Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

Chapter 227 Young people don’t know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is

Outside the inn.

After Yang Yankang came out of Chen Jie's room, his men followed him.

"Young Boss, how was the talk with Ximen Tang going?" the subordinate asked in a low voice.

Yang Yankang shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"Let's talk about it later. Have someone take Mr. Yu's body back!"

finished,

He walked out of the inn without looking back.

this moment,
He didn't know how to describe his feelings.

Originally, he brought Yu Haishan, one of the 36 Earthly Fiends of the Cao Gang, to visit Chen Jie, the head of the Ximen Hall, in order to give the other party a warning.

To put it simply, the Cao Gang originally wanted to flex its muscles.

Let Ximen Tang restrain himself, this is Cangzhou, not Tianjin!

Cangzhou was the territory of the Cao Gang. Even if Ximen Tang repelled the Western coalition forces and occupied the Cao transport terminal.

but,

If Ximen Tang cuts off the livelihood of the Cao Gang, the Cao Gang will not be easily provoked.

But unexpectedly, Chen Jie, the boss of Ximentang, actually shot Yu Haishan to death!

What Yang Yankang found incredible was that after he left Chen Jie's room, he not only did not feel any hatred towards Ximen Tang, but instead admired him in his heart.

This subtle "worship" did not make Yang Yankang feel that there was something wrong.

It seems - very natural!

Once the seeds of 'faith' take root, they are difficult to erase!

What he was thinking about was how to discuss with his father and the deacons of the Cao Gang next?

Cooperate with Ximentang to build railways and create the most complete transportation channel for the Daqian Dynasty.

Sea transportation, water transport, land transportation!

As long as the Cao Gang cooperates with Ximen Tang, it seems that all this can be achieved in the near future.

Although Yang Yankang had never studied abroad, he knew a lot about Western industrial products.

He had seen steam engines and, in some places in eastern Zhejiang, had visited factories built by Westerners.

and,

Western warships and ocean-going merchant ships are powered by steam engines, which are much faster and more powerful than Daqian's sailing ships.

The Cao Gang wanted to purchase this batch of merchant ships from the Dutch trading company in order to improve transportation efficiency.

This batch of merchant ships are all powered by steam engines, which can increase the efficiency of water transport by more than five times.

When he heard Chen Jie talking to him about land and sea transportation, he was deeply touched.

If the Cao Gang wants to continue to develop and properly solve the livelihood problems of hundreds of thousands of people, it must keep pace with the times.

Even he himself did not realize that he had no desire for revenge against Chen Jie for shooting Yu Haishan. Instead, he wanted to promote cooperation between Cao Gang and Ximen Tang.

-

Early the next morning.

Cangzhou Caoyun Wharf, behind the barracks.

The location here is relatively remote, so Johnson's coalition forces did not bomb here when they bombed.

After getting up in the morning, Chen Jie left the inn and brought his people here.

Bang bang—bang bang—!
He kept firing the gun in his hand at the target fifty meters away.

Every shot hits the target!

Ever since his spiritual cultivation realm broke through to the 'inner vision' realm, his spear skills have reached a superb level.

Not far away, Eighth Sister, wearing a mink coat, said with a smile:
"Junior brother, your spear skills are amazing, I want to practice spear skills too!"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "When we get back to the capital, I'll give you a pistol for self-defense. Go practice!"

"By the way, why did you come to Cangzhou so early in the morning?"

Eighth sister has been in the South City District, North City District and East City District of Beijing recently.

Before this, Ximen Tang bought many properties in the capital.

Land, shops, restaurants, pharmacies——!
As the Western Allied Forces were defeated at the Dagukou Fortress in Tianjin, the Western fleet left the Port of Tianjin.

The capital city, which was originally in a panic, finally calmed down.

Many of the properties that Ximen Tang had previously purchased were now being rented out for profit.

To put it simply, Eighth Sister is now the "landlady".

Eighth Sister smiled and said, "Thirteenth Aunt asked me to come. She said she was afraid you would be lonely, so she asked me to accompany you!"

"Cangzhou is the hometown of martial arts in the Daqian Dynasty. It is also the hub of water transport and the most famous fireworks place in the north!"

