The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 727: What kind of people lead what kind of soldiers
At 5: in the morning, the sky began to brighten. Although Penang was still in chaos, there were not many people rioting.

Several gangsters came out of a house, holding two silver objects in their arms.

Everything of value in the house is long gone.

After discussing it a little, they secretly walked towards the Governor's Mansion.

Their target was not the Governor's Palace, but some buildings around it. They thought there might be valuable things there.

However, when they reached the street near the Governor's Palace, one of them leaned over and looked in the direction of the Governor's Palace, and then he froze.

"What did you see?" The others felt a little puzzled.

"Did you see a ghost?" Seeing that he didn't say a word, the others also leaned over to look, and then everyone's body froze.

There were corpses everywhere in front of the Governor's Palace.

Several people had looks of fear on their faces and shrank their bodies back to gasp for air.

"They're all dead..."

"It looks like those ghost guys..."

After calming down, they leaned forward to take another look. This time they saw two people hanging in the window on the second floor of the Governor's Mansion, waving in the wind.

"Could it be...could it be the Governor?"

"Go back and inform the boss!"

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At the same time, as daybreak approached, the British Navy also distanced itself from Chen Zhengwei's fleet. The two sides were on the verge of a fight, as if they could open fire at any time.

Both sides are waiting for orders.

……

At 6: in the morning, Penang began to return to calm, and more and more people learned that there were a large number of corpses in front of the Governor's Palace.

And the news of the massacre of British soldiers finally spread.

When the news reached the hotel, the wealthy Chinese businessmen turned pale when they heard it.

"All dead?"

"British troops were killed?"

"There are corpses outside the Governor's Mansion? There are people hanged in the windows?"

Although these wealthy Chinese businessmen had heard of Chen Zhengwei's name a long time ago, news about Chen Zhengwei had been coming all the time.

They had only heard about it before, but now they finally knew how bold Chen Zhengwei was and how ruthless he was.

Ye Guansheng kept saying in hatred: "Good, good death! How many of us Chinese have died? Now it's their turn!"

But there was still some worry in his eyes.

After all, the British are not easy to mess with.

"How about they walk sideways? This is what we call majestic!" Tiger Tai muttered to his henchmen.

They were busy all night last night and haven't slept yet. Then they heard about the incident at the Governor's Mansion. He even went to take a look nearby.

He thought that when they arrived in San Francisco, he might as well have Heheshe join Chen Zhengwei.

It’s so cool to follow a big boss like this!
At the same time, the Governor's Office received three telegrams from London.

The henchman was immediately sent to the hotel.

"Fuck, what time is it now? Do you know what time I went to bed last night?" Chen Zhengwei cursed and turned around and put the pillow on his head.

"Deal with the important matters first, and then go to sleep!" Lin Changning advised, but Chen Zhengwei was not moved at all.

Lin Changning pulled at Chen Zhengwei's pillow but couldn't move it for a long time.

It took a long time to get Chen Zhengwei up. Chen Zhengwei went to wash his face cursing, came outside in his pajamas, and slapped Li Xiwen on the head.

Then he took the telegram.

The first telegram was about an indigenous riot in Malaysia, where the British had very few troops stationed.

Chen Zhengwei happened to be there at the right time, and the British Foreign Office invited Chen Zhengwei to help quell the riots.

And they demanded that the Governor of the Straits Settlements and the British in the Straits Settlements must be protected.

"It's too late for them to say it... The governor died in the riots... What's the point of saying it now?" Chen Zhengwei curled his lips.

The result was pretty much what he expected.

The British Foreign Secretary certainly does not want to ruin his political career because of this incident.

So he had to eat his own shit, wipe his mouth clean, and smile like a gentleman.

Of course, he would want revenge during his next term in office.

But Chen Zhengwei was never afraid of his revenge.

The second telegram was sent from the Colonial Office, informing the Straits Settlements, especially the colonial government of Penang, that Chen Zhengwei and his men would help quell the riots and asked them to provide certain cooperation and assistance.

The third one was sent to the Navy and contained similar content.

"Send these two telegrams to the colonial government and the navy!" Chen Zhengwei threw two of the telegrams to Li Xiwen.

"Brother, there is one more thing. What about the other people in the Governor's Mansion?"

"Haven't those people been killed yet?" Chen Zhengwei asked in surprise.

"Kill them! What are you keeping them for?"

"Where is the person who sent the telegram?" Li Xiwen asked.

After all, they had just received a telegram...

"Kill them too... Just say they went to work with serious injuries and died of their injuries after receiving the telegram..." Chen Zhengwei waved his hand casually.

These people are not important at all. If they die, they are dead. No one will care about them.

On the contrary, being alive is somewhat troublesome.

"After they died, there were not many people left in the colonial government..." Li Xiwen scratched his head.

"We'll find as many as we can. Also, have these telegrams delivered to Malacca and Singapore to give them a slap in the face." "Now the British are begging me to help them quell the riots! Anyone who dares to pretend to obey them is discontent with the British Empire! I can hang them to death and no one will say anything."

After Chen Zhengwei gave the instructions, he went back to sleep.

