Chapter 6 The Capture of Foch Road
"Where am I?"
"This is Our Lady Guangci Hospital, Mr. Zhang, are you awake, are you feeling better?"
"You are?"
"I'm a nurse at Guangci Hospital, Ruan Qinhao, you helped me catch a thief at the train station, do you remember?"
"Is that you?"
Zhang Xiaofan remembered that that night, the cap stole the nurse's suitcase, and also made himself pay attention to Lu Yuesheng, and even more noticed the change of the location of the assassination in the Song Jiaoren case, although this was just a small trick, but it changed the history of this scroll world.
"Thank you!"
"What do you thank me?" The nurse's face was red, and her round face was not too pretty, but her eyebrows were clear, and her smile was quite good-looking with a row of small broken teeth.
Zhang Xiaofan stopped talking, because there was no way to continue, and he couldn't tell you that because of you, he had a chance to stop the assassin.
"Brother Zhang woke up?" The door was pushed open by a person, and a big fat man walked in, smiling all over his face, looking extremely friendly.
"Mr. Huang?"
A patrolman moved a chair, Huang Quanrong sat down, waved his hand, and the goose-faced little nurse hurriedly left.
Huang Quanrong took off the gentleman's hat at this time, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang is really young and promising, and he is worthy of being the protΓ©gΓ© of the fourth master of the Jingwu Sect." β
Jingwumen Huo Laosi is still very famous in Shanghai, and the boss of the green/red gang has to give three points of face, and at this time, Huang Quanrong is just the chief inspector of the patrol house in the French Concession, and his fame has not yet reached its heyday, so naturally it is not as big as it was later.
Zhang Xiaofan has countless questions in his heart, but he has to face Huang Quanrong carefully, after all, this is a character who can shake three times by stomping his feet on the beach.
Huang Quanrong came here for only one purpose, Zhang Xiaofan was able to stop the assassins, all because of Huang Quanrong's help, or in other words, Zhang Xiaofan was Huang Quanrong's dark line. In short, this credit Huang Quanrong wants to pass. The compensation for Zhang Xiaofan is to arrange him with a decent enough position in the French Concession, and he still needs to apply to his superiors.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't know much about his current situation, so he had no choice, and when he sent Huang Quanrong away, he asked the system elf Xiao Ai in his mind.
"You were injured at the time, because you triggered the hidden quest to rescue Song Jiaoren, and now you have entered the hidden scroll world "The Emperor of Shanghai in the Years", and there are three main quests: First, rescue Song Jiaoren successfully left Shanghai, and it has been completed. Second, to help Lu Yuesheng become a Shanghai tycoon, untriggered has failed (because Lu Yuesheng has left Shanghai Tang), and third, to become one of the three tycoons in Shanghai (because the second mission failed, the third task has been changed). β
"What is the third mission of this movie world?"
"Assassinate Yuan Xiaojun who threw himself into Japan."
"Well, when I didn't say it."
Zhang Xiaofan touched his chest, the pain was still relatively strong, sighed secretly, and asked: "Xiao Ai, can you give me a little healing medicine there, the gunshot wound is really uncomfortable, it's still summer, in case I get infected?" β
"It's okay, a healing potion costs one plot point or ten martial arts points, how are you going to buy it?"
"What are the plot points and martial arts values?"
"Story points are the system points that you will be rewarded for completing the story, which can be used to purchase mission items or exempt from mission failure penalties in story missions. Martial arts points are the activities you carry out in the movie world, the changes caused to the movie world, the system points obtained, relatively abstract, more specific, directly kill an enemy soldier, you can get a point of martial arts. β
"Xiao Ai, then how many plot points and martial arts values do I have now?"
"Brother Xiaofan, there are a total of forty plot points and 1,500 martial arts points."
"Xiao Ai, you can't be mistaken, right?"
Zhang Xiaofan's brain turned directly into paste.
Xiao Ai grinned and explained, "You have completed a total of three missions and triggered hidden missions, and each task in the human world has a minimum of ten plot points. And the martial arts value is mainly because you saved Song Jiaoren, subdued the assassins, and changed the world a lot, this is still because Song Jiaoren can't live this year, if he lives longer, your martial arts value will be higher. β
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "You say, Song Jiaoren will still be assassinated?" β
"It's not an assassination, it's the historical inertia of the human-level scroll world, which will make him die and avoid affecting the plot of this world. I don't know the exact method of death. β
"Isn't this "The Grim Reaper is Coming", no matter what, Song Jiaoren is dead anyway?"
