The dull and tense air lasted for two or three days. One night, Du Yuesheng had just gone to bed, and Ma Xiangsheng strode into the kitchen and mantle room. While taking off his clothes to go to bed, he repeatedly praised and said: "Hey, our boss is so generous!" "What's the matter?" Du Yuesheng stood up and asked hurriedly. . "The case of a house thief was found out. Lao Wang's brother came to see him. Xiao Chi had never seen the world. He took advantage of the fact that there was no one around. He opened the sack and stole two pieces of red soil. He knew that from then on He could no longer live in Shanghai and fled back to his hometown. It was a waste of money for him. Two pieces of red soil were sold for hundreds of yuan. I heard that he had already bought a house in the countryside and started a family. Du Yuesheng was stunned when he sold it for several hundred yuan. Soon, he figured out that the "rice cake" was opium shipped across the ocean from India. Du Yuesheng suddenly woke up. Huang Huangrong was able to spend so much money because he smuggled opium. After the "house thief" was found out, Huang Jinhuang smiled and said, "Forget it, lose that mother!" He decided not to pursue the bold "house thief". However, Du Yuesheng felt that there was fraud in it. Is Boss Huang really so generous? In the eyes of Boss Huang, a few hundred dollars is nothing, but he can lose money but not face. He is the chief police officer in the French Concession, and even his own home has been burglarized. How can he keep quiet? Do you want to let that person go? Soon, news came that the little red guy who stole opium returned to his hometown, bought a house, and married a wife. Not long after, he fell ill and died. Du Yuesheng knew in her heart: This was Boss Huang's hands and feet. From then on, Du Yuesheng became more cautious when dealing with problems, and did not say a word to anyone about the doubts in his heart. But he concluded two things from it, one is, "If you want to get rich, sell cigarettes and soil"; the other is, "You can't achieve great things without using ruthless hands." Du Yuesheng stayed by Boss Huang's side honestly, but at this time, he had been targeted He met Sister Guisheng and began to work on her. Everyone in Shanghai knows that although the surname of Huang Mansion is Huang, the real owner is Sister Guisheng. Sister Guisheng's name is Lin Guisheng, and she is Mrs. Yazhai who Huang Huangrong snatched from others. Once, Huang Huangrong went to the house of a policeman in the Suzhou Yamen to negotiate. The catcher was a lukewarm man who was timid in situations and extremely hopeless. In contrast, Huang Jinrong appears more dignified, smart and capable. The police officer's wife Lin Guisheng immediately took a fancy to this young man. Their eyes met and they flirted with each other, and finally hooked up. Soon, Huang Huangrong instigated Lin Guisheng to quarrel with her husband and break away, and became Huang Huangrong's bed partner. Although this Ms. Lin Guisheng is short in stature and plain in appearance, she is shrewd, capable and has sharp eyes. She is Huang Huangrong's think tank, adviser, and even the master. The opportunity finally came. Sister Guisheng was seriously ill. There was superstition in the Huang Mansion. When the landlady was sick, young and strong men were sent to guard her, because they had three fires on their heads and had enough yang energy to suppress evil and exorcise demons. . Guarding a patient is a hard job, one cannot leave her body day and night, and no one wants to do it. Du Yuesheng silently took on this task and tried his best to do it well. Others accompany the landlady, just staying by her side and not leaving. But Du Yuesheng was not like that. Not only did he guard closely, he also paid full attention, with ears, eyes, hands, feet and heart. As long as the landlady needs anything, he will run to do it for her as soon as she opens her mouth. Over time, Sister Guisheng was moved and determined to give him a hand. After recovering from the illness, she often praised Du Yuesheng as a blessed person in front of family and friends, saying that he had high forehead and good luck. As luck would have it, the door panel couldn't stop a cigarette robbery case, which gave Du Yuesheng a good opportunity to get ahead. One day, late at night, when it was getting quieter, an angry man broke into the Huang Mansion. As soon as he entered the hall, he shouted loudly that he had obtained a large sack from a shipment