My Manor

"Huh, I'm finally full!" Patting his slightly bloated stomach, Jiang Hai chuckled and threw the garbage in his hand into the trash can next to him. He had the leisure and time to stop and look at the place where he was.

There are many Chinese in the United States, and as the place where the highest universities in the U.S. are gathered, there are more Chinese in Boston. After all, for Chinese people, education has always been a top priority. Compared with the prosperous but chaotic New York, Boston, the city of universities, is more favored by Chinese people. As long as you go out here, whether it's on campus, the street, in a restaurant, shopping mall, park, supermarket, subway station, etc., you can spot Chinese people everywhere—not to mention Chinatown, the place where Chinese people live abroad.

According to statistics, the cleanest and tidiest Chinese city in the United States is Boston's Chinatown. There are many Chinese elements here. Walking past the big sign that says "The world is for the public," you officially enter Boston's Chinatown.

Compared to the West Coast, which is more popular with mainlanders, the people who immigrated to the East Coast earlier were mostly from Hong Kong or Guangdong Province. Therefore, Chinatown here has a strong Hong Kong style. At a glance, most of the people are Chinese, and the signs on the shops are generally written in traditional Chinese characters. Compared to the legendary Chinatown in New York or other cities, Boston's Chinatown is much more peaceful. The occasional non-Chinese people you see are mostly blonde-haired white people. There are almost no Black or Middle Eastern people. Of course, it's not absolute.

In this world, it is impossible to measure whether a person is good or bad based solely on their race. You can't say that an entire race is born bad with no good individuals—that's impossible. In this world, there are not so many extremes of black and white, but more shades of gray in the middle.

As Jiang Hai walked down the street, his eyes scanned the surroundings. The first impression of Chinatown is food, so in Chinatown, there are almost restaurants everywhere—seafood restaurants, fast food restaurants, and these are characteristics of Guangdong Province.

In addition, there are people from other provinces, such as hot pot restaurants and all kinds of stir-fried dishes, which are also very common here.

In short, this is a paradise for food lovers. And apart from restaurants, the second most common thing here surprised Jiang Hai.

Because in Jiang Hai's mind, Chinatown's most common thing would definitely be restaurants, and the second most common would probably be supermarkets.

But while there are many supermarkets here, they're not as common as another type of store. This kind of store is almost invisible in China, but it has taken root here. This type of store is called: martial arts halls.

Yes, they teach people martial arts. Although it's unclear how attractive these martial arts are to Americans, there are many martial arts halls on this street—Tai Chi, Baji, Bagua, Hongquan, Yixing, Tan Leg...

Almost all of them are martial arts Jiang Hai has heard of before, and many others he hasn't. But if you were to talk about the most popular martial arts halls, it's Jeet Kune Do. This martial art was created by the great Bruce Lee, using Wing Chun as the base and combining martial arts from various schools. Obviously, it has a great reputation in the United States.

Although it's not as self-contained as Taekwondo, Judo, Aikido, and other foreign martial arts, it has a wide range of effects. Jiang Hai saw many blond or dark-skinned children in the martial arts halls, vigorously waving their fists. This made Jiang Hai a little curious and reminded him of the fight he had yesterday.

Jiang Hai's physical fitness was quite good. Yesterday, he was only injured in a one-on-eleven situation, but those guys were seriously injured. Today, he heard that although none of them died, they would have to lie in bed for at least three to five months. Moreover, the crimes of these people were easy to convict. The evidence was conclusive, and the crime was certain, but now it depended on how the crime would be convicted. According to Moses Adams, murder might not be established, but robbery and intentional kidnapping would definitely not be let go. At the very least, these people would stay in prison for five years before they could be released.

Jiang Hai curled his lips at that sentence. He felt it was too light. However, considering the strictness of U.S. prisons, these young men's lives would probably change dramatically after they were sent in. Thinking of this, Jiang Hai's mentality became more balanced. Now, when he saw the martial arts halls, he suddenly remembered the fight from yesterday.

Although his physical fitness was very strong, his experience and tactics in that fight were much weaker.

It seemed that it was time for him to learn. Of course, Jiang Hai didn't mean learning here. The things taught here were mostly fancy techniques, and very few practical skills. When he said "learn," he meant to go home and learn.

