Chapter 170: Xuanwu Lake
The position of the big boss of the Hanyang Gang can be said to be given to Xia Nan by more than a dozen commanders, and he was put in the position of the big boss, but unfortunately, he, the big boss, has no power in the Hanyang Gang, and no one listens to him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Unlike Liang Shengjin and Lu Bei, who have malicious intentions towards Xia Nan and want to kill Xia Nan, he will become the big boss of the Hanyang Gang, with his hands in his hands and in a high position.
More than a dozen soldiers are still good to Xia Nan, at least they are willing to let Xia Nan occupy the position of the big boss of the Hanyang Gang, although they are more greedy for power, they are still good compared to Liang Shengjin and Lu Bei.
However, Xia Nan is ambitious and does not want to live under the hands of others forever, and it is not his wish to be enshrined as a god statue.
After that, Xia Nan also reflected on himself, and felt that he really thought a little badly, and if he wanted to reform the Hanyang Gang, he couldn't do it too quickly, and it was better to be slower.
By boiling frogs in warm water, the Hanyang Gang was reformed, and the result that Xia Nan hoped for was to change the Hanyang Gang into a gang equivalent to the Zhengdao Sect and break away from the Green Forest Road.
Green Forest Road may be more free, but many of the practices of Green Forest Road are not recognized by Xia Nan, so he wants to change everything.
In his heart, Xia Nan is indeed in a hurry, but after recognizing his mistakes, he will be a little more restrained and know that he should take it step by step.
Not only that, Xia Nan's cultivation has also become stronger, and his strength is stronger, worthy of fighting with the masters of the Grandmaster Realm.
Such a strong man, not to mention anything else, should be one of the best existences in the Hanyang Gang, and no one else can compare.
With such a strength, Xia Nan is confident that there is no problem in suppressing the Hanyang Gang and holding it firmly in his hands, but he is not reconciled to this.
Xia Nan won the Hanyang Gang and became the big boss of the Hanyang Gang, not to calculate his prestige in the Hanyang Gang and become a dog guarding the household, but to use the Hanyang Gang as a fulcrum for further development.
With such an appeal, the first step must be to strengthen the strength of the gang and find a way to control the Hanyang gang strongly, so that no one in the gang will oppose his words.
After repelling the Grandmaster Realm powerhouse Du Wen sent by the Yongwu Houfu, Xia Nan's prestige in the Hanyang Gang has indeed improved a little, maybe it is not up to a word, and no one dares to object to a word, but it has also had a preliminary effect.
Since that day of competing for the position of the big boss, Liang Shengjin has not been able to achieve his goal, and has always maintained an alienated attitude towards him, perhaps not against him, but it has always been a silent confrontation, and he will never see his previous enthusiasm.
The same is true of the third master, Lubei, perhaps because of Han Dengyue's death, he has more opinions about Xia Nan, and he has never had a good face towards him.
However, after he burst out with a combat power comparable to that of a master of the Grandmaster Realm, the two of them were honest, and it was hard to say what they thought of him in their hearts, but they looked good on the surface.
In the process of fighting the mad sword Du Wen, Xia Nan's combat power broke out, which shocked Liang Shengjin and Lu Bei too much, and then they were so frightened that they didn't dare to have any disrespect for Xia Nan anymore, for fear that he would be unhappy and kill them.
When more than a dozen soldiers faced Xia Nan, they also restrained a lot, and some of them looked at Xia Nan's gaze, which was very peculiar, excited and excited, in short, all kinds of eyes.
These soldiers also admitted that there was an incense affair with Xia Nan, so in terms of attitude towards him, it was much better, and Xia Nan showed such a strong strength at once, so it would naturally be better, and he lowered his posture accordingly.
It's just a battle, although Xia Nan fought really hard, there are a lot of benefits, and the troubles in the Hanyang Gang can be said to be swept away, even if there is something in secret, at least there is no problem on the surface.
