In a room with only one window, sunlight shines through the window, and there are folders and other things cluttered on the table.

Two people sat across from each other in the room. One in a police uniform, the other in a suit, smoke filled the room, and the smell of cigar smoke also filled the room.

"Mr. Chen!"

Looking at the man in front of him, Jack's eyes did not hide his dissatisfaction.

"If Catherine hadn't come to me, I wouldn't have come here at all!"

Twisting the cigarette butt in his hand, Jack stared at the Chinese who beat Charlie's fat man and was still lying in the hospital.

"I know!"

Chen Moran nodded, Jack would come to the cell to see him, it was beyond his expectations, the two were just one-sided friends, and this one-sided friendship, although the two got to know each other, but also because of that one-sided friendship, there was some gap between the two.

"Ji Li ......"

"Ji Li is a good woman, but I'm not suitable for her!"

Before Jack finished speaking, Chen Moran continued by himself.

Leave Jili! It was an additional condition when he cooperated with Catherine, originally he didn't have any feelings for Ji Li, so he accepted Catherine's suggestion, and since then, he has never met Ji Li again, although she has come to look for her, but every time she will be stopped at the gate.

Cooperation, always, always comes at a cost.

Chen Moran's words only made Jack frown, if it weren't for reason controlling him, maybe he would really give this man a punch.

"Ji Li is a little girl!"

Chen Moran nodded in agreement with Jack's opinion, Ji Li is not old, only nineteen years old.

"She's like my sister, she's very simple, she falls in love with you because of your music, and my wife told her at the time that a European shouldn't fall in love with Chinese, but...... I wonder why you don't want to see her! ”

When he saw Chen Moran hearing his sister, the expression on his face only made Jack breathless, he never had any crooked thoughts about Ji Li, he loved his wife, and Ji Li was just his sister, and she was also their couple's favorite sister.

"As I said, it's not a good fit between us, you said, Europeans shouldn't fall in love with Asians, and Asians shouldn't fall in love with Europeans, right?"

Chen Moran smiled and responded with Jack's words, and then he lit the ashes of his cigarette.

"I guess you're not here today to discuss the emotional dispute between me and Ji Li, are you?"

Lowering his head slightly, Chen Moran looked up at Jack again.

"How much money is needed, let's say the number! I'm definitely going out today! ”

You must go out today, because Zhang Jing will take people to "rob" the warehouse tonight, and as the boss and the mastermind behind the scenes, he is not willing to stay in prison.

"It smells terrible, and to be honest, it's not a prison, it's a pigsty!"

"I want you out too! After all, I promised Catherine. ”

Jack looked at Chen Moran helplessly, showing a very helpless expression.

"Although Catherine is willing to give you a guarantee of 50,000 yuan and provide a guarantee, you must know that Charlie is a public director of the Ministry of Industry, and now he is still lying in the hospital, and the Ministry of Industry has ordered the central patrol room, at least until you go to court, it is impossible to release you!"

As soon as he heard this, Chen Moran scolded hatefully.

"The foreign devil that the dog said!"

Jack frowned, but listened to Chen Moran say again.

"Don't be angry, I'm not scolding you, I'm scolding those damn foreign devils!"

Silent!

Jack chose to use silence to face Chen Moran's scolding.

Although he hated those foreign devils in his heart, Chen Moran also understood that although this concession was on the territory of the Chinese, no matter what, in this concession, the Chinese were second-class citizens, and they smoked that Charlie, naturally they always wanted to kill themselves.

"Is there any way I can get out?"

Jack shook his head, though he didn't want to help the man, but after Catherine begged him, he still went to the central patrol room, but the case was far more difficult than he thought.

"The person you hit is not an ordinary person, if it is an ordinary person, maybe it is very simple, the manager Xiao of your company has gone to the Shanghai County Government and asked for help from Shanghai Dao, trying to negotiate directly with the British consul through Shanghai Dao, however, I don't think it will be helpful, even if you are handed over to the "Judicial Public" for interrogation, not to mention that the Chinese officials are most afraid of causing international disputes, so Shanghai Dao will not help in any way. It's a fact that you hit someone to the point of injury, and if it were to be tried in court, I think maybe you would spend two or three years in prison! ”

Charlie's words only made Chen Moran frown, and at the same time hated the impulse at that time in his heart, the impulse was that the devil was really true.

Two to three years!

Nuo stayed in prison for two or three years, and everything was over.

"Is there any other way?"

"There's another way......"

Almost as soon as the servant introduced Xiao Xinren into the door, he kowtowed to Yuan Shuxun of Shanghai Dao, knelt on the ground and cried.

"Please also save my chairman! Now the only person who can save the chairman of my family is you, an adult! ”

Yuan Shuxun, who already knew the reason, shook his hand.

