Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 350: Shanghai Building (1)

Cadillac drove west along Pine Street. This is an uphill. Both sides of the street are full of three to four-story masonry buildings. The ground floor along the street is basically full of shops.

The great earthquake of 1906 almost flattened this area. The seismic waves destroyed the wooden supporting structures of the old western buildings. It was just after five o'clock in the morning when most diligent Chinese families had already got up to make breakfast. The broken natural gas pipeline and the overturned stove finally caused a skyrocketing fire that swept across the entire city. Therefore, in the subsequent plans to rebuild Chinatown, the new houses chose masonry and concrete structures that were more resistant to earthquakes and fire at the time.

The local Chinese residents call Pine Street "Ban Street", which is the Taishan dialect transliteration of the English word "Pine Pine". This situation is extremely common near Chinatown. Every street here has a street name in Taishan dialect. After all, many of the residents do not speak English at all.

There was another traffic jam at the intersection ahead, and Cadillac stopped more than 30 meters from the intersection.

"This is St. Mary's Square. The tall red building on the other side of the square is the famous St. Mary's Church... well, at least it is very famous here." Clay took advantage of the gap in waiting, pointing to the right side of the car Said nothing.

At this time, the location of St. Mary's Square has not yet built a parking building for later generations. It is still a garden and grass built against the slope. On the top of the flat slope, there are some benches for passers-by to rest.

"There is a statue of Sun Yixian in it. It is said to be an Italian man-made. By the way, do you know Sun Yixian?" Clay asked, turning around.

"A well-known Chinese politician, the party under his leadership set off a revolution to overthrow the Qing Empire." Welbey lowered his head and wiped the soot from the front of his suit, and replied casually.

"I heard the Chinese here say that he once had American citizenship." Crayley put it on the gear, and the car slowly moved forward again.

It’s not a secret fact that Sun Yat-sen has American citizenship in San Francisco. He was detained by San Francisco Customs when he entered the country with a US passport issued by Hawaii in 1940, because it was recorded that he had entered the country under Chinese nationality eight years ago. The US Customs detained him on the grounds of suspected of forging a US passport. In the end, the local Hongmenzhi court paid him to bail.

Zhi Gongtang also hired a lawyer to fought a lawsuit against the Customs, claiming that Dr. Sun was born in Honolulu and grew up and studied there. He is a legal American citizen. It can be said that this incident was caused in San Francisco Chinatown. Everyone knows it.

Actually, Sun Yat-sen was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong. He followed his mother to Hawaii at the age of eleven and took refuge in his elder brother Sun Mei. At that time, Sun Mei had relied on his own diligence and business acumen to become a well-known large plantation owner on Maui, and he was called the "King of Maui" by locals.

From elementary school to pre-university, Sun Yat-sen studied in schools in Hawaii until he was forced to return to his hometown in Xiangshan, Guangdong by Sun Mei at the age of seventeen because of religious beliefs.

It is reasonable to say that Sun Yat-sen did not have the qualifications to be naturalized in the United States at the time, but through the relationship between revolutionary comrades and the Xiangdang, he obtained two legal documents that were sworn by American citizens to prove that he was indeed born in Hawaii. I arrived at the US passport issued by the Hawaiian government.

To put it bluntly, this identity was forged from the beginning to bypass the Chinese Exclusion Act. US government officials somewhat overestimated the bottom line of the revolutionary ancestors.

This identity played a significant role in Sun Yat-sen’s subsequent revolutionary activities. In addition to allowing him not to be affected by the Chinese Exclusion Act, he could enter and leave the United States at will to raise funds and personnel. It also became a talisman and blocked The Qing court's intention to arrest him.

Until 1909, Sun Yat-sen's American citizenship was finally cancelled by the U.S. State Department for "failure to fulfill his obligations as a U.S. citizen and illegally participate in anti-government activities against friendly nations." Therefore, the media in a certain place said that Sun Wen was naturalized because the US government supported the Chinese democratic revolution, and it was completely groundless.

At the intersection, Cadillac turned right and turned onto Grant Street, which is the famous "Duban Street".

This street is one of the oldest streets in San Francisco. It is well known that San Francisco was originally developed by a Spanish colony. After Mexico's independence, it was classified as Mexican territory and was transferred to the United States of America after the Mexican-American War. Therefore, like other ancient streets in San Francisco, Grant Avenue first had a Spanish name called Calledela, or "Jianguo Avenue."

After the US military occupied San Francisco, many major roads in the city were given English names. This street was renamed "DuPont Street" to commemorate the US Navy’s Admiral DuPont.

And "Duban Street" is obviously a transliteration of the Taishan dialect of "DuPont Street". It can be said that this street has witnessed the birth and growth of San Francisco Chinatown, so that the San Francisco government put DuPont Street in memory of President Grant. After the name was changed to Grant Street, the local Chinese could not change it anyway because they were used to the name "Duban Street". (Now Grant Street is still written as Chengdu Board Street on Google Chinese Maps, which is really an interesting fact in Chinatown.)

When you arrive here, even if you enter the core of Chinatown, as a part of San Francisco’s old city, the streets of Chinatown are relatively narrow, and the width is still in the carriage age, which is the European standard two-lane road.

The time has not yet reached noon, but there are already many cars parked along the right side of the street. Finally, the width of American cars in the 1940s was fairly modest, so there was still enough space for relative driving on the road.

At that time, the size of American cars still followed British and European standards. Although there were signs of a huge car body, it was not as exaggerated as it was in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, many roads in downtown San Francisco could only be converted into one-way streets because of the fashionable wide-body cars.

As soon as he drove onto Duban Street, the beacon lampposts full of Chinese characteristics on both sides of the street immediately attracted Welbey’s attention. He had never seen anything like this elsewhere. This kind of street lamp was designed The style of the golden four-claw panlong holding the palace lantern is a unique symbol of San Francisco’s Chinatown. As long as you see this street lamp on the street, it means you have entered the Chinese community.

"It's exquisite, isn't it." Clay slowed down.

"What did you say?" Welbey turned his face.

"I mean, these street lights are exquisite, like a work of art." Cray said with a smile.

"Ah, you're right, it's very artistic, how far is it?" Welbey looked out the car window and said.

"We have arrived." Kray lightly braked, and the car slowly leaned to the side of the road.

"This is the Shanghai Building." The driver turned his head and pointed out the window.

"It's here?" Welby tilted his head and looked up, only to see the colorful lights on the door face that are commonly seen at nightclubs, with a string of English letters "shanghailo" in the middle.

"Agreed to be on the second floor~IndoMTL.com~We have been twenty-three minutes late, but I heard that Chinese people have always been patient." Clay checked his watch, then opened the door and got out of the car.

Cray went from the back of the car to the right side, respectfully opening the door for Verbella. "Remember the secret code," the driver asked.

"The triad is great?" Welbey frowned slightly, and said a bit harsh Cantonese.

"Well, it's great. My car is parked across the street." Clay nodded and said.

"You stay in the car and wait for me. Pay attention to the surrounding situation." Welbey straightened his cuffs and put on a black top hat.

"Yes, sir." Clay leaned slightly to take his orders.

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