Reinhardt obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to be fooling him, but after a little thought, he felt that what Fang Lang said made some sense. If he could really be transferred back to Europe, it would be more beneficial than harmful to him.
Therefore, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Seeing this, Fang Lang realized that the other party was beginning to seriously consider his proposal, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.
I hope you can be transferred out of Hong Kong City as soon as possible, so as to avoid appearing on the battlefield of the peninsula next year.
Just when Fang Lang wanted to continue guiding Reinhardt and let him leave the port city as soon as possible, the already very noisy market behind him suddenly broke out into an even more intense noise. Qi Qingshan, who had been sitting opposite him, eating and being on guard, simply put down his bowl and chopsticks and reached for his waist.
Fang Lang couldn't help but frowning when he saw this. He had just arrived in Gangcheng today and had made a sudden decision to come here for a midnight snack. No one should know his whereabouts!
But he quickly denied the speculation that the conflict was directed at him, because he did not feel any danger or even hostility.
His intuition is quite sharp and almost never wrong. Of course, he is not someone who relies entirely on intuition to survive. Not feeling the danger does not mean that he will not be vigilant. You have to know that he has many enemies and people who want to kill him are everywhere. If he is not careful, he may lose his position.
So, he immediately became alert and looked carefully in the direction of the sound. He saw a group of people gathered around a stall not far away and swearing at them, looking very arrogant.
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Judging from their attire, these people were definitely not good people. Several of them were holding long wooden sticks, machetes, steel pipes and other objects in their hands.
Qi Qingshan was obviously worried that the appearance of these people would affect Fang Lang's safety, so he quickly lowered his voice and said:
"Boss! Should we retreat first?"
Fang Lang heard this, shook his head calmly, and said in a slightly lowered voice:
"Don't be anxious. These people are obviously not coming for us. Sit down and see what happens first!"
This is the legendary Young and Dangerous! He had only seen them in movies in his previous life, but now he had the chance to see them in real life. Of course, he was very curious and couldn't help but observe them closely to see if they were really that rampant.
Qi Qingshan was very nervous. In his eyes, his boss's safety was more important than anything else. Now there was someone holding a sharp knife so close to his boss, of course he wanted to take his boss away from the danger zone as soon as possible, but he could not make the decision for his boss.
Since the boss wants to continue watching here, he can only be vigilant and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
Looking around, he found that there were people in the alleys and on the rooftops nearby looking towards them, and some had even started to move towards them. He knew that they were all brothers from his guard company. As long as he gave the order, they would immediately take action.
This made him feel a little more at ease. With so many armed guards present, he didn't believe that anyone could harm his boss.
It's not that Fang Lang and his team didn't want to take these guards for a midnight snack, it's just that most of the people in Fang Lang's guard company are obviously foreigners! If they all squeeze into this night market for a midnight snack, it might attract unnecessary attention.
After all, the main customers of food stalls are still Chinese, of course there are also some white people and Indians born in Hong Kong. If there are one or two tables of foreigners, it won't be very eye-catching, but if a large group of foreigners appear, everyone will definitely stare at them.
So, except for less than ten soldiers who could speak Chinese and disguised themselves as customers and sat in several nearby stalls to eat, everyone else hid in the dark.
After Qi Qingshan received Fang Lang's order, he calmly stretched out his hand and made a few gestures. The guards who were ready to move just now suddenly quieted down. Everyone consciously acted as if nothing had happened and returned to their original positions.
Reinhardt glanced at the conflict indifferently, curled his lips in disdain, and continued to deal with the food in front of him.
Originally, he wanted to chat with Fang Lang for a while longer, but when he saw that Fang Lang's eyes seemed to be attracted by the conflict not far away, he couldn't help but say:
"Brother, are these guys disturbing your pleasure? Do you want me to go over and tell them to shut up?"
Fang Lang heard this, smiled at Reinhardt, and shook his head:
"I was just thinking that eating a dry midnight snack was boring! Then someone arranged a good show for us. Wouldn't it be nice for us to sit quietly and eat while watching? Why should we disturb others from doing their work?"
Seeing that Fang Lang was serious, Reinhardt shrugged indifferently.
"As long as you like it!"
He glanced at the somewhat nervous Qi Qingshan and said:
"Qi, don't be nervous. This is our British territory. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I authorize you to shoot. I can handle anything that happens."
