Stepping on the sunlight, which was broken and dappled by the wooden fence, Adair walked to the door of Ruben's residence, and without knocking, he just pushed the door and walked in.

"Mr. Adelle......"

"Mr. Adelle......"

"Good morning, Mr. Adelle. ”

Today, the people living in Reuben's house are no longer the poor people of the beginning, but a group of able-bodied young men who can speak a few words of English.

Greeting the young people, Adel walked straight through the halls in front of him and into the courtyard at the back.

In the small open-air courtyard, Reuben was squatting under the dripping rain eaves to nibble on a hamburger, and when he saw Adel coming in, he didn't get up, but just raised his hand, which was regarded as a greeting.

"Where's Clifford?" asked Adair, his eyes scanning the courtyard.

"Where else could it be?" asked Ruben, munching on a burger in his mouth.

Understood, Adair nodded, understanding that Clifford must be looking at the gold again, since the first gold coin was bought, Clifford has one more hobby, that is, when he is fine, he just sits there and wipes the gold coins to play.

Walking to Reuben's side, Adair took out a pack of 555 cigarettes from his pocket, and then squatted on the ground like Reuben, took out a cigarette, but did not put it in his mouth, but pinched it in his hand, and said, "Did Morliv come to you?"

Morleff, aka Thierry Morlive, is the current union leader of Hell's Kitchen Docks, with whom Adel had dealt with him before, and was a standard alcoholic.

Ruben shook his head, but did not speak, his cheeks bulging, and he could not speak.

"This guy is calm," Adel smiled, took the cigarette in his mouth, lit it, took a deep breath, and continued, "If he can hold his breath, then there is no reason why we can't hold his breath." ”

"Now you're going to take out $7,600 a day, and you can still hold your breath?" said Reuben as he swallowed the burger in his mouth in a hurry, burped, and said angrily.

"Believe me, sooner or later, you'll pay for it exponentially," Adair said as he handed over the pack of cigarettes, but his mouth was determined.

"But I'm afraid that the Tammoni Association will interfere, and besides, those who are going to buy this dock are probably not so easy to provoke. Ruben said worriedly.

"Don't worry, the Tammony Association won't bother, they can't even hope there's some mess here," Adair smiled and said, "As far as I know, there are now two companies participating in the bidding for the port, one is the US Dollar Steamship Company, and the other is the British Mail Shipping Company. ”

Reuben turned his head and looked at Adel intently, he enjoyed listening to Adel say this, because it seemed that every time he analyzed a problem in this way, he could learn a lot from it.

"Let's not talk about the British Mail Shipping Company, this is a British company, and you know that the people of Tammony have always lacked a good opinion of the British, so it is impossible for the British Mail Shipping Company to have the support of the Tammony Association. Adair took a puff of his cigarette and analyzed, "As for the U.S. Steamship Company, hehe, it's the biggest voting patron of Herbert Hoover in California, do you think Tammony will have a good opinion of this company?"

Adele's words contained a lot of information, but Ruben could still understand it. As Adair said, the Tammony Society, as an underground political organization mainly controlled by Irish immigrants, has always been unkind to the British and immigrants from the United Kingdom, both for the reasons of ethnic contradictions (Ireland has been fighting for independence for a day or two, and the war in Northern Ireland has been fought for a longer time), as well as religious reasons (the Irish are Catholic, and the British are Protestant).

As for the US Dollar Steamship Company, since it is the largest vote sponsor of President Hoover in California, it means that the company's political stance is biased towards the Republican Party. It is the greatest guarantee of the votes of the New York area Democrats, and the reason why the New York Area Democrats have been able to maintain their long-term advantage in New York is closely related to the strong support of the Tammoni Association. Thus, how could a large shipping company that supported the Republican Party be supported by the Tammoni Association?

"How do you know this?" asked Reuben, curiously.

"How dare I let you do such a thing if you don't know this?" said Adele, who replied rhetorically.

In a deep tone, he continued: "This is a very rare opportunity for us, and if the operation is successful, we may be able to intervene in the core affairs of the docks, or at least, squeeze out Morlif's union and replace it. ”

This can be had, Reuben was intrigued, he ate the last hamburger, rubbed his hands, and asked, "So what should we do next?"

