Chapter 10: The Old Man

It took a long time for the noisy voices to stop and return to the room on the second floor, Xiao Zhenlei sat on the stool by the table, took out the revolver gun that he hid and put it on the table, Ma Xiaoshuang, who followed behind, saw it and his eyes lit up, and hurriedly walked over and said, "Brother Zhenlei, what kind of gun is this?" Where did it come from? ”

Xiao Zhenlei poured a glass of water and poured it down, put down the cup and picked up the pistol and fiddled: "This is **, it is a Colt police special revolver launched by the United States last year, firing a caliber point 38 special Colt pistol bullet!" The gun features a swing-out runner and a new reliable locking system that prevents the hammer from firing when it is not fully ready to fire. I didn't expect the British scout to be wearing such a pistol with him."

In his previous life, as the head of a mercenary group, Xiao Zhenlei was very clear about the development of firearms, and after killing the British scout, he saw this **, and immediately recognized it, and immediately took this gun away, and also took away a box of bullets on the corpse.

Ma Xiaoshuang looked at Xiao Zhenlei with a look of admiration and said, "Brother Zhenlei, you are really capable, you even know foreign guns!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei patted Ma Xiaoshuang's shoulder and said, "Xiaoshuang, if you want to learn to shoot, after this period of time, the wind is not so tight, my brother will teach you to shoot, how about it, do you want to learn?" ”

What man doesn't love knives and guns? Although Ma Xiaoshuang is an honest rural boy from the countryside, he also loves these things, and hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "If you want to learn, if you want to learn, you must teach me, brother!" ”

In this year, everyone understands the truth that art is not pressing, in the chaotic times of the late Qing Dynasty, human life is like mustard, if there is a gun in the body, but also will use a gun, the marksmanship is accurate, this is the means to save life, in Shanghai, this ten miles of foreign field can also rely on this means to eat, it is definitely a good life, Ma Xiaoshuang is not stupid, how can he let go of this opportunity? What's more, Xiao Zhenlei is still his brother, which is more convenient than learning from others.

After the two talked for a while, Xiao Zhenlei felt a little tired physically, but he was still very excited mentally, this may be the sequelae of the crossing, it seems that it will take a while to adapt to this new body, so he said to Ma Xiaoshuang: "It's not early, wash and wash early, tomorrow morning before dawn, we have to leave to work on the dock, so as not to be discovered!" ”

"Brother, I know!" Ma Xiaoshuang promised to prepare hot water.

Xiao Zhenlei took advantage of Ma Xiaoshuang to prepare hot water, took out some things and money on his body and counted them, except for the three oceans that he had secretly stuffed for the catcher just now, before he came, he spent more than 200 yuan on selling braised duck, braised beef, baked cakes, and Huadiao wine on the roadside, and counted a total of 32 pounds of banknotes, seven pieces of ocean, and more than a dozen copper plates, these 32 pounds can go to the bank at any time to exchange for the ocean, enough to spend for a while, The banks did not know that the pounds were taken from the British soldiers.

In addition to these, there is also a revolver and a box of bullets, about a hundred rounds or so, I don't know how the British Tanmu carried so many revolver bullets with him, look at the wear and tear of this revolver, this guy is clearly a new color, and the pistol still exudes the smell of gun oil, could it be that the British Tanmu has just arrived, and has not opened a foreign meat yet?

Two Lee Enfield rifles and two cardinal bullets have been buried next to the moat on the east side of the county city wall, and they can't be taken out for the time being, and this revolver can't be used casually, so as not to be found out by the people who patrol the room, this time the incident broke the sky because of a moment of impulse, you must know that foreigners in this era can't be provoked at all, not to mention that it is really a great crime to kill eight foreigners in one go, this time is still to work honestly at the dock, wait for the wind to pass.

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However, it was said that after Chen Qimei and Liu Fubiao separated from Nong Jinsun and Huo Yuanjia and others in the middle of the night, they immediately went to the mansion of Fan Gaotou, the old man of the Green Gang, and the Green Gang and the Hong Gang were actually one family, but the people in the Hong Gang have always taken it as their responsibility to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and their actions are more public, while the organization of the Green Gang is much stricter, and some people in the Green Gang also claim to be among the Hong Gang, and vice versa.

When the two arrived at Fan Gaotou's mansion, the old man had already fallen asleep, and at this time, he heard that Chen Qimei and his disciple Liu Fubiao were here and got dressed and got up.

"Brother Chen, it's so late, ...... are you here?" Fan Gaotou was a little strange that Chen Qimei and his disciple Liu Fubiao rushed over late at night, although he had heard about what happened at night, but he didn't take it seriously at all, and it had nothing to do with his local Youth Gang, so he didn't bother to care.

People who don't know the inside story will wonder why Fan Gaotou's apprentice Liu Fubiao calls Chen Qimei a brother, and Fan Gaotou also calls Chen Qimei a brother Chen, isn't this a mess of generations? Actually, there is a reason for this.

Fan Gaotou is the highest-ranking old man in the local gang of the Shanghai Green Gang, he was originally born as a salt lord, and after the death of the previous old man with leprosy, he took over the position of the old man of the local gang of the Shanghai Green Gang. Even Huang Jingrong, a tycoon who has never worshiped the old man, opened an incense hall, and is an "empty man", still respects him as an old man, and is willing to succumb to Fan Gao's head, together with the other three people, Li Chaowu, Liu Fubiao, and Pan Yuqing, who are known as the "Four Court Pillars" under him.

