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    Chapter 18

    1927 was destined to be a year full of turmoil.  Not long after the Lantern Festival, the workers' armed uprising failed, and the whole city was under martial law for two days. Police could be seen everywhere chasing the rebels.  Newspapers were also reporting on this matter, criticizing and denouncing the government, and supporting the workers, who felt that the workers were causing trouble. Various theories filled the pages, and the war of words was very lively.

    Feng Shizhen has always been obsessed with academics and does not care much about politics.  But with Meng Xu'an's reminder, she discovered that her brother Feng Shixun was indeed very enthusiastic about politics.  After the workers' uprising failed, they were as sad as if they had experienced it themselves, and they were depressed for several days.  Feng Shizhen really wanted to have a good talk with her brother and understand what he was thinking, but unfortunately her affairs had reached the final critical stage and she was too busy to take care of herself, so she could only put aside the brother-sister talk for the time being.

    Time has entered March, and the warm spring feeling that has been dormant for a long time finally comes with the rain as thin as an ox hair.  Almost overnight, the entire land was covered with a layer of green color.  Spring emerges from every inch of the land, bringing with it vitality and a moist smell of earth, awakening the blue in the sky and swaying the hearts of passers-by.

    As a result, there are more groups of tourists outing in the suburbs, and there are more couples in love all over the city.  The modern girls put on the latest spring clothes, exposed their slender legs in glass stockings, and walked through the long street talking and laughing in leather shoes that were half an inch higher.

    The poster of the new movie of the famous star Xiao Baoli hangs high on the outer wall of the cinema. Her bright eyes and flaming red lips attract the male students passing by after school to linger on.

    Without the threat of war or famine, the city of Shanghai is as prosperous as ever, with singing and dancing everywhere, and neon lights lighting up the sky night after night.

    Even the Rong family, which had been depressed for several months, became alive again in the spring.

    The gardener pruned away the overly dense branches and leaves, and the courtyard became open again.  After all the fallen leaves were swept away, the grass was full of green, and Rong Jiashang¡¯s two newly bought German wolfdogs ran around chasing the foraging birds.  In the mansion, Mrs. Rong directed the servants to change the heavy curtains, and the clear and bright spring light filled the room, making fine dust fly.  Even the west hall has been tidied up, and the wall that was riddled with holes by Rong Dingkun has been completely repaired and new wallpaper has been put up.

    "My family fortune has been ruined by you, what's the use of doing these things?" Rong Dingkun sneered in a hoarse voice.

    Rong Jiashang watched the waiter move the furniture and said, "Don't worry, Dad, how can I make it easier for people who are greedy for our family's property?"

    "What?" Rong Dingkun asked eagerly, "What happened in the south?"

    Rong Jiashang smiled calmly, "What kind of retribution does dad want from them?"

    "Of course they are killing each other, and they all will die badly!" Rong Dingkun gritted his teeth.

    Rong Jiashang nodded and said quietly: "Then you may be able to get what you want."

    The turmoil in the far southwest reached the hands of Rong Jiashang, Meng Xu'an and others immediately.  Feng Shizhen stayed up all night to sort out the plan, and then discussed the strategy with Meng Xu'an and others many times, and it worked smoothly.

    After cracking the code, Meng Xu'an has control over the Rong family's transportation routes in the southwest region.  Meng Xu'an was not busy robbing, but put on a good show of sowing discord.

    They robbed Zhang San¡¯s goods and framed them on Li Si, causing Zhang and Li to fight fiercely to snatch the goods.  He also deliberately revealed Wang Wu's shipping information to Liu Er, causing Liu Er to ambush and rob Wang Wu midway.  But the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.  Meng Xuan deliberately did not move Zhao Huaan.  Zhao Huaan saw the brothers fighting in the past, how could he miss such a good opportunity.  Naturally, he led people to pick up the leaks from behind. First, he stole most of the goods from the battle between Wang and Liu, and then fanned the flames in the bloody battle between Zhang and Li, helping Zhang San annex Li Si, and then killed the severely injured Zhang San.

    "In just ten days, three of the uncles who had clamored to persecute Rong Jiashang were lost.  Zhao Huaan's power continued to grow, and he renewed his contract with Hashimoto Masazo. The two decided to jointly open a new import and export company, and the address was chosen in the building opposite the Rong family import and export company.

    Rong Jiashang didn¡¯t let anyone tell Rong Dingkun about this.  Although he was not afraid of being scolded by Rong Dingkun, he still didn't want to piss his own father off before Rong Fanghua's wedding.

