bullyxtreme Chapter 124 The Difficulties of the Brotherhood
Chapter 124 The Difficulties of the Brotherhood
After giving out the red envelopes, Gu Wenxuan's parents went about doing other things. His mother wanted to keep the two sisters and his Japanese wife for lunch.
So her mother was also busy preparing lunch.
Gu Wenxuan had no choice but to entertain the sisters Tan Tai Ming Yue for tea in his own small courtyard.
Gu Wenxuan also felt that the two sisters came to visit him on the first day of the Lunar New Year, probably not just to wish their parents a happy new year. This kind of polite activity could also be done in two days.
"Miss Tan Tai, you came to my house today not just to wish my mother a happy new year, right?
The young lady has so many things to do every day, so she must have something big to ask me, right?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue smiled: "Mr. Hu is indeed a smart man. He guessed my intention right away!"
Gu Wenxuan was not surprised: "Go ahead, Miss, if you have anything to say, just be direct. I don't like people beating around the bush!"
"Mr. Gu, the Japanese are now increasingly controlling our social groups, and there are many gangs like ours in Peking. Disputes over territory often occur.
Moreover, some gangs have defected to the Japanese. They have many more unique advantages than us in the fight for territory, and if anything goes wrong, they have the Japanese to back them up.
Our brotherhood is unwilling to cling to the Japanese, so our territory is shrinking greatly now."
Tan Tai Ming Yue said.
"Miss, didn't you just make 15 dollars from selling gunpowder? Logically, your finances shouldn't be tight, and I also gave you some weapons.
Logically speaking, you have a great advantage in the battle for territory, but you look as if you have been defeated by others!"
Tan Tai Leng Yue rushed to say:
“It’s still the Sihai Gang. Although they don’t have as many people as us, the areas they occupy are relatively prosperous.
They make money faster than us by running brothels and bars, and we are mostly coolies at the docks.
Moreover, the leader of the Four Seas Gang has now defected to the Japanese and become the chairman of the Dongcheng District Maintenance Association.
They are equipped with guns and ammunition openly. Although we also have some guns, we cannot use them openly. If we do, we will be caught and confiscated by the gendarmerie of the police station."
Gu Wenxuan asked curiously, "So the people from the Four Seas Gang control the bars, restaurants, brothels and entertainment venues in the downtown area. There is no conflict between them and you coolies, right?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue nodded:
"Originally, there was no conflict between our brotherhood and the Four Seas Gang. They were all engaged in relatively profitable industries, but these industries were more or less related to pornography, gambling and drugs.
People in our fraternity still look down on us. We look down on them from the bottom of our hearts. Although we all work hard, our money is earned cleanly and we feel comfortable spending it.
But since they submitted to the Japanese, they have recently extended their hands to the docks, stations and other places that need a lot of labor.
Their purpose in reaching out to these places was not to make a lot of money. It was said that the Japanese asked them to occupy these places.
Because these places are used to transport goods, and the key is that a lot of war preparation materials are transported back and forth from these places.
They had to have someone they could trust to guard it, because it was said that the Red Party had taken a lot of things from the train station some time ago, and they suspected that there was a problem at the train station and the dock.
We think it's because we transported 1000 tons of gunpowder, and someone may have discovered it!"
"So, Miss, are you saying that the Four Seas Gang wants you to withdraw from important locations like train stations and docks?"
The two sisters nodded simultaneously.
"The Four Seas Gang wants us to hand over all the railway stations and water transport terminals near Peking within three days.
If we withdraw now, they can let us take our belongings away. If we don't withdraw in three days, they will join forces with the military police to clear us out, and we can't take even a penny with us. Wouldn't we become paupers then?" Tan Tai Leng Yue said.
Gu Wenxuan asked: "What is the name of the leader of the Sihai Gang?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue: "The leader of this Si Hai Gang is called Dong Tian Ba, and he is said to be a descendant of Dong Hai Chuan, the master of Bagua in the Qing Dynasty!"
