Strictly speaking, there are only two concessions in Shanghai, namely the Public Concession and the French Concession.

The Public Concession is jointly managed by a number of countries, of course, mainly the United Kingdom and the United States, which is like a joint stock limited company, where all parties can hardly fully control the management of this territory, and the various sentencing laws are also very confusing.

The French Concession is the exclusive concession of the French, which is directly administered by the French government, and the entire concession also follows the laws and regulations of the French.

As for the Chinese boundary areas such as Zhabei South City Sixteen Pu, they are managed by the Shanghai Tang Municipal Government.

Therefore, because the concession is independent of the jurisdiction of the government, and there is a lack of unified laws and regulations among the concessions, some criminals often choose to flee to the concession to survive after committing crimes.

For example, criminals who committed crimes in the French Concession often fled to the Public Concession for safety; Conversely, those who commit crimes in the Public Concession will flee to the French Concession.

But like what Zheng Jirong did today, it doesn't work to flee anywhere, because whether it is the French Concession or the Public Concession, he has personally planned and carried out many shooting, bombing and attacks, and the laws of the two places cannot tolerate him.

But fortunately, not only did they wear masks when they moved, but the evacuation route was also very hidden, which made it almost impossible to find any direct evidence to prove the identity of the murderer during the investigation.

During the whole day of arrest operations, although these red-headed Asans were very busy, they did not make any substantial progress except for the capture of a few ruffians and hooligans who had no eyesight and were still hanging out on the streets.

To put it bluntly, almost all of the dead are Dongying people, and none of them are injured, so how can they put their energy into catching the murderer, just to show the people in the Dongying Council.

In the same way, the same is true on the Huajie side, the Dongying people have been supporting the [Army and Navy Generalissimo] of the Beiyang Mansion openly and secretly, and now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, in order to prevent these guys from making any moths in the rear, they have long had the idea of cleaning the Dongying on the beach.

This time, since Zheng Jirong's knife was cleaned from top to bottom, as long as he was not caught, the National Government would not take the initiative to arrest him.

No, Shen Zui said it, as long as a few enough scapegoats come out.

However, although Britain, France, the United States, and the national government did not pay enough attention to this incident, one side of the forces was furious when they learned the news.

SZ River, on the Baidu Bridge.

A group of Dongying soldiers wearing green military uniforms and steel helmets were marching towards the city in a neat pace.

There are two main parts of Dongying's garrison in China, one is the Kwantung Army and the other is the T-Jin Garrison Army, and although the number of Dongying soldiers stationed in Shanghai is far less than that of the Kwantung Army and the T-Jin Garrison Army, there are nearly 1,000 people, including ship personnel.

It consists of a fleet of naval vessels, an infantry brigade and an independent mixed wing of artillery infantry.

At this time, on the way back to the city, the leading jeep was jolting forward, and a middle-aged man with a short body but a hard face sat in the co-pilot's seat.

This person is the captain of the mixed team who has a grudge against Zheng Jirong - Kuma Hoichi.

At this moment, the weather-beaten commander's face had a very complicated expression, a mixture of doubt, worry, and doubt.

Just a few days ago, he had ordered the Black Dragon Society to help him get rid of a Hi Gang leader as the commander of the garrison army, as an officer in Dongying who had been in China for many years, he knew very well how powerful the Black Dragon Society was, and it could be said that assassinating a Hi Gang leader by their means could be a matter of capture.

But yesterday, he actually received the news of the collapse of the beach branch of the Black Dragon Society, including Hayaki Mimura, nearly half of the high-level members of the association were burned alive in the base camp of the public concession.

And the rest of the middle and high-level were either hit by cars or shot to death or hacked to death with knives and axes, not only that, but even some low-level spies who had been hidden for many years did not let go, and all kinds of accidents occurred in the same day, and all of them died!

This was obviously a purge of the Black Dragon Society, and for a while, almost everyone in Dongying in Shanghai was in danger, and no one knew whether the other party's butcher's knife would be pointed at them.

The people of the council also sent an urgent telegram ordering them to rush back as soon as possible to protect the personal safety of the citizens of Dongying in Shanghai.

Could it all be the revenge of the Axe Gang on themselves?

Thinking of this, Jiu Zhen secretly shook his head, no matter how powerful a Hi Gang is, it is just a Hi Gang, they are good at bullying ordinary people, but if you want to say that they stormed the concession and tortured and killed so many Dongying citizens on the street, and even many of them were strictly trained spies.

