Leaving the Lingya Branch, Jiang Guangrong asked Liu Huanrong, "Where are we going now?" ”

Liu Huanrong asked rhetorically, "Do you have a place to go?" ”

Jiang Guangrong said: "Then let's leave Kaohsiung directly." Brother Zhong doesn't need to say goodbye there, those three gunshots are the best goodbye. ”

Along the Zhongshan Expressway, the whole journey is 360 kilometers, and before dawn, the car has already driven into the downtown area of Taipei.

When passing by Taichung, Jiang Guangrong also asked Liu Huanrong if he wanted to get off the highway and go to Taichung.

Liu Huanrong said: "I also go to Taipei. Go and see what the world is different about. ”

Jiang Guangrong said: "I landed in Taiwan in Lukang, you are a child of Taichung Military Village, now we are going to Taipei, this song should be quite suitable for us." ”

Jiang Guangrong pressed the car stereo, and a singing voice with a broken gong voice came from inside:

"Taipei is not the golden paradise I imagined, and there is no dream in the city."

Liu Huanrong said: "I heard that the eldest brother you worship in Taipei is also a child of the military village in Taichung, can you introduce him to me?" ”

Jiang Guangrong said: "It's just not easy to explain the name, I reported your name to him at that time." ”

After listening to this song "Lukang Town", the tape moved on to the next song "Love Song 1980":

"You used to say to me / You will always love me / Love is this thing I understand / But what will always be"

Liu Huanrong said: "Listen to the song just now!" ”

Taiwan has developed rapidly in recent years, the urbanization process has been accelerating, and more and more farmers have come to the cities. At the same time of prosperity, more and more problems are exposed, young people from small places stand in the metropolis, prosperity and neon are incompatible with them, and the unknown future makes them feel dissatisfied and fearful, and more are confused and lost.

Luo Dayou's song "Lukang Town" sings the hearts of all grassroots groups in Taiwan at this time, singing their shouts and roars, as well as questioning and torture of the authorities' economic development policies.

Liu Huanrong said in a sarcastic tone: "The authorities haven't banned this song yet!" ”

Jiang Guangrong couldn't understand what Liu Huanrong was saying at all.

Liu Huanrong explained: "Economic development is a policy set by Xiao Jiang, and this kind of song that openly questions national policies is at least a three-year tour of Green Island in the past. In recent years, the control of speech has become more and more relaxed, and it is no longer like the beginning, when you can directly arrest people by saying something bad to the party-state. Perhaps, in a few years, martial law will be lifted. ”

……

Liangkun was writing in the office of Charles Club, when suddenly the phone rang, and Liangkun grabbed the phone.

"What? The dragon head is dead? I haven't heard of any problems with the faucet! After Liangkun heard the news, he was shocked and couldn't believe it.

The prince on the other end of the phone said: "It's not that I'm sick, but I was killed by a burglar." ”

Liangkun asked, "What about the yellow kitten?" Isn't he a close protection faucet? ”

The prince said: "That thief is very skilled, Huang Xiaomei is not the opponent of the other party at all, and he was also seriously injured by the other party, and now he is still lying in Hailufeng Hospital for first aid." ”

Liangkun asked, "What about the murderer?" ”

The prince said: "The dragon head is dead, the yellow kitten is seriously injured and unconscious, no one can identify the murderer, and now the mainland public security is investigating the case!" ”

Liangkun asked, "Then what do you want us to do now?" ”

The prince said: "The dragon's head returned to Hailufeng, originally to return to the roots, of course, it was buried in the local area!" The executive committee said that all the hall owners who have a homecoming permit and can leave the country will go to Hailufeng to help handle the funeral of the dragon head; Owners who do not have a Home Return Permit or cannot leave the country can go to the Dragon Villa in Fanling to accept condolences from other associations. You have a home return permit, go directly to Hailufeng. ”

Liangkun said, "I see. ”

The death of Jiang Zhen, the leader of the dragon, reminded Liangkun of the upcoming 1983 national strike hard incident.

In the early days of reform and opening up, public order was indeed quite chaotic. There are many reasons for this, and the impact caused by this is also extremely bad, and "governing the troubled times, using heavy codes" and "striking hard" came into being.

Some "spiritual foreigners" and sluts who "will oppose China whenever they meet it" have severely criticized the "strike hard" policy, saying that they have caused many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and they have been sentenced to death for robbery of two cents.

To borrow the words of a national leader, instead of "being afraid of misunderstanding the two types of contradictions (contradictions between the enemy and ourselves and contradictions among the people)," serious criminals should be treated as contradictions between friends and enemies, and "ensuring the safety of as many people as possible is humanitarianism."

