Sitting in the back seat of the Ford sedan, Sheng Jiashu continued to look back towards the direction of the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier, and asked Ba Jianqing beside him in uncertain tone:

"Uncle Qing, you... won't make things difficult for Uncle Gui, right?"

"How could it be? Everyone knows that Brother Gui is actually worried about you, but he just scared him. But you didn't let us old guys see it wrong. He stood up and looked a little braver than you." Ba Zhiqing smiled at Sheng Jiashu: "Don't worry, Ah and I have been brothers with Brother Gui for decades, and you are willing to come to the hall, so of course you won't make things difficult for him. Let Ah please comfort him first. I will go to the restaurant to set up a few tables to suppress his shock."

"Thank you, Uncle Qing." Sheng Jiashu said politely, and then began to raise the question in his heart: "I just heard from Uncle Gui that he doesn't want me to be the leader. Why, Uncle Qing, you asked me to go to the hall to be the leader of Heshengtang? How did I do it? I...I don't understand all of this."

"Brother Gui doesn't want you to come out and have a lot of trouble. I understand his difficulties and why he did this today." Bazhiqing took out the tobacco box and rolled the paper from Tang Shang's pocket, and slowly rolled the tobacco in his hand: "But I understand him, but he doesn't understand the difficulties of the club. He just wanted to say that if you join Heshengtang, wouldn't it be Sheng's son?"

Sheng Jiashu seemed to be choked by the smell of Bazhiqing's smoke. He coughed lightly, lowered his head, took out the piano from his pocket, carefully placed it beside him, and took out the cigarette, which was then slowly lit.

Bazhiqing saw Sheng Jiashu's movements of taking harmonica and lighting cigarettes, and the corners of his mouth curled up two minutes.

Sheng Jiashu took a sip of cigarettes and apologized to Bazhiqing: "It's a bit tired when working as an accountant in the United States, so he learned to smoke."

"As a man, it's normal to smoke, but when will you learn to play harmonica? Children can play it?" Bazhiqing said with an expression of understanding.

Sheng Jiashu put away the harmonica: "When you are tired, you will blow it to relax."

"When the ceremony of sitting in the hall is completed, and you can rest for a few days. As long as you do a little, you can live a relaxed life, that is, you will know how to be a human being." Bazhiqingyi said with some point of view.

Sheng Jiashu nodded in agreement: "Uncle Qing, I just returned from the United States and I don't understand many things. I still have to rely on you and those elders to give me more guidance."

"Don't worry, I'm in everything." Bazhiqing said with a smile: "The uncles in the club will not make things difficult for you, and they will only be happy when they see you."

"Uncle Qing, I heard my father mention the hall with you since I was a child, so where is the hall?" Sheng Jiashu asked carefully, blew the ashes.

He had heard his father and two brothers mention some things about the word "官网" since he was a child, but he only heard these words. As for the details, he actually didn't understand. For example, the specific location of Hesheng Tangtangkou that Ba Zhiqing and others often mentioned in their mouths was, Sheng Jiashu was completely unaware of.

"You didn't come out to fish before, and you didn't have any incense. You are considered an outsider. Now you can know that your Sheng family's Heshengtang is in Tokakawan, and the Red Top Match Factory." Ba Zhiqing said to Sheng Jiashu: "Now we are on the way."

Sheng Jiashu looked at Ba Zhiqing in confusion: "Why is the headquarters of a community gang located in a match factory?"

Bazhiqing vomited out smoke, as if he was trapped in memories, and only came back to his senses after more than ten seconds, and said in a sigh:

"Your dad brought us a team of men to Kowloon City from Cheung Chau Island. At that time, the old brothers had already started their families, and some even had a few children. They came to Kowloon, which can be said to be a big move. The man followed Brother Sheng to get a side door. The woman couldn't get idle, so he went out to find a job to start. It happened that a red top match factory was opened in Tokakawan at that time, and he was recruiting workers. So he and more than 100 wives and daughters in Tokakawan entered Tokakawan Red Top Match Factory. Although he didn't make much money, he was safe enough. Unfortunately, not long after, another wealthy business on the offshore island opened a red leaf match factory. It was said to be the largest in Southeast Asia. It immediately snatched away many business in the Red Top Match Factory, which made the Red Top Match Factory close. Da Jiao.