"Yes."
Zhang Xiaofan had to be patient and think about his own affairs, since this world can't be changed by itself, then change yourself.
Lu Yuesheng left and stayed by himself.
And Huang Quanrong just exchanged terms with himself, that is, he promised to give him the credit, and he gave himself a decent job in return.
Huang Quanrong hinted that he could be promoted to the post of director of the patrol room of the sub-bureau.
Because of the beginning of the First World War, the size of the French Concession increased several times, and it was located in the south of the Public Concession, close to the Huangpu River.
The main agencies administering the French Concession were the Public Board of Directors, the Patrol House, the Judicial Office, the Prison and Road Bureau.
During the Taiping War, a large number of refugees poured in, the number of Chinese gradually increased, gangs arose, and now the management has to add the green and red gangs.
The most famous in the French Concession are Mansion Road and Xiafei Road, which are the most prosperous places in the French Concession.
In order to safeguard the interests of the French here, at the beginning, a patrol room was set up here, which was under the jurisdiction of the consul, with three arrest heads, 18 patrol arresters, one warden, one secretary, one traffic inspector, and five Chinese employees. Later, it was different from the patrol house of the British Concession, and it was renamed here: Police Department.
The Police Force has one chief inspector, four chief arresters and 20 patrol officers. Because the rights of the French Concession continue to exaggerate and the population increases, the power of the police force is also increasing.
Nowadays, the police department has been on an equal footing with the Public Board of Directors, directly under the jurisdiction of the Consul General of the French Embassy in China, with a chief and deputy director, six chief inspectors, under the jurisdiction of the Secretariat, the Detective Department, the Political Department and other units, and there are six sub-divisions of the Central Committee, Xiaodongmen, Mailan, Xiafei, Petain, Foch, etc. It has more than 1,000 people under its jurisdiction and is patrolling and arresting.
And Huang Quanrong's current position is the position of the chief inspector of the chief inspector of the detective department, if Song Jiaoren really has an accident, Huang Quanrong should investigate and deal with it within a time limit, and now there is no major incident, so naturally I have to thank Zhang Xiaofan.
It's a pity that Zhang Xiaofan's identity makes Huang Quanrong have a lot of scruples.
Jingwumen Huo Laosi's name is not only in Shanghai, but even in the whole country, Huang Quanrong didn't dare to take credit casually, but fortunately, in the past two days, he inquired clearly, this Zhang Xiaofan has only been apprenticed for more than a month, and he is not even a disciple of Jingwumen, which gives him a chance.
Give Zhang Xiaofan an undercover identity, and then gag his mouth with credit, and then he will be able to eat the most delicious cake. Don't dare to expect too much, as long as you can have the title of deputy director, it is enough to expand your power by another three points.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't wait long, and two days later, a Frenchman came over with a translator and a few patrols for questioning, all of whom confessed to Huang Quanrong for a long time.
After another two days, the position of catching the head of a sub-bureau fell on Zhang Xiaofan's head, although it was only the Foch Road sub-bureau, in the French-new concession, the area under its jurisdiction was all ordinary people, but it could be regarded as an official.
It took another 10 days before I was told that I could be discharged from the hospital.
Zhang Xiaofan woke up and took the pills exchanged for the system that night, three pills for three consecutive days, and he was directly cured, but in order not to be too shocking to the world, the surface wound still healed slowly.
"It's a pity, Chen Zhen is still gone," Zhang Xiaofan said, holding a newspaper that said that Jingwumen announced its relocation yesterday and moved to Guangzhou.
It's Uncle Nong's attention.
Zhang Xiaofan knew that a few years later, the senior brother would go to Nanyang to spread Chinese martial arts, and he would settle in Nanyang in the future.
But I still have to go back, no matter what, it is the first place I came to this world.
First reported to the Central Patrol House, signed by the superintendent, and then was taken by a Frenchman to the Fox Road Capture House to take up his post.
