Chapter 7 The Kowloon Walled City

The Kowloon Walled City is a walled city located in the northeast of Kowloon City, Hong Kong, which was built in the Song Dynasty and was officially known as Kowloon City, but the people mostly read the city as a walled city, and its predecessor was a military post to control the salt trade.

After the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, there was a dispute between the Qing government and the British government over the ownership of the Kowloon Walled City, but in fact, neither side exercised administrative rights over the Walled City. As a result, the Kowloon Walled City has since fallen into anarchy, and a large number of residents have begun to pour into this former military fortress.

Today, more than 3,000 people live in the walled city, which covers an area of only 2.8 hectares.

Su Jingxian walked into the city gate with two uniformed policemen from Longcheng Road, East Street, and just took two steps forward, a three-way intersection appeared in front of him.

"Where did a couple of officers go to the walled city? Do you need to lead the way? In front of the three-way intersection, a defilement-stained addict got up from the corner of the wall and smiled at Su Jingxian and the others, revealing a mouth full of yellowed rotten teeth.

There are 20 or 30 streets and alleys crisscrossing the Kowloon Walled City, even the guests who often come to the Walled City to gamble and recruit prostitutes may not know the clear road, and there are even special maps for sale outside the Walled City, which shows that the roads are tortuous. It is also in this environment that many rotten boys and addicts rely on the familiar environment to take people in and out of the city as a business, and this Taoist friend in front of him is like this.

If it was outside the walled city, these addicts would not be able to avoid seeing plainclothes agents like Su Jingxian, even if it was an ordinary uniformed policeman. But now in the walled city, the rat-like Taoist friends who cross the street on weekdays are not scared of the police at all, and even dare to take the initiative to talk.

All this is because there are dragons and snakes in the walled city, not only are there Jianghu bigwigs in charge, but there are also many wanted criminals in Southeast Asia hiding in it. These local snakes and cross-river dragons have long formulated rules in order to survive, no matter what grievances the people in the rivers and lakes have, they are not allowed to make trouble in the walled city, not to mention the police, if a policeman dares to pull away a prisoner in the walled city without the consent of the bigwigs in the walled city without permission, there is no need to wait for the next day's dawn, and soon there will be a knife hand to let him know the end of breaking the rules.

That's why the addict in front of him at this time dared to face the three Su Jingxian, who were police officers, because he was sure that even the police would not dare to make trouble in the walled city.

"Take your mother's way, get away, dead friend!" A young uniformed policeman who followed behind Su Jingxian scolded the addict with disgust on his face and left, took the lead in walking into the road on the right side of the three-way intersection, then stopped and looked back at Su Jingxian, and beckoned, "Brother Xian, go this way." ”

Su Jingxian and another uniformed policeman followed closely behind, and also continued along the road on the right, and the addict at the intersection pouted, knowing that this business could not be done, scratched his neck with his dirty nails, and moved to the corner to lie down.

Out of the alley, Su Jingxian saw that the uniformed policeman who led the way was familiar with the road, and joked: "Ah Yong, you are so familiar with the road, do you often come to recruit prostitutes?" ”

The real name of the uniformed policeman known as Ah Yong is Lin Zhiyong, who looks the same age as Su Jingxian, and is also a newcomer who has just graduated from the police academy, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, you are not funny, I grew up in the city since I was a child, and I only moved out after being a bad guy, of course I am familiar with the road, otherwise how dare I recommend myself to bring you in!" ”

Another uniformed policeman who followed Su Jingxian laughed and said, "Then have you ever recruited prostitutes in the walled city?" ”

"Recruiting prostitutes is not in the walled city, idiot!" Lin Zhiyong led the two of them around an alley and glanced back at his companion, "The woman in the walled city has three dollars a dollar, even if you can eat it, I'm worried about the raw flowers and willows!" ”

According to Liu Changhua's prior explanation, Su Jingxian met with several uncles and elders in the walled city again, and asked them to go to the Dahua Ice Room in Central tomorrow morning to talk to Liu Changhua about the election of Inspector Zonghua.

It's not that Liu Changhua is pretending to be arrogant, in fact, if it were another time, I heard that there were several big-name uncles who were willing to pay for themselves, and Liu Changhua would have visited him in person. However, the situation is sensitive now, even if Liu Changhua is not afraid of being caught in and out of the city to eat at the same table with the community bosses, he is also worried that he will be quietly killed in this kind of place where dragons and snakes are mixed.

Although there are rules and regulations in the walled city, as long as the dark flower (underground bounty amount) is enough, a lot of people are willing to take their lives to gamble.

Coming out of the hall of the last uncle's boss, Su Jingxian stretched his neck and said to Lin Zhiyong: "Hey, you're hungry, you're familiar with the way, find a place to fill your stomach first." ”

Lin Zhiyong proposed: "Brother Xian, how about the dog meat hot pot?" The whole of Hong Kong has food here, which is very supplemental! ”

In 1950, the British government enacted a law prohibiting any slaughter of dogs and cats for food (Dogs and cats ordinance), with heavy fines and years in prison, so that all dog butchers in Hong Kong disappeared in just one week. However, in the Kowloon Walled City, this law is useless, and there is a dog fighting ring dedicated to gambling in the walled city, and the dogs that are bitten to death every day will be sold to dog butchers as ingredients, and the business is not booming.

"Forget it, I'm not used to dog meat." Hearing Lin Zhiyong's proposal, Su Jingxian frowned and shook his head, "Seafood, there is a Chengji seafood restaurant on Dajing Street just now, have you tried it?" ”

Lin Zhiyong's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Cheng Ji? I know, just go through the first few alleys. However, since I was a child, I thought that the food there should not be cheap, so I haven't dared to go in, and I don't know how it tastes. ”

Hong Kong is a coastal city, and the price of seafood is actually not high, but Su Jingxian also knows that Lin Zhiyong, who follows him, is from a poor background, and his family still has a rice shop, which can solve the problem of food and clothing, while Lin Zhiyong grew up in the Kowloon Walled City at the bottom since he was a child, and it is fortunate that he did not starve to death.

"That's right, you two have worked hard to go around with me today, and I invite you to eat seafood." Su Jingxian glanced at Lin Zhiyong, who was slightly cramped, and said again, "I haven't eaten seafood either, I don't know if it's a ghost." ”

Hearing Su Jingxian's last words, Lin Zhiyong was obviously a little relaxed, and his face showed a look of eagerness.

"Brother Xian, why don't you go with Ah Yong, I won't go." Another uniformed policeman next to him listened to Su Jingxian's words, rubbed his hands and smiled, "I'm going to eat a dog meat hot pot to make up for it, and follow the chicken girl who tried Ah Yong's first talk about a dollar." ”

"Pick!" Su Jingxian and Lin Zhiyong looked at the uniformed policeman with disdain.

The military-uniformed policeman, who was a few years older than Su Jingxian, was arrogant: "Brother Xian, I am twenty-two years old and I have a wife, so strange to find a girl?" ”

"I'm afraid that you will die young!" Su Jingxian smiled helplessly, took out a hundred Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and stuffed it into the hand of the uniformed policeman, "Wow! Don't say that you don't take care of you if you are big, go outside to find Fenglou, a hundred yuan is enough for you to fly double. Eating a penny chicken? You're so damn daring! ”