Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Afterwards, Ding Li went to contact the woman first.

Ye Yunfei found a stool at the train station and sat down.

He looked at the familiar train station in front of him, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

I remember that more than three years ago, he was selling fruits at this train station.

At that time, he had almost nothing, no money, no friends, and he was very weak. He was almost a waste.

When selling fruits, I was often bullied.

I remember that there was a guy named Liang Kun, nicknamed Brother Kun, who kept asking him for protection money.

He was badly bullied.

At that time, he almost jumped into the Huangpu River and died.

Now, three years later, everything has changed.

Now he is the boss of Shanghai. Not to mention Shanghai, even in the entire Republic of China, there are few people who can compare with him.

Now he is almost fearless.

It feels like these three years have been a dream, a bit surreal.

"Big brother, do you want pears? The pears I sell are delicious."

While Ye Yunfei was still thinking, a little girl pushed a cart up to Ye Yunfei and asked.

The little girl was probably about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was not very old, but she was very pretty, with a pair of bright eyes.

Ye Yunfei looked at her twice, then smiled and said, "Little girl, how much do you sell these pears for?"

The little girl said, "One dollar per pound. I guarantee it's delicious. I'm not lying to you. You can try it first."

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "No need to taste it, give me two kilograms."

The little girl said, "Okay, big brother, I'll weigh it for you right away."

The little girl immediately began to weigh pears for Ye Yunfei.

Ye Yunfei looked at the little girl and said, "Are you a child from near the train station? Where are your parents?"

The little girl said: "I am an orphan. My parents are gone. I am all alone."

Ye Yunfei frowned and said, "How long have you been selling pears here?"

The little girl said, "Half a year."

Ye Yunfei asked: "How did your parents die?"

The little girl said: "They were beaten to death."

“He was beaten to death.”

Ye Yunfei's face changed and he said, "Who beat your parents to death? Have you reported it to the police?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "We can't report it to the authorities. The ones who beat them to death were from Longmen. Longmen is the most powerful gang in Shanghai. They are the government. It's useless for us to report it to the authorities."

As she spoke, the little girl burst into tears.

People from Longmen.

When Ye Yunfei heard this, his face turned ugly.

He stared at the little girl and said, "Little girl, you are right, it was the people from Longmen who killed your parents."

"But as far as I know, Longmen's management is very strict. They won't kill people, right?"

"Why were your parents killed by the people from Longmen?"

The little girl said: "My parents used to sell pears at the train station. Longmen collected protection fees, but my parents didn't have money to pay, so they were beaten to death."

"I saw this with my own eyes, how could I be wrong?"

Ye Yunfei clenched his fists and said, "Are you sure they are from Longmen?"

The little girl said, "Yes, they are wearing Longmen's clothes and carrying Longmen's tokens. They must be Longmen's people."

"Besides, everyone near the train station knows that they are from Longmen. There is no doubt about it."

Ye Yunfei's face turned dark.

There are actually people in Longmen who oppress the people.

He had repeatedly stressed in Longmen that no one must do anything to oppress the people, and violators would be severely punished.

Nowadays there are still people who kill people for protection money. It is so bold and outrageous.

Moreover, Longmen has not charged protection fees for a long time.

Ever since Longmen took control of Shanghai, they no longer collected protection fees but instead collected taxes.

Although collecting taxes is also a form of collecting money, it is completely different from collecting protection fees.

Generally speaking, the protection fees charged by gangs are very high, and the amount charged by each person is different, some are more, some are less.

Some even force protection fees.

But generally speaking, the amount of tax collected is very low, almost a fraction or even one-tenth of the protection fee.

Moreover, taxation is very fair and basically treats everyone equally.

Therefore, collecting taxes is much better than collecting protection fees.

Almost everyone is willing to pay taxes.

Ever since Shanghai was controlled by Longmen, he has changed to collecting taxes and no longer allows private individuals to collect protection fees.

Now there are still people in Longmen who violate the regulations and collect protection fees.

How audacious!

Ye Yunfei looked at the little girl and said, "Who is the person in Longmen who collected your protection fee? Do you know his name?"

The little girl said: "His name is Ma Wei, and many people call him Brother Ma."

"He not only collected protection money from me, but also from anyone who sold fruit at the train station."

"There are many people here who have received protection money from him. Just ask them and you will know."

Ma Wei.

Hearing the name, Ye Yunfei nodded. He wanted to see what kind of person this Ma Wei was who dared to collect protection fees at the train station.

"Big brother, your pears have been weighed."

At this time, the little girl handed the weighed pear to Ye Yunfei.

Ye Yunfei took the pear, took out fifty dollars and put them in the little girl's car.

"Big brother, why did you give so much? You gave it to the wrong person."

Seeing so many oceans, the little girl was stunned and spoke quickly.

Ye Yunfei said: "This money is compensation for you and your deceased parents. Take this money, live a good life, and go to school if possible."

"As for the person you mentioned who collected your protection money and beat your parents to death, don't worry, they will get the retribution they deserve."

"I promise you that no one will come to the train station to collect protection money from you anymore."

After listening to Ye Yunfei, the little girl looked at him blankly and said, "Big brother, who are you?"

Ye Yunfei said: "I am also from Longmen, but I am different from those Longmen people you met before."

"They are just the scum of Longmen. The real people of Longmen will never bully you."

"Okay, little sister, I'm leaving first. Believe me, no one will bully you or ask you for protection money in the future."

After saying that, Ye Yunfei left.

The little girl stared blankly at Ye Yunfei as he left, her eyes full of confusion.

At this time, Ding Li also came back.

Seeing Ye Yunfei, Ding Li said: "Brother Fei, I have made an appointment to meet at Tianxiang Tower in half an hour."

Ye Yunfei nodded: "Got it."

Ding Li looked at Ye Yunfei strangely. He had just left for a while, but when he came back he found that Ye Yunfei looked very unhappy, as if something had happened.

He asked curiously, "Brother Fei, what happened? Why did your face suddenly become so ugly?"

Ye Yunfei said: "I did encounter some annoying things just now, which disturbed my mood."