Chapter 29: Strength and Weakness
Tuanhe County, north of the city, Tonggu Street.
This is the poorest and most dilapidated street in the north of the city, and it can even be said to be the poorest street in the entire county, the street is narrow, the whole road is full of potholes, and the houses on both sides are also dilapidated. The people walking down the street also looked disparate and lifeless in their eyes. This street, including a large part of the neighborhood, is the slum of the city, where the poorest people in the county live.
Tuanhe County is divided into four major urban districts by four city gates. The city gates on all sides are connected by two by two avenues, east and west, north and south. The four districts meet at the most central intersection, and the division of the districts as a whole is like four inverted triangles spliced together.
Most of its eastern urban areas are office locations such as various yamen of the government, and the best is public security. Nancheng District is home to a variety of shops, and out of the city gate is the wharf that connects to the Turbulent River, so the flow of people is the largest and the most prosperous. There is a low mountain outside Xicheng District, through the mountains for dozens of miles is the next county Zhao County, there are often merchants who come and go between the two counties, and there are mountain people in the mountain villages living in the mountains of the west of the city, from the west gate to buy and sell all kinds of medicinal materials and goods from neighboring counties, so although the west of the city is not as prosperous as the south of the city, it is also considered to be prosperous. Only in the north of the city, outside the city is flat, although there are fields, but the land is not fertile, and the output is not abundant. Therefore, the north of the city is the poorest urban area in the entire county, and agriculture and commerce are not developed. Of course, this poverty is relative to ordinary people, at this time, the largest force occupying the north of the city, the Black Snake Gang, is not poor at all, not only because the north of the city is close to the crossroads, the best shop lots are in the hands of the Black Snake Gang, and the Black Snake Gang, as a water gang, also occupies a section of the waterway on the turbulent river, which is enough to support the daily expenses and development of the Black Snake Gang.
Since Tonggu Street is known as the poorest and most dilapidated, the streets in the slums will naturally not be in any prosperous area in the north of the city. Not only is it not prosperous, but it is even located in the northwest corner away from the center, next to the area controlled by the Golden Scale Gang in the west of the city.
Originally, in a position like this, no force would look at it, and the Black Snake Gang, who nominally controlled it, would not even look at this place, but only regarded this place as a buffer zone with the Golden Scale Gang.
But today seems to be a little different from usual, a group of people wearing uniform blue clothes walked in early in the morning, causing a lot of discussion among people nearby. As one of the largest gangs in the county, the standard clothing of the Golden Scale Gang, of course, the people who live here will not be unrecognizable, but what are the people of the Golden Scale Gang doing when they come to the territory controlled by the Black Snake Gang? Could it be that the two major gangs are finally going to war?
With everyone's curious and inquisitive eyes, this group of Golden Scale Gang members walked into several shops along the street, and then took out the gong cloth they carried with them to decorate the façade of the shop, and then hung up the firecrackers that had been prepared and lit them, and with a crackling sound, as a brief opening ceremony was completed, and then someone stood up and shouted to the people who were attracted by this lively sound and gathered.
It is to the effect that most of the shops on this street and the next two streets have been bought by the Golden Scale Gang, and the Golden Scale Gang will open their doors here to do business in the future, and I hope that all the neighbors will support them.
This action caused the nearby residents to be confused for a while. It is said that this is the territory controlled by the Black Snake Gang in the north of the city, and the Golden Scale Gang should not come here even if they want to do business, not to mention that the people living in this neighborhood are poor, what kind of money can be made by doing business here?
Some nimble-minded people suddenly felt a thrill when they thought of this, and at this time, the nearby onlookers also reacted one after another under the prompts around them, and quickly dispersed. I'm afraid that the Black Snake Gang will react, and then the two gangs will fight and affect the pond fish.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that for a few days, the nearby streets were safe and sound, and nothing happened, as if the Black Snake Gang hadn't received the news at all, or didn't care at all.
"What? The matter was solved, how was it solved so quickly?" Mo Chen, who heard the news, looked surprised and couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.
In the past few days, Mo Chen is still staying in the Rejuvenation Hall, pretending to go to Jing Yu's small courtyard to learn martial arts during the day, and cultivating in the dream realm at night to increase his spirit.
