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- Chapter 354 Asking for the moon**! )
"Huanyi Port was the first place in China to be opened to the public. Its ostentation has become more and more prosperous and its customs have changed with each passing day. All kinds of new businesses have their origins; all kinds of new jokes have also been made in Hong Kong. To say it is civilized is to say that it is civilized. It is civilization; what people cannot do, ** people can do it. ** civilization is more civilized than civilized people. To say it is barbaric is barbarism; what people cannot do, ** people can do it The barbarism of Japan is even more barbaric than barbarism. And in other places, the four words "civilization" and "barbarism" are absolutely opposite. If you are civilized, you will not be barbaric; if you are barbaric, you will not be barbaric. Civilization.** This is not the case: barbaric people can become civilized in an instant; civilized people can become barbaric in an instant. Those who do civilized things are just these few barbarians; those who do barbaric things are just these few civilized people. People. If you are not an extremely civilized person, you cannot do extremely barbaric things."
Lu Shi'e, the first year of Xuantong
There is a city in China where the Eastern, the Western, the trendy, the old, the beautiful, and the ugly are most vividly reflected in this city. All kinds of deformities in troubled times are also reflected in this city that lacks a moral restraint mechanism. The city is swelling. And this city is.
From the perspective of urban spatial composition, the city in the late Qing Dynasty included three areas: the county seat, the public concession and the French concession. **The rise from the county seat before the opening of the port to the first commercial port in the Far East has a lot to do with the establishment of the concession. In a city that prospered because of the concession, any deviant thoughts, radical, angry, and decadent emotions can be reflected in it. The concessions that respected the so-called "freedom of speech" were able to express themselves. The ** Concession also produced various novel ideas and strange world phenomena. From the perspective of artifacts and institutions, the ** Concession presented a pleasing European and prosperous atmosphere; from the perspective of Confucian moral ideals, the ** Concession was like a black dye vat. and the abyss of sin. The prosperity scene in China's foreign concessions seems "unusual", but there is a saying that prosperity comes with evil. And in **, this is even more vividly reflected.
At this time, it had been more than half a century since the "opening" of the ** Concession. The small east gate of Shiliupu is the junction area between the French Concession and China. Foreign goods, marine goods, and mountain goods shipped from overseas and the mainland are mostly distributed here. Foreign banks, trading houses, warehouses, and shops of various sizes are lined up in rows. This is also the case. Busy place. There are officials, businessmen, workers and coolies who come and go here every day, as well as groups of white-faced people.
As a result, some other industries came into being. As long as you turn into an alley, you can see small casinos, opium dens, open or half-open brothels, and "fireworks courtyards" where smoking and prostitution are combined. Just like rats, flies, mosquitoes, and cockroaches infest a garbage dump, this place has become a place where officials, businessmen, gangsters, and all the scum of society gather.
That afternoon, it was the time when Jubaoxing Teahouse was welcoming guests, and a middle-aged man came. He picked a table by the window, sat down, and ordered a pot of oolong tea. When the tea was brought, he didn't eat it. He just took off the tea cup cover and placed it on the left side of the tea cup. The top of the lid faces outward and the bottom of the dish faces in. The waiter looked back and knew in his heart that this was the rule of the Qing Gang - to put up a sign. He immediately went upstairs to report to Gu Yushu who was in charge of the Jubao Teahouse.
Gu Yushu was originally a gangster in the Xujiahui area. After joining Huang Jinrong's sect, he recruited a group of people and became the Huang sect's capable generals. Huang Huangrong assigned him to take charge of the Jubao Tea House as the contact point between Bai Xiangren and the gang. In the morning, Huang Huangrong sent someone to take care of him; someone may come to "collect debts" recently, so don't be polite.
Gu Yushu inserted a dagger into the waistband of his trousers, held two steel balls the size of duck eggs in his left hand, and walked downstairs holding them "chicking, chicking". He first walked around the visitor's tea table in a counterclockwise direction from left to top, and after sizing him up like a cat or a dog walking around in circles, he stood opposite the big man and suddenly asked :
"Boss, do you have a threshold?"
The other party seemed to be prepared, so he stood up respectfully, took off his right hand to dust his sleeves, cupped his hands, and answered:
"I dare not, because I am taking advantage of my ancestor."
