A large group of people crossed the sea from the mainland, entered Kowloon Walled City directly, and took over its management.
As for who took over the management, the grass on the graves of those gang members is already three feet high.
Subsequently, this group of outsiders issued a series of Kowloon City management regulations, requiring residents of the city to refrain from drug use, gambling, prostitution, and organized crime, among other things.
This move caused a sensation throughout Kowloon City, with voices of opposition resounding throughout.
However, under the severe crackdown by these outsiders, all dissenting voices disappeared, and everyone was forced to accept the newly issued management regulations.
However, after living a law-abiding life according to the rules for a period of time, these people discovered...
There were no more arson, murder, looting, and other chaotic scenes in the fortified city; it was almost as if no one would pick up lost items on the road and doors were left unlocked.
It was only then that they realized that having laws to follow made life more comfortable for ordinary people than having no laws at all.
Gradually, everyone accepted the rule of these outsiders from the bottom of their hearts and recognized them as the city lords.
Time flies, and more than half a century has passed.
It was 1996, and there was still more than a year before the expiration of the Anglo-Chinese Century Agreement and Hong Kong's return to the mainland.
At the very center of Kowloon Walled City stands an antique-style mansion belonging to the city lord.
In this modern city, it seems out of place.
Surrounding the city lord's mansion are rows of beautiful seven-story villas, guarding the four sides.
At this moment, in the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
Xiao Ning and his wife sat together at the head of the table, with their son Ren Xiaoyao to their right and Xiao Weihua to their left.
Below that are the disciples of the Xiao Clan from back then.
Time flies, and sixty years have passed since the war against Japanese pirates.
Looking around, there were very few people in the hall. Apart from Xiao Ning and his wife at the head of the table, Xiao Yao, the young city director, and Xiao Weihua, the second-generation general and zombie, the rest were all elderly people with white hair.
The older people sit at the bottom, while the younger people sit at the top.
Strangely, no one present found it odd; it seemed perfectly normal.
"Reporting to Master and Mistress, Senior Brother Wu Jiu passed away peacefully around 10 p.m. last night, without any pain!"
Xiao Weihua, still looking like a young man, stood up and said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, even though it was expected, everyone in the hall still felt a pang of sadness, and the atmosphere became somewhat oppressive.
"Let's follow the old rules and give him a proper burial. Issue a public announcement to inform the world of his achievements, so that he won't have toiled his whole life only to die without leaving a name behind!"
Xiao Ning, sitting in the first seat, broke the silence with a slightly deep voice.
"Yes, Master!"
Xiao Weihua nodded and agreed.
Xiao Ning stood up, looked at everyone in the hall, sighed, and looked somewhat dejected.
Back then, when the nation was in peril, nearly a thousand disciples of the Xiao Clan rushed to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese pirates. Some died on the battlefield, while others were fortunate enough to survive.
History has not changed.
Although these disciples possessed considerable cultivation, they were still in danger of dying on the bloody battlefield, and quite a few perished there.
Without Xiao Ning's intervention, the war between China and Japan did not change much.
The war against the Japanese lasted for eight years, until the two atomic bombs were dropped on North America, finally ending the conflict.
After the war ended, about two hundred disciples of the Xiao Clan returned to Renjia Town in Xiangtan, including Xiao Weihua, who had become a zombie of the second-generation general.
Of the rest, more than half remained on the battlefield forever, while dozens clung to their high positions, unwilling to relinquish power and return to a life of ordinariness.
Xiao Ning didn't care about this. Everyone has their own ambitions and their own way of life. Besides, once a disciple has completed their apprenticeship, the master has no reason to interfere with the disciple's choices.
After all his disciples relinquished their power and returned to ordinary life, Xiao Ning made a surprising decision.
move place!
They moved out of mainland China and overseas.
Because he knew that in the coming decades, the mainland would not be suitable for people like him who lived in seclusion.
But to ask him to live in seclusion deep in the mountains would be too much to ask.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Xiao Ning decided to go abroad.
After much deliberation, Xiao Ning chose Kowloon Walled City, located on Hong Kong Island in the southern border region of the mainland.
Subsequently, he sold all his family property and, along with his wife and children, a vast fortune, 283 disciples, and their families, a large group of about two thousand people, headed south.
My first impression of Kowloon City was not good.
The vast fortress was home to nearly 100,000 people.
However, here, there are no rules at all; perhaps the absence of rules is the greatest rule.
Fighting and brawling are commonplace, murder and robbery occur frequently, gambling, prostitution, and drugs are rampant, and the living conditions of ordinary people are terrible.
Various injustices and illegal acts occur frequently.