The number of settlers in the French Concession has reached 150,000, and the floating population has doubled or tripled. It is certainly not enough for only six patrol houses and more than 1,000 patrol houses to manage the French Concession of Nuoda.
The function of the gang is revealed.
The black and thin Chen Xiaodao insisted on giving himself this name, just because the gang of the Xiaodao Club was too famous in Shanghai, and he gave such a name, which was enough to offset the shortcomings of his thin body. In addition, every time he fights, he works hard, and he earns a position as a patrol chief in the fishing house on Foch Road.
Today, a new boss sent down from above, I heard that he has made a great contribution and was promoted from the dark line, the background is Jingwumen, Huo Siye has been dead for a long time, Huo Siye's son Huo Tingen also migrated to Guangzhou, leaving some lonely widows and thin to guard the door.
Zhang Xiaofan sat in the car, because he didn't know French, so he didn't have the desire to communicate with the French, thinking about the details of the fishing house on Foch Road that he had gotten.
There are more than 3,000 households in the jurisdiction, which is equivalent to the size of a later township, but this township and other townships are closely linked, inseparable, and even intertwined.
There were 160 patrols under his command, and the five inspectors each brought 15 of them, leaving 20 patrols for themselves. There were two clerks, a clerk and a warden. The rest were the French Catcher, who was on his equal, and his sixty foreign patrols.
The French were mainly in charge of the affairs of the aliens, since there were more than fifty foreigners among the three thousand inhabitants.
Sixty people serve a population of fifty families, and this is how the colonizers are treated.
And I need to use 100 people to manage 3,000 families, and the difficulty can be imagined.
"Chen Xiaodao, the ability to cause trouble is not small, but he is a fierce general; Hou Jixiang, with average ability, is just an expert in money, and he hands in the most offerings each time, and Huang Quanrong specially recommended it; Pan Longgen, the godson of an old man in the Qing Gang, was put on this Foch Road for retirement because his ability was not strong. He Yecheng, the nephew of the boss of Chen's spinning factory, has a relationship with the French director and needs to be taken care of. Xu Kuohai, who has been transferred to the central fishing house for a month, is a newcomer like himself. β
followed the French guy out of the car, the five inspectors and the French catcher all stood outside to greet him, and the five inspectors must have greeted him, but after the French catcher and the Frenchman hugged, he didn't say a word to himself, and then the two went back to the room.
Zhang Xiaofan's face darkened suddenly, even if he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run, you sent me to take office, but he didn't say a word and ran away with his fellow countrymen.
Isn't this a clear way to tell others that it's not safe to be in this position? However, after Zhang Xiaofan snorted coldly, he really didn't have stage fright, he lived with a mask in the ten-mile field, who was afraid of whom.
Zhang Xiaofan smiled and talked to the five inspectors, and took out his appointment letter, after all, this is the proof that he came here, if he doesn't take it out today, he may not be able to use this to attack him in the future.
just took out the letter of appointment, which made it even more weak.
The five inspectors were quite face-saving, and invited themselves to the reception banquet in the evening.
"It's okay to have a reception, I still have a gunshot wound on my body, I shouldn't drink, and when my body is better, I must have a good drink with everyone." Zhang Xiaofan looked at the sneers that several people couldn't hide anymore, and slowly walked back to his head-catching office.
None of the five inspectors came in to report on their work.
"Xiao Zhang, come in," Zhang Xiaofan called directly.
Zhang Fengyun and Zhang Xiaofan are the only secretaries of the entire Foch Road Capture House, and they are also their own translators, who know a little French and are not too proficient.
"Boss, you called me?" Secretary Zhang is still a young man, and he went to school quite well, but his old father suddenly died of an emergency, so he had to find a job to support his family.
Zhang Xiaofan smiled, took out a bag, and said: "Xiao Zhang, what about me, I'm not feeling well, you also know that I can't get together with everyone, I don't want to go, you take these oceans, it's okay to divide them together, or buy some things for everyone to supplement some household use, count me as a new head catcher to give everyone an apology, don't dislike too little!" β
The young man didn't come for long, the previous secretary was transferred away with the previous catcher, and he was also forcibly promoted by the new patrolman, took the money bag, thanked him, and asked if there was any other need, and when Zhang Xiaofan waved his hand, he retreated uncertainly.