"Who is your predecessor? What is the name of your gang?"
"When at home, a son does not dare to talk about his father; when he goes out, a disciple does not dare to be a Taoist master. My family name is Chen, and my name is Shangjiang and Xiaoshan. We belong to the Jianghuai Four Gangs."
Ma Longfei casually mentioned a name. When the army was booming, he relied heavily on the gang, and there were no gang members under him. The name he gave was that of a subordinate who died early in the military boom. year.
"But this time after he got off the ship, he did not choose to stay with those comrades in the party. Instead, he came straight over and settled in this sixteenth floor. This area is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and hundreds of people come to the beach every day to fish for food. Even those with a military spirit like him are many. After all, deserters have been coming day by day over the years, and this place is so popular. , it is normal for some deserters to come. There is nothing like this kind of party member, who is more suitable to hide his identity.
And the reason why he came here to worship, Ma Longfei had his own motives., if you want to completely conceal a person, only these people can help. Of course, this help can only help the front, not the back. According to the division of labor between him and Lei Qiang, Lei Qiang is responsible for formulating the entire plan, and Song Zheping is responsible for communicating with the local people. Contact the revolutionaries, and he himself has to set up a "false picture" for the three people in the **, and this "false" is the basis for whether they can safely escape the ** after the plan is implemented, so he will appear in the ** This place.
After hearing this, Gu Yushu blinked and knew in his heart that the person coming was from the Qing Gang, and he thought it was a debt collector. According to the master's order, I have to give him some color. Then he asked:
"Which word do you prefer, boss?"
"There are twenty-one on the head, twenty-two on the back, and twenty-three on the feet."
¡°The boss is a ¡®tong¡¯ person!¡±
Seeing that the other party was so senior, Gu Yushu quickly pulled out the chair at the table, sat down on the opposite side, stretched out his hand and said "please", indicating that the other party should also sit down, while Ma Longfei calmly sat on the chair directly. Then, Gu Yushu asked again:
"Which dock did the boss make his fortune at?"
"A boat floats all over the world, and all the seas are home."
According to the rules of the Qinggang, when asking this question, the other party should reveal his identity. However, this man was still so vague, which made the slightly famous tea shop manager feel angry and added fuel to the fire. The other party asked:
"Can I ask the boss which way to burn incense? Which word is the top?"
Gu Yushu worshiped Huang Jinrong as his disciple, but Huang Huangrong himself had not yet become a disciple, so he was a "vacant" in the gang world. If you want to show your seniority now, you will naturally be blinded. They interrogated each other on the bottom of the sea in order to find out where the other party came from and the seniority of the gang, and only then could they talk about the differences.
Seeing that Gu Yushu couldn't answer, Ma Longfei was stunned. The person in front of him was not a fake, but why couldn't he answer? Could it be that even though he didn't know what he was doing, he still had to put on a show, pretending that he was a fake character just for fun, his eyes were burning, and he stood up suddenly.
"May I ask the boss, how many ships does the Duan Gang have?"
Gu Yushu saw what the other party was thinking, snorted from his nostrils, and said something coldly.
"One thousand nine hundred and ninety!"
"What flag are you flying?"
"The hundreds-footed flag entering Beijing, the apricot-yellow flag leaving Beijing, the dragon and phoenix flags on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the four big red flags on the bow, and the eight majestic flags on the stern."
"How many boards does the boat have? How many nails?"
"There are seventy-two on the board, and I would like to count them according to the earth. There are thirty-six needles, and I would like to number them according to the Tiangang."
Ma Longlong continued to ask:
¡°What¡¯s a board with nails but no eyes? What¡¯s a board with eyes but no pins?¡±
¡°A needle without an eye is a springboard; an eye without nails is a fiber board.¡±
Gu Yushu answered fluently, and immediately turned his defense into an offense, asking with a bulging eye:
"How many stars are there in the sky?"
"Thirty-six thousand stars!"
"How many tendons do you have in your body?"
"Peel off the skin and find it!"
When the words came to this, Ma Longfei immediately gritted his teeth and became violent.
"One knife makes two holes. How many of you are missing? Borrow them to swallow with wine!"