Compared with Liang Shengjin, Lu Bei and more than a dozen commanders, the ordinary gangs in the Hanyang Gang are better, they don't really care so much about who is the big boss, as long as they will lead them to a good life, they will have face when they go out, and they have status in the rivers and lakes.
These ordinary gangs respect the strong even more, and the combat effectiveness shown by Xia Nan is a real strongman, and they have no reason not to respect him, not to mention that he is already the nominal leader of the Hanyang Gang.
After preliminarily handling the affairs of the Hanyang Gang, Xia Nan felt that he was much more relaxed, and he could specify the next plan, and he also thought about taking out the previous proposal, so that the Hanyang Gang would no longer rob and be a fisherman directly, but the last time he was opposed very badly.
Now, although he has some prestige in the gang, it is due to the strength of the force, but it has not brought any credit and benefits to the gang.
So, out of prudence, Xia Nan had an idea, it is better to expand the contradiction to the outside first, and transform the internal contradiction into an external contradiction.
How to transform it into external contradictions, there is only war, and war has always been a good way to divert attention and divert attention.
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Hanyang Lake is connected to a tributary of the Han River, and you can sail all the way to the Han River from Hanyang Lake, and the water and land transportation is smooth.
The water and land transportation network of the Ming Kingdom is really complete and smooth, there are canals in the north and south, the Han River in the east and west, and some other rivers, the fame and water flow may not be as good as the canal and the Han River, but it should not be underestimated.
The Han River runs through the east and west of the Ming Kingdom, and is directly connected to the mouth of the East China Sea to the east, and all the rushing water in the Han River flows into the East China Sea.
The Han River has abundant water, and the water flow is extremely large, mighty and mighty, galloping endlessly, all the way to the east, and there is no turning back if it does not enter the East China Sea.
Such a vast river will definitely connect to other waterways or rivers in the middle, such as the canal and Hanyang Lake, and some other places, such as Xuanwu Lake.
What is Xuanwu Lake, but it is a lake that is somewhat similar to the appearance of a turtle, the area of the lake is like Hanyang Lake, but it is more famous than Hanyang Lake, at least in the past ten years, the name of Xuanwu Lake is famous in the Ming Kingdom.
The reason why Xuanwu Lake is famous is because in Xuanwu Lake, like Hanyang Lake, there is a nest of water bandits, and these water bandits are more powerful than the Hanyang Gang.
The water bandits in Xuanwu Lake are called the Xuanwu Water Gang, and they are generally called the Water Gang on the rivers and lakes.
The Xuanwu Water Gang has been walking in the Han River for many years, except for gangs like the Hanyang Gang, which are huddled in a corner, as long as they are gangs on the Han River, no one dares to compete with the Xuanwu Water Gang.
In fact, the Hanyang Gang did not dare to compete with the Xuanwu Water Gang, and in Han Dengyue's era, the Hanyang Gang did not pay attention to the Xuanwu Water Gang at all and played their own.
I think back then, when Xia Fenyi was there, how majestic the Hanyang Gang was, and its status on the Han River far exceeded that of today's Xuanwu Water Gang, and it was once extremely close to the first gang on the water, the Cao Gang.
The Cao Gang relies on the North-South Canal to exist, and the gang is well-organized and powerful, although it is not among the martial arts gangs, it is more powerful than most martial arts gangs.
Once, the Hanyang Gang was once extremely close to the size and status of the Cao Gang, and under the leadership of Xia Fenyi, the Hanyang Gang developed rapidly, almost occupying the entire upper and lower reaches of the Han River.
The Han River is a naturally occurring river, and the current in the river is turbulent, so it is not suitable for small boats, but it is still good for large boats, and you can drive on the water surface of the Han River.
The canal is different from the Han River, and it is believed that although the length of the excavated river is not worse than that of the Han River, it is inevitably a little worse in terms of width.
The man-made traces of the canal are very obvious, and in the canal, the water flow is not so turbulent at all, and it will generally remain within a certain flow rate, which is definitely not too much.