He knew very well that Gangcheng was British territory. No matter how these people made trouble, he would not dare to do anything to them because he was British. If anyone did anything out of line, the Gangcheng police would teach them a lesson.
Upon hearing this, Qi Qingshan couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking to himself, I don't need your authorization to shoot. As long as someone dares to harm the boss, I can kill them without leaving a single piece of armor, whether with or without your authorization.
However, he knew that the other party was his boss's friend, so he couldn't say anything unpleasant to him and could only nod silently.
But, what caused the conflict on the other side?
In fact, the matter is very simple. The Hong Kong city during this period was experiencing rapid development of the underworld. Streets with food stalls like Stanley Street were naturally the focus of underworld organizations' strategy.
The entire Central now belongs to the "Wo Hup Tsu" territory, and Stanley Street is part of Central, so it is naturally under the management of Wo Hup Tsu.
So what is the origin of this Hehetu? In name, they are a branch of the Hongmen in Hong Kong, but in fact, they are not the real Hongmen.
Their history can be traced back to the first year of the Xuantong reign. There was a powerful gangster named "Hei Gu Ren". After coming to Gangcheng from Huacheng, he felt the chaos in the gangs in Gangcheng, so he advocated that everyone should unite to share the joys and sorrows. If there were any internal troubles, they would first negotiate to solve them. If they really couldn't be solved, they would openly show off their power, that is, fight.
Because "Hei Gu Ren" was so powerful, the gangsters could not defeat him and finally had to agree to the rules he set. Then, he organized a formal Hongmen conference on the Dragon Boat Festival of that year, and "Hei Gu Ren" was elected as the founder of the Hongmen in Hong Kong.
Although this Hongmen was not the real Hongmen, "Hei Gu Ren" was an official member of Hongmen. Therefore, he was very familiar with the rules of Hongmen and brought the rules of Hongmen to Gangcheng Hongmen.
He then said that everyone is in society to make money, so one should not attack others at every turn. Harmony is the most important thing. He proposed that everyone change the name of their respective societies to "He" (the beginning with "harmony"). For example, Hongsheng Society will be renamed "He Hongsheng", Yongyi Hall will be renamed "He Yongyi", and so on.
This "harmony diagram" is naturally inherited from the Hongmen in Hong Kong. However, this so-called Hongmen in Hong Kong is not the same as the Hongmen Dashengtang in Hong Kong, which went to Brazil to participate in the opening ceremony of Hongyitang.
They are a pure underworld gang organization that mainly makes a living by collecting protection fees and lending at high interest rates.
In recent years, Hongmen Dashengtang in Hongcheng has been supported by Hongyitang in Brazil, helping to recruit workers from the mainland to be sent to Brazil for labor dispatch, and at the same time helping wealthy people from the mainland and Hongcheng to immigrate to Brazil. In addition, it can purchase cheap penicillin and food from Fangyuan Group.
Dashengtang is now a completely different place. It has established the Gangcheng Dasheng Group. Although the number of people has expanded rapidly, it has not done any evil in society. This made people in the underworld believe that Dashengtang has completely withdrawn from the underworld.
Since Stanley Street belongs to the "Wo Hop Chart" territory, they will naturally not cause trouble on their own territory. After all, if you collect protection money, you must maintain basic order, which is a rule that the underworld must abide by.
These troublemakers were actually from the famous 14K in later generations. Today, Fang Lang and others happened to encounter a fierce dragon crossing the river to grab land.
The 14K was actually an organization set up by a company commander of the 93rd Division of the National Army to liaise with Guangdong and Guangxi when the Military Control Commission withdrew from the mainland. Because its headquarters was originally located at No. 14 Baohua Street, Huacheng, it was also known as No. 14.
As a result, Huacheng Jiefang No. 14 fled to Hongcheng and changed its name to 14K. This 14K claimed to be the orthodox Hongmen and looked down on the gangsters in Hongcheng. In order to develop their territory, they naturally had to break the original order.
And today's drama was obviously deliberate.
The leader, a bald young man, arrogantly put a foot-long machete on the neck of the stall owner next to him and shouted:
"I came here to eat to give you face, but you dared to ask me for money? You must be tired of living."
Surprisingly, the stall owner did not panic at all. He held a kitchen knife in his hand and looked at the bald young man in front of him expressionlessly.
