Chapter 240: The Decisive Battle - Fate (4)
The triad is an emerging force in the ghost city in recent years, although the time is shallow, but relying on the three brothers of the Tong family, the three masters of foundation building, after years of hard work, it has become one of the three major gangs in the ghost city.
The middle-aged scribe was not wrong with Lu Zongbao's explanation, the Iron Gun Gate was indeed the largest force in the ghost city back then, and its founder, that is, the previous generation of the Iron Gun Gate, led a group of people in the ghost city to snatch back the entrance and exit of the ghost market from the hands of the family forces with a silver gun in his hand.
At that time, the limelight of the Iron Gun Gate was naturally the same for a while, but since the death of the previous generation of door owners, the Iron Gun Gate has been in decline, and it has not been accepted. Now, in addition to Guo Wei, there is only one older Dharma protector left in the foundation-building master in the door, and the number of masters is the last in the three major gangs in the ghost market. Now it can only rely on the residual power left by the old master of the past to support it, and I don't know how long it can last in this turbulent ghost market.
Guo Wei grabbed the back of the gun, but in the end he didn't make a move.
After Lu Zongbao noticed it, he got up and made a round: "I am invited to meet today, but I have something important to discuss with you, aren't you going to listen to it first?"
"Important? Haha! The second son's important matter must be a big deal! How can this matter be without my old boy?" Tong Meng walked to Lu Zongbao's side, grabbed a chair from the next one, and sat on Lu Zongbao's side.
Lu Zongbao glanced at it slightly and didn't say anything.
Guo Wei put down the gun and glanced at the middle-aged scribe, who shook his head slightly, indicating that he had never found out the purpose of Lu Zongbao's visit.
The middle-aged scribe's name is Xiang Chong, who is the military advisor of the Iron Gun Gang, who is not skilled in martial arts, and is usually only responsible for giving advice, but it is precisely because of Xiang Chong's strategy that the Iron Gun Gate is supported by only two foundation building masters in this ghost city of tigers and wolves.
Guo Wei returned to the tiger skin chair and sat down, but Xiang Chong stepped forward and asked Lu Zongbao, "I don't know what the second son is doing here?"
Lu Zongbao didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "As far as I know, it seems that there are a lot of ground trapped in the hands of the Triad and the Iron Spear Gate, right?"
The smile on Tong Meng's face froze, and then he smiled curtly: "Second son, don't mention this! Our old boy saw that people were making a lot of money, so he couldn't help but invest some money, and it rose a lot at the beginning.
The situation of the Iron Gun Gate is similar, the land trade is booming in Yuzhang City, and these gangs and gangs with some spare money in their hands also can't resist the temptation to make money, and they have invested money and are ready to make a lot of money. In fact, except for a very small number of people who made money on it, the vast majority of them rushed to give money to others. Where did the iron spear gate and the triad come from such a high level?
Tong Meng poured bitter water there, but Xiang Chong didn't say a word, just looked at Lu Zongbao thoughtfully, waiting for his next words.
Lu Zongbao then said without saying anything: "In fact, it is not difficult to make the land price rise again......
"Really, second son, don't lie to me!" Tong Meng said in surprise.
Lu Zongbao smiled at Tong Meng, then turned his gaze to Xiang Chong and said, "Mr. Xiang must know a lot about this transaction!"
Xiang Chong nodded noncommittally.
So, Lu Zongbao immediately said again: "The specific operator of the seven sects and five surnames is me!"
When Xiang Chong heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression showed solemnity towards Lu Zongbao for the first time. As Lu Zongbao said, Xiang Chong did know a lot about the land competition in Yuzhang City this time, and was deeply impressed by the methods of both sides. Xiang Chong believed that Lu Zongbao had no need to lie, so Lu Zongbao, who was in charge of the Seven Sects and Five Surnames, was naturally not as simple as he appeared, and he had underestimated him just now.
"What is the best way for the second son, but just say it directly!" Tong Meng said anxiously.
Tong Meng didn't care who was fighting, their triad had a thin foundation, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit, but they lost most of their money, how could Tong Meng not be in a hurry?
