1928: The rise of giant merchants

July 4, the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928).

The Nationalist Government appointed the Shanghai Political Branch to issue a warrant to arrest Fu Xiao'an, the former president of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce. The wanted charge was Sun Chuanfang, one of the leaders of the Beiyang rebels during the Northern Expedition!

In March 1927, Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang issued 10 million yuan in treasury bonds as military expenses for their last stubborn resistance.

Fu Xiao'an summoned the Shanghai banking industry to present treasury bonds, but was met with opposition and no one responded. subsequently

In order to express his gratitude to Sun Chuanfang, Fu Xiao'an specially donated 2 million oceans from the reserve fund of the Commercial Bank to restore his military resources.

Zhang Dingyao, the current mayor of Shanghai Special City, has obtained actual evidence of the transaction from Longhua Prison and ordered the Songhu Police Department to seize all Fu Xiaoan's properties outside the concession overnight. As one of the team leaders, Ma Yongzhen fought bravely and killed Fu Xiaoan's thugs. Ten people, become famous in one battle!

Fu Xiaoan hid in the Public Board Office of the French Concession overnight. Because of the concession issue, Zhang Dingyao and others could not break into the Public Board Office to arrest him, so they had to send people to negotiate with the French Consulate General in Shanghai and the directors of the Public Board Office, hoping that they would cooperate with this incident. wanted action.

The power of the foreigners in the concession was greater than Ye Luo estimated. France was now not as good as the two giants of Britain and the United States, but it was still arrogant, completely ignoring Jinling Fang's wanted order, and firmly claimed that there was no such person in the Public Directorate.

At the same time, on the list of the new Provisional Administrative Committee of the Public Board of Directors, the three tycoons of Yongxing Company and Feng Jingyao were once again on the list and became the official Chinese directors of the Public Board of Directors, with the same power as several other foreign directors!

In addition, the Public Directors Bureau also established five additional temporary Hua Dong consultants, including Yu Likui's name, but Ye Chen was not among them.

At this moment, Ye Chen finally understood that he had been abandoned by both parties.

He gritted his teeth, and the new workers would always continue to expand. Anyway, he had a lot of territory in the French Concession. If the foreigners really wanted to fight him, he was not afraid.

That night, with the help of the Japanese invaders, Fu Xiaoan secretly transferred from the Public Security Bureau to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, and then took a ship to flee directly to Japan!

By the time the police officers entered the Public Security Bureau, Fu Xiao'an had long since disappeared.

After learning the news, Ye Luo felt regretful.

The wheel of history is rolling, national events, and even the fate of many celebrities are difficult to change by one person.

Soon, on the eve of the Battle of Songhu, Fu Xiaoan will lift the wanted order through various efforts and return to Shanghai to regain power.

This is not what Ye Luo wants to see.

But it's okay. After leaving the land of the Chinese and in a foreign country, isn't it normal to be killed suddenly?

In the past few days, according to what Shi Zhongcheng and Shi Jinggong said, everyone related to Ye's Investment Company has ceased operations in Shanghai. Except for normal business operations, no one is allowed to cause trouble or stay outside without reason.

He also called Tan Si and asked his dock gang not to show up recently and just maintain order at various docks in Shanghai.

After all, Tan Si was a reckless hero, and he was newly elected to the General Chamber of Commerce Committee. He felt that Jinling would not go too far, so he didn't take it seriously.

His behavior and ideas are also the views of most of Shanghai's old-school businessmen and tycoons.

They know that Jinling wants to rectify the business community in Shanghai, and the General Chamber of Commerce will make the first move, and I'm afraid there will be a second and third blow after that. But they don't think Jinling has a complete plan for Shanghai, and they will be liquidated. Again, who makes money and pays taxes here?

However, in fact, these old-school businessmen and gang tycoons completely underestimated Jinling's determination to reorganize Shanghai and implement the Great Shanghai Plan!

On July 5, a large number of elite soldiers from the 37th Army of Shandong Province arrived in Shanghai. They were brave soldiers from Shi Zhongcheng's independent regiment. After arriving from the train station, they rushed to the garrison headquarters and joined the soldiers of the 32nd Army. Stay in one place temporarily.

That afternoon, Shi Zhongcheng, Shi Jinggong and others led troops to patrol and search various places in the county and suburbs, saying they were looking for Fu Xiao'an and others who might be hiding here.

During the inspection, Shen Qingshan's Eight-Part-Party Party clashed with them. Several soldiers were injured by thugs. After negotiations failed, Shi Zhongcheng led his team to raid all the opium dens owned by the Eight-Part-Party Party in the county!

It is said that during the sweep, a large amount of illegally transported opium was seized. Now Shanghai Tang has not officially joined the National Anti-Smoking Committee, but it has been the consensus of all people with lofty ideals since the late Qing Dynasty that opium harms people. Except for Yongxing Company, there is no Other forces still dare to engage in opium cigarette business in Shanghai.

In the early years, the Eight-Party Party made a living by robbing opium. Later, it cooperated with the Chaoshan gang in Guangdong and assisted them in transporting opium to various developed cities in the south in order to collect protection fees. They used the British Concession as their nest, regularly bribed the patrol house, and monopolized the The large cigarette shipping industry in Shanghai.

