Niu Da immediately expressed some doubts. "Isn't it too vulgar? Or does Brother Zhang mean to use the common name to cover it up a little so as to avoid the eyes of Uncle Cao Huang?"
"That's what it means." Zhang Xing blurted out. "But it's not pure vulgarity, but pseudo-vulgarity... because it's not elimination, but dethroning, deposing and deposing..."
"What does it mean to depose a dragon?"
There is no one present who doesn’t know how to praise me.
"Deposing the dragon means that the world is in chaos, smoke and dust are everywhere, and the power of the Wei Dynasty is hard to recover, so everyone is vying for supremacy. At this time, the world is undergoing great changes, and the vitality of the world is abundant. It is not necessarily impossible for the strong one to become a saint and transform into a dragon... At this time
, we first set the foundation, win over heroes, and spread our power. When the time comes to control the world, even those with the appearance of a true dragon can be deposed... It means being condescending, otherworldly, and under control."
Zhang Xing said one thing after another, and Niu Da and others were stunned for a while. People like Ma Ping'er felt that they had never seen as much in their lives as they did today, so they just nodded while breathing heavily.
As for the statement that Taoist Wei, Li Shu, Xu Dalang, etc. were all serious intellectuals, I felt that they were arrogant and even a bit explicit, so I guessed that it was possible that Mr. Zhang had another explanation hidden in his mind.
I just don't want to say it in public.
This is not to taint someone's innocence out of thin air.
In fact, there were rumors among the public that the nickname "Dragon Sword" was actually created by Mr. Zhang himself in Jing'an Terrace, and it was for him to prepare for his future inclusion in the elite list or as a person.
The title when he was at the top of the list was originally to echo the Heavenly Sword... As for the reason, it is self-explanatory.
But at this time, many reckless people and ignorant people thought that Mr. Zhang, who was on the black list, not only killed a Nanya Xianggong, but even tried to assassinate the saint. This was a mistake.
Hit.
However, even so, why would Li Shu and others argue with Zhang Xing on such a nonsense?
It's just called the Zhanji Gang... Of course not the Zhanji Gang... But as long as it doesn't go too far, the name thing will go with it, and maybe even secretly laugh at Zhang Sanlang for not being able to tell the difference between big and small.
In order to highlight your sense of existence, you have to blend in with everything.
All in all, without Li Shu saying anything, the name of the Deposed Dragon Gang was finally decided.
After deciding on this matter, the small leaders below were still very interested, but the big leaders above also became serious... because what comes next seems to be something crucial.
"The name has been decided, and the next step is naturally the gang rules and future strategies." Zhang Xing looked at Taoist Wei sincerely from the seat. "Brother, where do you want to start the discussion?"
Taoist Wei glanced at Zhang Xing and felt happy. He immediately put down his twirling beard, clasped his hands in front of the chief and said: "Let's start with the rules, specifically the personnel rules... Third child, you arranged the seats.
, you have to speak up for this matter."
Zhang Xing immediately laughed... This Taoist priest Wei is indeed a top-notch smart man, very useful, but on the other hand, if you give such a person a name, he may not be able to find his own way and do something...
…but so what?
After thinking about this, Zhang Sanlang just looked at the people below, and then spoke without hesitation:
"What I mean is very simple. A dragon cannot do without its head. First of all, Brother Wei, Mr. Li... Second brother Li, and I, Zhang Xing, have been recommended by all the brothers. They have always been commander-in-chief and issued orders.
, and if there is any discrepancy between the three of us, it will naturally be negotiated by the three of us.
"However, there are other explanations, such as going to a specific place to cause trouble, or even the life and death of our Dragon Gang. The three of us may not know as much as our brothers. If we have a good idea, then naturally we need the leaders to join us.
Talk... For example, today, since it is the situation between Brother Yu and I, Wang Wulang, I will first explain the general rules, but the brothers are all here, and if you don’t listen well, feel free to say it, as long as there are two of the three of you
The leader’s opinions are general, even I have to listen to what my brothers want, and we just need to discuss everything together.”