The canal was dug out to strengthen the north-south traffic, and in such a case, it was naturally impossible to make the current very turbulent, otherwise it would be detrimental to the ships traveling in it.
Why can the Cao Gang develop to such a huge scale, it is not worse than some first-class sects on the rivers and lakes, and even, in terms of numbers, it is more than all the top sects.
Strictly speaking, the Cao Gang is not a martial arts sect, but a gang based on the imperial court, and to some extent, it is somewhat similar to some yamen in the imperial court.
The Cao Gang is an organization between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, and it will have great face on the rivers and lakes and above the imperial court, but to a certain extent, it will be separated from the imperial court and the rivers and lakes.
The Cao Gang is like a reckless dragon, lying in ambush in the Ming Kingdom, across the north and south, the strength of the Cao Gang is extremely strong, that is called a powerful.
The name of the first gang on the water of the Cao Gang is definitely not for nothing, there is no rival in the water, and there has been no rival for so many years.
Back then, Xia Fenyi first controlled such a big gang as the leader of the Cao Gang, because he felt that the Cao Gang had too many rules, and many of them were entangled, even as the leader of the Cao Gang, he couldn't control much power and couldn't control much strength.
The Cao Gang is between the court and the rivers and lakes, and can extend its tentacles in the court and the rivers and lakes, such a powerful gang, it is impossible for the Ming Kingdom to turn a blind eye to the forces in the court or the rivers and lakes.
Such a powerful gang, some people or forces in the court and the rivers and lakes will definitely infiltrate into the Cao Gang, and the current Cao Gang may be very powerful, but it is infiltrated like a sieve.
Not only the forces or people in the court or the rivers and lakes infiltrated into the Cao Gang, infiltrating the Cao Gang like a sieve, but among them, there were also some chaotic forces, such as the White Lotus Sect or the Ming Sect and the like.
Anti-imperial organizations like the White Lotus Sect or the Ming Sect also flocked to the Cao Gang, and the proportion in the Cao Gang was really not small.
The proportion of various forces in the Cao Gang occupies a huge proportion, and all kinds of forces and people are entangled together, you have me, I have you, like Teng Man is entangled together.
The various forces that are tightly entangled occupy the Cao Gang tightly, and the forces in it are not sorted out at all, even if Xia Fenyi is the leader of the Cao Gang, he can't straighten out the relationship between the Cao Gang.
As a great master at the level of a great grandmaster, Xia Fenyi's strength is absolutely strong, and in the Great Ming Kingdom, he is a high-ranking existence, and it is not unusual for him to be the overlord of one side.
It's a pity that no matter how strong the strength is, in the Cao Gang with intertwined forces, it can't be sorted out at all, and even Xia Fenyi can't do it, and in the end, in order to achieve his own revenge, he has to leave the Cao Gang.
After leaving the Cao Gang, Xia Fenyi founded the Hanyang Gang, and with the means of managing the Cao Gang, the strength of the Hanyang Gang continued to rise, and in the end, it almost caught up with the Cao Gang.
The strong strength of the Cao Gang is accumulated little by little since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the Cao Gang has more than 100,000 people up and down, core or periphery.
100,000 is not a small number, some of the armies of the Ming Kingdom are only tens of thousands, and if the 100,000 gang goes through strict training, it will definitely become a strong force.
It is almost impossible for such a powerful Cao gang to catch up, and if it wants to develop to such a large number of people, I am afraid that only the beggar gang can compare.
The Hanyang Gang founded by Xia Fenyi, when the number was the largest, was only 30,000 people, and in the past, the Hanyang Gang, which was very close to the Cao Gang, talked about strength.
The strength of the Hanyang Gang is extremely strong, not in terms of numbers, but in terms of masters, it is indeed relatively strong, at that time, below Xia Fenyi, there were also masters of the Grandmaster Realm.
It's a pity that after Xia Fenyi's death, all the masters of the Grandmaster Realm of the Hanyang Gang left, if it weren't for that, how could Han Dengyue and Liang Shengjin, two innate martial artists, become the big boss and the second leader of the Hanyang Gang.
