Li Jianjun frowned: "You mean to help you, not to work under your senior brother?" ”

"yes."

Ang Lee nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Jun. Now you can rest assured, right? ”

“.”

Li An's words have come to this point, so that Li Jianjun has no excuse for a while.

He wanted to refuse, but he didn't know how to say it.

As the press has just said, it is very clear that the Yuen Long Police Station has known from the mouths of those people he rescued that the snake fighters who killed the gang were the human snakes who had landed in Yuen Long the night before.

Although none of the snakes who came ashore with them knew them or knew their whereabouts. With just a little description, the police department's attempt to find them is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

But there is a good saying, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case.

If those errands really came to the door, he was worried that Li An and the others would be involved.

Seeing that Li Jianjun was silent, Li An said with a smile:

"Uncle Jun, don't think about it, you can do things here with peace of mind."

"Hmm."

Li Jianjun nodded helplessly. I had to sit back on the stool with the newspaper in hand. Amin and Da Chun looked at him, their eyes showed the meaning of inquiry, Li Jianjun did not speak, but slowly shook his head.

"Man, what's the news today?"

It was a man dressed as a vendor in an apron.

"Big news! Yesterday's Yuen Long homicide case, the police station made a major discovery. There are also Thai Yankees kicking the gym, the content is exciting, and it is eye-catching! ”

The man's expression is exaggerated.

"Really? Those errand collectors are diligent, when did they pay so much attention to the case? Here, give me a copy of the Times. ”

"Oh, okay." The guy took a newspaper from the newsstand and handed it over.

"Two cents, thank you."

The man pulled two coins out of the pocket of his apron and threw them into the cash box.

"Walk slowly." The guy said politely.

Waiting for the man to leave, he looked at the next guest.

"Help me pack cigarettes."

"What brand?"

“.”

Li An withdrew his gaze from the newsstand, and saw many men dressed as coolies coming from a distance, passing by the newspaper file one after another, and said to Ah Xin in the newspaper file:

"You take care of the report, I'll go to the dock."

"Got it, Brother An."

Ah Xin, who was checking the manifest in the report, looked up and replied.

Li An walked in front of Li Jianjun.

"Uncle Jun, it's not early, the dock is almost about to start, let's go."

"Okay."

Li Jianjun replied and returned the stool to the file.

Pier 6.

When Li An came over with the three of them, the four Wu Shihao brothers who were sitting on the ground chatting quickly stood up.

"A'an!"

"Brother An!"

"Brother An, this is yesterday's money. Oh, and the bills, you see. ”

Xi Wei took out a small wad of Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and handed it over to him.

"Hmm."

Li An replied casually.

Put the money in your pocket and open the ledger.

Li Jianjun looked at all this with some surprise.

If he remembered correctly, Li Jianguo told him at the time that Li An was still a guy in a restaurant more than two months ago.

Li Jianguo also always thought that Li An was just following his senior brother to eat at the dock.

But now it's the file again, and it's the foreman's.

If I tell Li Jianguo these things, I am afraid that I will shock the other party's jaw.

Suddenly, Li Jianjun keenly sensed that someone was looking at him, he turned his head and looked at it, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle falcon!

Xi Wei subconsciously avoided the other party's eyes.

Ang Lee closed the ledger and just took a look at the performance of the two.

He smiled and said:

"Xiwei, this is my uncle, these two are his fellow villagers. They had just come from the mainland, and they had been helping out here since then. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something.

"By the way, Brother Min, Brother Dachun, do you know how to read?"

Da Chun shook his head embarrassedly, and Ah Min said:

"Not much literacy."

"That's right."

"We can do whatever we want." Da Chun hurriedly spoke.

"Don't worry, Brother Dachun, I'm just thinking about how to arrange it."

Ang Lee smiled and waved his hand.

He pondered for a moment, and said to Xiwei:

"Xiwei, wait a minute, you will arrange for Brother Da Chun and Brother Min to be the organizers, and Uncle will take stock of the goods."

Xi Wei wanted to say something, Li An glared at him, and Xi Wei had no choice but to nod: "No problem." ”

After arranging the affairs of Li Jianjun and the three of them, Li An glanced at the freighter that began to enter the port, and raised his hand:

"Xiwei, go and say hello to the coolies, and get ready to work."

Xi Wei snorted and led Li Jianjun and the three of them to leave.

After a while, the docks were busy.

Li An retracted his gaze and glanced at Wu Shihao, who was smoking a cigarette.

"Brother Hao, how is the broker's business now?"

"It's not bad, on average, I can negotiate one or two orders a day."