After hearing this, everyone nodded, saying that Brother Zhang was loyal and knew how to take care of his brothers.
When Li Shu and Taoist Wei heard that the three men were responsible for "commanding in ordinary times", one knew that Zhang Xing had fulfilled his promise and did not lie, and the other was a little touched, and they were even more speechless.
As for saying that two of the three leaders have the same idea and are both opposed to the top, in the eyes of most people, this seems superfluous, because who among the top and bottom is not dependent on the other? It’s you Zhang Sanlang
Isn’t he completely determined, or will Xu Dalang support Li Shu?
However, if one of them can really control two-thirds of the leaders, he will truly be the leader alone. Taking advantage of the situation to depose the other one seems to be logical, but it is a bit like a hidden button.
Therefore, for a while, everyone looked happy and thoughtful in their hearts.
There was only one Shan Dalang who was obviously restless and inconsistent with others.
Zhang Xing certainly knew what this Jiyin underworld tycoon meant, and he did raise his hand slightly towards this hero whom he met for the first time today, signaling him to be calm, and then continued:
"However, brothers have to do things every day and have their own businesses, so where can we get together? Even the three of us will have to move around in the future when the gang is spread out. So if something happens in our respective places, who will take charge?
Therefore, don’t hide anything. You must point out some big bosses... One is to take charge of local business, the second is to lead specific special matters, and the third is to meet new people who join the gang. Should you be a big boss or a leader? What is your ranking?
This time, it can't always go well. It's all decided by the three of us, and someone needs to discuss it.
"For example, the brothers gathered today are all heroes from around Jishui. In the east of Jiyin County, Shan Dalang will naturally make the decision; in the west, Wang Wulang will make the decision; and from the east to the Yellow River, Xu Dalang, who has just moved there, will definitely make the decision.
These are the three big leaders...
"Furthermore, since we are one and the same family, we must put away the private barriers and frictions and deal with the outside world as a whole. Then if we are close together, if there is still friction, or if we want to do something together, it is natural to ask the big bosses
To do it with others, first use the few to serve the many, and then use the low-ranking person to obey the high-ranking person. Otherwise, what kind of seats and leaders will be arranged?
"Shan Dalang, Wang Wulang, Xu Dalang, you three brothers, are you willing to recognize me?"
How could Wang Shuyong not recognize Shan Tonghai?
Shan Tonghai had never expected to be compared with the two people above who were the most respected people in the world. He also knew that Taoist Wei was the leader. He clearly understood this and simply got the chief of the three big bosses below. Moreover, this big boss
There is also the right and responsibility to discuss the status of newcomers. It would be strange if you don’t want to!
Wang Shuyong was even more simple. What was he trying to do to block Zhang Xing? His purpose was to get over Xu Dalang's head. Now he was half a head taller than that guy. He only felt comfortable and had no other thoughts.
As for Xu Dalang, up to now, he has shown the most sincerity. He was actually the first to come out and salute Zhang Xinglai on the spot: "The third brother said it is appropriate, this is the arrangement. If anyone is dissatisfied, first follow me, Xu Shiying."
Step over!"
Zhang Xing just laughed and didn't bother to pay attention.
Besides, there are so many gangs in the world, and many things are like that. It is said that everything will never change without departing from the same clan. Since Xu Shiying agreed first, everyone knew that this was a roughly three-tier power structure.
At the top, not to mention the somewhat embarrassed Taoist Wei, Zhang and Li, two rebels with high hopes in the world, took the two dragon heads on the left and right.
Below is the layering of big bosses and bosses.
But right now, there are only three big leaders, namely Shan, Wang, and Xu.
These three people are indeed the three tycoons in the upper reaches of Jishui River. If there is a rebellion, it will definitely be these three people who provide money and effort. The manpower and material resources of other leaders are really difficult to compare with these three people. Zhang Xing and Li Shu see
It seems like he bowed to him at the first glance, but as Xu Dalang complained in private before, he only has a name, but in fact he has nothing.
