Chapter 375: Clear Wind and Bright Moon Xuan
The principals of other sects and others discussed, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun were both outsiders, so they would not intervene, but Hua Bushi listened to the words of several people, but his face also showed a thoughtful expression.
Facts have proved that Sima Rulan is indeed not a pampered eldest lady who doesn't know anything, and she also has a set of manpower allocation. There are more than 100 guards in the city lord's mansion, led by the six incense lords of the "Wanjintang", Sima Rulan sent an order to let two incense lords and forty people stay behind, and the other four incense lords went to the "Bright Moon Meeting" with more than 80 soldiers.
The main altar of the "Bright Moon Society" is located in Okura Higashi Castle, and it is a three-story attic called "Seifu Mingyue Xuan". Sima Rulan passed down the order, divided the people and horses into three roads, each led by the incense lord, and rushed to the neighborhood around Qingfeng Mingyue Xuan, forming a siege of this building, if the two sides moved, they could receive reinforcements.
And Sima Rulan herself prepared to visit directly with the two elders Xiong Bailing and Deng Yao, with Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun.
In less than a cup of tea, all the manpower had been deployed, and Sima Rulan instructed the servants to prepare the horses and set off with everyone to go out to the "Qingfeng Mingyue Xuan".
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ is different from the general altar of ordinary gangs, "Qingfeng Mingyue Xuan" is just a teahouse from the outside.
The three-story bluestone building, as well as the more than ten courtyards behind the building, are all the properties of Hexi Building. The first and second floors of Qingfeng Mingyue Xuan are no different from ordinary teahouses, but above the second floor, they are the places where He Xilou deals with things.
At this moment, He Xilou is in the study on the top floor. He has a busy schedule and has a lot of things to deal with, most of which are similar, counting and dividing money. Unlike the gangs in the general cities of Middle-earth, which always need to fight each other for interests, the "Bright Moon Society" has a unique advantage in the big warehouse, there are no other gangs to compete for territory, and it is not difficult to collect the money from the merchants in the city.
Just because the "Bright Moon Club" is the only one in the city, it has a big face, and it has the support of "Wanjintang", no one can afford to provoke it.
As the boss of the "Bright Moon Society", He Xilou is only in his early thirties, which is really not old. His ancestral home is Quanzhou Mansion in Fujian, and his martial arts are not weak, and his martial arts talent is also good. After three years of art, He Xilou had the opportunity to stay in the South Shaolin Temple and become a disciple, but he himself insisted on leaving and was unwilling to stay.
He Xilou had been contaminated with a bad disease as early as a teenager, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling everything, and was a well-known Lang prodigal child in Quanzhou City. After three years of studying art under the South Shaolin sect, he could barely endure and pretend to be honest, but if he wanted to stay in the temple for a long time, or even become a monk, then he would have to be honest for a lifetime.
The "Bright Moon Society" was not originally located on Okura Island.
After He Xilou graduated from Southern Shaolin, he returned to his hometown in Quanzhou Mansion, and he was confident that his efforts were not ambiguous, and he started the idea of starting a gang. He soon gathered a gang of ruffians and founded a small gang called the "Celestial Light Society".
Things gather like others, He Xilou himself is insatiable for money, and his gangs are not much better than him, and the "Tianguang Society" soon became a gang that is the one who is the victim and everyone hates, and its reputation is almost the same as that of the underworld strongman. With He Xilou's martial arts and a group of ruffians under his command, it was more than enough to deal with the villagers in Quanzhou City, and no one could cure him for a while. It's a pity that it didn't take long for things to change, because someone reported He Xilou's evil deeds to the Shaolin Temple in Putian.
He Xilou is a lay disciple of Southern Shaolin, and although the reputation of Southern Shaolin is not as good as that of Northern Shaolin in Songshan, it is also a famous and decent family on the chivalrous road, so naturally he can't let the evil deeds of an unscrupulous disciple ruin his reputation. So the abbot of Southern Shaolin sent the Dharma protector monks of the Discipline Institute to Quanzhou to deal with the matter.
He Xilou, who is invincible to the ordinary people, is a little short of defeating the Zen masters of Southern Shaolin, and he is quite self-aware, as soon as he heard that Southern Shaolin sent people to come, he immediately disbanded the thugs of the "Tianguang Society", and hid in the countryside, so as not to be cleaned up by others.
The big husband can bend and stretch, and the necessary forbearance is really a smart choice. Several monks of the Southern Shaolin came to Quanzhou, and they couldn't find Hexilou in the whole city, and even the other people of the "Tianguang Society" did not know where to go, and after a few days, the monks returned to Putian in vain.
