1928: The rise of giant merchants

Ye Mansion, 1:50 p.m.

Wearing a felt hat, a poker hidden at his waist, and a long coarse coat, Ye Chen sneakily trotted all the way to the door of Ye Mansion. After observing him repeatedly for a long time, he quietly rang the doorbell.

The door was opened by a servant, who asked him to wait a moment and ran in to notify the housekeeper. The housekeeper found Xiaoli again, and then Xiaoli came to the door with Shi Jianqiao and three others.

In order to prevent anyone from secretly attacking the family members of Ye Mansion, Ye Luo specially arranged for many employees of Ye's Security Company and Sports Company to live dispersedly outside Ye Mansion, and placed twelve highly capable bodyguards in Ye Mansion.

Shi Jianqiao watched as several bodyguards checked Ye Chen from beginning to end and confiscated all the sharp weapons and firearms hidden on his body before letting him enter the gate of Ye Mansion.

"Second Young Master~ Ye Chen is here." Xiaoli shouted as she ran to the kitchen to make tea and prepare snacks.

Hearing Xiaoli's call, Ye Luo got up from the bed, finished his short lunch break and walked downstairs.

He waved to Ye Chen, telling him not to be so formal and just sit on the sofa.

"Second Young Master, you must save me." Ye Chen rubbed his hands and sat in the corner of the sofa very reservedly, completely losing the pride he had when we separated. "Lu Yusheng said he had a good business to take care of me. I thought about making a comeback, so I blindfolded myself with lard and followed him. I didn’t expect that his good business would require me to go to Gui Lao’s hometown to transport smoke!”

"Why are you so sure it's to transport cigarettes?" Ye Luo asked him with a smile, "The goods Jiang An hauled in the past were tea and silk. Lu Yusheng wouldn't blatantly tell you that he was transporting cigarettes."

"He really told me that!" Ye Chen quickly replied, "Because the quantity is too huge, he should know that he can't hide it from me and my brothers, so he might as well explain it clearly and let us follow him wholeheartedly. Lu Yusheng's promise will come true. Give me one million oceans later!"

"One million oceans is not a small amount. With this money, you may not be able to make a comeback." Ye Luo knew that Ye Chen was not a good bird. What he said now about being afraid of transporting smoke and being afraid of catastrophe was all nonsense.

Ye Chen founded the New Labor Federation, and his main business was the cigarette business. He was eager to have such a good opportunity.

Something must have frightened him.

"Second Young Master, please don't laugh at me. I came to Ye Mansion today because I hope you will save my life. If anything happens, I will not hide it from you." Ye Chen looked around and saw that there were still female relatives nearby. , some hesitation.

Xiaoli cleverly asked the female relatives to leave the hall, and asked Shi Jianqiao and others to seal off the area to prevent others from overhearing.

Seeing that the people slowly dispersed, Ye Chen lowered his voice and said to Ye Luo: "Second Young Master, in a few days we will take the Jiangan ship to India, but a few days ago, there were hidden things on my docks. Brothers, we discovered something big! What do you think it is?"

"Don't guess, tell me if you have anything to say." Ye Luo frowned.

Ye Chen originally wanted to arouse his attention, but when he saw that he was impatient, he quickly revealed the answer: "Some of the crew members on the Jiang'an ship are actually people from the Security Command in civilian clothes! Because my brothers have committed crimes before. , and also participated in Wang Guozhen’s affair, so I recognized them at a glance!”

"People from the security headquarters?" Ye Luo suddenly realized.

In the beginning of the Jiangan incident, the Garrison Command claimed that a large amount of smoke was found on the Jiangan as it returned to Shanghai, and it was immediately detained and brought back to the Garrison Headquarters.

It turns out that this is a thief shouting to catch the thief.

From this point of view, it is very likely that Xiong Shihui was also involved in Lu Yusheng's business, or he got some information and wanted to steal the goods.

No wonder Ye Chen is so afraid.

They were just Lu Yusheng's people, and Ye Chen was not afraid that they would dare to do cruel things to dozens of people, so he would kill them all for a mere reward of one million.

But if there are people from the Security Command involved, then except for their people, everyone else on the ship will be scapegoats!

Ye Chen and a group of gangsters, no matter how stupid they are, know that the day the Jiangan ship returns to Shanghai will be the day they die!