In this way, the basic power structure of the Deposed Dragon Gang was roughly laid out, and it was not too surprising. The only drawback was that maybe because the two leaders were in name only, in order to stir up trouble, they had to ask the most powerful big brother
The leaders and ordinary leaders have transferred a lot of power, which is in sharp contrast to other gangs where the leader is dictatorial.
Next, many other rules were naturally added... how to transmit information, how to set up secret codes, how to punish traitors... These rules were all ready-made. Zhang Xing and Li Shu did not say anything loudly, and at most they heard a few words.
It was a bit too crude and vulgar, so I couldn't help but inquire a little bit. I was sure it was some muddle-headed stuff and made some improvements, but at the core it was still the same thing as in the martial arts world.
However, after agreeing on these, a sensitive topic still had to be brought to the forefront by Taoist Wei.
"Actually, as I just said, the next big thing is to gather heroes and lay out a career." Taoist Wei gradually became more energetic. "Then some heroes, especially nine out of ten, will agree to join the group, or they must
The heroes who went to invite us should take this opportunity to have a serious discussion about whether we should give the big leader a position and where exactly he should be ranked? This is actually a personnel matter and must be discussed face to face by the two brothers and the leaders."
There is nothing to say about this.
But Zhang Xing still did not give in. He only glanced at the Ma family and his daughter, then raised his hand and pointed: "Huaiyou League Du Po Zhen, my brother who is a close friend of life and death, can he be worthy of the big leader? How many members of the Huaiyou League are there?
A gang leader, can he be worthy of being an ordinary leader?"
Everyone nodded one after another, and Shan Dalang even stood up to give way, saying that if the main leader of the Du Po Formation came, Du Meng must be above him... Not to mention the others, in an instant eighteen people agreed with sixteen people and identified Du.
Po Zhen and his close deputy Fu Boshi must be the big leaders of the Deposed Dragon Gang, and Du Po Zhen must be the first big leader.
Regardless of the territory, strength and industry of the Huai Youmeng family, they are already several times that of the deposed Dragon Clan Caotai team.
In this case, the trapped Ma family and his daughter could only remain silent.
Then, Li Shu unceremoniously named the purple-faced king Xiong Bonan, and everyone had nothing to say...Although Shan Dalang hesitated a little this time, he took the initiative to give up his position again...
There was no way, the Purple Faced King not only had friendships with Li Shu and Zhang Xing, but he was also a veteran Ningdan, with great cultivation, reputation, and wide acquaintances, so he had to accept it.
Especially the people here.
Li Shu just showed his hand, and he was not sure whether it was Condensation Pill or Cheng Dan. Zhang Xing could only guess that Ren and Du had both connections, and Condensation Pill was in sight... The others were waiting, only Shan Dalang was faintly visible at the joint of Condensation Pill.
Above, the rest such as Wang Shuyong, Xu Shiying, Wang Zhen, Zhou Xingfan, and Niu Da are all just with extraordinary skills, and they really need Xiong Bonan to enrich their high-end combat power.
Going further down, talking about how to contact Cheng Dalang, who is very famous in Dengzhou. It is said that he is already a master of condensation. He talked about the Zhai brothers, whose brother from Dongjun is a dharma cao and his younger brother is doing business on the road. He talked about Juye Zeli
A bunch of leaders of the defeated troops talked about Zhishilang Wang Hou of Yimeng Mountain, talked about the Hongshan bandit's broadsword king Huchen, talked about Hao Yide in Hejian, talked about the joint leader of the Thirteen Forts in Taiyuan, Po Langdao Hong Changya, and talked about Gao Gao
Dou Lide and Sun Anzu from Jibo, Gao Shitong and Sun Xunzhi from Bohai, Ergao from Huairong from the Eastern Qi State... Shan Dalang didn't give in anymore.
Without him, these people, either Shan Dalang prides himself on his ability, reputation, and strength, or he is the kind of rafter who dies first as mentioned before, or they are too far away and meaningless, just mentioning their names.