"Aunt Thirteen said that she is worried without anyone to accompany you!"

After Chen Jie heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "Isn't this funny? You wanted to come here yourself, but you used Aunt Thirteen as a shield!"

Hearing this, Eighth Sister murmured a little embarrassedly: "I'm just - worried about you!"

Chen Jie suddenly remembered something and said:

"You should go back to the capital first and collect the information of all the major banks."

"After we return, we plan to open a bank in the capital."

"If you can get this done, I'll let you be the head treasury manager of Ximen Bank in the future!"

When the eighth sister heard this, her eyes widened and she asked, "Ah? Really?!"

"Brother, don't worry, I will go back and do it right away. It will be done within ten days!"

finished,

She showed a shy smile on her face and said, "Can I go back tomorrow? I want to accompany you tonight——!"

Chen Jie was teased by her and felt itchy.

"Okay! Come back tomorrow. When you go back, I'll arrange for the guards to take you back!"

"Next time you go out, remember not to run around. Our Ximen Hall is now a thorn in the eyes of many people."

"You must be on guard against others! After leaving the capital, you must be careful—!"

-

Cangzhou City, the headquarters of the Cao Gang.

After Yang Yankang, the young leader of the Cao Gang, returned to the gang.

He gave instructions to his men and walked towards the backyard of the headquarters in silence.

The backyard is very large, with a huge martial arts training ground in the middle.

I saw Yang Xihe, the leader of the Cao Gang, practicing martial arts in the training ground.

Bang, bang, bang—!
Kick like an axe, punch like a hammer!
The force was strong, domineering, and fast as lightning, and a fierce wind blew around.

Move the blood pill power!

That’s right, from the aura emanating from Cao Gang leader Yang Xihe at this moment, it can be seen that his martial arts level is at the Blood-Banning Pill Power!

Although he looked very young, with black hair, he seemed to be only in his forties.

but,

The leader of the Cao Gang is already over sixty years old, and his martial arts skills have reached the point of returning to the original state.

After seeing his son Yang Yankang come back, Yang Xihe stopped practicing martial arts.

He took a towel from the shelf next to him and wiped himself, then put on a piece of clothing and asked calmly:

"Kang'er, how's it going?"

Yang Yankang bowed and said, "Father, something went wrong. Yu-Yu Haishan-died!"

"What did you say?"

Yang Xihe snorted coldly.

boom--!
He exuded an extremely domineering aura, and his momentum was so powerful that it was shocking.

He has always had great confidence in his son's ability to get things done.

Although Yang Yankang's martial arts skills are not very high, he is very smart and rarely makes mistakes in handling gang affairs.

"What happened? How did Yu Haishan die?"

Yang Yankang told his father in detail how Yu Haishan, one of the thirty-six evil spirits of the Cao Gang, was shot.

"Every member of the personal guard of Chen Jie, the head of Ximen Hall, holds a strange-looking musket in his hand. It should be the most advanced musket in the West. I have never seen it before!"

"This type of musket can fire continuously, and the bullets are very lethal."

"At close range, Yu Haishan had no time to dodge and was shot dead on the spot."

"I took a special look. There are a total of thirty Ximen Tang's guards. Although their martial arts skills are not high, with so many muskets, our people dare not get close at all."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xihe narrowed his eyes and said:
"That's a rifle made by the Ximen Tang Arsenal! When we attacked the Western Allied Forces two days ago, the special operations company dispatched by Ximen Tang used this kind of rifle!"

Automatic rifle!

It is not a secret to Ximen Tang.

Many forces already know about Ximentang’s automatic rifle.

As the Guards, Special Operations Battalion, Combat Department, Eagle Department, Bear Department and others began to form special operations companies, imitation AK47 automatic rifles have become popular.

but,

Yang Xihe was still a little surprised when he learned that the automatic rifle had such strong firepower.

Yu Haishan was a mid-stage Yi Sui Hua Jin warrior, but he couldn't resist the attack of the musket and was shot dead on the spot. After hearing this, Yang Xihe was speechless for a long time.

He had heard about Ximen Tang's arrogance, domineering and arrogant.

