North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 161 Kung Fu is Not About Fists and Feet

This day in February 1851 was the Chinese New Year.

Without a doubt, this is the most important festival celebrated by Chinese people all over the world.

The same applies to Huamei Company, which is predominantly Chinese!
During the Spring Festival, Huamei Company gave all employees a rare two-day holiday.

It's not that we can't afford to take holidays, but rather that Huamei Company is in a period of rapid development, with many industries experiencing unprecedented explosive growth. Every day off means huge profit losses and delays in the construction schedule.

Therefore, even though everyone was on holiday, the company still paid triple the daily wage to encourage employees to work overtime voluntarily.

Meanwhile, a grand New Year's celebration is being held at the Rosewood Hotel, a property under the Huamei Group.

The current "Rosewood Hotel" is no longer the small but extremely luxurious hotel that was converted from a luxurious private estate. Instead, it has undergone a series of renovations and expansions on the original site.

The renovated and expanded Rosewood Hotel now boasts over 400 guest rooms of varying luxury levels, as well as more than 20 meeting rooms and banquet halls of different sizes.

Huamei Company's Spring Festival annual meeting was held in the largest and most luxurious "Xiangjiang Hall" of the Rosewood Hotel.

This is a huge banquet hall that can accommodate thousands of guests at the same time.

At this time, the "Hong Kong Hall" was filled with distinguished guests from all directions, with nearly a hundred round dining tables occupied.

In a corner of the "Hong Kong Hall," at an inconspicuous dining table, the O'Hara siblings, dressed in formal attire, are interacting with other guests at the same table.

"Tsk tsk tsk...!"

A bald, middle-aged white man with a bloated belly stared intently at Susan O'Hara with unbridled greed.

The man's greedy gaze lingered repeatedly on Susan O'Hara's alluring face, her high, snow-white, half-concealed breasts, her slender waist that could be encircled with one hand, and her long, straight, flawless legs.

If looks could devour people, his gaze would have already ripped Susan O'Hara apart, leaving not even a bone fragment.

The man's gaze was so unrestrained that even his tablemates felt uncomfortable, yet Susan O'Hara remained smiling and chatting happily with him.

“Mr. Huntington, a mayor of your stature should be at the head table of this banquet!”

Susan covered her mouth with her delicate silk folding fan and chuckled, "You shouldn't be sitting at the same table as merchants like us, should you?"

"hey-hey……!"

Mayor Huntington is the mayor of Madeira, a small town in California with a population of just over a thousand; it's not an exaggeration to say he's like a village chief.

But in the previous election, Mayor Huntington worked very hard and won several hundred votes, which is why he was qualified to appear at the Chinese American Company's annual meeting.

"It doesn't matter which table I sit at, as long as I can be with Miss Susan, it is the greatest honor of my life!"

The mayor of Huntington made no secret of his lust for stunningly beautiful women.

Especially today, Susan O'Hara, with her extremely exquisite makeup and styling, looks ten years younger, at most only in her early twenties.

Her outfit today was exceptionally revealing, with large swathes of her snow-white skin exposed without reservation under the brilliant lights.

Her entire body was adorned with jewels, which made her even more stunningly beautiful!

Not just Mayor Huntington, she was like a bottomless black hole, attracting the attention of most of the men around her, and then they couldn't take their eyes off her!
“Mr. Huntington, our O’Hara family is new to California and everything here is completely unfamiliar to us!”

Susan smiled charmingly, "Tell me, do you really know that young Chinese governor? What does he look like? Is he handsome? Is he generous? Is he a gentleman...?"

"Uh...!" The fact that they were talking about another young man in front of him made Mayor Huntington very unhappy.

In particular, Mayor Huntington, who had drunk a few more glasses of alcohol, felt a sense of threat after the stunningly beautiful woman showed great interest in the young man.

"Heh!" Huntington chuckled coldly in his throat. "Of course I know that Chinaman! Believe me, beautiful Miss Susan, that Chinaman is just a lucky little fellow...!"

"Although he amassed some wealth and was fortunate enough to become the first governor, all of this was built on our support for him...!"

“Without our support, he is just an insignificant Chinaman.”

"If we support him, he will be the governor; if we don't support him, he might disappear from this world completely tomorrow!"

Huntington lightly waved his fist, demonstrating his strength to the beautiful woman beside him: "Although he is the governor, none of his decrees can be implemented in my city without my consent...!"

"Believe me, beautiful Miss Susan, he's just a stingy, rude, greedy Chinese man, utterly devoid of any generosity or gentlemanly manners...!"

"Is that really true..." Susan chuckled softly, still covering her mouth with her silk folding fan. "Then why are the rumors I've heard completely different from everything Mayor Huntington has said?"

As she spoke, Susan cast her alluring yet scrutinizing gaze toward the man behind Mayor Huntington.

