In China at that time, there were gangs in almost every city and every wharf. Among the gang organizations in China, there are mainly two of the largest and most far-reaching influences, that is, the Hongmen and the Qinggang.

The so-called Hongmen is the Heaven and Earth Society created by President Chen, who is well known in various martial arts stories. This organization has always taken "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" as its own mission, and has launched many anti-Qing uprisings in history. It was also attacked by the Manchu government. However, the feudal regime's control over the grassroots has always been a big problem. Therefore, although the Manchu Qing suppressed the uprisings of the Heaven and Earth Society again and again, at most they only broke up the Heaven and Earth Society, but they were never able to exterminate it. After the Heaven and Earth Society was scattered in various places, on the one hand, it combined with the local grassroots and became a deep-rooted local snake, making the Qing government even more helpless against them; On the other hand, the crackdown of the Qing court and the intricacies of local interests also made it impossible for the Hongmen in various places, which were closely tied to local interests, to form a joint force.

However, the Hongmen have always been very concerned about the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty, although the uprisings they launched themselves were generally very ordinary, and basically did not make too many waves. (The underworld organization is too deeply entangled with various local interests, and it needs to find a balance among these forces, and one of the results is that its own internal interests are also very complex, and as a result, it often goes wrong when doing big things.) However, whenever there was an anti-Qing campaign, Hongmen was always active. For example, in the previous Taiping Rebellion, Hongmen gave a lot of support to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Luo Xuan, a famous naval general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was a native of Hongmen. And the Little Knife Society, which rebelled in Shanghai and responded to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was also a branch of Hongmen. By the way, the music "Overture of the Little Knife Society", in the dance drama "Little Knife Society", which was themed about the Little Knife Society uprising, later became the most used back in martial arts movies and television. One of the scenery music.

However, in Hangzhou, it is the Qinggang that has more advantages. Compared with Hongmen, which started from the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the Green Gang is closer to a guild organization. The history of the Qinggang is later than that of Hongmen, and it is rumored that during the Yongzheng period, the Yongzheng Emperor issued the Yellow List, and the people were recruited by Qinchatian Wenjing to set up a waterway grain transportation. As a result, Caoyun flourished, and more and more people ate Caoyun rice in various places.

It was also at this time that three brothers of the opposite sex took over the imperial list in Hangzhou and founded the later Youth Gang organization. These three are divided according to the age of the elderly, the elder surname Weng single name Yan, the word Fuming, the road number Dehui, Jiangsu Chang acquaintance, originally from Gulou Street, Liaocheng County, Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong, Xiucai was born, and later abandoned literature and martial arts, practiced art in Shaolin Temple, Henan, and joined the Tiandihui in the second year of Yongzheng; The second surname is Qian Dan Mingjian, the word Fu Zhai, the road number Dezheng, originally from Liaocheng County, Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong, moved to Henan, did business, Yongzheng joined the Heaven and Earth Association with Weng Zu in the second year; The youngest person's surname is Pan Danming, the name is Qing, the word Xuanting, the road number Delin, and the dumb horn bridge outside the Wulin Gate in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province (some wild histories write the three as Weng Lin, Qian Bao, and Pan An). This is the later Three Patriarchs of the Green Gang.

Two of the three patriarchs of the Qinggang came from Hongmen, but unlike Hongmen, who call each other brothers, the Qinggang organization is apprenticed to the gang, and the congregation is commensurate with master and apprentice, advocating "master and apprentice are like father and son". The Qinggang organization is stricter than that of Hongmen, and the rules are more complicated, so they are also more secretive. Therefore, there is a saying: "One line of the Green Gang, a large area of Hongmen".

The Qinggang, which tended to be a guild, did not emphasize the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty as Hongmen did, so Hongmen once regarded it as a traitor and strictly forbade Hongmen members to switch to the Qinggang, saying, "From Qing to Hong, wear red and hang colors; From Hong to green, peeling and cramping. However, in order to avoid conflicts, they still recognized the "Qinghong family", the so-called "red flowers and green leaves and white lotus roots (referring to the Hongmen, Qingbang, and White Lotus Sect), and the three religions were originally one family."

Hangzhou is the birthplace of the Green Gang, although because of the decline of Caoyun and the rise of maritime trade, most of the power of the Green Gang has been transferred to Shanghai, and Hangzhou is no longer the status of the first big wharf of the Green Gang, but after all, it is still the birthplace of the Green Gang, and the city is also the provincial capital of Zhejiang, so here, the power of the Green Gang is not bad.

The people of the Liberation Society do not have much contact with the Green Gang, but it is still easy to find the characters of the Hangzhou Youth Gang.