Gu Wenxuan almost laughed out loud: "Isn't Dong Haichuan just a eunuch? How come he has descendants?"
Tan Tai Leng Yue also said disdainfully:
"Isn't it because Dong Haichuan is very famous? Some people want to cling to him. Although Dong Haichuan is a eunuch, there must be other people in the Dong family, maybe his nephews, maybe he himself doesn't even know, but they are considered descendants of the Dong family. Haven't you heard that people from the Li family in the Tang Dynasty said that he was a descendant of Laozi?"
Tan Tai Leng Yue's words made Gu Wenxuan laugh uncontrollably. This woman was usually noisy, but now what she said made some sense.
"Miss Leng Yue's meaning is that the people from the Four Seas Gang are just trying to take advantage of the celebrity's traffic!"
Tan Tai Leng Yue, although she didn't know what traffic was, she knew that what Gu Wenxuan meant was to take advantage of the fame of celebrities.
"How many people does Dong Tianba have under his command? How many guns does he have?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue: "They don't have as many people as our brotherhood, but those people are all hooligans who can fight and kill. Unlike our brotherhood, many of them are mountain porters who are relatively honest. Besides, we don't make a living by smashing things, we all sell our labor.
Their Four Seas Gang has about 800 people, but they have 500 guns of various types, which is something our Brotherhood cannot compare to, and they have Japanese sponsors behind them.”
Gu Wenxuan came from the future, and he knew that the most terrifying gangs in this period were the Green and Red Gangs in Shanghai. These gangs in the north had not been described much in history, so it was estimated that the gang power in the north was indeed not very strong.
So Brother Gu Wen said, "In fact, if you want your brothers to achieve something, you might as well go to Shanghai in the south!
Shanghai is a place where good and bad people mix together and where heroes can make a name for themselves. It is also a place where all kinds of forces from all over the world mix together.
You have no interest in developing your power there? I think you can defeat the Four Seas Gang in the short term in Peking, but your future is not very bright. "
"The Great Shanghai of the South?"
Upon hearing this, the Tan Tai sisters looked at each other.
In fact, they have also heard that the various gang organizations in Shanghai include not only Chinese forces, but also foreign forces.
"But if we go to Shanghai, we might end up doing even worse, because we are from the north and have no human or material resources to rely on in Shanghai, so it will be hard to gain a foothold!"
Gu Wenxuan waved his hand and said, "Miss, you are wrong. If you want to gain a foothold anywhere, you must have your own abilities. If you don't have your own abilities and rely on someone, you will never be the first."
Tan Tai Leng Yue: "The things you are talking about are all things for the future. The key point is that we are now three days away from giving up our territory. How do you think we should deal with this matter?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue: "Second sister is right, the most important thing for us right now is what's happening at the dock?"
Gu Wenxuan thought for a moment:
"Your matter is really difficult to handle. The Four Seas Gang wants to seize your territory, mainly because of the Japanese intention. If it is just Hai Haoshu of the Four Seas Gang, and if the Japanese are supporting him from behind, it will be difficult for us to handle this matter. I think you should have a good discussion with the Four Seas Gang, or you can split into two parts. The people in Lihang only do the transportation and don't care about their affairs. If they want to ban something, you don't have to participate in the opinion. The workers in the city you united, what do you think of this?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue thought about it and decided to do so: "It seems that we have no choice but to discuss this with Si Hai. Anyway, we don't care about their affairs, and they don't care about our affairs. Anyway, our brotherhood is mainly responsible for the rights and interests of our brothers' work."
Tan Tai Leng Yue sneered and said, "But even if we want to make concessions, Dong Ba Pa Pa may not necessarily make concessions and cooperate with us!"
Gu Wenxuan: "If he doesn't want us to live, then there's no point in him living!"
Tantai Lengyue: "Gu Wenxuan, what do you mean...?"