"Young people better be careful with what you say. It's only natural to pay for food. When I was out there, you were still playing in the piss and mud! If you try to bully me, I don't think you'll leave Central alive."
Hearing this, the bald young man couldn't help but burst into laughter. He turned around and glanced at the brothers following him and said:
"Brothers, this old guy told us not to think about leaving Central alive. He's really awesome! I'm so scared, what should I do? Haha..."
After saying that, he couldn't help but let out an even more arrogant laugh.
At this time, the stall owner saw a group of men in different clothes who were eating in his stall, standing up in twos and threes, holding various weapons in their hands. He realized that today's situation was not a matter of free dining at all.
It was obvious that other gangs had stepped in. He fixed his eyes on the bald young man in front of him and said:
"Kid, where are you from? Don't blame me for not reminding you, this is the territory of Hehetu. If you make trouble here, we at Hehetu will not let you go."
The bald young man was not afraid of the murderous eyes of the other party. He slapped the face of the stall owner with the machete in his hand and said jokingly:
"Of course I know that this is the territory of Hehetu. I also know that you were once the famous red stick "Cai Dao Lin" of Hehetu, and you killed many people with a kitchen knife.
Why are you beheading chickens instead of people?"
Hearing the young man reveal his identity, the stall owner's heart sank, realizing that the other party was obviously well prepared and today's matter might not be resolved peacefully.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Cai Dao Lin glanced at the dozen or so gangsters slowly surrounding the bald young man, and said in a cold tone:
"Since you know my name, you must be a fellow traveler. If you have the guts, leave me a fortune."
Hearing this, the bald young man smiled and moved his face closer to Cleaver Lin and said:
"What? Caidao Lin, didn't you say that you wouldn't let me leave Central alive? What? Are you still interested in the name of a dead man?
It doesn't hurt to tell you, old man, listen carefully, I am the Bald Biao of the 14K. I came here today to inform you that Stanley Street is our 14K's territory from now on, you should get as far away from me as you can from Hetu. "
After saying that, he did not forget to hit the other person's face several times with the machete. His arrogant look made the people around him grit their teeth.
The stall owner named Caidao Lin was obviously an old hand. He had been bullied so much that the knuckles of his fingers holding the kitchen knife had turned white. He glanced at the group of young men with fierce eyes behind the bald young man and knew that he could not act impulsively.
Now, if I and two of my friends are controlled by this gang, we will definitely have no chance of winning if we resist directly. It is better to be patient and wait until the brothers around gather together, and then kill these bastards together.
"Since you're here for our territory, then it has nothing to do with these customers, nor with the owners of other stalls around here. Let's go to the side and have a good fight. What do you think?"
Cai Dao Lin was right. Everyone in the underworld is looking for money. The 14K came to Stanley Street today to seek territory. Of course, it is impossible for them to kill all the people doing business in this territory. If they do that, who will they ask for protection fees in the future?
Therefore, although Guang Tou Biao and his men were arrogant, they did not start fighting directly. They were obviously well prepared and knew very well that simply killing the Cleaver Lin in front of them would not be considered as grabbing the territory.
Now Caidao Lin is just a small follower living in his own gang’s territory. If he wants to completely take over this territory, he must go to war with the entire Hehetu and drive them out of Stanley Street completely.
Then, we must be able to defend this place and prevent it from being taken back by the other party, otherwise everything will be in vain.
Therefore, after hearing what Cai Dao Lin said, Bald Biao did not take action directly. Instead, he looked around and saw that all the customers and bosses of the stalls were looking at this side. He couldn't help but laughed and said:
"I didn't expect that you, Cai Dao Lin, are also a sensible guy. Not bad, not bad! I'll give you this face."
After saying this, he took back the machete that was on the other person's neck.
But what he didn't expect was that just as he retracted his machete, Caidao Lin raised the machete in his hand without hesitation and chopped directly at his neck.
By the time he reacted and raised his knife to block, he only had time to raise the machete halfway before Caidao Lin's machete had already chopped his neck.
After succeeding, Caidao Lin turned around and ran without waiting for others to react.
The sudden change made everyone at the scene unable to react. By the time the gangsters behind Bald Biao reacted, Caidao Lin had already run two meters away.
While running, Cai Dao Lin shouted loudly:
"The 14K are coming! The 14K are coming!"
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