Chapter 3 Invitations
Guangzhou, British Concession, Hotel.
Yang Qifeng woke up, his spirit was refreshed, and his ability to recover quickly was very fast.
As a martial artist, he has already escaped from the category of ordinary people, as long as he is allowed to rest for an hour or two, he will be able to recover.
But this time, he let go of all his burdens and got a good night's sleep.
Sitting on the soft sofa and drinking coffee, Yang Qifeng stared at the streets of the concession outside along the transparent glass.
The British Concession in Guangzhou was one of the seven British concessions in the Qing Dynasty, and in terms of prosperity, because of the port of Guangzhou, only the British Concession in Shanghai could be compared, and the other British Concessions in Hankou, Zhenjiang, Jiujiang, Tianjin, and Xiamen were much worse.
Naturally, this place is also highly valued by the United Kingdom.
The British Concession is a small sandbar in the Pearl River, artificially filled into Shamian Island, and its western 4/5 is divided into the British Concession of Guangzhou, with an area of about 264 acres.
The streets are mostly filled with foreigners, but there are also a lot of people from the Qing Dynasty, some of whom still have long braids, but most of them have cut their hair short, just like Yang Qifeng.
In the past decade, Western culture has been rampaging in this land of China, even in remote places, such as this British city with concessions.
People who cut their hair, one after another,
Basically, as long as you don't plan to do something in officialdom, then there is no need to keep this hair.
The concession was prosperous, Yang Qifeng picked up the coffee and took a sip of it himself.
Putting down the coffee cup, Yang Qifeng shook his head, not adapting, he really didn't adapt.
Coffee, he didn't like it too much, but he didn't dislike it, but in recent years, he has been drinking tea, coffee is not touched, and now after a few years, he has adapted to tea, and then drinking coffee, he is faintly uncomfortable.
"Yang Dong, do you have any more information about the Beihai Gang? Tell me more about it? Yang Qifeng looked at the street outside and said indifferently without looking back.
"It's the Second Young Master," Yang Dong immediately replied beside him.
This former right-hand man beside Yang Qifeng's eldest brother has now become Yang Qifeng's personal entourage, Yang Qifeng is very satisfied with Yang Dong's existence, and he doesn't need to say much about anything, he can arrange everything properly.
Yang Dong pondered for a while, organized the language that was going to be spoken, and then opened his mouth to speak; "The Pearl River generation in Guangzhou is known as the Maritime Silk Road, which has been prosperous since the Tang and Song dynasties, and has entered our dynasty and reached its peak,"
"Especially after this foreigner relied on strong ships and cannons to capture the city of Guangzhou and establish a concession,"
"This Pearl River seems to be under the control of foreigners, and the imperial court is no longer able to govern,"
"The consequence is that all the foreigners in the world have come, and the Pearl River port is full of merchant ships, dense, like ants,"
Yang Dongnai has lived from the Yang family since he was a child, was trained by the Yang family, read and read, and finally was able to follow Yang Qifeng's eldest brother, and then was relied on.
His speech is not boring, he is subdued and frustrated, and he tells everything clearly, and he is the first to tell about some changes in the city of Guangzhou.
He also knows a little about this Yang Qifeng, but it is obviously not as specific as Yang Dong.
Obviously, Yang Dong has worked hard for all this.
In this era, if you want to understand this, you can't just go up and check the information on the Internet.
"A large number of merchant ships have come to directly promote the development of Guangzhou City, for example, on this wharf, whether the merchant ships are loading or unloading, they must have talents to be able to load and unload,"
"So this has become a piece of fat for foreign merchant ships to dock and transport goods,"
"One by one, gangs, in the past ten years, have begun to fight for this monopoly dock, some old gangs have been destroyed, and some upstarts have taken the position,"
"For this piece of fat, it can be said that there are countless casualties, but in the past few years, there are two gangs that have joined forces to attack the other gangs, either destroy or expel them, and now there are only two gangs left in the docks,"
"In response to the wise saying that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, the two major gangs have started a new round of more tragic fighting in order to occupy the port terminal,"
"Once a day, every ten days and a half months, there will be a big fight,"
"There is no way in the court," Yang Qifeng sighed slightly when he heard Yang Dong say this.
Judging from the frequent fights between these two gangs, no one can accept it, after all, every fight, even if it is an ordinary fight, can use the word "fight", it is enough to prove one thing, there must be deaths and injuries.
Let's not talk about the dead, the key is the wounded, it's almost the same as the dead, how can they afford to buy medicine to heal the injury, if the injury is light, it's fine, and the serious injury is waiting for death in the end, and no one will care.
In terms of the two major gangs, such frequent fights should have been unavailable a long time ago, and the gangs were all disbanded, but unfortunately, the court had no way.
There are countless homeless people, and as long as there is a bite to eat, they can attract people.
You must know that the Qing Dynasty lacked everything, guns and guns, but there is one thing that will never be lacking, and that is people.
This sentence is taboo, but this place is in the concession, and it is not a big problem to say it.
But Yang Dong was still cautious and didn't dare to accept this words, and opened his mouth directly, wanting to transfer this topic; "With the rise of the North Sea Gang and the Black Tiger Gang, their business is getting bigger and bigger, and it's not just the business on this dock, they each have cigarette pipes, gambling houses, and flower boats,"
"It's sealed, all the cigarette pipes, gambling houses, and flower boats of the Beihai Gang have been sealed for me," Yang Qifeng's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to preach with a flat mouth; "What's the matter, if it's Chen Jiagou, I'm still afraid of him for three points,"
"Chen Changxing, the master of boxing, admired by the world, what does he help in Beihai,"
"Just find a crime and take all the leaders of the Beihai Gang to prison for me,"
"The Beihai Gang has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, and there will definitely be people who are interested, as long as all the leaders of the Beihai Gang are finished and the wealth is not taken, there will be officials who are not used to seeing the Beihai Gang doing evil," Yang Qifeng said calmly.
"This time, with the relationship between Prince Alcohol and Bai to give him benefits, it's time for him to show his strength,"
"Second young master, the slave understands," Yang Dong nodded, he said it was already clear.
"Go ahead and do it,"
"The second master has someone invited you to the banquet,"