As soon as the word "swallow" came out of his mouth, Gu Yushu pulled out his chair with a loud noise, and the people behind him took a few steps back and got into posture. At this time, some of the tea guests scattered around listening to the tea kicked down their stools, overturned the square tables, and stood on their side with a roar. Some even pulled out sharp daggers from the waistband of their stockings. Seeing this attitude, some unrelated tea guests were so frightened that they peed and hurriedly slipped out the door.
But the scene in front of him made Ma Longfei grin. The smile was like looking at a dead person. A revolver suddenly appeared in his hand, aiming directly at Gu Yushu's head.
Looking at the black muzzle of the gun and aiming at his own head, Gu Yushu felt a sudden burst of sweat break out on his back. The two steel balls the size of duck eggs held in his left hand became even more silent. Almost slipped and fell. The reason why he was so frightened was because he saw that the guy in front of him had killed people before, and he was a murderer without blinking an eye. His revolver had bullets in it and could kill at least six people, and
While the two sides were drawing their swords in an exaggerated manner, someone ran in the door panting and shouted:
"Everyone, please don't do anything!"
Looking out of the corner of his eye, Ma Longfei saw that the person who came in was a young man with a pair of striking ears on his big head, and Gu Yushu took a look and saw that it was Du Yuesheng. My heart suddenly screamed for bad luck, why is this toady here? But if he had been late Even though he had saved his life, Gu Yushu knew that he had made an appearance today, and he had made an appearance in front of this flatterer.
"Fruit Yuesheng, you come and stir it up"What? It's none of your business here! "
"I'm here to meet this guy."
"Hmph, I'll do it for you. I want you to"
"For such a small role, you need to step in and let me meet this guest."
Seeing what Du Yuesheng said and being convinced, and thinking of Du Yuesheng's previous look, Gu Yushu immediately softened. He turned around and waved his chin towards his subordinates, saying "withdraw", and the minions left the door with a clatter. Outside, scattered. When Gu Yushu stepped out of the door, he put his right hand back, and with a flash of silver light, a steel ball hit the tea cup. The tea splashed on Ma Longfei's face, and then he sneered. Only then was he satisfied, and he didn't even look up. Went back to earth.
Ma Long, who put away his gun, was so out of breath that he fisted at Gu Yushu.
"Thanks!"
And Du Yuesheng took a few steps forward, cupped his fists with both hands and cupped his hands towards the big man, and said sisi.
"What happened just now is all due to the tolerance of the boss. I helped my subordinates to report something out of line, and I reported it to my master. The state has national laws, and the world is justified. If a bachelor does not do something wrong, it is difficult to hide himself in the world. He will be held responsible, he said. If you hit me, you and I, please calm down. If you are long, you can cut it off, if you are short, you can pick it up. If you are too slow, please serve me a bowl of tea first to honor the boss!"
¡°As he spoke, Du Yuesheng snapped his fingers, inviting the waiter to make a cup of black tea, and handed it over with both hands:
"When I go, I will ask my predecessor to calm my anger."
Seeing Du Yuesheng's gentle look and hearing these gentle words, Ma Longfei knew that his goal had been achieved, and he was done with it. In addition, the tea ceremony was also very prestigious. With this face, Chen Jiangshan was equivalent to showing his face in society, so he followed the steps set up by Du Yuesheng, took the cup of inlaid black tea with both hands, and nodded in return. :
"Nice to meet you!"
The atmosphere in the teahouse suddenly relaxed, and it was just like the sky had cleared after the rain.
Du Yuesheng waved his hand to the big man and said:
"Excuse me, boss, please come upstairs!"
Dozens of minutes later, Ma Longfei left the Treasure Building with a sneer on his face. Compared with Guangzhou, ** does have its own advantages. A few boxes of cigarettes were exchanged for the "boat money" leaving **. But those boxes of cigarettes were actually cigarettes he had just bought in the concession using another identity.
¡°Everything is ready!¡±
Being in the public concession, after getting rid of the two "white-faced men" behind him, Ma Longfei looked around again. There was no need to worry about Lianyungang's secret police here. Those secret police would not risk disrupting diplomacy. The risk of doing business in the concession.
