Are the British scary, or am I scary?
The British Foreign Office is holding a small meeting, chaired by Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary Julian Perkins, to discuss how to sanction Chen Zhengwei.

They sent a telegram to Chen Zhengwei, but after several days, there was no response from the other party.

This made them extremely angry.

"We need to make him understand that we can support him because he is useful, but we will not always tolerate his reckless behavior," Julian Perkins said loudly at the meeting.

"We raise hounds for hunting. When the hounds start to bite their owners, they will be killed!"

"We must not only make him understand this, but also make everyone else understand this!"

Deputy Foreign Minister Charles Willens nodded and took over the conversation, "According to the information we have, he previously injured our American ambassador, Sir Edward Thornton, and threatened him."

"The death of the Chinese ambassador to Peru happened the day after he arrived in Peru. Although it was a riot, it is hard to say that it had nothing to do with him."

"From the information we have obtained, we can also see that he is an uncontrollable mad dog! Although it will cause trouble for the United States, it will also cause trouble for us."

"Excuse me, the Navy shouldn't have sold him the retired warships. Apparently this has made him arrogant! He can no longer face up to his own identity and position!"

"I suggest that the Pacific Fleet blockade San Francisco's export trade! At the same time, in the United States, use economic means to strike him down!"

"This will help him sober up a little."

The assistant undersecretary in charge of American intelligence thought for a moment and said, "That American has a kind of smokeless gunpowder. Although we are also researching it, if we can get the gunpowder formula, it can greatly speed up our research progress.

"We didn't get the formula directly because we were considering the cooperation between the two sides. I think this is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Chinese ambassador to the United States!"

"Now, we should correct this mistake and take this opportunity to get the formula."

Soon, the strategy against Chen Zhengwei was decided in this small conference room.

Soon, some British businessmen who had investments in the United States received the news, and then the news spread to some American companies.

For example, railway companies.

There are a large number of railway companies in the United States, and the shareholders behind them are all British.

The first thing they need to do now is to cut off Chen Zhengwei's cargo transportation, especially the food and medicine he is planning to sell to Peru, as well as the guns and ammunition he is planning to ship from Remington to San Francisco.

After receiving the news, the heads of various railway companies were all thinking with worry on their faces. On the one hand, there were the demands of the shareholders behind them, and on the other hand, there was Chen Zhengwei.

They can't afford to offend any of them.

"Stop the cargo first, then send a telegram to San Francisco to tell them there's a malfunction and it'll take some time to repair!"

The mountains of goods were about to be loaded onto the train, but they stopped immediately.

Some railway companies then began to inspect trains and railways, and even trains that had already loaded goods and were heading to San Francisco broke down halfway.

And this news soon spread to San Francisco.

In just one day, Rong Jiacai received four telegrams from the railway company regarding delayed shipments.

"What a coincidence, there are so many failures all of a sudden?" Rong Jiacai sneered.

He knew how Chen Zhengwei would handle this situation.

"Telegram them back. Brother Wei is very angry about this happening. The consequences will be serious."

"Either deliver the goods on time, or die!"

"If the goods are delivered on time, at most they will lose their jobs. If the goods are not delivered, their whole family will die!"

"Send them the telegram, and then find out what happened through our people in various places."

"Tell Brother Wei about the situation again!"

Soon, this telegram filled with all kinds of vulgar and threatening language appeared on the desks of the heads of several railway companies.

That evening, the trains were repaired overtime and the faulty section of the railway was cleared.

……

Peru, Chen Zhengwei has been enjoying the sunshine of the southern hemisphere and the squeeze of the eastern and western hemispheres recently.

He was lying by the swimming pool, and after receiving the telegram, he sneered fiercely: "The British are really going to take action!"

"Ask those railway people if they want to die. Are the British the worst, or am I?"

"They even dare to block my goods, what else do they want to do?"

"Let San Francisco work overtime to make some more torpedo launchers and torpedoes!"

"Also, add ten more torpedo boats!"

Then Chen Zhengwei tore up the telegram and threw it on the ground.

Torpedoes are just a precaution.

He felt that after his trump card came into the world, he would not be able to reach that step.

……

Boston, a single-family garden villa.

Two men in gentleman's clothes knocked on the door and asked the maid who opened the door: "How is Mr. Wentworth?"

Soon, the hostess, who had received news of a visitor, came to the door with an expression of uncontrollable joy on her face.

"Mr. Bowden, Mr. Holmes, welcome! Thank you so much!"

"It looks like Mr. Wentworth is doing much better," smiled the middle-aged man known as Mr. Bowden, who is on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine.

