Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

Chapter 1621 1620 [The tiger is no longer powerful! 】

While Shi Zhijian and Lei Luo were thinking about their past life in Hong Kong together, they were interrupted by the noise around them.

"You damned Chinese, do you know you should pay the protection fee? If you don't pay it, your stall will be blown up!" Seven or eight mean-spirited ghosts, carrying baseball bats and other weapons, surrounded a stall selling wonton noodles arrogantly. , Smash it with your hands.

The boss seemed to be an honest old Chinese, clasped his fists, bowed and cupped his hands: "No! Please don't! You ask for too much money. It used to be 300 Canadian dollars, but now it's 200 Canadian dollars more." , we can't bear it!"

"Can't handle it? Then don't do it!" The leader was a black man, speaking in jerky Chinese, "Should we help you end this stall now? Hmm? We will be happy to help you do that!"

"No, really don't! Our whole family relies on this stall for food!" The Chinese boss continued to plead so hard that he almost knelt down and begged for mercy.

Shi Zhijian watched this scene without saying a word, but looked at Lei Luo. Lei Luo showed an angry look on his face, but finally turned his head away, pretending not to see, and walked past the wonton noodle stall.

When the ghosts carrying baseball bats saw so many of them, they whistled arrogantly at Lei Luo and the others. Seeing that Lei Luo ignored them, all the ghosts burst out laughing.

Shi Zhijian continued to walk side by side with Lei Luo.

"Ajian, did I look embarrassing just now?" Lei Luo asked suddenly.

"A little."

"Hey, I used to be so majestic, especially when I was in Hong Kong, black and white covered the sky with one hand!" Lei Luo said with emotion behind his back, "If something like this happened to me at that time, I would definitely stop it Yes! But now, the strong dragon will not overwhelm the local snake, it can only admit cowardly!"

After a pause, Lei Luo pointed to the front of Chinatown and said, "Did you see that all the shops and stalls in Chinatown have to pay protection fees to these ghosts! If anyone doesn't pay, the consequences will be dire! Don't talk about ordinary people like them." , even if I-"

Lei Luo smiled wryly, looked at Shi Zhijian and laughed at himself: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. When I came to Vancouver, I was also full of pride. I was going to show my strength here, so I sold the hotel to start business, but the hotel was set on fire. Burned! I was not convinced, so I bought another gold shop to sell jewelry, but in the end, the gold shop was robbed!"

"How could this be?" Shi Zhijian asked curiously.

"What else can I do? Others think that I, Lei Luo, have bad luck, but I know that it's those ghost gangs who are warning me, let me stay well and don't move around!"

After finishing speaking, Lei Luo let out a sigh of relief, "Your sister-in-law even received a threatening letter because of this. The letter said that I was Leihuo in Hong Kong, but I am just an ant here!"

"You didn't visit the pier when you came?"

"Wharf? Do you think that the Chinese people have the final say in Chinatown? Wrong!" Lei Luo said, "The ghosts have the final say!"

Shi Zhijian became even more curious. He looked at Lei Luo, but didn't speak.

Lei Luo sighed again: "Of course, the Chinatown in the past was not like this. It is the dream land of many Chinese. Many people hope to immigrate and live here."

On this point, Shi Zhijian agrees very much. In fact, the earliest history of Chinese in Canada can be traced back to around the 18th century. At that time, the land of North America was divided by several colonial countries. Today, most of Canada is under the rule of British and French colonists. In order to further tap the abundant resources, the colonial authorities developed various forms of economic sectors in the local area, involving planting, timber, coal, and iron ore mining.

Especially since the 19th century, because of the mining of gold and other resources, there has been a wave of "going west" in the local area, which is also the westward movement in Canadian history.

In the 18th century, China was in the period of decline of the feudal dynasty. The common people are living in dire straits, and class conflicts are constantly escalating and deteriorating. As a result, a large number of people are running overseas to make a living, most of them are from coastal areas. Among these people, some traveled to the South China Sea by riding the wind and waves in the South China Sea, some went to Europe to explore the secrets of capital, and some even crossed the ocean to find business opportunities to make money in the New World. Of course, there are also some miserable laborers who were forced to sell to foreign countries.

In 1788, a group of carpenters from Macau came to British Columbia with the captain of the British Navy. This was also the first batch of Chinese to arrive in Canadian history. Coincidentally, the place where these woodworkers landed happened to be in what is now the Vancouver area.

Although the expropriation of the workers who built the railway was an extreme exploitation of Chinese laborers, it also provided a way out for them who were at the bottom of their lives. Unexpectedly, with the completion of infrastructure such as the Pacific Railway serving the westward movement, Canada no longer needed them.

