The next day, with dark circles under their eyes, Shen Faxing and Lu Yan went to the Huang Mansion to meet Chao Tian. After the three of them exchanged greetings in the study, Shen Faxing said straight to the point: "I think Ba Shang is not in peace! Leader Chao, you What do you think?"
Chao Tian put down the teacup in his hand and said with a wry smile: "Bashang Town is the court and the place designated by the government for the various Cao Gangs to compete. Since the imperial court tacitly allowed the Cao Gangs to 'eat the small fish', has Bashang Town ever been peaceful?" ?”
"What Alliance Leader Huang said is absolutely true!" Shen Faxing pondered for a long time and said to Huang Tian: "The world is called Jianghu when there are winds and waves. Bashang Tai is not peaceful. It depends on how big the wind and waves are. The previous wind and waves overturned countless small boats. ', but it could not overthrow our Jiangnan League, and we, on the contrary, grew stronger in the storms. So for us, the previous storms were peace and opportunities. But now... I am afraid that there will be a big one The wind and waves capsized our big ship."
During the process of Lu Yan's training of Cao Fist, Chao Tian and Fan Hu cooperated unexpectedly. This made Shen Faxing realize that Chao Tian and Fan Hu also met someone yesterday, but some words were not said. After all, Don't be too explicit.
"I am already a withered bone in a grave over sixty years old. I don't have a few days left to live. I don't want to fight for anything anymore. My only hope now is that my grandson will grow up in peace and live a life no different from ordinary people." days." Chao Tian took a deep look at Shen Faxing and said, "I don't plan to take care of the alliance's Cao Quan, and I don't plan to have it anymore. You can do whatever you want! As long as we give our ancestors and grandchildren a way to live, That’s it. What do you think, Leader Shen?”
Shen Faxing smiled bitterly and said: "Leader Chao, what you said is just insulting me. No matter how we fought in the past, we were all in the same boat anyway. No matter what, we didn't want this big boat to capsize in the wind and waves, but now there is someone A storm is enough to capsize our boat, and once it comes, we will be powerless to resist, so I hope you and I will be in the same boat."
Ever since Zhang Zhongjian no longer trusted Chao Tian, Shen Faxing supported Lu Yan in launching an attack on Chao Tian, and the three of them began to fight endlessly, openly and secretly. But now, without alerting the Zhang brothers, Shen Faxing knew that he only had I'm looking for cooperation with this veteran.
"How do you say this?" Chao Tian asked.
"I'll tell you the truth!" Shen Faxing was silent for a long time and said bitterly to Chao Tian: "Last night, a group of people took away my wife and children. Later Liu Jian told me that behind this group of people was no less than Yuan Yuan. The powerful forces of the Yuwen Clan and the Xuanwu Clan plan to burn down the Xuanwu Clan’s ships and then put the blame on our Jiangnan Alliance, and then use official power to uproot us.”
"What?" Chao Tian was shaken and screamed.
Shen Faxing sighed: "It seems that Leader Chao's house has also been patronized?"
Chao Tian slowly calmed down from the shock, and decided to have a frank talk with Shen Faxing, and said: "That's right! Someone came to visit me last night. They took my grandson away and returned him. Come back, someone is coming..."
Chao Tian recounted his experience and the other party's requirements, then stared at Shen Faxing and said, "Leader Shen, what did you say to those people when you met them?"
"Similar to each other!" Shen Faxing didn't hide anything, and told him exactly what he had encountered.
"You young people!" Chao Tian shook his head and sighed: "Usually you always find us old people annoying and an obstacle that hinders your progress. How are you now? You have offended the big shots, right? "
"It's too late to say this now, Alliance Leader Chao." Shen Faxing sighed: "The other party is obviously coming for the Alliance Leader. What do we do now?"
"Then, what does Leader Shen think?" Chao Tian asked without answering.
Seeing that he was still being naughty at this time, Shen Faxing felt a little unhappy, but at this time he was so anxious that he didn't care about anything, so he made his decision known: "Leader Chao, in our line of work, if you see If a big ship is going to sink, everyone will try their best to climb onto another ship, what do you think?"
"Are you sure that's a big ship?" Chao Tian didn't have a high-level spy like Liu Jian, so he didn't know as much about this force as Shen Faxing.
"I didn't believe it at first, but after hearing Liu Jian tell them their plan, I couldn't believe it anymore." Shen Faxing sighed and said to Chao Tian: "Our Jiangnan League ranks fifth in Ba Shang. If it were other major gangs, Joining forces to deal with us will not make me bow my head and accept my fate. But now this opponent not only has great power, but also has terrifying force. If they really want to kill us, it will be as simple as trampling an ant to death. It’s the most terrifying and helpless place.”
