At the Huangpu River wharf in Shanghai, the dock workers who carried the goods pressed 100 catties of things on their shoulders, bent their waists, and made evil numbers in their mouths, straddled the wharf from the ship, or climbed from the wharf to the ship. Back and forth, like an old machine, numb and toiling.

Workers in Shanghai work at the wharf for more than 10 hours a day. They endure inhuman treatment and do superhuman work, but they are only paid a few silver coins, which is really not enough to buy food, let alone alcohol. Some of the dock workers are paid monthly.

Although it was only ten or eight yuan, they were already very satisfied. All they eat every day is a few bowls of coarse rice and some sour vegetables; Eating one or two pieces of meat like this once in a while is already a big meal.

Compared with South America, this kind of life can really be regarded as extremely hard. Dock workers in Shanghai are used to this kind of life. They endured with all their hearts,

Waiting for the day when you can turn over and call the shots, or be lucky enough to get a ticket to the South American continent to start a new life.

However, only a small number of people are able to turn around and make decisions, or immigrate to South America. For ordinary dock workers, no matter how cold or hot it is, they have to endure to survive, and when it is extremely cold in winter, they wear a cotton coat that is made up of thousands of things, regardless of the wind and snow, to do their hard work. In the long summer of the scorching red sun, they did the same inhuman work under the heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. At the end of the day's work, they dragged their overtired bodies in search of a place to rest. In Shanghai, a ten-mile foreign market, a paradise for adventurers in the eyes of foreigners, I was lucky enough to find a cleaner place, lie down my tired body, and enjoy that short rest time. If it rains or snows, the mouth of the alley and the eaves of the high-rise buildings are all temporary shelters. As long as the Chinese patrols at night do not wake up their good dreams, they can live a peaceful night, even if some people freeze to death in their sleep, they can get rid of the hunger and cold in reality.

The Chinese people and laborers at the bottom supported the prosperity of Shanghai, and those foreigners from all over the world, and even the white homeless people who were rejected by their own countries because of their criminal records, flocked to Shanghai, a place of filth and dirt, seeking the treasures of adventurers.

The landing procedures in Shanghai are unbelievably simple. The foreign affairs officials who were in charge of managing foreigners only roughly doubled the passports of the passengers, and only needed the signature of the Chinese consul stationed at the place of departure, and there was no problem.

However, in fact, very few of those Manchu officials knew the languages of several European countries, and the words in the passports were all in the languages of the issuing countries, so even if it was a piece of nonsense in it, I am afraid that the people who inspected it might not be able to see it. Such a passport with such entry procedures,

It's essentially like waste paper, and it doesn't matter if you have it or not.

Relying on such convenience, foreigners who want to make a fortune in the Far East do not need to spend money, and can get a fake passport and hand it over, and they can obtain permission to enter the mainland.

There are also some foreigners, including the homeless people in the Far East who were affected by the South American war, who relied on selling their forces to do some dangerous work for the intelligence services of the Han State or the intelligence agencies of various countries.

In the Shanghai Concession, foreigners have opened many venue bars.

Among them, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Association, opened by the British, can be regarded as one of the earliest listed bars in the world, and the largest in scale. It is known as the bar with the longest counter in the world. British merchants and military officers in Shanghai would frequented the Shanghai Market Association and spent their leisure time in the glitz and glamour.

However, at first, only the British were allowed to enter the Shanghai General Association, and citizens of other European countries were kept out of the door, and later the Americans and the French could not see that the British had this exclusive right, so they established the Citi General Association and the French General Association.

In the end, the French came generously, worthy of being the advanced representatives of the democratic republic, and they made the international residents of the French general open concession (the Chinese are not among the internationals) and their lovers and so on. Many of the upper class members of Shanghai's Caucasian society used it as a place to eat, drink, and talk about their daily lives.

Bars and cocktail parties are the best places to gather information. However, the drinking venues opened by Britain, France, the United States and other countries do not allow Chinese to enter, and even the Han country in South America, which has been at war with Western countries twice, is still despised and isolated by foreigners.

Therefore, in order to explore intelligence, Wu Tiaoqing and others could only hire and buy a group of homeless whites. Rely on funding them to collect information from all parties that is useful to the Han side.

The sky gradually darkened, and the workers on the wharf of the Huangpu River gradually dispersed, and several young men with braided hair walked over from the wharf and joined Wang Shizhen standing in the corner.

"Brother Wang, according to your orders, I have selected twenty brothers from the dock who have heard of loyalty, and they are ready to set off at any time."

The leader of a dock worker named Qian Zhangrong spoke.

"Let my brothers be flexible, when they go out to do things this time, they may encounter danger, and if they are seen by the people in the government and see the abnormality, they will have to fight with the Manchu officers and soldiers."

Wang Shizhen said cautiously, "Tell the brothers who participated in the operation that no matter whether this operation is successful or not, all the brothers and their families and relatives can live in South America by boat. ”

"I thank Brother Wang for the twenty brothers on the dock."

