Chapter 1330 Zhang Zaiqiang Emerges!
Zhang Tsai Keung?
If you were to mention other gangsters, Yang Ming might not necessarily know them, but Yang Ming had a very deep impression of Zhang Tsai Keung.
In Yang Ming's previous life, there were three great thieves in Hong Kong.
Among them, Ji Bingxiong, Ye Jihuan, and Zhang Tsai Keung.
And Zhang Tsai Keung was the most famous of the three thieves, and many people were even proud of him.
In fact, this had a lot to do with what Zhang Tsai Keung did in history.
Zhang Tsai Keung's father fled to Hong Kong with nothing in his hands following the "Hong Kong Escape Wave" at the time. After arriving in Hong Kong, he had no money and no skills. In order to support his family, he opened a small "herbal tea shop" on Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, relying on his little knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine in his hometown to make a living.
Yau Ma Tei is very small, not far from the beach. Some places are just wastelands by the sea, with only some low buildings, a bit like the shantytowns later.
Those who live here are either poor people or some people from all walks of life, and some gang fights often occur.
Zhang Ziqiang grew up in such an environment of all kinds of people and a tight family economy. He lost interest in school before he finished elementary school. He spent all day hanging around the "herbal tea shop", playing and fighting with street children. Gradually, Zhang Ziqiang started to associate with street thugs and gang members, and his "thief nature" began to sprout.
Zhang Ziqiang first worked as a helper in his father's "herbal tea shop". Later, when his father saw that he was not learning well, he sent him to a tailor shop specializing in suits as an apprentice.
In his early years, Zhang Ziqiang's father was strict in educating his son, so that Zhang Ziqiang often recalled the scene of his father beating him when he was in the detention center.
However, his father's good intentions and fists did not lead him to the right path, but instead made him have a rebellious mentality towards his father. He said until his death that he had no feelings for his father.
Zhang Ziqiang soon began to get involved in gangs and became a small leader, known as "Brother Yi".
Bai Yushan, who was involved in gangs outside, was once his henchman, but later changed his job; Zhang Ziqiang started to work in the police station at the age of 12, and was imprisoned for the first time at the age of 16. He committed countless crimes in Hong Kong and was arrested many times, leaving a thick record with the police.
After adulthood, Zhang Ziqiang did not "retire from the underworld" despite being married, having a family and having children.
In 1991, a group of gangsters led by Ye Jihuan robbed 7 gold shops in Concord Street, Kwun Tong and Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, and robbed gold jewelry worth more than 7.5 million yuan.
On July 12, 1991, he robbed an armored money transporter at Kai Tak Airport of HK$160 million. Zhang Ziqiang was later arrested, but the court acquitted him on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
The Governor's Office authorities also compensated Zhang Ziqiang with a large sum of money at the time, which made Zhang Ziqiang even more arrogant.
At this time, Zhang Ziqiang met Ye Jihuan in prison, and the two hit it off and began to cooperate.
In November 1995, he shot and killed Hong Kong resident Cai Zhixiong in Pengcheng.
In May 1996, he conspired with Ye Jihuan's group to kidnap the eldest son of Hong Kong's richest man Li Jiacheng and extorted HK$1.038 billion.
Zhang Ziqiang received 438 million.
Ye Jihuan returned to Hong Kong with arms 10 days before the crime, accidentally exchanged fire with the police, was seriously injured and arrested, but Ye's subordinates still participated in the kidnapping.
In September 1997, he kidnapped Hong Kong's second richest man Guo Bingxiang and extorted HK$600 million.
Zhang Ziqiang received 300 million alone.
In October 1997, he planned to kidnap the richest man in Macao, Ho Hung-yen, but was discovered by the police and failed.
At the end of 1997, he illegally purchased 800 kilograms of high explosives and more than 2,000 detonators from the mainland and smuggled them to Hong Kong, intending to create a bigger terrorist incident.
According to explosives experts, if 800 kilograms of high explosives exploded in a concentrated manner, it would be enough to blow up a building with more than ten floors. It was these 800 kilograms of explosives that sounded the death knell for the rich criminal group.
On January 7, 1998, Zhang Ziqiang instructed Qian Hanshou to buy 818 kilograms of explosives, which were later seized by a Hong Kong police officer on the 17th. Zhang Ziqiang arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport on the mainland on the 15th to pick up the No. 2 figure of the gang, "Bat Rat" Hu Jishu, who returned from Siam. The two were arrested at the Jiangmen Outer Sea Bridge Checkpoint on January 25 of the same year; Zhang Ziqiang and 32 other suspects were arrested on July 22.