He didn't believe that the Axe Gang had so much courage and ability.

However, he still had an inexplicable worry in his heart, and before returning to the city, he called his family in the makeshift barracks as usual, but there was no answer on the other end of the phone.

And neither at home nor at the lover's residence, there is no one who answers the phone.

This made him wonder if it was the Axe Gang's revenge on him, taking the opportunity to kidnap his family and use it to threaten him at this juncture of the chaos in the concession.

These thoughts swirled in Jiuzhen's mind, and he couldn't calm down for a moment.

Not long after, the convoy had returned to the barracks in the concession, and he hurriedly issued the order to dismiss on the spot, and drove directly to his home.

Dozens of minutes later, in a western-style building in the concession, Jiu Zhen's eyes fell through the empty hall on this mansion that used to be full of laughter and laughter, but now it was empty, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

I really guessed it, someone is indeed taking revenge on me!

Without any hesitation, he strode to the phone and prepared to directly mobilize the army to deal with this so-called Axe Gang, but at the moment when the call was about to be broadcast, a dart with a letterhead suddenly flew out of the window!

With a sharp sound of breaking the air, it was deeply inserted into the floor beneath his feet!

Songhu Garrison Command.

Bai Chongxi hung up the phone in his hand, and a hint of joy flashed on his face.

Seeing this, Shen Zui on the other side couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is the date of the Northern Expedition confirmed?" ”

"Hmm"

Bai Chongxi nodded slightly, and said with memories in his eyes: "A battle that should have ended last year was dragged on until now because of the split between Wang and Jiang, and now that Ninghan is converging, it is also the right thing to continue the Northern Expedition." ”

"Yes", Shen Zui echoed when he heard this: "Since last year, the Northern Expeditionary Army has conquered Changsha, Wuhan, and N Jing all the way to Shanghai Beach, and I originally thought that we were just a simple rest here, but it turned out that we stayed for a few months, and the brothers who didn't go north almost forgot what they were doing!" ”

"Hahahaha."

Bai Chongxi couldn't help but shake his head and laugh when he heard it, as a famous Confucian general, he has always been very good to his subordinates, if other commanders heard Shen drunk, they would inevitably pull down their faces and reprimand him, but here he was, he didn't care about these words details.

"Commander, what is the exact date?"

"Fifteen days later", immediately after, Bai Chongxi said seriously: "The military salary has been paid?" ”

"It's gone!"

As soon as he heard this, Shen Zui suddenly came to his senses, and he pointed to the soldiers who were training outside the window and said, "Commander, haven't you noticed that the soldiers' combat enthusiasm is particularly high these days?" The military salary has doubled, and all of them have been distributed to them! ”

After speaking, he smashed his mouth again and sighed: "Zheng Jirong of the Axe Gang is indeed capable, and in just half a month's effort, he brought us millions of oceans of military spending, and he really didn't help him in vain." ”

After listening to his words, Bai Chongxi thought for a while and then said: "If nothing else, this Northern Expedition should be the last, including our Songhu entire eight group armies, logistics must not be left behind, you go and ask this kid again, can you provide another military expenditure within half a month." ”

"Aren't those millions enough?" Shen Zui couldn't help but be surprised.

Bai Chongxi smiled and did not reply to him, as the deputy chief of staff and acting chief of staff of the National GM Army, he knew everything about the situation within the army.

One of the most serious problems is corruption.

Putting aside the Songhu army under his control, it is almost impossible to double the salaries of other group armies, and it is already a rare and valuable act of kindness to be able to pay them in full without being deducted.

In this kind of atmosphere, how can Zheng Jirong provide millions of military spending?

"There are dates and no dates, in order to give this kid a head, I apologized to the directors of various countries for bringing troops into the concession a few days ago, and it is not natural for him to give me some compensation."

Shen Zui thought for a while and replied: "He has been busy dealing with Dongying people in the past two days, and he doesn't seem to have done anything to make money, I'll ask him later, with my understanding of him, this kid is still very patriotic, and if he has the ability, he will definitely not refuse the commander's request." ”

These days, Zheng Jirong has stuffed a lot of benefits into him, just as the so-called short-handed people, Shen Zui also tried his best to praise Zheng Jirong in front of the commander for his good words about being a man.

After listening to this, the corners of Bai Chongxi's mouth hooked up with a smile, it was originally just a casual move, but he didn't expect it to really help him a lot.