To clarify, New England refers to the northeastern region of the United States.

Bowden and the others were then taken to the bedroom, where they saw Wentworth lying on the bed. "You look good now!" Bowden saw the other's face and knew that he was much better. He stepped forward to untie the gauze on the wound on his leg, observed the wound, and measured his temperature.

In fact, he had already known about the effects of this new drug. Before Wentworth used it, they had used it on a prostitute and two workers who had been infected due to trauma, and the results were shocking.

Wentworth was a wealthy man from Boston who was injured while fishing, with wounds so severe that the bones were almost visible.

Then symptoms such as infection and fever appeared.

So Bowden and others immediately gave him a potion, and the effect was immediate.

"Thank you very much, I don't know how to express my gratitude. I thought I might die!" Wentworth said with lingering fear after propping himself up.

"You're lucky!" Bowden said with a smile as he asked his deputy to take notes.

If it weren't for these potions, Wentworth would probably have to have his limbs amputated.

Amputation may save a life, but if the wound becomes infected, it will be fatal.

"Yes! Can I ask what medicine you gave me? I want to buy some!" Wentworth was more concerned about this life-saving medicine.

"Unfortunately, this is a medicine made in the laboratory. The one used on you is the last one I have. But don't worry. I believe this medicine will be available for purchase in a few months," said Bowden.

"Which company produces the medicine? What's its name? Do I have the opportunity to invest in them?" Wentworth asked immediately.

Bowden's expression was a little strange: "This medicine is called penicillin. You must know their boss. Zhengwei Chen!"

After documenting Wentworth's situation, Bowden left with his deputies.

After getting on the carriage, he excitedly praised it and said, "This is a great invention that can change the world!"

"It can save countless lives on the battlefield! Countless people survive every year because of this potion!"

"And with this drug, we have more options for surgery!"

Bowden is not only an editorial board member of the New England Journal of Medicine, but also a surgeon with a great reputation in the American medical community.

So he knew exactly what this drug could do.

In addition to infections, it can also treat most pneumonias and syphilis.

These are problems that plague the entire world.

When he returned home, he took out the penicillin-related information and instructions that Chandler had given him. He felt that the magazine must include this information and put it in the most important position.

The only regret is that the information does not contain the specific ingredients of this new drug.

Soon, other editors who had received sample injections also reported back on the results. While praising the drug's effectiveness, they also expressed their interest in this new drug.

A few days later, the content about penicillin and the editorial board's determination of the drug's efficacy were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In a New York hospital, Dr. Alan Moss had just seen a patient and when he returned to his office, he picked up the magazine that had just been delivered.

Soon I saw an unusual listing in the catalog.

The Great Invention That Changed the World

"What would be the greatest invention that would change the world?"

Alan Moss immediately turned to the corresponding page with great interest, and as he read, he soon showed a look of shock.

The whole person stood up from his seat.

"Is this true?"

After reading it carefully, Alan Moss immediately saw endorsements from several important figures in the medical field at the back, which proved the authenticity of the effects.

"It turned out to be true!"

"No, I need to confirm it!"

Alan Moss could not hold back and immediately went out to send a telegram, because among the people whose names were attached at the end, one was his teacher.

Soon, this issue of the magazine caused a stir in the American medical industry, and countless hospitals wanted to seek ways to purchase drugs because each hospital had a large number of patients suffering from infections, pneumonia, and syphilis.

Even many doctors were dissatisfied with the fact that the specific ingredients of penicillin were not disclosed in the magazine, and called for authorization to all physicians to mass-produce it in the shortest possible time.

Even though we know that the owner of this drug is Chen Zhengwei.

There were also many people who were more impatient and packed their bags directly, preparing to run to San Francisco to find Chandler and Chen Zhengwei to persuade them.

This medicine is so important.

The news about penicillin also spread across the ocean to Europe, including Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other countries.

After the British Foreign Office received this news, it immediately decided to take this opportunity to obtain both gunpowder and penicillin.

But Ireland's Randolph Churchill could no longer sit still.

He had been asking people to keep an eye on the situation in the United States, so when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs got the news, he also got it.

"Are you sure this is true?" Randolph looked at the telegram in his hand and stood up from the sofa.

"It must be true. This is the invention that changed the world that he said!"

Randolph Churchill turned around twice on the spot, his face began to turn red, and he became excited.

He hurried towards the office of his father, the Governor of Ireland.

He knew that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was very dissatisfied with Chen Zhengwei, but he knew even more why Chen Zhengwei had sent him the telegram before.

In other words, I can at least get the agency rights for this drug!

(End of this chapter)