Chapter 389: Lawless Thief

After finishing dinner, under Liu Dachun's arrangements, the two rested at the hotel.

The next day, Liu Dachun took Chen Jiajun and A Jie and left Harbin, intending to cross the river directly to conduct the trade.

A Jie had already laid his cards on the table with Liu Dachun previously and explained what they were prepared to buy, so Liu Dachun helped introduce an officer who could make decisions.

However, after everyone arrived at the location, they were dumbfounded on the spot.

The officer Liu Dachun had arranged to meet did not appear; Chen Jiajun and A Jie had been stood up.

A Jie immediately said to Liu Dachun with dissatisfaction: "Dachun, are you fucking kidding me! Where is the person you promised?"

Liu Dachun was also dumbfounded and immediately took out his phone to dial, but after waiting for a long time, he did not see anyone.

He could only awkwardly say to A Jie: "These Russians are really fucking unreliable! Don't worry, if the business in Shuangzi Cheng can't be done, I still know an officer in Vladivostok! He has good goods in his hands too!"

Hearing Liu Dachun's words, Chen Jiajun felt more and more that this guy's words were not very reliable.

What kind of place is Vladivostok? It is the main location specifically used by the Soviet Union to exile political prisoners!

But now the two of them had no better options; after all, they were unfamiliar with the place, so they couldn't just turn back, right? They could only continue on the road with Liu Dachun.

This profiteer Liu Dachun did have some skills, and very quickly he had someone get a few cars.

Under his lead, everyone set off directly toward Vladivostok.

After driving for nearly another day, everyone finally arrived at Vladivostok.

This is the Soviet Union's largest port in the Far East, so it is considered a relatively prosperous area.

Relying on his broken Russian to ask for directions, Liu Dachun finally found a hotel.

It was just that when giving a tip to a bellboy, this guy Liu Dachun was targeted. Several young Soviet men immediately followed behind them.

"Boss, someone is following us!" At this moment, Dumu suddenly spoke up and said to Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun said helplessly: "I know, these fucking bastards are almost stuck to us!"

A Jie said with a vigilant face: "Are they coming for us?"

Chen Jiajun shook his head and then pointed at Liu Dachun.

Liu Dachun was stunned: "Me? Why would they come for me?"

Liu Dachun was truly surprised; one had to know that in terms of attire, Chen Jiajun and A Jie were each more stylish than the other.

Chen Jiajun was in a dark handmade suit, draped in a mink coat, holding a Cuban Cigar in his hand; it goes without saying how stylish he was.

And A Jie had a thumb-sized gold chain hanging around his neck, also wearing a purple mink coat; just by looking at their appearance, one could tell these two were the Big Bosses.

He, Liu Dachun, was wearing ordinary clothes and smoking a cigarette! He didn't know why these young Soviet men had targeted him! Could it be that they saw him as an honest person who was easy to bully?

Thinking of this, Liu Dachun's eyes became sharp.

Chen Jiajun shook his head, and just one sentence made Liu Dachun suddenly realize!

"There is an old saying that goes well: 'When away from home, do not reveal your wealth.'" Chen Jiajun shook his head and said: "Seeing the cash in your wallet, few people can help but be tempted!"

Liu Dachun touched his wallet somewhat awkwardly; he had just gotten a little money and liked to carry cash in his pocket to show off, never expecting it would bring trouble upon himself.

Liu Dachun said somewhat nervously: "Then what should we do now? Should we call the police?"

Seeing Liu Dachun's naive look, Chen Jiajun suspected more and more that this guy was just a farmer who had struck it rich by sheer luck.

Chen Jiajun and A Jie looked at each other and smiled, then said to Liu Dachun: "Brother Dachun, since we are out here running the streets, encountering this kind of thing is hard to avoid, so I'll treat you to a free show in a moment."

Liu Dachun was stunned for a moment and said: "What do you mean?"

A Jie hooked his arm around Liu Dachun's shoulder and said: "Don't worry, you'll know in a moment."

As they spoke, Chen Jiajun and the others deliberately walked toward a secluded alley.

Sure enough, the thugs behind them immediately let out a joyful exclamation, rushed over with a Knife in hand, and directly blocked Chen Jiajun and the others.

"Hey, guys, we haven't had money to spend lately, we want to borrow some money from you to spend!" The leading thug was tall and big, and the Knife in his hand looked very miniature.

He said to Chen Jiajun and the others with a fierce face, and the few thugs behind him also followed with "hehe" weird laughs.

Chen Jiajun shook his head and teased: "The quality of Soviet gangsters is really too poor!"

A Jie also said with a relaxed face: "These kinds of low-class thugs don't even count as a gang in the Soviet Union, right!"

The two said one thing after another, only Liu Dachun was scared out of his wits.

He was a profiteer, and a profiteer who could bring benefits to the Soviets, so every time he traded with the Soviets, he could feel the enthusiasm of the Soviets.

Every time, they would pick him up and drop him off by car, just because they wanted to trade with Liu Dachun.

Where had Liu Dachun ever seen Soviets like this? So he appeared very flustered.

But Dumu and the few young demon brothers beside Chen Jiajun did not see it that way.

One by one, they walked in from the other end of the alley with a ferocious grin, sandwiching this group of thugs in between.

And Dumu went directly up to this Soviet strongman, cracking his knuckles with a "crack" sound.

Before, they hadn't paid attention, just staring at the money in Liu Dachun's hand, completely ignoring Dumu and the others, but now the leading Soviet strongman discovered that he seemed to be the fucking weaker party.

