Chapter 45: The Bandit's Business
Seeing these thieves who had stolen the money slipping away under their noses, Hilton, who was with James, was in a hurry and immediately shouted loudly in Chinese to catch the thief. It's just that his quick wit seems to have come a little late, and by the time the people in the restaurant understood, Hu Fei and the others had already left the restaurant and ran to the street.
The anxious diplomats broke through the obstacles and fought out of the Wanghai Tower, and saw several figures in front of them disappear into the vast sea of people from a distance.
Of course, James and Hilton were not willing to chase people away like this, and the two foreign devils shouted loudly to catch the thief, and at the same time chased after them with their long legs, completely ignoring how shocking they were in doing so.
It is quite eye-catching that a few red-haired, white-skinned, blue-eyed, hook-nosed foreign devils are running and shouting wildly on the street, not only passers-by have stopped to see the rarity, but even the devil soldiers who are shopping and patrolling also run over to see the rarity. The vice consul of the consulate was worried that he couldn't find anyone, and when he saw that there were devil soldiers among the onlookers, he immediately stepped forward to ask for help.
When the patrolling devils heard that it was a thief who had entered the city, they whistled and chased them away. Hu Fei and they have already run away, where are they going to chase? The British diplomats insisted that the Japanese army must arrest the five thieves.
At that time, the British Empire was still very influential in the world, and the Japanese didn't want to offend them easily, so they just caught the thief, so let's catch it! So, the thieves in Yingkou City were unlucky that month! Every day, thieves are caught on the street, and there are often failed thieves who are caught and beaten on the street, and even a few old thieves have been caught and caught.
That month was the month in which the Japanese army had the best reputation in Yingkou City. They stopped doing bad things to the common people and switched to dealing with thieves! Due to the unremitting efforts of the Japanese army, there was finally a short-lived extinction of thieves in Yingkou City. People never have to worry about having their wallets stolen anymore!
The wind in Yingkou City is getting tighter, and the thieves' lives are really difficult. Except for the art of stealing, they can neither trade nor produce, and it will be a starvation situation to stay in this city sooner or later! Many of the masters, sisters, and brothers of the same sect died tragically under the butcher's knives of the Japanese army, and the thieves and the devils formed a deep blood feud!
So, the nimble thief went out of the city and resolutely joined the ranks of the anti-Japanese volunteers. Because the thieves were generally quicker than ordinary peasants, had good skills, and acted very assertively, these thieves who escaped from Yingkou City soon shone on the battlefield of resistance against Japan with their own abilities, and even a few who could read and write gradually took up leadership posts.
An accident can produce such an effect, but it is far beyond Hu Fei's expectations. Of course, this is all later, at this time, Hu Fei didn't know that Lu Dao was just a momentary mood of Gou Tianxiao, which actually led to the destruction of the thief industry in the entire Yingkou City.
After they ran all the way back to the hotel, they waited at their accommodation for the next few days for Shizuji Takahashi's good news. Originally, Hu Fei had to go to the foreign bank every day to ask about the situation, but now he doesn't go. On the second day after he returned from Wanghailou, on the way to Yangxing, he found that the devils in the city were checking passers-by, and suddenly became strict! Feeling as if something was happening, Hu Fei and the others stayed in the hotel for a few days and didn't go out.
A week later, Shizuji Takahashi really got more than a dozen boxes of Western medicine. Hu Fei was overjoyed, and immediately paid half of the deposit, and at the same time told Takahashi Shizuji that the delivery of the goods would still be handed over to the foreign bank. With the experience of delivering goods to Shaling last time, Manager Takahashi agreed without saying a word. Anyway, the delivery is the money for delivery, and it will have to be added to the payment when the time comes, and it is good to earn an extra transportation fee!
The medicine is shipped out, and there are arms next, but this one is in a hurry. Takahashi Shizuji told Hu Fei that the situation is tense now, and the Japanese army is controlling arms more and more strictly. If you want to engage in arms, you have to wait at least a month, and maybe half a year!
The Volunteers are in dire need of weapons and ammunition, and Hu Fei doesn't know other arms dealers, so wait! Fortunately, he arranged things at home before he came out, and he was not afraid of going out on a business trip for half a year and a year.
After a long time, he can't stay in the hotel all the time, and Hu Fei sometimes takes Ji Jinbiao and a few people to walk around the city. The tension in Yingkou has not been alleviated, and devils can be seen on the street at any time stopping passers-by to search and interrogate. If it weren't for Hu Fei's foreign bank, I don't know how many times the road would have been searched!
When you go out, you may encounter a ghost search, stay in the hotel for a long time and be bored, what can you do? In less than a week, a few people couldn't stay still.
It's annoying to be in the hotel every day without going out. In those days, there was neither TV nor Internet, and in addition to reading books, staying in the room was eating, drinking, sleeping, and occasionally playing chess to kill time. It's just that these people used to be robbers who occupied the mountains and killed people and bandits, so let them read books and play chess, isn't that really embarrassing?
On this day, when a few people gossiped together, they talked about the British diplomats. Gou Tianxiao said that he had known that Lu Dao had found an opportunity to kidnap these foreign devils at that time, and maybe they could exchange them for a few fast guns.
Kidnapping foreign devils for quick guns? Hu Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this! Wow, this is a way to engage in arms! The arms on Takahashi Shizuji's side have not been believed to be accurate until now, if the east is not bright and the west is bright, then dare to be kind!
Hu Fei said his thoughts at that time, and several people present immediately came to their senses. What are these people doing? Now it is a volunteer army, but in the past, they were all bandits who robbed and killed people, kidnapped tickets and extorted tickets as their profession! Kidnapping for ransom, isn't that what they do!
After discussing the details, several people started to act on the same day. Hu Fei and Li San were responsible for finding a place to rent a house; Gou Tianxiao and Xiong Wei are responsible for stepping on the point to find clues; Xiong Wei is responsible for procuring food and everything that can be used.
There are many devils in Yingkou and they are strict, and it is not easy to take the meat ticket out of the city after the kidnapping, so it is best to find a hidden place in the city to hide people. Wait for the things you want to get in your hands and then just let the person go. The more difficult thing to do here is to find a place, that is, a place to find Tibetans, and Hu Fei and Li San are in charge of this.
Everywhere there are slums, there are places that the law does not take care of. Although Yingkou is occupied by devils, there are still remote places where devils do not often go.
The west of the city is a gathering place of all kinds of people, such as unemployed boatmen, down-and-out idlers, bankrupt craftsmen, beggars begging along the streets, and all kinds of people who can't get on the table.
Thieves with real status don't live here, they live here are poor, and thieves of repute like to hang around the high-ranking people. Even if there are thieves in Xicheng District, they are thieves who steal chickens and dogs. Therefore, the devils did not come to the west when they cracked down on thieves at the entrance of the camp.
Hu Fei also heard from the innkeeper that he realized that there is such a treasure land, and it should be the most suitable place for Tibetans to find a place in the west of the city, right?