Although he escaped, he was regarded as a traitor by Southern Shaolin, but the "Tianguang Society" could not be opened in Quanzhou City. Just when He Xilou was hesitant and didn't know what to do in the future, a person came to the door and pointed him out a clear way.
This person is Deng Ran, and the clear road he refers to is to ask He Xilou to change the name of "Tianguang Society" to "Mingyue Society", and then move to Okura Island.
"Mingyue Meeting" is quite poetic, much more elegant and better than the "Tianguang Meeting" that grabs the essence every day, and Okura City is a hundred times stronger than Quanzhou City, of course, He Xilou has no reason to refuse. So he reconvened his subordinates, and more than 100 people all got on Deng Ran's boat and moved to Okura Island.
Deng Ran had already prepared the main altar for the "Mingyue Society" in Okura City, which was a three-story pavilion called "Qingfeng Mingyue Xuan", and how the "Mingyue Society" would operate in the city, and how to loot money was also very thorough, Deng Ran also arranged it very carefully, and He Xilou only had to do it.
In fact, when He Xilou arrived in Okura City, most of the things had to obey Deng Ran's orders, and even when he could go out arrogantly to extort, when he had to rein in his appearance, which merchants could bully and which could not be touched were all up to Deng Ran.
As for the money obtained, He Xilou could only leave one percent, and the other ninety percent was taken away by Deng Ran.
The two sides have been cooperating for more than two years, and He Xilou has long realized that although he is called the big boss of the "Mingyue Society", he is actually just a tool to come forward to collect money for Deng Ran.
Although being this kind of puppet gang leader made He Xilou a little unhappy, he knew very well in his heart that without the support of Deng Ran and the "Wanjintang" behind him, his "Mingyue Society" would not be able to eat in Okura City at all. And when Deng Ran told him to converge his traces, it was when the city lord Sima Chafeng returned to the city, and what he couldn't touch was the merchants and industries that had something to do with the "Wanjintang".
Another reason why He Xilou is willing to be the leader of this puppet gang is that this Okura City is so rich, even if he can only get 10% of the wealth he has collected, it is much more profitable than the "Tianguang Society" in Quanzhou City back then.
And Deng Ran was also quite good to him, and he also introduced Xiong Bailing, the deputy hall master of the "Wanjin Hall", to him, and the three of them became brothers, and the oath of "sharing blessings and difficulties" was at least half of the first.
In order to protect his righteous brother and make his subordinates stronger, so that he could collect the silver taels from the merchants in the city more smoothly, Deng Ran also sent a lot of people to invest in the sect, and now the "Mingyue Society" has more than 100 people. And most of these new recruits are elites, all of whom were trained by Deng Ran with money, and there are some masters among them.
Shili's growth has made He Xilou's life even better, and sometimes he feels that the owner of this Okura Castle should be his He Da master and two brothers. In a few years, his wealth will reach an astonishing figure, and at that time, he will be able to buy any Southern Shaolin and any decent family.
At this time, He Xilou was sitting on a chair and dreaming this dream, while counting the stacks of silver tickets on the table, while Master Logan waited cautiously beside him.
"Have you been to the Vedic Tower, and have you brought the contract for the transfer of shares?" He Xilou asked casually.
Logan hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the big boss, I brought two brothers over yesterday to collect the money, and Young Master Hua begged us for a grace period of three days to raise money, and his subordinates looked at them pitifully, so they agreed." Anyway, they won't be able to raise money in just a few days, and then the bark tower will definitely be ours. ”
"Grace period of three days to raise money?" He Xilou glanced at Luo Gen with slanted eyes, his face suddenly sank, and he said sharply: "How can a person like you pity others?
Logan did receive two hundred taels of silver yesterday, but now he can't admit it. He knew very well that this He Da master's greed for the silver taels was better than him, and he hated his subordinates for deducting profits privately, if he knew that he had never handed over the silver taels, even if he was He Da Da's right-hand man, I am afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.
Yesterday, the subordinates promised to give them three days, just because the two boys refused to sign the contract to give up the building, and they had to fight with me. ”
He Xilou stared at Luo Gan's eyes, obviously not believing his words, and said: "They are just two weak scholars, how dare they fight with the thugs you brought? I told you not to hurt them, I want to keep them to train dogs to make money, who knows that you can't even get the contract to let the building, it's really useless waste!"
Logan nodded and said, "Yes, it's the subordinates who don't do things well." If I hadn't brought a few more people here today, I would have been able to force them to give way. ”
He Xilou said: "Then you don't want to go quickly! If they still don't want to, you go and snatch the beauty who mortgaged us last time, as long as you give them a little bit of power, I don't believe they won't give in!"