Even when it comes to Zhang Jinscale, who is on the other side of the Yellow River, Zhang Xing and Li Shu agreed that they should not only not accept this person, but also take the initiative to expel him and not allow him to enter the territory of the Deposed Dragon Gang. Zhang Sanlang even proposed to find him
Opportunity killed this person to establish his authority... The reason couldn't be simpler. Although this person was a hero in Qinghe before and a master of cultivation with a well-connected Ren channel, after he became a thief at the beginning of the year, he became unscrupulous and killed without restraint. Two months ago, he was even more
It was the first precedent for the rebel army to massacre a city in Hebei.
This kind of person, not to mention Zhang, Li and Wei, is not acceptable to him, but even the foundation of the Deposed Dragon Gang, that is, a group of powerful men in the upper reaches of Jishui who are behind the Dong Qi generals, find it unacceptable.
In fact, along the way, Zhang Xing gave up the Yimeng Mountain and Juyeze areas, which were mostly deserted areas but had countless opportunities, and instead chose to set up a flag here at Wang Wulang. He was not just worried about those two places.
It will be attacked by the Wei army first, because the discipline level in those two places is too bad and the quality of the leaders is too low.
Relatively speaking, people like Xu Dalang and Wang Wulang, although they are also typical reactionaries of the feudal era, are indeed far superior to those bandit leaders in terms of personal quality, organizational ability, and vision.
Even if you reason with these people and set rules, they will still be listened to.
When the matter has reached this point, it is officially settled. The next step is naturally the traditional program, the so-called big bowl of wine and large pieces of meat... Of course, the wine and meat belong to Wang Wulang's family, and he is quite happy with it.
As soon as the banquet ended, before evening, Ma Sheng and his daughter took the initiative to come to Zhang Longtou to say goodbye. They only said that they would leave early the next morning and came to see Brother Zhang to say goodbye and ask for advice.
"Then go back."
Zhang Xing seemed to have expected it, but he met the two of them directly in the courtyard where he lived, and then pointed directly at Wang Zhen. "Let my brother go with you tomorrow... Then he will go to Mangdang Mountain to start a business... I
I won’t write any more letters, so as not to cause trouble to your leader Du, and ask him to take it into consideration and send some goods and supplies."
Ma Sheng is a person who understands the situation. He knows that his family is destined to meet these extravagant people and things. He doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, so he just bows his head and says nothing. Although Ma Ping'er is younger, he is not interested in many things.
They were all eager to give it a try, but when facing these young tycoons or big shots in private, they couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and they didn't say much. They just thought about how to talk to their friends about today's events when they go back, and then how to come back and participate.
"Third brother." Wang Zhen, on the other hand, although he had already made an agreement and agreement with Zhang Xing, now he also added a bit of emotion. "I am a bastard, but since we have reached this point, please rest assured that nothing will happen."
It's embarrassing for you...but we are going to separate tomorrow and go to Mangdang Mountain, do you have any words to give?"
Zhang Xing glanced at Ma Sheng and his daughter, and seemed to be magnanimous: "Actually, just like those words before, the Huaiyou League is of course half-reliant, but the business of this gang is too big, the territory is large, and there are many people. There are more than just
Du Pozhen, and many others. Some of these people have military backgrounds, some have maritime business backgrounds, and some are local tycoons and water bandits. Now they all have direct dealings with Jingantai... You must
Be careful, if you receive any contact from the Huaiyou Alliance, be on your guard first!"
Wang Zhen nodded quickly.
Then Zhang Xingfu came to see Ma Sheng again: "Protector Ma, this is also for you and your daughter, and especially for Brother Du... You must also be careful of the Huaiyou Alliance, and even Brother Du must be careful of the Huaihe Alliance."
Youmeng, unless he can take full control of the situation."
This time, Ma Sheng did not hesitate or dodge, but responded seriously.
After sending Ma Sheng and his daughter away, Zhang Xing sat in the courtyard for a while. Sure enough, Xu Dalang took the initiative to look for them before dark.
"It made Brother Zhang laugh." Xu Shiying awkwardly handed over her hand as soon as they met.
"I've never seen him laugh." Zhang Xing sighed, but actually refused to do it. "In this world, no one should make things difficult for anyone... What did my brother write in the letter to you?"