"On the dock, we don't have to do anything, we just have to wait," Adel said simply, and then whispered on one arm of Reuben's shoulder, "Wait quietly, now, it's not us who need to be anxious, but those shipping companies and cargo owners." ”

"But I don't think those people will wait so safely," said Reuben worriedly, "If the workers don't go to work today, they won't go to work tomorrow, and if they don't say what will happen to the union, the port authority will definitely not sit idly by, and I'm afraid that if things get bigger, the police will get involved." ”

"So, outside of the docks, we need to make some preparations," Adair smiled and said, "Come, let's go inside, I still have some things to do with Clifford." ”

Ruben nodded, stood up with his hands on his knees, and followed Adel into the side hall of his apartment.

Passing through the side hall, the two entered Reuben's bedroom, where Clifford sat on the edge of a simple wooden table, staring blankly at the rows of neatly stacked gold coins on the table.

This is a standard gold coin introduced by the First Bank of the United States in 1886, each gold coin weighs 1 ounce, the front of the gold coin is the head of HSD and the 1 ounce marker, and the reverse is the Statue of Liberty that was just completed that year. In the past few days, Reuben instructed six people he selected to continue to exchange in cash at major New York banks, and exchanged nearly 4,000 pieces in total.

4,000 one-ounce gold coins are just over $80,000 in the United States today, but Adair knows very well that when the New York stock market crashes two months later, the price of gold will skyrocket to nearly $36 per ounce in less than a month, and even higher on the black market. Therefore, Reuben is still doing the work of exchanging that black gold for gold, but for the sake of insurance, Adel has strictly forbidden him to continue exchanging in New York, and Philadelphia and Boston will be their next targets for exchanging gold.

Perhaps hearing a voice behind him, Clifford turned abruptly, and his vigilant gaze fell on Adair for the first time.

"Haven't seen enough?" Adair shook his head helplessly and said, "Alright, turn on the lights, there's something you need to do." ”

Clifford looked at him, then turned his head to look at the gold coins on the table, hesitated for a moment, and then touched his nose and said, "I always feel that these gold coins are more real than the dollar." ”

After a pause, he continued: "You don't know, when we were back home, oh, I mean in Northern Ireland, the British were strict with us keeping gold, and if anyone hid gold, even if it was just a gold tooth, they would be flogged. ”

"This is New York, Clifford, not Northern Ireland," Adel said absent-mindedly, turning to Ruben again, "How much cash do we have?"

Ruben didn't speak, he went straight to the other end of the bed in the bedroom, pushed the plank bed to the side, then crouched down, picked at the wall, and took out a leather bag.

"It's all here," said Reuben, who sat on the edge of the bed as he threw his bag on the bed, "there should be a lot more, less than 200,000." ”

"OK," Adair bent down, dragged the bag over, opened the zipper, and pulled the money out of the roll.

Rolls of dollars were thrown on the bed, because the bed was uneven in the first place, and the rolls of bills were rolled everywhere.

"Let's talk about what Clifford needs to do in the last two days," Continuing his movements, Adair took the moment to glance up at Clifford and said, "We need two killers, killers who don't belong to any of the New York gangs, preferably the kind with a raw face, and can leave New York after doing what needs to be done." Clifford, can you find someone like that?"

"If the price is right, it should be fine," said Clifford, after a moment's thought, "I know a few people who came here from Ireland together, but I don't like them because they are real outlaws. ”

Adair's hand moved, as if he was thinking about something, and after a long time, he bent over and sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Clifford, and said, "Is it reliable?"

"It's not reliable," Clifford said, shaking his head, "after all, this is New York, and after living here for so many years, even the most reliable people back then may not be reliable." ”

Adair nodded and said, "It's okay, you go find someone, and the follow-up matter can be left to Ruben to solve." ”

Clifford didn't say anything, he knew what Adel meant by this, it was nothing more than killing people after the matter was done.

"Reuben, you have a heavy task in the next few days," turning his gaze to Ru himself, Adair smiled, "There is one thing you need to learn. ”

"What's the matter?" asked Reuben curiously.

"Spend money," Adair laughed, "yes, you heard it right, I didn't say it wrong, all you need to learn to do is spend money." ”