Lu Zongbao didn't sell it again, and said with a smile: "If you want the land price to rise again, I have three strategies, this is the simplest, as long as you invest enough copper wire, and if you invest more, the land price will rise sooner or later." ”
"Alas, we're all going to be poor! Where will we get the money to invest in it?" Tong Meng said with a sad face.
"What about the other two strategies of the second son?" Xiang Chong asked.
Lu Zongbao saw that Xiang Chong was really moved, so he said in an orderly manner: "The other two strategies are related to these local families in Yuzhang, and the middle strategy is to do something, save more chips in hand, and then negotiate with them, so that they can raise the price of the land, and at least they can get a result of not making money or losing money." ”
"What about the best policy?" Xiang Chong was still pondering, but Tong Meng couldn't wait to ask.
Even yesterday, if there was a way to get a result of no profit or loss, Tong Meng would be excited, but now that there is hope, the greed in his heart has once again taken effect.
Lu Zongbao smiled in his heart, but said quietly on his face: "This best strategy is naturally the best, but it is also the most difficult!"
"We naturally know this, the second son should say it directly!" Tong Meng was already a little impatient to wait.
Lu Zongbao said: "The best way is naturally to completely remove the power of the wealthy family in Yuzhang from this land sale, and then we have the final say on whether the land price will rise or fall!"
After hearing this, the anxiety on the alliance's face gradually disappeared, and he lowered his head and began to think, he was still like this, Xiang Chong naturally thought about it a long time ago.
There was silence in the hall for a moment, and finally Xiang Chong asked first, "I don't know what the second son is going to do?"
Tong Meng also looked at Lu Zongbao suspiciously, he didn't speak just now, but he knew that his family didn't react as fast as Xiang Chong in these intrigues, so he simply waited for Xiang Chong to speak.
"I'm sorry! I have to wait for your consent to do the specific thing, and then I will tell you the truth!" Lu Zongbao said.
Xiang Chong smiled playfully and said, "The second son seems to have no sincerity when he talks like this!"
Lu Zongbao smiled, stretched out his hand and shook it at the middle-aged entourage who was standing quietly behind him. The middle-aged attendant bowed slightly, went around to the front, took off a large bag on his back, grabbed it in his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, the big bag flew towards the long table in the middle of the hall.
The burlap bag could touch the tabletop, and then it exploded open, and a pile of title deeds contained in it flew around like snowflakes, and the middle-aged entourage saw this, and slowly pushed the title deeds that were flying in the air with both palms, as if a breeze was blowing, and the messy title deeds suddenly settled down, and fell neatly on the long table, one by one spread all over the table.
After doing this, the middle-aged entourage stood silently behind Lu Zongbao as when he came.
As soon as this hand came out, it really calmed the audience, and the five people in the hall turned their eyes to the middle-aged entourage standing with their hands down.
"I didn't expect the second son to have such a master beside him!" Tong Meng chuckled.
Lu Zongbao just smiled, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the title deeds on the long table, and said, "These title deeds are my sincerity!"
Xiang Chong looked back at Guo Wei, who nodded slightly, and then walked towards the long table. A brother behind Tong Meng also walked out.
The two came to the long table, picked up the title deed on the table and examined it carefully, and after a while, they nodded to their respective bosses.
"The land deeds on the table are both inside the city and outside the city, the number is not much, but I think it can be as low as the ones in your hands!" Lu Zongbao saw that both sides were silent, so he continued: "As long as you should make my proposal, all these land deeds on the table will be yours!
Tong Meng's eyes slowly rolled, still not speaking, but he set his eyes on Xiang Chong.
Xiang Chong said with a smile after a while: "Is it possible that the second prince wants to send me to do that dangerous thing with these worthless land deeds?"
Lu Zongbao also smiled and said: "Now this title deed is indeed worthless, but what about after the matter is completed? Not only these title deeds, but also those in your hands can also rise back to the original high price! Will these title deeds be worthless at that time?"
"Hehe, since the second son can come up with so many land deeds in his hands, presumably the land that has been trapped will only be more than me!
