The port of Qingdao was established in 1892 and has been increasing under German and Japanese rule, and now has an impressive annual throughput. Some of the little deflated men waited on the edge of the dock every day, and as long as the boats came, they would force them to take them to create chaos, so as to profit from them. What wooden wharf, porcelain wharf, pig wharf, fruit wharf, grocery wharf, leather wharf, cotton wharf, medicine wharf, and even the coffin transport Tongren Fu Shan Tang wharf have become their targets.

The county government often receives various reports: as long as a ship full of goods is unloaded, sometimes a gang of hooligans rushes up, and they are a swarm of locusts, even smuggling and looting to get goods, and sell the stolen goods on the spot after they have finished doing it. Porcelain, coffins and other items that are not easy to carry are smashed on the spot or pushed into the river, and fruits are taken to the street, tobacco houses, gambling tables, and tea houses to be bought......

There is a group of dock workers who load and unload goods at the dock that are controlled by some contractors, including protecting the safety of cargo ships from being robbed, so they are extremely powerful. Some ruffians often fight for this kind of management power, which is commonly referred to as "fighting for the dock". Today's North City Pier is controlled by the Northeast Gang.

At this time, it was getting late, and Li Ling and his party quietly came to the dock in Shibei District to ambush them, just waiting for the arrival of the Hongfa firm's boats. Such a dark and windy situation is just right for robbery. After waiting for more than an hour, a medium-sized freighter finally slowly docked.

Staring at the pattern drawn on the flag, Li Ling said in a low voice: "It should be the ship that Boss Tan said, brothers, wait for them to unload the cargo before they do it, so as not to startle the snake." Everyone was nervously watching, and there were many bodyguards and thugs standing on both sides of the cargo ship, and it seemed that they were quite heavily guarded.

Li Ling secretly slandered, how could he do such a big battle when he unloaded the goods, but he was relieved when he thought about it, a group of people were worth a lot of money, and it was natural to send more bodyguards to protect them. When the goods were unloaded and almost about to be loaded, Li Ling gave an order and led people straight over.

When those bodyguards saw someone coming, they roared, and surrounded more than a dozen elite men, but when they saw the guns in the hands of Li Ling and the others, they all stopped moving. Li Ling shouted: "Lao Tzu wants money and doesn't want to die, if there is a trick that is not bright, go to see the king of Hades first." He took out a dagger and stabbed a sack open to verify the authenticity. It was actually Persian smoke wrapped in red paper.

Li Ling was horrified, what they came to rob was tobacco and soil, no wonder they were so heavily guarded. Even He Jiatang on the side was dumbfounded, but then his heart was full of joy, so much tobacco was worth a lot. With a gun in one hand, you have to carry a sack in the other.

Li Ling suddenly felt that something was not good at this time, since it was such a large amount of smoke and soil, there must be more than these guards, and there must be someone watching in secret. Trafficking in tobacco and soil is generally in collusion with the anti-private sector and the Marine Police. This matter is not trivial, but so much smoke and soil are ignored, and it is not like his style. When it was difficult to give up, a middle-aged man in a robe and a big belly said with a smile: "Does the boss have a threshold? ”

Suddenly startled, Li Ling saw that he was calm and relaxed, and he had no fear when he wanted to come, knowing that the other party was interrogating the gang incision, but he couldn't answer, and was about to politely take someone to withdraw, and He Jiatang on the side couldn't help but say: "What threshold?" Lao Tzu has all the goods on this ship, and if you are a smart person, you should know each other. ”

No one answered, but stepped aside with a smile. Although Li Ling was nervous, he didn't say anything when he saw that each of the brothers had a sack on his shoulder, and placed the tobacco on the boat that had been prepared before rowing away. This time to rob the dock is short, at most ten minutes, even if the other party has a helper, it will be too late.

Everyone was happily rowing, and the figures in the distance were shaking. Li Ling became alert, and hurriedly pushed the brother next to him into the water, and jumped down himself. Then a burst of gunfire was heard, and several bullet holes on the sack stood out.

At this time, not far from the shore, although the black light is blinding, you can also faintly see the figure. Dozens of people were shooting at the boat with guns. There are even more ships approaching this way.

Li Ling was in a hurry, sure enough, something had happened, how could it be so easy to rob the smoke and soil? If you don't run away at this time, I'm afraid that someone will make dumplings, and inform everyone: "The other party has already laid an ambush, the idea is hard, and everyone is talking nonsense." "Swim towards the middle of the sea.

After about an hour, I came across a reef island exhausted, and I didn't care about getting wet, and I fell there panting for breath with my back to the sky, and the shore was full of gunfire and fierce fighting. Li Ling sat up again, worried about how the brothers were, although they were holding guns, but the ammunition in the river was dumb, but where did the sound of fighting with each other come from? And the gunfire was quite intensive.

Puzzled, Li Ling took a short rest, recovered some strength, and swam back, this time he did not dare to run directly to the dock, but went around from a distance, seeing that the dock was already calm, afraid of an ambush, he did not stop here, and went back to the place agreed by the brothers.

As soon as I arrived at the location, I saw the rest of the brothers, but I didn't see He Jiatang. Sun Yuzhu said: "When I jumped into the water from the boat, I saw that Brother Jiatang was still carrying sacks there, and it is estimated that he was reluctant to give up so many goods. Li Ling was furious, he was so greedy for money, he didn't forget the smoke and soil at such a dangerous moment, and he didn't know what kind of poor ghost he had in his previous life, where to find him in the dead of night.

The people spent the night in fear, and the next morning they sent their brothers to inquire about the news. The news came one after another, one more shocking than the other.

"Hongfa Commercial Bank colluded with the Northeast Gang to sell opium, and was robbed yesterday night, and the two sides fought."

