1928: The rise of giant merchants

11pm on April 18th, Shiliupu Pier.

The luxury ship carrying Tan Si and Ye Luo had not yet docked, but a small steamboat quietly arrived at the dock.

Chow Tai Fook and Ding Li, who had been waiting here for a long time, dispersed the scattered workers and approached the steamer.

"Three people, a total of 12 yuan, don't ink, pay me quickly!" Under the swaying yellow chandelier, the face of the thin man who spoke was shrouded in shadow, flickering in and out, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Oh oh oh, Ali, give me the money." Chow Tai Fook nodded and bowed.

Ding Li took a few steps forward, took out his money bag, and was about to get on the boat when he was suddenly pressed against his head by a brown pipe.

Breaking into a cold sweat.

He didn't dare to look up.

"That little red guy! Chow Tai Fook, do your people understand the rules? Pull back your dog legs! If you dare to take another step to the boat, I will blow your head off!" the thin man hissed in a low voice.

Smuggling ships like theirs not only engage in smuggling, but also carry a lot of smuggled goods.

It's hard for the brothers on the ship to show up, after all, nine out of ten are wanted.

Ding Li's action of walking over violated their biggest taboo!

But the most important thing is that the skinny man saw the heavy money bag in Ding Li's hand and wanted to take advantage of him!

These days, the ocean is everything.

"Oh, brother, let's calm down. Children are not sensible. Please stop the 'luzi'!" Chow Tai Fook quickly took an antidote and then apologized.

During the Republic of China, gangs used automatic pistols with magazines in the grip called "luzi".

They also summarized their experience in using various kinds of luzi and came up with the jingle of "one gun, two horses, three flower mouths, four snakes and five dogs opening their mouths and kicking".

This jingle talks about six styles of pistols, which is the list of pistols in the Republic of China.

The skinny man was holding the "Four Snakes" - the German Sauer M1913 pistol.

Because the gun handle is marked with Sauer's trademark, which consists of two intertwined German letters "S", it looks like two snakes at first glance, so it was named "Snake Brand Luzi".

This gun is not equipped in the military and police circles, and is only commercially sold among civilians. In terms of popularity, the Snake Brand Luzi is obviously not as good as the first three Luzi, but it is popular and common and easy to buy.

"Take it? I'm always going to see blood when I pull out my penis!" The thin man grinned and looked at the money bag in Ding Li's hand, "Throw the money bag over to me."

"Ali, give it to him!"

Chow Dafu glared at Ding Li, a good man would not suffer the immediate loss.

Ding Li had no choice but to carefully throw the money bag over.

Someone on the other side of the boat reached out to pick it up.

After a while, a low roar came: "Cuna, boss, there aren't a few big pieces in this bag, it's all small silver coins!"

"It turns out that he is just as poor as those three little red guys!" The skinny man suddenly changed his face, "Throw the wooden box containing those three little red guys into the sea and feed it to the fish!"

"Why are you moving?!"

"Brother, the wooden box is empty!"

"boom!"

"Wow!"

Various sounds suddenly erupted and mixed together, igniting the silent Shiliupu Pier.

"Uncle, uncle! I knocked him off the boat!"

"Who are you? Yongzhen?"

"Be careful, second brother!"

"boom!"

There was another gunshot, and then a "plop" sound of falling into the water.

"Cuna, the little red guy knows sorcery!"

There was chaos on board!

Chow Tai Fook was confused.

His two nephews, Zhou Xingxing and Ma Yongzhen, smuggled themselves to Shanghai to make a fortune. However, since the ferry tickets were too expensive and Chow Tai Fook was greedy for money, they found someone to get on the smuggling ship at an advantage.

I didn't expect to be hacked at the dock.

I don't know why just now, the thin man's shot was deflected, and he was shot into the sea by Ma Yongzhen who rushed out.

Then came the melee.

Just when everything was in chaos, several beams of bright light came over.

The ship carrying Ye Luo and Tan Si slowly approached.

"Fourth Master, it's quite interesting. Someone is setting off firecrackers at Nongjia Pier in the middle of the night. It's crackling, and it's more lively than the Chinese New Year."

The young man's slightly playful voice echoed in the night sky.

Chow Tai Fook suddenly became energetic.

Second young master!

"Second Young Master!!! This way, this is Chow Tai Fook! A smuggling boat was caught here at the dock, and they want to run away!"

"Ah, I thought it was setting off firecrackers. I'm sorry, fourth master." Ye Luo held a beautiful girl from the troupe in one arm. They were still feeding him wine and fruit from mouth to mouth. When they heard his words , giggling and snickering. Halfway through the laughter, when he saw Tan Si's livid cheeks, he immediately closed his mouth and leaned into Ye Luo's arms, not daring to move.

"Catch them all." Tan Si lifted up the sleeves of his gown and said, "Give me the rucksacks!"

A pistol was handed over.

The smile on Ye Luo's face gradually faded, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at the gun.

Tan Si's people quickly surrounded the smuggling ship and suppressed the boatmen one by one. Chow Dafu shrank his head and did not dare to step forward. He glanced at the steamer under the light and saw brother Ma Yongzhen and Ma Daxiang who were also tied up, and the words in his mouth. Zhou Xingxing said, "Second brother, do you think I can fight with special powers?"

After a while, the younger brother came over and reported: "Fourth Master, this is a boat from Xiangjiang. There are twenty boxes of foreign wine and cigarettes, three boxes of cigarettes, and there are..."