"Do you think I really have that much face? When did those foreigners sell to us Chinese face, now the national disaster is at the head, even the capital is occupied by the family, the two palaces are still hunting in the west, in fact, the chairman of your family is really ...... Hey......"

Yuan Shuxun sighed, but it was a pity there, in the afternoon, he heard someone say that "the industrial company Chen lame man angrily beat the public director Charlie", although he applauded for the Chen lame man, but after applauding, he was shocked and cold sweat broke out.

"Weiyang, get up and speak."

In the past few months, Yuan Shuxun, who has long been an old acquaintance with Xiao Xinren, gave an order.

"If you don't agree to save my chairman, I'll kneel here."

Xiao Xinren knelt on the ground and continued to kowtow, almost after Catherine informed him that Chen Moran was arrested and imprisoned by the Central Patrol Room, as soon as he asked the reason, he and Catherine split into two ways, Catherine went to find a friend in the patrol room, so that Chen Moran would not be wronged, and he came directly to the Shanghai Dao Yamen by carriage.

Chen Moran is Chinese, although the incident happened in the concession, according to the convention, cases involving Chinese have always been tried by Chinese and foreign people, as long as the Lord Yuan in front of him is willing to help, he can always start to work.

"Lord Liu once believed to Yuan, Yuan took more care of your chairman and the industrial company, your chairman is young and vigorous after all, I don't know that those foreigners are now red-eyed in Pudong, and now they are not in a hurry to avoid them, the brand has been hanging for decades, and it has been negotiated for decades, but Chen Cripple is ......"

Yuan Shuxun looked pity, and he really felt sorry for the lame man in his heart, a few months ago, when he received the excerpt from the governor when he first took office, he didn't think so, but now the industrial company and the lame man Chen have an unusual use for him.

"The people reap their benefits, and the officials reap their merits!"

Whether it is an official supervision or a commercial office, as long as the Pudong Development Zone on the boundary of Shanghai is a percent, Yuan Shuxun, as a parent official, will not be able to run away, and because of this, almost as soon as the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion came to the letter, he quickly approved the industrial company "Pudong Development Zone Chengxiang and Outside the General Engineering Bureau", and it is precisely this regulation that allows Pudong affairs to be undertaken by the General Engineering Bureau.

In addition to the face of the governor, it was Yuan Shuxun who linked Napu to his official promotion.

But even so, because it involves foreigners, and it is not an ordinary decent foreigner, Yuan Shuxun has no confidence, and even hates the impulse of the lame man in his heart, who doesn't provoke the foreigner, the foreigner, even the queen mother and the emperor are suffering losses in the hands of foreigners, not to mention that he is a businessman.

Although he was annoyed by Chen Moran's impulse in his heart, after a moment of silence, Yuan Shuxun still spoke.

Although this concession is the boundary of the Qing Dynasty, you also know that it is a place for foreigners, and Charlie is a decent foreigner, and he is also a public director of the concession, you don't know, you have come from the front foot, then the British consul has already protested to the official, this matter ...... It's hard! ”

Shaking his head and sighing, Yuan Shuxun had pity and helplessness on his face, but he didn't say in his heart that when he met Counselor Bruce of the consulate in the official hall before, he had already said, "Chen Moran is a person who has returned from abroad, and he has not yet been naturalized in the Qing Dynasty, and his actions have nothing to do with this official!" Words to come.

Zhi said those words, not for anything else, just because he didn't want to cause trouble, and now that the state affairs are not quiet, Yuan Shuxun has no choice but to sell Chen Cripple!

Yuan Shuxun was speechless for a long time, and Xiao Xinren understood that there might be many twists and turns, and his face darkened.

"Ah, Weiyang, don't worry, although this official is really powerless, but that matter, I will explain it to the governor today, and the crime of beating people is not a big crime of cutting off the head! At most, he will be sentenced to two or three years of imprisonment, and at that time, the foreigner's face will be maintained, and he will not care about it anymore. The official only needs to negotiate with the Ministry of Industry, and then you will make the money, at most two or three months, and then it will be released! You can rest assured! ”

Feel relieved...... This Lord Yuan said it easily, but Xiao Xinren knew that if it was really judged, it would be really useless at that time, even if he only stayed for a few months, the impact on the company was unimaginable. But Yuan Shuxun's words couldn't be clearer, and he couldn't do anything about it! I can only go to the governor!

"Hmmm! Not Yang, the bell still needs to be tied to the bell, and the official is afraid that it can only be like this, you might as well think about it in the concession. ”

After an explanation, Yuan Shuxun was a teacup, and the servant on the side saw the master's movements, so he raised his chin and drank.

"Sending off!"

