If Chen Zikun's hand were used in Beijing, the hooligan ruffian against him would definitely be soft when he saw the hard guy, but this is in Shanghai Tang, where fish and dragons are mixed and heroes are everywhere, and a foreigner who has just come ashore from the 16th Pu Wharf wants to calm the scene with two pistols, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult.

The ruffians hugged their arms one by one and sneered, and the leader of them came over and arched his hand at Chen Zikun, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask this boss's surname?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Don't be surnamed Chen." ”

The smile on the other party's face became even stronger: "Dare to ask if the boss is at home?" ”

Chen Zikun naturally heard that what the other party said was a gang incision, but he was a Kanto horse thief, and he could only speak his own black words, where did he understand the Shanghai gang incision, he didn't bother to talk nonsense with the other party, and said straight to the point: "Less nonsense, Lao Tzu can't see bullying the most, get out." ”

The ruffian was not annoyed, and asked the last sentence, which was not an incision, but a vernacular that everyone could understand.

"This guy is from the Songhu Protector Embassy?"

"I didn't hear it, Brother Kun told you to get out, don't find it unhappy." Li Yaoting knew that Chen Zikun was powerful, where could he afford to look down on these gangsters, so he scolded when he opened his mouth.

The ruffians were furious, frowning and eager to try, and a few of them had already lifted their clothes, revealing the axe handle at their waists.

Seeing that the contradiction was intensifying, the bald head hurriedly came out of the round: "Brothers, the account I owe must be returned, but the turnover has not been effective recently, and it is slightly inconvenient. ”

The ruffians had the stairs down, but they didn't dare to fight hard with the people with guns in public, so they left a few words of Chen Zikun that they couldn't understand and left.

The bald man breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his head with a handkerchief, and said, "Thank you two for the rescue." ”

Li Yaoting said: "Come less, you haven't given an explanation for touching our food." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Forget it, it's just two bowls of noodles, it's not easy for this guy, let's go." ”

The bald man said: "You two are new to Shanghai, why don't I be a tour guide for you and express your gratitude." ”

Chen Zikun thought for a while and said, "It's okay." ”

The bald head hugged his fists and said: "Jiang Zhiqing in Fenghua, I don't know what the two of you are called?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "My name is Chen Zikun, and his name is Li Yaoting. ”

The bald man said: "Brother Chen, Brother Li, fortunately, you just made a righteous move, but you offended the local Youth Gang, I'm afraid there will be accidents, let's leave quickly." ”

So the three of them left the small noodle restaurant and headed west along the bustling street, Jiang Zhiqing gushed in Zhejiang-flavored Chinese, introducing Shanghai's human geography to two new Beijing friends.

"Shanghai is divided into two parts, the concession and the Chinese boundary, and the concession is divided into the British and American public concession and the French concession, the Chinese boundary is divided into the north and the south of the city, the delicious and fun are in the concession, we are now walking on the most prosperous road in the public concession, and then there is the horse racing hall and the four roads."

Li Yaoting looked at the bustling shops on both sides of the road, his eyes were full of excitement, and he was surprised when he suddenly saw a man carrying a woman on his shoulders to swagger through the market: "Old Jiang, what's going on?" ”

Jiang Zhiqing is in his thirties, not much older than the two of them, and he is not angry when he is called Lao Jiang, but feels kind, he smiled and said: "That's a girl from Sima Road, who goes to do business." ”

"What is the Four Horse Road?" Li Yaoting wondered.

Jiang Zhiqing said with a smile: "There are many study apartments, long three and two halls, is it the most interesting place in Shanghai?" ”

"What to play?" Li Yaoting was still ignorant, he used to be a clever ghost in Beijing, but when he arrived in Shanghai, he was so muzzled, so Chen Zikun couldn't see it, and interjected: "It's a place to play with women." ”

Li Yaoting suddenly realized: "It's the kiln, and it's called such a Sven name." ”

Jiang Zhiqing laughed: "Xiao Chen is too straightforward, he is really a hero, but he can't say that, the gentleman of the book is a performer who does not sell his body, and Changsantangzi is mainly a place to talk about business and meet friends, if you really want to play with women, you have to go to places like salted meat village and nail shed, although they are all old and decrepit girls, but occasionally you can find a good home." ”

These words poked Li Yaoting's sore spot, his mother Yanhong is a prostitute, and she is still the most inferior half-closed door, which is the same as the good family of the salted meat village.

Chen Zikun said: "Brother Jiang is so clear, he must have gone to play often?" ”

Jiang Zhiqing touched his bald head and smiled embarrassedly, and covered up: "I'm also hearsay." ”

This topic ended here, a tram rang the bell, and Jiang Zhiqing greeted: "Get on the bus, I'll take you to eat Western food." ”

The tram is not fast, there is no door, the guests only need to walk a few steps quickly to get on the bus, the three jumped on the tram, Chen Zikun touched his pocket, already penniless, Jiang Zhiqing saw his embarrassment, took out three copper dollars to pay the fare, and took them all the way to a French restaurant on Xiafei Road in the French Concession.

The waiter in the western restaurant saw that the three of them were dressed shabbyly, and knew that it was a poor man who came to open foreign meat, so he despised it, and ignored the guests when they brought them to their seats, and did not even pour a glass of water. ”

The foreman really came, but he was still smiling, and deliberately took a full French menu to ask them to order, Chen Zikun was unequivocal, and took the menu to announce the name of the dish in an authentic and fluent Parisian accent, but the foreman was dumbfounded, because Chen Zikun spoke too fast, and he couldn't understand it at all with his pidgin French level.