The younger brother raised his head and glanced at Ye Luo.

"What's there? Tell me!" Tan Si asked coldly.

"Ten boxes of cigarettes."

Tan Si hated the smoke that harmed the Chinese the most in his life.

Most people no longer do this business. Only Yongxing Company and the Eight-share Party Party are still engaged in it. On the road, even if you are in the cigarette business, you will be looked down upon.

Someone was smuggling cigarettes through his dock.

Can Tan Si not be angry?

From morning to now, I have lost all my face in front of Ye Luo today.

How can he believe that he can maintain order on the 30th?

"Second Young Master, wait a minute, I'll go down and take care of it." Tan Si jumped to the steamboat with the lutz in his hand.

Ye Luo raised his eyebrows and saw several nephews of Chow Tai Fook in the light.

He also took the actress to the steamer.

"Second Young Master, help!" Chow Tai Fook winked and whispered for help.

It was an emergency at that time, so he yelled those words, but he didn't expect to directly touch Tan Si's bad luck.

What if Tan Si wants to kill everyone tonight?

boom! boom! boom!

Tan Si shot the daring boatmen one by one cleanly, leaving only the leading skinny man and one other person alive, ready to be taken back for torture.

As for Ma Yongzhen and the others, he sold a favor to Ye Luo.

I saw Tan Si shooting and killing without mercy.

Several people present finally felt the oppression of the tycoon and the danger on the beach.

Ten miles away from home, there are fireworks, and the beach will be there in the stormy weather.

One general's success and ten thousand bones withered!

This is the gold-selling cave that thousands of people yearn for, and it’s also a purgatory on earth where corpses are buried and no one knows!

"Second Young Master, I have disappointed you today. On the 30th, I, Tan Si, will guarantee with my head that nothing will go wrong." Tan Si has been paying attention to Ye Luo's every move these days. His car dealership business seems to be successful. Chances, and there is the British Consul General in Shanghai behind him, so Tan Si can't get along with these connections.

To get along well in the Shanghai Bund Concession, the relationship between these foreigners must be good.

Tan Si is at a disadvantage in this regard. If he can cooperate with Ye Luo, the dock business can reach a higher level.

The two people also had similar temperaments, so he planned to take a gamble on Ye Luo.

"Fourth Master is serious." Ye Luo waved his hand, "How to deal with these goods?"

"Isn't this something that the second young master intercepted tonight?" Tan Si put away the musket and smiled, "It's windy, let's go back to the boat and continue drinking."

"Haha, then I'm not polite." Ye Luo didn't care about the wine and cigarettes, but the sex

He didn't speak to anyone at Chow Tai Fook. Anyway, everyone knew what happened during the day, and Chow Tai Fook was protected by him.

As for those quite interesting characters, it’s best to put them aside for now.

If you pay a lot of money to buy bones, it is best if the bones are delivered to your door.

After walking only a few steps, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind.

thump!

"Second Young Master, I want to hang out with you! I can be a follower, driver, thug, or shoe shiner!"

Bang bang bang!

Three rings.

"I want to get ahead, I want to have enough to eat and not starve! Second Young Master, please!"

This is Ma Yongzhen.

He is a strong and ambitious man at heart, and he dares to fight like this.

On the contrary, Ding Li is much more restrained, while Zhou Xingxing is probably still talking about his special powers.

Ye Luo didn't answer and waved behind his back.

After the two big guys took the people away, Zhou Xingxing ran over and helped Ma Yongzhen up: "Second brother, everyone is gone!"

"Ah? Second, the second young master agreed?" Ma Yongzhen looked at him.

"I promise, are you qualified to carry someone's shoes? Let's go now." The eldest brother, Ma Yongxiang, patted his younger brother on the head.

My younger brother can fight and fight hard, but the only problem is that he lacks brainpower and is stubborn.

Chow Dafu took Ding Li to pick them up. Talking about the second young master, he had a lot to brag about.

As for hanging out with others, that's too difficult.

But he could also take a few nephews to start on the patrol team. The arrival of the car on the 30th in Shanghai was a big deal for the second young master.

"Speaking of which, I had dinner with the second young master on the ship. The second young master pulled out a cigarette for me. That smell of Hardman."

"Uncle, does the second young master smoke Hardman? Isn't it a cigar?! I just saw a cigar in his pocket."

"I'll slap you on the head! Look, what the hell are you looking at? You can also see what's in your pocket? Then can you see the points in the dice tube?"

"Want to see."

"Look at your size!"

"Uncle, the second young master is so majestic! I will be like him in the future, holding a woman in my arms, smoking a cigarette, stamping my feet, and just shaking my head on the beach!"

"Hey, I just want to open a few fruit shops in the city. Oh, by the way, I also want to move to Xiafei Road. I heard that the environment there is very good, and the sisters are top-notch."

Under the night, a few people were talking about the future. In the distant Shandong Province, the Northern Expeditionary Army began to deploy and attack the Feng faction warlord Zhang Moushuai in the capital of Shandong Province.

The North-South War was like a raging fire, burning the land in the north.

And ordinary people, wealthy nobles, literati and celebrities who were affected by the war began to look for ways to go south and seek a stable paradise.

A little spark stirred up, and then there was a bright fire on the riverside.

The unknown steamer was filled with corpses and just burned.

Like the gorgeous starry sky at night.

Like fireworks set off by life.