and handed it over to a hired man named Liu to drag it to the Huang Mansion. Unexpectedly, everyone from Duanhou arrived, but Liu Bin, who was transporting the goods, had not arrived yet. He guessed that there was something wrong on the road, so he panicked and asked Sister Guisheng to send someone to investigate as soon as possible. Sister Guisheng's face changed drastically when she heard this. Because Huang Jinrong happened to be out on business, and several of the Huang Mansion's thugs left with him. This was a matter that required a life-and-death blow, and ordinary young men didn't have the ability to take on it. For a moment, everyone looked at each other in disbelief.Du Yuesheng looked at this scene and knew that it was a God-given opportunity. He must not regret it, so he mustered up the courage to say to Sister Guisheng, "Mrs. Boss, let me go for a run!" Sister Guisheng glanced at him and nodded. . Firstly, there was really no one around her to send, and the sack of cigarettes stolen was worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, so she couldn't do it without sending someone; secondly, she also wanted to give Du Yuesheng a chance to test him so that he could be reused in the future. Du Yuesheng asked about the route taken to transport the sacks, then borrowed a pistol from Sister Guisheng, inserted a dagger into his trouser leg, and rushed into the night without looking back. There was a rickshaw pulled by an acquaintance at the entrance of the alley. Du Yuesheng ran over and jumped on one. He didn't tell the driver where he was and told the rickshaw driver to run quickly. The rickshaw was speeding down the street, and Du Yuesheng was sitting in the car thinking. He thought that if the gangster cigarette thief dared to rebel against the Huang Mansion, he would never jump into the concession because this was Huang Jinrong's territory. However, he did not dare to run around on the streets of Huangpu Beach, because carrying a sack of cigarette smoke was like carrying a time bomb, and he did not know when it would explode. Du Yuesheng concluded that the guy who stole the cigarette must be eager to find a hiding place nearby and could not run far away. Du Yuesheng also considered that since the doors of Shanghai County were closed at night, people who stole cigarettes could not enter, and he did not dare to come to the French Concession. So, if the thief was willing to leave, he would have rushed to the British Concession. Got this right. Du Yuesheng calculated the distance and time again, and estimated that he could still intercept the man, so he immediately ordered the rickshaw driver: "Hurry up and run to Yangjingbang!" The night was dark, blinding people's eyes like a spider web. Du Yuesheng tried his best to keep his eyes open, searching for suspicious figures in the darkness. Suddenly, he noticed a rickshaw in front of him, slowly pulling towards an alley. Du Yuesheng's heart was beating wildly. He estimated that the person in the car was the person who stole the cigarettes. Because a sack of cigarettes weighs more than 100 kilograms, and the person who stole the cigarettes was overloaded, the rickshaw moved so slowly. He tightened his grip on his gun and quietly asked the cart puller to speed up and get ahead of them. As soon as their car passed the rickshaw, Du Yuesheng jumped down, pointed the gun at the man, and said calmly: "Brother, you've lost your temper! Come down quickly!" The man who stole the cigarette was scared to death. Flying outside, if you want to run, there is a heavy sack in front of you. What's more, the driver who was pulling him was stunned. Although his steps had stopped, he still had a firm grip on the bars of the cart. As a result, the man's feet were in the air and he was unable to jump down in his eagerness. "W-what do you do?" the man asked tremblingly in the car. A stone fell in Du Yuesheng's heart, because he already understood that the person who stole the cigarettes did not have a gun in his hands. Otherwise, he would not ask questions and would definitely fight with him regardless of the situation. So, he put the man aside and went to persuade the coachman: "Friend, it's none of your business. Now I ask you to do me a favor. Pull the car to Huang Mansion. I will reward you with five silver dollars." When the coachman heard this He was Boss Huang's man, and he was rewarded with five silver dollars, so how dare he not listen, so he turned the car around and headed towards Huang's mansion. The