Li Sanjie held the telegram just now, and a wry smile appeared on his lips. Because before leaving, Li Sanjie was very confident in this negotiation. After all, the East China government has too much advantage, and Japan and Russia basically have no useful bargaining chips. After the negotiations were completed, this was undoubtedly a lot of qualifications and political achievements of his own.

But after receiving the telegram from Qingdao, Li Sanjie realized that this negotiation was a negotiation that was destined to be without results, and his trip to the United States was actually meaningless.

However, the East China government wants Li Sanjie to continue to go to the United States, and complete the negotiations with a serious attitude and normal process, and do its best for the glimmer of hope. Moreover, this news can only be known by Li Sanjie himself for the time being, so Li Sanjie can only continue to move forward. In this way, although the negotiations are broken, it is obviously not a matter of his own political achievements.

At this time, Li Sanjie and others had crossed the Pacific Ocean and approached the west coast of the United States. In about 1 or 2 days, they could reach the end of their voyage, San Francisco, the west coast of the United States. The location of this negotiation was Ptsmouth, located on the west coast of the United States. Since the Panama Canal had not been opened in this era, if you had to reach Ptsmouth by sea, the nearest would be to take more than 6,000 kilometers to the Magellan Strait. If you want to detour Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, you would have to take more than 14,000 kilometers. Therefore, the negotiation team of the East China government decided to go ashore in San Francisco and instead take a train to Ptsmouth. Of course, this train trip took 6 days.

The US government has also cooperated with the itinerary of the negotiating delegation and specially adjusted a special carriage for use by the negotiating delegation and provided high-quality services. It also specially arranged police officers to ensure the safety of the delegation.

Two days later, the warships and ships of the East China government arrived at the coast of the San Francisco port, and the port also sent a guide ship to introduce the warships and ships into the port and docked at the designated dock. However, when Li Sanjie came to the deck, he was shocked. It turned out that more than a thousand people gathered on the shore. Although they could not see their appearance clearly, most of them were wearing long gowns and long braids, which was typical of the Chinese in this era. There were also a few Western-style clothes in suits and ties. In addition, gongs, drums, colorful lions, and colorful dragons could be seen behind them.

He Handong came to Li Sanjie and said, "Are there so many people? It seems that they are all Chinese. Are there so many Chinese in the United States now?"

Li Sanjie obviously did a lot of homework and said: "Of course, there is, the United States is the non-Asian country with the largest number of Chinese people in this era. The number of Chinese in the United States is about 600,000 to 800,000, and more than 60% live in the San Francisco area, so it is not surprising that there are so many people, but I didn't expect that there will be so many people to welcome us."

At this time, other members of the delegation also came to the deck one after another. The crowd on the shore also burst into warm cheers, and the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, lions and dragons danced, and the shore became lively. Some people on the deck also waved to the shore to indicate.

The ship slowly landed on the gangway and boarded the side of the ship. Li Sanjie took the lead in getting off the ship. He saw a young man about 36 or 7 years old greeting him and said, "Commissioner Li, welcome you to the United States."

This person is Zhou Fengshan, who is the director of the San Francisco branch office of the East China Government in the United States. Now there are only three overseas institutions in the East China Government, located in Germany, Java, and the United States, and only has branch offices in the United States. The East China Government's office in the United States was established in 1902 and only established offices in New York at first. However, New York is located on the west coast of the United States. The goods purchased by the office from the United States must be transported to San Francisco on the east coast by rail and shipped back to China. Therefore, every time, personnel have to be arranged to arrive in San Francisco in advance, and someone has to take the cargo to San Francisco. This is really troublesome, so in 1903, a branch office was simply set up in San Francisco. This is not only convenient for shipping goods, but also some goods can be purchased nearby in the western region.

Zhou Fengshan is a time traveler with a major in law and majored in international law. In the old time and space, he studied in the United States for 5 years and worked for another 4 years. He passed the bar exam and later returned to China to serve as a judicial consultant. After the establishment of the East China government, Zhou Fengshan first worked in the Department of Justice, but he did not want to work in government agencies. It happened that the East China government office in the United States wanted to set up a branch office in San Francisco, so he took the initiative to recruit this position. Because he had 9 years of experience in the United States in the old time and space, he successfully applied to this position and came to the United States to serve as the director of the branch office in San Francisco. He has been in office for nearly 3 years.

This time, the negotiating delegation from the East China government came to the United States, and the first stop was San Francisco. Therefore, Zhou Fengshan had to go to the dock to pick up the boat in person, and also booked a hotel and a carriage for the delegation.

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "Director Zhou, I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you."

Zhou Fengshan laughed and said, "It's all for business, is there any trouble?"

