Chapter 5: A New World of Scrolls
There was a concession in Shanghai, which was started by the Qing court in order to compromise the Opium War.
The Shanghai Concession was divided into the British Concession and the French Concession. Among them, the French Concession is independent of other concessions, while the British Concession and the American Concession form a joint concession, also known as the public concession.
The management of the public concession appears to be more chaotic, unlike the French concession, which is managed by the tycoons of the Green Gang.
With the ups and downs of many wars, the population of the public concession once exceeded one million, and the dragons and snakes were mixed.
The board of directors of the Ministry of Industry controlled the operation of the entire concession, and the British and Americans controlled the main management positions, which facilitated the looting of Chinese wealth, and the Japanese were still excluded from the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry. The Chinese, on the other hand, have two Chinese directors, so relatively speaking, the Japanese are not too arrogant at this time.
Of course, not being arrogant is also relative. Compared with the time of the invasion of China, the Japanese at this time were not too arrogant. However, at this time, the Japanese were already relatively arrogant powers in Shanghai.
Zhang Xiaofan tossed and turned, got up the next day, and went to the dock to move goods.
Three days later, in the evening, the elder brother came.
Seeing the senior brother and the fifth senior brother sitting by the bonfire, tomorrow's competition, Huo Tingen and Chen Zhen vs. Fujita Gang, can be described as extremely dangerous.
If Fujita had just been ruthless earlier, at least one of the two senior brothers and the fifth senior brother would have come out lying down, of course, it is more likely that both of them would come out lying down.
sat cross-legged all night, and when Chen Zhen left before dawn, Zhang Xiaofan also followed.
"Little junior brother, there is still a big gap in your martial arts......"
"Fumio Funakoshi is not the kind of person who is unreasonable," Zhang Xiaofan did not plan to tell the news that Fumio Funakoshi had returned to Japan, because it was meaningless.
After all, Fujita Gang replaced Fumio Funakoshi in the martial arts competition, and it was a decision made today, where did he get the news of selling coolies on a dock.
Chen Zhen was right to think about it, he was just accompanying the senior brother to the martial arts competition today, hoping that Fumio Funakoshi's subordinates would be merciful and not hurt or seriously injure the senior brother.
The two soon came to the martial arts hall, and many senior brothers and Uncle Nong breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Chen Zhen coming back, Chen Zhen's strength was still relatively recognized by everyone.
Tsuyoshi Fujita is known as a 'robot', which is characterized by its strong momentum and strong ability to resist hits. The routine is also the one of the army, straight to the point, you punch me, I don't move, I give you a kick back, and I want you to die.
When the senior brother and Fujita Gang competed, they were directly abused.
Chen Zhen has always been at a disadvantage, until he caught a flaw, and then he turned defeat into victory, relying more on his ability to be beaten, just like what he taught the martial arts hall disciples said, if you want to beat someone, you must first learn to be beaten. Chen Zhen, who Fujita just beats, is bleeding from internal injuries, but he can still persist in the fight to the end and not lose his voice, which is the spirit of martial arts.
"I can't go in?"
Zhang Xiaofan didn't expect to arrive at the door, but was blocked outside the Hongkou Dojo.
The reason is that I didn't receive an invitation.
Fujita Gang invited the owner of the Jingwu Sect, the senior brother had a challenge book, and Chen Zhen had a good reputation and could enter as a witness.
Zhang Xiaofan, no one has heard of it.
Okay, I'll wait here.
"Host, it's been less than 24 hours since the end of this world, you can leave early." Elf Xiao Ai reminded.
Zhang Xiaofan squatted under a tree opposite the Hongkou Dojo and asked, "How much time?" β
"18 hours and 37 minutes."
"It's six o'clock tomorrow morning?"
"Yes."
"Forget it, in that case, I'd better leave," Zhang Xiaofan turned around and reluctantly left the street, like a side alley.
"Sir, buy a newspaper!"