But there is one thing he understands, the other party's French level is definitely more than ten times higher than his own.

When the French manager heard this, he asked Chan, "Sir, have you just returned from Paris?" ”

Chen Zikun chatted and laughed with him, and the manager instructed the waiter to give them three glasses of red wine for free, and said hello affectionately before going back.

The foreman and the messenger were immediately impressed and courteous.

Chen Zikun is familiar with all kinds of rules for eating Western food, Li Yaoting has mixed in the Six Nations Hotel, and knows more than him, the two of them are gentlemen, Jiang Zhiqing is secretly surprised, and he has the intention of making friends in his heart.

The three of them happily enjoyed French steak and red wine. Li Yaoting held the red wine, looked at the plane trees and the red men and green women coming and going on the Xiafei Road outside the glass window, and suddenly gave birth to a feeling of being separated from the world, and the pain of losing his mother seemed to be isolated thousands of miles away.

"This is Shanghai, I must get ahead on this land." He muttered to himself.

Over there, Jiang Zhiqing and Chen Zikun had a very happy conversation.

"Brother Chen, it seems that you are not from the gang." Jiang Zhiqing ate a steak and wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"How so?" Chan shook his wine glass, as if he was as intoxicated by the Shanghai style as his companions.

"Just now in the small noodle restaurant, I heard it when the guy asked you, when he asked your surname, he was chatting at the bottom of the sea, if it was someone who was helping, he would answer, don't be expensive, his surname is Chen at home, and his surname is Pan when he goes out, he asked your boss if he is at home, and he will answer when he is helping, so he can say, touch the aura of the ancestor. Then he asked who your teacher was, and he was very knowledgeable. ”

Chen Zikun said: "Brother Jiang is a member of the Green Gang? ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "Where is it, I am a hollow, I know some of the simplest incisions, the Qinggang submarine incision is not just a few words, it has never been passed on, if outsiders want to pretend to be in the gang, it is not easy to be recognized, it will hurt the muscles and bones, and the heavy will lose your life." ”

Chen Zikun said: "We are indeed not members of the Qing Gang, our two brothers came from the north and went to Shanghai to fish the world, if there is anything you don't understand, please ask Brother Jiang for more advice." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "It's good to say, I see that the two of them are like rainbows, presumably not in the pool, but the dragon also has a potential bottom of the abyss, Shanghai Beach is mixed, the docks are lined up, and there are more foreigners who have laid the foundation for decades, just with a blood is not enough, for example, today's situation is very dangerous, those hooligans are the local axe gang people, they have always been eager to revenge, they believe that you two are not in the gang, and you are not military and police plainclothes, you will definitely take revenge." ”

Li Yaoting pursed his lips: "Do you know how powerful our brother Kun is, and seven or eight practitioners can't get close to him." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "I naturally know this, but two fists are hard to beat four hands, the tiger can't stand the wolves, think about Shandong Ma Yongzhen, what a fierce man, in a cave of heavenly teahouse was hit in the eye by a lime bag after the blade split the body, how heroic the death." ”

Li Yaoting stopped talking, a little weak-hearted, the gangsters in Shanghai are too unsophisticated, and they all play lime bags in fights, compared to the gentlemen in Beijing, they are simply indiscriminate.

Seeing his sincerity, Chen Zikun was also grateful, and arched his hand: "Thank you Brother Jiang for your advice." ”

At this time, the Western food was almost eaten, Jiang Zhiqing called the envoy to meet the account, paid three yuan of ocean and two dimes of tips, got up and said: "It's not early, the two of you are tired of traveling, why don't I open a room, please rest." ”

Li Yaoting said: "Always let you break the bank, how embarrassing is this, your brother is not rich, and he still owes other people's accounts." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said with a smile: "I don't have a lot of debts, I owe thousands of dollars, and it's not bad, I have a lot of love with the two, and I want to live together, so I can ask for advice sooner or later." ”

"So, it's bothering." Chen Zikun agreed, and Li Yaoting didn't say anything.

Jiang Zhiqing took them to the Dadong Hotel, opened a double room, took the elevator upstairs, the Annan waiter helped them open the iron fence door of the elevator, and the three of them walked in, Li Yaoting's eyes widened: "Any hotel in Shanghai has an elevator, in our Beijing, only the Six Nations Hotel has it." ”

"Dadong Hotel, like East Asia, Far East, and Yipinxiang, is known as Sandong and Yipinxiang, and is one of the few luxury hotels in Shanghai, and it is also a recent thing to have an elevator."

"How much does that cost a night?"

"Three dollars a night."

"Obediently, the hardware can catch up with the Six Nations Hotel, and the price is half cheaper." Li Yaoting was speechless.

When I entered the room, the carpet wallpaper, the hot and cold water faucet, and the traffic outside the window.

Jiang Zhiqing explained to them how to use hot water faucets, bathtubs and other advanced gadgets, took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "I still have an important date, so I won't accompany you, the two of you take a hot bath and go to bed early, and we will have breakfast together tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you, Brother Jiang." Li Yaoting sent Jiang Zhiqing out of the room, jumped on the spring bed excitedly, and said with a smile: "I can also live in a luxurious room, this Jiang brother is really kind." ”

Chen Zikun said: "He hired two free bodyguards, but he was very comfortable." ”

……

Not long after Jiang Zhiqing left the hostel, seven or eight hooligans came to the Dadong Hotel surrounded by a man dressed in a suit. ”