Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 376 The Police Station is the Tang Dynasty’s Police Station
At this moment, the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly stagnated.

Dead, someone is dead!
Everyone froze in place.

Every face was filled with astonishment. Even the waiter seemed a little flustered, his hands and feet going weak.

He didn't mean to kill anyone!

At this moment, a group of Dutch patrolmen rushed into the restaurant after hearing the noise.

This team of patrol police rushed directly into the restaurant, rushed forward immediately and separated the two gangs who were fighting and conflicting.

Songchai quickly squatted down to check on the native who was knocked down by the bench.

Seeing that the native was breathing in more than he was breathing out, his eyes instantly turned red.

He rushed forward and wanted to continue beating the restaurant waiter.

But he was hit in the face by the butt of a Dutch patrolman's gun, and his nose immediately started bleeding.

"be honest!"

"If you move again, I'll kill you!"

These Dutch patrolmen are used to being high and mighty, and they won't tolerate these natives.

Lin Guangfa came forward and first gave a cigarette to each of the patrolmen.

Then he checked the injuries of the knocked down native, then looked up and spoke to several Dutch patrolmen.

"Everyone, this person is not dead yet. Please go and send him to the hospital for treatment."

"Maybe I can survive!"

"I'll pay for the medical expenses."

As he spoke, he stuffed a few silver dollars into the hands of the Dutch patrolmen.

The reason why Lin Guangfa wanted to send the person to the clinic for treatment was not because he was kind-hearted.

It’s because he didn’t want anyone to die in his restaurant!
His restaurant just opened today.

It would be unlucky if someone died on the first day the restaurant opened.

Unlike their brutal treatment of the natives, the Dutch patrolmen were very polite towards Lin Guangfa, a Chinese.

The patrol captain nodded and said.

"Sure! I'll arrange for someone to take the injured to the infirmary."

"But we have to trouble everyone who participated in the fight to come with us."

The reason is simple: it is respect for the people of a powerful country!
The Netherlands could not afford to offend the Tang Dynasty in Southeast Asia, so they were naturally polite to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Lin Guangfa also nodded.

"it is good!"

"A few of you are busy."

Then, several natives who were causing trouble and the restaurant waiters who participated in the fight were taken away by the Dutch patrol.

Lin Guangfa turned around and said to the guests.

"I'm sorry for making everyone laugh at what happened today."

"Lin would like to apologize to everyone here."

"Please take a seat, guests. I will arrange for the kitchen to serve you all new dishes. I have to go to the police station first to deal with today's affairs."

"Excuse me first!"

Upon hearing this, many guests spoke up to comfort him.

"Boss Lin, don't take it to heart. What happened today was not your fault."

"Yeah, it's all because of those natives looking for trouble."

"..."

As he was speaking, Director Tang from the second floor came down, patted Lin Guangfa on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear.

"no need to worry."

"Although the conflict took place outside the concession, according to the rules, the incident was under the jurisdiction of the foreign police station."

"But your guys are all Tang people."

"According to the treaty signed between the Tang Dynasty and the Red Hairs, all cases involving Tang people must be transferred to the police station in the concession for handling."

"Chief Wu of the Concession Police Station and I are friends. I will inform Chief Wu about this matter."

"It'll be okay!"

Director Tang's words gave Lin Guangfa some reassurance.

After making sure that he had someone to back him up, the anxiety in his heart instantly disappeared.

He just held Director Tang's hand tightly and thanked him repeatedly.

……

Leave the affairs of the restaurant to the hired manager.

Lin Guangfa went to the Dutch police station in Batavia.

Although he didn't want to go to such a place, since his guys had been caught, he had to go and rescue them.

Lin Guangfa arrived outside the Dutch police station, registered briefly, and then walked into the police station.

Soon, he found the patrol captain who led the team.

"Sir, may I ask how my friend is doing now? When can he be released?"

"Where are those natives who caused the trouble?"

The patrol captain said with a smile.

"Don't worry, dear sir."

"Your guys are all staying in the detention room now, and those troublesome natives are being held separately."

"Since this case involves Tang people, it is difficult for us to handle it here. We have notified the police station in the Tang Concession to come and pick up the person."

"As for when the person can be released, you have to go to the Tang Concession Police Station to ask."

Upon hearing this, Lin Guangfa thought that what Director Tang said was indeed true.

I breathed a sigh of relief immediately!

Then he continued to ask.

"What about the injured native? How is he now?"

The patrol captain shrugged.

"I'm sorry, that native had bad luck."

"He died on the way to the infirmary."

"The body is in the morgue now. Do you want to go and see it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Guangfa shook his head decisively.

But he also felt a little strange in his heart.

According to his previous experience in fighting, although the native's injuries looked serious, they should not be fatal.

If you get medical help in time, it won't be a problem for you to survive.

Why did he die?

However, since the dead person was a native, it was none of his business.

