Chapter 261: Three Years Ago
(Still on a hard business trip, still two chapters, 4 chapters owed!) )
In fact, anarchism came from Europe, and after the end of the first stop, due to the gradual recovery of industrial and agricultural production in European countries after the war, some of their orders to the ugly countries were reduced or even stopped, and the economies of the ugly countries experienced a brief recession.
In the declining United States, the middle and lower classes are living in increasingly difficult conditions, and popular strikes and demonstrations are occurring from time to time.
Wall Street, which took over the status of the world's financial center from the Sunset Empire at that time, became the target of public criticism.
Wall Street's ugly "Fortune Street" has also aroused the hatred of some anarchists against this place.
Beginning in 1920, anarchists and socialists organized protests on Wall Street, mainly against poverty and unemployment, and frustration and anger at the monopoly of wealth by the big banking system.
They claim to take over Wall Street and get rid of the bigwigs who suck the wealth of ordinary people.
However, these protests did not attract widespread attention from the community.
It was only when the sporadic protests finally gave rise to the biggest attack on the country's soil at the time——— the bombing on Wall Street, that it caused a global shock.
It was the autumn of three years ago, and Li Yaoyang was still an unknown little boss in Chinatown at that time.
At that time, a red carriage laden with explosives drove slowly to the Stonewall Building on Wall Street, home to MG's headquarters and the world's largest and most influential financial institution.
The coachman left the unattended carriage and fled the scene.
Seconds later, a huge explosion shook downtown Manhattan.
Shards of glass were scattered from all directions, smashing on people's bodies, and there was a carnage everywhere.
The horse was blown to pieces, and the horse's head was found not far from the explosion, and the horse's hooves were blown several blocks away.
At that time, Chris Hunt also wrote an article himself, detailing the scene of the crime:
The blue sky suddenly darkened——— a terrible lightning bolt suddenly appeared, and the busiest corner of the American financial center instantly turned into a ruin, hundreds of people were seriously injured and dying, and people turned pale with fright, and felt inexplicable fear in their hearts......
Overlooking Wall Street, between the Treasury sub-Treasury and MG, a yellow-green mushroom cloud slowly rises into the air, rising to a height of 100 feet, and the air is filled with choking soot.
Wall Street was clearly unprepared for the sudden explosion, which killed 30 people and injured 130.
The explosion caused the entire Wall Street to tremble violently, and the violent elements finally announced their occupation of Wall Street in an extreme way.
Li Yaoyang has reason to suspect that this crazy bombing case was probably done by Cecil and his gang.
In Chris Hunt's report, there were two victims, one was a private restaurateur whose restaurant was located near Wall Street and was doing a thriving business.
And this boss also became a millionaire because of the success of his business.
But unlike ordinary financiers, he gradually accumulated wealth with his hard-working hands.
Wall Street made him and buried him.
He had gone to the wrong place at the wrong time that day, and with a loud "boom", the millionaire was blown to pieces.
The other deceased was a young messenger who happened to run near the wagon carrying explosives and crashed into the explosion.
The powerful shock wave tossed him high and slammed him to the ground, but he still clung to the securities he was carrying, and did not take his last breath until he entrusted them to passers-by and handed them over to their destination.
Wall Street's elite who escaped the disaster were glad that the explosion had occurred just before the lunch break, and if it had occurred during the midday rush hour and everyone flocked out of the workplace, the consequences would have been devastating.
MG Bank was the target of the explosion, which was closest to the explosion site, and it is reasonable that the casualties and losses should have been the greatest.
Fortunately, just a few days before the incident, all the windows in the bank building were fitted with metal guardrails.
Otherwise, the banks would have been miserable after the big bang.
Thanks to the metal guardrails, only one employee of the entire bank was killed.
I heard that the son of the elder MG, Junius, was injured, and the grandson had some flesh scrapes on his hands and buttocks.
And he himself was on vacation across the Atlantic, unscathed.
The culprit was never found, and within minutes of the explosion, ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars arrived at the scene to rescue the dead and injured.
The police searched for blast remnants in a block or two, and then based on the evidence obtained, launched a nationwide investigation.
Among them, some of the leaflets received by the post office before and after the explosion became the most valuable evidence.
The leaflets, found in mailboxes near Wall Street, have some connection to the time of the explosion.
The flyer reads:
"We can't tolerate it any longer, release all the zzy criminals, or death will be yours."
The leaflet reads:
"Anarchists."
Investigators believe the explosion was linked to the anarchists, but the police did not find conclusive evidence to prove which anarchists were responsible.
Slowly, a man named Edwin came into the police's sights.
He was a lawyer and a professional tennis player in his youth.
He is quite active on Wall Street, and his business scope is closely related to Wall Street.
The man was a bit arrogant, and two weeks before the explosion, he told people that there would soon be an explosion on Wall Street, near MG.
He also asserted the date of the event, a statement that was a day earlier than the actual date of the explosion.
On the day of the bombing, he was far away in Canada.
And his brother-in-law, knowing that the explosion was indeed on Wall Street, came to him in a panic and asked if the case was related to him.
Edwin was speechless for a long time, he knew that the joke was too big, and he should go back to China immediately to clarify.
Later, the police interrogated him in great detail, found nothing suspicious, and thought it was most likely a coincidence, so they released him.
In fact, the incident eventually became an unsolved case, and after 20 years, the perpetrator was still not found, and the police had to abandon the investigation of the case.
However, Li Yaoyang knew, or was basically sure, that the prisoners were among the people in front of him, or that they were the masterminds behind the scenes, and the main culprits were hidden by them.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder, he had a feeling of going deep into the lair of poisonous snakes, and he was lured in step by step, he was now beginning to worry, once he showed an attitude of resistance, would he be killed and killed?
Although he has a gun on him and a certain ability to protect himself, his two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and he really thinks that the beating is a movie, and they are all on one by one?
Crucially, he wasn't sure if they had guns on them, and that there must be security guards hiding in the house.
If it really starts, he can't escape no matter what!