The Irish were the Celtic people, the descendants of the first inhabitants of the continent, who were invaded by England from 1169 and became King of Ireland in 1541.

For hundreds of years, the Irish suffered from exploitation and oppression by the British. In 1845, the Great Famine in Ireland caused by the failure of the potato harvest, and the British government did not provide much assistance when it was able to import grain from the Americas, resulting in a quarter reduction in the population of Ireland, and the conflict between the two sides began to become more and more intense and acute.

After the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916 against colonial rule by the British Empire, most of the Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election refused to serve in the British House of Commons, forming the Irish Parliament on their own and issuing a unilateral declaration of independence in January 1919 under the name of the independent "Republic of Ireland".

In December 1921, the two sides signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, in which Britain was forced to allow the 26 counties in the south of Ireland to form the Irish Free State, but the 6 counties in the north still belonged to the United Kingdom, becoming the current Northern Ireland.

Although Ireland and Britain have achieved some peace, the question of Northern Ireland is still a thorn in the hearts of the Irish. Numerous clashes have erupted between the two sides over this issue, with tens of thousands of people killed in the bloodshed.

And among these people, the nobles and knights of Ireland have always rushed to the front line of the war, and they are always the ones who shed blood and sacrificed, and their character and spirit are worthy of respect, which is completely different from the nobles in England who hid behind as soon as the war began.

It is impossible for this Viscount Philip Hood to participate in those bloody battles of that year, but his elders must have participated in that war, and even now, this Viscount Philip Hood has ties to the Northern Irishmen who are still fighting, and it can even be said that the United States is constantly collecting funds to fund the struggle in Northern Ireland.

There are many such people in most of the cities of the United States inhabited by the Irish community, and most of these people are nobles with titles, and although most of them have no fiefdoms, they are still fighting for the independence of Northern Ireland.

Liang Dong and Philip Hood didn't say a few words, and Philip left with old Mulden, where the hell did they go to drink, didn't take Liang Dong with them, and didn't even tell him the location.

Liang Dong said hello to some people he knew a few times, and was about to leave, when suddenly, four or five luxury cars drove outside the church, all Cadillacs, Rolls-Royces and the like. Immediately afterwards, several black-clothed guards walked down, and then a group of four young men walked down, three men and one woman, who were also dressed in dark clothes and wore black veils on their arms, obviously coming to worship.

Liang Dong flipped through the memories in his mind, and soon remembered the identities of these people, they are the people of the four major families of Gotham City, these four families are Gao's history can be said to be as old as the city, Gotham City was originally established by these four families, and now the four major family industries are all over the city, controlling all the commercial fields of the entire city.

It can be said that the economic lifeline of the entire Gotham City is in the hands of the four major families, and the gangs in the city are either surviving in the cracks of the four major families, or they are under the command of the four major families to serve them.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, the Lower Forest is the entire Irish gathering area of Gotham City, so with this, the Irish have gained a foothold in the Lower Forest District, while the situation in the Lower East Side is completely different.

The Lower East Side was originally under the control of the Wayne family, one of the four major families, but more than ten years ago, the Wayne family, who were in charge of the Wayne family, were accidentally killed in a robbery, which made the order of the entire Lower East Side completely out of control.

In the final analysis, the four major families are the ones who control the entire Gotham City, but with the downward operation of the overall economy, many places have escaped the control of the four major families, and even the four major families have begun to develop illegal businesses and trades.

The current four major families are roughly divided into two camps, the Wayne family and the Kane family are relatively close, they are more inclined to use the justice of the law to deal with affairs, and on the other hand, the Elliott family and the Colbert family, it can be said that most of the gangs in Gotham City have a slight connection with these two gangs, but the relationship between the two families is not good, and there are even conflicts and frictions from time to time.

Mayor James himself is oscillating between the two families, struggling to maintain his neutrality. It can be said that now that Gotham City has fallen into the current chaotic situation, these two families are the most responsible.

Throughout Gotham City, the rise of the gangsters is inseparable from the decline of their control, the Irish gangs led by the Paton family, the Italian mafia led by the Farracone family, and the Russian gangs led by the Dimitrov family, the American-British gangs led by the Mockson family, and the Yakuza Japanese-American gangsters, all of which were once suppressed by the Elliott family and the Colbert family.

But now, there is a tendency for various gangs to break away from the control of the Elliott family and the Colbert family, especially the Italian mafia led by the Faracone family, which is gradually becoming a three-legged powerhouse.

But isn't this the reason why the children of the four major families appeared at the funeral of Old Paton, if they were separated, everything would be easy to understand, but they came together, what is this called, is it that they came to the funeral of Old Paton to demonstrate?

Especially when will Bruce Wayne of the Wayne family, the young playboy, return to Gotham City.

Ever since his parents were killed, Bruce Wayne has been locked in personal troubles, and his parents' killers are willing to come forward to charge Lower East Side mob boss Ficony and reach a deal with the Municipal Attorney's Office in exchange for a reduction in his personal crimes.

However, it is a pity that before the person left the gate of the court, he was directly killed in front of everyone by the killers sent by Ficoni.

After that, Bruce Wayne disappeared from Gotham City for several years, no one knew where he went, and there were even rumors that he was dead, and the court almost signed his death warrant. But now this rumored dead man suddenly appeared here, bringing a group of second generations of the four major families to attend the funeral of old Paton, whether this is just a coincidence, or whether it has a deeper meaning, no one knows.

It was precisely because of seeing this scene that Liang Dong did not leave in a hurry, but stood at the gate of the church, watching the movements of these people.

Obviously, regarding this funeral, the Parton family sent invitations to the four major families, which is etiquette, and no one will expect them to really come.

So when this group of people appeared, the whole church fell into an eerie silence, and then everyone began to whisper, looking at the young men who were talking to Gary and Rosemary.

(End of chapter)