In China, a feudal society, there are still many people who choose to flee to improve their lives. In 1867, under the influence of the upsurge of independence movements in North America and American countries, the Canadian Confederation was also proclaimed. In order to prevent a large number of Chinese from flooding into Canada and robbing the already scarce jobs in this nascent country, the Canadian government began to charge a head tax of 50 Canadian dollars per person for Chinese entering Canada. Later, because the effect was not significant, the highest price was raised to 500 US dollars.

Although the Canadian authorities tried several times to limit the number of Chinese entering Canada by raising taxes and fees, overall, the number of Chinese still showed a continuous upward trend. There are two main reasons: First, China from the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century was in a turbulent period of continuous reform and the overthrow of feudalism. , providing quite a lot of job opportunities, and at the same time, it is said that gold mines and other extremely fascinating wealth resources.

This wave of immigrant groups from the East has made Canadian leaders feel more and more uneasy. They believe that the continuous increase in the number of Chinese immigrants will pose a threat to the local employment environment and even the ruling foundation. For this reason, they decided to restrict the import of Chinese into Canada with strict bills when the measures to increase taxes were still weak.

In 1923, the Canadian federal government abolished the head tax and passed the "Chinese Immigration Act of 1923". The bill stipulates that, except for businessmen, diplomatic officials, foreign students and special cases, the Chinese are prohibited from entering Canada, and later the scope of application is extended to all Asians.

This is a bill that is clearly set for a specific ethnic group and aims to control Asians from entering Canada with tough laws. Once it was introduced, it received strong dissatisfaction from Canadian minorities, especially Asians.

The anger of public grievances will inevitably force the Canadian government to change. And their transformation began during World War II. In September 1939, Canada officially declared its entry into World War II. Foreign wars require a lot of financial support. For this reason, Canada has issued specific wartime bonds in the name of the government.

At this time, the Canadian Chinese Association, with a generous heart, called on the Chinese to buy the bonds of the Republic of China, and at the same time encouraged them to buy Canadian wartime bonds to contribute a little to the just struggle of their own country. Since then, the status of Chinese in Canada has changed a lot.

Based on the strong Chinese support for Canadian military funding during World War II, the Canadian government repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947 and restored citizenship rights for Chinese in Canada. After decades of dedication and struggle, the Chinese community in Canada has finally obtained the right of abode they should enjoy.

Although Canada has a vast land area, it can be said that there are not many cities with excellent geographical locations and development opportunities. And Vancouver is one of them.

The long history of Chinese immigration, the pleasant climate and the bustling cityscape make more and more Chinese immigrants prefer to choose here. Vancouver has also become the second largest Chinese gathering place in North America after San Francisco.

There are many Chinese in Vancouver, and they used to be powerful, but Powell, the new mayor of Vancouver who came to power in recent years, is extremely anti-Chinese. In particular, I hate the local Chinese who gather in Vancouver's Chinatown, thinking that the Chinese have seized their white land and resources.

For this reason, Powell teamed up with the ghost gangs in Vancouver and began to squeeze the Chinese community together.

Powell used his power to continuously let the Vancouver Police Department crack down on local Chinese gangs, and then let those ghosts rob these gang sites. Slowly, even Chinatown was controlled by ghost societies, and those Chinese societies either surrendered, or shrank, and disappeared. Covered by these Chinese associations, the local Chinese are even more bullied.

When Lei Luo and the others immigrated here, they thought this was a paradise for Chinese people, but they were unlucky. They met such a scumbag mayor, who made Chinatown a mess and couldn't do business properly.

After listening to Lei Luo's introduction, Shi Zhijian at least knew the specific situation here.

Seeing that Shi Zhijian was silent, Lei Luo patted Shi Zhijian on the shoulder, and laughed at himself: "Why am I telling you this, anyway, you are just here to visit me, and you don't live here! People, you still have to rely on yourself—"

After finishing speaking, Lei Luo uttered a cruel sentence: "To be honest, if I were the old me, I would have drawn my gun and had **** with these gangsters! Pu your mother, if the tiger doesn't show its power, you will be a sick cat?!"

Hearing Lei Luo's cruel words, Shi Zhijian knew that no matter how angry he was, he would just talk about it.

Because the current Lei Luo is no longer the former Lei Luo~www.readwn.com~ The former Lei Luo is in Hong Kong, covering the sky with only one hand, two words-overbearing!

Now Lei Luo is in Vancouver, he's trying to make ends meet, two words - Counseling!

He is an outsider!

He has a family and a child!

Since you can no longer flex your muscles here, then just eat and wait to die, and enjoy the wealth and honor for the rest of your life!

Seeing that Shi Zhijian remained silent, Lei Luo said, "Don't you believe it?"

"I believe it. In my heart, Brother Luo, you will always be so energetic and powerful!"

There was a hint of comfort in Lei Luo's eyes, but he suddenly said: "Don't comfort me, in fact, I don't even believe what I said! I'm old!"

As he spoke, Lei Luo took the lead and walked forward. His waist, which was originally straight, was really bent.