702 South America's Past
After the yacht entered the dock, Xiao Feng didn't say much, so he took the frightened Jesse back to the villa of the Chen family's mansion.
"Or why don't we leave here right away? I know a few senior managers of Citigroup based in Copper Country, and they can help us contact a private sea plane to pick us up."
Jesse was very scared of Li Zhen and his group who suddenly appeared today.
Xiao Feng smiled and patted Jesse's hand: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, the Chen family should come back and give me an explanation later."
Sure enough, less than half an hour later, the door was knocked, and Chen Yonglu took his father and uncle into the villa.
"I'm so sorry. Mr. Xiao, we didn't expect that the people from the Li family would be so slutty!"
When the two brothers Chen Xu and Tang saw that Xiao Feng was still there, they immediately apologized to him.
"Haha, nothing. Come in and sit!"
The small villa assigned by the Chen family to Xiao Feng was allocated, but Xiao Feng invited the two brothers of the Chen family to enter the reception room of the house where he lived.
Chen Yonglu was very sensible and made tea for them.
"Okay, do you guys have something to do? Should you tell me!"
After hearing Xiao Feng's words, Chen Xutang and Chen Xuyong looked at each other, then sighed, and Chen Xutang spoke.
"Actually, this statement starts with the ancestors who built this foundation..."
It turns out that it is said online that the incident of these Chinese in the Copper Kingdom being descendants of the Taiping Army is not true.
In fact, from 1849 to 1874, a large number of people from Guangdong Province were bought by slave traders in Peru and Bolivia as slave workers.
Moreover, their native white farmers were very harsh in their attitude towards them, even worse than those towards Indians and blacks.
The serfs who were unbearable for exploitation in 1870 finally rose up and began to rebel.
At the beginning, there were not many people, only more than one thousand people, and they hid in the jungle to fight guerrillas with the government forces in Peru and Bolivia.
Later, more and more Chinese slave workers who were unbearable for exploitation and local Indians began to join them, and they grew stronger and stronger.
And here comes the birth of the three major families of Weng, Chen and Mai, but what really made them stronger was the joining of a family named Li. The descendants and subordinates of the Taiping Army Li Shixian who took the initiative to escape from the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty.
Because of his early experience in war, the Li people brought qualitative changes to this group of insurrectionists, which led them to evolve from a guerrilla team into a powerful army.
With the addition of more slave workers and local Indians, their power became stronger and stronger. By 1879, a saltpeter war broke out between Peru, Bolivia and the Copper Kingdom.
They chose to join the Tong Kingdom, and the Tong Kingdom people organized them into the Vulcan camp. Because of their hatred for Peru and Bolivian farmers, the army fought very bravely and made many extraordinary achievements.
But after the war, Patricio, the commander of the Bronze Kingdom, wanted to betray them and give them to the Peruvian planters.
However, Silapizo, the chief of the Navy of the Copper Kingdom, who had always been in a bad direction with Patricio, just thought it was an opportunity.
At that time, the situation of the Copper Kingdom was also very chaotic, and there were also mountains within the military. Commander Padricio was a descendant of the nobles of the Western Kingdom and belonged to the army.
Silapizzo is a native white man and a naval faction, and has always been in a bad way with Patricio.
So he told the Vulcan Camp that the Vulcan Camp simply turned around in one scene, killing Patricio, and helping Silapizo and his naval system to successfully take over.
After Silapizo took power, he distributed Ithaca to them as the dominant.
Later, the four major Chinese families established a Presbyterian mechanism, and all major decisions in the autonomous territory were voted by their elders, and the leaders in the territory were also taken turns to take charge of the four families.
But in fact, the Weng family, Chen family and Mai family have always been guarding against the Li family later. The Li family believes that it was their family that caused the qualitative change in the Vulcan Camp, so they always think that they should be one level higher than the other three.
This also laid the hidden dangers of several discords!
Later, because of that era, there was a lot of pressure from outside, especially although the Copper Kingdom gave them the Dominion, they were not kind, because their Dominion was located in the former Pattibier Valley, close to Peru and Bolivia.
Not only are they facing pressure from coming to Peru and Bolivia, but they also have to face the covetous eye of the Copper Kingdom behind them.