Therefore, Lin Guangfa did not think much about it, but just clasped his fists to the patrol captain in front of him, and turned away. Well, in order to rescue his buddy, he had to go to the concession police station to work on his relationship.

Although this time it was just a guy who accidentally killed someone.

But the waiter accidentally killed someone while trying to protect the restaurant.

In this case, Lin Guangfa cannot just ignore it.

Otherwise, if someone goes to the restaurant to cause trouble again in the future, no one will dare to take action.

……

Two days later.

The sun sets in the west!

The setting sun shines on the gate of the Concession Police Station.

All red!

After Director Tang gave a greeting to the police station, Lin Guangfa only spent thirty silver dollars to bail out several of his men.

Of this, twenty silver dollars were bail and ten silver dollars were compensation for the natives who were beaten to death.

The police station had no intention of making things difficult for Lin Guangfa and the others.

One reason is that someone from above has given a heads-up.

The second reason is that the Concession Police Station is the police station of the Tang Dynasty!

When dealing with incidents, they would naturally favor the Tang people.

Don't say that this time it was the natives who were causing trouble; the fault was not on the Tang people's side.

Even if the responsibility lies with Tang Ren, as long as he is taken to the police station, everything will be fine.

The most you have to pay is compensation and bail.

Because according to Tang Dynasty law, if Tang citizens killed or injured natives, they only had to pay compensation according to different prices.

These natives of Borneo are only worth ten silver dollars.

But if the natives killed or injured the people of the Tang Dynasty, that would be another matter.

One hundred percent must pay with your life!

Even the British and French are no exception.

Outside the police station, Lin Guangfa led a few men out of the concession.

One of the guys spoke up.

"Sorry, boss. I got into trouble."

Well, it was this man who beat the native to death with a bench.

Lin Guangfa patted the guy on the shoulder and spoke to comfort him.

"Do not blame you!"

"It was those natives who were looking for trouble. Our restaurant was running well. We didn't provoke them. Why did they come to our restaurant to destroy things?"

"If you ask me, Xiao Liu, you fight well!"

"If anyone dares to come to our restaurant to cause trouble again, you will beat them up again."

"If something happens, I'll take care of it for you, boss!"

While comforting his fellow, he patted his chest, looking very heroic.

Upon hearing this, the clerk Xiao Liu was so moved that he burst into tears.

Lin Guangfa continued.

"Let's go back to the restaurant."

"I have asked Chef Dong in the kitchen to prepare a banquet to welcome you."

"After this welcoming banquet, I will take you to find some women to have some fun with and get rid of the bad luck."

Upon hearing this, several guys couldn't help but cheer and praise Lin Guangfa's wisdom.

The streets were filled with laughter.

……

On the other side, in the Batavia Police Station jail.

In the dim prison, there were only two lanterns hanging on the wall at the entrance.

Several trouble-making natives have been imprisoned without seeing the sun for two days.

The day after the conflict in the restaurant, people from the Concession Police Station came and took away the detained Tang people.

But those natives who caused trouble were left at the Dutch police station because the Tang Dynasty was too lazy to deal with them.

During these two days, the prison guards at the Dutch police station only gave them some water and no food.

Several natives who were causing trouble were already exhausted from hunger.

At this moment, there was a creaking sound of door hinge friction.

A red-haired Dutchman walked in from outside the prison and came to the outside of the cell where several natives were imprisoned.

This man was none other than the captain of the Dutch patrol team that led the natives away from the restaurant that day, named Dessen.

Dessen reached out and used the key to unlock the cell door.

Fearful and timid eyes turned to Dessen who opened the door.

Dessen looked around the cell and then spoke.

"Okay, you can go out."

The leader Songchai struggled to get up from the ground and asked with a hint of expectation in his voice.

"My Lord, where are our companions?"

"Wasn't he sent to the infirmary? How is he now?"

Songchai still remembered that before he and others were taken away by the patrolman, the Chinese boss asked the patrolman in front of him to send their companions to the clinic for treatment.

Dessen sneered when he heard this.

"Of course he's dead."

"The boss of Tangren just didn't want anyone to die in his restaurant, so he made up an excuse and asked us to carry the person away."

"Send a doctor? Doesn't it cost money to send a doctor?"

"Or do you have the money to send people to the hospital?"

Upon hearing this, Songchai clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with deep hatred.

These Tang pagans are so hateful!
Dessen sneered and urged.

"Are you going to leave or not? If you don't leave, I will close the prison door."

Upon hearing this, several natives no longer hesitated and strode out of the cell door.

They were then sent out of the prison.

Walking to the prison door, Dessen continued.

"By the way, in this conflict at Guangweilou Restaurant, you were the ones who started the hesitation first, so all the responsibility lies on your side."

"You will then have to pay a fine to the police station and compensate the owner of Guangweilou for his losses."

"Total, 100 Dutch guilders."

(End of this chapter)