Chapter 20: The Four Gangs, the Sprouts of Desire, and Hope
A snow-white horse of one color walked on the straight road. Why walk instead of galloping? Because Wu Lao Er is not good at riding horses.
Wu Lao Er looked at the scenery on both sides of the road with anticipation on the horse, and there were six horsemen behind him on the left and right, and the knights on the six horses were wearing golden armor with a water, and the scarlet cloak was hunting behind him. The helmet was taken off and held between one arm, and the six people all had constipated expressions on their faces.
Yesterday, Wu Lao Er borrowed a horse in the post house and ran to the capital with Xiao Dezi, thinking that there was more than an hour on the same road, but he walked for more than two hours. Wu Lao Er had no choice, he forgot that he couldn't ride a horse, so he asked Xiao Dezi for advice on the way. Xiao Dezi can ride a horse, but not much, and he hasn't ridden it a few times before. When the two arrived in the capital, it was almost dinner time. Wu Lao Er immediately entered the palace with Xiao Dezi to find His Royal Highness King Zhao. Bai Qi, the king of Zhao, ordered someone to take a hundred white jade coins for Wu Lao Er, and sent six guards to follow, so that Wu Lao Er could rest for a night before going on the road.
Daye City is not far from the capital, about 400 miles away, in the north of the capital, there are no other towns or the like around, it is a lonely city.
Originally, I rode all the way and there was a post station on the road, so it took me more than half a day to arrive. However, Wu Lao Er asked the head of the guard along the way for the essentials of horseback riding, and he would not see the shadow of Daye City until the evening. That's why the six guards had constipated expressions on their faces.
Wu Lao Er also felt wronged, these people are good at riding horses, but teaching people to ride horses is a layman, and they don't have the consciousness of being a teacher at all, and they are not even as easy to understand as Xiao Dezi. Finally, when he was about to reach his destination, he initially mastered the essentials of horseback riding, and Wu Lao Er felt that he was really a genius.
Daye City is a city prepared for war. At the beginning, the first emperor of the White Jade Kingdom built this city, intending to make this city a rear base for the crusade against Black Jade and Huangshi. Therefore, the traffic of Daye City is developed, the road leading to the four directions is the big road of a horse and Pingchuan, the city wall is more than five zhang high, the east and west are nearly 5,000 steps long, about 3,500 steps from north to south, and the buildings in the city are built of bricks and stones. The palace of King Zhao is close to the east of the city, covering an extremely wide area, and it is believed that the emperor ordered people to build it a few years ago.
Wu Lao Er took a few people into the city and went to King Zhao's mansion to take a turn, the house has been cleaned up almost, all kinds of furniture and furnishings have been completed, just some decorations and the like I don't know King Zhao's preferences, the government did not dare to buy indiscriminately. Then a few people went to dinner. During the banquet, Wu Lao Er asked the shopkeeper where the second brocade guard yamen was. After eating, Wu Lao Er asked a few people to go to the palace to settle down first, and then go to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to report to him, and by the way, he had to do a few things.
Jinyi Wei Yamen is in the east of the city near the city wall, the inconspicuous courtyard, like the decline of the big family, in addition to the area is slightly larger, the courtyard wall is slightly higher, in the layout is far inferior. When he was at the door, Wu Lao Er heard the breathing sound of two people coming from the courtyard walls on both sides of the door. Smirked, knocked on the door.
The door opened, and a thin man pushed it open, staring at Wu Lao Er with a pair of sparkling eyes. Wu Lao Er also looked at the man who opened the door, his martial arts were not weak, but he didn't expect that he was just watching the door.
"Private house, I don't know what your Excellency is doing here?"
The person is thin and weak, but his voice is loud, and his internal strength is obviously not weak.
Wu Lao Er didn't answer his question, but just took out his waist card from his arms and handed it to this person. The thin man took the waist card suspiciously, looked at it carefully, turned it over again, and finally respectfully held the waist card with both hands and handed it back to Wu Lao Er, bowed and said: "It turned out that the commander was the commander, and the little Zhang San was left behind tonight, and I saw the commander of the envoy." β
Wu Lao Er withdrew his waist card, "Let's talk about it when we go in." β
Wu Lao Er walked into the lobby of the official office and sat directly in the right seat, and there were four people standing below, including Zhang San. Wu Lao Er sat for a while, and Zhang San made tea and brought it up.