The imperial court has issued an edict appointing Ximen Tang Chen Jie as the commander-in-chief of the rebel group!

This word "Big" represents the "Lord" of all militia organizations in the martial arts world!
That is,

According to the imperial court's decree, any underworld forces are under the jurisdiction of Ximen Hall.

not to mention,
Ximen Tang guarded the Dadukou Fortress in Tianjin and defeated the Western Allied Forces.

Other people might have thought that the battle at Cangzhou Canal Transport Terminal was fought by the Cangzhou garrison.

but,

As the leader of the Cao Gang, how could Yang Xihe not know that it was Ximen Tang who sent the troops?

However, Yang Xihe never expected that Ximen Tang would be so overbearing.

The members of the Cao Gang have already revealed their identities.

No matter from which perspective, Ximen Tang should not have shot and killed people directly.

Arrogant and domineering, looking down on everyone!
The underworld has its own rules; a strong dragon will not suppress a local snake.

Cangzhou is the territory of the Cao Gang. Even the old and powerful forces such as the Taiping, the Dadaohui, the Qing Gang, and the Hongmen have to give face to the Cao Gang when they come to Cangzhou.

Ximen Tang is just an emerging underworld force, although it is highly regarded by the imperial court.

but,

They didn't even give the Cao Gang any face at all.

People want face, trees want bark!
If the Cao Gang keeps silent about this, how will they survive in the future?

Feeling the fierce murderous intent emanating from his father, Yang Yankang couldn't help but take a deep breath and said:
"In fact, Ximen Hall's head, Chen Jie, is not that arrogant and overbearing. We were the ones who offended him first—!?"

"Humph! Offending him?"

Yang Xihe interrupted with a cold snort and said in a deep voice:

"Ximen Tang is just a newly emerged underworld force. Now that they have come to our Cao Gang's territory, they will not pay us respects!"

"We went to visit him, and he killed our people!"

"Too arrogant! Did he really think that the court could appoint him as the leader of the Tianxia Righteous Group and allow him to do whatever he wants?"

"Young man, you don't know how high the heaven is or how deep the earth is. You should go down first. This matter will not end until Ximen Tang gives us an explanation!"

boom--!
There was a terrifying murderous intent emanating from Yang Xihe.

The powerful one who moves the blood pill has boundless momentum!

Feeling the murderous intent emanating from his father, Yang Yankang was suddenly shocked.

What does father want to do?
Is he trying to secretly assassinate Chen Jie, the boss of Ximen Hall?
No!

Absolutely not!

If this is done, it will bring disaster to the Cao Gang.

call--!
Yang Yankang couldn't help but take a deep breath and said to Yang Xihe:

"Father, you absolutely cannot do that! Ximen Tang is the emperor's appointed leader of the Tianxia Yituan, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Dagukou Fortress."

"Ximen Tang has 20,000 soldiers under his command, and he has the famous artillery battalion in Daqian!"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Xihe snorted coldly:

"I don't care if he's a great commander or has 20,000 soldiers. We in the Cao Gang are not going to fight him!"

"Any underworld force, as long as it touches the bottom line of the Cao Gang, our Cao Gang must find a way to get rid of it!"

"He is not affiliated with the Ministry of War of the imperial court. His status is the same as our Cao Gang."

"If we just let this matter go, how will our Cao Gang survive in the future?"

"Ximen Tang razed the Piaoxiang Building of the Taiping Hao in Tianjin, touching the interests of many people!"

"We, the Cao Gang, killed him without anyone noticing. How could anyone know that it was us who did it?"

At this point, the murderous intent in Yang Xihe's eyes reached its peak.

Seeing that his father was determined to kill Chen Jie, the head of Ximen Hall.

For a moment, Yang Yankang was in a state of confusion.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and persuaded his father:

"Father, let's not talk about the consequences of assassinating the Ximen Tang leader. Can our Cao Gang afford it?"

"Even if you want to kill him, it won't be that easy!"

"If we fail, it will bring disaster to our Cao Gang. Even if the Cao Gang is not destroyed, our Yang family will definitely be wiped out!"

"Father, don't forget that Ximen Tang razed the Piaoxiang Building of Taiping Hao."