Qian Zhangrong thanked.

"It's all my own brothers, so I don't need to say anything outside of them."

Wang Shizhen pretended to be old and patted the other party's shoulder, and encouraged, "There are tens of thousands of young gang members in Shanghai, and there are not many people who can be as sensible as Brother Qian, and don't go to opium and casinos. When this operation is over, I will personally ask for credit for Brother Qian and strive to find an official origin for Brother Qian. ”

"Thank you Brother Wang for your kindness, I and several brothers were born in poor families, when we were begging for a living on the dock, we were not less oppressed by foreigners and gangsters, and now with the help of a few adults, I took all the brothers to work on the dock, and I am not afraid of being bullied by foreigners and others, I can have the current life, I and all the brothers are very satisfied, and we are grateful for the kindness of all the adults."

"It is a matter of course for compatriots to work together to help each other, and there is no need to worry about small things."

Wang Shizhen waved his hand and continued, "You and I are almost the same age, it is when we are struggling to serve the country, Brother Qian can't slack off and relax, and lose the motivation to improve." ”

"Brother Wang, don't worry, there is nothing else, but there is no shortage of blood, but whatever your lords order, I, Qian Rongzhang, have nothing to say, do it immediately!"

Qian Rongzhang patted his chest and expressed his determination.

"Very good, wait for Henry, Clark, and Monfield to come over, rest for the night, and leave tomorrow." …………

Henry. Wei Shiqian, 30 years old and 6 feet 3 inches tall, used to be a butcher and sausage maker, and now the owner of a small Western restaurant in Shanghai.

In the evening, in a secret room behind the kitchen of this small western restaurant, several desperate guys were holding an emergency meeting

They were discussing a challenging matter.

Wei Shimeng originally worked in Honduras. His brave temperament led him to do something that no one dared to do in the local area. When the giant hand of the law was waiting to seize him and invite him to a few years of comfortable tea and dinner, he politely said no

Unaccompanied guests who are lifted. But he was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to get all the necessary papers. Go back to your homeland, right? No, the one over there is the door closing.

The body is too big, although there is a crack in the door, it can't get in. So after drifting, he came to this Far Eastern adventurer's paradise, and with some remaining money, he opened a small western restaurant

The pavilion scraped some subsistence food from the sausages and hamburger steaks, and at the same time used the opportunity to provide information to the Han side to accumulate start-up funds for the envisioned big cause.

"Gentlemen, the king's side is ready, and he promised to pay us twelve breech guns, forty grenades, and five short guns when the matter is done."

"Four Colombians, two French cowards, have decided to quit our group, they are afraid of something bad will happen. Now there are only eleven of us. But it doesn't matter, as long as everyone takes more responsibility, things can still be done. But you must listen to me. ”

Speaking was the leader of the foreigners, Monfeld, also known as Meran, a native of East Prussia, about forty-five years old and five feet seven inches long. With a two-hundred-pound body, blue eyes, a bull's head and neck, and a majestic appearance, it seems that he is a good hand at killing people and goods.

He also regarded the Shanghai market as a safe haven, or a last resort. He used to be a ship owner and worked for an Englishman steamship company. But the reef and the tide deliberately made things difficult for him, and the boat he was in charge of went to the desert reef one day, and the collision sank his post as well. He stayed in Shanghai for some time.

With his wisdom and adventurous spirit, he became the leader of the crowd and got on the line with the Han side.

He thinks that he must be decisive in doing things, and for this reason, he persuaded Wei Shimeng to sell his small western restaurant.

"Are they afraid of me? Boss, please tell me the detailed plan. ”

Brave words flowed from Clark's mouth. Clark is a beautiful thirty-one-year-old Austrian, but his passport is Swiss. he

There was a beautiful shadow flashing in front of his eyes, the vermilion-like lips, the blue sea-like eyes, and the water snake-like waist were constantly gnawing at his heart. Money, as long as there is money, everything is yours. Driven by this idea of making money, Crack joined the adventure group of Monfild in desperation.

"Yes, we must know in detail what the tasks assigned to us by the Chinese are. Otherwise, you might have lost your life here. ”

A mechanic with no one to consult, thirty years old, tall in stature, and a very powerful face. In Berlin, he abandoned his wife and two young children and ran to the Far East on his own.

"The task is very simple, we pretend to be German businessmen and follow their people to Fuzhou to pick up a group of people back, and when the matter is done, we will be able to get the remuneration we deserve."

"It's just a simple group of Chinese, nothing to worry about, boss, make a decision immediately, we are all willing to follow you."

"Believe me, there will be no big risks in this operation, and when we get those lovely muskets and delicate grenades, we will immediately start a big plan in the Far East, and bring us great wealth with the muskets and grenades in our hands."

"Yes, we want to become the most legendary pirate in the Far East! I have already seen the beautiful French consul's wife beckoning to me! Next time, I will definitely wear a neat suit and bring dazzling gems to invite the consul's wife to dinner! ”…………