Seeing that the two thugs were almost beaten up, Zhang Xudong waved his hand and asked Qiangzi and the others to stop.
“If anyone knows the details of this Quartet Association, please tell me about it.
How come there are people selling cheap goods and running casinos in Chinatown?
Why are there still people among the Chinese who spend money on those things?"
"Let me tell you something. I'm afraid Chinatown is going to get into trouble again."
Sima Langyue walked in quickly from the gate and said:
"In the mid-to-late 20th century, most of the people living in San Francisco's Chinatown came from Guangdong.
Most of them are from the Siyi and Sanyi areas.
Most of the people coming from the Siyi area are businessmen and are wealthy.
They consciously formed a circle.
The people coming from Sanyi area are all laborers. They are poor but they are also responsible and have formed their own circle.
The people in the Siyi area controlled the business district and did not allow the people in the Sanyi area to intervene, which caused conflicts.
The two sides fought for decades, dividing Chinatown into two opposing groups.
Later, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, and all Chinese people were affected.
The Chinese who were not driven away became laborers, and the relationship between the two sides eased only after the gap between them became smaller.
Later, a major earthquake struck San Francisco, and Chinatown was also destroyed.
The survivors finally put aside their differences and joined forces to fight against the unreasonable demands of the white people to relocate Chinatown.
After Chinatown was rebuilt, the descendants of the Four Counties finally had some family assets.
They have money and land, and after building the house, they only need to worry about food and drink, and their life is relatively easy.
The people around here are all descendants of the Sanyi circle back then.
After piecing together a house, they had no money left, so life became a little harder.
Later, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, and in the past two years, their government has also relaxed restrictions on us Chinese.
The descendants of the four counties started to engage in small businesses again.
Some sell seafood, vegetables and fruits, while those who have no capital but still want to do business come up with crooked ideas.
There are more and more underground casinos and prostitutes.
They mainly do business with white people and black people, but they don't target us Chinese much.
Their Four Directions Association was originally established to protect the Chinese in that area.
Later, with a new president, the gang gradually turned into a gang that collected protection fees, opened casinos and brothels.
This gang makes money in an unscrupulous way and they don't care about people. As long as they can get money, they will use tricks on anyone.
However, our two sides have kept their distance from each other over the years.
I don't know what happened to them today, but they actually dared to come here and make trouble."
"Second uncle, according to what you said, this Sifang Association is not a good thing.
Now they not only run casinos and collect protection fees, but also sell illegal goods.
Brother Hai, have a few brothers guard the door, and the others stay close."
After Hu Minghai had Dunzi take more than ten people out, Zhang Xudong continued to ask:
"Second uncle, are you clear about the strength of this Four-Party Association?
How many people are there, and what weapons do they have?"
Sima Langyue looked at Zhang Xudong and asked:
"Why, you want to attack them?
You've only just assembled these people, aren't you a little anxious?"
"Aren't these people still yours? They shouldn't be afraid of seeing blood, right?"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are not afraid at all." As soon as Zhang Xudong finished speaking, the team members shouted as if they were injected with chicken blood.
Sima Langyue shook his head and said, "These guys have fought with me many times.
They have all seen blood and are all reliable people.
But war always results in casualties, and these children's parents and families all have to be raised by them."
“Second uncle, tell me about their strength first.
Let me see. If we can win, we’ll fight. If we can’t, we’ll wait and see.
They are really too arrogant. They even dare to ask you and me to be their younger brothers.
Otherwise, we won’t even know when or how we died.
No one has ever said such nice things to me. Do you think I can let him go?"
Sima Langyue frowned after hearing what Zhang Xudong said.
"Who gave He Datou the courage to say such words?
He only had about a hundred of his men, a dozen guns, and the rest were blades and axes.
There must be something we don’t know about this.
Dongzi, interrogate these two guys and see if they know anything."
When the two guys saw Zhang Xudong looking at them, they were frightened.
Without waiting for him to do anything, he just dumped everything out.
It turned out that William's white powder business had shrunk during this period.
William's men asked He Datou to expand his territory and increase the sales of white powder.
He also promised to sell him some firearms at a low price and to support him when he was in trouble.
Yesterday, under the deception of William's men, He Datou bought a large amount of cheap goods, which occupied all the funds he had.
He Datou became anxious afterwards and thought about how to expand his territory quickly.
He wanted to expand in this area, so he sent these two idiots to test the attitudes of Zhang Xudong and the others.
After hearing this, Zhang Xudong pulled Sima Langyue and Hu Minghai aside to discuss:
"Second uncle, we can't keep this He Datou any longer.
This guy is so poor that he is going crazy and is actually harming us Chinese for the foreigners.
Keeping him might not cause any trouble, so let's use him as a sacrifice today.
Brother Hai, you can pick out more than 80 brothers who are good at shooting and have nimble hands.
Let them form temporary teams of three or ten people, and we will do it tonight.
Second uncle, ask Brother Hai to quietly distribute the batch of guns used at the dock last time.
Let's have a fair and quick battle tonight.
After we kill his men, we'll retreat and take nothing. We'll leave it to the police who clean up the mess as a reward."
Sima Langyue sighed and said, "We are all Chinese, why can't we unite and develop together?
Forget it, since he doesn’t follow the right path, just do it.
Our target today is Hu Datou, who is in charge of the Sifang Guild Hall every night.
You must attack quickly and retreat quickly. Once you take action, you must be ruthless and fierce.
Go find Chief John and make an appointment with him.
With so much white powder, they can make a great contribution.
As for these two guys, they cannot be left behind for the sake of confidentiality.
Just leave them to Haizi, they know how to deal with them.
Let us take care of this. Go to the police station now and have John come back ten minutes after hearing the gunshots.
I plan to start at 11pm, and it depends on whether you tell John or not."
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