Zhang Xiaofan took out a silver dollar, put it in the hand of the child who sold the newspaper, rubbed his head, and said: "Little guy, while selling newspapers, remember to learn more words and strive to be a useful person." Now the country is in trouble......"
The newsboy listened to Zhang Xiaofan's chatter, but looking at the face of a silver dollar, he showed a flattering fake smile.
After Zhang Xiaofan finished speaking, he also smiled, but he didn't expect that he was also a nostalgic person, and this departure was goodbye.
The newsboy waited for Zhang Xiaofan to wave his hand, and immediately felt relaxed, he didn't expect that he could also receive a patriotic education by selling a newspaper.
"Hey, Song Jiaoren successfully completed the north-south dialogue, and left Shanghai to go north tonight? He's not dead yet? No, it's 1914...... Yuan Shikai died last year......"
"This world is really very different from the world I live in," Zhang Xiaofan was a little confused, why did he get such a newspaper.
After thinking about it again, I'm afraid that Senior Brother and Chen Zhen won't show up today, it's better to go to the train station to have a look first, if you can help, just help, stay in this world for a month, and make some contribution to this scroll world.
There are also more than a dozen silver dollars on his body, all of which are hard-earned money from hard work in the past few days.
After thinking about it, he turned around and went to Shanghai Railway Station.
There are several railway stations in Shanghai, among which the departure time written in Song Jiaoren's newspaper is Shanghai West Railway Station.
Shanghai West Station is next to the French Concession.
The lights are brilliant at night, the French Concession is mixed with dragons and snakes, and the black and white issues are managed by the green and red gangs.
"Buy cigarettes... Buy cigarettes..."
"Roasted sweet potato, do you want to taste it?"
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There were no ham sausages, no mineral water, and at the beginning of the 20th century, the little brother who sold cigarettes and a few big brothers who sold snacks surrounded the travelers who came in and out.
"Hey, thief!" As soon as Zhang Xiaofan sat down, he saw a man wearing a peaked cap on the opposite side carrying a suitcase, and when he squatted, he put the salute of a woman on the side of the road into his suitcase, which was really good.
Cap was a little surprised to see a man in a sweatshirt blocked in front of him, not because the sweatshirt was valuable, but because the shirt was neat and tidy, and the clothes were supported by a body of muscles.
"Put down the box and fuck off......"
"Fuck off? You let him roll there? β
Zhang Xiaofan didn't expect that he was just about to be a hero when he met the police, is it so timely that the police in this world appeared?
"Boy, get out of the way, this kid has been handed over to our two brothers......"
As soon as Zhang Xiaofan turned around, the two small suits had blocked the front and back of the cap.
One of them patted his waist, 'click', bulging.
"It turned out to be two patrol brothers, please!"
Zhang Xiaofan had no choice but to back down.
"I didn't expect the patrol in the French Concession to be so powerful, as soon as the thief appeared, he came out here."
"Brother, brother, my own people ......"
As soon as Zhang Xiaofan sat down, he saw a familiar figure walking over.
"That guy was ...... Lu Liangwei ......"
Zhang Xiaofan felt like his heart was about to jump out.
"Could it be...... This man is ...... Du Yuesheng, no, no, it should be Lu Yuesheng. β
Zhang Xiaofan quickly recalled the plot in his mind: "Song Jiaoren has already gotten into the car, and the assassin is not the embarrassed defeated soldier Wu Shiying in history, but the disciple of the Green Gang Wu Shiying. And the place of assassination was not when Song Jiaoren was sent on the train, but in the train car. β
The plot in "The Emperor of Shanghai" is imagined little by little.
Tang Shanli Lu Yuesheng got to know a lot of brothers in order to like to fight unevenly, and at the beginning, in order to get a settlement fee for his sister-in-law, he was beaten by Huang Quanrong's men to recuperate for half a year, and then slowly got better. Then he leaned on Huang Quanrong.
Because of tonight's Song Jiaoren case, Huang Quanrong became famous, and Lu Yuesheng won Huang Quanrong's favor, but it also caused the jealousy of Huang Quanrong's other dog-legged Hou Fei.