But the bloated Mayor Huntington was oblivious, still chatting in a low voice with the beautiful woman beside him: "Miss Susan, that Chinese guy is nothing to worry about! I would like to invite Miss Susan to my city for a pleasant and wonderful trip..."

"Heh, not worth mentioning...!"

Mayor Huntington nodded in confirmation: "Yes, not worth mentioning! Although he is the host of today's banquet, I still look down on that Chinaman... In the end, they are just a bunch of dirty yellow-skinned monkeys...!"

"A filthy yellow-skinned monkey... Hmm, it's been a long time since anyone called me that!"

The sudden sound came from behind Mayor Huntington.

"who……?"

Mayor Huntington was startled by the voice behind him!
He quickly turned around and saw a tall, dashing young Chinese man standing behind him, holding a wine glass.

This young Chinese man is examining himself with a playful yet slightly disdainful gaze!

"who are you?"

Mayor Huntington had never met this Chinese man, nor... anyone else who was with him!

"who am I?"

The young Chinese man smiled slightly: "Wasn't Mayor Huntington just talking about me?"

"You...you...you are...the Governor?!"

Huntington's massive, obese body suddenly stood up, and in his panic, he even knocked over the gilded chair he was sitting on.

Mayor Huntington had never met Azu in person; he wasn't qualified before!
Now, the governor he had been so slandering behind his back has suddenly and brazenly appeared behind him. How could Mayor Huntington not be flustered?

Azu calmly nodded: "That's right! I am the dirty yellow-skinned monkey that Mayor Huntington was talking about!"

"I...I'm so sorry!" Mayor Huntington was drenched in cold sweat. "Governor, I...I absolutely wasn't talking about you!!!"

It wasn't just a cold sweat all over my body!
Although Huntington was only the mayor of a remote town, he was quite isolated from the news.

But even he knew this young governor to some extent!
Mayor Huntington knew a little about the young governor's power and wealth, his bloodshed and ruthlessness, his cunning and scheming.

Azu continued calmly, "I'm just that stingy, rude, and dirty Chinaman, nothing to brag about!"

"Mayor Huntington, I also want to thank you for your support!"

Ah Zu calmly said, "If it weren't for your support, I might have disappeared from this world tomorrow!"

"No no no...!"

Mayor Huntington felt his legs go weak, and his entire body trembled slightly: "Governor, please don't misunderstand...! I...I...I was just...joking with Miss Susan!!!"

At this moment, Mayor Huntington deeply regretted drinking too much and being too captivated by Miss Susan's beauty... Fuck... Shit...!
How could I have completely lost my mind in this situation?

damn it!
Huntington was absolutely regretting it!
Without turning his head, Azu said indifferently, "Mayor Huntington is drunk. Take him downstairs to sober up!"

The guards around him remained silent, then helped Mayor Huntington away.

"Governor, please forgive me... I was wrong... I really drank too much... Waaah!"

Mayor Huntington had barely uttered two words of pleading when his mouth was gagged by guards, and he quickly disappeared from "Hong Kong Hall." As he was taken away, someone would naturally teach him a lesson and how to behave properly!
Once the bloated, fat guy had disappeared, Azu smiled faintly and raised his glass slightly towards Tony O'Hara and Susan O'Hara.

Then, turn around and leave.

"Governor, please wait a moment...!"

Susan O'Hara lifted her elaborate, rose-colored, multi-layered petticoat with her delicate hands, then rose gracefully.

Azu stopped and turned around, saying, "You are... Miss Susan?"

“Yes, I am Susan O’Hara!” Susan said, giving Azu a graceful European courtly bow.

With her head bowed low, Susan O'Hara displayed her perfect figure right under Azu's nose.

Especially the towering, trembling, invincible whiteness of her chest almost blinded Azu's eyes.

But having been with several stunningly beautiful women, he has some resistance to such beauties.

"Susan O'Hara?"

Ah Zu remembered the names he had seen on the guest list a few days ago, and then he thought of that famous book, as well as Georgia, Atlanta, Cotton, and... Scarlett!

"You are the Ohara siblings from the Ohara family of Georgia?"

Azu immediately became interested in the brother and sister.

"Yes!"

Tony O'Hara also smiled and stood up, bowing to Azu and saying, "I never expected that our O'Hara family would have our name reach you, Governor, after only two months in San Francisco!"

With great interest, Azu sat down in the chair that originally belonged to Mayor Huntington.

Behind him, Shi Dakai and Feng Zicai followed closely, standing proudly with their hands behind their backs on either side.

In such a chaotic scene as today, these two brigade commanders did nothing but ensure Azu's safety.

Tony gave Azu's two "bodyguards" a deep look before smiling at Azu again and saying, "Governor, it is an honor for my brother and me to see you in person on such an occasion!"

"Hehe!" Azu laughed, "Now that you've met the real person, what do you think? Isn't he too ordinary?"

