1928: The rise of giant merchants

On November 21, the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928), it was 11:30 in the middle of the night.

Outside Shiliupu Pier, the giant ship Jiang'an slowly sailed in and arrived at Shanghai Beach silently under the gray night sky.

Ye Chen didn't play any tricks. When he arrived in India a few days ago, he found an opportunity to send a telegram to Ye Luo. For no other reason than the amount of smoke transported by the Jiangan ship scared him.

Lu Yusheng was the man behind this transportation. He must have spent a lot of money on it. Ye Chen had already made mental preparations.

But he never expected that Lu Yusheng would be so courageous, importing 1,200 boxes of high-quality cigarettes from India in one fell swoop!

These cigarettes were of extremely high quality. Ye Chen visually estimated that a box would start at 10,000 yuan, and 1,200 boxes would be 12 million!

With a profit of 300% and a cost of 12 million, Ye Chen couldn't think of the reason why Lu Yusheng kept silent about him.

Looking at the Shiliupu Pier getting closer and closer, Ye Chen let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way. When he arrived at Shanghai Bund, that was the second young master's territory. He said he would bring people to cut off the beard!

At this moment, the sound of falling water caught Ye Chen's attention.

A dozen strong men in crew uniforms jumped into the river with lightning speed.

When Ye Chen reacted, several gunshots broke the quiet night sky.

"No one is allowed to move! We are from the security headquarters. You are suspected of illegally transporting cigarettes. If anyone dares to move, I will blow his head to pieces!"

There was a sound coming from behind the deck.

Ye Chen's scalp exploded. He turned around suddenly and saw several familiar figures running from behind, all holding playpens in their hands.

Someone from the security headquarters?

What's going on?

Why are there people from the Security Command on board?

"Squat down for me, don't you hear me?"

boom!

After a gunshot, Ye Chen saw one of his subordinates was shot in the head. He was immediately shocked to realize that the other person was probably from the security headquarters. He was so frightened that he ran away with his head in his hands, not daring to fight back with a gun. He just squatted down like the others with his head in his hands. , for fear of being affected.

Seeing that everyone else on the ship was being honest, the tall man at the head nodded with satisfaction and ordered his men to arrest all these former colleagues.

"Boss, what should we do now?" someone asked.

The tall man replied with a smile: "Both the people and the goods will be transported to the reconnaissance team headquarters of the Baiyunguan Security Command through Dada Pier. Commander Xiong has other arrangements."

"Yes!" The people at the security headquarters were about to take action. Suddenly, a bunch of snow-white flashlights lit up from the pier. Several police officers with accents from Anhui Province came along the shore and found themselves on the gangway next to the giant ship. He stopped, raised his head again and glanced at the word "Jiang An" before boarding the ship.

"What's the matter?" Several members of the security headquarters in ship uniforms blocked their way.

"I am Ma Yongzhen, director of the Anti-Smuggling Department. I am on board the ship to inspect the goods." The leader, Ma Yongzhen, answered in a nonchalant manner and took out an official letter from his arms.

He received an order from Wang Hu a few days ago, but this old fox still did not calm down and issued an investigation order, asking people from the Anti-Smuggling Department to wait at Shiliupu Pier day and night to be on guard against the Jiangan ship arriving in Shanghai at night.

I didn't expect that they would actually stay on guard tonight.

After reading the content, the crew member's expression changed and he said politely: "You guys wait here for a moment, I'll ask the manager to come over."

Ma Yongzhen knew that the other party was from the security headquarters, and there had been gunshots just now, so he was afraid that a fight had broken out on the ship. The group of brothers he arranged had jumped ship and left before, so they should be the only ones on the ship now.

"Ma Chu, there seems to be a real problem." An anti-smuggling police officer behind whispered, "What should we do?"

"Just wait and see what happens." Ma Yongzhen touched her gun.

The second young master had ordered that if he found an opportunity, he would provoke a gun battle between the Songhu Police Department and the Garrison Headquarters. The situation would inevitably get out of hand. The bigger the better.

In this way, they can't even think about ending up.

Soon, a young man in a suit and leather shoes came to the gangway surrounded by a group of crew members. After a brief wave, someone took the official letter and presented it to him. He looked at it twice and threw it away, and said to Ma Yongzhen: "I am from Jiang'an. Manager No., I have not received notification from my superiors. The origin of this official letter is unknown. I will wait until I confirm its authenticity. You all should reply."

"Is Lu Yusheng still qualified to confirm the authenticity of the official letter?" Of course, Ma Yongzhen couldn't let these people leave. He put his hands on his hips and shouted, "If you don't let me check, it means there is smoke hidden on the boat! Brothers, come on!"

After receiving the order, a group of police officers armed with guns rushed to the Jiangan ship through the gangway.

"Stop them!" the young man shouted at the tall man.

A group of people from the security headquarters also rushed over.

There was a melee between the two sides, and the Anti-Smuggling Department only had seven people including Ma Yongzhen, so they were naturally at a disadvantage.

During the pushing and shoving, a police officer did not know whether he stepped on the air or was hit. He screamed and fell from the gangway into the river. His life or death was uncertain.

This instantly detonated the battle, and gunshots came from the silent night sky again!

"Don't shoot!" The leader of the big man roared at his subordinates, but it was too late. They had a head-on conflict with the people from the Anti-Smuggling Department!

At this time, a whistle came out, and dozens of people rushed off the boat instantly, surrounding several people from the anti-smuggling department and unable to move.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Ma Yongzhen hurriedly punched several people away, grabbed a road as fast as possible, and shouted: "The Security Headquarters attacked the police to transport cigarettes, you are dead!"

After saying this, without waiting for their reaction, he jumped from the gangway into the river and disappeared.

"How did he know?!" The leader's scalp was numb, but when he looked at Ma Yongzhen again, he had jumped into the Huangpu River and disappeared.

This sentence directly disrupted everyone's arrangements.

Looking at the several policemen from the Anti-Smuggling Department who were being restrained by the crew, Manager Jiang An looked at each other with the leading man, and they both saw confusion and bewilderment in each other's eyes.

How do these people from the Anti-Smuggling Division know that they are from the Security Command?

And the police officer who yelled ran away!

"What should I do?" The manager looked at the leading man.

The leading man glared at the policemen from the Anti-Smuggling Department and said coldly: "I can't control that much anymore. Let's wait for Commander Xiong to speak! First escort them to the reconnaissance team headquarters."

"Keep them?" The manager took out a poker and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "That's not good."

"Are you crazy?! One of them escaped. Do you want to completely break up with the Songhu Police Department by killing them?" The leading man held down the musket in his hand and ordered his subordinates to tie up all the swearing police officers. Get up and get on the boat, and leave Shiliupu Pier first.

Ye Chen, who had witnessed everything throughout the whole process, felt his heart sink, and finally knew that he had become Ye Luo's abandoned son!