Chapter 1038: Foreign Bride

Han Li felt that the driver's eyes were a bit strange. At first, he thought that the clothes he was wearing were too eye-catching for the Kowloon Walled City. After looking again and again, he was thinking about whether to change his clothes.

The driver had completed nearly five kilometers and parked the vehicle far away from Kowloon City.

As Han Li took out the money, he lamented that the pace in Xiangjiang was so fast that even the driver worked so hard. However, when the driver took the money, he hesitated and said a few words.

"Young man, if you are greedy and want to take a look inside, just go to Dongcheng. Dongcheng is where ordinary people live, and it is generally relatively safe.

If you want to go in to have some fun and experience, I don’t recommend that you go in because it’s really dangerous if you go in hastily. "

(This is the last time I write like this in Xiangjiang. From now on, I will occasionally use dialect for words, and all long sentences will be in vernacular. Please forgive me.)

Han Li looked at the driver's serious words and thought that this guy had connections inside and wanted to earn a tour guide fee. At the same time, he also wanted to know more about the situation inside, so he asked with a smile.

"Oh, do you have connections inside? Or do you have any good suggestions?"

"You're kidding. I only go to the East City when I want to eat dog meat. I won't even go into the West City. I say this to tell you that there is a very safe way to go to the West City."

(In the past, most people in Hong Kong liked to eat dog meat. In order to achieve a certain purpose, England asked the Hong Kong government to issue regulations prohibiting dog meat in the early 1950s. From then on, people who wanted to eat dog meat could only eat dog meat. You can come to Kowloon Walled City.)

Han Li: "What can we do?"

"I can take you to the pier, the airport or the bus terminal. There are societies there that specially arrange free buses to the Kowloon Walled City.

As long as you take that bus to Kowloon Walled City, those societies will be responsible for your safety inside, and you can do whatever you want as long as you have money.

Even if you don't have a cent or a penny left in your body in the end, the people in those societies will be responsible for taking you back to the place where you got on the bus, provided that you don't owe debts, borrow money, or get into fights there. "

Han Li had been staring at the driver since he finished speaking, but there was nothing strange in his eyes or tone.

At this time, Han Li thought to himself, isn't this just like those casinos and technician colleges that were opened in the dark in later generations? It's just that things here in Kowloon Walled City are more blatant, and they even dare to go to the pier and the airport to pick up people.

But Han Li didn't plan to take any club bus. If he really just came to experience, have fun, and play cards, this kind of service would be really good.

But Han Li came here to borrow money from big brothers in casinos and societies. Of course, the less eye-catching and low-key the better, so he smiled and threw an extra ten dollars to the driver and said.

"Thanks, but I just went inside to feel it. Dog meat will come out after eating bowls. I don't dare to enter the territory of those societies."

Han Li learned from the driver that Dongcheng was where ordinary people lived, so he went straight to Dongcheng when he entered.

Dongcheng is just a nice word, because the entire perimeter of Kowloon Walled City is about 200 meters long and 100 meters wide.

For a place of this size, the barbicans in Shanhaiguan that Han Li had visited were larger than this, let alone the barbicans in older cities such as Jinling and Chang'an.

What Han Li didn't expect was that the buildings in Kowloon Walled City looked very messy from the outside. Those haphazardly built houses and the TV antennas on the top floors gave the place a later-generation cyberpunk style.

But Han Li felt even worse after entering. The first thing he felt was that the light was too dark.

Those crowded buildings had blocked out all the sunlight, giving Han Li a feeling of dusk at noon, and the light became darker and darker as he went deeper.

The second feeling is the tide. The humidity inside is not only much higher than outside, but the air is also filled with a strange smell of various odors mixed together.

At first, Han Li thought it was because of the lack of sunlight, but as he went deeper, he discovered that the high humidity was not only due to the lack of sunlight, but also the sewage flowing freely on the ground and the intermittent water droplets dripping from above. Moisture is the culprit.

The third feeling is chaos. The situation inside is like a huge honeycomb. The first thing most people consider after entering is whether they will get lost.

Moreover, there are messy pipes, wires, and signboards everywhere, of which hairdressers, dentists, and massage parlors have the most signs.

Although Han Li did not enter some alleys, based on visual inspection, he could only bend forward and walk forward after entering.

Han Li also knew that it would not work for him to wander around like a headless fly, so he found an ice room with a lot of customers and went in.

The signboard was that of Kowloon City Ice Room, but after Han Li entered, he discovered that it was actually a tea restaurant.

How to say it? The tea restaurant should be considered a hybrid in Xiangjiang.

