Du Yuesheng looked at Huang Jinrong who was deliberately pretending to be stupid with a smile, and whispered: "Master, the current situation is turbulent now, and we can't decide many things at all. If we don't work hard to keep up with the situation, the future ending will be very miserable."

Huang Jinrong choked on a sip of cigarettes and 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? The Qing Gang. Don't look at us in this Shanghai, but look at those real big figures, whether it's Yang Shande or Lu Yongxiang, who looked at us with a direct look? Last time we went to see Yang Shande, but they didn't see us. After receiving a generous gift, they gave us guests. I have seen it clearly over the years. No matter who comes, the people in the gang are just urinals in their eyes. When they use it, they take it out and use it. After urinating, they think we are dirty and kicked away quickly. So the master is afraid of participating in these messy things. It's better to get the bamboo basket and get it done for nothing and it's better to be second. I'm afraid that they will get all of them in the end."

Du Yuesheng nodded in agreement: "The master is right. We are all afraid of this matter, but my third brother doesn't. To be honest, we have never stopped contacting each other over the years (the opium transaction has never stopped). This man is very loyal and not bureaucratic. Moreover, this time he sent someone to send a message to him, and there are arrangements for our future. I think the master will not worry about it."

Huang Jinrong stood up and said, "Oh, what words did you bring to us."

Du Yuesheng patted his palm gently, and the disciple who was guarding the door pushed the door 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 pushed the door and came in. Huang Jinrong originally planned to show off his makeup and wanted to lie down and talk, but the sharpness emitted by Wang Yaqiao forced him to change his plan and sat up honestly. His sixth sense told him that the manly man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person.

Huang Jinrong was no longer apologized, but Wang Yaqiao couldn't speak anymore, just looked at Huang Jinrong with a serious look on his face.

After looking at it for a while, Huang Jinrong felt very embarrassed but was not easy to speak directly. He could only change his direction and asked Du Yuesheng, "Yuesheng, you haven't introduced me to this brother yet."

Wang Yaqiao's goal was achieved, and he won the aura and clasped his fists and said, "My younger generation, Wang Yaqiao, has met Boss Huang."

"Wang Yaqiao." Huang Jinrong shivered unconsciously when he heard these three. Oh my God, why did Du Yuesheng attract this powerful character? Wang Yaqiao came to Shanghai early autumn last year. He was also an inconspicuous little character at first and opened a restaurant. Later, I don’t know how it was done. In less than half a year, this kid gathered more than 500 young and strong Anhui, and created an Axe Gang in Shanghai that everyone can hear of.

At first, this gang was mainly engaged in the Chinese community, but somehow it offended the Director of the Shanghai Police Department. The Director of the Police Department publicly ordered the ban on this organization, which was originally intended. After all, **If anyone can do it, it would be fine.

But three days later, the director was killed in the office with an axe. The Shanghai Guardian Yang Shande quickly issued a wanted order to arrest Wang Yaqiao, but he was left alone. A week later, Yang Shande's convoy was attacked by a bomb. Fortunately, Yang Shande had something to do and had no place to get on the car at that time. He barely escaped the disaster. Yang Shande's three guards and his imported car were all blown to ashes.

As the commander of the Fourth Beiyang Division, Shanghai Guardian, and a prince, Yang Shande was incarnated in justice, light and wisdom in mainstream propaganda. Faced with evil forces like Wang Yaqiao, he was naturally full of righteous indignation, and then retreated.

Although the wanted order was still not revoked, all the military and police were ordered not to provoke the lunatic Wang Yaqiao.

So overnight, Wang Yaqiao became famous in Shanghai. He was a character who dared to move even the guards. Any gangster boss was unwilling to be an enemy of him. The Axe Gang quickly gained his foothold in Shanghai, which also laid a solid foundation for Wang Yaqiao to establish the Yangtze River Intelligence Network.

"Yuesheng, you are so rude. How can you treat Mr. Wang so slowly? Come on, come on, Mr. Wang, please sit down, Xiao Wu, serve tea." Huang Jinrong was in a hurry.

Wang Yaqiao said with a kind expression: "Boss Huang, sit down, I came to see you on the orders of my superiors, so there is no need to do these false gifts. Moreover, Boss Du is my superior's second brother, so we can be considered a family."

"Superior's Swedish Second Brother." Huang Jinrong, who was a mature man, immediately understood everything when he heard this. The boss behind Wang Yaqiao's feelings was nothing but Wang Zhenyu. No wonder the Axe Gang can develop so quickly. Behind the people is the largest warlord in China. Huang Jinrong had to admire him when he thought of this: "Yuesheng, your third brother is indeed a long-term layout and unfathomable. There is nothing to say. Mr. Wang, if you have any requirements, you can just give me instructions. My old bones are willing to contribute to Marshal Wang."

Wang Yaqiao was naturally satisfied with Huang Jinrong's cooperation. He immediately went straight to the point.

"Boss Huang and Boss Du, it's true that our army's ultimate goal this time is to take Shanghai. In the eyes of our general, it is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army in this war, but the difficulty lies in the final entry into Shanghai."

Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng did not interrupt when they heard this, but looked at each other and nodded.