Lu Zongbao looked at him calmly and said with a smile: "That's right! I really can't guarantee that my plan will succeed, but this is a big gamble, if you win, it will be tens of millions of dollars, and if you lose, it will be your own life, isn't this kind of thing often done by you?"
Lu Zongbao's words were very frank, which made Xiang Chong, who suspected that he had other purposes, a little confused for a while.
"Although our gang lives a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, we will not be stupid enough to do that thing that we know will die!" Xiang Chong's words carried obvious rejection.
However, Tong Meng still did not express his position.
"Since that's the case, then forget it!" Lu Zongbao stood up directly after speaking, beckoned the entourage behind him to pack up the title deed and leave immediately.
Lu Zongbao's decisiveness made Xiang Chong's eyes narrow.
Lu Zongbao strode out resolutely, and was about to step out of the hall when Tong Meng's voice sounded behind him.
"I took the second son's business, I took it! I wonder if you can elaborate?"
Lu Zongbao smiled, turned around, and said, "Since that's the case, let's talk about it with another party!"
"No problem!" Tong Meng laughed, also stood up, and walked out.
Xiang Chong looked at the two people who were about to leave, and his heart swayed for a while, so he had to look back at Guo Wei, only to see Guo Wei nodding and then standing up from the tiger skin chair, and said to the two people who had already walked to the door: "The second son might as well take two steps slowly, and Yu Lao Guo will talk about your plan!"
Lu Zongbao smiled and said, "Okay!"
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After the three parties sat down again, Lu Zongbao introduced his plan in detail to the other two parties.
"What? You want to take Wu Yue Town? How is it possible? Just rely on us people?" Xiang Chong couldn't help but exclaim when he heard half of it.
"Naturally, it's not just you! General Zhou of Yuzhang Zhichong Mansion will also act together!" Lu Zongbao explained.
Xiang Chong frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Even so, it's still not enough! The defenders of Wuyue Town are all private armies left here by the three major forces, not to mention the high martial arts, and the equipment is even better, how can they be defeated by the old soldiers of the military government? Not to mention that there are also those two guards of the sailors, the sailors of the imperial court are not up to a single point!"
"Mr. Xiang really knows a lot! That's right, we and the government army really can't take Wuyue Town alone! However, did I say that we were going to attack Wuyue Town?" Lu Zongbao asked rhetorically.
Looking at the puzzled eyes of the rest of the people, Lu Zongbao explained: "It is not necessary to use the method of forcible attack to take Wuyue Town! I have now obtained the warrant issued by Wang Taishou to let General Zhou assist in the defense of Wuyue Town, and as long as there are some small riots in Wuyue Town, General Zhou can take the opportunity to justifiably enter and defend Wuyue Town. Although it is useless for the government army to fight, after they have the name of righteousness, it is their specialty to cause harm to Wuyue Town, and at that time, it will be up to us to decide whether to leave or stay! If the local wealthy families in Yuzhang want to lift the government army's defense of Wuyue Town, they can only come to negotiate with us! At that time, we can take advantage of the situation to put forward our demands!"
"In addition, in a few days, there will be a number of sea ships launched in Hongzhou Shipyard, and at that time, a large number of maritime merchants will pour into Wuyue Town, and these people have a lot of money on them, since Wuyue Town is in our hands, then these people's money, isn't it all up to us!"
The sentence added by Lu Zongbao was obviously more in line with Tong Meng's appetite, and after Tong Meng heard it, his eyes were full of light.
"Damn! I've long been fed up with the bird's anger of these wealthy families! I have to teach them a good lesson this time!" Tong Meng said menacingly.
Xiang Chong was not as reckless as him, but asked worriedly: "Does the second prince want us to come forward to create some disturbances?"
"That's right!" replied Lu Zongbao.
"Hehe, it's not that someone in my Xiang doesn't believe in the second son, it's just that we came forward to be a villain, if the government army enters the city and fights back and arrests all of us, is it possible that the second son will come out to cry out for us?" Xiang Chong said bluntly.
After Tong Meng listened, the excitement on his face faded a lot, and he looked at Lu Zongbao with burning eyes.
