Chapter 14 The Conflict Begins (I wish friends a healthy Dragon Boat Festival)
Although the confrontation with Huang Jinrong was somewhat unexpected because of the advancement, new concepts and new methods still showed power to traditional and old gangs.
Zhang Abao is just a "four-dea" gangster who often hangs in casinos and claims to be "eating and beating to death". His behavior is similar to that of the Hunxingzi in Tianjin, and he relies on scoundrels to get hit from the casino.
Long Xingtang found him through a roundabout relationship, and asked him to pretend to be a member of the Qing Gang, saying that this is the case in the French Concession. In this way, even if something happens, Xingyi Tang or Long Xingtang will not be investigated.
Cao Axing, the original theater old garden, had already received some money and took his little family back to his hometown in Hangzhou to run another business. Thanks to Xingyitang's generosity and righteousness, he sincerely expressed that the home in Hangzhou was the destination of Xingyi's cousins, and he also agreed to serve as an eye for Xingyitang.
For Chen Wenqiang, spending money to buy the theater is nothing. First, it will not disappoint the brothers in the hall and know that Xingyi Hall is enough to rely on; second, it will win the battle with Huang Jinrong. This amount of money is just a small investment, and the returns will be more than several dozen times.
He is generous and does not take money too seriously. This is also one of Chen Wenqiang's personality changes after his rebirth. When he has it, he invests in industry and adds it to Longxingtang's capital account; when he has it, he spends it in places that he feels worth it. Apart from leaving a house and a deposit for Xiao Xi and Xiao Zhi, Chen Wenqiang hardly saves any private money.
Of course, the creation of various industries is considered Chen Wenqiang's wealth, and his generous and easy action has indeed brought him a good reputation in the gang.
Despite this, the transformation of Xingyitang has been carried out continuously and firmly. Those with good quality and few bad records continue to enter Longxingtang and receive better care and help; those who are idle and gangsters are gradually alienated; the rules of gangsters are becoming more and more strict, becoming a powerful tool for cleaning and transformation.
Compared with the caution of the old gangs, Chen Wenqiang has greater investment and support for the Chinese Union in Shanghai. Those poor and bullied workers do not join Longxingtang, but they also have rules and regulations to abide by. At the same time, the Chinese Union in Shanghai has its own mouthpiece, "Justice Communication", which hires a barrister as legal counsel and Longxingtang as a support for force, which can better uphold justice and protect the rights and interests of Chinese workers. It is more like a modern group and also gives Chen Wenqiang hope.
In order to make the Chinese labor union in Shanghai more influential and appealing, it is a very necessary job to start some industries to provide jobs for the poor. What kind of jobs are low in technical content and can be done by taking them? In Shanghai, the main focus is rickshaws. However, to operate the rickshaw industry, it is inevitable to deal with officials and police officers to avoid the trouble of prying notes and extortion.
The patrol system in the Chinese world has begun to penetrate Longxingtang, and the public concessions have also been planned to open up the key points. Only the French concessions have not yet begun. This confrontation with Huang Jinrong, killing him directly is a way, but if it can be conquered, it is equivalent to opening up the relationship between the French concessions. Not only is it more beneficial to operate rickshaws, but it is also more convenient to carry out other activities.
Of course, this is just a plan, just a plan, a plan that will develop to a level, but it cannot be successful by imagination alone. Chen Wenqiang also has his own difficulties in adopting such a plan. After all, it is easy to kill a Huang Jinrong, but it is not easy to replace him with his own people.
But no matter what, the battle with Huang Jinrong was carried out in such a relatively hidden way.
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In Huang Jinrong's view, Chen Sanlin was abandoned by a trash pile of abandoned corpses and the letters left by Zhang Abao, it was undoubtedly the Qing Gang's revenge on him. However, although the Qing Gang is very powerful, it is surrounded by mountains and shaped like loose sand. In the French Concession, it is not difficult to defeat one or two small gangs.
With such confidence, when his disciples were killed, Huang Jinrong immediately used his black and white powers to start investigating and revenge.
As the chaos broke out, almost all the industries operated by the Qing Gang forces in the French Concession were affected and affected. In the open, there were police officers to inspect and question, and in the secret, there were threats and intimidations from Huang Jinrong's disciples. Teahouses, restaurants, hotels, brothels, and other places were not at ease, and even the Qing Gang bosses living in the French Concession were harassed.
Not only that, Huang Jinrong also asked for help from the French boss, brought the official documents of the French police station, contacted the Public Concession Police Station and the Shanghai County Government, and asked for assistance in solving the case and arresting Zhang Abao.
Unfortunately, after several days of hard work, not only did Zhang Abao not find out, but he didn't even understand which old man Zhang Abao worshiped and which gang he belonged to. But Huang Jinrong and his subordinates believed that this was not Zhang Abao's personal actions, and that there must be a gang force planning an action behind the scenes, because from the traces, killing Chen Sanlin was done by many people, and it left the mark of the Green Gang.
How could Huang Jinrong give up? He felt that the strength was not enough. The Qing Gangs were perfunctory, so they could not find Zhang Abao's background and traces. No matter what other territory is, he had some means in the French Concession. Therefore, the Qing Gang characters in the French Concession were in trouble and were constantly called to question by the police. Huang Jinrong even made even more harsh words. If Zhang Abao was not found, he wanted them to look good.
However, Huang Jinrong did not expect that under his pressure, the revenge came quickly and harshly. His confidant disciple Jin Jiuling and Zeng Jiuru had an accident again. Jin Jiuling was the Hua Gun Gun whom he promoted. He worked in the police station of Xiaodongmen. He was the most powerful person in the investigation of the case. Now he disappeared overnight. Zeng Jiuru, one of the bullies at the Shiliupu Wharf, died in a dark alley with three swords and six holes, and the word "disrespect" was burned with a burning incense on his arm.
Disrespect is one of the ten major methods of the Qing Gang, which is disrespect for the elders. This makes sense. Although Huang Jinrong calls himself the Qing Gang, he is a genius and cannot be considered a seniority. Obviously, it is the investigation and arrest over the past few days, especially the harsh treatment of several Qing Gang bosses, which has attracted the Qing Gang's counterattack and retaliation.
It's just that one disappeared without a trace, and the other died flamboyant and eye-catching. Why should we treat it differently? In Huang Jinrong, Jin Jiuling was an official and a French policeman's visit. The disappearance was less than the impact of murder. In other words, the opponent was still afraid of his status in the French concession and the power of the police station.
With such a judgment and accumulated anger, Huang Jinrong began a tougher counterattack. He used his power to investigate and arrest the Qing Gang's business premises more frequently and effectively, which not only caused the operation of these places to almost stop, but some Qing Gang figures were also arrested and imprisoned in the police station.
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Chapter completed!