After that, Li Junhao went back to the police department, read the information about the horse racing hall, and did a little understanding of its origin and composition - well, he is really going to attack here!

The racecourse was developed by shareholders as a joint venture, mostly British, and the chairman of the committee was originally Johnson, the Taipan of Jardine Matheson, who was succeeded by Pan Erge, the Taipan of Xiangmao after Johnson returned to China. The committee members included Daban Clark, a shell foreign company, Da Rasi and Marris, who owned a large number of real estate in Shanghai, and Sassoon, an opium dealer. There is a secretary under the committee (board of directors), who has a lot of real power, and the Dane Yarson has held this position for the longest time. There is a Chinese deputy secretary under the secretary, and all the Chinese employees of the racecourse are employed by him, so he also has great powers.

Theoretically, foreigners of any nationality over the age of 21 can apply for membership, and then a voting committee of 9-11 people will vote and approve all of them. If one person objects, he or she shall retain his or her eligibility to apply and vote again at the next meeting; If there are 2 objections, the application must be completed within another period; If 3 persons object, their application for membership will be disqualified forever.

In 1908, the racecourse had 320 regular members and 500 other members, each of whom paid a monthly membership fee of 10 yuan.

In 1927, after the establishment of Jiangwan Racecourse, Chinese were allowed to be honorary members.

The Horse Racing Association organises horse racing only for organising and does not supply horses, and the horses are privately bred by the owners. Before the first year of Xuantong (1909), the method of listing the fixed amount was adopted, and the owner of each gambling stall paid a deposit to the racecourse to set up a stall in the field to gamble, and the profit and loss were responsible for the stall owner, and the racecourse made a profit.

In the future, in order to pursue more profits, various lottery tickets were issued before horse racing, among which champagne tickets were the most, and there were many Chinese people who bought this lottery ticket. In the 30s, each horse race ticket was 5 yuan, thousands of tickets were sold at a time, plus various lottery tickets, and the daily net income was 100,000.

The ticket income of the Jockey Club is more than 100,000 silver dollars per year, and the income of horse tickets is even more, only in the 20 years from 1920 to 1939, the income of champagne tickets and winning tickets has reached more than 141.39 million yuan, with an average annual profit of more than 7 million silver dollars. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, the Horse Racing Association still had more than 20 million yuan left.

In the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China (1936), as the guarantor of the debts of the International Athletic Association, the Horse Racing Association bought 5/8 of the shares of the International Athletic Association, and in the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938), all the property of the International Athletic Association was taken over, and the Racing Club became the real owner of all the venues of the entire Horse Racing Hall.

In 1932, the Happy Horse Club demolished the old house, spent 2 million taels of silver, and rebuilt a reinforced concrete structure, more than 100 meters long, 4 floors high, with a construction area of 21,000 square meters.

The exterior of the Jockey Club building is classical, with reddish-brown bricks and stone blocks on the exterior walls, and Tashkent-style colonnades; There is a grandstand in front, and at the northwest corner there is an 8-storey bell tower with a height of 53 meters; The ground floor is the ticket office and prize office, the second floor is the members' club, the third floor is the members' box, and the fourth floor is the staff dormitory.

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When he left the racecourse, Li Junhao already had a preliminary idea, but in fact, there was no complicated one, that is, to contact Dai Li in advance before the delivery time and ask him to arrange the airport in Wuhan; He directly led people to block the racecourse at night, borrowed it for a few hours, laid a temporary steel runway (he remembered that there was this thing in the warehouse of the 4th Regiment of the Sea and Army), 200 meters long was enough, and then he flew over, at most two hours, and flew back after the handover - of course, this process required some cover-up actions, but those were nothing compared to flying a plane!

After returning home, he continued to refine the aircraft and looked forward to seeing his work soon!

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On Thursday, July 20, Li Junhao worked in the police force all day, mainly to review the list of the second batch of patrol rotation training reported by the commissioner's office, and consider further adjustment plans within the police force......

In the evening, after Li Xiaoyu went to the attic to collect the newspaper routinely, she came back and found him, and said, "Brother Jun, there is something I want to tell you about ......."

Looking at her expression, Li Junhao knew that this matter was very important, so he went up to the third floor with her, went to the study, and listened to her explain the matter, which felt both sudden and reasonable - Yan'an hoped to get his help and release the underground party members who were currently locked up in the concession prison! For this, Yan'an is willing to bear the price, as long as Li Junhao asks, they will do their best to complete it.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Junhao said: "Xiaoyu, you should know that when we first took over the police department, I had already asked the Justice Department to start sorting out the files of detainees, especially political prisoners, and I had ordered them to improve their living conditions, prohibit forced labor, and arrange for medical personnel to treat them......

"So, even if the Yan'an side doesn't ask for it, I will release your party members at the right time, and of course other anti-Japanese people! As for why I didn't do it, it's because I haven't completed the complete transformation of the police force yet.

"These days, you should also see it, what I have to do is to first clear out all the unintentional patrols in the police department, and the rest of the personnel must work and act within the limits stipulated in the "Police Ordinance"! Why is that? It's because I want to transform the Concession Police Force into a purely law enforcement agency that doesn't involve political issues......

"In this way, I will have ample excuses to release the detained political prisoners, refuse the entry of the Japanese puppet forces, and build the public concession into a pure island of safety, avoiding the reproach of Western countries and Japan!

"Now that this goal is about to be achieved, I am preparing to start building and expanding the armed forces of the concession to prepare for the great changes in the world...... Well, I have already told Comrade Yihao about this great change!

"Later, you can report back to me what I just said, I'm sure they'll understand......"

Li Xiaoyu listened to these words, and then thought about what Brother Jun did before, and knew that it was all true; Although there are some things that she hasn't understood yet, she remembered what she said just now, and after agreeing, she went upstairs to call Yan'an back.

Li Junhao feels that the current time is a little tormented! Now that there are only 40 days until September 1st, he feels that there are more and more things to deal with, and these things basically have to be completed before this time, because once it is delayed, it may never be completed again, which is very stressful!