After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Jiangning, Shanghai City, like other places in the Jiangnan area, desperately expanded its regiment to train its hometown bravery, preparing to resist the attack of long-haired thieves. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Pan Qiliang, through his late father's relationship as a cell boss, led dozens of backbone members of the Bailong Party to infiltrate the group training in Shanghi City, and he also had some military salaries every month, but he could make ends meet.

Unexpectedly, a year later, the Taiping army did not advance eastward, but was pinned down in Jiangning City by the Jiangnan battalion.

Some time ago, Wu Jianzhang of Shanghi Daotai promised the cabinet bachelor and the imperial guard Su Shun that Shanghi would pay more taxes and silver to the treasury, and he would raise all the money to buy warships and other weapons from foreigners.

Relying on tariff silver alone is naturally not enough, not to mention that all the tariff silver is faithfully handed over, wouldn't it make the imperial court discover the previous corruption and concealment of personal interests, such a thing, Wu Jianzhang naturally can't do. Therefore, Wu Jianzhang apportioned the silver taels to the counties of Songjiang Prefecture, especially the most prosperous and wealthy Shanghai County.

Layer by layer, how does the silver tael come out? I can only save some! As a result, in order to save expenses, the newly appointed Yuan Zude of Shanghi Zhi County decided to no longer bear the official salary for running the group training, and ordered the abolition and reduction of the group training.

Of course, these things, Pan Qiliang is naturally not clear. He just received the news that the regimental training was going to be dismissed, and nearly 100 brothers of the Bailong Party were going to lose their jobs.

Although Pan Qiliang was not dismissed, but was promoted to the leader of the Zixia Palace outside the Great East Gate, as the leading brother of the Bailong Party, the brothers had nothing to eat, so they naturally couldn't sit idly by.

So, he and Zhang Hanbin led the dismissed brothers to the county government to petition the government. Unexpectedly, he was captured and imprisoned by Yuan Zude, the magistrate of the county, and tortured.

I saw that it was almost dawn. Through the light spilled from the dim lantern on the gate of the county office, Pan Qiliang's eyes were full of loss.

Pan Qiliang had been expecting the brothers to rush into the county office tonight to rescue him and Zhang Hanbin, but apparently, the brothers did not come.

"I don't know what happened, the brothers didn't come to the rescue!" Pan Qiliang muttered a little blankly.

Suddenly, two black shadows flashed from behind the wall of the county government, and they quickly rushed to the two guards who were already asleep, took out a wet towel and covered the two officials violently.

Pan Qiliang looked at the masked man in black in horror, these two people were extraordinary, obviously Lian Jiazi. If his opponent had sent him, he would have to give an account of himself here tonight.

"Pan Da is in charge, don't panic, we are here to save you from escaping." A man in black whispered comfort, but his hand was not idle, he took out a dagger from his waist and cut the hemp rope that bound Pan Qiliang.

Pan Qiliang and Zhang Hanbin, under the leadership of two men in black, quickly found a short tunnel from the corner of the county office, drilled out of the wall, and escaped.

"What else is Eun Gong's name? I will report it in the future! Pan Qiliang hugged his fists and thanked the man in black.

"Pan Da is a master of the house, you don't have to be polite! A certain name is Fan Dequan, he is my second brother Fan Deshui, they are all brothers of the Tiandi Society who have broken into the rivers and lakes, and they can't see the dog officials bullying the brothers in the association, so they come to the rescue. It just so happens that my two brothers have nowhere to go, and they want to follow Pan Da's family to ask for food, but I don't know if they can take them in? The man in black said.

Zhang Hanbin still had some doubts, and Lala Pan Qiliang's sleeves reminded him, but Pan Qiliang was straightforward and said with great joy: "I can't ask for it!" The surname Pan likes heroes like brothers the most. Let's go, go with the surname Pan to our Bailong Party Hall to meet the brothers. ”

The so-called guild hall was originally the Zixia Hall outside the east gate of Shanghi City.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw dozens of brothers gathering together to discuss things. When everyone saw Pan Qiliang, they were overjoyed: "The big boss is back!" ”

"Big boss, the younger brother originally wanted to lead the brothers to the county government to save you. However, Liu Lichuan, the big leader of the Guangdong Tiandi Society, sent someone to come over and give a message, asking the brothers to endure for two days and not to startle the snake for the time being. Therefore, I didn't go to the rescue, and I asked the big boss not to take it to heart. It was Zhu Yuefeng, the second master, who spoke.

"yes, boss. Leader Liu also made people ask, when will our Bailong Party join the Little Knife Club? said that let's join the Little Knife Club as soon as possible, raise the banner together, and fight against the Qing Dynasty together. Cai Yongliang, the third master, also said.