Secret police should be considered a new term in China. In fact, this term has only appeared for more than half a year. In the past six months, the Longhai Security Department has been a symbol of China¡¯s secret police. In "Jiaoao" During the "Conflict", due to the failure of Qingdao and the failure at sea, Japan domestically criticized the government and military for the Longhai intelligence work. In the end, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters blamed everything on the "efficient work of the China secret police."
From there, as the "Shield and Sword of Longhai", the Longhai Security Department and the term "Secret Police" became famous throughout the country. Of course, the reputation was a good one. In just a few months during the "Jiaoao Incident" , successively uncovered 63 Japanese espionage cases, and assisted in the detection of 13 Japanese espionage cases in the capital. It was the efficient work of the Security Department and the secret police that paved the way for the victory of the "Jiao'ao Incident".
However, although the Security Department has gained fame and praise, for the Security Department, which claims to be "ubiquitous", this means the exposure of the corporate investigation agency they pretend to be. While their efficient work makes enemy countries vigilant, It will also make political opponents wary, just like Ma Longfei.
"Be careful of the secret police!"
Lei Qiang had warned Ma Longfei again and again. It seemed that Lei Qiang had fought with the secret police of the Security Department. Ma Longfei had also curiously asked about this, but all he got in exchange was an awkward smile. However, Ma Longfei still vaguely guessed that maybe Lei Qiang was a "fish that slipped through the net" in the intelligence war during the "Jiao'ao Incident", but this was just his guess.
"We have to wait two more days!"
Wearing a top hat, Ma Longfei murmured in his mind that after Li Zicheng finished his election speech in Fujian, he told the whole country, "I will go north to the capital soon to discuss state affairs with the president!" Ma Longfei, who was still on the boat, returned. Remember what happened that day.
At that time, a group of four people took a Japanese cruise ship to Japan. Because they were in the upper class, there were dances every night on the cruise ship, but Ma Longfei, who was thoughtful, had no intention of dancing. He often comes to the deck alone and thinks about how to complete his mission in Japan.
That is to say, when the boat was approaching **, a man in his fifties or soThe compatriots hurried onto the deck and shouted eagerly to the big guy:
"The radioman on the ship just now said that he received a call and Li Zhiyuan went to the capital at the same time to discuss state affairs with the president!"
"Envoy Li Jinglue has agreed to go to the capital!"
At that time, there were bursts of cheers on the ship, and among the cheers, there was also a sigh, but the sigh came from the mouths of the Japanese passengers on the ship.
"With Yuan Xiangcheng as president and Li Lianyun as prime minister, China will be strong!"
Amidst the cheers of the people, Ma Longfei just wanted to rush back to the cabin. When he went back to the cabin, every Westerner he met congratulated him, and a Westerner congratulated a "Chinese" When I was there, I heard the man say.
"Why am I happy? Yuan Shikai is the president and Li Zicheng is the prime minister. Japan can no longer challenge China!"
The man was obviously Japanese. As a result, after the man said those words, he actually shed tears full of sorrow, anger and worry. The cheers of the people and the worries of the Japanese only made Ma Longfei anxious during the rest of the journey. , unable to sleep peacefully, as soon as I close my eyes, what comes to my mind is the cheers of those people.
"With Yuan Xiangcheng as president and Li Lianyun as prime minister, China will be strong!"
Thinking about this sentence, Ma Longfei knew that this might be what the Chinese people expected from Li Zicheng. Yuan Shikai was good at managing politics and training troops, and Li Zhiyuan was good at industry and finance. If the two could work closely together, it would be a blessing for China, but, but ¡
In silence, Ma Longfei was walking on the sidewalk in Suzhou. When he looked up, he saw a propaganda poster, which showed a powerful fist pointing straight into the sky.
¡°Change ¨C start now!¡±
Standing in front of the poster, looking at the people above and below the poster, Ma Longfei muttered the slogan above to himself.
"To change China, we are actually only one step away!"
Finally, standing in front of this poster, Ma Longfei truly hesitated for the first time. He stood there motionless and seemed to be thinking about something.
"There's only one step left"
Sighing, Ma Longfei let out a sigh in his throat, and finally let out a helpless sigh.
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