Moreover, it should be noted that the criterion for convicting the crime of robbery has never been the amount of money robbed, but the act of robbery.

Article 263 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that the crime of robbery is the act of forcibly snatching public or private property from the owner or custodian of property for the purpose of illegal possession.

The offence of robbery in Hong Kong criminal law, also known as robbery or robbery, refers to the act of committing theft and using force or threatening force against any other person on the spot to achieve the purpose of the theft before or at the time of the theft. In other words, the crime of robbery is a crime derived from the crime of theft. The "basic definition" of the offence of theft in Hong Kong's criminal law is clearly stated in section 2 of the Theft Ordinance, which states that "any person who dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another person with intent to permanently deprive another person of his property commits the offence of theft".

In other words, whether in the mainland or Hong Kong, the amount of money is not used as the criterion for conviction.

At the same time, for the sentencing of violent crimes such as robbery, "criminal intent" and "degree of violence" are the most important criteria for sentencing.

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When he came to Hailufeng, Liangkun said that he was here to help, but in fact, there was nothing specific for him to do.

People from other associations in Hong Kong will only go to the Lung Villa in Fanling to pay their respects, but not to Hoi Lu Fung.

The condolences of the Jiang family's clan and the local government of Hailufeng were received by the brothers Jiang Tianwen and Jiang Tiannan.

Fortunately, Liangkun was so good at talking about it that he called the pastor to go back to his hometown with him to have a look.

The pastor was also a famous figure on the same level as Jiang Zhen back then, and his presence also added a little atmosphere to Jiang Zhen's funeral.

……

In the evening, after the guests had been sent away, Jiang Tianwen made a few side dishes and chatted with Jiang Tiannan and Liangkun while drinking.

Talking about Jiang Zhen's death, Jiang Tianwen said: "Tianyang can go to Hailufeng tomorrow, and he can only arrive the day after tomorrow." Long Dao said before his death that after his death, I didn't want my two cousins to come back to take over Hongxing, so I just let them do business in the United States and Thailand. What do you think about this? ”

Liangkun said: "Hongxing belongs to your Jiang family, and this matter should be discussed by your Jiang family behind closed doors." Although I am the hall master of Hongxing, I am not suitable to participate in this kind of thing. Besides, in terms of seniority, there is also a team of uncles in the Hong Kong committee! ”

Jiang Tianwen said: "In the past two years, I have accompanied the dragon head and fled everywhere, like a lost dog, panicking all day long. I don't want my two cousins to suffer like this again. ”

Liangkun didn't answer, and regretted it very much, why did he drink this wine and make trouble for himself.

Jiang Tiannan said straightforwardly: "To put it simply, my eldest brother wants to sit in the position of the leader, do you want to follow?" ”

Liangkun had no choice but to smile and say: "Brother Wen, Brother Nan, you are exalting me too much, I came out to mix, at first I just wanted to seek a little shelter for my mother's horse pen, I never thought to be so big today." I've never thought about who is the leader. ”

Jiang Tiannan said: "Your little brother teapot is the hall master of Jordan, and now you have three plots of land: Sai Yeung Choi Street, Cheung Sha Wan, and Public Square Street. As long as my eldest brother becomes the leader, the club can open a new hall in Cheung Sha Wan, and let you choose a trustworthy younger brother to be the head of the hall. ”

Liang Kun said: "Doesn't the club already have a hall in Sham Shui Po? ”

Jiang Tiannan said: "The Tangkou area of Sham Shui Po District is located in Shek Kip Mei, which is not next to your Cheung Sha Wan at all, one in the east and the other in the west, there is no problem. ”

Liang Kun said: "But if you do it like this, it will become the entrance of Sham Shui Po Hall to the entrance of Shek Kip Tail Hall." Sha Chenchao, the hall master at the entrance of Sham Shui Po Hall, is my old friend, and I know very well what kind of character he is. If Brother Nan did this, he would definitely get up and make trouble. ”

Jiang Tiannan said: "Brother Kun said so, then what do you mean: as long as you get rid of Shachenchao, this matter will be fine?" ”

Liangkun said: "I can only say that I have no objection. ”

Jiang Tianwen, who hadn't spoken for a long time, spoke: "Ah Kun, I toast you." ”

Liang Kun raised his glass with both hands, saluted Jiang Tiannan, and then drank it all.

……

Jiang Tianyang arrived, he departed from Thailand, Bangkok flew directly to Hong Kong, and then to Hailufeng, unlike Jiang Tiansheng, who had to fly from the eastern United States to San Francisco in the west, and then fly back to Hong Kong.

