After "single-handedly recovering smuggled wine", Lin Guisheng had a further understanding of Peng Yichen's ability.

But Lin Guisheng was still not very at ease with him, in order to reward Peng Yichen for snatching back the smuggled wine, she specially rewarded him with 2,000 US dollars, which was already a very large amount of money in Chicago at that time, enough to buy a very large mansion.

Lin Guisheng just wanted to see how Peng Yichen would use the money.

If he buys a house or land, it is reliable, but it is not very useful, and if it is a food, drink, prostitution and gambling, it is neither reliable nor usable.

As a result, after Peng Yichen took the money, he first paid off his debts in the early years. Most of the rest, he scattered to his friends who used to hang out on the streets together.

This made Lin Guisheng look at this young man again: this person is reliable, not greedy for money, can spend money, dare to make friends, and can be of great use.

She saw that Peng Yichen was not only faithful, but also had the courage to do things, and from this day on, she regarded Peng Yichen as her own cronies, no longer only let him manage his own small treasury, but also let her participate in the most secret affairs of the Huang Mansion, that is, smuggling and opening casinos.

Peng Yichen's status has also improved rapidly, and his treatment has also been greatly improved.

After more than 2 years, in the third year of Peng Yichen's entry into the Huang Mansion, Lin Guisheng opened a longevity for him at the Gongxingji gambling table.

The so-called longevity is that you don't have to report every day, and you can withdraw $300 a month from the casino's account.

This is a very exceptional thing in the Huang Mansion. Because of the people who were working in the Huang Di Mansion at that time, they were provided with food and lodging and clothing by the Di House, and their lives were guaranteed. But there is usually no paycheck. Peng Yichen received Yulu just a few years after he came, which shows the weight of Peng Yichen in Lin Guisheng's eyes.

With the trust of Huang Jinrong and Lin Guisheng, Peng Yichen was soon assigned to run the "Gongxing Club", one of the three major casinos in the Chinese area.

Since then, Peng Yichen has served in the Huang family for 10 years.

In the profession of the police chief of the Chinese district, Huang Jinrong does not need others to interfere. But in addition, Peng Yichen is deeply involved in the three major undertakings of the Huang Mansion.

The first category, smuggling, opening casinos, and running brothels, are all in the gray area.

The second type is Zhengxing, which operates the "Common Stage" of the Grand Theater and opens nightclubs such as "Playground" and Chicago Chinese World.

The third category is charitable deeds, such as relief for beggars, sheltering refugees, and donating money for disaster relief.

Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, Huang Jinrong has to give money to beggars in the Chinese area, which is a major event in the Chinese area of Chicago every year.

Every year on this day, Huang Jinrong's subordinates will first gather the beggars from the entire Chinese district into a large courtyard.

They almost forcibly took these beggars into custody, and then made them line up to receive the money one by one, and after receiving one, they released one of them.

At first, Peng Yichen was puzzled by this, and Huang Jinrong smiled: You don't know, I used to send money on the street, but as a result, the guys who received the money turned around and went to line up again, and they couldn't finish it for three days and three nights. Even if they are locked up in this way, it is actually useless, and some beggars will still climb over the wall and come in and take it again. But it's finally better, and many beggars who can't climb the wall can only receive it once.

Peng Yichen originally wanted to ask him why he wanted to give money to these beggars, but in the end he didn't say anything.

In Peng Yichen's eyes, Huang Jinrong is a very complex person who is difficult to understand and grasp thoroughly.

From the trembling when he first arrived at the Huang Mansion to the calm heart after that, this growth and change witnessed Peng Yichen's own rapid growth.

Even if Peng Yichen left the Huang Mansion, after many years of establishing himself at the top of the door, he still felt that he was going to bow down to him in front of Huang Jinrong.

It wasn't until Huang Jinrong was fifty years old that Peng Yichen's absurd behavior of "rushing to the sky and being angry for a red face" made Peng Yichen finally find the feeling of being on an equal footing with him.

Peng Yichen remembered that in the year he introduced Zhang Xiaolin to Huang Jinrong, Lu Lanchun, a young female artist on the same stage, made Huang Jinrong move his heart. The dignified boss Huang of Shanghai Tang surrendered his identity and went to the stage every day to protect the field, rain or shine, and was attentive in every way. One day, Lu Lanchun accidentally went off the board while singing, which caused a young man in the audience to cheer loudly. Huang Jinrong was furious, and rushed over and gave the young man two big slaps. The young man stood up and was about to have a seizure, but he saw a group of strong men like wolves and tigers surrounding Huang Jinrong, so he had to swallow his anger and leave with hatred.

