The next day is the eighth day of the first month, the day when Hong Sheng sits in the hall and passes on the throne.

Liangkun accompanied the prince to Hongsheng's territory in Cheung Sha Wan.

Located between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan was originally a long sandy beach before reclamation, hence its name.

Hong Sheng's source of profit is relatively simple, and the biggest source of income is the Yaliao Street flea market, where protection fees and underground gambling stalls support Hong Sheng's family and their hundreds of younger brothers.

As "his own person", the crown prince was invited to the ceremony of succession to the throne of Hong Sheng's hall. - In fact, it was not the prince who was invited, but the identity of the prince, the representative of Hongxing's leading leader.

Liangkun followed the prince and also came to the ceremony, but the prince had a seat, and Liangkun could only stand behind the prince.

Hong Sheng Xiangtang's dress is similar to that of Liang Kun when he was in office, Hong Huating, the five ancestors of the front, middle and back......

It's just that the red stick enshrined is not a red lacquered wooden stick, but a gold lacquered dragon head and phoenix tail stick, and a red silk flower is tied at the head and tail of the stick.

First of all, the ceremony of washing hands of Jiang Tianzong's golden basin in front of Hong Sheng, and then the succession. Jiang Tianzong's eldest son, "Darong" Jiang Guangrong, knelt in front of the platform and took the dragon head and phoenix tail stick in Jiang Tianzong's hands with both hands, indicating that Jiang Guangrong took over the position of Hong Sheng's hall.

Liangkun noticed that at the moment when Jiang Guangrong took over, Jiang Tianzong's second son Jiang Guangliang and third son Jiang Guangyi's faces were very ugly, but the eldest Jiang Guangzhou was excited.

After the ceremony, on the way to the restaurant, Liangkun asked the prince in a low voice: "Are our four sons born to a mother?" How can there still be brotherly discord? ”

The prince looked at Liangkun with a rare and strange expression, and whispered: "Haven't you watched Cantonese opera?" Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanba are also compatriots of the same mother, aren't they killing each other? ”

Liangkun said: "I see that Darong is dignified, not angry and arrogant, and he is born with a sitting appearance, and it is difficult for his two younger brothers to fight him." ”

The prince snorted, "There is such a thing as sitting in the hall, and I don't know until I fight." ”

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After Hong Sheng's throne ceremony, it was a banquet, and more than 30 tables were set up at the banquet, and Jiang Tianzong directly took down the entire restaurant.

Not only Hongxing, but also some other Chaozhou gang associations also sent people to congratulate, but some associations did not receive an invitation to watch the ceremony, just go to the restaurant to eat.

Li Zhentang, the uncle of Zhongxinyi, is one of them, as the only one who is still active in the rivers and lakes, he is a representative of Zhongxinyi.

And Ma Jiaozai's uncle, the "Hong Kong gambling king" Hong Guang, is another situation - not only does he not have a good relationship with Hong Sheng, but also has a lot of contradictions. Even attending today's scene can be regarded as uninvited.

Ma Jiao Tsai is Macau, and Ma Jiao Tsai is a Macau community in Hong Kong. Macau has always been known as the "land of nine antis", and the Ma Jiao Tsai who dares to fight is strong in Hong Kong, and the Lian Lok Tong (single meaning), the United Ying Society (Lianzitou), and Tongxinhe (the same prefix) are also called "Shan, Ma, Lian, Tong", collectively known as the "Four Great", which is second only to Hung Hing, Dongxing, and Hezitou.

Hong Guang is known as the "Hong Kong gambling king", on the one hand, it is to pay tribute to the Macau gambling king Ho Hongsheng, and on the other hand, he is absolutely confident in his power in the gambling world, which comes from his identity - the chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Sparrow Chamber of Commerce.

In 1955, the British government in Hong Kong prepared to legislate a total ban on gambling. As a result, the owners of mahjong parlors in Hong Kong and Kowloon established the "Hong Kong and Kowloon Sparrow Chamber of Commerce" to deal with this crisis. When no one dared to serve as the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce to fight for the living space of the British government in Hong Kong, Hong Guangmao recommended himself and acted as a leader to carry out lobbying activities to the British government in Hong Kong. After four months of lobbying, the British government approved the legalization of mahjong parlors in 1956. There are 144 mahjong cards in a deck, so the British government of Hong Kong issued 144 mahjong parlor licenses, and Hung Kwong's Hung Kee Mahjong Parlor in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, is the first licensed mahjong parlor in Hong Kong. At that time, the mahjong hall was still very elegantly called a mahjong school, so playing mahjong was also called "paying tuition".

It can be said that as long as they engage in underground casinos, they are all enemies of Hongguang. Hongsheng's underground casino is the largest, and the contradiction with Hongguang is the greatest.

To use an image analogy, the contradiction between Hong Guang and Hong Sheng is the contradiction between official prostitutes and private prostitutes. One has to pay taxes according to the rules and regulations and follow the rules of the government, but can attract guests openly; The other doesn't have to pay taxes and doesn't have to worry about government regulations, but it can only be done on the sly. Both sides feel that it is the other party that squeezes their living space.

Guo Degang said: "Only between peers is naked hatred. "Honestly!

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Before the banquet, it is usually the entertainment time of mahjong and Tianjiu.

Hongsheng's restaurant holds a license from the Bird Club, and can openly provide mahjong tables and Tianjiu tables for guests to entertain, but the host cannot pump water to guests like holding a mahjong hall license, that is, "pure entertainment".

Hong Guang did not choose mahjong, but gambled on Tianjiu. The companion was Jiang Tianzong's second son, Jiang Guangliang.

Not long after gambling, Jiang Guangliang's head was sweating, because Hong Guang's winning rate was really terrifying, and 200,000 Hong Kong dollars were transferred from Jiang Guangliang's front to Hong Guang's face in a while.

After listening to the report of the younger brother, Jiang Guangrong came to Hong Guang's side and said: "Master Hong, you are an old-timer, it makes no sense that I just became a seat in the hall today, so give me a dismount, right?" ”

Hong Guang stared at the table, did not look at the cards, but felt the cards with his fingers, felt almost, stretched out his hand to turn over the cards, "Tiankong." ”

After Hong Guang collected the money won in this game, he turned his head and said to Jiang Guangrong: "That's how to gamble, if you open the door, you can afford to lose." If you can't afford to lose, don't play at all, so as not to make people laugh. ”

After speaking, Hong Guang got up and left the Tianjiu table and left directly.

The prince who was playing cards at the same table and Liangkun who was watching next to him looked at each other and smiled.

Hong Guang, as the chairman of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Sparrow Chamber of Commerce, has left the level of the old boy, but has the identity of the boss. Wherever his mahjong parlor opens, he pays protection money to the community wherever it is, not limited to Ma Jiaozai's family; The club that collected his protection money was obliged to escort his mahjong parlor.

Out of dissatisfaction with Hongsheng, there is not a single licensed mahjong parlor on the entire Hongsheng territory. The owners of the flea market on Apliu Street want to gamble and have fun, so in addition to going to Hongsheng's underground casino, they can only go to the mahjong parlors on the territory of other associations. Invisibly, it weakened Hong Sheng's financial resources.

Jiang Guangrong's ascension to the throne not only did not bridge the contradiction between Jiang Tianzong and Hong Guang when he was in power, but made this contradiction even more intense. This is the prince's chance.