"And how can ants like us be able to deal with such a force?"
"It makes sense!" Chao Tian sighed and said in a deep voice: "I am old, and it is not a pity to die. There is nothing to regret. The only thing I can't worry about is my grandson. I only hope that he will grow up safely. Adults, please blossom and scatter leaves for my Chao family. Nothing else matters. If they can leave a family fortune for my grandson and let him grow up with enough food and clothing! I will do it with whoever I want. What do you think? ?”
"Then we will do as they ask." Shen Faxing gritted his teeth and said: "According to what Liu Jian said, the other party is planning to help the Xuanwu Gang become a big Cao Gang. This is clearly using the Xuanwu Gang's banner to establish A massive fleet. And the only place where we are useful is here."
Although Zhang Zhongjian saved Shen Faxing's life, their master-slave relationship lasted for many years, and what was once a pure friendship turned into a superior-subordinate relationship based on mutual benefit. Over time, this friendship naturally faded.
Now that it was about the lives of the whole family, young and old, Shen Faxing couldn't care less.
"Then let's just wait for the other party to come to your door." Chao Tian said with a wry smile.
"Alang, that person came yesterday." At this moment, a servant made a false alarm outside the door.
"Oh?" Chao Tian glanced at Shen Faxing and said, "It's just the right time! How about we meet together?"
Shen Faxing pondered for a long time and nodded: "That's fine! If we understand the other party's purpose, we can prescribe the right medicine."
The three of them stood up and walked quickly to greet them.
Chao Tian, who was walking in front, saw that the person coming was still the middle-aged man who sent "A Chou" back yesterday. He quickly saluted up and down and said, "I wonder what your orders are?"
The middle-aged man looked at Shen Faxing and Lu Yan next to him, and said to Chao Tian, "It turns out that Alliance Leaders Shen and Lu are here too! What a coincidence."
Seeing that he knew Shen Faxing and Lu Yan, Chao Tian knew that this 'mysterious' force had been paying attention to the Jiangnan League for a long time, so he quickly said: "The three of us have reached an agreement, and we will follow all your orders. "
He looked around and then said, "If you have anything to say, Zun He, can we say it in the hall?"
"Okay!" The big man followed the three people into the hall without delay.
After sitting down, he said: "Three of you, I will not hide anything from you three. If my master wants to kill you, it is no different from trampling an ant to death, so I am not afraid that you may do anything detrimental. You It’s better to be more knowledgeable.”
Chao Tian, Shen Faxing, and Lu Yan smiled bitterly when they heard this. Chao Tian said to him helplessly: "I learned from you, I am a competitor in the alliance with Leader Shen, and our usual friendship is only superficial. If we hadn't all met someone with Problems related to life and death will not sit here anymore. If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"Not bad!" Shen Faxing also nodded.
Hanzi said: "We have a huge industry, and our current goal is to integrate the existing canal gangs and build a strong water transport army. We will not say unify the water transport, but at least, it can meet our own needs. And you The reason why Jiangnan League is targeted by us is because you once assassinated our young master."
"Although the real owner who hired the murderer is dead and his family has been wiped out, you murderers can't escape the blame. If it weren't for the fate of my young master, your family would have been slaughtered by us long ago. How could you survive until now? Now my master , Young Master only pursues one person and one family, Zhang Zhongjian, you are very lucky."
"My master and young master are kind-hearted. If we had followed our wishes, we would have wiped out your young family long ago." This middle-aged man's name is Yang Tai, and he is the deputy commander of Yang Shuang's personal army. Although he has faded out of people's sight now sight, but he is actually one of the important figures who constitute the personal bodyguards and soldiers of the King of Wei.
When he first heard that Zhang Zhongjian, who assassinated Yang Ji, was the leader of the Jiangnan League, he wanted to destroy the Jiangnan League with his dead soldiers. If Dugu Min hadn't taken the official into consideration, how could Chao Tian, Shen Faxing, Lu Yan and others have survived until now?
When Chao Tian, Shen Faxing, and Lu Yan heard this, they understood the cause of the disaster, and the unabashed murderous intention of this big man made the three of them even more horrified.
"Zhang Zhongjian and the Jiangnan Alliance will definitely no longer exist, but you people are very lucky." Yang Tai said calmly: "If you get along with each other, you will become one of the many elders and managers of the Xuanwu Gang in the future, although not as good as the current deputy leader in name." , but the actual power is definitely greater than it is now.”