man who had stolen the cigarettes panicked and quickly begged Du Yuesheng, asking him to be noble and let him go and leave him a way to live. "You mean you only want life, not wealth?" Du Yuesheng asked. "Yes, yes, please be kind and spare my life. I still have a seventy-year-old mother at home..." the man replied quickly. "Then you don't need my help. Although you won't make a fortune, your life can still be saved. Of course Sister Guisheng will scold you. After scolding you, if you leave Huangpu Beach from now on, she won't make things difficult for you." The man had no choice but to enter the Huang Mansion with Du Yuesheng. After hearing the news that Du Yuesheng had captured the daring land thief with all his stolen goods, Sister Guisheng took three steps at a time and ran downstairs to meet this great hero. Du Yuesheng, however, pretended to be nonchalant and said nothing. He only reported in an understatement: "Thanks to you, I have recovered the things. I am in the living room, waiting for the landlady to say." Sister Guisheng was so happy that her whole body trembled. , knowing that this humble and respectful young man is a person who can accomplish great things. From then on, he became Sister Guisheng's confidant and participated in Boss Huang's most secret work - robbing opium. At that time, there were 16 of the most powerful land grabbers on the beach in Shanghai. They were each divided into groups of 8 and had countless disciples and disciples.
The "Big Eight-gut Party" relied on its financial position to cut off their income from selling cigarettes. Moreover, they did not pay attention to people like Huang Huangrong at all and tried to rob him to make him understand. Know that there are still people in the world who don't buy their account. However, the move was a success. The first time they made a move, they got a shipload of cigarettes, which was equivalent to grabbing hundreds of thousands of silver. Moreover, through this "snatching", they also saw the role of the "Big Eight-gut Party" in escorting the cigarettes. Various loopholes inspired Du Yuesheng's determination to go big. Well-planned incidents of outsmarting Yantu happened again and again. Yantu turned into a white silvery ocean, and flowed into the pockets of Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng like water. Gradually, the empty coffins in the Chaozhou Guild Hall could no longer hold the stolen cigarettes, and they urgently needed to find another place to store them. At the same time, there were several local merchants in the French Concession, who were dissatisfied with the arbitrariness of the cigarette and souvenir dealers under the protection of the "Big Eight-gut Party" Manipulating prices, they were well-informed and knew that Du Yuesheng had a large amount of tobacco in his hands, so they elected representatives to negotiate with Du Yuesheng, hoping that Du Yuesheng could supply them with tobacco, and they were willing to worship Du Yuesheng as their patron saint. Du Yuesheng didn't answer immediately. He thought for a long time, thought about it, and immediately went to Sister Guisheng to find a deal. Seeing Sister Guisheng, Du Yuesheng hurriedly said to him: "Sister Guisheng, we have so many goods in hand, and the sales in the French Concession are good, why not open a tobacco shop by ourselves?" Sister Guisheng sighed and said: " It's a good idea, but I'm afraid the boss won't agree. "Then why?" Du Yuesheng asked in confusion, "Why can't we do it if others do it? Besides, haven't we already been doing it?" It's better to do it secretly than to do it openly. "There's a lot going on here," Sister Guisheng explained quickly, "No one dares to expose what's done in secret. Once it's done in the open, there will be gossip. This is what the boss is afraid of. He is an official." Du Yuesheng's mind was racing, and he immediately said: "Then, we don't want the boss to come forward." "Yes, you can start it first and hide it from the boss for now." Du Yuesheng did what he said and immediately raised shares to set up a tobacco and soil business. He planned to buy four shares per share at a price of 10,000 yuan per share. He had one share, Sister Guisheng had one share, Huang Huangrong had one share, and the remaining share was given to Jin Tingsun by order of Sister Guisheng. Jin Tingsun is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. He is smart and capable and knows how to manage money. He entered the Huang Mansion earlier than Du Yuesheng, and was