So several families decided to start to integrate into the locals with all their efforts, not only intermarrying with the locals, but also encourage their own tribe to believe in religion.
At the same time, a large number of family children are sent to join the army every year, which alleviates the suspicion of the power of the Tong Kingdom and takes root in the local area.
But their days were always very hard before, because the Patinier Valley used to produce saltpeter, and after the saltpeter resources were exhausted, there was no main business.
Nearby, they are either deserts or arid hilly areas, and there is not much agricultural output, so most of the time, they have to go out to sea to fish before they can fill their stomachs.
The situation was not until after World War II in the last century, when the confrontation between the two powerful countries also brought shocks to the political situation in South America, and there were frequent movements in the country.
Some local young people actively participated and later established their foundation in San Diego.
Others went north to seek wealth, and their figures were active everywhere in Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and even Colombia.
Among them, the Li family, which has been passed down from martial arts, has the best experience. In Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, they all cooperated with local bosses at that time and opened up many channels.
Because of his courage and a wild path, the Li family's power grew stronger and stronger, and later it gradually became more and more popular among the other three companies.
At that time, the other three families also had many children, and they participated in the crazy business in that crazy era. It can be said that several families made a lot of money.
"Originally, everyone was in peace, but a few years ago, the eldest brother of the Weng family wanted to wash his hands. Our family also felt that it was not very glorious to get involved in this kind of business, and he wanted to get out. But the Li family did not agree. The Weng family members were inconsistent with the Li family, and even encountered an accident a while ago, and many important members of the family died unexpectedly..."
When Chen Xutang said this, his face looked very solemn, obviously that time was not an ordinary thing.
"Didn't the Weng family think about revenge?"
"Why didn't you think about it? But you have always struggled with no evidence! Moreover, the people of the Li family have a lot of relationships in San Diego, and they dare not act rashly."
"Where are the people from the Mai family!"
This family seems to be very low-key, and Xiao Feng is very curious about this family.
"Well, their family hasn't made any statements, but we feel that they should be with the Li family and don't want to quit that business."
Xiao Feng nodded: "Both uncles, since we have already said so clearly, let's not let the skylight open and say something bright! I want to know why you are so eager to come and invest. It seems that you are short of money!"
Chen Xutang and Chen Xuyong looked at each other again, and then both smiled bitterly.
"Hi! Since we have said so much, we might as well tell you! It's true that we are short of money now, not only are we short of money, but also people..."
It turned out that in the early years, when the four companies were engaged in shameful businesses, they had huge incomes every year, in order to prevent people from finding out the source of these funds or being verbally irrelevant.
Everyone showed their own magical powers and found connections to launder money, but the Li family had the most wild ways, and they actually opened a bank in the Andres Islands of the Netherlands.
Speaking of Central and North America, many people know that the famous Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands are paradises for tax avoidance and money laundering.
But I don’t know where the Andres Islands, which are still in the Netherlands, are no less than them.
There are more than 30,000 companies registered on the small main island of Curacao. Compared with the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, those South American bigwigs prefer to conduct "financial transactions" here.
Because this place does not fall under the control of British and American forces, although the Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands claim to be financial freedom, once the US government is lively, their financial regulatory agencies will still open the back door for the US investigation agencies.
On Curacao, there is no such problem, because it is a completely independent country.
In the early years, it was under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands, but at that time it was the favorite place for hiding money among the giants of other powerful countries on the European continent. Even the United States was afraid of those big men.
Later in 2010, the country finally became independent, and this place became a paradise of real financial freedom. Not only did European tyrants like to visit, but many American tyrants also liked it very much, and South American tyrants also liked it even more.
The regulatory agencies in the United States turn a blind eye to this place. After all, many of their leaders also have accounts here...
So this has always been a lawless place outside the main regulatory agencies of Youyu World. Where can the Li family start a bank? It’s so amazing!
The Li family set up a bank on Curacao Island, and in order to save worries, several other families also began to launder money through them.
It was still fine at the beginning, but I didn’t expect that when the opinions on several aspects began to differ in the past few years, this disadvantage also appeared.
For example, when his Chen family wants to use funds, they often do not get in place quickly, and even occasionally get rid of them.
It’s no wonder that Li Zhen dared to be so arrogant in front of the Chen family’s cousins today.
Chapter completed!