The Jewish Gang

"What's the situation?" Two days later, in the same restaurant, Josh looked at Lyndon Schneider in front of him and asked.

Just half an hour ago, he received a call from Schneider about the news of the robbed goods.

"Jews did it," Lyndon Schneider replied.

"Is the information reliable?" Josh asked.

"It's definite. Our partner, the Corleone family, leaked it over in New York," Lyndon Schneider nodded. "The shipment was intended for them, but according to the information they received, the goods ended up in the hands of their rivals, the Masseria family, and their partner in Chicago is the Jewish gang."

"Since we know who did it, we don't need to discuss what to do next, right?" Josh said.

Hearing the name Corleone family, Josh wasn't surprised. It was something he had known for a long time.

As the behind-the-scenes boss, although Josh didn't get involved in the specifics of the business, he still needed to know some basic information, such as the major underground forces in Chicago, the five major Mafia families in New York, and some large-scale gangs across the United States.

So when Lyndon Schneider first contacted New York, Josh already knew about the Corleone family's existence.

At that time, Josh didn't pay much attention to it. After all, there was already Margaret, the protagonist of the phone murder case, and Sabrina, who was probably the character played by Audrey Hepburn in the original world. The appearance of The Godfather was insignificant.

And compared to Captain America and Howard Stark, who was just learned, The Godfather was really just a small matter.

"Boss, this matter may not be so easy to handle..." However, Lyndon Schneider looked at Josh's expression and hesitated to say.

"Oh? Why?" Josh frowned at Lyndon Schneider's words.

"Because according to the information leaked by the Corleone family, the Jewish gang in Chicago wasn't behind this, but it was instigated by the Masseria family!" Lyndon Schneider explained.

"Masseria family? Luciano? Did we offend him in our business?" Josh finally took the matter seriously upon hearing Lyndon Schneider's words.

If it was just the Jewish gang in Chicago, Josh wouldn't care.

But if it was the Masseria family, the situation would be different.

The head of the Masseria family is none other than the boss of the Genovese family, one of the five major Mafia families in Josh's original world.

However, the Genovese family changed their name only after Vito Genovese came to power after World War II.

And now, Genovese is only the current head of the Masseria family, the third in command of the Luciano gang, in Josh's words, and a top figure in the Mafia who can even be said to be the boss of all bosses among all the families.

Even the Corleone family had to avoid him when he was in power.

Because under his leadership, the super-criminal organization formed by all the Mafia families in the United States, called Cosa Nostra (meaning "our thing" in Italian), also known as the Mafia Commission, was established and led by Luciano himself.

Under his leadership, the Mafia also established two prohibitions: one against selling drugs and the other against murdering law enforcement officials.

But Luciano himself had been sent to prison by the current governor of New York several years ago. He was now a librarian in prison, only able to remotely control the Masseria family.

And their group had only appeared a few months ago, so they probably didn't have much of a relationship with the other side.

Could it be because of doing business with the Corleone family? But that doesn't make sense. Although the Masseria and Corleone families are not very friendly, they still maintain some balance on the surface.

"No, the one giving the order is not Luciano, but his most important assistant, Meyer Lansky," said Lyndon Schneider, shaking his head.

"Meyer Lansky? We have no connection with him," Josh said, puzzled.

Of course, he knew who Meyer Lansky was. The other party was Luciano's most important partner, strategist, and the godfather of the Jewish faction in the American Mafia. He had great prestige among the Jewish gangs throughout the United States.

"No, boss. Before us, the Jewish gang Meyer Lansky controlled was the country's largest private cigarette production and sales group. Tobacco was also one of the Jewish gang's most important income sources," Lyndon Schneider explained. "Our cigarette quality is higher, and the price is more favorable. I think this is the reason they are targeting us."

Hearing Lyndon Schneider's words, Josh suddenly realized.

So it turned out that he had unintentionally messed with the largest Jewish gang in America...

This matter is really troublesome.

Although Josh's development was fast, the time was still too short, and compared with these old-school mafia organizations in terms of size, it was simply not enough to compete.

"What does the Corleone family say about this?" Josh said coldly.

"Their meaning is to not interfere. If we can transport the goods, they will collect the money. But for other things, they won't care," Lyndon Schneider said somewhat helplessly. "If I guess correctly, they are only warning us this time. If we continue to ship large quantities, similar things will happen again and again."

Obviously, the Corleone family does not want to get involved in this muddy water.

Although the profit of the tobacco business is high, it is not worth it for them to confront Meyer Lansky for this.

"Huh, they want to make money but don't want to take risks. They are good at calculating!" Knowing the attitude of the Corleone family, Josh was dissatisfied, but he had no choice.

Jews are such a troublesome group. A trace of disgust appeared on Josh's face.

This disgust is not just because the other party snatched his goods.

It also comes from some information that Josh knew when he was Chinese in his previous life.

Many people only know that during World War II, the Jews were subjected to crazy retaliation by the Germans, but they rarely know that there are deep grudges between the Jews and the Chinese.

One is the famous pufferfish plan. During World War II, China accepted a large number of Jewish refugees. However, among these Jews, a large part of them colluded with local bandits, trying to establish a Jewish state in northeastern China, but failed.

The other is because of the notorious exclusion act.

Perhaps someone will wonder, isn't the exclusion act initiated by the US government? What does it have to do with the Jews?

It does, and it also has to do with tobacco.

Because all of this started with a Jewish man named Samuel Gompers.

Gompers immigrated to New York from England in 1863. As a young man, he worked as a cigar worker, and at that time, a large part of the cigar workers in the United States were Jewish.

But the best cigar makers were not Jewish workers but Asian workers, including the Chinese.

And because the Chinese were hardworking, made high-quality cigars, and had low wages, it was difficult for Gompers and other Jewish workers to earn much money. It was from that time that Gompers began to hate the Chinese.

Because he was good at networking and enthusiastic about union activities, Gompers quickly gained a great reputation among industry workers and became the American Cigar Workers' Union leader in 1875.

It was from that moment that Gompers, in this capacity, staged the first act of the exclusion act, inciting white workers' hatred of Asians.

It was also because of him that the exclusion movement began to spread from the Jewish community to all levels of American society.