But Huang Jinrong didn't know that the young man who slapped him twice was none other than the son of the commander of the Chicago National Guard.

The next day, Huang Jinrong was captured by a group of soldiers of the Star Banner Country with loaded guns and put in the prison of the military court.

Here, waiting for Huang Jinrong, there is no trial, no defense, only endless humiliation and torture.

In order to rescue Huang Jinrong, Peng Yichen went to the mayor of Chicago to intercede.

In the end, he gave the shares of his casino to the commander of the Chicago National Guard in 30% before Huang Jinrong was rescued.

At this point, Huang Jinrong's reputation in the Chinese area was greatly damaged, and Peng Yichen took advantage of the situation and truly became the number one boss in the Chinese area of Chicago.

In the second year, Peng Yichen partnered with Huang Jinrong and others to open Sanxin Company, monopolizing all the smuggling and gambling business in Shanghai.

It was also from this year that a saying gradually spread in the Chinese area: "Huang Jinrong is greedy for money, Zhang Xiaolin is good at fighting, and Peng Yichen will be a man."

So far, the famous words about Peng Yichen's "life" have gradually spread:

Don't be afraid of being used by others, others use you, it means that you are still useful;

When the money is used up, the friendship is not exhausted. Therefore, others save money, and I save friendship;

Let others do the icing on the cake, I only do the things that send charcoal in the snow;

To be a man, you have to eat three bowls of noodles, one is love, the second is decent, and the third is the scene. These are three bowls of unpalatable noodles, but for the sake of friends, no matter how unpalatable they are, they must be eaten.

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It is precisely because of this that Peng Yichen has friends all over the world in Chicago, from political dignitaries, scholars and professors, businessmen and soldiers to gang backbones in the Star Banner Country.

Gradually, Peng Yichen won the title of "patriarch" in the Chinese area, although he has done a lot of illegal things, he is also the protector of many weak Chinese, and is deeply loved by ordinary people in the Chinese area.

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Thinking of this, Peng Yichen finally walked out of his past memories.

His daughter's wedding is also coming to an end.

After saying goodbye to the guests, Peng Yichen's house came to an uninvited guest - Chicago's biggest drug lord Su Luozo.

He hoped to cooperate with Peng Yichen to transport his own drugs through his smuggling channels, and promised to give him 30% of the profits.

It's a pity that Peng Yichen has always had a rule, that is, he will never sell drugs and harm people.

For this reason, he refused the demands of the big drug lord, and thus intensified the conflict with several other gangsters in Chicago.

On Christmas Eve, Sulozzo kidnapped the eldest son-in-law of the "godfather" and sent someone to assassinate the "patriarch of the Chinese district".

Peng Yichen was rescued by his youngest son, Jiye, but the youngest son was shot and hospitalized.

Su Luozuo demanded that Peng Yichen agree to the drug trade, or else kill the rest of his family.

Peng Yichen went to visit his youngest son in the hospital, but he found that the bodyguards had been bribed and that the Chicago police were complicit in Solozo.

The fire between the major gangs is on the verge of breaking out.

Peng Yichen devised a plan to induce Sulozzo and the sheriff to negotiate on their turf.

In a small restaurant, Peng Yichen shot and killed Su Luozo and the sheriff with a pistol hidden in the toilet beforehand.

Peng Yichen fled to Huaxia, although he was no longer young, he still won the favor of the famous Peking Opera singer Meng Xiaodong, and the two lived a life like fairies.

At this time, the vendetta between the various gangs in Chicago is becoming more and more intense.

Peng Yichen's eldest son was betrayed by his own people and was beaten to pieces.

Peng Yichen could only return to Chicago from Huaxia to arrange reconciliation between the gangs.

But just when the gangs intended to cease fighting, Peng Yichen's youngest son, Peng Jiye, was attacked again as soon as he was discharged from the hospital.

Someone bribed his driver to plant a bomb in his car.

Although Peng Jiye survived, he lost his lover.

Within two years, Peng Jiye was lost in remorse and self-blame.

Peng Yichen's temperament changed greatly because of the death of his beloved son, and he began to brew revenge against other gangsters.

He sent two other leaders of rival gangs to assassinate him, and personally killed the mole who had planted a bomb on his son.

At the same time, he also ordered the drug lord to be killed, so as to avenge his eldest son.

The enemies were all cut off, but Peng Yichen was left with only his second son, his daughter and son-in-law.

The grief of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man torments this "patriarch of the Chinese district" all the time!

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