Li Sanjie pointed to the crowd behind and said, "Did you arrange these?"

Zhou Fengshan shook his head and said, "Committee Li, this is really not what I arranged, but it was spontaneously caused by these villagers. To be honest, we beat Japan and Russia this time, which has given the Chinese a lot of face. In the past few months, there have been fewer troubles."

The large influx of Chinese people into the United States began in the gold rush in California from 1848 to 1855. Later, the Civil War in the United States ended and the country developed rapidly. The development of railways required a large amount of labor. At this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was taking place in China, causing great damage to the South China region. Therefore, a large number of Chinese came to the United States between 1870 and 1880, and about 300,000 Chinese came to the United States. Moreover, due to the hard work and hard work, some white Americans were unemployed. In addition, the economic crisis in the United States in 1880, many American politicians accused Chinese of snatching the jobs of white Americans to divert social conflicts. Therefore, the United States passed the [Exclusion Act] in 1882, restricting Chinese people from coming to the United States and strictly stipulated the rights and work of Chinese people in the United States.

However, although there was no large-scale Chinese influx into the United States, it had never been interrupted. Although Chinese people who came to the United States in the early stage were strictly restricted by the [Exclusion Act], Chinese people survived tenaciously by their intelligence and hard work and tenacity, settled in the United States and established a business. A small number of Chinese people also purchased some industries. Second generations of Chinese were born and raised in large numbers, so the number of Chinese in the United States is also expanding, now reaching 600,000 to 800,000, and most of them live in the Ganifernia area, because San Francisco is the largest gathering area for Chinese people in the United States.

However, the [Chinese Exclusion Act] restricts the rights of a large number of Chinese people, and the Qing court, the mother country of Chinese, was corrupt and incompetent, and was unable to protect the interests of Chinese people in the United States. Therefore, Chinese are basically at the bottom of society in the United States, similar to black people. White Americans look down on Chinese people at all. Not only can they bully Chinese people at will, rob the wealth of Chinese people, no one cares about killing Chinese people. The police not only do not safeguard the basic rights and interests of Chinese people, but also often arrest Chinese people for no reason. If Chinese have disputes with white people, almost without exception will be punished by Chinese people.

After the establishment of the East China government, it established an office in the United States, which was equivalent to an embassy in the United States. Due to the achievements of the East China government and the large amount of economic and trade exchanges with the United States, the US government did not dare to underestimate the offices of the East China government. Although these two offices did not have the ability to make the United States cancel the [Chinese Exclusion Act], they also helped the Chinese Americans to the best of their ability, tried their best to safeguard their interests, and helped many Chinese people. Therefore, they gradually established considerable prestige among Chinese Americans.

After the East China government joined the Far East War, due to the continuous major victories and the bonds issued by the East China government in the United States were highly sought after by the market, many Americans changed their views on Chinese people, and the incidents of bullying Chinese were significantly reduced. The Chinese in the United States also felt that they had gained a lot of face and were more respectful to the East China government. After learning that the negotiating delegation of the East China government arrived in San Francisco, the Chinese spontaneously organized the dock to welcome the delegation and their delegation. Some Chinese from good families even invited drum and music classes, dragon dances, lion dances, etc. at their own expense, making the welcome atmosphere more lively.

After listening to Zhou Fengshan's brief introduction, Li Sanjie understood what was going on, so he also made a brief speech to the Chinese Americans at the dock. The content was mainly to raise feelings, saying that everyone is a compatriot, and it is not easy for Chinese to survive in the United States. The East China government has limited capabilities now, but it will also try its best to provide help to Chinese Americans and safeguard their interests. Moreover, with the continuous development and strength of the East China government, it will also provide more and greater help to Chinese Americans. The ultimate goal is to let the United States abolish the [Exclusion Act] and allow Chinese Americans to obtain the same status as white Americans.

This sentence made many Chinese cry. Although this was a distant promise, some Chinese people saw the signing of hope. After all, before this, Chinese Americans could hardly see any hope.

After the speech, Li Sanjie and his group of talents got on the carriage one by one and set off for the hotel.

Zhou Fengshan accompanied Li Sanjie and He Handong in a carriage together. Li Sanjie said: "Have you booked a train to Ptsmouth?"

Zhou Fengshan said: "It has been booked and will leave at 6 am tomorrow. There is a whole dedicated car with 50 beds and a dedicated office. There are personnel from the US government to change cars along the road."

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "Okay, thank you Director Zhou for your hard work."

Zhou Fengshan said again: "The Chinese in the United States want to hold a banquet to entertain the delegation tonight. I don't know if Member Li has worked hard all the way and needs a rest tonight."
Chapter completed!