When Chao Tian, Shen Faxing, and Lu Yan heard these words, they all felt relieved as they had received a promise.
The three of them looked at each other, clasped their fists and said, "I am willing to serve you!"
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The Xuanwu Gang has received too many surprises and scares in the past two days. The day before yesterday, they were worried and angry because of the seizure of the grain ship. If the Jiangnan League was unreasonable, then Wang Nianzu would have no choice but to fight for his life. But yesterday afternoon, catkins gave them hope of life and a new path of development, which made Wang Nianzu feel like he was dreaming.
If the owner of Catkins is really that powerful, it would be a simple matter for the Xuanwu Gang not only to turn the corner, but also to become bigger and stronger.
So after Liuxu came to visit again and bought ten large ships and the food on board with gold beads, silver beads, and coins, Wang Nianzu was convinced. When Liuxu said that her owner could arrange for Wang Tao to go to Liangzhou to join the army or politics. , Wang Nianzu was knocked unconscious by this sweet pie again.
Immediately, Wang Nianzu followed Liu Xu's instructions and asked Wang Tao, He Lie and others to visit the small gangs who were also oppressed by the major gangs, and invited their gang leaders to come to the Xuanwu Gang to discuss matters.
"Brother Wang, why did you ask your nephew to come to us?" Several gang leaders also learned some things from Wang Tao, He Lie and others. After arriving at the Xuanwu Gang, they all pretended to ask, but their eyes kept looking. He glanced at Liu Xu and her subordinates sitting nearby.
After Wang Nianzu introduced Liu Xu one by one, he said to the leader: "This is a noblewoman of our Xuanwu Gang. Her surname is Liu. From now on, she and her master will be the water outlet of our Xuanwu Gang. I invite you all to come today. , I have something to discuss with you. Mrs. Liu, it’s better for you to come and tell everyone.”
Liu Xu nodded, clasped his fists to the crowd and said: "You guys are just like the Xuanwu Gang, each of you has dozens of boats and hundreds of men, but compared to the big gangs, you are just a small role in the rankings. Usually everyone suffers. Not to mention oppression, and even extortion by some big gang managers, but if we all stick together, we can have more than a hundred boats. Not to mention other things, at least gangs like Jiangnan League will not dare to do anything casually. It’s up to everyone.”
A burly old man frowned, stood up and interrupted Liu Catkin: "Mrs. Liu must have never been in the water transport business! If it works together, does Ms. Liu think we will wait until now?"
Liuxu smiled and said, "Senior, I would like to ask you to clarify your doubts."
The old man said: "Our ship is neither big nor small. We can't take on some big jobs at all. Even if some big jobs come to us, we don't dare to take them. This doesn't mean that we don't have the courage. It’s not that we haven’t thought about working together to take these jobs. But once we win these big jobs, it will be equivalent to robbing those big gangs of their financial resources. Even if they don’t use force, they only need to do what the Jiangnan League did to Brother Wang. It can cause us to lose all our money, ruin our family, or even lead to lawsuits."
"Nowadays, all the profitable businesses from the south of Daxingdu have been carved up by big gangs. We, the small gangs with weak power and no support from the mouth, can only pick up some businesses that others are too lazy to do or cannot use water. It’s a big scattered business. Once we form a group, those in the gang will see us as a threat, and then they will suppress us in various ways. By then, we won’t even be able to eat. So it’s not that we don’t want to form a group, it’s that we simply can’t!”
When Liuxu heard this, he understood everyone's concerns, and this concern was the most fundamental issue of food. If their ship was stuck like the Xuanwu Gang and ended up losing all their meager property, more than a hundred Caoding and his family would be Will starve to death.
This meager capital, as well as the problem of feeding more than a hundred families, made them afraid to venture out, let alone join forces to challenge the big gangs. Even if someone dares to venture in, he is limited by the lack of capital, and no one dares to gamble with his property or life, so he alone will not be able to achieve success.
She glanced at everyone and asked, "Are you all worried about this?"
"Exactly!" Everyone nodded, chatted, and sighed.
Liu Xu said: "If I say that your concerns are trivial to us, then are you willing to join the Xuanwu Gang?"
After hearing this, everyone immediately looked at each other, and the old man suddenly asked: "Is Madam Liu really capable of this?"
"Of course!" Just as Liu Xu was about to speak, Xian Yufang suddenly walked in, rushed to Liu Xu's side, and whispered a few words to her.
LiuXu suddenly smiled lightly.
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