"Two things." Xu Shiying didn't sit down, but just handed over his hand to report. Zhenzhen was like a subordinate, and his attitude was completely different from the previous two meetings. "One is that he didn't know the location of the third brother when he wrote the letter, so that if I bump into him,
After that, I must advise the third brother to be careful and not to offend Uncle Cao Huang... But it’s okay not to mention this matter; the other thing is actually a business friction..."
"how to say?"
"At the beginning of the Three Expeditions to Dongyi, they marched along the river, so now the area around the river is full of bandits, and Dongjun is no exception. In order to survive, these bandits either come to rob the local Zhuangzi, or go to Huan
Water to grab the transshipment materials from the south... Alliance Leader Du feels that it is us, those of us who live in the upper reaches of the Jishui River, who specially instigate the bandits to grab the supplies from the Huanshui and Liangjun canals, causing them trouble..."
Xu Shiying narrates carefully.
"Two questions." Zhang Xing was silent for a moment and then asked seriously under the sunset in the courtyard. "First, have you told Mr. Li... Mr. Li about this? Second, have you ever provoked those bandits?
?”
"I have already told Gong Li. He said that this matter is related to Leader Du, so he specifically asked me to come to you, Third Brother." Xu Shiying said something. "As for those bandits, I really didn't instigate them, and I don't even know them.
...But I didn't dare to hide it from Brother Zhang... That day, Brother Zhang came to inform me that in order to avoid the people in Jing'antai, I did not go south. Instead, I went west and settled in the abandoned Zhuangzi where Dongjun's army had just marched.
There are reasons and ideas, so even if there is no instigation, there is actually the intention to drive those people to the west and south."
"I understand what you mean." Zhang Xing sighed. "Then let me make it clear... First, the internal and external closeness is here, and the foundation of the Deposed Dragon Gang is the top priority. Don't worry about me, just let it go; secondly,
Second, after all, I have some relationship with Leader Du. Staying here will sooner or later cause trouble for this matter, so I simply leave tomorrow and go to Hebei immediately to do something for our Deposed Dragon Gang. You can use your skills after I leave...
…how?"
Xu Shiying nodded repeatedly, but just didn't move.
"What?" Zhang Xing asked in surprise.
Xu Shiying hesitated and lowered his voice to answer: "I actually have an idea, but I need Brother Zhang and Brother Li to nod together. I haven't told Brother Li yet, nor have I told anyone else..."
Zhang Xing stared at the other person without saying a word.
"Can you contact the government and pretend to be the bandit suppressors of the Wei Dynasty to exterminate these bandits? By the way, you can defraud some ordnance from the Wei court?" Xu Shiying finally told his strategy. "At this time, the court will also be a little bit more cautious.
Let's let the situation go and allow local heroes to serve the imperial court, right? However, this matter is too sensitive and I couldn't bring it up during the discussion at Juyi Hall before."
"You can use my name to tell Brother Li about this plan." Zhang Xing stared at the other party and said what the other party wanted to hear, but he sighed in his heart.
The contrast between the weakness of Xu Dalang's personality and the strength of his talent is really sharp... Is this a real dragon, or is he a thief with an unchanging nature?
Xu Dalang just cheered up.
The next day, the newly formed Deposed Dragon Gang began to get busy. Xu Shiying went to the west to deal with banditry matters; Shan Tonghai sent Liang Jiading to Juye Ze as an undercover agent and at the same time contacted the east; Wang Zhen followed Ma's father and daughter south; Wang Wulang began to take center stage.
He contacted all around and invited the surrounding heroes; Zhang Xing went north together with Wei Taoist priests, Li Shu, Zhou Xingfan, Niu Da, the Lu brothers, and Guo Jingke, and crossed the river four days later.
After crossing the river, Li Shu and Taoist Wei respectively tried to contact the famous families in Hebei. This was their natural network and they could not compete with each other. As for Zhang Xing, he went down the river with Xiao Zhou and headed for the river mouth.
There was an official of the fifth rank who was said to be waiting for a reply from Dongdu.
The war was in turmoil, and it was not known whether the envoy could successfully reach the Eastern Capital. Maybe the Eastern Capital had forgotten that there was this person.
