Unlike the situation in later generations, Philadelphia in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century was still an authentic industrial city, and the oil and steel purchased by the United States from abroad were mainly imported from here, and in order to reduce costs as much as possible, a series of steel companies and oil companies were opened here. Of course, it is not all heavy industry, and there are many light industries such as textiles, many of which have just moved out of New York.

In the United States, Philadelphia is a very special city, because the independence of the United States is closely related to this city, and at the same time, it is also the fifth largest city in the United States, although it is not as prosperous as New York, but it is not very far behind. That's why Adel has his sights set on Philadelphia, which is so close to New York that it's less than 3 hours away by train.

However, Adel has clearly forgotten one thing, and that is that the prelude to the economic crisis in Philadelphia, which is now an important industrial city, has become less stable due to the large number of unemployed workers and shrinking wages.

In the month leading up to their arrival in Philadelphia, Philadelphia's major steel companies had voluntarily reduced their production capacity, and more than half of their production capacity had been shut down, and a large number of workers had been laid off and unemployed. With the prerequisites that no job means no income, no way to continue living, and no peace of mind, demonstrations seem to be the best way for people to vent.

So, when they arrived in Philadelphia on the train from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, they had just left the train station when they ran into a crowd of demonstrators confronting the police, and the demonstration was turning into a clash of people: demonstrators threw rocks and garbage at the police, and the police threw tear gas into the crowd, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

They were not interested in participating in the excitement, and the group did not dare to go onto the main road, lest they be perceived as demonstrators by the police, but hid away from the demonstrators, and escaped from the dangerous place by stepping on the sidewalk.

Two blocks away, Adair and his party taxis taxis headed straight for McCaddy Avenue, one of the busiest places in Philadelphia today and the best place to shop.

Adel and his entourage walked around McCaddy Street, bought two outfits for everyone, including Casey and Daniela, and found a supposedly famous Brazilian barbecue restaurant for a supposedly authentic Brazilian barbecue meal.

Said to have come to Philadelphia to consume, in fact, except for a simple shopping and a fairly hearty lunch, the rest, a few people didn't know what to do. Speaking of which, there were some underground casinos and strip bars in Philadelphia at this time, but no one among them, including Clifford, was interested in gambling, and there were two girls with them, so those places with dance performances were naturally not suitable to visit.

So, after lunch, after a brief discussion, they decided to follow Reuben's suggestion and take a look at the big market at the docks on Leicester Street.

Leicester Street Pier is a downtown pier, not far from City Hall, a pier on the Delaware River, which has been a gathering place for Philadelphia's foreign goods since the Universal Exposition three years ago, and has gradually become a large market for the next two years.

This time he came to Philadelphia, the reason why Adel brought a few people over was to buy some daily necessities to go back, of course, not for one person or two people, but for a large number of daily necessities, and he decided to take advantage of this opportunity to help Ruben further establish his authority in Hell's Kitchen Docks. There is no better way to establish authority than to buy people's hearts, and for those dock workers who have nothing, it is much better to give a small favor than a bombastic speech.

The Great Market on Leicester Street is right on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge...... Oh, and it's still called the Delaware River Port Authority Bridge...... On the left side, there is a large open space, and the merchants build small houses out of wooden planks on the open space, which is similar to the layout of the domestic wholesale market.

In this market, almost everything can be bought, such as shoddy clothes, trendy shampoos and soaps, bread flour and cane sugar, radios and refrigerators in containers, and of course, because everything is not guaranteed by quality, so it is cheap.

When the taxi stopped at the bridge, the taxi driver pulled down the passenger sign on the car and asked for the fare, and specially reminded the people of Adair that there were many thieves in the market and asked them to pay more attention to their personal belongings.

After paying for the car and thanking the driver, Adel opened the door and got out of the taxi.

Just as Adel got out of the car and didn't have time to close the door, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure rushing towards him from the front.

