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Chapter 41 Only one step away

Although the Tongmenghui had already established a branch in San Francisco, the branch could only be described as simple. Therefore, after obtaining Huang Hao's consent, Sun Yat-sen moved into Huang Hao's home, and Huang Hao was the mother of Wen Xiongfei, the founder of the San Francisco branch.

Living here is both hidden and safe, and it is also convenient to contact other members of the Tongmenghui.

Since Huang Yihua was one of the earliest members of the San Francisco branch and also put in a lot of effort in establishing the branch, he easily brought a few little brothers to meet Sun Yat-sen who was reading the newspaper.

"Are you here?" Sun Yat-sen, who had learned from Li Shinan, Huang Baiyao and Wen Xiongfei that Huang Yihua had put a lot of effort into the establishment of the San Francisco branch, was very kind to Huang Yihua and others.

However, Sun Yat-sen, who was kept in the dark, did not know that Huang Yihua originally planned to come again the next day, but the reason why he came today was just to avoid Yan Guang.

However, when several people sat down to talk, when Huang Yihua brought Yan Guang alone mentioned Yan Guang, Sun Yat-sen showed great interest.

"Is it the Yan Guang, who is called the King of Invention in China?" Two years ago, during the period when Yan Guang invented things the craziest, the name Yan Guang often appeared in Western newspapers, so Sun Yat-sen was very impressed.

"That's right." Huang Yihua nodded, with envy and jealousy on his face.

"I didn't expect that he and your grandfather had such a deep friendship. If he could also be brought into the Tongmenghui..." At this time, Sun Yat-sen was thinking about how to pull Yan Guang into the Tongmenghui to expand the influence of the Tongmenghui.

However, when Huang Yihua heard Sun Yat-sen's mention, he had another idea.

"That guy is very rich in running an industry in Sichuan, and he once said that his stock in London is worth 5 million. If he can donate one percent of it, even one percent will be of great effect on the revolution. Of course, this guy may be bragging, but it is still okay to donate 100,000 or 80,000?" Huang Yihua thought again that when Yan Guang left, Mr. Huang had given him 30,000 US dollars to fund for business operations. With this friendship, he is Mr. Huang's grandson, so it should be fine...

Thinking of this, Huang Yihua told Sun Yat-sen about his thoughts. Sun Yat-sen was also surprised when he heard about Yan Guang's wealth. Although Huang Yihua also said that there might be some moisture in it, Sun Yat-sen still wanted to see him in person.

Of course, it is definitely necessary to raise funds, but it would be even better if he could be pulled into the Tongmenghui. Not only could the influence be expanded a lot, but the financial resources can be expanded many times.

Like later generations, Tongmenghui was very difficult to raise funds at this time.

At that time, the Qing government still had a certain amount of power among overseas Chinese. The Qing consul also bribed some officials and masters, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate and kidnap members of the Tongmenghui.

Moreover, the upper-class American overseas Chinese at that time were not moved by Sun Yat-sen's propaganda. Not only did they not want to donate money, they also ridiculed and ridiculed Sun Yat-sen's propaganda for bragging and could not be fulfilled. The rest were like Mr. Huang. After seeing the revolutionary uprising, they had no interest in using money as waste.

In addition to these extreme people, some middle-level people also did not oppose Sun Yat-sen's proposal to "expel the Tartars" and establish the Republic of China, but they also gave Sun Yat-sen a cold greeting because of their concerns and fear. In the eyes of these people, the Qing government should be overturned, but this behavior is a heretic after all. If it is supported now, once it returns to China in the future, it will be difficult to worry about life. Those who can truly accept Sun Yat-sen's propaganda and support it are the lower-class people among overseas Chinese. However, because these people are forced by life and are busy looking for a job, it is difficult to share Sun Yat-sen's worries about fundraising.

That's why Sun Yat-sen was interested in people like Yan Guang and had an impact. At least he could slightly influence people like Mr. Huang, and he also had money. It was enough to arm two European standard regular infantry divisions for 5 million US dollars. What kind of people should he bring in if such people were not pulled into the Tongmenghui?

But when Huang Yihua ran home and planned to invite Yan Guang and Sun Yat-sen to meet, he found that Yan Guang had already left with his people. As for where he went?

Mexico…

Sun Yat-sen was still very regretful about not being able to meet Yan Guang, but he didn't know that if Yan Guang knew that he would almost meet Sun Yat-sen, he would be even more regretful than Sun Yat-sen himself.

As for Sun Yat-sen's purpose was to get Yan Guang to join the Tongmenghui and donate money or something?

Joining the Tongmenghui is free of talks, and donating 30,000 to 50,000 US dollars is absolutely fine, just treat it as a ticket to the meeting. In Yan Guang's opinion, as long as he can meet Sun Yat-sen, it is absolutely fine, even if he can meet Sun Yat-sen, it is absolutely fine. Of course, it can only be 30,000 to 50,000 now, because Yan Guang can't do such a thing as funding his opponent, even if the other party is Sun Yat-sen.

He didn't know that he had just passed by Sun Yat-sen. At this time, Yan Guang had just completed the procedures for tens of millions of Mexico and was taking Wang Er and others to Mexico.

On the way, Yan Guang was bored and told Wang Er. "Do you know? As long as this trip is successful, I will knock out all my teeth and replace them with gold."

Wang Er just glanced at him. "...You can knock it out and exchange it for gold now."

“…Next time I change to break my legs…”

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Although the journey from San Francisco to Mexico is not as long as from Shanghai to San Francisco, the journey is absolutely uncomfortable, because when they were about to arrive in Mexico, the passenger ship they took was very unlucky to encounter a storm...

Very good. Although the ship did not sink, it also made the thirty young men he brought with him softly, so after getting off the boat, Yan Guang had to book some rooms first and let these people recuperate for a while before talking about it.

During this period, Yan Guang led Wang Er and two or three people who could barely stand up to find out about Tampico in Puerto Vallarta. Yes, Tampico...

Although Yan Guang does not know much about Mexican oil, Yan Guang has heard of the names of Tampico and the Mexican Oil Company, which emerged because of Tampico and the Mexican Eagle Oil Company...

Of course, it may be because Yan Guang's little butterfly fan is so powerful that the Mexican Eagle Company, which had discovered oil in Tampico in mid-1908, has not yet discovered the oil hidden under Tampico.

Moreover, according to the information Yan Guang found out, because of this relationship, the Mexican Eagle has been on the verge of bankruptcy. Although Mexican Oil is better than that, it is also limited.

These are not good news for the Mexican Eagle Witmen Pearson and Edward Dohani of Mexican Oil, but they are definitely great news for Yan Guang...

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