Wu Shihao couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Recently, however, I was approached by the manager of a foreign freighter and asked me to find some crew members for them. It's just that many people are reluctant to go to the ghost ship when they hear about it. ”

When he said this, Wu Shihao was a little helpless.

"If someone goes, go, if no one goes, forget it, don't force it." Ang Lee smiled absently.

Since the seamen's strike in '22, everyone's impression of the ghost guy has not been very cold.

In addition, most of the ghost officials who are now in office are greedy, and everyone sees it. There are Chinese-funded freighters as a choice, and most people are naturally willing to go to Chinese-funded freighters to work, after all, there is still a compatriot friendship.

"That's all there is to it." Wu Shihao nodded.

At this time, Xi Wei, who had arranged things, walked over to the two.

As soon as he came, he said:

"Brother An, we only have one berth, and there are only more than 100 coolies under our hands. It would be enough to arrange one planner and two to take stock of the goods, and it would be more to arrange three more people. ”

"More?" Ang Lee grinned.

"How can there be too much, grab another berth, isn't it just right."

"Grab another berth?" Not to mention Xi Wei, even Wu Shihao was stunned for a moment.

"How much does a berth make?"

Li An asked the two of them, but he didn't seem to expect the two to answer, and said to himself.

"It's five or six hundred dollars a day at most. You're not going to be satisfied, are you? ”

"Well, after all, I still rely on my fists to speak. Whoever has a big fist will be able to occupy more berths and make more money! ”

"You take a look at these foremen at Pier No. 6, they are all from the background of some small societies, just a few cats, we are stronger than them, why can't we grab their berths?"

Li An paused for a moment and looked at the two with a smile:

"There are 10 berths at the head of the six docks, as long as we can occupy them. You should also know how much money you can make, right? ”

Both of them were thrilled by Ang Lee's words.

Shiwei rolled up and down in his throat and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Ten berths, you can earn him five or six thousand a day!"

Li An couldn't help but smile, glanced around the entire Pier No. 6, pointed to the busy dock and said to the two:

"Hong Kong is a natural harbor, and trade is the main business in this small land. No matter what kind of business it is, it can't get around the wharf, whoever can control the freight wharf can make money every day! ”

Loading and unloading goods are all hard work, how much money can you make?

Grab more berths.

In addition to preparing for logistics, he values the resource of the terminal more. As long as you have resources in hand, the days of making money are still ahead.

Putting these aside, the thousands of coolies under his hands after occupying Pier 6 alone are also a lot of strength.

Wu Shihao groaned:

"We can't just do it, can we? If these foremen join forces, we may not be able to get them. ”

"We have to eat a bite to eat, and now we can only barely stand on the docks, at least we have to wait for us to stand up.

That's enough time for the coolies at Pier Six to know the benefits of following us.

The coolies eat with the foreman. As long as the coolies on the docks don't get involved, we'll have a lot less trouble.

When the time comes, find a neighboring foreman to have a conflict, and then use this excuse to encroach on the other party's territory, and the other foremen will not unite together. Step by step, boil the frog in warm water. Ang Lee said.

"Hmm."

Wu Shihao lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, the cigarette butt turned on and off.

"Okay, I'm telling you this, just to prepare you mentally."

Li An said lightly. Then he looked at Shiwei.

"You go and find four coolies for me, and follow me to the north and south to set up the newspaper file. Three dollars a day, you go and ask, if there is anything to go"

"Oh, good." Xi Wei came back to his senses and hurriedly responded.

687 Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Shangwu Guoshu Association.

Of course, it is said that it is the National Arts Association, but in fact, it is a place for many masters from all walks of life in the martial arts world to drink tea and communicate.

Luo Mang was wearing an off-white cardigan and walked slowly into the hall alone.

In the past, the guild hall was quite clean, but today it is very lively, except for a few tables, the rest of the seats have been filled with people from various martial arts halls.

As soon as Luo Mang entered the door, a familiar martial arts master stood up and greeted him.

"Master Luo, why are you here so late today?"

Luo Mang returned the salute with a fist and said heartily:

"Master Zhang, you're early."

The two greeted each other with a smile, and Luo Mang came to the table left for the Junting Martial Arts Hall, pulled out a stool and sat down.

A young man in a short shirt came over to serve tea.

As soon as Luo Mang took a sip of the teacup, a voice came from the adjacent table.

"Master Luo, you came so late, I thought you were injured by those Thais yesterday. Alas, it made me worry in vain. ”

The person who spoke was dressed in a teal kaftan with prominent cheeks. He stared at Luo Mang with a pair of eyes mockingly, playing with the teacup in his hand.

