1920, the evening of January 16th!

The entire Atlantic City has been lit up like daylight. In every street of Atlantic City, you can see people hanging around drunkenly carrying wine bottles, and there are also people pushing carts filled with all kinds of wine. Everyone's

There is a look of madness on the face of someone who is drunk now.

In the Block Tavern, there are many people sitting here, and everyone has a variety of drinks in front of them.

Today, saloons are the main theme of Atlantic City, and brothels and casinos have to make concessions.

There were two strong men, who were having a drink. Two wine tables were put together, with all kinds of wine on them. There was a person standing on each side, with his hands on the edge of the table, staring at each other closely.

Behind them are their respective supporters, each holding either beer, whiskey, or rum in their hands.

There were women dressed loosely among them, and he no longer cared about who was hugging him.

Robert didn't care what the temperature was outside now. He was just wearing an open shirt, holding a plump woman with one hand, and holding a whistle to his mouth in the other hand.

With the sound of the whistle from Robert's mouth, the two people who were drinking together instantly began to drink all kinds of wine on the table like cattle drinking.

Cheers and cheers came one after another. With the victory of one side, the atmosphere in the tavern reached its peak.

The winning side raised his arms high, like a victorious general reviewing his soldiers. In a sudden moment, a woman holding up her skirt fell directly into his arms.

The screams started again.

This is the way people in Atlantic City are madly venting their emotions in order to welcome the arrival of Prohibition.

This kind of situation can be seen in any pub in Atlantic City and in any city in the United States.

The alcohol prohibition, which was once supported by the entire United States, was already being resisted by Americans before it even started.

At this time, Downey raised the wine glass in his hand, stimulating the atmosphere of everyone present.

"Tonight is the eve of the deprivation of American personal freedoms!"

Such a shout made the whole pub burst into warm applause.

"The Bullock Tavern will always provide everyone with any liquid bread you want, and no one can deprive us of our right to enjoy freedom!"

When this sentence was shouted, the Bullock Tavern burst into warm applause again.

The same woman who was dressed coquettishly and had a beautiful appearance held up her skirt at this time, jumped on the table, hugged Downey fiercely, and then gave her the most passionate kiss.

Downey suddenly put one hand around the other person's waist, pressed the other person's body tightly against his, lowered his head, and kissed her passionately.

"Wow!!!!"

The atmosphere at the scene rose again.

Everyone keeps asking for wine, as if after drinking today, they will never be able to drink again.

Guests one after another were thrown out of the tavern, and then guests walked into the tavern one after another.

Finally, handfuls of bills entered Donnie's wallet.

Tonight was crazy, so crazy that Downey himself didn’t know whether Bullock’s Tavern was closed or not. When he opened his eyes, the sun had already shone into his room.

Looking at the two unknown women lying next to him and smelling the strong smell of hormones in the room, Downey could imagine how crazy it was here last night.

After lifting the quilt and ignoring the woman's instructions, Downey took a basin of cold water and washed himself, completely sobering up.

When he walked down the second floor, he saw that John was already cleaning up the still messy hall.

"I've never seen such crazy people!"

After meeting Downey, John couldn't help but complain.

"Where's Robert?"

Downey took a bottle of beer from the bar to sober up. After one sip, he felt more energetic.

"I guess I won't be able to get up until after ten o'clock!" John said nonchalantly.

Donnie nodded, he was so crazy last night, let alone what kind of scene Robert would be in.

"Last night, we earned more than $300 in one night, which is as much as our usual two-month income!"

John sat next to Donnie and said with some surprise.

"I didn't expect that everyone would be so crazy after learning about the situation in Atlantic City!"

Downey smiled and said: "You can get drunk today, but who knows if Atlantic City can stand up to the government!"

John asked curiously: "So can Atlantic City really withstand the pressure from the national government?"

"Don't worry, Atlantic City will not give up such a good opportunity!" Downey said firmly.

During the Prohibition period in the United States, Atlantic City ushered in the most rapid development stage. The biggest contribution to this was that Prohibition was useless here. Even in the 1930s, after Prohibition was abolished across the United States, Atlantic City directly ushered in the development of alcohol.