Leaving the Shanghai Provincial Yamen, when he was about to get into the carriage, Xiao Xinren saw Miss Catherine's white carriage parked behind his carriage, and as soon as the window of the carriage was opened and he saw Catherine in the car, Xiao Xinren walked over and got into the carriage, and there was an acquaintance in the carriage, Jack, the chief inspector of the Zhabei patrol house.

"Miss Catherine, Inspector Louis! Thank you for your trouble! ”

After getting into the carriage, Xiao Xinren thanked the two, and as soon as he saw his expression, Catherine and Jack knew that the result was not ideal.

"You still need to tie the bell to the bell, and Lord Yuan can't do anything!"

Shaking his head helplessly and sighing softly, Xiao Xinren only felt powerless in his heart, and it was not until this that he truly realized what this "concession" country within a country meant.

"Yes! Now there is only one person who can save Mr. Chen! ”

Jack and Catherine looked at each other and spoke.

"Who?" Xiao Xinren was overjoyed and hurriedly looked at Jack.

"Jacob? Sassoon! ”

"Jacob? Sassoon! ”

Xiao Xinren was stunned for a moment, it was the greedy poisonous snake, he could fully imagine what kind of blackmail conditions Sassoon would offer if he begged him.

"I've already mentioned it to Mr. Chen, and he just said one word, get me out of here!"

Listening to Jack's words, Xiao Xinren nodded bitterly.

"Mr. Jack, I'm going to see Ranzhi now, please make arrangements!"

The two carriages had already left the Shanghai Provincial Yamen and headed for the northern concession, and Xiao Xinren in the car looked at the sunset outside the window, and the complexity in his heart was beyond the comprehension of Catherine or Jack.

As the sun sets, horse-drawn carriages travel along the rammed earth and gravel official road on the banks of the Huangpu River towards the concession, while on the Huangpu River, three sand boats row towards Shanghai County on the other side of the river under the swing of the boatmen.

In the cabin, there were about forty stout men dressed in black, and most of them sat without saying a word. Zhang Jing looked at the dozens of brothers beside him, this team is drawn from life and death, before leaving the ship, no one knows what they are going to do, but they also know what they are doing, maybe it is a job to lose their heads.

"Brethren!"

Zhang Jing clenched his fists and looked at the people in front of him.

"I've been suffering for half my life, since I came to Shanghai, I haven't eaten a few meals, there is a wife at home to serve, let the mother suffer, it's my unfilial piety as a son, since I entered the industrial company, the boss treats me well, this boss has something to do with us, that is, in front of the gratitude, we have to help the boss do it!"

The people on the boat looked at Zhang Jing, and then looked left and right, they knew that Captain Zhang was telling the truth, and the boss was indeed not thin on the big guys, and at the same time they hugged their fists and returned the salute.

"Captain, what arrangements does the boss have, the captain just orders!"

"As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger!"

Zhang Jing let out a low snort, looking at the people in front of him, his voice became colder and colder.

"Today, the boss gave us a chance, one is to repay the boss's grace to us, and the second boss promised, if this matter is done, each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!"

The sound was not loud, but it came into everyone's ears, and when they heard the silver hundred taels, their eyes widened at the same time, and their eyes were full of incredible looks.

One hundred taels of silver! For this group of hard-working coolies, it is simply an astronomical amount, and they never dreamed that one day they would have so much silver.

The eagerness in everyone's eyes made Zhang Jing nod with satisfaction, whether it was to repay the boss's grace, or for the silver, as long as the big guy could complete the incident, they would be rewarded, but what he Zhang Jing got was appreciation.

Everyone has an opportunity, but not everyone can grasp it, and after so many years of suffering, he must seize this opportunity.

"Take the guy, remember, no matter what you do now, it has nothing to do with the boss, if you miss, you just say that I am the leader, if there is someone who says ......"

Zhang Jing's eyes were cold, but his right hand holding the knife was raised, and then he looked at these people fiercely.

"Of course! Of course! ”

A few people in the crowd said dryly, and the boxes were quickly distributed to the people, everyone was carrying long and short knives, and their expressions showed nervousness, many of them were good people, but now this good people have changed their taste.

Wealth and danger are sought, sure enough, carrying a knife, looking at the dock that is getting closer and closer in the twilight, Zhang Jing only feels that his heart seems to be about to mention his throat, and a man also appears on his forehead, the dock is getting closer and closer, and when there are dozens of meters away, Zhang Jing waved his hand, and several people behind him jumped into the Huangpu River with daggers, and after they jumped, Zhang Jing followed and jumped down the river.

