novelden Chapter 169 Zhang Xiaolin's Opinion Shanghai City Ending
Chapter 169 Zhang Xiaolin's Opinion Shanghai City Ending
At the same time, several gang leaders who had made a special trip to visit Takeno Fangtian but did not get the clear answers they wanted got into the car of Black Panther Gang leader Cheng Shoudao, preparing to find a place to continue discussing countermeasures.
"Damn it, Takeno Fangtian is such a cunning devil. On the one hand, he told us to ignore Su Zhengyang and continue his opium business, but on the other hand, he was unwilling to stand up and face the huge pressure from Su Zhengyang. How can we, the people of the underworld, fight against Su Zhengyang who holds military power?"
"Boss Qian is right. Su Zhengyang is just a lawless little bastard. He puts it lightly. If I don't do the opium business, how can I support the thousands of brothers in the Black Panther Gang?"
"That said, but Su Zhengyang is in Shanghai now. He is the boss of the city and no one can stop him. Even Chairman Wei of the Code Gang does what he says. What can we do? In my opinion, we should temporarily stop the opium business and avoid the limelight. Su Zhengyang can't stay in Shanghai forever. When the Northern Frontier Government sends a new governor to Shanghai, Shanghai will be prosperous and we can do business as we want."
"Boss Cheng is still clear-sighted. I heard that Su Zhengyang will return to Beilong City soon to hold a grand wedding with Yang Jiakai's daughter. At that time, he will definitely leave with his troops. When the new governor of Shanghai comes, we can prepare some small gifts and send them to his door. Everything will be back to normal."
"Would you like to have a few drinks at my place? In the past few days, there have been a few new people coming to Happy Forest. Their figures and looks are so attractive."
"Then let's go to Boss Cheng's Happy Forest and have a few drinks to have some fun."
Soon, a convoy of several cars arrived at Yanguang Road on the edge of the Fuso Concession. At the intersection ahead, the fire platoon of the 1st Armored Infantry Regiment of the SS Division had already set up roadblocks in advance, and they were looking at the slowly approaching convoy with stern expressions.
In the lead car, several bodyguards who were responsible for protecting Cheng Shoudao looked at the scene ahead and immediately felt something was wrong.
"Quick, reverse the car! It looks like they are Su Zhengyang's troops! Notify the boss and turn around and run!"
The driver gripped the steering wheel tightly and was about to reverse out, but the soldiers in the firepower platoon in front, at the command of the platoon leader, had already pulled the trigger of the MG42 squad machine gun.
Under the fire from three machine guns, the leading vehicle was shot into a sieve, with countless transparent bullet holes appearing on the vehicle body. The four people in the vehicle died before they could even react.
"Hurry! Turn around and run! Damn Su Zhengyang, is he serious? He wants to kill us all!"
At this moment, the end of the street where they came from was blocked by four military jeeps.
Two soldiers carrying Iron Fist bazookas on their shoulders fired the rockets in an extremely standard shooting posture.
With a few loud bangs, three cars were blown into pieces by rockets, and the wreckage was scattered on the street.
The car protected in the middle luckily survived the disaster. Faced with being blocked from both sides and with no chance of survival, Cheng Shoudao and other gang leaders stepped out of the car with trembling hands raised high.
"I surrender! I surrender! I am willing to obey all orders from Councillor Su! Please don't kill me!"
"As long as you don't do anything, everything can be discussed. We will never have any objections to anything Councillor Su asks us to do."
Unfortunately, these soldiers didn't take them seriously at all and didn't want to listen to their nonsense. They only meticulously carried out all the orders given by Su Zhengyang.
Two rockets were fired again, creating a pit half a meter deep and two meters square on the spot. The gang leaders who had been begging for mercy were now blown into pieces, their end was extremely miserable.
In the Su's manor, Su Zhengyang returned to the manor with Wang Jiahai, Fang Jingyao, and Zhang Xiaolin, who was highly respected in the world.