Today, Mo Chen came to Jing Yu as usual, but he didn't expect to meet Jing Yu who suddenly returned, and he learned from him that the riot dealt with by the Golden Scale Gang had been resolved, so he asked with a surprised face.
At this time, Mo Chen and Jing Yu were sitting cross-legged on the futon in the house, and only one futon was originally placed in the house, and the other futon was taken out by Jing Yu from the inner room.
Hearing Mo Chen's question, Jing Yu smiled:
"When I heard the news, I was just as surprised as Brother Mo. It wasn't until later that I figured out what was going on.
In fact, at this time, the size of the two gangs is compared, and the Golden Scale Gang has the upper hand as a whole, so the Black Snake Gang does not dare to start a fight head-on, and the reason why they use these little tricks to provoke. It was just that under the pressure of the Imperial Court's Arrest Division, the Golden Scale Gang did not dare to start the dispute first, after all, it was not the members of the Black Snake Gang who came to make trouble this time, and the Golden Scale Gang had no reason to use this to find trouble for them.
However, this time the gang directly oppressed people with power, and in the name of doing business, it directly extended its power to the territory of the Black Snake Gang in the north of the city, especially Tonggu Street. You must know that these people who dare to come to the territory of the Golden Scale Gang to make trouble are because the group is desperate and attracted by the conditions offered by the Black Snake Gang. The second is that we live in the territory controlled by the Black Snake Gang in the north of the city, and we have been following the well water of the Black Snake Gang for so many years, thinking that as long as we return to the territory controlled by the Black Snake Gang, we will have no way to take them. Most of these people are people from the vicinity of Tonggu Street.
This time, we directly spread our influence here, firstly, to let them understand who is most powerful now, and secondly, to directly radiate the sphere of influence to them, if we still don't know what to do, then we can directly retaliate. Moreover, the Black Snake Gang is already weak, and we occupy these useless territories, and they dare not compete with us because of this, because the gains outweigh the losses. This trick not only solves the threat, but also shows its majesty to the outside world, telling others that the current situation between our two gangs has a lot of potential benefits, and it is really killing two birds with one stone. ”
Hearing this, Mo Chen also understood the current situation. Originally, I thought that this form would continue for a while, and it was not until the Golden Scales Gang used their hot hands to kill chickens and monkeys that this incident could come to an end. I didn't expect the Golden Scale Gang to break the game by this means, killing two birds with one stone, not only solving this trouble, but also revealing to everyone the current contrast between the strength and weakness of the two gangs, I am afraid that the Golden Scale Gang will be more arrogant in the future, on the contrary, the people of the Black Snake Gang will be three points weaker before they dare to face the Golden Scale Gang.
"By the way, let's not talk about that. Jing Yu suddenly changed his words: "I haven't congratulated Brother Mo yet." ”
"Congratulations to me, congratulations to what?" Mo Chen was a little puzzled when he heard this.
Seeing Mo Chen's expression, Jing Yu said:
"Brother Mo is still pretending, I have long known that Brother Mo is talented, but I didn't expect to underestimate Brother Mo. I have entrusted my father's blessing, and when I cultivate every day, I have all kinds of resources, and I am also diligent and hardworking, but today I can only be a small success in the Divine Concentration Realm, but Brother Mo is silently and the Spiritual Concentration Realm is complete. Isn't it worth congratulating on the fact that you are only one step away from entering the cultivation of qi?"
Only then did Mo Chen react to Jing Yu's words, and said with a smile: "I'm just a small step ahead of Brother Jing, Brother Jing doesn't have to be arrogant, this can be regarded as a happy event." ”
"Brother Mo doesn't have to shirk, I must set up a banquet to celebrate Brother Mo tonight. It just so happened that I came back one step ahead of schedule today, Brother Fang and Brother Wu were not there, there were only the two of us, so I would take Brother Mo to a special place, hehehe. Jing Yu laughed as he spoke, with a mysterious expression on his face.
It seems that this Jing Yu has seen my talent and began to increase his investment in me, and this time only taking me one is also to show that he is closer to me. Mo Chen thought about this in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, but he just agreed happily.