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Du Yuesheng smiled and looked at Huang Jinrong who was pretending to be stupid, and said in a low voice: "Master, the current situation is turbulent, and many things are beyond our control. If we don't work hard to keep up with the situation, I'm afraid the future will end in a miserable way!"

Huang Jinrong took a puff of cigarettes, coughed a few times and said, "Yuesheng, it's not that the master is timid and unwilling to keep up with the situation, but that the master is not sure about the situation. Who are we? We are the Green Gang. Don't look at us In this Shanghai, we are very important. But look at those real big men, no matter if it is Yang Shande or Lu Yongxiang, no one looks at us seriously. Last time we went to visit Yang Shande, but they didn’t see us, and saw us off after receiving a generous gift. Master, I have also seen it clearly over the years, no matter who it is, we members of the gang are nothing more than urinals in their eyes. When we use it, we rush out to use it, and when we are done urinating, we feel dirty and rush Kick it away. So the master is very afraid of getting involved in these messy things, fetching water from a bamboo basket is a waste of money and effort, and it’s not good enough, and I’m afraid that I’m afraid that I will fall into it in the end.”

Du Yuesheng nodded in agreement: "Master is right, we are all afraid of this matter. But my third brother can't, to be honest, our contact has never been broken these years (the opium trade has never been broken ), this person is very loyal and not bureaucratic. And this time he sent someone to send a message personally, and he has arrangements for our future, and I think there will be no situation that the master is worried about."

Hearing this, Huang Jinrong got up and said, "Oh, what did you bring us?"

Du Yuesheng patted his palms lightly, and the student guarding the door opened the door and came in. Du Yuesheng immediately ordered: "Xiao Wu, go and invite the friend who came with me to come up, Boss Huang wants to see him."

After a while, Wang Yaqiao opened the door and came in. Huang Jinrong originally planned to put on a show and wanted to lie down and talk.But the vigor exuding from Wang Yaqiao forced him to change his plan, sat up honestly, and his sixth sense told him that the masculine man in front of him was by no means an ordinary person.

This Huang Jinrong didn't put on a show, but Wang Yaqiao stopped talking, and just looked at Huang Jinrong with a serious face.

After watching for a while, Huang Jinrong felt very embarrassed but couldn't speak directly, so he could only turn to Du Yuesheng and ask, "Yuesheng, you haven't introduced this brother to me yet?"

Wang Yaqiao's goal was achieved, and he cupped his fists and said, "My junior Wang Yaqiao has met Boss Huang."

"Wang Yaqiao?" Huang Jinrong shivered unconsciously when he heard the three, oh my god, how did Du Yuesheng attract this powerful character.Wang Yaqiao arrived in Shanghai in the early autumn of last year. At first, he was an inconspicuous little character and opened a restaurant.Later, I didn't know how to do it. In less than half a year, this kid gathered more than 500 Anhui young men, and created an ax gang in Shanghai that everyone heard of.

At first, this gang was mainly active in the Chinese community, but somehow offended the director of the Shanghai Police Department, who publicly ordered the ban on this organization.This is what it should have meant, after all, if anyone can pull a team and mix it up, that's fine.

But three days later, the minister was hacked to death in the office with an axe.Yang Shande, an envoy of the Shanghai Guards, quickly issued a warrant to arrest Wang Yaqiao, but he was nowhere to be found.A week later, Yang Shande's convoy was attacked by a bomb. Fortunately, Yang Shande was temporarily absent from the car and narrowly escaped the disaster. Yang Shande's three guards and his imported car were all blown to ashes. . .

Yang Shande is the commander of the Fourth Beiyang Division, the Shanghai Army Guard, and one of the princes.The incarnation of justice, light and wisdom in the mainstream propaganda, faced with such evil forces as Wang Yaqiao, was naturally filled with righteous indignation, and then, then retreated.

Although the arrest warrant has not been revoked, all the military and police have been ordered not to provoke Wang Yaqiao, a lunatic.

So overnight, Wang Yaqiao became famous in Shanghai.A character who dared to make a move even as an envoy, any gang leader would not be willing to be an enemy. The Ax Gang quickly gained a foothold in Shanghai, which also laid a solid foundation for Wang Yaqiao to establish the Yangtze River Intelligence Base. . .

"Yue Sheng, you are too rude, how could you treat Mr. Wang so slowly, come on, come on, Mr. Wang, please sit down, Xiao Wu, let's serve tea." Huang Jinrong was flustered for a while.

Wang Yaqiao stopped with a friendly expression: "Boss Huang, sit down. I came to see you on the order of my superior, so there is no need to engage in these vain rituals. Besides, Boss Du is my superior's sworn brother. We can actually be regarded as a family." people."

"Second brother worshiped by the superior?" The old and mature Huang Jinrong immediately understood when he heard this. The big boss behind Wang Yaqiao's scene is none other than Wang Zhenyu. It's no wonder that the Ax Gang can develop so rapidly. The biggest warlord.Thinking of this, Huang Jinrong had to sigh in admiration: "Yue Sheng, your third brother really has a long-term plan and is unfathomable. There is nothing to say. Mr. Wang, if you have any requests, just tell me. My old bones are willing to be the commander-in-chief of Wang." Do your best."

Wang Yaqiao was naturally very satisfied with Huang Jinrong's cooperation, and he immediately went straight to the point

"Boss Huang, Boss Du, to be honest, the ultimate goal of our army this time is to win Shanghai. In my commander's opinion, it is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army in this war. The difficulty lies in the last battle." Into Shanghai."

Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng didn't interrupt when they heard this, but looked at each other and nodded.

