Mr. Du was of course very happy with Li Shaoyi's proposal. Although the three Pujiang tycoons already had considerable influence in Pujiang, there would obviously be new changes after the establishment of this liaison office.

The best way to deal with change is to send your own people in before the change comes.

"From now on, if your Chief Wu has any problems, just send someone to call me. Regarding matters related to the Pujiang gangs, I can't say I'll take care of everything, but I'm sure there won't be any mistakes."

In return, Li Shaoyi gave up one of the people in the liaison office, and Mr. Du also had to make some promise. If Wu Zhenkui encountered any problems in the future, Mr. Du would have to strongly support him.

Being the police chief in Pujiang is different from being in other places. Gang members in other places have to curry favor with the police station, but the gangs in Pujiang are too powerful. If the police station wants to maintain local stability, it has to discuss with these gang leaders.

With Mr. Du's words, as long as Wu Zhenkui doesn't do anything too excessive, at least there will be no conflicts between gangs and police stations in Pujiang in the future. This can be regarded as paving the way for Wu Zhenkui.

"With your words, Mr. Du, our Director Wu can rest easy. However, I have something to trouble you with first. The foreigners have entrusted me with the task of rectifying Hongkou. Mr. Du, please ask your people to help me investigate and see if there are any tough guys over there."

This group of foreigners held a meeting and passed the resolution, but don't expect them to send any troops. In the end, it was Li Shaoyi who was responsible for the matter, and Li Shaoyi didn't intend to let them interfere.

"I was just about to tell you this. The Japanese have been entrenched in Hongkou for a long time. They're not just ordinary people. Many of them are retired soldiers. They're quite capable. A while ago, some of my men clashed with them. They took down over a dozen of these ordinary people."

Speaking of the group of Japanese ronin gathered in Hongkou, Mr. Du didn't have a good impression of them. Pujiang is so small, if you have food to eat, I won't have food to eat. These people didn't do legitimate business in Japan. After arriving in Pujiang, relying on the support of the military, they began to erode Mr. Du's business. It is normal for the two sides to have conflicts, but they just didn't bring it to the surface.

"What I'm least afraid of are troublemakers. Please help me investigate the situation inside first. I will wipe out all of them at once. And don't forget to give me half of the extra money."

Li Shaoyi is not a moralist, nor is he the kind of person who hates evil. Pujiang is now half black and half white, and many people make a living by doing black things. This is a considerable part of the profit. Mr. Du's annual income exceeds 100 million yuan. After clearing out these Japanese ronin, Mr. Du will definitely be able to take over their business.

Li Shaoyi, no matter what these businesses are, I will not interfere, but I will help you get rid of these people. After you have these businesses, you should at least show your appreciation.

"No less than six million dollars a year."

Hearing what Mr. Du said, Li Shaoyi smiled and nodded. This should be slightly less than half, but he was not involved in the management after all. Mr. Du had so many people under him who needed to eat, so he should not be so fussy, after all, he was the local tyrant.

For the next two days, the entire Pujiang was extremely quiet. The only one who was panicking was Japan. The Japanese ambassador to Pujiang, some Marine Corps officers, and chamber of commerce leaders all found themselves as if they were isolated.

The European and American friends who used to be close friends with them now seem to have completely ignored them. In particular, the diplomatic agencies of European and American countries did not even allow the Japanese to participate in the talks with Li Shaoyi. How could this be possible?

You have to know that Japan is also a very important part of Pujiang's situation. When European and American countries encounter some unresolved problems, the Japanese Marines will go up to help. At that time, everyone was talking about friendship with Japan, but after Li Shaoyi came, those who talked about friendship were nowhere to be found. Even if the Japanese came to inquire about the news, the other party was hesitant, as if they had something to hide.

So during these two days, the Japanese mobilized all their connections, but they did not get any useful information from beginning to end. They only knew that the warships in Pujiang Port seemed to be busy with some deployment.

On the morning of the third day, the mystery was finally solved, and the municipal councils of the two major concessions announced a resolution.

In view of the increasing number of people with unidentified identities within the concessions, the two major concessions need to be rectified. People without formal identities must go to the places designated by the authorities to apply for identity documents, and those whose identities are expired will be expelled.

In the Hongkou area, where cases occurred frequently, all staff of the police station were dismissed due to their ineffective performance. The Pujiang City Police Station was commissioned to send a group of police officers to re-establish the Hongkou Police Branch.

The Hongkou Police Station was under the leadership of two parties. One party was the management agency of Western countries in Pujiang, namely the municipal councils of the two major concessions.

The other party is the Pujiang Police Department of the National Government. When there is a conflict between the two parties, they will resolve it through meetings of the internal liaison office.

When this news spread, not only the people of Pujiang were shocked, but also some well-informed people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even the whole country could not believe it was true. The top leaders basically knew that Li Shaoyi was going to Pujiang to deter the Japanese, but they did not expect Li Shaoyi to be able to do it to this extent.

In the past, whether it was the central or local government, if the Nationalist government wanted to do something within the organization, it had to entrust gang members like Mr. Du, because their personnel could not enter, and even if they could enter, they had to do it in secret.

But now, after the reform of the Hongkou Police Station, a large part of the 950 police officers are Li Shaoyi's subordinates. This means that if we have any problems, we will no longer need to entrust these gang members. Of course, that is also a way. In the future, we can directly entrust it to Li Shaoyi and let the people of the Hongkou Police Station do the work or arrest people.

Many people were puzzled. How could the foreigners, who had been in Pujiang for so many years, pass such a resolution? Were they all fools? Li Shaoyi was taking advantage of them.

However, someone soon explained what happened on the streets of Pujiang. Considering the current combined strength of the Western countries, if they did not want to fight, they could only compromise with Li Shaoyi. As for the Japanese next to them, they seemed to be ignored at this time.

The reason for ignoring the Japanese, besides their lack of strength, is mainly because of their disastrous defeat in the north...

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