Duan Jinshu, who had just walked into the living room, was sitting on the sofa and reading a newspaper. He put down the newspaper, adjusted his glasses, walked forward and greeted Zhang Xiaolin and the other two. As the current prime minister of the Northern Frontier government, this was not the first time Duan Jinshu had come to Shanghai, so he was quite familiar with these three people.
After the four of them sat down, Duan Jinshu patted Su Zhengyang on the shoulder and said, "I heard that you made quite a commotion tonight. You are simply a devil. Shanghai, which has just settled down for a few days, is about to stir up a bloody storm again."
Wang Jiahai and his companions appeared calm on the surface, but in their hearts they deeply agreed with what Duan Jinshu said. This Su Zhengyang was simply a living devil.
"Have you thought about how to end this? Removing these gang forces that have caused great harm to the people of Shanghai is a good thing and a move that benefits the people. However, if we go too far, a good thing will turn into a bad thing."
Su Zhengyang nodded and said, "Other gangs are not a big deal, but this Ma Gang has a large number of members and a huge size. The gang members include all kinds of people and the composition of the personnel is extremely complex. What's more, it has a great influence, which makes me a little worried."
Although Su Zhengyang killed Wei Tianhu, the chairman of the Code Gang, and cleared out Wei Tianhu's trusted subordinates in the Code Gang, the entire Code Gang has at least 50,000 members, from Li Ba, a coolie at the dock, to bigwigs from all walks of life in Shanghai. There are countless people who are loyal fans of the Code Gang.
Su Zhengyang's extreme behavior can easily arouse hatred among the entire Ma Gang. If instigated by someone with ulterior motives, it might cause a big chaos. If tens of thousands of Ma Gang members take to the streets and express their dissatisfaction with Su Zhengyang and the Northern Frontier government in fierce words, can Su Zhengyang still order his soldiers to shoot them all?
The reason why Wei Tianhu holds such a high status in Shanghai is because he controls tens of thousands of gang members from top to bottom in the Code Gang.
Zhang Xiaolin spoke up at this time: "Councilman Su, in fact, decades ago, the Ma Gang was also a tough gang with a sense of patriotism and vowed not to side with the powers. After Wei Tianhu came to power, the Ma Gang changed. But the beneficiaries, to put it bluntly, are still the top leaders of the Ma Gang and the group of confidants around Wei Tianhu. Most of the ordinary gang members below are still hanging around the docks, struggling to survive."
"As long as you win over one group and suppress another group, while seeking benefits for the lower-level code gang members, this code gang will not be able to cause any big waves."
Su Zhengyang's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance: "Mr. Zhang's idea coincides with mine."
"Luan Yu!"
"Governor, please give me your orders."
"Tell Director Yan that after dealing with the high-ranking members of the Code Gang of Wei Tianhu's faction, that's enough. At the same time, gather the remaining leaders of the Code Gang together and tell them that starting today, the rule of tribute from the lower-level members and coolies of the Code Gang will be abolished. In addition, the benefits taken from Wei Tianhu's lineage should be distributed to the lower-level members of the Code Gang. Starting tomorrow, all the brothers of the Code Gang can go to the Government Affairs Center to receive a batch of grain, oil, rice and flour!"
Su Zhengyang's move was a stroke of genius. It not only solved the problem of Wei Tianhu and other high-ranking members of the Code Gang who were close to Fuso, but also appeased the other leaders of the Code Gang and at the same time won over the hearts of the lower-level members of the Code Gang. He killed three birds with one stone and eliminated the hidden dangers left by the Code Gang's affairs.
Some people may say, why bother with so much trouble, with Su Zhengyang's current strength in Shanghai, he can completely wipe out these gangs and restore peace and order to Shanghai. But there is an old Chinese saying, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." Since these gangs can flourish in Shanghai, they must have their reasons for existing.
If Su Zhengyang overturned everything without any consequences, it is conceivable that it would cause endless troubles to the Northern Frontier government's subsequent control over Shanghai.
Su Zhengyang has achieved his goal by eliminating a group of bad apples and using high-pressure tactics to prevent them from engaging in opium trade again.