In the evening of that day, a Toyo car stopped outside a small courtyard in the Japanese concession of Hangzhou. Speaking of Hangzhou's Japanese concession, it is a great wonder. After the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan obtained the right to establish a concession in Hangzhou. The magistrate of Hangzhou was naturally unwilling to lease the place inside the city to the Japanese, so he leased the wasteland east of the canal outside the city and north of the Gongchen Bridge to the Japanese. The place was extremely remote and the transportation was not convenient, but this did not bother the Japanese. Guided by the custom tourism industry (also known as the smoke-free industry) with Japanese characteristics, they adopted the policy of developing five halls (women's branch hall, big smoke hall, gambling hall, theater hall, and restaurant restaurant) at the same time, and began to develop this wasteland. Under their rule, this wasteland soon became prosperous, and by 1907, it had become the most prosperous place in the whole of Hangzhou.

Of course, this prosperity also attracted the attention of the gangsters, and now the leading figures of the Hangzhou Youth Gang basically live in the Japanese concession.

The cart stopped, a man in a long shirt got out of the car, threw a few copper plates to the coachman, and then walked to the door of the small courtyard, reached out and pinched the knocker on the black lacquered gate and knocked on the door gently.

There was a clattering sound from inside the door, but it didn't open, but a small window was opened in the door, and a face full of flesh appeared in the window.

"Whom are you looking for? What's the matter? An impatient voice came out.

"The contemptible Wang Tianru is a friend of Mr. Ye, and he came to visit Mr. Ye." The man took off his hat and nodded slightly.

"Then you wait, I'll report it." The man inside answered, and then the small window slammed shut again.

After a while, the black iron door opened with a bang, and Wang Tianru saw that there were two men in short shirts standing behind the door, and they both had a mirrored box stuck in their waists. They nodded to Wang Tianru and said, "Mr. Ye is invited." ”

Wang Tianru walked straight in, and then the door closed behind him again.

Wang Tianru followed a short shirt into the living room, and saw a tall man in a dark blue robe waiting there.

"What kind of wind blew Mr. Wang to me today?" As soon as they met, the man smiled like this.

"Nothing to do to go to the Three Treasures Palace, Mr. Ye, I came this time, and I also have something to ask for Mr." Wang Tianru was quite direct.

"Mr. Wang is still so refreshing." The man smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, please sit down, and we will talk slowly." ”

The two sat down on a wicker chair in the living room, and a servant brought tea.

"Mr. Wang said that he asked me for help with something, I don't know what it is, if he can help, Ye will definitely sell Mr. Wang a face." That Mr. Ye smiled and said.

"So, I won't hide it anymore." Wang Tianru also smiled, "Don't hide it, sir, I came this time to be entrusted by the Salvation Hospital." As you know, there's been a lot of rumors about Salvation Hospital lately. ”

"I do know this, but the common people are ignorant, and it is inevitable to guess about these Western scenes." That Mr. Ye nodded slightly and said.

"Now that the Salvation Hospital has just been established, it is the time to make a name, but these rumors suddenly pop up, to say that no one is behind this. I'm afraid few people believe it. It's just that Salvation Hospital is a foreign hospital, and they don't know much about China, even if they inadvertently offend people. So, Dean McMillan asked me to ask you what kind of charter was behind this. If you have any questions, it's good to discuss. Wang Tianru continued to explain.

"Mr. Wang." That Mr. Ye suddenly said, "I remember that Mr. seems to be very close to the revolutionary party? Mr. is now helping the foreigner's hospital, I don't know how Dr. McMillan said that Mr. Wang was moved? ”

"It's because this Mr. McMillan has helped us, of course." Wang Tianru replied, "Mr. McMillan is a doctor and a foreigner, and there are many things that can help us. ”

"This Mr. McMillan was a military doctor, right?" That Mr. Ye suddenly asked again.

"Yes, and on the battlefield." Wang Tianru replied. It's not a secret, it's mentioned in the newspapers about Salvation Hospital.

"Oh, that's good." Mr. Ye nodded, and suddenly said: "This salvation hospital, if it is Mr. Wang's property, brother, I will naturally not say a word, and I will come to help." But this hospital is foreign, and I don't know why I want to do this. ”

Wang Tianru knew that Mr. Ye didn't really want to refuse, he was just waiting for the offer. So he said like this: "Brother, I'm just helping people pass on a word, and the foreigner will naturally not be empty-handed when he asks Mr. for help." Do you know the origin of this Salvation Hospital? ”

"I don't know." Mr. Ye replied.

"This Hangzhou Salvation Hospital is just a branch hospital, and Salvation Hospital is a large hospital group in the United States. Affiliated with the Baptist Church of the United States. It is said that the biggest financiers are the MacDonald family, the wealthy American billionaires. The MacDonald family runs the largest arms and pharmaceutical deals in the United States, both of which are very profitable deals. There are a lot of people who need these things. Many of Mr. Ye's businesses probably also need these things. Wang Tianru said slowly.

"Oh? This Dr. McMillan actually has such a thing in his hands? Mr. Ye suddenly became serious, "To say that my brother really needs these." Especially my business, drugs and firearms for the treatment of willow disease are indispensable, but these things are not easy to obtain, if Mr. McMillan can contact these things, Ye is naturally willing to help. ”