Chapter 68 Hong Kong Island
"Master Zheng, wake up, we're in Kowloon!"

"Um"

Zheng Wenjie responded, opened his eyes, and looked outside through the car window. This was the Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon Railway Station. Nowadays, people from the mainland do not need too many documents to travel to Hong Kong Island.

When Zheng Wenjie and his companion walked out of the train station, they saw the seven-story H-shaped Peninsula Hotel. Standing on the top floor, they could see Hong Kong Island across the sea in the distance, and overlook the entire Kowloon up close.

Outside the exit passage were Gong Ruomei, Abao and others who had been waiting there for a long time. Zheng Wenjie immediately saw Abao, who stood out from the crowd, and Gong Ruomei, who was surrounded by them.

Gong Ruomei was wearing a black cheongsam that was ankle-length and slit to the calves, and a small top hat. There was a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old in plain cloth following behind her.

Zheng Wenjie was all smiles. He simply responded to Abao and the others' greetings, then walked up to hug the smiling Gong Ruomei. After not seeing her for a few years, Gong Ruomei's temperament became more gentle and mature.

After not seeing each other for four years, Gong Ruomei was very happy to see Zheng Wenjie again, but she did not have too much emotional fluctuation. After all, she could communicate with Zheng Wenjie about her joys, sorrows, anger and happiness in Hong Kong Island through telepathy.

After hugging Gong Ruomei gently, Zheng Wenjie glanced at the girl next to Gong Ruomei. She was not very pretty according to Zheng Wenjie's aesthetic standards. Seeing Zheng Wenjie looking at her, Tang Xue smiled timidly and called him "Master".

Zheng Wenjie nodded to Tang Xue. Tang Xue was taken in by Gong Ruomei three years ago. In order to find her brother who was captured by the Japanese invaders, she made her face dirty and dressed as a man to sneak into the ranks of carrying corpses for the Japanese invaders. She was shot in the resistance riot.

Gong Ruomei admired Tang Xue's character very much. She also had many patients who needed help and needed a close and personal helper in her daily life, so she made Tang Xue her descendant.

"Master, let's go back first. Uncle Jiang is still waiting." Sanjiangshui said with a smile on his face.

Zheng Wenjie smiled and patted Sanjiangshui on the shoulder: "Okay, let's go back! I haven't seen you for a few years, why are you still so jumpy?"

"That was in front of you, Master!" Sanjiangshui didn't care and asked everyone to go home.

Lin Bao took the letter from Zhang Tianci and walked at the end with Zhang Tianci to listen to his father's recent situation. In front of them were the chubby Zeng Jiang, the two brothers Hou Jie and Hou Rui, and Zhao Lei, the first person to surrender to Zheng Wenjie. There were only five of them left out of the ten people who came to Hong Kong Island with Gong Ruomei.

Many buildings in Tsim Sha Tsui have not yet recovered from the war, and bullet holes and traces of shelling can be seen, but Zheng Wenjie can still see smiles among the pedestrians who are avoiding the crowd.

Gong Ruomei's clinic is close to Tsim Sha Tsui Pier and covers an area larger than the Gong family's old house in Fengtian. In addition to the plaque of the clinic, there is also a sign for the Gong family's martial arts hall.

There were many pieces of furniture and wooden stakes inside that looked like they had been installed not long ago. Old Jiang was standing at the door to greet everyone. When he saw Zheng Wenjie, he hurriedly called out, "Son-in-law!"

"Is Lao Jiang in good health?" Zheng Wenjie asked with concern. "Good! Still very useful. Miss can prescribe medicine for any health problems. Miss's medical skills are well-known in Kowloon." Lao Jiang said happily, welcoming everyone into the clinic, hanging up the sign for rest, and then closing the door.

Knowing from Gong Ruomei that Zheng Wenjie would arrive today, Lin Bao and others had already prepared a table full of chicken, duck, fish and meat, and even a few bottles of foreign wine. Gong Ruomei took Tang Xue to the inner room, and Zheng Wenjie sat down with a smile, answered a few words and watched them eat and drink.

After three rounds of drinking, Zeng Jiang, who seemed drunk, suddenly asked, "Master Zheng, what are we going to do in the future? A few days ago, a wealthy businessman from Guangdong Province who came to Hong Kong to do business heard about Brother Bao and came to invite Brother Bao to cooperate in opening a business. The profit is huge, and the profit is all in Hong Kong dollars. He sent 10,000 yuan that day."

Lin Bao glanced at Zeng Jiang sideways, swung his big hand and slapped Zeng Jiang in the face. Fortunately, Hou Jie beside him supported him and he was not knocked to the ground by the slap, but his big fleshy face began to get red and swollen.

"It's good to open a business. Hong Kong is now revitalized and all industries can develop well." Seeing Zeng Jiang being beaten, Zheng Wenjie didn't care and said with a smile.

Lin Bao drank a glass of wine and stared at Zeng Jiang, gesturing at him with his hands, probably meaning why did you say it out loud when you had already rejected it.