"Shanghai is the most prosperous city in China. The great powers have their concessions here, the rich merchants and local tyrants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have their industries here, and the financial center of the whole country is also here. In terms of prosperity, this is the most prosperous city, but in terms of complexity, you are also in China. I can’t find anything more complicated than this. The commander-in-chief said that it is very easy for our army to enter Shanghai by force, but if we really want to control Shanghai, we must support Boss Huang and Boss Du. And it’s not just your support In order to truly control Shanghai, all rich people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, including the Ningbo Business Gang, must support it.”

Huang Jinrong seemed to understand, but he still asked hesitantly: "What about foreigners? We all support you, and if foreigners don't support you, it won't work?"

Wang Yaqiao shook his head and said: "The commander-in-chief said that the main reason for entering Shanghai this time is to guard against the Japanese. The other powers don't need to worry about them. They are fighting like a raging fire in Europe, and they have no time to talk to us. And this time, the British and French may also have a chance. Support our entry, so Little Japan will not be a problem."

Huang Jinrong nodded at this moment, and then looked at Du Yuesheng. Du Yuesheng immediately understood what it meant, and he said directly: "Mr. Wang, you also know that we are all members of the Green Gang. Once your army enters Shanghai, we How will it be handled?"

Wang Yaqiao seemed to have expected Du Yuesheng's question for a long time, and said with a relaxed smile: "My commander-in-chief asked me to tell you two that this concession will still exist in the next ten years, so there are still many things to be relied on here. For the two, my commander-in-chief will also give you official titles and will not wrong you. But you should also know what the market thinks about the Youth Gang, so my commander-in-chief still recommends that you take the time to bleach during this period When the concession is taken back in the future, our own property will naturally have a smooth transition."

Hearing this, Huang Jinrong breathed a sigh of relief, and said with joy in his voice: "It's so good, it's so good, please go back and tell the commander, Mr. Huang, and others are just street gangsters. Thanks to his old man (Wang Zhenyu is furious, do it, you are an old man) thinks highly of him, Huang and others will definitely do their best to handle the matter in Shanghai this time, and will never disappoint the commander in chief."

Just when Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, two rogue leaders from the Shanghai Concession, decided to take refuge in Wang Zhenyu, Wang Zhenyu's elder brother Liu Hongsheng was having a discussion with the leaders of the Ningbo Gang, the largest financial force in Shanghai, at the Siming Bank headquarters on Ningbo Road. A meeting of the same nature.

Since the Ningbo Gang, the leader of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, has to be mentioned, Shanghai Siming Bank, which was not mentioned in the history textbooks of later generations, was the fourth largest in China and the largest local private commercial bank in Shanghai at that time (the top three in China. It was taken away by Wang Zhenyu, a traveler, through the three major banks in Xiangxi).

One day in August 1908 (lunar calendar), at the Jiangxi intersection of Ningbo Road not far from the Bund in Shanghai, a bank called "Siming Commercial Bank" was opened. Siming is another name for Ningbo, and it opened a bank on Ningbo Road serving Ningbo people Financial institutions seem to be logical, but the first thing that stands out is that there are many foreign banks and old-style money houses in the surrounding area, and a Chinese-funded bank stands out from the crowd, because at that time in the vast land of China, Chinese new-style banks, including Chinese-foreign joint ventures and "government-run" banks, Only 8 banks were born in China, Russia, China Tongshang, China Huashang, Daqing, and Junchuanyuan, and there were only 13 banks with their head offices in Shanghai. Therefore, Siming Bank was established very early, and it is still second only to Yu Junchuanyuan, Zhejiang Industrial Bank's third commercial bank in China; second, the founders of this bank were Yuan Liu, Zhu Baosan, Wu Chuanji, Li Houyuan, Fang Shunian, Yan Yibin, Ye Zhang, Zhou Jinchao, Yu Qiaqing, Chen Xun and so on.

After the establishment of Siming Bank, Zhou Jinbiao was the general director, Chen Xun was the prime minister, and Yu Qiaqing was the assistant manager.It divides business types into two departments: the commercial department, which operates deposits, lending, discounts, remittances, and issuing silver and foreign invoices; the savings department, which collects and deposits sporadic funds.Its mode of operation completely imitates the practice of the bank, focusing on commercial transactions, and its business hours are the same as those of the surrounding banks.But the obvious difference from the bank is that it applied to the branch of the Qing government for the right to issue banknotes shortly after its opening. There are four types of exchange notes issued: one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan.

Among them, the two-yuan coupons are not available elsewhere, which looks very unique.Everything is difficult at the beginning. As soon as the banknotes of Siming Bank were issued, they were flanked by foreign banks who attempted to dominate China's financial market. Fortunately, quite a few of the shareholders and directors of Siming Bank are the leaders of the Ningbo Association, which has a certain appeal in Shanghai. When they climbed up and shouted, the Ningbo fellows gave a helping hand one after another. Major stores, banks, and banks Competing to replace Siming banknotes, the trend subsided, and Siming banknotes also gained people's trust and welcome. The initial issuance amount was [-] yuan, and it increased year by year. In Shanghai, Hankou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Zhoushan and other coastal areas, The cities along the river are widely circulated.It is known as China, Siming, and Commerce.

I met with Liu Hongsheng today. There are seven directors sitting here including Wang Xinguan, Sun Hengfu, Yu Qiaqing, Li Yongshang, Zhou Yangshan, Yu Zuoting, and Li Shuming. These seven people are basically enough to represent the entire Shanghai financial circle.

In addition to the seven people, there are two very key figures present, Zhang Jingjiang and Zhang Jian. . .