The Manchu relic who was leaning against the corner and panting heavily was named Na Xinwu. He was a descendant of the Manchu Yehenala family, and his ancestors were full-fledged Manchu nobles. Even though the Manchus were overthrown as soon as he was born, The conditions at his home are definitely not comparable to those of ordinary people.
When he first came of age, he also got into the habit of smoking, and then he got out of hand. Over the years, he has been selling old items passed down from his ancestors in exchange for cigarette money.
But with the fall of Chiang Kai-shek, the new government severely cracked down on the tobacco trade, making it impossible for old smokers like him to buy tobacco in their hometown.
I could only look for new sources of cigarettes. After traveling to Shanghai, I unexpectedly learned from an old smoker that someone in Shanghai was transporting cigarettes to Brazil. At the same time, I heard that there are so many Chinese people in Brazil now that they don’t worry about unfamiliarity with the place.
Therefore, he sold his last possessions and wanted to immigrate to Brazil. But who knew that a smoker like him who wanted to immigrate or go to Brazil as a laborer would not be accepted by Fangyuan Immigration and Labor Dispatch Company.
Fortunately, with the increase in the number of Chinese in Brazil, some businessmen have also taken a fancy to the profits of this route and began to operate routes from their hometown to Brazil.
And Naxinwu found such a British freighter and quietly came to Brazil from his hometown.
But when I got off the boat in Porto Alegre, I was a little dumbfounded. It's not that the language here is different. On the contrary, the streets here are full of people speaking various dialects from their hometown. The only difference from my hometown is that there are more Latinos with obviously darker skin.
But he searched for three days on the streets of Porto Alegre and could not find an upright opium den. Even when he asked people, no one knew where there was a opium den. Some people even called him crazy, saying that no one among the Brazilian Chinese smoked.
He obviously didn't believe this, because he knew very well that there was smoke on the cargo ship he was on, and it was high-quality smoke. Without these things, it would have been impossible for him to make it to Brazil.
Now someone is telling him that there is no tobacco in Brazil. Isn't this lying with open eyes?
It was a pity that the people on the ship were unwilling to tell him where the tobacco was shipped. They just sold him a small part of the goods at a high price. But after these days of consumption, there is not much left.
Today he was also ill and went to the doctor in a hurry. He wanted to see if he could get information about the opium shop in the teahouse. Unexpectedly, he didn't find out about the opium shop, but he heard that Brazil was going to start a large-scale drug ban. Wouldn't this cost his life?
I finally ran away from my hometown just because there was a lot of smoke here. Now you tell me that smoking is banned here as soon as I arrive, so my hard work is not in vain.
As for Teacher Chen's suggestion just now, that he should surrender to the police station and have the police arrange for compulsory drug treatment, he had never thought about it. That's why he fled in panic under the eyes of everyone.
His body had been eroded by heavy smoke for a long time, and his physical condition was very poor. This short distance already made his throat feel salty, and a faint smell of blood spread to his throat. At the same time, his entire lungs were almost overwhelmed. .
He hid in the corner and rested for about ten minutes before he felt the strength slowly return to his body. He stretched out his head and looked around, but found nothing unusual. Then he slowly walked back to the street and slowly walked towards his apartment. Walk towards the hotel.
After thinking about it just now, he decided to stay in Brazil. First, because there are many Chinese here and there are no barriers in language and life.
Second, he believed that since cigarettes could be transported in, someone must be selling them. The reason why he could not ask outside questions was probably because these cigarette dealers knew the risks, so they sold them secretly.
This is better. The news I just heard said that Brazil will arrest even heavy smokers. It would be safer to hide and smoke quietly.
In this way, Na Xinwu wandered back to the hotel, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a sturdy young man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black trousers sitting on a wicker chair in the room.
This made Na Xinwu stunned. He thought he had gone to the wrong room. He turned around and looked at the house number on the door and found that it was not wrong. Then he realized that something was wrong and turned around to run away.
But at this time, the man opposite him spoke slowly and unhurriedly:
"I heard that sir is looking for a smoking den?"
Na Xinwu, who had just ran out of the room, was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but look back.
However, he saw that the young man did not chase him out because of his escape. Instead, he sat leisurely on the recliner and played with the lighter in his hand. The lighter flew up and down in the young man's hand, making tinkling sounds from time to time, and occasionally there was a flash of flame.