At this time, there are four Green Gangs, the first is the Huzhou Gang in Zhejiang, the old man is Li Zhengwu, he is the boss of the Lizi generation, there are few of the Qinggang Lizi Gangsters left in these years, and the other seniors are only the big characters; The second is the Yangzhou Gang in Jiangsu, the old man is Xu Baoshan, who is also a member of the Lizi generation, he is the most famous boss in the entire Qing Gang system, and he has submitted to the Qing court; the third branch is the Shandong Gang, and the old man is Zhang Renkui, who is also a member of the Lizi generation, and also submitted to the Qing court; The fourth branch is the local gang of the Shanghai Youth Gang, and the old man is Fan Gaotou, who is also a rite generation.

Fan Gaotou had a tall sarcoma on top of his head, like a small head, so he got the nickname "Gaotou", and this nickname was widely spread, and over time, Fan Gaotou replaced his real name.

Chen Qimei and Fan Gaotou didn't know each other, but the reason why they met and became brothers was because of Chen Qimei's younger brother Chen Qicai. In 1902, Qicai returned to China from studying in Japan and served as the new military commander in Shanghai in Shanghai, with the responsibility of maintaining local law and order. At this time, Fan Gaotou had an apprentice named Rui Debao in a dim sum shop called "Green Leather Corridor" near the City God Temple saw an Englishman beating a hostess, although Rui Bingde was born in **, but he didn't dare to provoke foreigners, so he just stepped forward to persuade him, but he didn't want the British guy to be too unreasonable, not only beat the hostess, but even Rui Bingde also beaten, Rui Bingde failed to persuade the fight but was beaten, and in anger he forgot that foreigners are not provoked, regardless of the consequences, he will** He was good at fighting and brawling, and he took out all of his skills and beat the Englishman severely.

After the British returned, they immediately filed a complaint with the consulate to accuse Rui Bingde of beating people, and in the Shanghai Concession, the British enjoyed privileges, and Rui Debao was so bold that he dared to beat the British, and according to the unequal treaty signed between the Qing government and the foreign powers at that time, Rui Debao should be tried by the British consulate. Fan Gaotou, as an old man of the Green Gang, couldn't protect his apprentice, which was obviously a very embarrassing thing. The Qing government could not afford to offend the foreigners, and Fan Gaotou did not dare to compete with the concession authorities.

Unexpectedly, this lawsuit fell into the hands of Chen Qicai, and the British Consulate asked him to extradite Rui Debao. Chen Qicai flatly refused the request of the British consulate, and then demanded that the Chinese government hear the case and severely punish the British who caused the incident. The British consul saw that the coercion could not be coerced, so he found someone to mediate. As a result, the British paid the money and bear the economic losses.

Chen Qicai's handling of Rui Debao's case saved face for Fan Gaotou, which made Fan Gaotou very grateful to Chen Qicai. Later, Chen Qicai's elder brother Qimei was engaged in revolutionary activities in Shanghai, and when he thought of seizing a force for his own use, he thought of Fan Gaotou, because of Chen Qicai's relationship, he received Fan Gaotou's strong support, and Fan Gaotou also married Chen Qimei, who was nearly 30 years younger than him, as a brother with a different surname, and asked his disciples and grandchildren to support Chen Qimei. Due to the sworn relationship with Fan Gaotou, Chen Qimei became the "little boss" of the Green Gang, and his generation was one generation higher than Huang Jingrong. The reason for the close relationship between the Kuomintang and the Shanghai gang forces.

After Chen Qimei and Fan Gaotou bowed, she thought that she had become the same etiquette boss as Fan Gaotou when she first arrived, and she was worried that the people below would not be convinced, so she voluntarily lowered her generation to a big character generation, and worshipped with Fan Gaotou's apprentices Liu Fubiao, Rui Bingde and others as brothers, and obtained their support, which allowed her to gain a firm foothold in the local gang of the Shanghai Youth Gang and become a veritable big-character boss.

The two sat down on both sides of the coffee table, Liu Fubiao stood behind Fan Gaotou, Chen Qimei saw Fan Gaotou asking, and said, "The boss must have heard the news from the public concession in the evening, right?" ”

Fan Gaotou touched the sarcoma on the top of his head and wondered, "Of course, could it be that you did this?" ”

Chen Qimei shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Boss, don't be sarcastic about me, how can we have that ability, just now Mai Gaoyun of the Concession Police Department found me, and insisted that it was our people who did it, and ordered me to hand over the murderer within three days, how do I know who did it?" Even if I knew who did it, I couldn't hand them over, could I? We can't do that lack of morality, it's too unopen! ”

Fan Gaotou held two iron eggs in his left hand and kept playing, and his right hand habitually touched the sarcoma on the top of his head, nodded thoughtfully: "It's such a reason, for such heroes, it's too late for us to stammer, how can you do that kind of despicable act of betraying heroes, you did the right thing!" So ...... you came? ”

Chen Qimei said: "Boss, I think so, of course we can't hand over people to foreigners, but such heroes, we have to get acquainted, right?" Wouldn't it be a great pity? So I'd like to ask the boss to send a message and ask the brothers in the gang to do their best to find the whereabouts of those two heroes! ”

Fan Gaotou is an old man, Chen Qimei's ass pouted, he knew what shit he was going to pull, pointed at Chen Qimei and smiled: "What is your kid's idea, can't my old man see it?" Well, I think about it, we can't be reckless in this matter, wouldn't it be bad if we sent so many people to find them, in case they mistakenly thought that we had evil intentions? I see that this matter can't come openly, and I have to make a secret visit, if I find their foothold, I can't mess around, we have to be polite in place, first show our attitude, and can't let them misunderstand that we are on the side of foreigners! ”

The more Chen Qimei thought about it, the more she thought that Fan Gaotou was worthy of being an old Jianghu, and he was really sophisticated, so she agreed at the moment: "Okay, the boss is thoughtful, I'll listen to you!" ”

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