26 A fire
Christmas has just passed, and tomorrow is New Year again.
The military and police in the public concession all showed a lazy state.
In addition, the recent disputes between the Qing court and the French Concession were in progress, so they were happy to watch the fun.
In addition, Du Yuesheng made an agreement with British opium merchants during this crisis.
He bought British stocks at a price that was twice the normal market price.
Originally, the British wanted to take action three times, but it was a trouble after all. It didn't matter if Du Yuesheng was willing to eat them in one bite.
Du Yuesheng not only negotiated the price with them and agreed on the pick-up time, but also gave a deposit.
Du Yuesheng first gave a deposit of 30,000 yuan for the opium business with a total price of about 100,000 silver dollars.
Thirty thousand yuan is not a small amount, who would joke about the money?
Therefore, no one could have thought of Du Yuesheng's next operation.
This afternoon, the French Concession and the Qing court's people had a buzz. At night, there was rumors that New Rome was strong after all.
They forced Zheng Xiaoxu to slap himself in the face and give up the control of opium entering Shanghai.
In other words, the price of opium will soon return to its usual price.
This made several British opium merchants laugh so hard.
Because they have a contract in hand and if Du Yuesheng doesn't admit it, the 30,000 yuan will not be refunded, and they can still claim compensation!
And this is actually just two days away.
Opium businessman Modi said to his friend: "Du Yuesheng is nothing but that."
His friend said: "I'm afraid this guy will have any thoughts afterwards. After all, we are in Shanghai. If Ha Tong and others come forward for him, they will still have to give him some face."
Modi thought for a while and sneered: "No matter how powerful the New Rome is, it cannot suppress Britain. Besides, this matter is shameless. If someone really comes forward for him, we can raise other conditions."
“What conditions?”
"I think about it."
When Modi and others began to consider whether to take the opportunity to get more benefits, Hu Zi and others had already touched their warehouse called Guti Transportation Station outside the north side of the Bund.
The person in charge of guarding the place was the underground forces in the public concession where they were having dinner with the British.
Liu Pei, a Sichuan native who made his debut after Yan Jiuling gave up his vacant seat, was nicknamed Huabiao.
This guy used to be a martial artist in the stage team. He was good at it and was vicious. After making his debut, he learned the new Roman model and brought a group of brothers to provide security for people everywhere in the concession.
But the turf team is the turf team. His people are not compared with the Belarusian company of the New Rome, and the Beard and others.
These goods are actually not as good as those newcomers under Wan Molin.
Because they eat, drink, drink, gamble, and do not work in training, so they rely on being arrogant to make a living.
People like beard are completely different from them.
When Beard and the others were not doing business, they would exercise in a warehouse full of fitness equipment, not drink too much or touch opium, and not socialize with the outside world.
They have no hobbies in private except for occasionally finding a woman.
The brothers are really bored, so they can only play a little mahjong.
One of these two kinds of people in the martial arts world is complete with all the poisons, and the other is self-disciplined and self-disciplined.
Then tell me, who is the real cruel one?
The brothers with bearded touched this place, and they were still shouting and shouting inside. The beard looked through the window and the six gangsters who were supposed to be scattered around him were drinking and slapping each other.
Hu Zi was so happy when he saw it. He gestured. His brother carefully checked around and found that there was no one. Hu Zi was directly in his hand with both guns and used the gun to push the window inside and directly hugged the fire.
The other two went over and three were hiking and crawling on the spot, but the other brother with beard kicked the door and entered the room and hit them.
In just half a minute, there was no living inside and the piles of opium boxes were covered with tinea oil.
Hu Zi and others did not move as much as money and property, and left behind the cloth that caused the fire.
Five minutes after they left, a skyrocketing fire ignited here.
When Huamian, who was not home at night on Sima Road, got the news and rushed to the scene, Modi had already arrived.
This guy was also doing it, crying and trying to break in to save people. The police station naturally pulled him, so the guy took a group of crooked melons and jujubes outside and made a harsh talk, "Who burns opium, he must kill anyone."
This is how the gangsters in the city are. He only acts according to his cleverness. He feels that his performance can gain the impression of hard work in front of his boss.
Don't you know that such things are shameless?
Although it is late at night, there are still many people watching the fun.
These also include some journalists.
After hearing that he was so rude, Modi was almost fainted.
His comprador Yang Chengming immediately rushed over and grabbed Huabiao and asked him to shut up. Huabiao shut up his brothers but were still there and whispering.
Yang Chengming slapped them in a hurry and scolded them for getting out.
As a result, such a fuss attracted the attention of others.
When a reporter took these photos with a click, Yang Chengming hurriedly stopped him, but he was the comprador, and the reporter was also a reporter from a foreign newspaper.
Who will be the one who will fight after both sides start to fight? So the scene is like something messy.
At this time, the firefighting team in the French Concession received a "support" call and entered the venue in a hurry.
The police officers in the public concession will certainly not stop him when they see the firefighting team.
But Modi and others were even more anxious when they saw the firefighting team in the French Concession, because Modi knew that once the firefighting team in the French Concession discovered the goods at the scene, the matter would not be settled.
The stench and unique fragrance of the burning of large amounts of opium are mixed, and people who can smoke it near the fire cannot stand it.
How could Modi suppress such a thing be so distracted?
By dawn, more people gathered here.
More reporters also arrived, and at this moment, a large number of smokers rushed over. They were plucked on the ruins of the fire like a mad dog, and they really dug out a lot of opium.
Now, the matter is serious.
In broad daylight, a large amount of opium was found at the critical moment when the countries implemented smoking bans. As the warehouse owner, Guti Company entered the public eye and Modi himself immediately became the focus.
When he was panicked, he hurriedly hid, Wan Molin, who had been staring at him, suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Mr. Modi, what's going on with our goods?"
Modi panicked and said, "Go and go", signaling Yang Chengming to hand over, and he was about to flash people.
Wan Molin pulled Yang Chengming away who tried to stop him, stared at Modi coldly and said, "It seems that you are not ready to take responsibility?"
Modi pretended not to understand Chinese and continued to walk out, cursing. Wan Molin no longer stopped him, but just sneered at Yang Chengming: "Who is more owed to the money and goods? New Rome is less owed to the money and goods, you can think about it yourself."
Chapter completed!