Chapter 12: Difficulty in finding Jingrong
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Things turned out to be as Xiao Zhenlei expected, when he was working at the wharf in the morning, someone from the patrol room came to ask, there were not 1,000 but 800 coolies working on the wharf, and it was naturally impossible for a few patrols to catch each coolie with the broken newspaper and compare his back, just gather the foremen and take out the newspaper for them to identify, the foremen are not fools, of course, they will not casually point out that two people should deal with patrols, is it so easy to provoke people who can kill eight British GIs with guns? Although the patrol room has issued a sky-high reward to find the murderer, it depends on whether he has the life to spend that money!
After several patrols did not make a profit on the dock under the guidance of Tanmu, they turned around and left, and the dock was still as busy as usual.
During the lunch break, the foreman talked about the morning patrol and asked about the investigation in the coolie pile, and took out the newspaper for the coolies to read.
For foreigners, coolies are all bitter and hateful, because foreigners enjoy privileges in the concession, even if they break the law, they can enjoy extraterritoriality, not subject to the sanctions of the laws of the Qing Dynasty, so foreigners often bully Chinese in the concession, often make public resentment boiling, coolies wish that there would be more such ruthless people, killing the arrogance of foreigners. Some coolies even envy the murderer's ability to kill foreigners like chickens.
Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang also blended into the coolies to talk and laugh, when they were full of food and drink, Xiao Zhenlei got up to solve the physiological phenomenon, Ma Xiaoshuang patted the baked cake crumbs on his hands, and also got up and followed.
A coolie turned his head to see the backs of the two, and suddenly said, "Well, don't say it, isn't the back of Xiao Xiao and Xiao Ma very similar to the back in this newspaper?" ”
Hearing this person say this, the others also turned their heads to look over, this is unbelievable, the backs of the two people are really very similar to the back of the photo in the newspaper, but soon someone objected, a strong man in his thirties said: "Don't talk nonsense, you want to say that Xiao Xiao and Xiao Ma work is a good hand, I still believe, after all, Xiao Xiao does have a lot of strength, but you say that they are the heroes who killed eight foreigners with guns, then I really don't believe it, the two of them have been working here for a long time, and I am more familiar with them, Both of them are the kind of honest people, how can they kill vicious foreigners? They don't have the guts! ”
The strong man's words also aroused the same feeling of most of the others, Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang are the kind of honest people in their eyes, they usually go back directly after work, and rarely play outside, let alone do such earth-shattering things, and they don't believe that Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang have this kind of ability.
While all the coolies agreed with the strong man's words, the foreman looked at the backs of Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang thoughtfully, and after the coolies dispersed, he also got up and shook his head and turned to leave.
Two days later, there was still no news of the murderers who killed eight British GIs with guns in the Public Concession, which not only alarmed the patrol room of the Public Concession, but also Chen Qimei, the general director of the League in Shanghai.
The British because this case greatly hurt the face of the British Empire, so the British Consul General in Shanghai, Faleis, repeatedly exerted pressure on the public concession authorities, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau could only issue death orders to the patrol offices of the police department, telling them to solve the case within a time limit, otherwise the main responsible person would be covered and left.
What about the police department's bosses, Inspector General Bruce and Deputy Inspector General McGowan? On the other hand, they sent a note to the French Concession and the Shanghai County Government, asking them to do their best to collect information about the murderers.
This can be a pain for those gang bosses, the concession authorities did not catch many revolutionaries, but seized a lot of their properties, because most of these industries belong to these gang bosses, and the biggest loss is Fan Gaotou, the old man of the Green Gang.
In this way, for two days, Fan Gaotou's property in the concession suffered heavy losses, and he had to find Chen Qimei to discuss countermeasures in distress.
"Brother, it can't go on like this, we have to find a way not to let the patrol house go on like this, if it continues, don't say that your alliance will suffer heavy losses, and even my industry will collapse!"
Chen Qimei said with a bitter face when she heard this: "Boss, of course I know that I can't let the patrol house go on like this anymore, but I really can't think of any other way to make the concession authorities stop making trouble for us!" ”
Liu Fubiao, who was standing next to him, said: "Master, Brother Chen, we can't talk to the concession now, I think we have to find a middleman to dredge up the relationship with the concession authorities, the concession side believes that it was our people who did it, but we really didn't do it, we can't carry the black pot for others, right?" ”
Hearing Liu Fubiao say this, Chen Qimei's mind flashed, and she patted her head and said: "Boss, after Brother Liu's reminder, I thought of a way that is not a way, isn't Huang Jingrong able to eat in the concession?" Although he is only a spender of the French Concession, he is a figure in the official face of the Concession, and I think he should have a way to connect with the high-level officials of the Public Concession, so it is better to ask him to come forward and deal with it, you see? ”
Fan Gao played with the steel ball with his left hand, habitually touched the sarcoma on the top of his head with his right hand, thought about it and nodded: "Well, now I can only do this, Ah Biao, in my name, please invite Jingrong to come over, just say that I have something to discuss with him!" ”
"Okay, master!" Liu Fubiao promised and turned to leave.