"Yes, Second Young Master, there is no mistake! Those people rarely show their faces, but a few of my brothers happen to recognize them! The Security Headquarters is involved. How can small characters like us dare to continue to wade in muddy waters?"

One million oceans can indeed solve his urgent need, but that only requires a life flower.

"I understand. Does Lu Yusheng know about this?" Ye Luo lit up a cigarette and asked calmly, "You are not a wallflower. The wind will blow you away."

"Second Young Master, you are joking! Lu Yusheng must not know! Otherwise, he would not dare to continue transporting goods. You know my temper. Since I have chosen you, I will not dare to play any more tricks."

Ye Chen told the truth this time.

Few people in Shanghai know Ye Luo better than him.

Following Ye Yuqiao back then, he watched step by step as the legendary child prodigy of the Ye family stirred up chaos in Shanghai. He watched how he was able to outdo the rest of the Ye family and win the favor of Ye Yuqiao at the age of seven or eight.

Ye Luo returned from overseas in March this year. Within eight months, he had surpassed the three tycoons of Yongxing Company and became the recognized number one Chinese businessman in Shanghai!

The thing that Ye Chen regrets the most is that he jumped out of the Labor Federation, split up the family in a self-righteous way, and missed the opportunity to follow Ye Luo to conquer the country.

Ma Yongzhen, who was not even qualified to carry his shoes at first, is now the director of the anti-smuggling division of the Songhu Police Department, and is one of the first big shots to please the gang tycoons.

"I understand, I will pay attention to your affairs." Ye Luo patted his shoulder and smiled, "Now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. If you just run away, you can probably watch it at Shiliupu Pier the next day. to your body.”

"Then Second Young Master, what should I do?" Ye Chen nodded and asked hurriedly, "I have to board the Jiangan ship, but I'm really afraid that I won't be able to return to Shanghai."

"Don't worry, I think the follow-up security headquarters will definitely need some scapegoats to pay for this batch of goods. At least until Jiang An comes back, nothing will happen to you." Ye Luo is already familiar with the ins and outs of the incident. It is estimated that Ye Chen and others will be attacked by Xiong Shihui. They used it as an excuse to prevaricate Zhang Zhijiang, chairman of the Anti-Smoking Committee, who later came to Shanghai to investigate.

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"You don't have to be afraid. When the Jiang An ship arrives in Shanghai, I will bring people to intercept Hu. With my people here, are you still afraid that they will kill you and silence you?" Ye Luo interrupted him, "All you have to do now is Pay close attention to all the developments on board the Jiangan, and send me a telegram if you have the chance."

"Jiehu?!" Ye Chen was stunned for a moment and then understood.

Once the Jiang'an ship transports goods, it must start with at least a thousand boxes, which is tens of millions of ocean goods and a profit of thirty to forty million!

Even the second young master can't help but be moved by them.

Ye Chen never believed that Ye Luozhen would not be involved in any gray industry. Otherwise, why would he have started a dance company that was just a sideshow?

Seeing that he also had intentions for those big smokes, Ye Chen finally felt relieved.

"Don't worry, Second Young Master! I will keep an eye on those goods for you and send a telegram as soon as I get the chance. I just hope that Second Young Master, you can help me when the time comes." Ye Chen knew that he had no room for bargaining, so he followed Ye Luo Or Lu Yusheng, essentially it is to see if the other party will silence him.

He didn't put all his cards on Ye Luo, he just wanted to drag one more person into the water, so that if something happened, he could poke a hole in Shanghai's sky.

It can only be said that in his mind, Ye Luo is still more likely to save his life than Lu Yusheng.

Ye Luo didn't know what Ye Chen was thinking.

Anyway, he didn't blame Ye Chen for the Jiang An Lun incident, and of course he couldn't really lead someone to intercept such a large batch of goods.

He even hoped that Ye Chen would secretly talk to the Security Headquarters or Lu Yusheng to make them think that he also coveted those goods and that he would also fall into the trap.

In short, it doesn't really matter what Ye Chen does.

He is just a pawn used by Ye Luo to confirm the situation of the incident.

As long as this Jiang'an Lun incident is similar to that in history, Ye Luo will have a way to cause heavy losses to the Security Headquarters, Songhu Police Department, Yongxing Company, and even the bigger black hands behind it!