The telegram was then sent to the colonial government and the navy, but almost all the senior officials of the colonial government were killed, with only a few who were not in the Governor's Mansion last night surviving.

The remaining people trembled in fear all night. In the morning, when the city calmed down, they wanted to go to the Governor's Palace, only to find that there were dead bodies everywhere in front of the Governor's Palace.

There was also a foreign painter with a pale face standing in the yard painting.

Chen Zhengwei's men didn't find the surviving colonial government staff until after eight o'clock in the morning. When these people saw Chen Zhengwei's men, their faces turned pale and they thought they were coming to kill them.

After seeing the telegram, they were also shocked by its content.

As eyewitnesses, they know what happened last night.

I also know that all this is related to Chen Zhengwei.

However, no one dared to say it now, and some even felt relieved that they could survive.

The navy actually also received a telegram, but the telegram relay in Penang was afraid that there was a problem with the line, so it sent a telegram to both the naval base and the Governor's Office.

After receiving this telegram, the commander of the naval fleet suspected that he had read it wrong.

After confirming that he had read it correctly and that the telegram was genuine, he angrily yelled, "What on earth are those pigs in London thinking?"

He gritted his teeth, tore the telegram into pieces, punched the fence in front of him, and then ordered: "Go find those Chinese guys, we lost a team of soldiers last night!"

"Also, send someone to the Governor's Mansion to see what's going on over there!"

When the navy people were sent out, it was almost noon, and they ran into Chen Zhengwei's men on the road.

"Your soldiers? I haven't seen them. Maybe they went to participate in the riots! Some British people participated in the robbery last night. Could they be them?" A Chinese young man in hunting clothes said with a smile.

These two sentences made the naval captain leading the team so angry that his face turned pale.

Like the man, like the soldiers he leads; like the boss, like the subordinates he has.

After following Chen Zhengwei for a long time, all of his subordinates have the same character.

"Step aside!"

However, those Chinese were holding submachine guns and were not afraid of them at all.

"So what if I don't allow you? It's so chaotic now, and I'm not letting you run around. I'm protecting you!"

The two sides confronted each other for a long time. Only after receiving the order did Chen Zhengwei's men step back with a smile and let them pass.

The British soldiers looked warily at the Chinese who were staring at them from a distance, and at the same time looked at everything around them, feeling horrified.

Many of the British communities in the city center were burned to ruins.

There was still blood on the streets.

Especially on the road from the naval base to the Governor's Palace, there was a lot of blood and drag marks on the ground, as well as many bullet casings.

Combined with the gunfire last night, they suspected that the sailors had been killed.

Outside the Governor's Palace, a large number of Chinese gathered around, whispering as they looked at the corpse hanging in the distant window.

The bodies on the ground had been dragged away.

Chen Zhengwei arranged for some people to load the bodies of the army, navy and British soldiers onto horse-drawn carriages and take them away for disposal.

After all, these people are like sieves, with bullet holes all over their bodies.

It would be better to just say that these people are missing.

So many houses were burned... maybe they were burned to ashes!
However, although the body was dragged away, there were still a lot of bloodstains and bullet shells on the ground, as well as the smell of blood that could not be dispelled by the wind.

Ye Guansheng and some wealthy Chinese businessmen were also mixed in the crowd, looking at the two corpses hanging outside the window of the Governor's Mansion. It was indeed as Chen Zhengwei said.

Mr. Governor is indeed very relaxed now.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" There was a commotion in the distance, and some Chinese were driven away. A group of British soldiers with guns came over and watched everything with grim faces.

They really had an impulse to immediately shoot and kill the Chinese around them.

However, Chen Zhengwei's men were watching them not far away.

They can use gun butts to drive away the Chinese, but no one dares to shoot...

After driving away the Chinese, they saw large amounts of blood and bullet shells on the ground, and their faces became gloomy.

A dozen thugs in hunting clothes came out of the Governor's Mansion with guns in hand. One of the young men leading the group said, "You've come at the right time. I'll leave this place to you!"

"The Governor's Mansion was breached by the mob last night... We arrived a step too late! The person hanging in the window is the Governor... How cruel! This Governor must be very unpopular...!"

"But we helped you get revenge and killed many thugs! You still have to say thank you to us!"

Seeing the playful smile on the other side's face, the British soldiers almost gritted their teeth.

"You bastards!"

"We help you quell the riots, and you still blame us? That's what you are wrong..." said another thug with a grin.

"You said riot...where are the bodies of those rioters?" The naval captain who led the team glared at the other party with gritted teeth.

"I've taken care of it for you. It's so hot today, it'll stink if you don't take care of it!"

"How is the situation handled?" the naval captain asked coldly.

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere around them immediately began to turn cold.

The Chinese youths looked at them with a somewhat ferocious smile on their faces. One of them spoke meaningfully:

"Don't you believe us? The body is over there. Shall we take you to see it?"

This team of naval soldiers suddenly felt a chill.

Turning my head to look around, I saw the Chinese with guns behind me also surrounding me.

Everyone was looking at them coldly.

"No need..." The navy captain quickly calmed down.

"It doesn't matter. If you want to see it, I can take you to see it anytime!" the other party said with a smile, but his eyes were cold.

(End of this chapter)