Thinking back then, what a powerful gang was, and now, although it has not disappeared, it has become much worse and its strength has been greatly weakened.
Today's Hanyang Gang, compared to the Hanyang Gang back then, the gap is really unreasonable, it is a bit big, not only the number has been reduced to 10,000, but also, there is not even a grandmaster-level master.
The Hanyang Gang in Xia Fenyi's era almost caught up with the Cao Gang, and the gap was already very small, and the Hanyang Gang of that era was known as the second largest water gang in the world.
Such a Hanyang Gang is a powerful Hanyang Gang, and it is also very good as the second in the world, but today, the Hanyang Gang has no shadow, and its ranking in the rivers and lakes has long been unknown.
Today's Hanyang Gang, not to mention the Cao Gang, has long been dumped and there is not even a shadow, and even the Xuanwu Water Gang that used to be in an unknown corner can't be compared.
Today, the Xuanwu Water Gang is already known as the second largest water gang in the world, and it is the Jianghu gang after the Cao Gang.
However, the title of the second in the world of this Xuanwu Water Gang is not so real, it is a little boastful, and it calls itself the second in the world, in fact, there are not many forces that are truly recognized.
At that time, the Hanyang Gang, known as the second water gang in the world, was well deserved, and its influence on the green forest road in the six southern provinces was extremely great.
In the middle of the Han River, a row of six large boats moved forward in the ups and downs of the river, and with the waves in the river, although the big boats were a little turbulent, they still moved forward steadily.
In the middle of the Han River, the boundary of the boat line is getting wider and wider, and at an inflection point, the current becomes more turbulent, and it turns from the splash of rocks.
After turning that corner, it suddenly became clear to me, and from the tributary, I turned to a very large lake, a wide lake.
There is no end to the surface of a huge lake, and the water in the lake is very calm, and you can see the ripples gradually waving under the gentle breeze.
Six large ships drove in an orderly manner and entered the lake one after another, and on one of the boats, a group of people were climbing high and looking into the distance, observing the scene in the lake.
"Second brother, we broke into the territory of the Xuanwu Water Gang like this, is it really good, the Xuanwu Water Gang is probably not so easy to deal with. ”
Lu Bei was a little worried and asked in a deep voice.
Liang Shengjin glanced at Xia Nan in front of him, and said in a low voice: "The Xuanwu Water Gang is naturally not easy to deal with, especially the leader of the Xuanwu Water Gang, Li Guiri, although he is only a martial artist of the Innate Realm, his strength is actually very strong, and under the attack of the Grandmaster Realm martial artist, he can support one or two. Moreover, there are many masters in the Xuanwu Water Gang, and I heard that there are hundreds of martial artists in the Innate Gang Qi Realm, and the gangs in the gang are also people who dare to fight. ”
Lu Bei frowned and said, "In this way, we must be going to fail." ”
Liang Shengjin shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say, it's really hard to say, the strength of the Xuanwu Water Gang is indeed strong, but we can't be underestimated, we should be able to stop Li Guiri." Now, the only thing I'm worried about is whether the brothers in our gang can stop the Xuanwu Water Gang. ”
Liang Shengjin's words expressed the worries of many people, and they must be a little apprehensive in their hearts, the reputation of the Xuanwu Water Gang in the rivers and lakes is too strong, and to some extent, it even overpowers the Cao Gang.
Yes, the Cao Gang is the largest water gang in the world, with a large number of people and very strong strength, but its style has always been very plain, and it has always been stable and stable.
The Xuanwu Water Gang is different, its style has always been more radical, much more radical than today's Hanyang Gang, and even catches up with the Hanyang Gang back then.
The reputation of the Xuanwu Water Gang is indeed relatively good, but it is not a good reputation, it is a world-famous notoriety, and the reputation is very bad.