The Eight-Party Party relied on these ill-gotten gains to make a fortune, and within a few years it became one of the largest gang forces in Shanghai besides the Youth Gang, the Federation of Labor and the Hongmen.

They are still lawless in the concessions, let alone in unregulated counties and suburbs.

Unexpectedly, this time, it really hit the wall.

Shi Zhongcheng's troops came here specifically to help Zhang Dingyao plow through these ungrateful gang members.

The eight-part gang's little firepower was completely unable to compete with the elite troops. Shen Qingshan did not expect that Shi Zhongcheng and the others were serious. When he wanted to send Dayang over to settle the matter, Shi Zhongcheng had already beaten him at his door and locked him in the county seat. The small courtyard where the lover is kept is directly occupied!

The scene of Shen Qingshan being held to the head by countless gun barrels was captured by the accompanying reporters, and it is destined to become the headline news of major newspapers tomorrow!

This reminded him of the past when Lu Yongxiang first came to Shanghai.

The eight-part party group consisting of Shen Qingshan, Ji Yunqing, Yang Zaitian, Bao Haichou, Yu Bingwen, Xie Baosheng, and Dai Buxiang was directly destroyed. It was wiped out in one afternoon, and the seven leaders were escorted to the security headquarters.

Listening to Ma Yongzhen's vivid description on the phone, Ye Luo was eating melon seeds in the lobby of Ye Mansion, feeling comfortable.

These guys who are bringing disaster to the country and the people should be caught and shot.

There is no use keeping them, they will only corrode various industries like moths.

If all the gangs are really repaired, the life of a group of Chinese businessmen led by Yip's Investment Company will be much easier in the future.

"Second Young Master, I heard that they went to sweep away Bai Yuli's Bai Gang, Xue Changchun's Wuhu Gang, and even small gangs like Cao Gang."

Ma Yongzhen was very excited. The Songhu Police Department would also assist in the raids. Although they could not enter the concession, he would be very happy if they could crack down on the opium dens and casinos that the second young master hated most in the suburbs and county towns.

In the concession, we still have to rely on the patrol house to come forward to rectify the situation. Unfortunately, the patrol house has been ruined long ago. They can't even think about rectifying giants like Yongxing Company.

However, the results of the past few days still make Ye Luo very satisfied.

Ye Yuqiao, Ye Hao and others now admire Ye Luo. From the end of the Second Northern Expedition, Ye Luoyan has been involved in everything. Even after the death of Marshal Zhang, Jinling Fang's plan to quickly clean up the situation in Shanghai, Ye Luoyan Luo Ye guessed that it was close to ten.

Now Ye Yuqiao also understood that the era of businessmen without warlords and gangs muddying the waters was indeed coming.

Their biggest enemies now are foreigners and companies.

But this is much better than internal and external troubles.

"Three barrels? Then what am I doing?" The cards in Bi Yunxia's hand were knocked down.

Ye Qingqing, Zhang Anyi and Xiao Aqiao at the card table suddenly exclaimed.

"Oh my God, I'm cheating! How much did the second brother bet?" Ye Qingqing pouted, widened his eyes, and looked at Bi Yunxia in disbelief, "It's over, it's over, I'm going to lose miserably! It was me who set off the cannon!"

"Brother Luo bet 20 yuan, and Qingqing, you are the one who fired the gun three times. Sister An Yi and I don't have to pay." Xiao A pursed her lips and snickered. She also lost a lot, but as the "second young lady" , she had no intention of winning money from the other three people.

As for this little mother, it was quite beyond her expectation. She kept losing money after taking the stage, even worse than Zhang Anyi who called to pay her tuition. But this time Ye Luo bet her 20 bucks, she suddenly felt like a poker god. Just win!

"What? Mom won? Then I made a lot of money." Ye Luo stood up with a smile, hung up the phone, and looked back at Shi Jianqiao, who was standing quietly beside him with an extraordinary appearance, "How about Miss Shi? Try serving it to the table?"

"I can't." Shi Jianqiao blushed.

She agreed to be Ye Luo's bodyguard, firstly because she saw that her cousin and fiancé had no intention of avenging her, and secondly because she appreciated Ye Luo's character and ability and was willing to protect his rise as a wealthy businessman.

He also had the idea of ​​using Ye Luo's power to avenge his father, and then work for him.

But these days, she has been living with her in Ye Mansion, enjoying delicious food and drinks, and her family treats her sincerely, which makes her a little embarrassed and difficult to get along with.

She was used to living alone. After her father died, Shi Jianqiao practiced martial arts alone and lived a life as secluded from others as an iceberg. But in the Ye family, they all regarded themselves as the eldest lady in the past, allowing Shi Jianqiao to live alone. There is an inexplicable feeling of comfort in the cocked sword.

It’s the taste of “home” that I haven’t experienced in a long time.

"Come on, come on, I can teach you if Sister Shi doesn't know how to do it! It's time for me to take a break, it's fun for the newbies to play together."

Ye Qingqing waved enthusiastically towards her.

Shi Jianqiao's cheeks turned redder. She was not good at rejecting others. Seeing Ye Qingqing's enthusiasm, she nodded sheepishly and walked over there.