The next morning, two pieces of news caused the entire Songhu City to be in a storm.
The first was that the various concessions allied with the major merchants in Songhu City to raise prices and take advantage of the opportunity to make money.
The closing of the Zhao family's shops was a black hand from the various concessions, so that the merchants in Songhu City would have an excuse.
The Jiang family was also implicated because of their relationship with the Zhao family. They wanted to close the docks that did not belong to the concession to achieve the effect of raising the price.
The second piece of news was that the Jiang family had already withdrawn their funds and wanted to escape under such suppression.
There were even rumors that the Jiang Family was going to trade the ownership of the two docks.
At dawn, the newspaper published Jiang Tianwen's announcement.
Although he didn't explicitly say that he wanted to sell the pier, his words implied that the Jiang family was in danger and couldn't continue to support it.
What was the 18 Pu Pier?
That represented endless wealth!
Ever since the 18 Pu Dock was opened, those who had the ownership of the dock would not let go until their last breath.
Five years ago, the Li family was the best example.
They relied on a dock to do business.
They had been making a lot of money, but in just a few days, the tobacco and soil restaurants under the Li family had been closed down one after another.
Even so, the Li family still refused to sell the dock.
In the end, the Li family was wiped out overnight, and the ownership of the dock was taken by Huang Jinrong.
There was no need to say much about the mastermind behind this. Even those who understood the reason sighed helplessly after the incident.
If the Li family had directly handed over the control of the dock back then, they might have been able to keep their lives.
"The Jiang family is smart. Once the ownership of the dock is handed over, they can at least save the lives of the entire family.”
"What a pity. These years, the Jiang family can be considered a big family with a conscience in Songhu City. When Elder Jiang was still alive, he would often send some food to those who fled. If such a family is going to suffer, how will the people of Songhu City live in the future?”
"Hey, haven't you heard? Our Songhu city's military governor is about to change. There's a man surnamed Lu in the north. A few days ago, I went to the north to do some things. I heard that this man surnamed Lu's reputation isn't very good. The place he was originally in charge of is miserable. I wonder if the Jiang and Zhao families have offended him?”
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The teahouse was filled with discussions.
At the same time, in a western-style building in the French concession, a slightly bloated man was standing in front of a birdcage and feeding a bird.
Behind him, Du Yuesheng stood there calmly.
"Yesterday, I heard that someone went to your Four Seasons Hall to look for you? After he entered, you even closed the doors of the Hall of Four Seasons? Is there such a thing?"
The man was none other than Huang JInrong, one of the most powerful people in the French concession and even the entire Songhu city.
A few medals hung on his patrol uniform.
However, the regulations of the French concession did not apply to him.
His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, and the buttons on his shirt were unbuttoned. The distance between the two sides of his shirt was as wide as the sky.
After so many years of management, even the foreigners in the French concession had to be polite to him.
When a faction became bigger, some rules would naturally become a joke.
"Reporting to Chief, this is indeed the case.”
Du Yuesheng replied unhurriedly.
Seeing Huang Jinrong pause, Du Yuesheng did not wait for him to speak. He bowed and continued,"The one who came is the eldest young master of the Jiang family, Jiang Hai Feng. The Jiang family is willing to give us a batch of firearms, 120 rifles and 5,000 bullets.”
The moment Du Yuesheng finished speaking, Huang Jinrong could no longer remain calm. He turned around with a face full of disbelief,"A hundred spears? Is what you said true? Where did the Jiang family get so many guns and ammunition?”
No one knew better than him how strict the foreigners were with guns and ammunition.
It seemed that every empire was doing business with the warlords in the Land of Yan Huang.
However, in reality, they were only selling a pile of scrap metal that had long been eliminated in their own empires.
Those weapons could only be used as fire sticks in their empire.
But now, he could sell it for a high price.
Even so, they knew how much they were selling and who they were selling to.
In their eyes, a family like the Jiang Family was only a helper at most. They would never do business with them.
What kind of place was Songhu City?
That was right under the eyes of the major empires.
If anyone had firearms, this place would have been in chaos.
Those foreigners knew very well what money they could and couldn't make.
Even the guns in the Qing Gang belonged to the Qing Gang, to put it nicely, and to put it bluntly, they belonged to the French concession.
Although the people in the French concession allowed the Qing Gang to use the guns, the ownership of the guns still belonged to them.
But now, the Jiang family had taken out more than a hundred spears in one go.
It didn't seem like much, but it was already beyond their ability.
"Chief, I didn't tell you last night because I was waiting to see what would happen this morning.”
Du Yuesheng looked around at the members of the Qing Gang and hesitated.
Huang Jinrong's gaze focused. He then waved his hand, indicating for those people to leave.
When only Du Yuesheng and himself were left in the room, Huang Jinrong sat down on the sofa with a solemn face.
"Continue."
Du Yuesheng nodded with a smile." Chief, since the Jiang Family dares to open their mouth, they naturally have this way." Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to him so easily.”
"I'm sure the Chief already knows what the Jiang Family's situation is like on the surface.”
"But at this time, they don't use the firearms for themselves but give them to us. There are only two situations.”
Huang Jinrong suddenly raised his palm and took a deep breath.
He was not stupid.
If he was really stupid, he wouldn't be in this state.
"Or the Jiang family is really looking for a way out and wants to use all the connections in their hands to get rid of this crisis.”
"Or they don't lack firearms at all.”
If it was the former, that would be fine.
If it's the latter
More than a hundred guns.
How rich was the Jiang family?
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