This time, the convoy entered the downtown area of Shanghai very smoothly, and did not encounter bombing by devil planes on the road.

It's just that when they crossed the Suzhou Creek from Zhabei, they could still hear the sound of guns not far away, and for a while, the guns were extremely intense, as if they were about to hit the front, which made Xiao Lingshuang, who had never been on the battlefield, very nervous, and held Xiao Linghu's hand tightly, for fear that he would run away.

If it weren't for the fact that there were Xiao Yang and Shunzi by her side, Xiao Linghu would really have to hold Xiao Lingshuang in her arms to comfort her frightened heart when she first experienced the battlefield.

He still stroked Xiao Lingshuang's back and told her with a smile about his experience when he first went to the battlefield.

Hearing that when Xiao Linghu went to the battlefield for the first time, the embarrassing scene seemed to happen in front of his eyes, not only Xiao Lingshuang laughed, but also Zhang Shun, who had been smiling unconventionally. Perhaps he also remembered his first time on the battlefield.

It was Xiao Linghu who had to laugh like this, which made Xiao Lingshuang feel that the nervousness just now was also swept away, and when he heard the sound of gunfire again, he was not so afraid.

After crossing the Suzhou Creek, you enter the public concession.

The public concession in Shanghai was actually formed by the merger of the British and American concessions, and the British demarcated areas in Shanghai County and operated and managed them independently, which became the beginning of the Shanghai Concession. Later, the Americans and the French also went to Shanghai County to demarcate the area, and opened up a large area of China, which is the origin of the Shanghai Concession. At that time, Shanghai was known as an adventurer's paradise by foreigners, and it was a ***. Later, due to the war, from the Xiaodaohui to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, from the warlord melee, to the current Sino-Japanese War, the war caused countless refugees to flee here to seek refuge, and the increase in population also made Shanghai from an inconspicuous small county to the largest city in China and the third largest city in the world, second only to New York and London.

Later, the British and American concessions were merged, which is why the public concessions were formed.

The scope of the Public Concession actually included the area on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek, which is now occupied by the Japanese, and was divided into four areas: the Eastern, Northern, Central, and Western Districts. However, after the First Songhu War, the Japanese separated the North and East Districts, which were densely populated by Japanese nationals, from the public concession and built their bases, and replaced the concession patrol with marines, responsible for the daily security and patrol of this area, so that the de facto North and East Districts north of Suzhou Creek were formed, which became the Japanese Concession of Shanghai.

Therefore, the public concessions mentioned later only referred to the central and western districts south of Suzhou Creek.

Qichang & Co. is an American trading company located at Nine on the Bund.

The Bund in Shanghai, also known as Waihuangpu Beach, is the most prosperous place in Shanghai, where many banks, commercial houses, general associations and newspapers are located, and it is also the financial center of the Far East. This section of the street starts from the Waibaidu Bridge on the Suzhou Creek in the north, reaches the Waiyangjing Bridge in the south, has a total length of three miles, faces several wharves of the Huangpu River in the east, and is a bustling place with a bunch of European-style retro buildings in the west.

Qichang Foreign Bank is a three-storey ancient Romanesque building, if this building is placed in other parts of Shanghai, it will definitely be a local scenery, but at this time in the middle of the ten miles of foreign field, it looks a little shabby.

At twelve o'clock, the convoy came to the door of Qichang Foreign Bank, their warehouse is located behind the small building, because it is a temporary warehouse, I thought that after the goods were unloaded here, they would be pulled away in two days, so they were not transferred to the warehouse located in Zhabei.

It's just that when they arrived here, there was another accident.

The transport convoy and Xiao Linghu and others parked the car on the side of the street, waiting for Xiao Lingshuang and Xiao Lu to go in and communicate with the manager of the foreign bank, and after a long time, they saw Xiao Lingshuang and Xiao Lu walking out angrily.

Xiao Linghu and everyone hurriedly surrounded to inquire about the situation, Xiao Lingshuang was indignant, and returned to her original state of jealousy and hatred.

After listening carefully, everyone realized that the American manager of Qichang Foreign Company also admitted that the goods belonged to them, but on the grounds of the general premier, they refused to pick up the goods and take them away, and even talked to them about the problem of late fees.

"It's obvious that you don't want us to pull the goods!" After many years of experience in Shanghai, Lin Jinghan explained the reason in one sentence.

"Why didn't they let us pick it up?" Xiao Lingshuang was indignant and took the contract she brought: "See, there is no mention of late fees after the overdue delivery, the David manager was forced by me to have nothing to say, and said that the person who looked at the warehouse today is not there, and wants us to come back tomorrow!" She said, a little overwhelmed.

For them, the arrival of these medicines a day earlier can save many more lives; If it is a day late, I don't know how many more wounded people will have their limbs amputated, and even their lives are in danger. Putting aside those big truths, it takes time and money for their convoy to come and go, and it is not easy to be so calm today, who knows what will happen tomorrow?

"I'm afraid it's not that simple!" Xiao Linghu thought for a while, and said to Lin Jinghan: "Brother Han, you are a person who can do business, what do you think?" ”

For these people, maybe they can still talk about fighting, but once it comes to trading and bargaining, they can only watch dryly, and even a branch of plum that knows everything just smiled bitterly and stopped interjecting.

Lin Jinghan thought for a while and said, "The person in charge of their treasury is not here, let's go to the back and take a look, don't we know?" ”

Xiao Zengshuang looked at the building and said worriedly: "It's just that we broke in like this, did they let us in?" ”

Yizhimei smiled: "It's not okay in the open, can't you come in secret?" ”

Xiao Linghu immediately said: "Okay, Brother Han, Lao Yan, you two go to their temporary warehouse to take a look and see if there is really no one there for them?" ”

"Yes!" Lin shuddered and happily agreed.

Yizhimei stuck out her tongue and said with some regret: "I knew that I was going to be sent again, so I wouldn't talk much!" Having said that, he still handed over the gun to Zhou Lao Liu to help him hold it, followed behind Lin Jinghan, bypassed the building, and walked towards the warehouse behind.

Xiao Linghu wanted to go and find out in person, but he also knew that now that he had become the actual manager of the team, that is, Captain Wang of the team, and he had to listen to his orders, because now he was a captain, and that Captain Wang was only a lieutenant. If he does leave, no one will be able to make up his mind if something happens.

Although this place is the Bund of Shanghai, close to the British Consulate, there are often red-headed Ah San carrying truntons to patrol the streets, but today's Shanghai Tang, where is there any safe place? When they entered the public concession, if it weren't for a special letter of introduction from the headquarters, it is estimated that the patrols guarding the street entrance would not let them in.