"No, no, no!" Susan said with a charming smile, "Governor, you are younger, more handsome, and more gentlemanly than I imagined...!"

“No!” Azu shook his head: “I’m just an ordinary person, Miss Susan, you flatter me!”

Tony continued, "If someone as extraordinary as you, Governor, is just an ordinary person, then what about us ordinary businessmen? Wouldn't we even be considered human beings?"

Susan said with a slightly excited tone, "Governor, even though I'm far away in Georgia, I've heard many legends about you!"

"Including when you encountered a shipwreck, how did you manage to save the lives of a ship full of people when you had nothing left!"

"And how did you create jeans, the cottage in Eden, the treadle sewing machine, penicillin...!"

"And how you single-handedly built Huamei Company, growing it from a few founders to a large company with tens of thousands of employees in just over a year...!"

"And another thing, how did you become California's first governor step by step...!"

"And another thing, and another thing too! How did you defeat the bandits and the unruly general...!"

"It is because I have heard so many legendary stories about the governor that I took the initiative to come to California, to San Francisco, just to see you in person, Governor!"

……

Susan was like an innocent little fangirl, her tone becoming more and more excited as she spoke, her pretty face becoming more and more flushed.

Even the fervent gaze she gave Ah Zu in her beautiful eyes sparkled with tiny, shining stars!
Ah Zu smiled and waited quietly for her to finish speaking before saying, "It seems that Miss Susan really knows a lot about me!"

"However, I am also a little curious about the O'Hara family!"

"Mmm, Mr. Governor, what would you like to know?" Susan asked, staring at Azu with a seductive gaze.

Azu asked, "As far as I know, the O'Hara family is one of the most prominent families in Georgia. Is there a Scarlett O'Hara in your family? Hmm... she should still be a little girl...!"

“Scarlett O’Hara?” Susan was stunned, completely unprepared for Azu to ask such a strange question.

"Ahem...!" Seeing his sister hesitate, Tony quickly replied, "Yes, Scarlett is my older brother Gerald's daughter, and she's not six years old yet."

Susan realized what was happening and replied, "Mr. Governor, are you talking about my dear little niece Scarlett? She's such a lovely little girl!"

"Not even six years old yet? That's a bit of a shame!"

Ah Zu smiled and said, "I really want to see what she'll look like when she grows up."

Susan couldn't help but exchange a glance with her brother, completely baffled as to why this young Chinese man would be so interested in a little girl!
Azu continued, "On behalf of California and the entire Chinese American Industry, I welcome the O'Hara family, as well as Miss Susan and Mr. Tony!"

"I hope you have a pleasant stay here, and I wish your cotton trading company and my Huamei Company a long-term and fruitful partnership!"

With that, Azu stood up, bowed slightly to the brother and sister, and then turned and left with his men.

"Governor...!"

Susan O'Hara was unwilling to give up and wanted to call out to Azu again, but her brother gently pulled her hand away.

Susan turned around and saw Tony giving her a barely perceptible shake of his head.

Susan O'Hara then slowly sat down, forcing a smile as she dealt with the fly-like men around her.

As Azu led Shi Dakai and Feng Zicai away, he whispered to them behind him, "Two great masters, in your opinion, is there anything wrong with this brother and sister?"

Shi Dakai replied, "Boss, I think this brother and sister are just ordinary people; they haven't practiced kung fu."

“Yes, that’s right!” Feng Zicai replied in a deep voice, “Neither their every move, nor their hands and joints, have undergone any special training.”

Whether someone possesses martial arts skills or not cannot be hidden from discerning eyes; it can be seen at a glance!

Hearing that both of them said so, Azu was a little relieved: "So, this Ohara Cotton Trading Company should be fine?"

Victoria, who was following behind Azu, added, "We've already arranged for our people in Georgia to investigate the O'Hara family. We'll have an answer soon if there are any problems."

"and……!"

Victoria turned around and gave the stunningly beautiful and radiant Susan O'Hara a cold glance: "Besides, some women's skills aren't in fists and feet...!"

Shi Dakai asked in surprise, "Kung fu isn't about fists and feet? Could it be that this woman is a very good marksman?"

"Hehehe...!"

Ah Zu, Victoria, and Feng Zicai couldn't help but burst out laughing at the same time.

"Our Commander Shi, you are still too young!"

Azu smiled and turned back to Shi Dakai and Feng Zicai, saying, "I think the most important thing is for me to find you two wives as soon as possible!"

Shi Dakai finally realized what he meant and scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "Hehe, so that's what you meant...!"

As he spoke, Shi Dakai couldn't help but turn around and glance at Susan O'Hara, wondering if he could tell how good this woman was in that area.
Victoria laughed and said, "Commander Shi, stop looking! You have to trust our women's intuition!"

"This Susan O'Hara is definitely more than she appears!"

Victoria said with great interest.

"If you don't believe me, why don't you send someone to test her skills...!"

(End of this chapter)