If the factory is closed, wouldn’t all the wives and daughters of the club be unemployed? Of course, Brother Sheng and we couldn’t sit idly by, so we took the initiative to help and took our brother to the offshore island to settle the boss of the Hongye Factory. Finally, the other party agreed to give up the match market in Hong Kong and Macau, and thus saved the Red Top Match Factory. Then, the boss of Hongye went to Macau to open a new factory, focusing on Macau. The match factory here was half sold and half handed over to Heshengtang, which became the Heshengtang industry. Now the entire factory is all from top to bottom. You Lao Dou simply put the door on the match factory. This is why when you mention Heshengtang in the world, you call Laohuo and Huofang."

"No wonder, by the way, Uncle Qing, what method did my dad use to negotiate with the boss of that Red Leaf Factory?" Sheng Jiashu nodded in a vague way after hearing this, and asked curiously.

The driver in front of him just slowed down and spoke: "Uncle Qing, Brother Cai, the entrance of the hall has arrived."

Bazhiqing patted Sheng Jiashu's back of his hand: "I'll tell you next time, get off the car and go to see other uncles."

...

Kowloon, To Kwa Wan, Sheng Jiashu's first impression when walking out of the car door was that it was very noisy. Because when approaching the airport, you can hear the loud noise of planes overhead taking off or landing almost every few minutes. Moreover, although To Kwa Wan is no longer a countryside now, it is still much different from Tsim Sha Tsui just now, and even Jordan and other places passing by. There are mostly factory buildings on both sides of the road that have been quickly planned. Some have started production, while others have locked doors. Most of the pedestrians seen on the road are tired and full of dust.

In front of the car stop, there is the Red Top Match Factory. The gate is open, and the words "The Red Top Match Factory" cast with pig iron on the top are already rusty. It is hard to tell whether the remaining red on the words are red paint or red embroidery.

Bazhiqing took Sheng Jiashu to the gate and entered the factory yard. He found that there were a hundred people gathered in the yard, scattered, squatting or standing, gathering in groups of three or five smoking and chatting in various parts of the yard. Seeing Bazhiqing and Sheng Jiashu walking in outside the gate, the people in the yard were suddenly silent. Everyone stood up and subconsciously surrounded Bazhiqing.

Sheng Jiashu sighed in his heart, then took two steps back. Fortunately, Bazhiqing reacted quickly, reached out and grabbed Sheng Jiashu's wrist, and shouted in his mouth: "See clearly without it! This is the new leader of Heshengtang! Brother Sheng's third son! They all dodged, neither big nor small!"

Sheng Jiashu lowered his head and did not look at the more than a hundred pairs of eyes. He pressed the brim of the gentleman's hat with his hand, followed Bazhiqing and quickly walked into the lobby.

The people in the yard outside waited for Sheng Jiashu to enter before whispering again. Several men with gloomy expressions shook their eyes and slowly walked out of the Red Top Match Factory.

The lobby of Heshengtang was modified from a production room. Although it has made a lot of unique decorations at the entrance of Hongmen Hall, Sheng Jiashu still felt that it was more like entering an old workshop of a factory. There were fewer people in the hall than outside. There was a long boat-shaped table in front of it. Several uncles sat in front of the table and drank tea calmly. Behind the table was a huge three-story divine platform, which was enshrined with many divine tablets. Two big red flags were recognized, and the flags were rolled up. At this time, the cross was placed in front of the divine platform. Below the divine platform was the main seat of the long table. At this time, the Grand Master chair was hanging in the air, waiting for the new king to ascend the throne.

