Opiyin ran away, the British were dumbfounded, these days not only the entire Shanghai market, but also the Qing Kingdom began to discuss Chinese martial arts and Western boxing, and thought that this was a contest between Chinese and foreigners, and even the topic spread to foreign countries, the British at first happily thought that they could take the opportunity to insult China, but did not want their fighters to actually look at the opponent's positive response, and scared away - shame and shame, if it were not for the British thick skin, they would have died of shame. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Richard, the British consul in Shanghai, immediately summoned the whites in the public concession to discuss finding someone to face Huo Yuanjia, but on the other side, no one could know about Opiyin's escape. But as soon as everyone heard about Huo Yuanjia's name, they all lowered their heads, and no one dared to fight, some people suggested that the most capable of fighting were selected from the sailors of the warships of various countries stationed in Shanghai, and some people said with a wry smile: "That Huo Yuanjia can fight eight people alone, although our sailors are aggressive, but they are not the opponents of people like him who grew up specifically for fighting, unless they are professional boxers." ”

"We have professional boxers." Someone shouted.

"Forget it, our professional boxer can't beat Huo Yuanjia, I know that Russian Hercules, he is known as the first villain in Russia, savage as a bear, and he was also defeated by Huo Yuanjia."

British Consul Richard was furious: "You all go and find me, you must find someone who can fight out, otherwise our white face will be lost." ”

Although finding someone to replace Opiyin to face the battle is a one-handed preparation, but on the other hand, the British want to calm things down, Richard investigated and learned that Huo Yuanjia's kung fu was really not blown, but smashed out with a practical fist. If he wins Huo Yuanjia, it is easier to say, but if the boxer he finds loses to Huo Yuanjia, then Richard will lose the face of Europeans, and the foreign secretary of the British Empire will definitely remove himself from his post and investigate it.

It is not easy to make Huo Yuanjia stop provoking and give up fighting, the British must find someone to be a lobbyist to persuade Yuan Shikai, so this lobbyist must have a big face.

After some deliberation, the British consul Richard finally handed over the task of lobbyist to the Chinese inspector Huang Jinrong of the French Concession. Huang Jinrong is one of the bigwigs of the Qinggang, and he has a very high rank in Shanghai, but this big-character generation is not a disciple of the bigwigs, but self-styled. However, because he is Inspector Hua of the French Concession, his power is huge, black and white, although the Green Gang does not have a unified leader, so everyone in the Green Gang acquiesces.

This Huang Jinrong eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, smokes and smokes all five drugs, but he has a long lifespan, and he actually lived from the Qing Dynasty to the establishment of the Republic and the liberation of Shanghai, when Huang Jinrong's family all went to Hong Kong or Taiwan, but he stayed. At this time, he was already 82 years old, and it was difficult to leave his homeland, and he felt that others would not embarrass an 82-year-old man, but he never expected that he would still be held accountable for the crimes he committed against the Communist Party in the "April 12" period, but because he was an 84-year-old man (basically stabilized after two years of liberation), he was punished for sweeping the streets. Huang Jinrong swept the street by a young reporter with no political mind and full of communist ideals, photographed and published in the People's Daily, which caused a great impact. On the one hand, at that time, the revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses was high, and they repeatedly demanded that Huang Jinrong be shot and not let go of any *** element; On the other hand, Huang Jinrong, who was 84 years old, wore thin clothes and stood on Nanjing Road in the winter to sweep the streets, so that overseas Chinese, especially the hesitant Chinese in Southeast Asia, saw that the new Chinese government would not tolerate those who had made mistakes, and when they thought that they had supported Chiang Zhiqing's government, they were afraid of being liquidated, so they turned to support Taiwan. (Therefore, it can be seen that after the founding of New China, some hot-blooded but politically minded officials made New China take a lot of detours)

But now, Huang Rong Gui is the Chinese Inspector of the French Concession, and the French and Chinese rely on him very much, and the peace made by Huang Rong is enough to give Huo Yuanjia face.

However, Huo Yuanjia was a violent temper, and because Wang Yongan said that he was on behalf of China, although Huo Yuanjia was a mere martial artist, but when it came to the issue of national decency, he categorically rejected Huang Jinrong.

Huang Jinrong knew that behind Huo Yuanjia were Chen Qimei and other Qing Gangs, and Huang Jinrong didn't dare to do anything to Huo Yuanjia, so he had to leave Nong Jinsun's Mansion unhappily and return to his home, the Huang Family Garden, which had not yet been fully completed. The Huangjia Garden was renamed Guilin Garden in later generations, covering an area of 35,500 square meters after decades of construction, it was destroyed and occupied several times, it was blown up by the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, and it was robbed again during the Liberation War, and Huang Rong repaired it many times, and even returned to the mainland from Hong Kong for the sake of the Huangjia Garden, but the Huangjia Garden already belongs to the Chinese, the mansion of the former hooligan tycoon, for the Chinese to visit for free.

