Fang Xinshui smiled when he heard this, and turned his gaze back to the two boxers fighting on the ring. He said nonchalantly:
"We are not the police, why would we arrest them? Since we already have accurate intelligence, we can hand it over to our own people in the police station. This is no small achievement."
The subordinate beside him heard this and smiled:
"Yes, sir."
Just like that, when Na Xinwu was waiting for someone to take him to find a drug den, the police found the opium stored by the Green Gang in a warehouse at the dock based on the information he provided.
However, the police did not confiscate the goods directly, but instead prepared to play the long game and catch all those involved in the sale of opium in one fell swoop.
Because the Chinese population in Porto Alegre now exceeds that of other ethnic groups, there are naturally many Chinese police officers in the police station.
However, because the Chinese have only joined the police force for a relatively short time, most of them are grassroots police officers, and major cases like this are the great achievements that these grassroots police officers have always dreamed of.
Of course, Fang Lang also deliberately considered reducing racial conflicts. Implementing an anti-drug policy in Brazil was a long-term plan that Fang Lang had carefully considered.
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He didn't want anyone to use racial shield to cause trouble for him, so he didn't give a direct top-down order to the Porto Alegre Police Department, asking the police to order the police to investigate the case of Chinese people selling opium in Rio Grande do Sul.
Instead, they directly let low-level Chinese police officers take the initiative to investigate the matter through Hong Yitang. This will not only avoid the Brazilian local police officers being exploited by the Green Gang to stir up racial conflicts and counter the anti-drug campaign during the investigation.
This kind of use of national sentiment to stir up racial conflict is extremely common in later America. Fang Lang doesn't know how many times he has seen it in various self-media and news.
Of course, he must take precautions against this. It is not that he does not protect the interests of the Chinese, but that he cannot allow others to use the protection of the interests of the Chinese as a cover to carry out illegal and criminal activities.
Therefore, the best way to deal with the cancer within the Chinese community is to let the Chinese themselves do it. This way, at a time when the entire country is promoting a major drug ban, the Chinese can take the lead and set an example.
Just as the Chinese police officers from Hong Yitang and Porto Alegre Police Department were focusing their attention on this huge amount of opium, the Green Gang leader Huang Guangli, who had just arrived in Porto Alegre with an inland transport ship, seemed to have noticed something unusual in Porto Alegre.
"Brother Guangli, why don't we go directly to the dock to pick up the goods, but instead park the boat at this fishing boat dock?"
Among the younger brothers who followed Huang Guangli to Porto Alegre to pick up the goods, there was a square-faced young man with acne all over his face. He looked at Huang Guangli with confusion as he directed the transport ship to dock at a remote fishing boat pier, and asked in confusion.
Huang Guangli did not answer the young man's question immediately, but instead looked at the people coming and going on the dock with vigilant eyes. To be honest, he himself could not explain why he wanted to dock the ship at this dock.
But in recent times, the incessant anti-drug propaganda in newspapers and the strict anti-drug bills being pushed by Parliament have put him under tremendous pressure.
He knew that many local Brazilian gangs were involved in drug trafficking, and this bill was most likely not aimed at them, but the recent anti-drug propaganda in the Chinese community still put him under great pressure.
In particular, his son who is in elementary school has received brochures distributed by the school. He has begun to learn about various types of drugs and understand the harm of drugs.
They even went home to promote the policy to him, and the school even required students to bring back a letter of commitment and have it signed by their parents.
He didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing which seemed to be of no use to him at first. Until one day, his son asked him about it, saying that some of the goods he saw in their company last time looked somewhat similar to the opium that the teacher had mentioned. He was shocked.
He quickly explained to his son that this was ointment, not opium, and repeatedly told him not to talk about it outside. This incident also made him realize that the current environment in Brazil is very different from that in his hometown.
The business they are doing now is not officially recognized by Brazil, and if they are caught, they risk losing their heads. But he has no intention of quitting this business, after all, it makes money too quickly.
After discussing these situations with the gang leaders, the gang leaders all agreed that they were already gangsters and there was no need to change careers. They just needed to be more secretive and cautious and not be discovered.