Wu Lao Er took the teacup, blew lightly and said: "You all sit down, this commander is not familiar with this great city when he first arrives, you report your name to this commander to introduce the situation in the city." β
"Thank you, sir." Zhang San spoke first, pointed to the people around him and said, "Lord Yu, this is Li Si, and those two are the two brothers Yuan Jiang and Yuan Hai. β
Wu Lao Er nodded and continued to speak, Zhang San said cautiously: "The four of us are all on duty tonight, and the commander Duan Tianbao received a letter from the capital two days ago saying that the adults will arrive in these two days, so he instructed the villain to report to him as soon as the adults arrived." I don't know what adults mean? β
Wu Lao Er pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, it's getting late tonight, I'll come back tomorrow to see Master Duan." Tell me first about this great city. β
"Yes, sir. Our Daye City has developed transportation, prosperous commerce, and many people in the rivers and lakes. After Zhang San finished speaking, he looked up at Wu Lao Er, saw that there was no expression, and continued: "To be honest, my lord, there are too few brothers in our Daye City, and there are more places to take into account. Lord Duan has made a few moves, butγBut the effect is not greatγ β
Wu Lao Er sighed and said: "What I want to know is not these, I will slowly see those things in the rivers and lakes." What I want to know is if there are any big gangs in this city, and if they break the law? β
Zhang San and the others looked at each other and were surprised. The affairs of the gang can also be managed, but generally they don't care about such small things. Since they dare to openly form gangs and factions in the city, they must have a certain relationship background, and even if there are oppressive and good behaviors, everyone will turn a blind eye. Listening to the meaning of the new commander, it seems that this first sword is going to be cut at these gangs.
The brothers of the Yuan family are more familiar with gang affairs, and at that moment Yuan Jiang said: "My lord, the small things in this city are also familiar. There are four major gangs in the city, which are divided into four cities, east, west, north and south, and there are many conflicts on weekdays. Li Dongyi, the leader of the gang in the east of the city, is nicknamed 'the king of heaven'; there is an iron fist gang in the west city, and the gang leader is Liu Qingshan, who is known as Liu Tiequan."
"Wait a minute," Wu Lao Er interrupted with a wave of his hand, "Why do these people have nicknames?" β
"Eh, the people of the rivers and lakes, they have a well-known name, and their face is bigger."
"Well, go ahead." Wu Lao Er motioned for him to continue.
"Yes, sir. Occupying the southern city is the Lihuo Gang, the leader of which is Tang Qing, the 'full star', and the largest gang in the northern city, called the Qian Gang, and the gang leader is a woman named Qian Jingwang, and everyone calls her 'Qian Chuanzi'. β
Wu Lao Er thought for a while and said to a few people: "These four gangs are the biggest, right?" After receiving affirmative answers from several people, he said, "Then how many things are these gangs doing to commit adultery and oppress the good?" How about the martial arts of the gang leader and the main backbone? β
When Yuan Jiang heard Wu Lao Er say this, his heart moved, and he replied in a solemn tone: "In fact, except for the Dongyi Gang, which has a lot of traitors, the rest of the Iron Fist Gang and the Lihuo Gang only charge some protection fees from merchants at most, and the disciples in the gang do not bully men and women on weekdays, and the Qian Gang does not even charge protection fees, they have businesses such as green buildings, restaurants, and casinos in Beicheng, and they also do middleman trading for various merchants, and have a good reputation." The leader of the money gang is righteous, does not oppress the living customers, and is willing to spend a lot of money on the high-rollers, so the gang is the largest. This woman can do things and make money, so there are many people who call her 'female Meng Wei'. β
After Yuan Jiang finished saying this bunch of words, he stopped looking at Wu Lao Er, but unfortunately he didn't see anything unusual on Wu Lao Er's face, and he didn't expect that this new commander would have such a city at such a young age. Swallowed his spit and continued: "I heard that Li Dongyi is a member of the Li family in Hanoi, and I heard that his uncle is still serving in the Left Guard Army, yes, yes" Speaking of this, he cautiously glanced at Li Si next to him, and did not speak again.
