Chapter Ninety-Five: Identity
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While Zhong Guan was resigned to fate, Yang Rui was on a cruise from South Africa to New York on November 13, and many things forced him to go to the United States, and it was before the Russo-Japanese War. The matter of Lorenzo Marques has been explained, the military academy has already had a preliminary order, and it has begun to run in a regular manner, although at the end of September more than 50 students were sent from Wang Jitong from Shanghai, but they also quickly settled down, although the military school is simple, but it is very lively, and the students who come for the first time are very excited, but it does not take long for a few days to be tortured by cross-country running and night emergency gathering.
Along with the students were Zhang Taiyan, Zou Rong, and Cai Yuanpei's letters, all of whom had already joined the Renaissance Society. Cai Yuanpei's letter was mainly counted and he said goodbye. Zhang Taiyan and Zou Rong wrote two poems for him, Zhang Taiyan's is more difficult to understand, and Zou Rong's is more popular and touching.
My brother Yang Jingcheng is looking for a sword to slay the demon dragon.
There is no confidant in the world, and I have no literature in life.
Once you fall into hell, when will you sweep away the demonic atmosphere?
Last night, I dreamed of Heer, and the revolutionary army was revived.
Yang Rui transcribed the entire poem and pasted it on his desk. At this time, the case of Zhang Taiyan and Zou Rong has not been completed, and they are still detained in the old patrol room, Cai Yuanpei ran away angrily after the separation of the society, and after hearing about the Su report, he returned to Shanghai in early August, and under the arrangement of Wang Jitong, he has joined the association, and still serves as the president of the Chinese Education Association. By this time, several major systems of the Fuxing Association had already taken shape, Yang Rui was in charge of the military, Zhong Guanguan was in charge of the economy, Wang Jitong was in charge of internal affairs, Cai Yuanpei was in charge of talent training, Zhang Taiyan was in charge of political and cultural propaganda, if Mr. Hua Feng could join the association and be responsible for the military industry, then the whole system would be very complete.
While Yang Rui was still at sea, all the major newspapers in the United States carried articles on the American trade with Manchuria -- a few weeks ago, McNeill had received letters from Yang Rui with some press releases, asking him to publish them in the major newspapers, and at the same time asking him to contact the Mobil Oil Company and the Cotton and Textile Association of the United States, and other similar organizations, and to send some articles to him.
Judging by the situation in Tohoku, the only forces that can push the Tonghua Railway forward are Japan and the United States. Japan was not accepted, because after the war, those places were basically his sphere of influence, and this railway was tantamount to grabbing food in his bowl. Only the United States can be suited, and it is far from enough to rely on the report to the Beijing minister to really leverage the United States. According to the information we have learned, the Sino-US commercial treaty talks had just been signed last month, and the ports that the Qing court had promised to open were Mukden and Andong, and it was very difficult for the negotiations to drag on, and it was estimated that there would be little interest in letting the exhausted embassy personnel negotiate a railway that did not belong to their own country. Zhong Guanguan is just knocking on the door, and the real thing that can prompt the door to open is to start from within the United States.
Yang Rui's proposed title was "The Achilles Heel of the Qing Trade -- The Eastern Qing Railway," and the article pointed out that no matter what the outcome of the Russian-Japanese negotiations or war is, the United States will lose this huge market, which accounts for half of the U.S. trade with the Qing Dynasty, has an annual export volume of nearly 20 million, and will reach $100 million in the next few years. This is the conclusion drawn from the decline in textile exports to Manchuria last year and the almost disappearance of kerosene sales in recent years, and in the Qing foreign trade, which totaled only $700 million a year, it is extremely important for the United States to keep this Manchurian market, which will have an export volume of 100 million yuan in the future. The numbers given in the article are very comprehensive, and the sources of the information are also very detailed. In addition, there is also a survey report on the sales of American cotton cloth and kerosene in major cities in Manchuria, all of which show that American products are very competitive in Manchuria, but because of the factors of Japan and Russia, especially the key factor of the Dongqing Railway, which they control, American products cannot be sold fairly, and this qiΔ makes the open door policy advocated by the United States invalid. Americans are sometimes naΓ―ve, and they become angry whenever they think they have been treated unfairly.