During the period of decline, Atlantic City did not recover in the following decades. It was not until Atlantic City officially became the second largest casino city in the United States that the situation improved.

John immediately laughed and said: "If this is really the case, then we don't have to worry about Cameron's tuition anymore!"

"Cameron's tuition has never been a problem!"

Downey preached confidently.

"I heard that the national government has set up alcohol prohibition investigators. They will be assigned to various states and cities. Will they cause us some trouble?"

John asked.

In order to better promote the prohibition of alcohol in the country, as early as last year, the national government had trained a group of alcohol prohibition investigators.

"Don't worry!" Donnie said nonchalantly: "Those people won't cause us any trouble!"

When Nucky was arrested, the government investigated Nucky for four or five years in order to convict him, and finally sent him to jail on charges of tax evasion.

In the United States, the words "the law does not punish the public" are equally effective, even more obvious.

As long as Atlantic City can continuously provide political donations and more votes to those upper-class figures, then Atlantic City will not be delayed by Prohibition.

After getting the answer he wanted, John had nothing to worry about.

"By the way, the owners of those pubs came over last night. They finally couldn't bear it anymore and agreed to our offer!"

John said proudly.

Before that, Downey wanted to sell the wine he had stocked up in advance to the pubs in Atlantic City, but the other parties actually wanted to join forces to force him to lower the price. At that time, Downey asked Robert to raise the price, and he was completely unwilling to buy it.

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When these bosses saw the crazy scene in Atlantic City last night, they couldn't sit still. Some people immediately came to Block Tavern and gave up.

"As I said before, we will ensure we have enough wine and sell the rest to them."

John nodded and said: "After Robert wakes up, I will discuss with him the amount of goods provided to each family!"

Downey nodded: "Don't create a situation where one family is the only one. After all, there will be less and less good wine in Atlantic City in the future."

The impact of Prohibition is still there. As a purely tourist city, it is impossible for Atlantic City to have large-scale private breweries. This will lead to the fact that after this batch of alcohol in the United States is completely drunk, at that time

Whether it's Atlantic City or other cities, they have to accept inferior wine from private breweries.

As for the wine smuggled from Europe and Canada, it will be sold to the middle and upper class people in the United States at high prices.

According to historical records, during this period, many distilleries used industrial alcohol to blend whiskey, rum, and wine and sell them to drinkers.

This has also led to the endless deaths of people due to drunkenness in the United States every year.

Because of Carl's presence, Downey can brew a wine that is higher than the low-quality wine but not as good as the wine smuggled from Europe and Canada. So Downey has already made plans to use this kind of wine to seize the American market.

The middle and low-end market of the moonshine industry.

"Don't worry!"

John said proudly.

After the two chatted casually for a few words, the two women in Downey's room came down with their faces flushed and looking pretty.

Downey took out three dollars from the drawer and handed it to them. They each divided their bills, put them between their lips and kissed the bills.

"Last night was a very happy and wonderful night, I hope we have another chance to continue!"

One of the women, whose name Downey didn't know, kissed Downey and then left arm in arm with the other woman.

During this period, traditional women still accounted for the majority in the United States, so they were not as open-minded as American women in the 1970s and 1980s.

The women who were able to show up at Block Tavern last night were basically women from several boarding houses nearby. They also knew that all the men in Atlantic City were drinking in the pub last night, so they all walked into different places.

Tavern, obviously they are successful.

"How were the two of them last night?"

After the two women left, John looked at Donnie with a mean smile and asked.

Downey asked: "Did you sleep by yourself last night?"

"Of course not!" John immediately denied, and then said with some embarrassment: "But I drank too much wine last night. I only remembered that when I woke up, there was a woman next to me, but I forgot last night.

What happened!"

Donnie looked at John with disdain: "I usually say that I can drink as much as I can, but in the end, I am just a loser!"

Although he didn't understand what Downey meant, John also knew that what Downey said was definitely not a good thing, but thinking about his performance last night, he felt embarrassed again.

"Hmph, I must let her know how powerful I am tonight!"

Donnie chuckled, and just as they were about to find a place to have lunch, a man with gray hair, accompanied by two of his men, slowly walked into the Bullock Tavern.
Chapter completed!