Wu Lao Er frowned slightly, he saw Yuan Jiang's small movements, but the Li family in Hanoi should not be underestimated, and even the family can be traced back to the Warring States Period, and it is said that it is the descendant of Zhao ** God Li Mu, and I don't know if it's true or not. However, the Li family in Hanoi is still very famous in the world of the White Jade Emperor. Thinking of this, Wu Lao Er said to the four people: "After a while, the four of you will go to these four helpers separately, just say what I said, let them go to Zhao Wangfu tomorrow morning to find me, and have something to discuss." β
After Wu Lao Er finished speaking, he got up and left, and Zhang San and the other four people behind him were busy sending them off, and Wu Lao Er waved his hand to signal them to do something.
As soon as the four of them saw that Wu Lao Er was gone, they hurriedly glanced at each other, and Li Si said to the three people: "I don't know what this commander means?" You must know that the affairs of the gang are not under the control of our Jinyi Guard, and I don't know if the four gang leaders will give us this face? β
In fact, he is the most worried among several people, Li Si is a side branch of the Li family, and he has no great skills. He was able to enter Jinyiwei because of the past of kung fu, and he was familiar with people in Daye City, so Li Tianyi found someone to send him to Jinyiwei. Li Tianyi is also a side branch of the Li family in Hanoi, but his own uncle served in the Left Guard Army and was more valued by the Li family, so he had nothing to fear in Daye City.
"Cough," Zhang San coughed and said, "Brother Li, I think you should go to Dongcheng and explain the matter to Gang Master Li, and try not to cause any misunderstanding." Our Lord Wu is also the head of the palace, and I think there may be some things to borrow from the gangs, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Zhang San couldn't figure out what Wu Lao Er's thoughts were, so he had to play a round game.
Li Siyi saw that the Yuan family brothers also meant the same thing, so he nodded and said, "Okay, that brother will leave this first, and the remaining three families will be handed over to the three brothers." With that, he clenched his fists and turned away.
The remaining Zhang San and the Yuan family brothers looked at each other twice, and they both turned their minds in their hearts, but they didn't say anything, and went their separate ways.
But what did Wu Lao Er have in mind? It's definitely not a good idea, what did you do in your previous life? The boss of a local gang, I know if these gangs will not be so simple. It's just that I also want to leave some family business in this big cause city, what is the fastest way to get money? That will inevitably clash with several big gangs. And Wu Lao Er thinks that the gangs in this Great Cause City are no different from the underworld in his previous life, otherwise why haven't he heard of any gang that is famous in the rivers and lakes? Tomorrow is to meet these gang leaders, observe who of these people has the possibility of cooperation, and then slowly find a way to take down the guy who makes people angry and resentful. Then gather and support a few small forces to come to power, so that their own family foundation will come out. has their own help in Daye City, and then slowly guides, so that they can do less evil things, this Daye City has endless business exchanges from east to west, north and south, are you afraid that there will be no money to feed people!
However, if these gangs can become bigger, they must be inseparable from the support of the government behind them. Li Dongyi is from the Li family, but he doesn't know who the other representatives are. And that money stares, doing this as a woman is a bit amazing for Wu Lao Er. Although the women in this world are not constrained by so many dogmas, there are few people who show up to do business like this, which is not simple
Wu Lao Er didn't take the integration of ** as a big deal, but the sooner this thing was done, the better, so he just arrived here to go to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to arrange. He knew that Li Si was Li Dongyi's person, but before he showed his malice, he didn't dare to take himself too seriously, after all, he was King Zhao's confidant!
Walking towards Zhao Wangfu unhurriedly, Wu Lao Er vaguely seemed to see his past life. It's just that in the previous life, he was from scratch, a little bit of hard work in the world, and the hardships he endured were not enough for outsiders, but in this life, he has the background of Zhao Wangfu, a big backer, and what he wants to do is relatively simpler.
There are only a few lights in the palace in front, Wu Lao Er looks up at the sky, and there are only a few stars in the sky. What is your future path? What is your own **? Wu Lao Er shook his head, he couldn't see what he thought clearly, and the sprout of ** seemed to be only a little bit