A few minutes later, the first black shadow touched the shore, in the empty dock warehouse, from time to time there was a dog barking, the black shadow took out an oil paper bag from his arms, opened the oil paper bag and threw the meat out, most of the black shadows in the water on the shore were sitting like this, the bag of cigarettes, the original dog barking disappeared.

After a while, Zhang Jing, who had been hiding under the wooden freight bridge, was sure that there was no dog barking, so he climbed up the cargo bridge along the wooden pillar of the freight bridge, beckoned people with a knife in his hand, and ran towards the lighted hut in the corner of the dock courtyard, black clothes, black shadows, only the knife against the moon.

From time to time there was a sound of punching in the room, listening to the sound of punching, Zhang Jing gestured to the person behind him, and then lowered his body, and his wet fingers pointed out a hole in the paper window, through the small hole, but saw the wooden table in the room, five or six strong men were eating meat and punching.

Zhang Jing and others, who had worked on the dock, were naturally very clear, and as soon as they made a gesture, a thin man rushed behind Zhang Jing, and took out a bag wrapped in several layers of oilpaper paper from his arms, and opened the oilpaper bag, but there were four bamboo pipes, all of which were plugged with cannon twists.

"Big brother, just look at it! As long as you throw it in, even the iron man in it can't hold it! ”

The thin man smiled and handed Zhang Jing a bamboo pipe, there are all kinds of people in this engineering team, and they can think of any kind of bad ideas, and when he spoke, the people next to the door would have closed the door.

When the twisted that was lit on fire burned out, a puff of white smoke came out, and the smoke had a pungent smell of chili peppers, and the thin man almost poured out the smoke, and then stuffed the bamboo pipe into the room, and as soon as it was stuffed in, there was a coughing sound in the room, and then there was a shouting and scolding, and someone began to bang on the door that was behind it.

One, two, three, four...... Four bamboo pipes were stuffed inside, and thick smoke accompanied by swearing, but more of a violent cough.

"Open the door!"

As soon as the door opened, the man who was coughing violently with his mouth and nose covered rushed out, and was knocked to the ground by a stick on the back of the head, and in less than a bag of cigarettes, the six guards on the dock were overturned and tied up with ropes.

"Let them come over and go to Warehouse Three!"

Zhang Jing shouted and ran towards the No. 3 warehouse, pried open the iron chain on the door of the warehouse, and lifted the canvas by the light of the oil lamp, only to see wooden boxes stacked with foreign characters.

"Brother Zhang, what's here!"

slapped the back of the head at the question, and Zhang Jing shouted.

"Don't bother, hurry up and move all the boxes here!"

The people on the big boat have arrived, the 100-pound boxes are basically carried by one person, running towards the wharf cargo bridge dozens of zhang away, the boxes are directly stacked on the sand boat, these people may not be experts in black work, but this moving things is their old business, although it is dark, but the speed is even faster than usual.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

Zhang Jing, who was carrying a knife next to him, looked at the brothers who were carrying the boxes back and forth, his heart had become a small handful, and when he watched the first ship leave the dock, Zhang Jing looked in the direction of the concession, and he knew that as long as he succeeded this time, he would have the capital to advance.

Life is like this sometimes, when one person is working hard to change his own destiny, another person also needs to face an unknown fate, for Chen Moran in prison, the only thing he needs to think about now is how to get out of this cell.

"Get me out!"

As soon as he saw Xiao Xinren, Chen Moran spit out five words. He didn't want to stay in this place for a day!

"My eldest young master, if you don't act so impulsively, will you fall into this situation?"

Xiao Xinren began to complain, and what he had been most worried about had finally come true.

"However, when you do things and speak, you always come by your surname, and now it's okay!"

Slammed the iron railing of the cell door hard, Xiao Xinren looked like you should be like this, at this time he was not willing to show other emotions, no matter what, let Chen Moran learn a lesson.

"I know, not anymore!"

Chen Moran nodded and looked directly at Xiao Xinren, he was telling the truth, sometimes he was too impulsive when he did things and spoke.

"Jack, I told you!"

Xiao Xinren nodded, he came here to ask Chen Moran's opinion.

"Anyway, please, Weiyang!"

"Sassoon, but he's an insatiable lord!"

Xiao Xinren reminded Chen Moran that on the way here, he had considered all kinds of possibilities.

"As long as it can get me out, as long as money can solve it, it's not a big problem!"

"Sometimes, money is not everything, we don't know what Sassoon will ask for, if he wants Pudong......"

Staring at Chen Moran, Xiao Xinren said what he was most worried about, what he was most afraid of was that Sassoon, the real estate tycoon, would take the opportunity to extort the industrial company's land in Pudong.

"If only that ......"

Chen Moran's eyes were cold, and he lowered his voice, with a ruthless intent in his eyes.

"I'll stay here and you'll ......"

(To be continued)