Don't forget, Bell-Lester, who had just retired from Delta State a year ago, was in his family.

Although he was a sniper, he should know a lot about close combat.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hai kept it in mind and continued his tour of Chinatown.

Tourism is basically like this: walking and stopping, looking at the surrounding buildings, and tasting the street food.

Although Jiang Hai was alone, he was having a great time. Before he knew it, he had finished his tour of this not-so-big area. At this time, Edward called and told him that the boat was almost assembled and was now being tested for leaks. If it didn't leak, they could use the car to pull it back.

After hearing Edward's words, Jiang Hai's Boston tour came to an end. Following the route in his memory, he returned to Little Italy and then back to the port. He looked over and saw that, as expected, three boats had already been launched and were being tested almost simultaneously. Looking at the three boats that sliced through the waves like sharp swords, Jiang Hai couldn't help but feel tempted. In fact, if you know how to drive, you can drive them, but on the sea, you need a separate license. However, after Jiang Hai bought the boat, he would be playing with it on his private manor, and no one else would be able to control it.

After all, it was his private property, and even if he drove a tank in his own territory, no one could stop him.

"Boss, want to come down and play for a bit?" Edward drove the deck boat to the shore and asked Jiang Hai with a smile.

"Okay." Hearing Edward's words, Jiang Hai laughed and then jumped directly onto the deck boat, scaring everyone around him, even Edward. Edward had originally wanted to drive the boat to the shore, fix it, and then let Jiang Hai come down using a plank, but Jiang Hai jumped directly onto the boat.

"Boss, this is too dangerous." Edward said in silence, feeling the boat shake for a moment before it slowly stabilized. Doing this was definitely dangerous.

"Oh, I see. Go slower next time. Haha. Okay, let's do a quick lap. I want to see how fast this boat can go." Jiang Hai, having stabilized his balance, smiled awkwardly. He had been a bit too careless. The boat wasn't as stable as he imagined on the water. Hearing Edward's words, Jiang Hai smiled awkwardly and then changed the topic. He wanted to see how fast the boat could go.

When Edward heard Jiang Hai's words, he smiled. As soon as he pushed the gear lever, the deck boat roared to life and rushed straight toward the open sea. Feeling the strong sea breeze, Jiang Hai couldn't help but shout—this boat was really something!

After playing at the shipyard for more than an hour and riding all three boats, Jiang Hai was done.

They then rented a truck specially used to pull boats at the shipyard. Jiang Hai and Edward drove the truck and took the boats back to the manor. In fact, the three boats weren't too heavy, and Jiang Hai's F750 could pull them.

But Jiang Hai's car wasn't equipped with a towing plate (trailer), so he couldn't pull them at the moment and had to rent a truck from the shipyard. Fortunately, seeing that Jiang Hai had a purchase order of over a million, Dalton waived the rental fee. However, the tip for the driver was still necessary, and Jiang Hai didn't mind.

After driving the truck back to the manor, Jiang Hai and the others got busy again. At the cowshed, only the two old men, Burke and Philemon, were left. The others helped unload the boats onto the shore. Although the gravity dock on Jiang Hai's side had been built for more than ten years, it was still very stable, so there was no need to worry about it this year.

After the boats were placed in a dock near the pier, it was already evening.

After giving the driver a tip of 200 U.S. dollars, Jiang Hai sent him out of the manor. By this time, he was already starving. Fortunately, Mrs. Philemon had prepared dinner, so Jiang Hai went to Philemon's small villa and ate a lot. After dinner, he returned to his villa and lay on his huge bed.

He took out a small notebook from the bedside table. It had some words recorded in it, mostly divided into two parts. One part outlined the steps for developing this manor that he and Robbins had studied together—recruiting people, buying cars, cows, horses, boats... Most of these major expenses had been checked off, indicating they had been completed. Today, Jiang Hai checked off the purchase of the boats.

The only thing missing now was the fish fry. However, according to Edward, it was too late to release the fish fry now, so it was better to wait until next year. Also, Jiang Hai didn't have money to buy them. The other part of the notebook recorded his expenses. Looking at the strings of numbers written in it, Jiang Hai couldn't help but feel a headache.