"Hehe, wait, I was just joking with you." The Soviet strongman seemed to understand the principle that a wise man submits to circumstances, so he hurriedly put away the Knife and spread his hands.

Dumu turned his head to look at Chen Jiajun, and Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "Just don't kill them!"

This time it was Dumu and his subordinate young demon brothers' turn to let out weird "hehe" laughs, and they rushed directly toward this group of Soviet thugs.

Being able to be brought along by Chen Jiajun, they were definitely the elite among the elite.

Not to mention having this guy Dumu, in less than a minute, several thugs were already lying on the ground wailing.

Fortunately, Dumu listened to Chen Jiajun's words and did not use lethal force.

These few thugs looked bruised and swollen, but no substantial harm was caused.

Looking at the stunned Liu Dachun, A Jie said with a smile: "Alright, in the future when you go out to do things, be more careful. Otherwise, I advise you it's best not to mix in this line of work; after you've earned enough money, find a way to go back to your hometown and retire!"

Chen Jiajun and A Jie had figured it out; this Liu Dachun was clearly a Shibaitou who didn't understand anything.

The reason he was able to become a profiteer was entirely because of his good luck.

Liu Dachun nodded repeatedly, but in his heart, he was muttering.

Compared to these Soviet Union people, it seems that Chen Jiajun and A Jie, these two guys, are even more dangerous!

Chen Jiajun did not even glance at these Soviet Union thugs, then followed Liu Dachun into the local hotel.

The local hotel in Vladivostok was also bustling with popularity, and Chen Jiajun and the others discovered that there were quite a few Huaxia people inside as well.

These people were either local Manchu, or they had come over to do business.

Liu Dachun recovered from his previous panic, picked up the telephone in the hotel, and dialed a number.

Very quickly, he said to Chen Jiajun and A Jie with a face full of joy: "Two Bosses, good news!"

Chen Jiajun and A Jie, who were currently dealing with the Soviet Union food in front of them, put down the knives and forks in their hands, looked at Liu Dachun, and said: "What news?"

"Hehe! I contacted a local military officer. Hearing that you have living supplies in your hands, he appeared very interested and said he would rush over at the fastest speed!" Liu Dachun said with a wink: "This guy's rank is high enough; he will definitely be able to buy the things you want!"

The reason Liu Dachun was so proactive in helping A Jie arrange the arms trade, besides repaying A Jie's life-saving grace from back then, was also because there were commissions for being a middleman and broker.

The bigger the trade, the more his commission would be!

A 'reseller' knows people from all walks of life, almost every kind of person.

Knowing two Soviet Union military officers is actually not strange.

After all, the things that have happened in the Soviet Union recently have forced them to come out and do business with others.

Since Liu Dachun had said so, A Jie and Chen Jiajun could not help but feel a bit expectant.

It was just that what Chen Jiajun did not expect was that, before the military officer Liu Dachun spoke of could arrive.

Another group of people charged directly into the hotel.

And they seemed to be coming specifically for Chen Jiajun's group.

Watching this group of aggressive, burly men, Dumu and the others under Chen Jiajun all stood up as well.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

But just at this moment, the hotel Boss, that somewhat chubby middle-aged man, rushed out from the Kitchen holding a Kitchen knife, and said viciously to the leader of those thugs: "Qieke fu, what the hell do you want to do?"

The burly man called Qieke fu said to the Boss in a muffled voice: "The outsiders are too arrogant and need a little lesson!"

The Boss held the Kitchen knife coldly and said: "I don't care what grudges there are; in my hotel, they are my guests. I won't allow you to harass my guests!"

Qieke fu seemed somewhat unwilling, but after seeing the Boss's polished, gleaming Kitchen knife, he still led his people and left the hotel.

After these people left, the Boss sat down on his butt at Chen Jiajun's table and said to the few of them: "You are here to do business, right? If you're doing business, then do it properly; why provoke these people?"

Chen Jiajun smiled slightly and said: "You got one thing wrong. It's not that we provoked them, but that they provoked us!"

The Boss said helplessly: "No matter who provoked whom, I'm afraid this business of yours cannot continue. I advise you that it's best to leave Vladivostok immediately and not come back!"

Chen Jiajun raised an eyebrow and said: "That group of people has a big background?"

The Boss said helplessly: "No big background, but they are 'Thieves-in-Law'!"

"'Thieves-in-Law'?" A Jie and Liu Dachun looked confused, but Chen Jiajun had heard of this organization.

This is a criminal group unique to the Soviet Union, and their origins can even be traced back to the Tsarist Russia period.

Since the people of the Soviet Union can be called a 'fighting nation', bandits have actually always been very rampant, and the Tsarist Russia period was no exception.

The high-handed rule and endless exploitation by the Tsar led some of the bottom-tier populace onto the path of "robbing the rich to help the poor," and just like Mount Liang, some were even quite large in scale.

Actually, these are all beautifications, just like those triads in Hong Kong; at the beginning, they were also just a group of people who couldn't stand the oppression of the Qing court and banded together.

Simply put, they were robbers before, and now they have become gangsters!

Like those triads in Hong Kong, they have their own rules.

And they look quite outrageous!

For example, Thieves-in-Law are not allowed to marry or have children, but they can have lovers.

They are not allowed to engage in legitimate professions; even if they are about to starve to death, they must make a living through illegal means.

They are not allowed to join the army, must draw a clear line with any government organization, and so on.

Of course, Thieves-in-Law also have benefits; once one enters this line of work, they can receive guidance from some old Thieves-in-Law.

After a conflict arises between two Thieves-in-Law, there will be people specifically coming to mediate, and so on. (End of this chapter)