Lu Zongbao still smiled calmly and said: "Mr. Xiang's worries are indeed reasonable, it is better to be like this, when the time comes, I will ask General Zhou to restrain his soldiers and horses and ensure that he will not step into the ghost market, what do you think?"
"Hehe, the second son's guarantee seems to be a little pale!" Xiang Chong said with a smile.
"Then I can't help it!" Lu Zongbao spread his hands evenly, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly.
The atmosphere on the field was silent for a moment, and after a while, Xiang Chong said: "Okay! Everything always needs to take some risks, and we have taken this order from the second son!"
Lu Zongbao looked at Xiang Chong with an inquiring gaze, but he saw that the other party's face was calm, and he couldn't see the slightest abnormality. Tong Meng also did this, but Lu Zongbao still couldn't see Xiang Chong's thoughts, let alone him, so he had no choice but to say: "Second son, don't worry! Our triad will naturally not back down!"
Next, the three parties discussed the specific details of the operation together, and Lu Zongbao got up and left.
When he walked to the door of the hall, he said as if he had inadvertently said: "By the way, the leader of the Giant Sword Alliance is a person from the Wan family, if the matter discussed today is spread, what will be the consequences, you think you know better than me!"
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Tong Meng pondered for a moment for Lu Zongbao's last words, and then got up to leave.
After all the people on both sides retreated, Guo Wei asked Xiang Chong: "This kid from the Lu family is obviously not well-intentioned, why?"
"Don't worry, this guy doesn't have a good heart, I naturally know, but this change is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Xiang Chong said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" asked Guo Wei.
"Together, not to mention how much benefit we can gain by taking advantage of the chaos, we can also take the opportunity to annex some forces in the ghost city, especially the triads, there will be more things we can do in a lifetime of chaos!" Xiang Chong explained.
Guo Wei nodded, he had long been accustomed to letting Xiang Chong call the shots in these stratagems, and he was only responsible for deterring Xiaoxiao.
It was not only the Iron Gun Gate side that had doubts about Lu Zongbao's intentions, but also the three Tong brothers of the Triad who were also discussing on the way back.
"Big brother, I'm afraid this Lu Zongbao just wants to take advantage of us!" said the second child Tong Jian.
"That's right! This Lu Zongbao is also a child of a family, and these people in the family are darker than the other, but don't want to unload the mill and kill the donkey, right?"
"Hehe! Lu Zongbao wants to use us, why can't we use him?" Tong Meng smiled, his face showing a cunning that was completely inconsistent with his fierce character, and seeing that the two brothers were still puzzled, he explained: "It has been almost ten years since the establishment of our triad! In the past ten years, the three of us brothers have fought hard with knives and guns, and I don't know how much blood has been shed to get to where we are today. But Wuyue Town is not as good as other places, this ghost city seems to be lawless, but behind it has always been under the influence of the wealthy family. Our foundation is already weak, if we don't take the opportunity to expand, I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be no place for the three of us brothers in this ghost city!"
After Tong Jian and Tong Da listened, they nodded silently.
When Lu Zongbao went back, he still walked on the same small river he came from.
On the first leaf of the boat, the middle-aged entourage who had never spoken all this time asked Lu Zongbao with a worried face: "The second son is so straightforward today, I'm afraid that these people will see something!"
Lu Zongbao smiled lightly: "I didn't intend to hide it from them! Tonight, we just need to find a reason for Zhou Gang to settle in Wuyue Town! Now that these guys are already tempted, they will definitely be unable to help but take action, as long as they are in chaos in Wuyue Town, Zhou Gang's side can justifiably enter Wuyue Town, as for whether these guys are dead or alive afterwards, it depends on their creation!"
The middle-aged entourage nodded slightly, but asked again, "Then why did the second prince tell the origin of the Giant Sword Alliance?"
Lu Zongbao replied: "Do you think that the ghost market is really a blank place for the wealthy families? Hehe, if nothing else, it is the so-called three major gangs, and which one of them does not have the shadow of the three major forces in Wuyue Town?"
"But they're just thugs!"
After Lu Zongbao finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes......