Most of the industries under the "Dongting Gang" are in Changsha City, and there are hundreds of various trading shops alone, and a large number of commodities and goods cannot be moved away overnight, and they are occupied by others, and the loss of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver must be inevitable, and it is no wonder that Meng Qingshan is unwilling to withdraw from this city.

However, this strategy of abandoning the city must be carried out by the four families together. If the "Three Great Evils" withdraw, leaving only the "Dongting Gang" to guard the city, it will not be a centralized liliang, but a decentralized liliang. The "Dongting Gang" had to face the raid of the Jianghu Ke and the attack of the Hengshan Pai Sect alone, and the "Three Evils" withdrew outside the city alone, and Zuihou was inevitably defeated by the enemy one by one.

Hua Bushi looked at Meng Qingshan's face, and from his expression, he could already see that Second Master Meng was still hesitating, but in fact, he had not made a decision in his heart.

He immediately remembered that when he drank together in the back hall that day, when Ma Wuhua wanted to give away the "Dongting Gang Master", he once said that Meng Qingshan was a little childish, not bold enough, and it was difficult to make decisions when encountering major events. Thinking of this, Hua Bushi admired the late elder brother's way of knowing and employing people even more sincerely.

Thinking of Ma Wuhua, a sense of pride rose in Hua Bushi's chest, and he said loudly: "Second Brother Meng, that day, Fifth Brother Ma passed the position of the leader of the 'Dongting Gang' to the younger brother, but the younger brother did not dare to accept it, and now that the fifth brother has passed away, the younger brother will try his best to protect the brothers in the gang to repay the fifth brother's appreciation." ”

"Now the situation in the city is chaotic, the gang has lost many brothers the day before yesterday, only by withdrawing from this city and defeating the two sects that came to attack can we withdraw and solve the crisis in the city, otherwise, more brothers will be injured and killed. If Second Brother Meng is reluctant to have the property in the city, as long as he reports a lost amount of silver, even if Hua Bushi owes this amount of silver today, he will definitely return it to Second Brother Meng in the future, how about it?"

Hearing this, Meng Qingshan's face suddenly turned red, and he suddenly stretched out his hand and patted the table, saying: "Although I, Meng Qingshan, am immoral and incompetent, I am not a villain who disregards righteousness for money! No matter what, I, the 'Dongting Gang', will withdraw from Changsha City with you and fight to the death with those two factions, even if there is a loss, it is not as important as the lives of the brothers in the gang! Thank you Brother Hua for reminding me, Meng Qingshan will not dare to ask Brother Hua for a tael of silver no matter what!"

Ram Tai stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay! Second Master Meng is really bold, we just withdrew from the city for a few days, and when we defeated the strong enemy, and when the four factions of you and I became famous, we will enter the city to expand the industry, and the current losses can be made up." ”

If Meng Qingshan insisted on refusing, this strategy of abandoning the city to meet the enemy could only be nullified, and the four factions would have to fight with many enemies in the city.

Hua Bushi was also very pleased, and said: "Okay, since everyone agrees, we have decided like this!"

After agreeing on this matter, Shen Ying'er said again: "We will withdraw all the masters from the city and concentrate on Liliang to fight with those two factions, but we don't know how to fight, what are the chances of victory?"

She rolled her eyes and looked at Hua Bushi, obviously wanting to hear the eldest young master's idea.

Hua Bushi smiled slightly, and said: "The specific plan to deal with the enemy, naturally, will wait for the two factions to arrive in Changsha City, and then depending on the situation, if you want to talk about the chance of victory, it is really difficult to estimate now, but the strength of the other party is indeed much higher than ours." ”

He replied that no useful information was expressed, and what he said was the same as not saying it. Shen Ying'er frowned slightly when she heard this, and raised her beautiful eyes, but she saw Hua Bushi with a smile on his face, as if he had already made up his mind, and his heart moved, secretly guessing that the eldest young master must have a plan to deal with the enemy, but he refused to say it at this time.

Ram Tai said: "If you want to talk about strength, we are indeed slightly inferior, if it can be delayed for a few days, poor Dao can send a letter to Wudang for help." ”

Mo Wentian shook his head and said: "The Wudang faction is thousands of miles away, and it is too late to ask for help at this time, and the distant water will not quench the thirst of the near." As soon as the two factions arrive in Changsha, they will definitely attack immediately, and the big battle will be between these three or four days. ”

Ram Tai said: "Who of the Jianghu sects in Xiangjing dares to go against the 'Hengshan faction'? Don't even think about asking them to help, unless you can hire some of those Jianghu Youyong in Changsha City." ”

Mo Wentian said: "Those people don't hire them, they are all a group of low-end characters, they can only steal chickens and dogs, and if they really want to fight face-to-face, they can't be of any use." ”

At this time, the second master, Meng Qingshan, suddenly spoke: "When it comes to the rivers and lakes in Changsha City, there is one that may be able to help us." ”

The ram said, "Oh, but I don't know which one?"

Meng Qingshan said, "Have you ever heard of 'Happy Island'?"

