African Nationhood

Chapter 39 The cunning Ouyang Geng
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The reason why Shi Jintang went back this time was that people from Walvis Bay Port were coming, people from the United States.

The letter he wrote to his good friend Ouyang Geng came into effect, and this good brother did help him.

There are a total of 125 Chinese people coming this time, most of whom have worked in the United States and seen the world.

After they arrived at Walvis Bay, they went straight to the Nawakabu Gold Mine to take a look without saying anything.

They found that the place was already crowded with gold diggers of all kinds, so after some discussion, they felt that they could not compete with white people.

Therefore, they found another way and planned to develop the tertiary industry to make money from gold diggers.

So they returned to Walvis Bay Port and asked to see Shi Jintang. First of all, everyone was Chinese, and they wanted to get acquainted with Mr. Shi. It would be better if they could give him some attention;
  Secondly, I was entrusted by someone to send a letter to Shi Jintang;
  Third, some of these people have other specialties and want to ask Boss Shi for food.

When Shi Jintang returned to Walvis Bay Port, he found that there were many Chinese faces in the port.

He was still a little confused. After meeting James Lister, he learned that these Chinese were all from the United States, and they had integrated into the atmosphere of Walvis Bay very skillfully.

Some Chinese people are very familiar with it and started small businesses. They sold fried cakes, steamed buns, and even opened gambling stalls.

This suddenly made Shi Jintang alert, and he immediately asked James Lister to find the leader of this group of people.

Soon the Chinese-American representatives arrived. There were three in total, all middle-aged.

The three of them came in and saluted Shi Jintang without saying a word, "Little citizen Li Jinlong (Li Jinhu, Wang Tie) pays homage to Master Shi."

As the saying goes, "Don't hit the smiling person", Shi Jintang nodded.

"Don't use these etiquette from the Qing Dynasty when you get here. After all, we are all people who left our country and left our hometown."

Li Jinlong, who was bald and fat, immediately said with a flattering smile: "Yes, yes, Mr. Shi is right, but we ordinary people must be polite when we see adults and superiors. We must not disturb the dignity of superiors and inferiors."

These words were spoken mellowly and without hesitation, which shows Li Jinlong's tact. After thinking about it for a while, Shi Jintang felt that the dispute was pointless.

For a nation that has been accustomed to kneeling down for a long time, if they are suddenly asked to stand up, they will not shed tears of gratitude but will become frightened.

"Okay, let's not discuss this for the time being. When you see me in the future, just bow to me. Don't bother with making thousands of gifts or kowtowing."

"Yes, yes, Xiaomin, please remember."

After Li Jinlong finished his reply, he carefully took two steps back and rested half of his buttocks on the edge of the chair.

Then Li Jinlong winked at the thick, bald man next to him.

"Little citizen Li Jinhu, here is a letter for me to deliver to you."

After saying that, the strong man lowered his head and took two steps, holding the letter in both hands and delivered it to Shi Jintang.

Shi Jintang reached out to take it and said smoothly to the strong man, "Sit down, sit down."

Li Jinhu stepped back with a flattering smile, and like his brother, he leaned half of his buttocks against the edge of the chair, holding his breath and concentrating.

Shi Jintang checked the envelope first and found that the envelope was in good condition, with no creases at all. It was obvious that these Chinese Americans attached great importance to this letter.

He tore open the letter and glanced briefly to find that there were two letters in the envelope.

The one folded into a toad shape must have been written by Kelly Smith because he taught her when she was a child. The other letter was written by Ouyang Geng without having to guess.

When he opened the paper toad and saw Kelly Smith's handwriting, the corners of his mouth curved up, and the smile of this American girl flashed in his mind.

As expected, the content of the letter was all about complaining about him, but while she was complaining about him, the girl couldn't help but care about him, asking him to eat more and wear more clothes in the cold weather. If he couldn't adapt to Africa, he should go back quickly. She and her mother I will always wait for him...

Of course, the letter also included a lot of information about her current situation, such as so-and-so drank green tea, so-and-so was born a bitch, so-and-so had sex with so-and-so...

This is a characteristic of Kelly Smith, or a characteristic of all women. At the end of the letter, she told Shi Jintang that she would come to Africa to see him when she was free.

After Shi Jintang read it, the smile on his lips became more obvious, and he felt warm in his heart. He really missed her a little.

Li Jinlong and the other three have been observing Master Shi's expression.

Seeing that the boss was in a good mood, they all breathed a sigh of relief and breathed much easier.

I opened Ouyang Geng's letter again and read it carefully.

My brother Jintang:

Zhanxinjia!
  It's a pity that I learned about my brother's current situation through my sister's mouth.

When I suddenly heard the good news, my joy was beyond words, and I urgently asked for the news about my brother.

After reading my brother’s letter, I felt like a thunderbolt.

My brother's eloquent words were so inspiring that my brother was heartbroken. However, my relatives were all in the Qing Dynasty. I was afraid that leaving rashly would implicate my relatives, so I allowed my brother to move to Huan for a while.

My brother asked me, and my brother tried his best to help, but I couldn't tell the truth to my cousin. I just said that it was entrusted to me by relatives at home.

My cousin then regarded it as a trivial matter because it was done improperly. I hope that I will forgive you!

I think my brother's plan is very big, so there is no need to rush. I will complete the matter when I can get rid of the barriers.

Ouyang wrote in New Haven

The third day of October, 1879 AD
  After reading Ouyang Geng's letter, Shi Jintang felt bored. Ouyang Geng talked happily, but acted very procrastinatingly.

If he really wanted to leave the Qing Dynasty, he could write a letter directly to his family and ask his relatives to come directly to Southwest Africa to seek refuge.

When Shi Jintang was employing people, he should vigorously win over the Ouyang family, so as to show the sincerity of both parties.

This guy talks beautifully but is not thorough in his actions. He is worthy of being a diplomat. He never talks fully and leaves room for action.

But from a practical point of view, what they did was not wrong.

Who can guarantee that you, a Qing national, will be able to gain momentum and succeed if you go to foreign territory?

People don't dare to bet, they just watch. Only when you really gain momentum can they make up their minds.

Although I can see through the other person's thoughts, the main theme of this matter is love and self-will, so the relationship must be maintained.

The painting has to continue, and there will always be a time when the other party recognizes it.

Putting the letter aside, Shi Jintang took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Everyone, relax, I am not a Manchu official or a tiger. Brother Li, don't be so cautious. No matter how tired you are, I will be tired for you." Panic."

The words "Brother Li" made Li Jinlong's bones feel lighter, and the flattering smile on his face became even more obvious.

"Oh, I can't afford it. We are used to it. Boss Shi knows everything and knows how to be considerate of us, the common people."

This is the time for filming to begin. Shi Jintang waved his hand hurriedly, "Don't talk about other things, let's talk about business. You must have difficulties when you come here, just say it, don't be afraid!"

Li Jinlong and the three of them looked at each other, and the shortest and thinnest man in the corner spoke: "Wang Tie, a small citizen, has a family tradition of making fried cakes. When he was young, he was not sensible and felt that making fried cakes was too hard to make a lot of money. So I heard that you can dig for gold in the United States, so I went to the United States immediately.

Who would have known that not only did he not make any money in the United States, he was treated as a slave and tortured every day. Thanks to the help of my two brothers from the Li family, I was saved from death.

Now that we are here, we want to ask Mr. Shi to give us some support, such as giving us a government license to facilitate our purchase of controlled food and supplies. "

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