Seeing Jiang Tianyang when he was young, Liangkun felt that time was really able to transform people, Jiang Tianyang at this time was still frizzy, handsome and in good shape, but due to age, he was not able to hold his big back.

Jiang Tianyang does business in Thailand, mainly for the export of agricultural products, Thailand's rice is three crops a year, high yield, good quality, has always been Thailand's fist products in the international market, has the reputation of "Thai fragrant rice", the main export country is Japan.

Jiang Tianyang talked about his Thai fragrant rice business, and he said it like a successful businessman.

After Liangkun expressed his desire to join a share, Jiang Tianyang immediately said, "There is no problem, as long as Brother Kun's shares come over, I will give you the corresponding shares." My company will distribute the profits to shareholders according to the corresponding shares every year, and Brother Kun will sit and wait to collect the money in the future. Moreover, Thailand's tourism industry is also very developed, and Kun Ge is welcome to have time to travel to Thailand. ”

Jiang Tiannan listened to Liangkun and Jiang Tianyang blowing water for a long time, although it could be seen that Jiang Tianyang was trying his best to win over Liangkun, but how could the mere grain business impress Liangkun?

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When Jiang Tiansheng came to Hailufeng, he came with a large family. Jiang Tiansheng has been mixing on Wall Street in New York all the year round, working as a stock broker, using Jiang Zhen's connections in Chaozhou to earn no less than Jiang Tianyang, and he has already married a wife and had children.

Compared with Jiang Tianyang, Jiang Tiansheng is closer to Jiang Tianwen and Jiang Tiannan's brothers, and they are more like Jiang Zhen. He is tall and heroic, so the pressure he brings to Jiang Tianwen and Jiang Tiannan brothers is also greater.

After the edification of the stock market of "talking about people when you see people, and talking about ghosts", Jiang Tiansheng seems to have more city government than Jiang Tianyang, and he is far less ostentatious than Jiang Tianyang.

When Jiang Tiansheng arrived, it was already the fourth day of Jiang Zhen's death. After a person dies, he can go out of the funeral in 3, 5, or 7 days, and he has been waiting for Jiang Tiansheng, the eldest son, to come back for the funeral, but now that Jiang Tiansheng is back, he has to rest for a day, so the day of Jiang Zhen's funeral is simply set on the first seven days.

In the past few days of the suspension of the spirit, Jiang Tiansheng only knelt there every day wearing linen and filial piety, and gave gifts to those who came to offer incense. Although Jiang Tiansheng's ABC wife could not understand Chinese, she also held her five-year-old son and obediently knelt beside Jiang Tiansheng.

Jiang was born with a decent filial son, and won the unanimous praise of the Jiang family in Hailufeng. This made Jiang Tianwen and Jiang Tiannan brothers very uncomfortable, but they could only endure it, who called Jiang Tiansheng a genuine filial son?

……

Jiang Zhen's funeral is finally over.

After drinking the defilement wine, Jiang Tianwen decided to have a showdown with Jiang Tiansheng and asked, "Tiansheng, my uncle's funeral has been completed, what are you going to do next?" ”

Jiang Tiansheng said: "Of course, according to my father's wishes, I returned to the United States and continued my life. ”

Jiang Tianwen said: "That Hongxing? ”

Jiang Tiansheng said: "The family business has long been outdated. Among the current JPMorgan executives, there is not a single person with the surname Morgan, and I believe that the community will be like this sooner or later. Moreover, I have no interest in managing the mafia at all, Brother Wen, you better let me go! ”

Jiang Tiannan said without yin or yang: "Fake foreign devils, we are a triad, not a mafia." ”

Seeing Jiang Tiansheng's sincere appearance, Jiang Tianwen was also a little moved and ashamed, and said: "Whether it's a triad or a mafia." After all, Hong Xing is the country that your father brought down, how can he just give it to outsiders? If you refuse to come out, Hongxing will sooner or later become a plate of loose sand. ”

Jiang Tiansheng said: "Brother Wen, don't persuade me anymore. Since you are so concerned, it is better for you to take Daddy's place. I believe that you will not let the Hongxing brand fall like this. In short, in the future, you don't count me as a part of Hongxing's affairs, and I won't interfere with you. I'll be back in Hong Kong tomorrow and I'll fly back to the United States right away. ”

Jiang Tianwen said: "Your father left so many properties, you also have to manage these things!" ”

Jiang Tiansheng said: "It depends on what the younger brother's opinion is, I don't care about it." ”

Jiang Tianyang said indifferently: "Dad's property has always been taken care of by Brother Wen, and you will take care of it in the future." I'm relieved. ”