The article also urged the textile companies, the southern cotton farmers, and the Mobil Oil Company to put pressure on the government to gain more trade advantages with the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time it should not forget to mention that the local merchants of Manchuria were now preparing to build a railway from Andong to Mukden via Tonghua, and if the railway was completed, there would be one more route for American goods to enter Manchuria, but this railway, which could bring hope to American trade, was shelved because of Russian opposition. The author concludes by referring to the recently concluded negotiations and ridicules the Qing envoy, Mr. Conger, for not providing substantial guarantees for American trade for more than a year, which is well known to be incapable of the Qing government in Manchuria. It would take more than a year to negotiate a treaty to support the Chinese to build a railway to Manchuria themselves6 so that the Manchurian market would not be completely abandoned.
There was an uproar in the United States after Morrison's announcement in April of the seven conditions for Russia's withdrawal, because they were exclusive and contrary to the American principle of open doors, which would deprive the United States of its most important market in Manchuria. Although the Russian Foreign Minister, Count Ramsdelphi, later assured the Americans of Russia's intentions, and told the US Secretary of State John Hymers through the US ambassador to St. Petersburg: "Russia has no intention of excluding other countries...... and the United States can be sure that the door that is currently open will not be closed," but then Russia's move of not withdrawing troops on time and sending more troops to Niuzhuang caused public opinion that had been calmed down to boil again. After the publication of the article operated by Yang Rui, American newspapers reprinted Morrisun's interview with Zhong Guanguan in China. These articles pointed out a clear way for those who were worried about the Manchurian trade - to support the Chinese in building the Antongfeng Railway, which was not straight, but allowed American goods to enter the interior of Manchuria without the influence of other countries.
Soon, those companies and capital closely related to this matter passed on this opinion to the office of the federal government, and after analyzing the relevant information, the government directive was quickly transmitted to Beijing, instructing Beijing to treat the construction of this railway as a follow-up to the treaty between the United States and the Qing Dynasty, and to give full support to the Qing government and private companies in the construction of this railway, and if possible, it is best to involve American capital in it.
With the Portuguese passport he bought, Yang Rui safely passed the customs that made all the Chinese discolored, and arrived in New York, at this time the matter of Manchurian trade was still being discussed on paper, but he knew that what he could do had been done, and he really had to lobby the US government, let alone have nothing to do with it, and he couldn't afford the cost of lobbying alone. Instead of contacting McNeill right away, he found himself a fancy hotel, bought a lot of newspapers, had a good night's rest, and then slept beautifully. The next day, according to the newspaper, I found a small detective company, this company is indeed small, in the attic of a pizzeria, there is only a small office, a middle-aged man sleeps with the newspaper covered, and he was not awakened until Yang Rui's arrival.
"Sir, would you like to help?" The middle-aged man looked at the strange guest and asked as he quietly opened the drawer and fumbled for his gun. Yang Rui has been in Africa for a long time, with a long beard, sunglasses, and months of continuous training day and night, he looks like a robber.
As if sensing the other party's uneasiness, Yang Rui kept his distance, slowly showed his hands to indicate that there was nothing in his hand, and then sat down and said, "Hey, don't be nervous." Aren't you a detective company, I want a qualified detective. β
The middle-aged man's groping stopped, and when Yang Rui sat down, he saw that this fierce robber was not a white man, but seemed to be a yellow man. Oh. Well, there's no business anyway, it's just that the price is a little higher. "Yes, yes. I'm Jeff Green, and I used to work for the NYPD," he said, standing up to line up his legs, "and then retired because of an injury." What are you going to investigate, sir? β
Yang Rui has no interest in his legs, as long as he is not a stupid person. "Mr. Green, I'm Mr. Mike Jordan, you can call me Mr. Jordan. Are you the only one here? I have a job that requires meticulous people to do it. β
Seeing that the customer was a little skeptical, Green hurriedly said: "No, no, this Eagle Detective Agency was opened by me and a few friends, and we are as sharp as an eagle and don't let go of any rabbit." β
Hearing his explanation, Yang Rui laughed. It's still a bit interesting, at least he's put a lot of thought into coming up with a good name. "My work is relatively simple, but it is tedious, and if I am not meticulous, then it is easy to make mistakes." Seeing that the other party began to take out a notebook to record, Yang Rui nodded with satisfaction, "Work is like this, seventeen years ago, there was a seven-year-old boy who came to New York from the west, and he lived in New York for thirteen years. I want to know the details of his life in New York for the past thirteen years. For example, how did he come to New York, and then how did he survive in New York, what was the price of bread in New York more than ten years ago, what happened to him, where he lived, what the neighborhood was like, and so on. β
Green was very confused when he heard it, and he thought he was looking for someone, what is this job, to restore the growth record of a seven-year-old boy? "Mr. Jordan, do you not want us to find him, but want us to investigate what he has been through in the past thirteen years?"
