Siheyuan: Cooking journey

He Yuzhu asked with concern.

Although Huang Ruo has some minor problems, he is generally healthy. Over the years, he has been running around, going to Siam and Kazhou. Even if he has no achievements, it is hard enough. If something really happens, I really don't know how to explain it to his family.

However, if the matter is resolved, He Yuzhu doesn't mind writing a letter of complaint to his wife.

"Teacher, I... I don't know what to say. Kana also knows the details of this matter, so let Kana tell it."

Hisayama Mitsuki became even more frightened. Only Go was on his mind, and he didn't understand anything else.

He Yuzhu looked at his expression and roughly understood that it was Kana who helped solve the problem, so he looked at Kana.

"Is Huang Ruo still alive?"

"Teacher, don't worry, Mr. Huang should be safe."

Kana looked up and smiled, then said seriously: "But this is quite troublesome..."

Kana narrated the story in great detail.

After listening, He Yuzhu frowned.

This was indeed beyond his expectations.

This society is like a chessboard, with clear black and white.

In addition to prosperity and peace, Japan also has an unknown dark side.

Although Japan has strict laws and regulations and a military, some underworld organizations with a long history still exist.

In Japan, there are more than a dozen well-known large societies, and under these large societies there are many small gangs.

To put it simply, thousands of small gangs merged and developed, eventually becoming the dozen or so large organizations that everyone is familiar with today.

Each of them is powerful and controls various gray businesses in a region.

There are usually some minor conflicts between these gangs, but overall it is relatively peaceful.

No one wants to see chaos.

In addition to legal reasons, it is also because these associations have backers.

It may be the support of a big family, a politician, or a political party.

These associations have become tools for the capital behind them to deal with difficult matters.

This time, Huang Ruo was kidnapped by such a gang, called the Shanhai Gang.

It is composed of some Chinese living in Japan. They do all kinds of bad things, behave covertly and viciously, and are very vengeful.

Local gangs in Japan are generally unwilling to make enemies with them, and the police sometimes turn a blind eye.

The main reason is that the Shanhai Gang mainly targets Chinese people living in Japan.

Most Chinese people overseas tend to keep their distance and rarely report bullying, for fear of more severe retaliation.

Therefore, the Shanhai Gang specifically targeted the Chinese for oppression, and their methods became increasingly cruel.

After Huang Ruo was kidnapped.

In order to avoid trouble,

Neither Mitsuki Hisayama nor Kana informed their families, but sent someone to deliver the ransom, but what they got in return was a second extortion.

They had no choice but to send it again, but they were blackmailed for the third time...

Understand that this is not a solution.

Mitsuki Hisayama used some of his family connections.

As one of the five major political families in Japanese politics, the Hisayama family actually has little to do with social organizations, and their influence is all in the official field.

But it is not difficult for such a large family to get a society to do things.

Especially if you just go to negotiate for the release of the person, it will be even simpler.

Unexpectedly, the Shanhai Gang's attitude was very tough, and they demanded a large sum of money right from the start. They threatened not to release the people unless they were paid.

I originally thought that this club was not very strong.

Kana also used her family connections to contact another club.

Unlike the Hisayama family, Kana's branch family has a long history, but by her generation, the actual influence is not great. However, her family still has some trump cards, one of which is one of the top three large societies in Japan, which is supported by her family behind the scenes.

In the end, when this famous large society came forward to mediate, the Qing Gang directly denied the kidnapping.

How could the usually arrogant Japanese people swallow such a thing? Naturally, they had to teach these gangsters from other places a lesson.

But considering that the fight might threaten Huang Ruo's safety, everyone hesitated.

Kana stopped it all in time and the situation came to a stalemate.

"Teacher, Mr. Huang's situation is indeed difficult, and we cannot call the police to solve this problem. Someone is secretly investigating Mr. Huang's location and is also constantly putting pressure on the Shanhai Gang, hoping that they can release him."

Kana's beautiful eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and her face was full of helplessness and worry.

He Yuzhu held his forehead, he really didn't expect there is such a gang that makes a living by harming fellow citizens. "Do you know which area this gang is active in?" His voice was cold.

"I see. I've been looking there for several days, but I still have no clue."

Kana bit her lip lightly, and spoke slowly as if after a mental struggle: "This society's style of operation is extremely secretive. Most of the time, the people who act outside are just pawns. The real top leaders rarely show up, and they are all ruthless characters. Especially the society boss, almost no one has seen his true face. In addition, once you offend them, they are very vengeful, and many Chinese who offended them have suffered great disasters. Because of this, other groups are generally unwilling to provoke these people, and the police also turn a blind eye to this."