It is Zheng Li who is Master Zheng of the martial arts hall.

Last time, he was defeated by Li An in front of the disciples of the martial arts hall, and he lost face, so he naturally didn't have any good words for Luo Mang who instigated Li An.

Luo Mang followed the voice and looked over, expressionless:

"I don't bother Master Zheng about this, I have already promised President Wan in Chinatown that I will go to San Francisco in two days. You still have to worry about yourself, I can't say that the Thai guy will run to your martial arts hall today. ”

Zheng Liwei looked at him in surprise and sneered: "You can't run away because you were frightened, right?" ”

A trace of anger flashed in Luo Mang's eyes, and then he calmed down.

"It's useless to argue with words, and it's not up to Master Zheng to worry about how I act.

If I'm not mistaken, Master Zheng was injured last time by an unknown young man. This has to be noted, if you are injured by the Thai guy again this time, it will really be shameless. ”

"Humph!"

Zheng Liwei snorted coldly, and simply tore the dough:

"Luo Mang, you do everything you can. Do you dare to say that the one named Ang Lee was not instigated by you? ”

"Hey, don't talk nonsense without evidence. How can you blame me for your own lack of learning? If you have Master Ye's skills, can you lose to a young man who has just turned twenty? ”

As soon as Luo Mang finished speaking, Zheng Liwei sighed, put the teacup on the table, rolled up his sleeves and stood up.

"Say I'm not good at learning? Then I've made two moves, and I'll see the real chapter under my hands, I want to see who is not good at learning? ”

"Just try?"

Luo Mang competed against each other.

He got up and left the table and took a stance.

Zheng Liwei also walked over and stood opposite him.

"Master Luo, Master Zheng."

The conflict between the two had already attracted the attention of the other masters in the hall, and seeing that the two were about to make a move, Master Tian, who had gray temples, shouted and quickly stood up.

He walked quickly to the two of them and started a circle.

"The two masters are more than 100 years old, so don't make a big deal here, you come and go.

Our purpose today is mainly to discuss the affairs of those Thai Yankees, and now that we are fighting, we are not letting outsiders see the joke in vain. ”

Luo Mang and Zheng Liwei glanced at each other, and both snorted coldly, and then borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

Seeing that the two of them stopped, Master Tian breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced around at the many masters in the guild hall.

"Let's talk about these Thai boxers. I'm sure you've read what the newspaper said today.

Vulnerable, huh? Whatever we do, that's our own business. But this time, the Thai boxer kicked the gym in Zhongfang Street, but it was not good!

Not for anything else, but for the sake of our respective faces, we should also stand up. ”

"What did Master Tian say? It's not like we, the masters, to go to the wheel war with others, but someone to stand up and represent and explain the rules clearly to the Thais. ”

A master stood up and said loudly.

Master Tian took over:

"Master Wong at Mok Family Boxing Gym, Master Chan at Choi Lee Buddha Boxing Gym and Master Yip from Wing Chun. Let's discuss which of the three masters of the three of them should come out as a representative. ”

The sun is setting.

At the sixth pier, Xi Wei gave the coolies money for completion, raised his head and shouted at Li Jianjun and the three people standing aside:

"Uncle Jun, get paid."

Li Jianjun walked over with Ah Min and Da Chun.

"Xiwei, we haven't worked much today, so we don't need our wages."

"How's that going to work? If I don't pay you, Brother An won't have to trouble me. ”

Xi Wei replied half-jokingly and half-seriously.

He took a handful of coins from the table and counted out nine dollars and placed them on the table.

"Now, three dollars per person. Take it, Uncle Jun. Don't make it difficult for me, I also work with Brother An. ”

Li Jianjun nodded, said no more, grabbed the coins on the table and distributed them to the two people behind him.

"Isn't that right, just this little money, you don't have to be so polite."

Xi Wei said with a smile. After collecting the ledger and payment, he stretched his waist and stood up.

"Brother An went to the northbound and northbound today to run errands, and if he didn't come back so late, he shouldn't have come to the dock. Let's go, I'll invite you to dinner first, and then I'll send you to the ferry pier after dinner. You probably live in Kowloon too, right? ”

Hearing Xi Wei say this, Li Jianjun seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked:

"Xi Wei, the three of us haven't settled down yet, do you know where to rent a house?"

He shook his head.

"I don't know about this, you go to Yau Ma Tei and look for it, there should be a lot of rentals. Although I live there, I have a house for rent, but it's very messy. ”

Li Jianjun's eyes lit up:

"Where?"

"Dragon City!"

(End of chapter)