"When the Northeast Gang drew the elite to the dock, the old nest Liaodong Club was looted by someone taking the opportunity to lose a lot."

"The Northeast Gang is going around to spy on evildoers, and if you provide information, you can get two hundred oceans. In addition, one of the other party was caught at the pier and was being tortured and interrogated. ”

Hearing the news, Li Ling knew at a glance that what he had hijacked was actually the goods of the Northeast Gang. It must be Tan Xiangrong who used his own side to divert the tiger from the mountain, so that he could go and loot the Liaodong Club.

At this time, the roots of Li Lingqi's teeth were itchy, and he couldn't wait to cramp and peel Tan Xiangrong. If the Northeast Gang captures He Jiatang, how can this matter be resolved? Li Ling fell into deep thought, and committed the crime in the hands of the Northeast Gang, that is nine deaths and one life, not to mention that their lair was captured, how could the matter be reconciled, even if Tan Xiangrong confessed, it would be useless, he turned his face and did not admit it, with his powerful wealth, in the absence of conclusive evidence, no one dared to brush the tiger's beard.

He Jiatang would be more dangerous if he stayed in their hands for a few more moments, Li Ling gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to go to the Liaodong Guild Hall to worship the pier, if I don't come back, you will return to Jinan City, this place can't stay." Everyone was stunned for a while, wouldn't it be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger when they went to the Liaodong Club, Sun Yuzhu was the first to object, and said: "Brother Jiatang's whereabouts are unknown now, if you have three long and two short, but how is it good, if you want to go, it is better for me to go." ”

Li Ling patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's convenient for me to come and go alone, I think the Northeast Gang won't kill me if they want to make up for the loss, don't worry, I'll come when I go." Although he said it was easy, he knew how dangerous things were.

The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the Northeast people's power in Qingdao was headed by Huang Changling, and over time it formed a very powerful Northeast Gang, and Huang Changling was even more powerful in Qingdao, and he became the first tycoon here. Yesterday night, when I heard that the nest had been ransacked, I was already furious, and the money and things that had been looted and accumulated over the years were placed in the safe inside, and all of them were swept away, so you can imagine how big the loss was.

At this time, the whole Qingdao is full of rumors, grass and trees, and everyone knows that there is a fire rush brewing, and under the surging dark tide, it is just to see who will ignite it. Some small gang leaders have restrained their subordinates from showing their heads recently, so as not to get into trouble.

Huang Changling had regained his senses, and was thinking about who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, when he suddenly heard a report from his subordinates that it was a person named Li Ling who came to visit. An unknown boy came to visit him, Huang Changling was impatient, but when he heard that it was the person who robbed the dock yesterday, he immediately gathered people and put on a posture to invite Li Ling.

Li Ling was brought to the hall, and there were no less than a hundred people standing on both sides, and most of them were people with heads and faces, all of them staring at him with fierce eyes, as if they were cannibalistic. Li Ling was not humble or silent, he was polite, and hugged his fists to the great man in the middle: "Boy Li Ling has seen Boss Huang, he accidentally offended Boss Huang yesterday, and today he is here to ask for the guilt." ”

Huang Changling looked at the young man and shouted: "I see that you have eaten the courage of an ambitious leopard and dare to rob my dock, who instructed you to do this?" If you don't say it, you will eat three knives and six holes first. With a "dang long" sound, a dazzling dagger was thrown on the ground, and he deliberately coerced, just wanting to get off the horse.

Li Ling's face did not change, and said: "Two days ago, our brothers heard that a batch of mountain goods were unloaded from the Shibei Wharf, so they thought in vain and prepared to rob, but they didn't expect it to be a batch of tobacco and soil, so they knew that they were deceived by others, so they accidentally provoked Boss Huang. Originally, one of my brothers fell into your hands, and I was willing to fight and punish him, and I would like to listen to it, but after all, the matter started because of me, please let my brother go, and I will take responsibility for this matter. ”

Huang Changling snorted coldly and said, "Sacrificing your life for your brother and falling to the threshold, you think you can impress me in this way, and then let you go." When I'm a three-year-old doll? Who tricked you into grabbing the docks? ”

"Tan Ji Casino Tan Xiangrong."

Huang Changling fell into deep thought, in fact, he had already guessed that the only one who could match him in Qingdao was Tan Xiangrong, and the two had constant grievances. Tan Xiangrong has always wanted to meddle in the tobacco business, but he was ignored by Huang Changling several times, so he became angry and ransacked the Liaodong Club.

"Even so, do you expect me to let you go? It's too naïve, how to solve this matter, you can draw it out and see if I'm satisfied. Huang Changling wanted to weigh this young man's pounds, he thought that Li Ling would be frightened by the stormy waves of this kind of hooligan realm, and he didn't expect that he would be so calm and calm, and he could still afford to shoulder the shoulder blades when he encountered something that was vital to his life.

"Since Tan Xiangrong deceived me and other brothers, he should eat three knives and six holes." Li Ling spoke wildly, shocking the audience.

Seeing that he was ashamed, a person next to him sneered: "If Tan Xiangrong is so easy to clean up, he won't live freely." ”

And Huang Changling's eyes blinked, and he said, "What does the little brother have a high opinion, don't be afraid to say it directly." He has even changed his name now, and it seems that he is very eager to take Tan Xiangrong's life.

Li Ling said: "Do you know that I have fought with Tan Xiangrong's proud subordinate Jing Lian, and I am fully capable of assassinating Tan Xiangrong in the presence of Jing Lian." ”

Huang Changling didn't care anyway, whether he succeeded or not, it had nothing to do with him, and he said loudly: "Okay, I respect the courage of my little brother, if I succeed within three days, I will greet you in the Liaodong Hall, not only to let you and your brother, but also to treat you as a guest." ”