Qu Wu would never have dreamed in the past that the first house he bought in his life was a river-view mansion compound. Although it is low-key and luxurious, its huge scale and magnificent momentum are difficult to hide.

Before the renovation was completed, Mi Hong asked him to hold an inauguration ceremony, and with Qu Wu's current connections, there must be many people who came to congratulate him.

But Qu Wu refused, he was worried that the tree would be too popular.

Although Pan Taishi, Dasun Bo and other dignitaries had a good impression of him, this was the world of King Chumu, and he was still a commoner, and his political status was only stronger than that of a slave, and the political status of a merchant was even lower than that of a prostitute in the era of heavy agriculture and light commerce.

There are only two ways to change all this: joining the military and politics.

Of course, it is easy to join the army, as long as you are not afraid of death, you can join the army.

Politics requires someone to recommend, last time Uncle Sun offered to recommend him to be the county governor, but Qu Wu still refused, first, he felt that he was not mentally prepared, and second, he didn't want to be restricted too early, and his desire to travel the world has always tempted him.

However, Qu Wu prefers to serve Wu in his heart, after all, it is his hometown.

However, Wu Guojun went to Wu to Qi but did nothing and did not want to make progress, and the prince of Wu Fushou was even more straw bag, which made it difficult for Qu Wu to agree.

And most of the secretaries and ministers of Wu have also been in contact, and most of them are wine bags and rice bags that can only be slapped.

Qu Wu's optimistic Prince Shoumeng is unfortunately just a prince, with the kindness of Prince Shoumeng, it is too difficult for him to launch a palace coup, and now Qu Wu is a little worried, once the prince is in power, Caiyunlou may go out of business.

On the Chu side, it was a different story. Although King Chu Mu killed his father and seized the throne, he did not only gain power, and did not lose to his father King Chu Cheng in expanding his territory.

And King Chu Mu's successor, King Chu Zhuang, is even more prestigious, and is one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period that Qu Wu was familiar with when he was studying.

The current high-level officials of the Chu State, such as Uncle Sun, Fan Shan, and Sang Zhi, can be called the elite of society, and the King of Chu Zhuang is assisted by a genius like Sun Shuao, Qu Wu sighed that the Chu State is the best in the world.

Qu Wu asked Chen Ermao to start recruiting people to supplement Qu Zhai's sanitation and management personnel, while the guards recruited young and strong people from the Qingyun Gang.

In addition to Chen Ermao, now Chen Huan and Chen Le's sisters also live in Qu Mansion, and Chen Qing also has a single room in Qu Mansion, but she still likes to live on the boat, because Qu Wu mainly lives on the boat.

Preparations for marriage also began to be put on the agenda, and Qu Wu asked Chen Huan and Chen Le to be responsible for preparing the needed items and decorating the cave room.

At this time, it was early winter, the cold and damp weather made people feel that no matter how much clothes they wore they were, it was not warm, and the beggars who lacked food and clothing were even more hungry and cold.

Qu Wu asked Li Qianmo to rent a few idle warehouses not far from the wharf, buy charcoal, firewood and other heating items and some bedding to help his brothers survive the winter.

Qu Wu also sent clay pots, millet, and barley, so that these brothers could cook porridge while keeping warm, and have a basic guarantee of life.

Due to the limited space in the warehouse, it can only barely accommodate the disciples of the Qingyun Gang, but the other two beggar disciples of the Crescent Gang and the Butterfly Gang saw that Qingyun had such treatment, and they also came one after another, some forcibly asked to join the Qingyun Gang to get shelter, and some even broke into the warehouse and snatched the porridge bowl from the disciples of the Qingyun Gang.

The people of the Qingyun Gang had no choice but to pick up the sticks in their hands to defend their territory and rights and interests, at first there were sporadic conflicts, but they didn't expect the trouble to get bigger and bigger, and the fight gradually escalated.

Qu Wu received the report and hurriedly led Gongsun Feng and Li Qianmo to deal with it.

When I came to the clearing, I saw that the Crescent Gang and the Butterfly Gang had gathered thousands of people, all holding long wooden sticks, and some of them were also nailing sharp copper nails to the wooden sticks.