It turned out that because the Fang family did not allow Chinese people to engage in related industries, they chose to hide in the city of South Casuarina and sell secretly. It was also because they were worried about being discovered by the Fang family from the beginning, so they carried out the business very secretly and have not been discovered by the Fang family until now.
This gives them a more concealed advantage compared to the local Brazilian gangs. In their view, as long as they are more careful and do not get discovered by the Fang family and the Brazilian police, they can wait until the Brazilian police conduct a large-scale crackdown on local gangs.
They might be able to profit from this and further expand their market share. So, they once again spent a large sum of money and secretly purchased a batch of high-quality Indian opium from the British.
Although the cost of this transportation route spanning thousands of miles is much higher than that of local gangs, it is safer and less noticed than the channels of local gangs.
But this time when Huang Guangli came to Porto Alegre to pick up the goods, he felt uncomfortable from the very beginning. He always felt that everyone looking at him was monitoring him.
This feeling became more obvious the closer he got to Porto Alegre, so when he was about to reach his destination, he suddenly changed the destination and docked the ship at this small pier whose name he didn't even know.
After hearing his subordinate's question, Huang Guangli thought for a moment before stroking his slicked-back hair and looking at the fishing boats on the dock.
"Damn it, I've been feeling uncomfortable since the beginning. I always feel like there's a pair of eyes staring at me. Do you guys have this feeling?"
He did not doubt his brothers. After all, most of them had followed the Shanghai tycoon Huang Jinrong when they were in Shanghai, just like him.
But when they were in Shanghai, they had opened up all the links to transport goods and were not afraid of being checked. Even if they were found by someone with no eyes, they would eventually return the goods to their boss.
Unfortunately, they are no longer in Shanghai, although they have bribed some local officials and police in the South Carolina government.
But this is Porto Alegre, the territory of the Brazilian Hongyitang. There is no place for them to survive here, so he has no choice but to be careful.
After hearing Huang Guangli's words, all the younger brothers looked at each other, and shook their heads to indicate that they did not notice anything unusual.
The acne-prone young man spoke carelessly:
"Brother Guangli, are you too sensitive? Don't look at the excitement in the newspapers recently. I feel that if they want to take action, they will first target those deeply rooted local gangs. A Chinese gang like us that has just started will not be their main target at all!
You know, we are Chinese. If the Brazilian government wants to take action against us, they should also consider Mr. Fang's opinion!"
Hearing what the acne-prone young man said, Huang Guangli could not help but get angry and glared at him fiercely. If it were not for the fact that the other party's father was one of the big bosses of the Brazilian Youth Gang, he would have slapped him in the face.
"Master Fang's opinion? Believe it or not, if Master Fang knew what kind of business we were doing, he would be the first one to not let you off!"
After saying that, he turned around and looked at the younger brothers behind him and confirmed again:
"You really didn't notice anything unusual?"
It has to be said that although these Green Gang members are not good people, after the publicity from the Brazilian Chinese groups, they still have a certain admiration for Fang Lang.
Even many young Chinese joined the Brazilian army because of Fang Lang's deeds, ready to learn from their idol and copy Fang Lang's legend.
But Huang Guangli's age and experience were definitely not comparable to those young people, so he did not have the same admiration mentality as the young people. He put more energy into his career in the Green Gang.
It was precisely because of his life-threatening efforts in the gang in recent years that several big bosses promoted him from among many younger brothers and made him responsible for the most important opium transportation work of their gang.
Seeing everyone shaking their heads again, denying his abnormal feelings, he couldn't help but doubt whether he was too suspicious.
But now that he had already docked at the pier, he would not leave immediately. After a moment of contemplation, he pointed to the two young men and said:
"Monkey, Big Head, you two take your gear and follow me to shore. We'll go around and see if there's anything unusual nearby."
"Yes, Boss."
Hearing this, everyone looked puzzled, but no one objected. The two young men who were called quickly turned around and entered the cabin, and soon ran out with their weapons.
Huang Guangli glanced at the people on the boat again and said slowly:
"This is no longer our territory. Everyone should know the importance of our mission. I don't want anything to go wrong with our actions.