    Zhao Huaan was so proud that he finished handling the affairs in Yunnan and returned to Shanghai.  He recently negotiated an arms deal through Hashimoto and purchased a batch of new guns produced with American technology and Japan. He planned to transport them back to Yunnan and sell them to the local chieftains, where he could make a lot of money.  Hashimoto Shozo also gave him two pretty Japanese girls, and wanted to choose one of his daughters to be his second son's wife.

    Zhao Hua'anThe failure of his body had brought the Rong family to this point of decline, and now it was time to take revenge on Zhao Huaan.  Zhao Huaan wanted to defend himself but didn't know where to start. He was so restless that he left the party and went home in the middle of the banquet.

    Fortunately, on the second day, Zhao Huaan¡¯s goods arrived in Hong Kong smoothly.  He inspected the goods, paid for them, and personally watched the crane transport the boxes to his ship. He sent people to guard them and waited for the two buyers who had made appointments to come to discuss business tomorrow.

    In the study room of the Meng family, two large desks were put together, with three transmitters, two telephones, and a lot of information placed on them.  There was a man guarding each transmitter and telephone.  Feng Shizhen and Yang Xiucheng each sat at one end of the long table, while Meng Xu'an stood leaning against the window with a cigar in his mouth and a leisurely posture.

    The second hand ticked and everyone sat quietly.  Yang Xiucheng nervously wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose with a handkerchief, but Feng Shizhen looked at ease, flipping through an English novel casually.

    "Beep¡ª¡ª" A phone suddenly rang.  Everyone was in high spirits.

    Feng Shizhen nodded, and the person in charge picked up the phone. After listening for a moment, he said, "Master Qi, Miss Feng, the seagulls are already in place!"

    "Okay." Feng Shizhen threw the book away and raised his eyebrows, "Let's do it!"

    A dispatcher picked up the code slip written by Feng Shizhen and started tapping it.

    In the port at midnight, ships that do not need to be unloaded are moored quietly at the pier, looking like isolated mountains floating on the sea in the night.  The docks of the port are still lively, with workers and sailors working all night having fun with the orioles. The light of the gas lamps is reflected on the water, rippling with the waves like pieces of gold.

    The men who stayed behind on the Zhao family's ship were playing cards and gambling in the cabin, while the little boss was sitting in the helmsman's chair, with his feet on the dashboard, snoring loudly.

    The telegraph machine suddenly beeped.  The sleepy telegraph operator was woken up by a pat on the head by his companion, and he hurriedly rubbed his eyes to receive the telegram.

    "It's midnight, why are you still sending someone a telegram?" The thug, who was jealous of gambling, was impatient.

    The dispatcher wrote down the telegram, took the code book and translated the telegrams one by one, scratching his head to find the little boss.

    "Brother Jin, the superiors said that the situation has changed and asked us to move the goods to another place."

    "Move somewhere?" The little boss was pushed awake and said angrily, "Why do you move such important goods in the middle of the night?"

    "It was written on the telegram from Mr. Zhao." The telegraph operator handed over the telegram.

    I saw the translated telegram saying: "The situation has changed, please transfer the package to the barge Sunrise Kunshan at Pier 4 immediately!"

    The two dull eyebrows on the little boss¡¯s face were twisted with difficulty.  He took the telegram and read it over and over.  He was not a very clever person, so he had an intuition that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out. To make sure, he went to the pier to find a phone number and called Zhao Mansion.

    As soon as the call was connected, there was a commotion on the other end.  The housekeeper of Zhao Mansion shouted anxiously: "Are you here? Have you sent someone out?"

    "Steward Wang?" Ah Jin said, "I am Ah Jin. We are at the dock and received a telegram asking us to"

    "Moving the goods, right?" the housekeeper said loudly, "Hurry up, what else are you calling? Mr. Zhao was assassinated. Before he fell into coma, he ordered someone to send a telegram asking you to move the goods quickly! Hey, bring the hot water upstairs quickly.  Send it away, why are you waiting! Then ask when the hospital¡¯s ambulance will arrive?¡±

    Ah Jin panicked and said, "Master Zhao, are you okay? Do you need me to bring my brothers back for support?"

    "You are loyal to Mr. Zhao by taking good care of the goods!" There was a faint sound of ambulance sirens in the background, "Here it comes? Hurry up"

    The call was immediately hung up.

    Ah Jin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and ran to the boat.

    "Hurry! Start the ship! Let's go to Pier 4 now! Hurry!" #####(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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