As for both sides of the hall, eight or nine young men who could feel the toughness of their bodies and faces just looked at Sheng Jiashu with bright eyes. Although they were not hostile, their eyes were unscrupulous, and they greeted Ba Zhiqing in their mouths:

"Brother Qing!"

"Uncle Qing."

Ba Zhiqing nodded casually in response, and spoke directly to the people who had been waiting for tea on the long table for a long time: "Brother Cheng, Brother Hua, Brother Jiao, Ayi, Sister Chun, Ah Chai have already brought it."

As he spoke, Bazhiqing turned around and looked at Sheng Jiashu who was rubbing his forehead with a handkerchief: "Ah, don't be surprised, they are all uncles you have met before."

The five people at the long table stood up and walked towards Sheng Jiashu. The first one to meet was a woman in her forty years. She had a dark face, a short figure, a woman with a hair combed in a woman's bun, and a plain traditional women's cloth jacket. She looked up and down at Sheng Jiashu's eyes, and then smiled and grabbed Sheng Jiashu's hand: "Ah Chai hasn't seen him for so long, and she has lost a lot. Is the United States not a good place to support people? This time I come back, I must make up for it!"

Sheng Jiashu remembered that she was called Yulangchun by her father and others, and was the only woman among the uncles and uncles in Shengtang: "Hello Aunt Chun."

Later, they came to greet him one by one to show their intimacy. Sheng Jiashu also knew Gushuihua, Dajujiao, and Huoshuiyi. These people, like Bazhiqing and Heigu, were all his father's brothers and the bosses of various halls in Shengtang.

After Sheng Jiashu and several people politely exchanged greetings, he sat on the left side of the main seat, wearing a black long gown and a pair of round-frame glasses. The middle-aged man who was called Brother Cheng by Ba Jingqing came over and looked at Sheng Jiashu gently: "It's good to come back."

"Godfather." Sheng Jiashu couldn't help but step forward and hug the other person, greeting him affectionately.

The middle-aged man was the sworn brother that Sheng Jiashu's father Sheng Sihai relied most. He was also the Wendan Military Advisor of Heshengtang, the godfather of the three Sheng Jiashu brothers, and Xie Jingcheng, who is known as the old ghost city in the world.

Xie Jingcheng looked at the other big shots and patted Sheng Jiashu on the shoulder helplessly. He seemed not used to the intimate actions learned from Sheng Jiashu studying abroad: "When the matter at the hall is arranged, I will accompany you to the Zhuyuan Cemetery to worship your relatives."

"A few uncles are here, godfather, why do you have to be the leader? I don't know anything, how to do it? Just be the leader, or other uncles are the leader, I absolutely have no objection." Sheng Jiashu hesitated for a while when he heard Xie Jingcheng's arrangement of affairs at the hall.

After saying this, the uncles looked a little ugly. Xie Jingcheng laughed dismissively and said to Sheng Jiashu: "You speak so hard, how can you say such words randomly? If you say this now, when it is spread, outsiders may think that you, the uncles, are you forcing you to give way, but don't you see their faces changing?"

"That's right, Ah Chi, you can't talk nonsense. Today I asked you to come to the hall, just to burn incense in front of the throne. Brother Cheng passed on the token of Heshengtang to you on behalf of your father, so that you could sit in the position of Heshengtang's head. As long as a few of us have a breath, we will never force you to give way! If someone does that, outsiders in the world will laugh at you, even if they are inside the hall, they will catch the people who force you, with three swords and six holes, and implement the family law!" Dazui Jiao's face looked a little relaxed after hearing Xie Jingcheng explain for them, but he was afraid that Sheng Jiashu would not understand clearly enough, so he held up two fingers and said seriously with a tone of swearing to the sky.

Sheng Jiashu hurriedly defended his words: "Uncle Jiao, I don't mean that. I really feel that I don't have the ability to sit in this position. Since I want to be good for Heshengtang, of course I have to choose someone with rich experience, high prestige and strong abilities. He will lead Heshengtang to continue to grow and develop. I am just an accountant. To be honest, I have never even fought once since I was a child."
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