Ram Tai, Mo Wentian and the others had never heard of it not long after they came to this city, but Hua Bushi, who was standing on the side, had his eyes lit up and said, "Is Second Brother Meng talking about the 'Happy Island' casino?"

Meng Qingshan said: "Exactly." 'Happy Island' is the largest casino in the city, with deep roots and a large shili, if there are still people in Changsha City who can help us, they are the only ones. ”

A month ago, Hua Bushi was dragged to the "Happy Island" by General Wu to gamble money, and he was quite amazed by the underground casino that had been built so lavishly, and he was also curious about the identity of the backstage boss. That is, in the "Happy Island" casino, he and Ma Wuhua intersected with gambling and became friends.

Now that he heard Meng Qingshan mention it, Hua Bushi was full of interest and asked, "Does Second Brother Meng know who the owner of the casino is, and what is his background?"

Meng Qingshan said: "It's a shame to say that Meng has been in Changsha City for many years, and he has not been able to know who the boss of 'Happy Island' is, only that they are so big that they are by no means under the largest sects in the city, and the background is extremely tough." When the 'Happy Island' opened, it signed an agreement with all the sects in the city that if someone violated the rules of the casino or made trouble in the casino, the 'Happy Island' sent a signal for help, and all the sects in the city would send experts to help intercept and kill. ”

Hua Bushi said: "It does take some courage to sign an agreement with these many gangs, and presumably the owner of the casino also spent a lot of silver taels to get all the sects in the city to sign such an agreement." ”

Meng Qingshan said: "Yes, their agreement with the 'Dongting Gang' was bought with 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Hua Bushi frowned slightly, and said, "Ten thousand taels of silver is a lot, but it is not too much for a sect like the 'Dongting Gang' to send masters to help anytime and anywhere. ”

Meng Qingshan said: "That was ten years ago, when the 'Dongting Gang' had just come to Changsha to expand Shili, far from today's scale, and it was when they were in a hurry to use money, so Meng signed that paper agreement with them." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Could it be that in the past ten years, Second Brother Meng has never thought of resigning the agreement with them and getting a little more benefits?"

Meng Qingshan said: "No." Just because as far as Meng knew, 10,000 taels of silver was already the highest price in the agreement signed between 'Happy Island' and the gangs in Changsha City, and in the past ten years, 'Happy Island' has not asked the 'Dongting Gang' for help once at all. ”

I didn't do anything, so I took 10,000 taels of silver from others for nothing, and it was inconvenient for me to ask for more benefits.

When Hua Bushi heard this, he became even more interested, and asked, "In this way, the agreements signed by the 'Happy Island' and other sects only cost thousands of taels, is there no sect that refuses to sign them?"

Meng Qingshan said: "Even if it is more than a thousand taels, Meng Mou later sent someone to inquire secretly, the price code of the agreement between 'Happy Island' and most of the sects is only a hundred taels of silver, and some small gangs have not even paid a penny, and many sects refused to accept it back then, and 'Happy Island' sent a master to the door, and they were forced to sign after they were persuaded by those sects." Back then, they were willing to bid 10,000 taels to sign a contract with the 'Dongting Gang', thinking that they were afraid of Fifth Brother Ma. ”

Hua Bushi said: "It's really interesting for a casino to dare to be so domineering, it seems that this 'Happy Island' is indeed not simple." ”

Meng Qingshan said: "In Meng's opinion, the 'Happy Island' signed a protection agreement with various sects in the city, in fact, it is just to deter those gamblers, so that they dare not make trouble casually, if something really happens, their masters can deal with it themselves, and there is no need for various sects to do it." ”

Hua Bushi nodded, and immediately remembered that Ma Wuhua was making trouble on the "Happy Island" that day, and the "Snow Swordsman" Hu Yanju came forward to stop it.

Iron Sword Daoist Ram Tai said: "This 'Happy Island' sounds like some ability, but how can they help me and others deal with the two major sects that are attacking?"

Meng Qingshan said: "Everything in the world is the word 'profit' first, since they opened a casino in Changsha City, it is nothing more than to make money, as long as we are willing to pay some silver taels, I believe they have no reason not to make money." ”

Mo Wentian said: "Second Master Meng is reasonable. In today's situation, as long as you can bring in some masters to help, it is worth spending some silver. Moreover, such a master who temporarily joins our side, the other party is very defenseless, and it can also play a surprise effect against the enemy. ”

Meng Qingshan said: "Meng also has such thoughts. If you agree, without further ado, go into the city and visit the 'Happy Island' to see if the deal can be negotiated, or if there are other conditions they have to offer their help. ”

Everyone nodded their heads, and there was no objection.

Hua Bushi said: "The younger brother and the manager of the casino, Hu Yanju, once had a relationship, and I want to go with Second Brother Meng, is it convenient?"

Meng Qingshan knew that Hua Bushi was shrewd and calculating, and it would be of great benefit to have him go with him, so he immediately said with great joy: "Brother Hua is willing to go together, I can't ask for it, second brother, how can it be inconvenient, let's go!"