Then at the end of December 1998, Zhang Ziqiang was sentenced to death in China.
This was the evil life of Zhang Ziqiang in Yang Ming's previous life.
From the countless crimes he committed, even robbing a gold shop with the big thief Ye Jihuan, and robbing the armored car at Kai Tak International Airport, it can be seen that he was very arrogant and rampant.
However, in history, he should never have kidnapped Li Jiacheng's eldest son, which completely touched Li Jiacheng's bottom line.
In history, Li Jiacheng was the richest man in Hong Kong and the richest Chinese, and had a huge influence in China. That is, after that time, Li Jiacheng has been waiting for the other party to take action again.
And a year later, he kidnapped Guo Bingxiang, the second richest man in Hong Kong, again. In fact, this has touched the bottom line of the rich in China and even in Hong Kong. Which rich man is not afraid or afraid of his family being kidnapped.
However, this is not a big deal. The other party actually set his target on Ho Hongyan in Macao. However, many people in Ho Hongyan's circle have already known this news in advance, so Zhang Zaiqiang's attempt to kidnap Ho Hongyan naturally failed.
However, at this time, the other party still did not fail, and still did other more terrifying things, using a large amount of arms. In fact, this has touched the bottom line of Hong Kong and China.
At this time, it was already after 1997, and it was different from before.
And Zhang Ziqiang didn't think so, and dared to return to China.
In this case, Li Jiacheng directly used his connections, and it was impossible for Zhang Ziqiang to return to Hong Kong alive. Now Ji Bingxiong has died long ago, and Ye Jihuan has also died long ago.
However, Yang Ming didn't expect that these two thieves fell into his hands one after another, disappeared quietly in this world, and now Zhang Ziqiang actually resurfaced.
"Liu Zhensi, are you sure it's really Zhang Ziqiang?" Yang Ming asked in surprise.
Compared with this Zhong Weizheng, in Yang Ming's view, the other party is really nothing, on the contrary, Zhang Ziqiang's social harm is too great.
If it is really him.
Then after this time, Yang Ming will definitely not let the other party live until next year.
"Sir Yang, I have confirmed again and again that it is indeed Zhang Ziqiang and his gang, and Zhong Weizheng provided relevant information, which is considered to be assisting the suspect, not the mastermind. The real mastermind is Zhang Ziqiang."
"Then do you know Zhang Ziqiang?"
"I know a little. He has done all kinds of evil before. He has killed many people and robbed jewelry stores and gold shops. However, he is a very cunning criminal mastermind and it is difficult to catch him. However, I didn't expect that the mastermind of Wang Dehui's kidnapping this time was actually him. It seems that his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he has begun to target the rich people in Hong Kong."
In fact, Yang Ming knew that people like Zhang Ziqiang really have a lot of appetites. He wants to kidnap the rich people in Hong Kong.
In history, when Li Jiacheng was in such a position, he dared to kidnap his eldest son. You can imagine how big this person's appetite is.
In history, because Li Jiacheng had a bad reputation, some people were proud of Zhang Ziqiang.
However, in Yang Ming's opinion, this kind of person is actually a gangster who wants money but not life. Apart from that, he has no humanity and only wants money.
Of course, in history, the other party kidnapped Li Jiacheng's eldest son. In the end, after Li Jiacheng paid the money, Zhang Zaiqiang safely sent Li Jiacheng's eldest son back.
There was also Guo Bingxiang who was kidnapped and was not killed, but after this incident, Guo Bingxiang was frightened and became ill, and also caused discord among his brothers, thinking that his brothers also wanted to use the kidnapping case to kill him.
It can be said that for a wealthy man like Guo Bingxiang, the kidnapping had a very big impact.
Liu Zhensi has been looking at Sir Yang, not knowing what Sir Yang is thinking.
"I'll go see Zhong Weizheng again."
When Yang Ming went in, he saw Zhong Weizheng curled up there, obviously he had just been beaten.
The other party was a retired police chief, of course he was not young, but he was stubborn just now, and was beaten several times by Liu Zhensi's confidant, and he said it after the barrier in his heart was broken.
"Yang, Sir Yang, I'm really not the mastermind in this matter. The mastermind is Zhang Zaiqiang, and I've said everything I need to say. The rest has nothing to do with me."
"Where is Zhang Zaiqiang?"
"I don't know where Zhang Zaiqiang is. I've always been in single contact with his henchmen. He may be in Guangdong Province, in Hong Kong, or at sea. I've only met Zhang Zaiqiang twice."
Zhong Weizheng only met him twice, and didn't know where he was at other times, but he had always been in contact with Zhang Zaiqiang's trusted henchmen.