1928: The rise of giant merchants

December 31, the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928).

As New Year's Day approaches, Shanghai's transportation hubs are crowded with people, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Due to the high density of people coming and going at railway stations, docks and other places, conflicts often broke out in the past few days, and the Songhu Police Department was extremely busy.

Since going to Ye Mansion and paying homage to the mountain, Wen Yingxing has obviously felt that his work has become much easier and more convenient.

He lamented the second young master's amazing energy in Shanghai, and suddenly felt that being transferred here was not a bad thing.

Nowadays, many affairs in the department are coordinated and handled by the deputy director Ma Yongzhen. The police officers below him obey his words and are surprisingly powerful in action.

Wen Yingxing, who had served in other places, was shocked. Unlike the loose Chinese police officers in his memory, the Songhu Police Department had gone through several major changes. Although it was unknown how many people from the Ye family had been mixed in, the work efficiency was indeed It's gone up a lot.

Anyway, he doesn't mind this form of "overhead".

Because his core target is still Jinling, the Songhu Police Department is just a gilded place, and this position will inevitably be handed over to Ma Yongzhen, who has already emerged.

The second young master helped him have a smooth career, and he helped the second young master keep an eye on the Songhu Police Department. This was a potential deal between the two.

"I heard that the second young master will return to Shanghai from Fengtian this afternoon. I have to prepare a good reception banquet, and I can't let others get there first."

Wen Yingxing thought so in his heart.

On December 30, a group of them learned that Ye Luo had been invited to Fengtian to participate in the flag-changing ceremony!

He is said to be a business representative from the south, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhang Hanqing supported him at Ye Luo's wedding, which shows that the two have a close friendship.

Zhang Hanqing has always looked down upon businessmen from the south. At this ceremony, only Ye Luo was the representative of the business community, which shows how important they are.

After nominal reunification, the principal granted Zhang Hanqing the position of Northern Border Defense Commander. To put it bluntly, it was acquiescence to his position as the top leader in the north.

Ye Luo's status naturally increased, which made Song Ziwen, who had just had some quarrel with him, become warm again.

Just as Wen Yingxing was thinking, there was a sudden knock on the office door. Before he could reply, the door was pushed open violently, and an angry middle-aged man in military uniform rushed in with several soldiers with live ammunition!

"This is the Songhu Police Department, are you crazy?" Wen Yingxing also had a military background. He subconsciously pulled out his gun and glared at the visitor.

"I think you are the one who is going crazy, Wen Yingxing!"

The middle-aged soldier snorted coldly, sat in front of him and shouted,

"There are 2,000 boxes of cigarettes on the Nissin. You just watch them transport the stuff out of Shanghai. You, the director of the Songhu Police Department, are like an egg!"

When Wen Yingxing heard the man swearing directly, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed instead of getting angry. In typical hard-core military style, he probably guessed who it was.

"I don't know what big smoke is."

He knew that there was smoke hidden in the fabrics of the Nissin, but so what?

Those goods belong to Song Ziwen.

It was the principal who agreed to transport it to Suzhou City.

It was made by Fan Transport owned by Madame Verdy, the French Consul General.

He dares to intercept a small character?

"Fuck you! You don't know! I think you are just like Xiong Shihui. You know the law and break it, and you are armed to transport soil." The man sprayed spit everywhere.

Wen Yingxing's expression changed and he interrupted him quickly: "Commander Dai, there are some things you can say and some things you can't say nonsense. Xiong Shihui was transferred away, and it was not said that he was involved. If your words spread to Jinling, something will happen. .”

"What do I care about you? Anyway, you can let it go, you take responsibility! I have sent out the arrest team of the Security Command to intercept the smoke before they arrive at the transfer station! I don't care what you think, you can either cooperate with me , or kill me today."

The middle-aged man sat there and refused to leave.

Good guy, this is sending a powder keg to replace Xiong Shihui.

Wen Yingxing had a headache and quickly called his secretary: "Go and call the Jinling Military and Political Department and ask Minister Feng to comment."

"Don't go out!" He kicked off his halberd and military boots and glared at the secretary, scaring him so much that he took a few steps back and really didn't dare to walk out of the office door.

"Commander Dai, you are so arrogant!" Wen Yingxing had a headache. He had heard that this person was a fool, but he didn't expect him to be so stunned.

However, the other party was an old man who had followed Mr. Sun, and he himself had been Mr. Sun's secretary. He even wore a halberd with a high status and background, so he was not easy to mess with.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't understand. Anyway, you can quickly send the police officers from the Anti-Smuggling Department to assist my people in the investigation, and that will be the end of it. Otherwise, I will go here today and sleep in your office."

Dai Ji said that he actually had someone take out the quilt and pillow, which made Wen Yingxing even more dumbfounded.

It was impossible for him to send someone to disrupt the situation.

Those big cigarettes are Song Ziwen's pet peeve. Who knows if there are still shares of the principal in them. If Song Ziwen is rashly dispatched, his career will be over if he offends Song Ziwen.

How to deal with Dai Ji?

Wen Yingxing thought of the second young master Ye Luo, but the master had not returned to Shanghai yet.

At this moment, there were rushing footsteps again outside.

This time it was Ma Yongzhen.

The person wearing the halberd was originally blocking the door, refusing to let anyone in, but when he heard that the other party was Ma Yongzhen, the former director of the Anti-Smuggling Department, the person wearing the halberd quickly shouted: "Quick, quick, please ask Deputy Ma to come in and talk!"

Ma Yongzhen saw the mess in the office and glanced at Dai Ji in confusion. She immediately recognized the other person as the new commander of the Security Command and quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, Commander Dai."

"Mr. Ma arrived at just the right time." Dai Ji chuckled and told the story about the Songhu Police Department allowing Fan to be transported away.

There was smoke hidden in the cargo of the Nissin. Dai Ji didn't believe that Ma Yongzhen didn't know about it, and the other party was the ruthless person who singled out the Jiang'an ship incident. He believed that Ma Yongzhen would not allow this to happen. Now this is the situation. It's all Wen Yingxing's fault.

It's a pity that Wen Yingxing took the blame for this inexplicably.

After listening to Dai Ji's words, Ma Yongzhen smiled at first, and then said seriously: "I came here in a hurry to report on urgent matters."

"Then I avoid it?"

Dai Ji was not really stunned, he stood up quickly and said.

Ma Yongzhen shook his head: "Commander Dai, you happen to be able to listen to this."

"Yongzhen, tell me." Wen Yingxing's heart trembled, feeling that something big had happened.

"When Fan's transport convoy passed through the Taihu Lake area, it was robbed by Taihu water bandits!"

"OK!"

Dai Ji shouted subconsciously, then he felt something was inappropriate and coughed a few times before saying,

"I mean yes, these bandits are so bold. They dare to rob a caravan in broad daylight. We can't let them go. What do you think, Mr. Wen?"

"When did it happen?" Wen Yingxing asked.

Ma Yongzhen replied: "As for the secret message sent from Suzhou City just now, Jinling also intends to deal with the water bandits. I'm afraid this matter will be serious."

Wen Yingxing and Dai Ji knew the big thing he was talking about. It was not the suppression of water bandits, but the looting of the Nissin's cargo. The matter of the 2,000 boxes of cigarettes could no longer be hidden!