Instinctively, Adair jerked sideways, his entire back pressed against the car, and at the same moment, the figure flew in front of him, slamming into the door of the back seat, where Clifford had just pushed the door and had not had time to get out.

The figure that came over slammed into the car door, and the whole person fell out diagonally, and fell on the base plate of the iron chain bridge with a thud.

This time it was obviously strong enough, he lay on the ground and hummed, and his hands were on the ground twice, trying to get up, but he didn't succeed.

"Dudu ......" It was only at this time that Adel heard the sound of a whistle in front of him, and he turned his head to look, just in time to see two policemen in black police uniforms, one carrying a baton, running over quickly.

Maybe it was because they saw the chased guy fall to the ground, the two policemen quickened their pace, they rushed to the guy without saying a word, and without looking at how he was injured, they picked up the baton in their hands and hit him without a head or face.

The two policemen were hard enough, and the rubber rod with the iron core smashed on the body of the fallen man, making a muffled sound of "bang", and surprisingly, even so, the guy who fell to the ground was silent, he just held his head in his hands, and then arched his back again, using his back to resist the blow as much as possible.

"Ho, it's so lively here!" said Clifford, who finally got out of his back seat, as if he hadn't seen what was happening on the side of the road, as if he hadn't seen what was happening on the side of the road, and looked out over the market with a sigh of admiration.

"Hey!" Adel nudged him, motioning for him to see what the two cops were doing.

"Damn thief?" said Collifou, glancing in the direction he was pointing, shrugged, and said nonchalantly.

Adair shook his head, saying he didn't know, but if Clifford hadn't opened the door just now, the hapless guy might have run away.

"Stand up, you Hine!" said a policeman who kicked the hapless man in the head with the tip of his shoe.

Adel frowned, he heard the police use the word "Sheeny", which is not commonly used, it should be written as "Sheeny", which is a disparaging term for Jews in white America, which translates to Jewish pig.

In the United States today, although some Jews have become wealthy and have formed a sizable Jewish community in high society, Jews are still a real vulnerable group in the United States, they are not recognized by American society, and in the minds of most Americans, Jews are synonymous with traitors and vampires.

In addition, in the United States itself, since the mid-19th century, with the development of Jews in the United States, especially the rise of a series of new Jewish conglomerates, anti-Semitism has also begun to emerge throughout the United States, and this anti-Semitic ideology is not only popular among the general population, but also widespread in high society.

In the New York gangs, when the Irish gangs flourished, they never relaxed their crackdowns on the Jewish gangs, like Mayer Lansky, the godfather of the Jewish gangsters, who later became famous, and the Jewish gangs he led now have to rely on the wings of the Italian gangs.

The two policemen, probably tired of the beating, put away their batons, grabbed the Jew by the shoulders one by the other, lifted him off the ground like a chicken, and then pushed him to the railing by the bridge, where he lay on the railing like a dead dog. Immediately, a policeman crouched down and began to search the Jews.

A pocket watch, a few banknotes, a small notebook, a pencil head, everything that the Jews had on them was pulled out one by one. Banknotes and pocket watches were pocketed by police officers who searched them, while notebooks and pencil heads were thrown directly into the river.

"That's all?!" When the search was over, the policeman still seemed to be dissatisfied, and he raised his leg and kicked the Jew's knee, and said with a curse, "Say, where is the money?!"

The Jew was kicked and slid off the guardrail, and fell to the ground again, but he didn't say a word.

"Send him to Jons, and the jackals will teach him how to be human. Another policeman spat on the Jew and swore insults.

Speaking of which, Adel is not usually the kind of person who likes to meddle in things, of course, his sympathy is also pitiful, but I don't know why, at this moment, he just can't stand it.

"Reuben," frowned, and Adair turned his head and gestured to Reuben, who was standing aside, meaning to ask him to bring the money.

Reuben understood, fumbled and pulled out a few bills and stuffed them into his hands.

Adair looked at it, two hundred dollars, it should be about the same, and then walked towards the two policemen.