Zhao Lei also looked at Zeng Jiang with disdain and said to Zheng Wenjie: "Master Zheng, I have found out everything. The rich businessman is called Wen Jimin. He used to run a factory in Shanghai, but later his family fled to Guangdong Province. He asked Brother Bao because he saw that we were famous enough in Kowloon, so he let us smuggle Furong Cream."

Zheng Wenjie asked curiously, "What is Hibiscus Cream?"

"It's opium paste." Zeng Jiang covered his cheek and said, "Master Zheng, we just need to follow the ship to deliver the goods to the shore and don't worry about anything else. The foreigners we rescued are now at the entrance and exit management office, so there is no need to worry about the foreigners seizing the goods."

"The profits are very high. If we send a few cargo ships, we can all live in big houses."

Zhao Lei sneered, "You gambler, you still want to buy a big house? If you want to go, no one will stop you. Don't drag us to gamble with our lives."

"Humph, I never thought of taking you, a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, with me." Zeng Jiang said to Zhao Lei with hatred in his eyes.

Zheng Wenjie looked at them one by one. Sanjiangshui kept his head down to eat, Lao Jiang and Zhang Tianci listened to the conversation without saying a word. However, the brothers Hou Jie and Hou Rui were obviously interacting with Zeng Jiang.

"Haven't you made any money in these four years?" Zheng Wenjie was very surprised. They were all gunmen and their shooting skills were pretty good. They had not been harmed by the Japanese invaders in these four years.

Zhao Lei sneered, "Brother Bao and I put all our money in the clinic, and the food and lodging we kept were also in the clinic. Zeng Jiang gave all the money to the man at the dock at the gambling table."

Zheng Wenjie shook his head and said, "There are many ways to make money. As I said earlier, everything is thriving now. It's easy to make a fortune in any business. There's no need to get involved in the opium business."

Lin Bao looked at Zheng Wenjie, patted his chest vigorously, took out the letter from Lin Hu from his bag, and handed it to Zheng Wenjie.

Zheng Wenjie took it and read it. Most of them were concerned about his boy getting married and having children. In the end, they asked him to follow Zheng Wenjie and be obedient.

Zeng Jiang gritted his teeth with an ugly look on his face. Hou Jie beside him sighed and said, "Master Zheng, Zeng Jiang has no other choice. He owes 30,000 yuan to the Hezi head and wants to make some quick money. It's not for gambling, but to marry the sister of the head of Heshengtang."

"Speak clearly." Zheng Wenjie stretched out his hand and pointed at Zeng Jiang, asking him not to stop Hou Jie.

Hou Jie pursed his lips and said, "He Sheng Tang's boss, Zidan Qiang, offered Zeng Jiang 60,000 yuan, saying that he would let his sister marry him as long as he paid the money."

"Tsang Jiang wrote an IOU for 30,000 yuan and gave him 30,000 yuan. But after Zidanqiang took the money and the IOU, he said that if he couldn't even come up with 60,000 yuan, how could he trust him to take good care of his sister? He asked him to get the money together before talking to him again."

Zheng Wenjie looked at Zeng Jiang speechlessly: "Where's your brain? You gave money and IOUs, where is your wife?"

Zeng Jiang said hurriedly: "Master Zheng, Brother Qiang is a man of honor and his words are trustworthy. More than a thousand coolies at the dock rely on him for their livelihood. He has been trying his best to help everyone in the past few years, and he was shot by the Japanese invaders because of this."

After listening to Zeng Jiang's words, Zheng Wenjie also understood. Originally, Zidanqiang was just a blue lantern who was not on the roster of Wo Shing Tang, that is, a peripheral member. Because the Japanese invaders occupied Hong Kong Island, the original leader of Wo Shing Tang some fled, while others joined the war of resistance.

When the Japanese invaders came to the dock to recruit coolies to work and caused some trouble, Zi Zi Qiang blocked a bullet for his co-worker and survived. He then began to be called Zi Zi Qiang, and more and more coolies followed him. Three months ago, after the foreigners took over Hong Kong Island again, Zi Zi Qiang officially took over as the head of Wo Shing Tong, and had more than a thousand coolies following him for a living.

It is because Zi Tanqiang has a good reputation and he is also bewitched by his sister that Zeng Jiang acts like a fool. No, not like, in Zheng Wenjie's eyes, he is a fool.

"Haven't you done a lot of things? You also killed the Japanese invaders. Why are you all no different now than the last time we met?" Zheng Wenjie said helplessly.

Zhao Lei smiled awkwardly: "Master Zheng, we have been hiding in the New Territories with the young lady most of the time. The more famous the Anti-Japanese War is, the harder it has been these years."

Zheng Wenjie opened his mouth but had nothing to say. He had occasionally heard Gong Ruomei mention them, saying that they were blocked by the Japanese invaders and she rescued them.

Or it could be that they killed the Japanese invaders and saved a lot of people, but in the end, they didn't fare any better than those who were shot.

(End of this chapter)