The Qingyun Gang only had six or seven hundred people, all of whom were also armed with wooden sticks.

The two leaders of the Crescent Moon Gang and the Butterfly Gang are arguing fiercely with Tong Bo, the leader of the Qingyun Gang, in the middle, and the two sides are facing each other separately, and the conflict is about to break out.

Seeing the arrival of the main and deputy gang leaders and elders, Tong Bo hurriedly stopped the quarrel and saluted them, and then introduced to the sub-gang leaders of the Crescent Moon Gang and the Butterfly Gang: "Two gang leaders, this is Mr. Qu Wu, the chief gang leader of our Qingyun Gang."

Tong Bo introduced Qu Wu again: "This is the head of the Crescent Moon Gang."

After Qu Wu saluted Ren Jian, he said: "Ren Gang Leader is auspicious, I am friends with Chen Lang, the leader of your Gusu Branch, and I hope we can also become friends."

Ren Jian was a little surprised when he saw Qu Wu so polite, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Mr. Qu is polite, I heard that Mr. Qu has martial arts before, and today I saw that it was really extraordinary, and I am fortunate to be lucky." Chen Lang is also a friend of mine. ”

"Ren has won the award." Qu Wu arched his hand and said.

Tong Bo introduced another humanitarian: "This is the Butterfly Gang's Aoi."

Qu Wu saluted and said, "Gang Master Zhang is auspicious. Don't hide it from the gang leader, Wang Changlin, the leader of the Gusu branch of your gang, and Zai Xia are good friends. ”

Zhang Kui was a little embarrassed, just now the tense atmosphere of the sword and crossbow turned into a scene of greetings, and he couldn't turn around, but the other party was the identity of the chief helper, and he was so polite, so he had to return the salute and said: "I heard about the Qu Gang Leader Tianzong Talent, and I can see it today, the Qu Gang Leader is really Yushu Linfeng, and we are fortunate to have three lives."

"Gang Master Zhang has won the award. The two gang leaders, Qu Mou came to Yingdu these days because of mundane things, and he couldn't come to visit, because it was disrespectful, and he would definitely make up for it another day, and invite the two brothers to drink. Qu Wu said.

"Mr. Qu is polite." Ren Jian and Zhang Kui said.

"The two helpers, I also reported to me the conflict between your brothers and my disciples in the past few days. It is winter, the brothers are already living a difficult life, if there is another conflict, I am afraid that a large number of casualties will occur, which will make the already poor body even worse, so everyone must not be impulsive, I hope that the two gang leaders will first persuade the disciples to go back to their places and avoid conflicts, and then a few of us will discuss a solution to the problem. ”

"Gang Leader Qu, we just want to ask for an explanation, although our two groups of disciples took the initiative to harass your territory, but the disciples of your gang hurt people without asking." Zhang Kui said.

"Gang Leader Zhang, Gang Leader Ren, this can only be said to be the fault of both parties, and it can be regarded as a tie. Why don't you persuade your brothers to come back and promise not to come to the Qingyun Gang to harass them, and your injured brothers will be treated at my own expense. Qu Wu said.

"Gang Master Qu understands the righteousness, so I will persuade the disciples to return." Ren Jian said.

When Zhang Kui saw Ren Jian say this, he had no choice but to say to Qu Wu: "I thank the Qu Gang Master on behalf of those injured brothers."

After the three sub-gang leaders persuaded the disciples of their own gang to return, Qu Wu asked Tong Bo to carry a dozen or so wounded members of the Crescent Moon Gang and the Butterfly Gang to the warehouse for centralized treatment, and then returned to the Qingyun with Gongsun Feng and Li Qianmo.

"Helper, you're being too nice to them like this, aren't you? It's clear that they're wrong. Li Qianmo said.

"If you don't make some concessions, it is the brothers on both sides who suffer. Originally, they were all poor people, and it was not beneficial for both sides to fight in a big fight, and the disciples of the Qingyun Gang practiced martial arts not to compete with other gangs for territory, but to strengthen their bodies and deal with the villains who discriminated against and bullied them. Qu Wu said.

"The helper is wise." Gongsun Feng said.