Seeing this, Xin Wu's heart moved, and he seemed to have thought of something. He quickly turned his head and glanced at the corridor of the hotel. After seeing that there was no one else in the corridor, he turned around again and looked at the young man and said:
"Sir, do you know where it is?"
Hearing this, the young man's expression did not change, but he continued to speak casually:
"Who told you there was a lot of smoke here?"
Xin Wu secretly thought, he was really cautious, and he was even more sure that the other person was the person who bought the cigarettes. He closed the door decisively, took two quick steps to approach the young man, and said in a low voice:
"I followed the ship that carried the tobacco to get here."
As soon as he said this, the young man's hands playing with the lighter couldn't help but stagnate. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Xin Wu coldly and said:
"When? Which ship? How did you know there was soot on it?"
Xin Wu was startled when he saw the cold light flashing in the eyes of the young man opposite him, but he quickly realized that this was probably the other party's secret. Now that he had discovered it, it was normal for the other party to be angry.
He nodded quickly and bowed:
"Sir, I promise that I didn't deliberately spy on the ship's cargo transportation. We are all our own people. I just wanted to find a smoke shop and smoke some for fun. I will never tell anyone."
The young man obviously didn't buy it. He looked at Na Xin Wu with fierce eyes and said every word:
"answer my question!"
Seeing the fierce look in the other person's eyes, and the lighter in his hand turned into a slender dagger at some point, Xin Wu was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his legs became weak, and he sat down on his bed. .
Seeing that he did not answer his question, the young man opposite leaned forward, like a tiger that chooses people to devour, and said in a cold tone:
"Don't make me ask a second time."
How could a heavy smoker like Xin Wu have a strong will? He was so frightened by the young man across from him that he trembled all over and said quickly:
"Three days ago, the British freighter Ultralon."
The young man continued to look closely at Xinwu.
"How do you know there's soot on it?"
Forced by the young man's increasingly powerful momentum, Xin Wu was unable to resist, especially the gleaming dagger, which made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"I... I was introduced to the ship by an acquaintance. They knew about my situation and sold me some from the goods on the ship.
You...if you don't believe it, you can take a look at my box. There is still a little bit left in it. "
Hearing this, the young man did not move, but pointed at Na Xinwu with the dagger in his hand and said:
"Take it out and have a look."
How could Xinwu dare to refuse? He stood up tremblingly, went to the wardrobe, dragged out a large camphor wood suitcase, took out a key from his waist, opened the lock, and took out a small A little suitcase.
Somewhat nervously, he put the suitcase on the bed and opened it. There was actually a set of quite exquisite smoking sets inside. While opening it, Na Xinwu was observing the young man's face.
Seeing that the expression on the other person's face did not seem to change, he slowly took out an object wrapped in oil paper from the other side of the suitcase and handed it to the young man with trembling hands.
The young man did not take it with his hands, but used a dagger to push away the oil paper. When he saw the logo printed on the oil paper, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes. He quickly calmed down and continued to use the dagger to pick a small piece and put it on his nose. Next I smelled it.
After confirming the smell, his whole temperament became even colder, making Xinwu, who had been standing across from him tremblingly, couldn't help but shudder.
At the same time, a trace of doubt arose in Xin Wu's heart. What did the man in front of him mean? Judging from the way the other party looked at the packaging and inspection of tobacco soil, the other party was definitely professional, which meant that the other party must have a very good understanding of tobacco soil.
Could this guy be the owner of this batch of goods? Could it be that the people on the ship were discovered by the people who were secretly selling goods to themselves, and they wanted to hold them accountable?
After thinking of this possibility, Na Xin Wu's heart tightened, but he soon relaxed, because he was just a seller and their customer, so the other party should not embarrass him.
If you are looking for trouble, you are also looking for trouble for the crew, who asked them to sell the goods privately. As for the life and death of the crew members, it is obviously none of Xin Wu's business. In fact, Xin Wu wished those people would die early!
Even if a big customer like me is not given a private room to live in, the price of the goods is still more than three times that of the outside. You are so greedy, you deserve to be killed.
"Are you sure that the goods were bought on the British freighter Alteran?"
As expected, the young man did not take the cigarette soil away from his hand, but scraped the cigarette soil on the tip of the knife on the package and left it to him. He spoke in a still serious tone.
Seeing this situation, Na Xinwu was even more sure that the other party was definitely not coming for him. It was probably the crew of the Ultralan who were selling tobacco privately, causing a shortage of their goods, so they came here.
"I swear to God, sir, I have absolutely nothing to hide. If you don't believe me, you can take a look. This is top-quality Indian goods. If you compare it with the goods on the ship, you can see that it is definitely the same batch of goods."
When he heard this guy ask him to compare the goods on the ship, the young man knew that this old boy must have misunderstood something, but he did not tell the truth.
Instead, he turned his eyes and said:
"You are quite honest, I will investigate this matter clearly. Don't leave for the past two days. I will come back to you if necessary."
Hearing this, Xin Wu was overjoyed. Now he was completely sure that the other party was definitely not targeting him. It seemed that the people on the ship were in big trouble. Hum! Who told you to sell it to me at such a high price? Then don’t blame me for being unloyal.
While thinking this in his mind, he saw the young man getting up and leaving. He also quickly got up to see him off. After taking two steps, he remembered that he hadn't asked about the location of the opium shop yet!
He quickly lowered his voice and said:
"Sir, you see, everyone is one of our own, and that person of mine can be considered an old customer. Can you help me introduce where the nearby opium shop is?"
I don't have much stock left. If I still can't find a place, I won't have enough to eat. "
Hearing this, the young man who was walking out stopped with a strange expression on his face. He quickly calmed down the expression on his face, turned to look at this ignorant guy, and said with disgust:
"Don't we still have some in stock? After I investigate the situation, I will naturally come to you, and it won't be too late to take you to the opium shop then."
After hearing this, Xin Wu's heart finally relaxed. This Brazilian opium shop is really cautious! That's fine, they are safe and I am safe.
"Yes, yes, then we have made an agreement. I will wait for you. I promise not to go anywhere in these two days."
Hearing this, the young man had an imperceptible sneer on his lips, nodded, and walked out of the room quickly.
After the young man left, Na Xinwu closed the door, breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but mutter:
"I was scared to death, but fortunately I am smart, haha... I finally found a place now.
Um! Take a sip first to soothe my wounded heart. "
What he didn't know was that after the young man walked out of the hotel, he walked directly into a car parked on the roadside. The middle-aged man who was smoking in the driver's seat of the car saw the young man getting into the car and walked directly to the car without looking back. He opened his mouth and said:
"Qinzi, how are you? Is this guy a real big smoker?"
The young man known as Qinzi closed the passenger door and said:
"That's right, not only is he a big smoker, but he also has unexpected gains. Let's go back and report to the boss."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but glance at the young man unexpectedly. When he saw an expression of uncontrollable surprise in the other person's eyes, he knew that the other person was not joking.
Without asking any more questions, he threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, started the car and drove away.
Soon, the situation here was reported level by level.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Fang Xinshui, who was personally in charge of Porto Alegre, couldn't help but frown and asked the subordinates beside him:
"Have everything been investigated clearly?"
This is the largest martial arts gym in Porto Alegre. At this moment, Fang Xinshui was sitting in the auditorium next to the ring, watching the two boxers on the ring engaging in mixed martial arts.
After several years of development, there are Chinese martial arts schools all over Brazil, and there are many Chinese martial arts schools. In order to prevent Chinese martial arts from declining into a showpiece like Fang Lang's impression.
Fang Lang directly introduced the rules of mixed martial arts. As the rules of competition, everyone must not only be familiar with their own special skills, but also learn other schools. Even techniques such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai often appear in mixed martial arts arenas.
This makes the current mixed martial arts competitions in Brazil more and more close to actual combat and more and more exciting. Especially after several live broadcasts on TV sports channels, it has become the most popular game in Brazil besides football games.
Even the recently emerging car rally has to be put on the back burner.
Among the mixed martial arts clubs, the most powerful are the clubs under the name of Hong Yitang, and the martial arts gym where Fang Xinshui is currently located is one of the most powerful clubs in Porto Alegre.
"Yes, boss! The investigation has been clear, and this guy did not lie. Our people also found this batch of tobacco, and it is now being stored in the warehouse at the port terminal.
As long as the Qinggang people come to pick up the goods with the delivery bill, we can catch them and get all the stolen goods. "
(End of chapter)