"This group of people usually choose to carry out activities in places that are beyond the jurisdiction of major societies, occupying some areas that are ignored by everyone..."

In the evening, He Yuzhu came out of the train station, looked at the direction, and then walked south for a few minutes.

We arrived at the Tear Bridge intersection.

He Yuzhu stopped.

On the north side of the street are rows of small and exquisite houses that look a bit like villas, with gardens in front of the doors. The whole street is very clean and tidy, and the lights are very bright; while on the south side, the ground is full of garbage and sewage, and there are simple dwellings built of waste materials and sheds made of cardboard boxes and wooden boards everywhere.

On one side are clean streets, upscale apartments and bright lights.

The other side seemed like a dark and desolate world.

It is hard to believe that in an international metropolis like Edo, there is such a slum area that is several times worse than the most dilapidated places in the country. Behind the prosperity lies an unknown secret.

There are three slums like this in the whole of Japan, and Nanchuan where we are now is just one of them, an inconspicuous area.

The residents here are mainly poor people, homeless people and various drug addicts.

This is where underground organizations run rampant, and it's also where the authorities try hard to cover up their presence. The Shanhai Gang is also quite active here.

Recalling what Kana had told him before,

He Yuzhu walked slowly on the street, step by step towards the place that the police were not very willing to patrol.

In Japan, you will be fined for littering, but here garbage can be seen everywhere, which shows that the police have little effect in this area.

Therefore, this area has become a hotbed for all kinds of illegal activities.

After walking for a while,

He Yuzhu noticed that those who built their own simple dwellings were relatively well off.

More people simply sleep in the waste piles on the roadside.

Even though some rooms could shelter from wind and rain, they were very crowded and one room was often packed with people.

When he passed by these houses, he could see through the dim windows that the people inside were looking outside with dull eyes, as if they had long been accustomed to everything in front of them.

He didn't stop for too long and continued walking forward for a while.

Some lights and a few more formal buildings appeared in the distance.

One of the small buildings surrounded by iron fences is the police station.

There is another house of similar size next to it with the words "Labor Office" written in Japanese.

This is actually an official labor introduction center, or labor market, that helps people find jobs.

This type of work mainly includes temporary jobs or jobs with same-day pay such as cleaners, construction workers, porters, etc.

Every morning at five or six o'clock, many small buses and trucks come here to pick up temporary workers needed for the day. Employers generally do not check the identity documents of applicants. As long as they are physically able and willing to work and do not look like bad guys, they can be hired. This leads to the complex and diverse backgrounds of job seekers.

It was already night, and the labor office had long been closed.

He Yuzhu took a few glances and then turned his gaze away.

A little further away, there are rows of old-style two- or three-story residential buildings. That is the cheap hotel that Kana mentioned.

This type of accommodation facility is a place provided by the government specifically for people in difficult circumstances. The cost per night is approximately between 500 and 1500 yen, which is roughly two or three yuan when converted into red currency.

Compared to those luxury hotels in the city center, the room rates here are indeed much cheaper.

However, these houses are obviously quite old...

The existence of slums can be traced back to before World War II. With the expansion of cities and the development of industry, many poor people's land and houses were taken away, but they were not given new job opportunities. As a result, these people with no way out spontaneously gathered together to resist injustice, and gradually formed slums.

During World War II, a large number of refugees poured in, causing the number of residents in the slums to increase several times.

After the end of World War II, Japan began to recover and was in urgent need of a large number of laborers. Labor centers were set up in the slums and simple dormitories were built for those who had nowhere to go. This also attracted more refugees and people from the mountains to come here in search of a livelihood.

However, since the jobs provided are all paid on the same day, after deducting basic living expenses, these people can hardly save any money to escape from the slum life, which leads to more and more people staying here. As Japan's economy develops rapidly and becomes one of the rich countries, the wealth gap in society is also widening.

For those who make a living by temporary jobs, they are increasingly dissatisfied with their current treatment and development prospects. This situation gives extremist organizations an opportunity to infiltrate and bring their ideas into the slums, thus inspiring a series of resistance behaviors.

Faced with this situation, the government took action, on the one hand encouraging families to move out of poor areas;

On the other hand, it provides a large number of job opportunities (such as building Olympic and World Expo venues), mainly for single men, hoping to ease social conflicts in this way. This series of measures successfully suppressed the spread of extreme ideas, but did not fundamentally change the fate of most poor people.