Then, without knowing what came to mind, he frowned and asked, "Has his matter with the Black Dragon Society been resolved?" Didn't you say that he should push out the substitute ghost as soon as possible, why is it that a day has passed and he is still grinding? ”

"You don't know anything about this commander", Shen Zui hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I see what he means, this kid doesn't seem to be ready to push the people of the Axe Gang out to death, he asked me to wait for a few days, and said that in a few days, he will definitely push a enough weight to replace the dead ghost out." ”

"What?"

Bai Chongxi was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a dumb smile: "You're really bold, aren't you afraid that the Dongying garrison will directly arrest him and shoot him regardless of the evidence?" ”

"I think this kid is still worried", Shen Zui said with a smile: "I guess I don't know where to hide now." ”

"Hahaha"

At this time, it is a public concession dozens of kilometers away from here.

Zheng Jirong couldn't help but sneeze after getting out of the car, "Damn, it must be those Dongying devils who are talking about Lao Tzu!" ”

"Brother Rong", Peng Yixing looked around cautiously, and whispered: "I killed so many people here yesterday, and I came back without avoiding the limelight for a few days, will it be risky?" ”

"Risk?"

When Zheng Jirong heard this, he swaggered directly onto the street, and opened his arms to face the bustling passers-by on both sides, "Where is the risk, why didn't I see it?" ”

After speaking, he casually stopped a rickshaw driver and asked him, "Dude, I heard that there were many shootings in the concession yesterday, do you know?" ”

"Hey", Wen Yan who pulled the car directly put down the handlebar in his hand, and said with flying eyebrows: "You may not know if you ask others about this, but if you ask me Wen Sanke, you will ask the right person." ”

He pointed to the street and said: "Just yesterday, on this street, I saw with my own eyes an old devil muttering Dongying words was hit by a small car, I didn't understand what was going on, and a few good men with masks got out of the car, each holding a handful of twenty rings, firing more than a dozen shots in a row, not to mention killing the devil, and driving over again, good guy, the devil's eyes burst out!" ”

"Huh", Zheng Jirong pretended to be surprised: "What about the murderer, have you been caught?" ”

Wen San said disdainfully: "People are heroes, how can they be caught by the rice buckets in the patrol room, I estimate that people have already escaped from Shanghai Beach!" ”

"Hahaha"

After listening to this, Zheng Jirong happily flicked a big ocean in front of the coachman, "That's right, I won't listen to you in vain, this money should be used as a reward." ”

"Oh, thank you!"

After the coachman left happily, Zheng Jirong shrugged his shoulders towards Peng Yixing and Du Dapeng, who came over together, "Don't be afraid now, let's go." ”

After finishing speaking, he walked straight to a nightclub in front of him without hesitation, looked up at the four big characters of Lisleton on the signboard, and the corners of Zheng Jirong's mouth hooked up a smile.

As the largest and most prosperous nightclub in the Public Concession, The Lisleton is famous throughout Shanghai.

It's a pity. Its boss is a native of Dongying, and he is also a spy of the Black Dragon Society, and it is even more coincidental that this spy accidentally stepped on the air and fell to his death yesterday

As for the property rights contract and other documents of this nightclub, he also coincidentally took over, and at this moment, he wants to announce the new owner of this area to the foreigners of the entire public concession here, and make his voice heard!

Inside the nightclub, although the number of customers is not as endless as at night, there are still many people sitting leisurely in their seats sipping wine and chatting.

On the stage, a foreign girl in exquisite evening clothes is singing an English song beautifully, as for the guests below, almost all of them are foreigners, and there are several Asian faces mixed in, but listening to their voices, they should all be Dongying people.

At this point, they either raise their glasses or sway gently to the music, looking uncomfortable.

"Excuse me, sir."

Zheng Jirong was about to step into the store, when a white man dressed as a waiter suddenly raised his hand to stop him, "We have a membership system here, and ordinary guests will not be entertained." ”

Zheng Jirong smiled when he heard this: "It's okay, I'll go in and apply for a membership now." ”

After that, just as he was about to take a step, the waiter stopped him again, and just when Zheng Jirong didn't know why, he saw the waiter suddenly stretch out his hand and point to a bronze plaque on the wall.

Zheng Jirong looked in the direction he pointed, and the bronze medal was impressively written in English and Chinese.

【NO CHINESE AND DOGS ALLOWED】

[Chinese and dogs are not allowed]

(End of chapter)