1928: The Rise of Giants

Chapter 244

Early the next morning.

The Shanghai Municipal Government, Security Command, Songhu Police Department, Ye's Investment Company, Yongxing Company and other forces simultaneously exploded.

A group of Ye's employees who jumped into the river first to escape reported the whole story to Ye Luo last night.

At 1 o'clock in the morning, Ma Yongzhen, who was all wet, returned to the headquarters of the Anti-Smuggling Division of the Songhu Police Department. After several phone calls, he called out all his subordinates. Then he met the sleepy Wang Hu and gave him a "big surprise"!
When Wang Hu heard that the Jiang An ship arrived in Shanghai in the middle of the night and the ship manager refused their inspection, he probably knew that the information Ye Luo gave was true.

Wang Hu's face turned green when he heard that Ma Yongzhen said that people from the Security Command were also on the boat and a gun battle broke out with the police officers from their anti-smuggling department. Only Ma Yongzhen among the seven police officers came back.

He ordered people overnight, rushed to the municipal government office, and asked Zhang Dingyao, Zhang Qun and other senior officials to accompany him to the security headquarters to ask for people!

Taking advantage of the gap, Ma Yongzhen didn't even have time to change her clothes, so she hurried to Ye Mansion to return to work, and asked Ye Luo for instructions on the next step of action. Ye Luo was satisfied with the result and asked him to act according to the situation. He will give him temporary instructions later depending on the situation.

News quickly spread throughout the mansions of Shanghai's beach tycoons.

Jiang'an Ship originally belonged to the Steamship Merchants Bureau. It was an "official-supervised commercial enterprise" officially opened for business by Li Hongzhang on Yong'an Street, Yangjingbang, Shanghai on January 1873, 1. It was the first steamship transportation enterprise in modern domestic history. It is also the first modern civilian enterprise in China!
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China, the Steamship Merchants Bureau came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications. The forces within it were complicated and it was a cash cow used by the top officials of the Ministry of Communications to make profits.

Jiang'an was auctioned by the Steamship Merchants Company some time ago. The new owner is Edward Sassoon of the Sassoon family, and the current owner is Lu Yusheng of Yongxing Company.

The tycoons can check this information clearly with a little bit of skill.

Now it has been revealed that the ship manager of the Yongxing Company and the people from the Security Command teamed up to transport cigarettes, and were caught by the Anti-Smuggling Division of the Songhu Police Department. This is a big deal!
In addition to Jiang Anlun's whereabouts, everyone was concerned about the life and death of the police officers from the Anti-Smuggling Department.

As the only survivor, Ma Yongzhen was immediately secretly interviewed by Zhang Dingyao and asked about the situation at the scene.

Wang Hu was so angry.

He didn't really want to get involved in the Jiang'an ship's possible connection with the transportation of cigarettes. Who would have thought that there was a security headquarters among the people transporting cigarettes?

Even if there is a security headquarters, all his people are taken away!

If the Songhu Police Department still turns a blind eye now, then he, the director, doesn't have to do it anymore.

Zhang Qun, Bai Xiongqi and others were vague about this, saying only that they would seek instructions from senior officials of the Jinling National Government before making a decision.

Zhang Dingyao, Wang Hu's biggest backer, suddenly became silent after asking what Ma Yongzhen had said.

He wanted Zhang Dingyao to accompany him to the security headquarters, but he still got no reply.

The old fox soon realized that the matter was not that simple. He gritted his teeth and decided that he could no longer sit still and wait for death. He asked someone to write a telegram and sent it from the telegraph room of the Songhu Police Department. It was also sent to Zhang Dingyao and Xiong Shihui, and then he followed Ye Luo's instructions. I suggest you copy the contents of the telegram to the Shenbao and Xinwen newspapers and ask them to publish them in today's newspapers!
The text of the telegram is as follows:

The smoke spread poison and the whole country was outraged.According to Ma Yongzhen, director of the Anti-Smuggling Department, at about 21 pm on the 11st, the Jiangan ship secretly arrived in Shanghai. There were more than [-] armed people trying to unload smoke at Shiliupu Pier.

Ma Yongzhen and others strictly prohibited it, but the ship manager ignored the search warrant and clashed with the police of the Anti-Smuggling Department. A gunfight broke out in the chaos. Ma Yongzhen fell into the river and narrowly escaped with his life.

Inspector Li Cunzheng and others were kidnapped because they were few in number and are still detained at the Baiyunguan Security Headquarters Investigation Team Headquarters.All the smoke and soil was transported to the concession, and nothing could be done to stop it.Where is the national law for armed transport of cigarettes?We should ask for urgent investigation and strict investigation to enforce strict military discipline.

The content of this telegram still saved Xiong Shihui's face. It did not directly accuse him of being the mastermind behind the armed cigarette transportation. It only said that Jiang Anlun and the detained police officers were now at the reconnaissance team headquarters of the Baiyunguan Security Command, allowing him to Check the situation quickly.This gave Xiong Shihui an opportunity to find a scapegoat, and was Wang Hu's final compromise.

But the subsequent development of the situation still exceeded Wang Hu's expectation.

Declaration building.

"Brother Wei, look at this telegram, something big has happened!" A young man wearing glasses ran to the editor-in-chief with the telegram in his hand.

Editor-in-chief Wei Ge glared at him: "What's all the fuss about? Big things happen every day, isn't it normal?"

"No, no, no, Brother Wei, look at this! The Songhu Police Department accused the Garrison Command of carrying armed cigarettes! And the Jiang'an ship used by the former Steamship Merchants Company was used!"

The young man was trembling all over, and the telegram manuscript in his hand was trembling slightly.

Wei Ge was startled, and colleagues around him also looked at him.

He quickly grabbed the telegram manuscript and read it carefully, and then felt that the sky was about to fall.

"Quick, quick, Xiao Li, take the manuscript and go to Boss Shi as quickly as possible!" Wei Ge roared at him, then looked at everyone, "Everyone, hurry up and arrange the emergency layout!"

In the newspaper office, the staff acted as quickly as possible.

However, before the editor named Xiao Li rushed out of the office with the telegram manuscript, he was kicked back by someone outside!
"Everyone hold their heads and squat down! If anyone dares to move, I will blow his head off!"

The aggressive detectives rushed into the office with batons. The leading detective stepped on Xiao Li's chest and glared at the surroundings.

When Wei Ge saw the other party wearing the uniform of a patrol house in the public concession, he quickly ran over to say hello with a smile, but he was also kicked over!

"You guys, smash all the machines here, finish all the manuscripts about Jiang'an Lun for me, and then take everyone back to the patrol room and lock them up!"

The leading detective was so angry that he slammed the baton in his hand against a machine, and then swung it hard on Xiao Li's head, instantly beating him to a bloody head!
"Have you sent out the manuscript?! If you have sent it out, take it all back immediately!"

"what!!"

Xiao Li's head was covered with blood, and he squirmed and begged for mercy.

"No, no! It hasn't been sent yet! Ah! Stop it!"

There was chaos in the office. When Wei Ge saw that the other party was serious, he immediately asked all employees not to act rashly and to follow him and squat down with their heads in their hands to avoid the pain of their flesh and blood.

The patrol house belongs to the Concession Industry Bureau and is not under the jurisdiction of the city hall. Even if someone is beaten to death here, just find a few foreigners to come forward and the matter will be settled.

Although most of this group of agents are Chinese, they are all foreign dogs and are very arrogant and domineering.

After calming down the situation in the reporting building, the leading detective cursed and kicked Xiao Li, and then shouted to his subordinates: "Leave two people to monitor them, let's go to the next newspaper office!"

(End of this chapter)