"The power of the Taiping is not much worse than our Cao Gang. Even the previous leader, Zhao Hong, was even more skilled in martial arts than my father."

"If Chen Jie, the head of Ximen Hall, was so easy to kill, how could he be alive today?"

"I even suspect that there are masters from the inner palace who are secretly protecting him——!"

Seeing that his father was persuaded by him, Yang Yankang paused for a moment and then continued:
"Besides, Master Chen doesn't seem to be planning to be an enemy of our Cao Gang. He wants to cooperate with us!"

The words are not finished yet.

Yang Xihe scolded:

"Cooperation! How to cooperate?"

"We are in the canal transport business, which is closely related to the salt transport. We are totally different from the Ximen Hall!"

"They run shipyards, fight wars, and have close ties with the imperial court!"

"If he really wanted to cooperate with us, he wouldn't have this attitude now!"

"You killed our Cao Gang members and you still want to cooperate with us? Kang'er, what's wrong with you today? Why are you speaking for them?"

Yang Yankang fell silent.

but,

He knew that if he didn't stop his father, the consequences would be disastrous.

So he looked up at his father and said:

"We, the Cao Gang, are also responsible for Yu Haishan's murder. After all, Ximen Hall is the force guarding the Cangzhou Caoyun Wharf."

"Even the commander of the Cangzhou garrison, Fang Zhiyuan, and the county magistrate, Lin Jitang, were very respectful in front of Master Chen!"

"We came to visit him without a visiting card and went straight to his residence, which angered him. Even if this matter gets out, it will be our fault first."

"Father, we went to find Ximen Tang because we were worried that they would build ships to open up the canal and cut off the livelihood of our canal gang!"

"Mr. Chen has promised not to participate in the canal transport and wants to cooperate with us to build railways and ships together!"

for the rest of the time,

Yang Yankang told his father what Chen Jie had told him.

Canal transport, sea transport, land transport——!
As long as they cooperate with Ximen Tang, the Cao Gang will be able to take over the entire transportation industry of the Daqian Dynasty!
Salt, cloth, grain, oil, etc., these are all big businesses.

These businesses are not only related to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, but also to the livelihoods of millions or even tens of millions of people.

If successful, the development of Cao Gang will flourish.

Yang Xihe listened to his son's narration and nodded continuously.

"He, really said that?"

Yang Yankang nodded and said, "Yes! Father, this is what Master Chen told me."

Yang Xihe looked moved.

He murmured to himself, "Given Ximen Tang's current strong position, it is indeed not easy to kill him, and the consequences are unpredictable."

"The imperial court now has great trust in Ximen Tang. News has spread that Ximen Tang will be stationed in Shandong in the coming period!"

"The entire Cangzhou will also be garrisoned by Ximen Hall. It is indeed unwise for us to go against them."

"From what you said, cooperating with him is a bright spot."

"Once the railway is built and the trains start running, our water transport will have no advantages. If this continues for a long time, it will indeed decline!"

"Now the maritime trade is growing!"

After thinking about it,
He sighed and said, "Forget it! Don't mention the assassination of Ximen Tang Chen Jie again!"

"You're right. If we can kill him, I believe Zhao Hong wants to kill him more than we do."

"Zhao Hong didn't do anything, there must be some other reason. Why should we be the first to take action?"

"When you are in the underworld, you have no choice. Our Cao Gang is a big family with a great business. We can't act on impulse!"

Next,
He continued, "Zeng Xuanhuai from Ximen Hall came to see me a few days ago! He was also discussing cooperation."

"You and your second uncle, go and take a look together!"

"Also, send 500 silver dollars to Yu Haishan's house. No matter what, we can't let the people below down!"

Yang Yankang nodded and said, "Yes! Father——!"

Seeing that his father was interested in the cooperation, Yang Yankang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the sea blockade, the Western coalition forces attacked the Daqian coastline.

The Cao Gang had a very hard time, they had been living off their capital and their expenses were not up to par with their income.

If this continues, the Cao Gang will have a hard time holding on.

He knew that his father gave 500 silver dollars to Yu Haishan's family in order to calm the situation.

(End of this chapter)