"Exactly, Mr. Green, you are such a smart man." Yang Rui originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to make the other party understand what he meant, "Actually, I am a writer, and I am writing a novel, the protagonist of the story is how a seven-year-old boy lived alone in New York eighteen years ago, instead of being adopted by someone else, and he also audited the middle school course, and he left New York for Europe five years later." I haven't lived in New York, and I need all the information about how he lived in New York for the thirteen years from 18 years ago to five years ago, and how he lived for 13 years. Be very careful and make perfect sense. β
Green had a rough idea of what the job was about, and it wasn't really difficult, it was just a matter of constructing the details of how the boy would survive for thirteen years, as long as he found a homeless man who had been in New York for more than ten years, and then gave him ten dollars to listen to him nag for a day. "Mr. Jordan, I totally understand the demands of this job, I think it will take about three months to complete it. As for the charge, I think five hundred dollars is more reasonable. Pay half upfront. In the face of a yellow man, he made a price fiercely.
"Yes, I'll pay three hundred dollars upfront, and I'll not be in New York for long, and I want you to send it to me when the survey is complete, and of course I'll pay it off before I send it. Also, Mr. Green, this is only the first phase of the investigation, and if the preliminary investigation is not detailed enough, then I will interrupt the commission later. Yang Rui threatened him, and then said, "At the same time, I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement, I don't want my readers to know that I used to create characters in such a way." β
Green, who was worried that the other party would bargain, had no objection to these requests, and after all the qiΔ was done, Yang Rui left and went to the next detective agency according to the address on the newspaper, and he spent a thousand dollars a day during the day to find four detective agencies. Everyone is happy to serve such a yellow fool. Yang Rui knew their attitude, and only hoped that they could investigate more carefully, although he planned to continue to trace some problems in the results of the data after this investigation.
In Yang Rui's design, the whole boy's life is divided into three stages, one is San Francisco, which was originally a gathering place for Chinese, almost all smugglers are ashore, and then gather in San Francisco, where there are many Chinese, you can't stay for a long time, and naturally other Chinese people will have memories of him after staying for a long time, so you can only stay there for half a year. In the setting, a family smuggles in, and in the end, there is only a boy left; Then there is New York for thirteen years, which is the largest city in the United States, and no one will pay attention to a child where people come and go, so you can stay for a long time; Finally, five years in Europe and Germany, Yang Rui knew German when he appeared in Shanghai, so according to the previous logic, he must have stayed in Germany. After such a complex construction, Yang Rui will have his "real" first half of life in the future.
Coming to this world, Yang Rui's biggest problem is that the past is blank, if he is just a businessman, then it doesn't matter what the past was like, but now he is doing a revolution, the past blank is impossible, which makes him very uneasy, there must be a completely clear past, and this matter must be solved as much as possible, otherwise anything may happen in the future. It was time-consuming to fix this in the past, and it was easy to leak information. Therefore, Yang Rui found several detective agencies, and was ready to reprocess a life experience by himself on the basis of the information they provided. As for secrecy, Yang Rui doesn't plan to kill people or anything, his current head, beard and sunglasses are a good cover-up, the address is McNeil's, and then he forwards it to Lao Deng in Shanghai Ruyi, and finally forwards it to himself, I believe that there are so many letters from him, and Lao Deng will not have any doubts.
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