Later, Huang Quanrong and Lu Yuesheng made a fortune and became tycoons in order to come forward to mediate the warlord Yuan Xiaojun's interception of the French opium and film incident.
Huang Quanrong was the son of Lu Yongxiang, the overseer, and Lu Yuesheng went to the Fengjun Commander Bi Shuzheng to intercede, but he also got into the sixth child of Fuchun Building, and was further blackmailed by Lu Yongxiang and Bi Shuzheng.
However, the warlords fought in a melee, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. In the end, Bi Shuzheng and Lu Yongxiang stepped down and were retaliated and killed by Lu Yuesheng.
Then in 1927, Lu Yuesheng helped Lao Chiang suppress the workers, trade unions, communists, etc.
Later, in the sequel, the Anti-Japanese War began, but later he fell out with Lao Jiang, and in desperation, he and his old lover Meng Xiaodong went to Hong Kong, and after getting married, they ended up hateful.
This movie is star-studded, not to mention Lu Liangwei and Ye Tong, the golden boy and girl on the screen, Cao Shan played by Tang Zhenye in the Five Tigers, and General Gu played by Miao Qiaowei are extremely eye-catching. Liu Jialing and Siqin Gaowa have good acting skills, He Jiaju and Xu Jinjiang are both old actors, and their superb acting skills add three points to the movie.
The thoughts of the memories are interrupted.
It turned out that at some point, Meng Xiaodong came out, and when he saw Lu Yuesheng who was gambling money, he was disheartened, quarreled, and wanted to go home.
"Hey......" Zhang Xiaofan took out all the money in his pocket.
"This brother, what are you?"
Zhang Xiaofan smiled mysteriously and said: "Brother Lu is chivalrous and righteous, even if I Zhang is in the British Concession, I have heard a lot, today I see that Brother Lu is in a hurry, and it is an honor for me Zhang to be able to help." Please Brother Lu don't refuse, since you are leaving Shanghai, please get on the train quickly, please! β
Although Lu Yuesheng knew that he had a reputation, he didn't expect that he would be known by the people in the British Concession, and it seemed that his face was not small, because the ocean handed over by the man in front of him was more than ten yuan.
"Thank you, thank you! Unconsulted, brother daimyo? β
"Jingwu Sect disciple Zhang Xiaofan."
"It turned out to be Huo Siye's protΓ©gΓ©, I have been looking up for a long time!"
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Zhang Xiaofan sent Lu Yuesheng and Meng Xiaodong on the train, and he took the opportunity to board the platform, because Song Jiaoren bought a train ticket to Beijing, and Lu Yuesheng bought a train ticket to the south, they dispersed, so they said goodbye.
"This brother has borrowed ......"
As soon as Zhang Xiaofan got on the train, he saw a man in railway overalls pressing his hat and walking towards Song Jiaoren's private room, which was the appearance of an assassin. It's worth it, if I don't show up. I'm standing here, and I'm still letting you succeed, so wouldn't it be in vain for me to wait all afternoon.
"Check the ticket."
The guard at the door nodded, Zhang Xiaofan snorted, he forgot about this stupid fat man.
It's time to strike.
"There are assassins!" Zhang Xiaofan was the first to shout, and as he spoke, the short blade in his hand flew towards the back of the assassin's head.
"Snap" fell to the ground.
I haven't practiced hidden weapons, only to find that not everyone can play with the handle of the knife and smash it on the back of the head at this moment, which is useless.
"He's an assassin," Zhang Xiaofan was still pity for his flying knife just now, and then saw that the fat guard actually pulled out his gun and shot at him.
"Nyima ......"
"Bang!"
A backer collided, knocked open the wooden door next to him, and listened to a 'bang bang bang' for a burst of gunfire.
Before falling unconscious, Zhang Xiaofan had only one thought: "When the assassin is discovered, shouldn't he kill the target first and then commit suicide?" Why are you so unlucky......"