Start from the old nine gates

Chapter 49 Return to Shanghai
April 1937

The Battle of Songhu, which lasted for two months, has also shown its defeat.

At this time, Shanghai is becoming more and more deserted and desolate, as if it has entered the bleakness of autumn.

Pedestrians on the streets became less and less, only the singing and dancing halls in the concession area were still crowded with people and loud noises, presenting a lively scene.

Shanghai seems to be divided into two halves,
On the one hand, there is continuous war, and on the other hand, it is peaceful and peaceful, just like two extremes.

At this time, at the pier in Shanghai, a cargo ship slowly docked.

A middle-aged man with a tall figure and a stern face, wearing a dark suit, stepped down from the cargo ship, observing everything around him with curious eyes.

This is Adrian's first time setting foot in this strange land.

This is a mysterious country, even on the other side of the ocean, there are too many rumors about each other.

Suddenly, a man in a gray gown walked towards the middle-aged man.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Adrian?"

Xu Hao reached out and took off his hat, revealing the face underneath, and asked the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Yes, I am Adrian."

Adrian looked at the person in front of him with scrutiny, feeling the seemingly invisible danger from the other person, and responded indifferently.

After getting a positive response from the other party, Xu Hao seemed to be aware of the vigilance of the other party, and responded with a smile: "Hello, my name is Xu Hao, and the young master must have told you my name before I came."

In fact, Chen Yuan had sent a telegram to inform Xu Hao long before he came.

After things in the United States had almost settled down, Chen Yuan looked at his hometown Huaguo again.

At this time, the land of China has been plunged into a war.

The You Pavilion, which was created casually before, has long been unable to face the current situation, and at the same time wants to make a contribution to the suffering Huaguo.

Therefore, Adrian was not the only one who came this time. There were also 20 night crow messengers and a large amount of supplies, including nearly [-] tons of weapons and ammunition.

And these twenty tons of weapons and ammunition are Chen Yuan's greeting gift to his motherland.

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand, after the two sides shook hands.

"Mr. Adrian, you must have been very tired after traveling so far to come here. Why don't I take you back to the station to rest first, and I will cleanse you up tomorrow." Xu Hao continued.

Adrian nodded in agreement.

In an old residential building in Shanghai, the mottled yellow walls outside tell the story of the passage of time.

Of course, this is also the current residence of Xu Hao and others.

There were two tall and powerful men standing at the door of the building.

On one side of the building, there was a square table surrounded by a group of rich people in rich clothes. Zhu Chen sat on the chair and glanced at a group of middle-aged couples standing in front of him.

"Are you going to America?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The woman next to the man said quickly, as if she was afraid that if she spoke too slowly, there would be nothing left.

"A boat ticket costs 100 oceans, and the two of you need a total of [-] oceans. Take the money."

Zhu Chen said calmly.

The man hesitated for a moment, apparently two hundred oceans was not a small number for them.

"What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and pay the money, and you won't be able to leave soon after you run out of tickets, and you'll regret it." Seeing the man hesitate, the woman reprimanded him immediately.

Zhu Chen had a calm expression on his face, he had seen too many such scenes in the past few days.

"Okay, okay" the man gritted his teeth, reluctantly took out 200 oceans and handed it to Zhu Chen.

After receiving the money, Zhu Chen tore off two receipts and gave them to them.

"This is a boat ticket. You can go directly to the pier to board the boat now. Remember, the boat will stay here for three days. If you don't board the boat for three days, this ticket will be invalid."

"thanks, thanks."

After hearing this, the two people quickly thanked them. You must know that at this time, the only way for ordinary people to go abroad is this. After passing this village, there is no such store.

For most ordinary people, when the war comes, they have to leave quickly.

After all, when war comes, the most bitter and miserable ones will always be the ordinary people who have no resistance.

When Adrian followed Xu Hao to the station, he was slightly taken aback when he saw a long line of people wearing brocade suits, "Mr. Xu Hao, what is this?"

Xu Hao glanced at the long queue next to him and said, "These are the people who are preparing to take our cargo ship to the United States for asylum."

"Whether rich or poor, when the war comes, they are just a group of poor people." Xu Hao sighed silently, thinking about walking from Changsha to Shanghai and seeing people fleeing everywhere.

"It's always ordinary people who get hurt"

Not only now, but also in the past and in the future.

Adrian naturally didn't know what Xu Hao was thinking. A group of immigrants and descendants of executioners in the United States naturally couldn't understand Huaguo, a country with five thousand years of history and many disasters.

Walking into the building, it was clean and tidy, and it was obvious that the cleaners were very serious.

This residential building has a total of five floors, all of which are occupied by Xu Hao and his group. There are about 30 NO.[-] people in total.

As for Wang Jin, he was left in Changsha and took charge of his hometown.

Soon Xu Hao took Adrian to the top floor, the fifth floor. Once up, there was a huge living room with several tables and benches, which looked very simple.

Immediately afterwards, he took the other party around to get acquainted with the place, and finally took the other party to a room on the far right.

Bright sunlight shone through the windows into the room. There was a bed, a table, and a chair. Things were very simple, but the whole room was cleaned.

"This will be your bedroom from now on, what do you think, Mr. Adrian." Xu Hao asked Adrian next to him.

"very good"

Adrian glanced at it and didn't say much, after all, he had already prepared himself before coming.

And it's not hard, as it was back then.It was much harder to be a mercenary than here.

After putting down his luggage, he followed Xu Hao to the living room again.

Soon, Zhu Chen finished settling the boat tickets and returned to the fifth floor.

Xu Hao stood up and introduced each other: "Mr. Adrian, this is Zhu Chen, our military adviser, especially the idea of ​​selling the boat tickets this time was brought up by Mr. Zhu Chen."

"This is Mr. Adrian, who was specially sent by the young master to support us and help us solve some difficult problems and enemies."

After the two nodded, they sat down.

Xu Hao continued
"Let me first tell Mr. Adrian about the current situation. There are currently 32 members of You Ge in Shanghai. In Shanghai, it can only be regarded as a second-rate gang."

　At this stage, the content began to be transferred to China. The current reference movie: Great Shanghai, starring Chow Yun-fat.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)