Pan Qiliang has been worried about the dismantling of the group training of the brothers in the gang in the past few days, and then he was imprisoned again, and he didn't know about the Little Knife Club, so he asked: "The Little Knife Club?" Even Boss Liu has joined the Little Knife Club? ”

"yes. The big boss, hey, who are these two people? Zhu Yuefeng looked at Fan Dequan and Fan Deshui, who were following behind Pan Qiliang, and asked strangely.

"Oh, it's also a brother of the Heaven and Earth Society! They rescued me from the county government. Pan Qiliang enthusiastically introduced the two: "Come, brothers, these are the two brothers Fan Dequan and Fan Deshui who saved Lao Tzu." In the future, it will be the fifth master and the sixth master, and everyone will be close to each other. ”

Fan Dequan clasped his fists and saluted everyone, and then said to Zhu Yuefeng: "Second master, what will happen to the knife?" ”

Pan Qiliang also remembered the question he asked just now, and then asked: "Zhu Laoer, you said that Leader Liu also joined the Little Knife Club, what is going on?" ”

Zhu Yuefeng is thin and small, with a shrewd appearance, and it seems that he is a think tank figure in the Hundred Dragons Party. He looked at the brothers around him and explained: "Big boss, during the time you were not in the gang, a big incident happened when Shanghi was established. The two largest gangs in Shanghi City, the Tiandi Club of the Guangdong Gang and the Knife Club of the Fujian Gang, have joined forces to prepare to merge to form a Shanghi Knife Club! ”

"What? The Guangdong Gang and the Fujian Gang, these two enemies of life and death, would merge to form a gang? Pan Qiliang couldn't believe it, and Zhang Hanbin was also full of disbelief.

The gang members in Shanghi City, who doesn't know, the Fujian Gang and the Guangdong Gang often compete for interests in order to expand their respective spheres of influence, and there are armed fights, which are repeatedly prohibited. has always been a rival in life and death, but will come together?

"It's true! The day before yesterday, under the leadership of Liu Lichuan and Liu Da, the Guangdong Xiangshan Gang Heaven and Earth Association, together with Li Xianchi of the Fujian Longxi Gang, and Lin Afu and Chen Alin of the Fujian Tongan Gang, secretly announced the official establishment of the Shanghi Little Knife Club. Prepare for a few days and officially raise the army. Zhu Yuefeng said with great certainty.

"Big boss, this is also a great opportunity for us!" Zhu Yuefeng said earnestly: "There are many parties in Shanghi City, and they have always been oppressed and instigated by the government, and the gangs have been constantly fighting with each other. Now that a small knife club has been formed, they can work together to deal with the government and achieve great things! ”

"Great boss, you led our brothers of the Hundred Dragons Party to join the Little Knife Society together, right? Wait for us to raise troops, catch the dog officer surnamed Peng, and avenge the big boss and the third boss! Cai Yongliang also echoed.

"Yes, big boss, you will take us to fight against this dog's court." All the people in the temple persuaded one after another.

Pan Qiliang wiped the dried blood on his face and shouted, "Okay! Since the brothers want to rebel, then Lao Tzu will take you to rebel! Let's go, a few masters will follow me to find Liu Lichuan and Liu Da Leader. We should join the knife club! ”

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Seeing Liu Lichuan himself, short in stature, pale in face, thin and skeletal, and looking like he hadn't woken up, Pan Qiliang, who had been famous for a long time, was not disappointed.

However, Liu Lichuan was extremely enthusiastic when he saw Pan Qiliang: "Brother Pan is finally here, I have been looking forward to you for a long time." I am going to be a big thing, and I can't do without the brothers of the Hundred Dragons Party. ”

Pan Qiliang couldn't help but secretly laugh at himself for judging people by his appearance, thinking that this big leader Liu was still very amiable.

Subsequently, Liu Lichuan introduced people to Pan Qiliang one by one.

The most powerful and powerful is the Fujian Tong'an Gang, but the best relationship with everyone is Li Xianchi of the Fujian Longxi Gang, and the most appealing is Liu Lichuan of the Xiangshan Gang in Guangdong, and the largest number is Zhou Lichun of Qingpu and Jiading Tiandihui, but the representatives sent this time are Zhou Lichun's daughter Zhou Xiuying and henchman brother Xu Yao. Secondly, it is Pan Qiliang, the leader of the Bailong Party, as well as Li Shaoxi of the Guangdong Jiaying Gang, Li Xianyun of the Fujian Xinghua Gang and others, a total of seven gangs, and the alliance forms the Shanghi Little Knife Club.

Only then did Pan Qiliang know that with the fact that he led the Hundred Dragons Party brothers to join the Shanghi Knife Club, the Shanghi Knife Club had become a unique giant gang in Shanghi.

After everyone finished greeting and quieted down, Liu Lichuan jumped onto a table and shouted loudly: "Brothers, today, the name of our seven major gangs no longer exists, and there will only be one gang in Shanghi in the future, and that is our Shanghi Knife Club!" ”