The old man Taizu said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun.
There are too few people who can control it themselves.
Time ticked and slipped away.
Ten days.
It has been 10 days since he took office, and Zhang Xiaofan has been living in the patrol room, and every day he calls out 22 people who belong to him, lines up, runs, and practices grappling and marksmanship.
Ten days passed, and the effect was not visible, and the bullets in the Foch Road substation ran out.
"When you run out, you go to the general fishing room to ask for it, why do you still have any questions?" Zhang Xiaofan has spent ten days to let the patrols below know what kind of person he is. Usually the majesty is not heavy, but once the requirements are not completed, or shirk or something like that, Zhang Xiaofan will beat people.
So there is not one of the twenty-two who is not afraid.
Secretary Xiao Zhang had a bitter face and said, "Boss, I have to go to the chief fishing room to get supplies, and you and Old Gail need to sign together." β
Zhang Xiaofan's face was ugly, and he asked, "Why doesn't he want to sign?" β
Secretary Zhang said: "We used our guns and ammunition, and they still have inventory, so naturally they don't need to collect them, they don't need to collect them, how can this old Gail help us sign?" β
"Since he doesn't sign, let's train tomorrow, can't we just use his guns?"
Zhang Xiaofan didn't mind borrowing a colleague's stuff at all, not to mention that this was a public property, not a Frenchman's own.
The next day, when the training began, Zhang Xiaofan kicked open the French storeroom, and everyone finally saw that the new boss was not only ruthless to his subordinates, but also unkind to foreigners.
The wooden door an inch back kicked open.
What a lot of strength it takes to put this on your feet.
Seeing that the new boss walked in calmly, the patrols passing by suddenly dispersed.
Some went to tell their inspector the news, while others hurried out to escape the impending storm.
"Boss?"
"All move to our warehouse," Zhang Xiaofan waved his hand, and twenty-two people patrolled in groups of two, and began to carry them.
The sky is falling, there is a tall man on top, and this matter can't be dealt with on his head, after all, he is just a small patrol, and everyone has such a belief, and soon moved the ammunition from the French storehouse to the Chinese patrol storehouse opposite.
"Bastard, you stupid pig, yellow-skinned monkey, you guys stop!" The Frenchman finally appeared when he was patrolling and carrying for the second time.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at this Frenchman who was disheveled, and a cheongsam kiln sister behind him, and smiled on his face.
"Although I don't understand what this Frenchman is saying, I need to laugh, because laughing shows that I am not hostile."
The Frenchman cursed, only to find that the yellow-skinned monkey in front of him did not understand French, and said word by word in his broken Chinese: "Stop, tell them to stop!" β
"Brother Gael, this is not going to work, didn't you notice that the door to your storeroom was broken? If these bullets are left in your storeroom, they will be stolen by rats. β
Frenchman Gale gritted his teeth and scolded a few more words in French, and then found that it was useless, dragged over the translator who had just appeared, pointed at Zhang Xiaofan, and said a big call to him.
The translator was a Chinese, who ran over with his head down, smiled flatteringly, and cried and begged: "Mr. Zhang, stop quickly, this is a French thing, and if you do this, it will be easy to get into trouble for you." β
Zhang Xiaofan patted the translator's shoulder with a smile, pointed at the Frenchman Gale, and said, "You told him that the door of this warehouse was broken and could not be used, and I moved it out to protect the safety of the guns and bullets." β
Frenchman Gale can understand Chinese, perhaps Zhang Xiaofan's smile infected him, making his tone not so urgent, and continued to say in broken Chinese word by word: "Didn't you kick the door of our warehouse?" β
"Brother Gael, you may have wronged me, this door is not false because I kicked it badly, but the main reason is that this door is not strong. How could such a poor door defend such an important gun and ammunition material? Zhang Xiaofan argued.
Gale also thought of this question at this time, and couldn't help asking, "How can you kick a sturdy door?" β
"Because the door of this warehouse is made of tofu dregs, the level is too bad, so the supplies are only safe when they are delivered to us."
Zhang Xiaofan looked at the French Yankee's puzzled and surprised eyes, smiled and turned away, not ready to explain, because at this time, Xiao Zhang's twenty-two people had already emptied the French Yankee's warehouse.