highly regarded by Huang Huangrong. He and Du Yuesheng were both close generals around Huang Huangrong. Du Yuesheng is a martial character, while Jin Tingsun has always been a literary character. He has a sharp mind and a very good and ruthless abacus. He is the only financial planner in the Huang Mansion. Sister Guisheng was also a straightforward person, so she immediately opened the safe and took out the banknotes worth 10,000 yuan as the shares must be in good condition, and handed them to Du Yuesheng as payment for the shares. As soon as the money was handed over to Du Yuesheng, she saw hesitation on Du Yuesheng's face and asked, "You don't have any equity?" Du Yuesheng nodded sheepishly. "How much difference?" Du Yuesheng didn't say anything. Sister Guisheng immediately turned around, opened the safe, took out another 10,000 yuan banknote and handed it to Du Yuesheng. Du Yuesheng thanked him repeatedly and immediately left and went downstairs to find Jin Tingsun. Jin Tingsun was having sex in the bathhouse. Seeing that such a good thing had happened to him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately discussed with Du Yuesheng the company's articles of association and practices. "What is an auspicious name for the company?" Finally, Jin Tingsun asked. Du Yuesheng was confident and said, "Let's call it Sanxin!" "Sanxin?" "Yes," Du Yuesheng smiled slightly, "There is gold in the boss's name, and there is also gold in your surname. Although I, Du Yuesheng, do not have gold, I trust you." Give me a piece of gold for your blessing. Isn't it Sanxin? "Okay, okay!" Jin Tingsun clapped his hands and shouted with joy. With the large-scale Sanxin Company, the tobacco, retail and wholesale in the French Concession were all concentrated in one place. But this kind of scene pales in comparison to the tobacco and soil trading houses in the British Concession. The most famous "Chaozhou gang" opium shops at that time, Guo Yuji, Zheng Yuji, Li Weiji, and Guangmaohe Co., Ltd. opened in the British Concession, etc., had monthly turnovers that were many times greater than Sanxin Company.
Huang Jinrong turned blue with anger. He stood up, stretched out his palms and slapped Shen Xingshan twice. The thug brought by Huang Huangrong stood up immediately when he saw that the boss was angry. Shen Xingshan knew that these two were thugs who killed without blinking an eye. He was trembling with fear and shouted loudly: "No, don't move or do it. If you have something to say..." Du Yuesheng seized this opportunity and took out the agreement he had prepared. , asked Shen Xingshan to put a fingerprint on it. On this day, a rude guest came to Huang Mansion. "Brother Jin Rong, I'm here to defect to you again today. We're going to have a good fight. Damn it, we're going to get a good vote..." The man kept talking, foaming at the mouth. As Huang Huangrong listened, he couldn't help but become bored. He picked up the tea bowl on the table and pretended to see off the guests. The man was talking enthusiastically, but he didn't see it. Du Yuesheng, looking in all directions, quickly waved his hand to stop him. The man talked for a while and then left. After his figure disappeared outside the gate, Huang Huangrong said to Du Yuesheng: "Ah Sheng, such a vulgar person, what's the use of getting to know him? It's a waste of time." "No, no, no," Du Yuesheng smiled wisely. : "This is a very useful person! Don't underestimate him..." It turns out that this person's name is Zhang Xiaolin, and he will later become the three tycoons in Shanghai together with Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong. Zhang Xiaolin is from Hangzhou and is quite famous in Hangzhou. He worked as a silk and satin weaver, but he often caused trouble and started fights. The bosses of various machine rooms took advantage of him and secretly colluded to prevent anyone from hiring him. Zhang Xiaolin lost his livelihood, so he brought a few hooligans with him, who made a living by defrauding money through gambling and siphoning other people's pockets. Before the Revolution of 1911, Zhang Xiaolin fought with bannermen over a seat in a teahouse, almost resulting in a murder. Afraid of arrest by the authorities, he fled Hangzhou and hid in the house of a friend who was an inspector. After the Revolution of 1911, his case as a flag-bearer went unsolved, so he returned to Hangzhou openly and continued to dominate. He had been to Shanghai earlier, asked someone to guide him, and met Huang Huangrong