The Xuanwu Water Gang has gained such a huge bad reputation, and it has also accumulated little by little, the Xuanwu Water Gang is a gang of the same nature as the Hanyang Gang, and they are all a gang of robbery.
Today's Hanyang Gang has fallen to a very bad state, although it is the same as robbing outside, the things that can be robbed, and the bulk items that can be robbed, are indeed very few.
Compared with the Hanyang Gang, the situation of the Xuanwu Water Gang is much better, this gang has done a lot of robbery, and they have all done extremely sensational things, causing great turmoil in the rivers and lakes.
Like robbing the items of the Yongwu Mansion, the Hanyang Gang didn't dare to do it before, but this time, it was Han Dengyue's head that was broken, so he came here like this.
The Xuanwu Water Gang, like the Xuanwu Water Gang, has always dared not provoke forces like Wuhou Mansion, but the targets they chose were very good, although they did not dare to provoke the big forces, the medium ones were never afraid.
After so many years of development, the Xuanwu Water Gang has become more and more powerful, more and more powerful, and its reputation has become more and more loud.
The area of Xuanwu Lake is slightly smaller than that of Hanyang Lake, but except for the fact that it is slightly inferior in area, it is not too bad in other aspects.
When the big ship sailed to the surface of Xuanwu Lake, the clear water of the lake was printed with the shadows of the big boats, which made Xia Nan feel relaxed and happy.
When all six big ships entered Xuanwu Lake, under Xia Nan's wisdom, the six big ships drove towards the center of Xuanwu Lake together.
Not long after I walked forward, on the sparkling lake, I saw a medium-sized boat that was not too big and small, and it was coming at a very fast speed.
"Hurry up, how do you catch up and take that ship down. ”
Xia Nan's eyes lit up and ordered.
Unlike the situation on Hanyang Lake, where there are still fishermen fishing, there are basically no other people's boats in Xuanwu Lake, all of them are the boats of the Xuanwu Water Gang's own people.
The Xuanwu Water Gang is equivalent to having occupied Xuanwu Lake, and no non-Xuanwu Water Gang is allowed to enter Xuanwu Lake by boat.
Generally speaking, mountain bandits or water bandits who are a little bit moral will not be one-size-fits-all when faced with the target of robbery, no matter who it is, they will all rob things and kill people.
There are moral mountain bandits or water bandits, they only rob things, only rob money, and will not harm people's lives, one is unnecessary, and the other is to keep it and maybe carry out the next robbery.
This happened to the Xuanwu Water Gang, who once caught a merchant's boat three times on the Han River and carried out three robberies, but no one was killed.
Of course, robbing a business three times like this, each time you can rob a lot of money, it is really rare, and the average businessman should not be so stupid or unlucky.
On the Han River, the number of boats is much less than on the canal, the canal is the main road of water traffic between the north and the south, and the ships coming and going between the north and the south, I don't know how many, have to rob a wave on the canal, and you can definitely make a lot of money.
It can be said that if the Hanyang Gang could open a toll point on the canal to collect protection fees for merchant ships traveling between the north and the south, even if a merchant ship could collect a little, it would have been issued a long time ago.
Collecting protection money in this way is similar to building a toll booth on the highway, which is actually similar in nature, and the way to earn money is similar.
Unfortunately, the canal is the territory of the Cao Gang, and without the permission of the Cao Gang, it is impossible to collect protection fees on the canal.
Don't look at the Cao Gang's usual inconspicuous appearance, not conspicuous at all, usually, on the rivers and lakes, the Cao Gang doesn't even have a sense of existence.
The Cao Gang is like a hidden dragon, a lurking dragon, don't look at the usual times and don't show their minions at all, but once they go berserk, even the top sects like the top ten factions of martial arts will have a big headache and give a little face.
The canal is the Cao Gang's own place, and it has been caught in the book by the Cao Gang, and it will never give up a minute or a second, because the Cao Gang relies on the canal to exist, and once something goes wrong with the canal, the Cao Gang will inevitably suffer a huge blow. (To be continued.) )