Four of the Shanghai Green Gang, Zhejiang Huzhou Gang Old Man Li Zhengwu, Jiangsu Yangzhou Gang Xu Baoshan, Shandong Gang Zhang Renkui, Shanghai Local Gang Fan Gaotou, these four people are all etiquette bosses, is already the highest ranking old man in the Green Gang, they are the traditional Green Gang old men, the Green Gang has strict gang rules in their hands, has formal etiquette, the Green Gang has passed to the self-proclaimed Tianzi Huang Jingrong, Du Yuesheng who has not yet fully developed and later Zhang Xiaolin, the hands of the new tycoons of the Green Gang, the Green Gang has been lostThe soul of "thieves also have a way" is only left with a shell.
Fan Gaotou sent Liu Fubiao to invite Huang Jingrong, Huang Jingrong really didn't dare to slack off, and even after eating only half of lunch, he dropped the dishes and chopsticks and followed Liu Fubiao to see Fan Gaotou. Don't look at the current Huang Jingrong on the beach in Shanghai, he wants the wind to be windy, and he wants to be rainy, but he himself knows very well that the reason why he is in the dark. can be mixed on the road, and it is really inseparable from Fan Gaotou's support, otherwise he would have tried to eat both black and white with his plainclothes visit to the patrol room of the French Concession? Dream!
Hurried from Tongfuli to Fan Gaotou's apartment, Huang Jingrong saw Fan Gaotou who was strolling in the yard, at this time Fan Gaotou was still playing with two steel balls in his left hand as always, holding a small purple clay pot in his right hand, and stuffed the spout of the purple clay pot into his mouth after walking a few steps.
"Old man, you haven't called me over for tea in a while!" Huang Jingrong took out a handkerchief, wiped a handful of sweat beads, and laughed.
Fan Gao took a sip of tea and snorted, "If I don't call you, you won't come by yourself?" Also, you're too picky, aren't you? Honor me with these worthless things every time you come? You've made a lot of money over the years, don't be so picky! I heard that you are very generous to those who ask for food, why are you so cruel to me, an old man? ”
When Huang Jingrong heard this, he was stunned, and said hurriedly: "Old man, the conscience of heaven and earth, these things are not valuable?" If you don't ask people to take these things to the street and sell them, if the connoisseur says that the price is less than 2,000 oceans, I won't be surnamed Huang! ”
Fan Gao glanced at the things Huang Jingrong was carrying, and knew that he was wrong to blame Huang Jingrong, but he was an old man, so he wouldn't admit that he was wrong, and waved his hand and said: "Forget it, no matter whether the things you take are worth it or not, you can already give me a lot of face for this old man!" ”
Huang Jingrong was very aggrieved when he said this, "Look at what you said, it seems that my junior is very unruly, when did you send someone to find me, didn't I come here in a hurry?" ”
Fan Gaotou immediately stopped and said: "Yes, let's not talk about this nonsense, let's get down to business, you come with me, and I'll introduce someone to you!" ”
"Gotta do it!"
The two entered the inner room one after the other, Chen Qimei sat in the inner room, and when the two of them came in, Chen Qimei immediately stood up, he had long heard of Huang Jingrong, a person who was hand-eyed in the concession, and had always wanted to get acquainted, but he had no chance, and Huang Jingrong stayed in the Huang Mansion in Tongfuli all day long, and rarely came out to show up, it was very difficult for ordinary people to see him, not to mention Chen Qimei, who was not famous in Shanghai?
"Boss! Isn't this the Huang boss who is famous on the beach? Chen Qimei first greeted Fan Gaotou, and then turned to Huang Jingrong with a fist and saluted.
Huang Jingrong saw that Chen Qimei was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, although she was a little thin, she was very energetic, and she looked like she was not an ordinary person, so she subconsciously hugged her fists and bowed back.
"Hahaha!" Fan Gaotou introduced: "Jingrong, let me introduce you, this is my sworn brother, Chen Qimei, he is also the head of the Shanghai Revolutionary Party of the League!" It is Mr. Sun's right-hand man! ”
Don't say it, Huang Jingrong heard Chen Qimei's identity, and immediately said in his heart that this trip was really worthwhile, in the past two years, the revolutionaries have launched uprisings everywhere, and the momentum has been very big, although it is said that it has been suppressed by the Qing court every time, but it has made the rule of the already crumbling Qing Dynasty even worse.
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