"Shanghai is the most prosperous city in China. The great powers have concessions here. The wealthy businessmen and local tyrants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have industries here. The financial center of the entire country is also here. In terms of prosperity, it is the most prosperous. But in terms of complexity, you can't find anything more complicated in China than here. The Grand Marshal said that it is very easy for our army to enter Shanghai by force. But if you want to truly control Shanghai, you must support Boss Huang, Boss Du, and not only your support, but also rich people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, including Ningbo Business Gang, must support it to truly control Shanghai."

Huang Jinrong seemed to understand, but he still asked hesitantly: "What about foreigners, we all support you, and it would be better if foreigners don't support you."

Wang Yaqiao shook his head and said, "Master General said that this time he went to Shanghai to prevent the Japanese. Other great powers didn't have to worry about them. They fought in Europe in full swing and had no time to pay attention to us. Moreover, Britain and France may support our entry this time, so little Japan will not be a problem either."

Huang Jinrong nodded and then looked at Du Yuesheng. Du Yuesheng immediately understood what it meant. He said directly: "Mr. Wang, you also know that we are all from the Qing Gang. Once your army enters Shanghai, what will we do to do with us."

Wang Yaqiao seemed to have expected Du Yuesheng to have this question, and said with a relaxed smile: "My Magistrate has something to say to me. This concession will still exist in the next ten years, so there are still many things to rely on here. The two of us will also be given official positions, and we will not be wronged. However, the two of us should also know what the market has about the Qing Gang, so our Magistrate still recommends that we should seize the time to bleach our own industry during this period, and the concession will be reclaimed in the future, and we will naturally make a smooth transition."

Hearing this, Huang Jinrong was relieved. He said with a happy mood in his voice: "It's so good, so good, please go back and tell the Grandmaster that Huang and others are just street gangsters. Thanks to his old man (Wang Zhenyu was furious, you're the old man) to be respected. This time, Huang and others will do their best to handle the Grandmaster well for the Grandmaster, and will never let the Grandmaster down."

Just when Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, two gangster leaders in the Shanghai Concession, decided to surrender to Wang Zhenyu, Wang Zhenyu's sworn brother Liu Hongsheng was having a meeting of the same nature with the heads of the Ningbo Gang, the largest financial force in Shanghai, at the headquarters of Siming Bank on Ningbo Road.

Since we mentioned the Ningbo Gang, which led the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, we have to mention the Shanghai Siming Bank, which was not mentioned in later history textbooks. It was the fourth largest local private commercial bank in China at that time and was also the largest in Shanghai (the top three Chinese people were taken away by Wang Zhenyu, a time traveler, through the three major banks in Xiangxi).

One day in August 1908 (lunar calendar), at the intersection of Ningbo Road and Jiangxi Road not far from the Bund of Shanghai, a bank known as the "Siming Commercial Bank" was opened. Siming is the nickname of Ningbo. It seems natural to open a financial institution serving Ningbo people on Ningbo Road. However, the most eye-catching thing is that there are many foreign banks and old-style money shops around the surrounding area, and a Chinese-owned bank stands out, because on the vast land of China, China-style new banks, including Sino-foreign joint-run and "official" banks The bank only had 13 banks, including China-Russia, China-China Business, China-Qing and Junchuanyuan, and there were only 4 banks in Shanghai. Therefore, Siming Bank was founded very early, and it was also the third commercial bank in China second only to Junchuanyuan, Zhejiang Industrial Bank. Second, the founders of this bank were Yuan Liu, Zhu Baosan, Wu Chuanji, Li Houyuan, Fang Shunian, Yan Yibin, Ye Zhang, Zhou Jinbiao, Yu Qiaqing, Chen Xun, etc., who were well-known in Shanghai at that time.

After the Siming Bank was opened, Zhou Jinbiao was the director, Chen Xun was the prime minister, and Yu Qiaqing was the assistant manager. It divided the business types into two parts: the Commercial Department, which operated deposits, loans, discounts, exchanges, and issuance of various banknotes; the Savings Department, which collected sporadic funds, its business method completely imitated the practice of the money shop, mainly engaged in commercial transactions, and the business hours were no different from the surrounding money shops. However, the obvious difference from the money shop was that it applied for the right to issue banknotes from the Qing government branch shortly after its opening, and there were 4 types of exchange coupons issued: one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, and Shi yuan.

Among them, the two yuan coupons were not available, which seemed very unique. Everything was difficult at the beginning. As soon as the banknotes of Siming Bank were issued, they were attacked by foreign banks that attempted to dominate the Chinese financial market. They saved the banknotes issued by Siming to a certain extent and came to squeeze out foreign currency, which put great pressure on Siming. Fortunately, a considerable number of shareholders and directors of Siming Bank were leaders of Ningbo Associations and had a certain appeal in Shanghai. When they called out, Ningbo fellow villagers provided help. Major shops, money shops, and silver accounts rushed to exchange Siming banknotes. The trend was finally calmed down. Siming banknotes also gained people's trust and welcome. The initial issuance amount was 200,000 yuan, and then it increased year by year. It was widely circulated along the coasts of Shanghai, Hankou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Zhoushan and other coastal areas, and was known as China (China), Si (Ming), and Communication (Shanghai).

The directors who met with Liu Hongsheng today include 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 industry.
Chapter completed!