So, after we leave, you keep an eye on the cargo ship and don’t leave. If anyone causes trouble, I will come back and skin him alive.”
After saying that, he didn't forget to glare at the young man with acne all over his face.
After being glared at by Huang Guangli, the acne-prone young man shrugged nonchalantly, looking arrogant and asking for a beating.
After Huang Guangli and his two younger brothers came ashore, he spat at Huang Guangli's back in dissatisfaction, and cursed:
"Bah! You dare to warn me? If it weren't for this old man, I would have thrown you into the river to feed the fish."
After hearing his words, most of the younger brothers behind him looked embarrassed, but there were two younger brothers who were obviously close to him and quietly stepped forward and said:
"Brother Kuizi, what should we do now? We don't know how long Huang Guangli will be out. Should we go ashore and have some fun?"
The acne-prone young man known as Brother Kuizi may be arrogant, but he is not stupid. Now is the critical period for transporting goods, and he obviously cannot do whatever he wants.
He raised his hand and slapped the little brother on the back of his head and said:
"What bullshit are you talking about! Although this bastard is annoying, he still does things in a reasonable way. Since he feels something is amiss, there might really be a problem.
This time, the goods have drained all the money of our Green Gang. If anything goes wrong, we will all die. If you want to live a carefree life, I have to transport the goods back safely before I can live a carefree life.
But you are right, we don't know how long this bastard will be out, and it's not a good idea for us to wait here, so how about this! You two go to the fishing boat next to us and buy some seafood, and we will eat on the boat while waiting for them. "
The group of younger brothers around him saw that although this guy was arrogant, he did not violate the requirements set by Huang Guangli. So they did not raise any objections. Besides, if he came forward to purchase seafood, everyone could also eat meat, so of course no one would raise any objections.
The two younger brothers did not dare to resist when they heard what the acne-prone young man said. They could only nod their heads and say:
"Yes, Brother Kuizi!"
After saying that, he jumped off the boat and walked towards the fishing boat on the side.
Soon he came back with two large bamboo baskets, and as he boarded the boat he yelled at the acne-stricken youth:
"Brother Kuizi, the seafood here is really damn cheap, at least 70% cheaper than ours. Do you want to bring some for Grandpa to try when you go back?"
Hearing this, the acne-ridden young man curled his lips in disdain and said:
"Look at how useless you are. You make a fuss over a little rotten fish or shrimp. When our business gets bigger, I'll take you to the big hotel in Porto Alegre to try bigger seafood.
When the time comes, I will plant a flag in Porto Alegre and let our Green Gang regain its prestige in Brazil."
Now the gangsters on the boat actually showed a rare look of longing, and it was unclear whether they were looking forward to the great seafood in Porto Alegre or the Green Gang setting up a flag in Porto Alegre.
"Brother Kuizi is so impressive, don't forget to bring your little brother along when the time comes."
For a while, the younger brothers on the boat were flattering him. I don’t know if it was the effect of the seafood or the words of the acne-prone young man, but they were really so inspiring.
While everyone was happily enjoying a seafood feast on the cargo ship, Huang Guangli was using his connections to inquire about news in Porto Alegre.
He really wanted to know if anything major had happened in Porto Alegre recently, especially if the police had taken any action towards the dock.
But after asking around for a long time, I didn't find anything unusual.
At the same time, he confirmed by phone that their goods were still safely stored in the warehouse at the dock and no accidents had occurred.
This made him feel a little more relaxed.
He then began to ask people nearby if there were any strangers around recently, but this question obviously would not get him the information he wanted.
Because there are new changes in Porto Alegre almost every day now, and new people come in and out every day, how can there be no strangers!
After some inquiries, they could only return to the dock with disappointment on their faces.
But what he didn't know was that it was his actions of trying to find out the two pieces of information that attracted the attention of Hong Yitang, especially the nearby gang members who soon set their sights on them.
After seeing that they were on a cargo ship coming from South Casuarina, their information quickly appeared in the hands of the Chinese inspector in charge of the operation.
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