Because of the categorical refusal, Huang Jinrong was extremely annoyed in his heart, but he was helpless against Huo Yuanjia, at this time, the whole world was paying attention to the duel between Huo Yuanjia and Opiyin, if this duel was fruitless because of his Huang Jinrong, no matter how big his face was, he would become a traitor and traitor. If the identity of a traitor falls on his head Huang Jinrong, not to mention that the Chinese people abandon him, even foreigners will no longer trust him, although Huang Jinrong wants to get favors from the British, but he will never put the notoriety of the traitor on his head for the trouble of the British.

But the British can't afford not to give face, how can this be good?

Huang Jinrong thought about it, if he couldn't complete the task, he would have no identity to speak on the British side in the future, although he was the Chinese inspector of the French Concession, but it was precisely because he could white, black, and foreign that the French attached importance to him. The French Concession is managed by the French Consul General in Shanghai, Bai Zaoto, one of the things that Bai Zaozhi likes the most is trouble, and one of his favorite things is that there is no trouble.

"Damn, the British, isn't it hard for me." Huang Jinrong said angrily, drinking three cups of tea in a row, and only then did he dissipate a little anger.

"Detective, I heard that this Huo Yuanjia must hold on to the British in the newspaper, but it is not his idea as a martial artist." Huang Jinrong's assistant detective Cen Fei frowned and said, he sat next to Huang Jinrong, this person is a native of Shanghai, eight-faced, and the people in the rivers and lakes call him the eight-eared monkey, which means that this person is as clever as a monkey, and has eight ears and is good at inquiring about news, and is Huang Jinrong's most powerful assistant.

Cen Fei said again: "Detective, that Huo Yuanjia was originally just invited by Chen Qimei, Nong Jinsun and others to fight, but I heard that someone had an idea, which upgraded the ordinary ring into a diplomatic incident. ”

"Who's that man?" Huang Jinrong asked.

"The fourth prince of Yangzhou, the little Zhuge Wang Yongan." Cen Fei said.

"It turned out to be him, no wonder this matter is so big, but if it's him, it's not surprising, I heard that this person's brother started by killing the revolutionary party, and eradicated the Cao Gang Yangzhou helm, how could he get involved with Huo Yuanjia?" Huang Jinrong asked.

"It seems that Chen Qimei took Huo Yuanjia he knew."

Huang Jinrong touched his smooth chin, thought for a while and said: "Wang Yongan is so bold, Chen Qimei is the leader of the revolutionary party, don't look at it is also from our Green Gang, but everyone knows that this person is bent on overthrowing the imperial court, which shows that this person also has seven or eight points of ability, and can swing between the imperial court and the revolutionary party." He got up and said: "Ah Fei, you go and help me make an appointment with Jingyun Gongzi, the fourth prince of Yangzhou is here, I have to do my best to be a landlord." ”

Cen Fei said: "Now he lives in Chen Qimei's house, and he is very familiar with some gang members and the revolutionary party, so we can't easily make an appointment with him." ”

Huang Jin was happy, and then he thought about it carefully, and said, "What is this fourth prince doing in the Shanghai Concession now, why did he stay for so long?" ”

Cen Fei said: "The news I got is that he has bought vacant land and houses in the French Concession, and now he has bought seven or eight small buildings on both sides of Aidoya Road (now Yan'an East Road) and Minti Niyin Road (now South Xizang Road), and he has purchased more than 20 acres of vegetable land behind Fahuamin Road (now Renmin Road), and he has also bought more than 70 acres of shantytown between Guandi Temple and Gu's house. ”

Huang Jinrong immediately said: "Wait a minute, you said that he bought the shantytown between the Guandi Temple and the Gu family's house?" ”

"Yes, it's still a low-cost purchase, and it was bought by Yu Qiaqing." Cen Fei said.

Huang Jinrong suddenly laughed and said: "He is in trouble, there are more than 3,000 poor people living in that shantytown, all of whom are the descendants of the people of northern Anhui who fled south of the Yangtze River in the Taiping Army, they have lived here for more than 60 years, and no one has been managing them. This fourth prince must have been deceived by the French, and the French did not dare to drive away these poor people, so they sold the land to him at a low price. ”

Cen Fei said: "Then we ......"

Huang Jinrong slapped his face and said: "The reason why I, Huang Jinrong, has today's face in Shanghai is because I can save people from danger, I will be a man, since the fourth son of King Jing has this trouble, I also have a trouble, you tell him, I will help him solve the trouble, and he will also help me solve the trouble." ”

Cen Fei immediately nodded and said, "My subordinates will send someone to change the word." ”

At this time, Yu Qiaqing was also very embarrassed, it turned out that he was also deceived by the French, although Wang Yongan only spent 20,000 taels of silver to buy the 70 acres of land, but he later learned that there were not more than a dozen poor families living there, but more than 200 poor shanty families.

If they spend money to ask them to move out, there will be few people who open their mouths and imitate the sky-high price of nail households in later generations, and if they are driven away by force, the French will stand up and pretend to be a, demanding that Wang Yongan not persecute and expel ordinary people.

Even if it is "Little Zhuge ", Wang Yongan also fell into the trap of the French because of his carelessness, and he was depressed in the Ruyifang Inn.