Because there were no tea restaurants in Xiangjiang before 1940. At that time, there were two common restaurants in Xiangjiang.

One is an ice room opened by locals, selling cheap drinks, sandwiches and other quick foods.

The other type is high-end Western restaurants, which offer expensive Western food such as steaks, coffee, and red wine.

As time goes by, cheap, single-variety icehouses cannot meet everyone’s needs.

High-end western restaurants are too expensive and are simply not affordable for ordinary people.

So, tea restaurants in Hong Kong were born.

Although the environment of tea restaurants is still not as good as those western restaurants, the variety of food provided in them has increased a lot.

Silky milk tea, slightly burnt toast, hot and juicy pork chop rice. It can be said that basically all the food on the market can be found in tea restaurants, and some food can be mixed and matched according to the taste of the guests.

In this way, tea restaurants with more and more varieties soon became the darlings of Hong Kong people.

Whether it is business tycoons, workplace elites, ordinary people, or community leaders, they all find a tea restaurant that they like as a long-term canteen.

Therefore, in various Hong Kong dramas, male and female protagonists are often seen dating in tea restaurants, business elites foraging here, and members of the community negotiate here.

Han Li ordered a bottle of iced beer and a pork chop rice, and ate while listening to the people around him.

Maybe Han Li was lucky, and he almost understood the situation of Kowloon Walled City in one meal.

The situation here is the same as what the driver said, divided into two areas, East and West.

East City is where ordinary people live, and West City is the territory of various social groups.

In addition, some famous people in Kowloon Walled City jointly organized a neighborhood welfare promotion association.

The first thing this promotion association did after its establishment was to convert the only nursing home in Kowloon Walled City that could see the sun into a youth activity center, which is actually a primary school.

The slogan shouted by the promotion association at that time was that although this place is poor, as long as the children can study hard, there is hope, which established the status of the promotion association in Kowloon Walled City in one fell swoop.

It also led all parents here to pay attention to their children's education. Families with better conditions sold their pots and pans and tried every means to send their children to school outside the city.

Those families with poor conditions or orphans can also learn some basic knowledge in the youth activity center, and will not become a blind person who can't even write his own name or read the horse racing newspaper.

(Horse racing newspaper: a newspaper that specializes in reporting Hong Kong horse racing.)

The second thing the neighborhood welfare promotion association did after its establishment was to clean the streets except for sewage.

Of course, this requires the collection of a portion of management fees from the residents.

In addition, the Promotion Association is also responsible for mediating conflicts between local residents and communities, as well as negotiating with the authorities and other matters.

In addition, Han Li also heard a more interesting thing, that is, "foreign brides".

Although Kowloon Walled City is very bad in the eyes of some people, it is a blessed place in the eyes of people in many countries.

Especially young girls from some countries in Southeast Asia, in order to have a better future, they are brought to Hong Kong by special matchmakers for blind dates. Once the man is satisfied, they will become foreign brides.

It may be related to the aesthetics of the Chinese people. Among the people who are blind here, young girls with white skin and Chinese blood from the Land of Thousand Buddhas are the most likely to become foreign brides.

At the same time, Han Li also learned about the situation of some communities here, as well as the approximate locations of some casinos, clubs, "leaf" and "flour" exchanges.

After Han Li left the ice cream parlor, he strolled to an empty alley, then walked into a building, and after turning around, he came to the rooftop.

Although there are messy antennas, many clotheslines, and some shabby furniture here, this is a place in Kowloon Walled City where you can enjoy the sun and breeze.

Han Li certainly didn't come here to bask in the sun or get a breeze, nor did he climb the building to see the scenery for no reason.

The reason why Han Li came to the rooftop is because the road below is as difficult to walk as a honeycomb maze.

Even if he already knows the approximate location of those places, he needs to ask for directions frequently if he wants to get there, but if he does this, it will definitely attract the attention of the gangsters in those societies.

Although these gangsters may not necessarily affect Han Li's borrowing money from others, after Han Li borrows the money and leaves, those societies will definitely list him as a key suspect when they investigate later.

Moreover, Han Li is likely to ask the Hong Kong society to help investigate Hao Jiangdong's past. What if the society that borrowed money today happened to be the society that he asked for help, then would he, as the key suspect, be considered to have walked into a trap?

Although Han Li is not afraid of the society's overt means, even if many people besiege him, he is not afraid.

However, Han Li can't withstand the dark guns and tricks in the dark, so quietly entering the village, not shooting, and making a fortune quietly is the right choice.

Also, Han Li,