Chapter 069 Youth Gang Boss
This is also God's eye-opening. Zeng Guozhang's sea voyage was originally a top-secret operation and did not want to expose the identity of the Youth Gang. Therefore, there was no arrow mark on the clothes of the gang, only Zeng Guozhang had an arrow on his body, but it was also hidden on the robe, which was seen by Zhou Charter.
Zhou Charter shouted the thirteen-character truth, just hoping that this sentence had something to do with the Qing Gang. How could he think that this thirteen-word truth turned out to be the way of the Qing Gang!
Zeng Guochang's attitude changed greatly, and Zhou Charter changed from a death row prisoner to a guest in a blink of an eye. Zhou Charter combined patterns, truths and legends and concluded that Zeng Guochang's group must be the youth gang.
Zeng Guochang invited Zhou Charter to take the seat, and Zhou Charter was not polite and sat on it. He knew that Zeng Guochang had recognized him as a person in the channel, and looking at that situation, Zhou Charter in Zeng Guochang's eyes was an old life. Since it is an old life, you can't be too modest, too modest, but suspicious.
Zhou Charter and Zeng Guozhang sat together. Guo Erpole stood behind Zhou Charter. Zhang Xiaolin found a pair of trousers and put them on and stood behind Zeng Guozhang. The two sides saw the salute. Zeng Guozhang pointed to Zhang Xiaolin and said, "My apprentice looked turbid and regarded the master as Japanese, causing the two righteous men to be dangerous! According to the rules of our youth gang, we should go out one eye and apologize to the two of you. What do you think, Mr. Jin?
Zhou Charter nodded secretly. This Zeng Guozhang called him "Master of the Gang" and obviously regarded his generation very high. The Qing Gang is divided into superiors and inferiors. The elders are called masters, the elders are called masters, and the elders are called masters. Zeng Guozhang does not know the generation of Zhou Charter. For the time being, it is extremely polite to call him Master.
Zhou Charter laughed: "Grand Marshal Zeng's reward and punishment are strict, and the law enforcement is like a mountain. He is worthy of being the leader of the gang. However, it is really a coincidence to meet the Qing Gang on this sea today. If I hadn't made a market, I'm afraid it would be difficult for General Zeng to identify my identity. Jin begged General Zeng to let Brother Zhang go this time. How about that?
Zhang Xiaolin is a founding disciple of Zeng Guozhang. He is known as the eldest brother. Although he is not very old, he is also a well-known figure in the Qing Gang. In the future, he will be in Shanghai and become one of the three tycoons of the Youth Gang, as famous as Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.
Zeng Guozhang valued Zhang Xiaolin very much and did not want to punish him, but Zeng Guozhang believed that Zhou Charter was an elder. Zhang Xiaolin offended Zhou Charter. If Zhang Xiaolin was not punished, it would not make sense to face, so he asked this question.
Zhou Charter has long seen Zeng Guochang's thoughts and simply made a favor. Moreover, Zhou Charter's words were very polite. He begging for Zhang Xiaolin. In this way, it gave Zeng Guochang enough face. Zeng Guochang was overjoyed and shouted at Zhang Xiaolin: "Since Mr. Jin said so, he has to obey his own life. Zhang Xiaolin, why don't you thank Mr. Jin?
Zhang Xiaolin punched Zhou Charter and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jin, Xiaolin keeps it in mind. Excuse me, which dock does Mr. Jin come from? In the future, disciples will also visit.
Zhou Charter nodded secretly. Zhang Xiaolin was extremely shrewd. No wonder Zeng Guo regarded him as his right-hand man. Although they are facing the market, Zhang Xiaolin still doubts their identity.
Zhou Charter laughed and said, "To be honest, General Zeng, Jin Chengwu, who lives in North Korea, is not a native of the Youth Gang."
Zeng Guozhang's face darkened: "How can Mr. Jin say that I can help Zhongpan?"
Zhou Charter said, "To be honest, I am the master of Guluo Hall. Cui Jiyu, my ancestor, has a lot of friendship with the noble gang. When he was alive, he often taught us. Dongxue Education and the Qing Gang were originally a family. If I see the Qing Gang brothers, I must help them! Jin is ignorant and doesn't know the origin of Dongxuejiao and the Qing Gang, and the ancestor has never said anything, but Jin keeps in mind the bishop's instruction. When he sees the Qing Gang brothers, he sees his own brothers.
Zhou Charter said so, if others listen to it, they will be suspicious. But Zeng Guozhang heard that it was reasonable.
Zeng Guozhang is the elder host in charge of Huangshi'an. He knew that Liu Yuqing, the owner of Shishi'an, accepted Cui Jiyu as a disciple of Xiaoxiang. Accepting Cui Jiyu was originally a strategy jointly formulated by the middle elders to extend the power of the Qing Gang to the Korean Peninsula. Cui Jiyu founded Dongxue Education and did not disclose his true relationship with the Youth Gang to the congregation, which is also true, because according to the rules of the Youth Gang, Xiaoxiang's disciples cannot be regarded as formal disciples, and cannot accept apprentices in the name of the Youth Gang, let alone disclose the information of the Youth Gang to others. In those years, the Youth Gang funded Dongxue Education, which was carried out in secret. In the name of the Youth Gang, the Dongxue religion did not know about it. Zhou Charter claimed to be the master of the Guluo Hall. With the status of the head of the hall, he can often hear the teachings of the ancestor. In his speech, the ancestor revealed some words of Dongxue and the Youth Gang, which is also human's common.
Zeng Guozhang nodded and arched his hand and said, "It turns out that Zeng, the master of Dongxue, is disrespectful."
"It's easy to say." Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Jin was in a seawreck and was almost buried in the sea, but he happened to be rescued by his brothers. Isn't it God's will! It seems that I have been a family since ancient times.
"What the Lord Jin said!" Zeng Guozhang said, "I don't know why the owner of Jintang suffered so much?"
Zhou Charter made a bitter look and shook his head and sighed: "It's really hard to say."
"Dongxuejiao and our youth gang were originally brothers. What's the difficulty of Master Jin, but it doesn't matter. Zeng must do his best to help." Zeng Guozhang said.
"Well, Marshal Zeng is my lifesaver. In front of his benefactor, I have to tell the truth. Marshal Zeng must not be laughed at." Zhou Charter said.
"What did Master Jin said? Zeng listened attentively and didn't dare to make fun of him."
Zhou Charter then restrained himself and said, "Last year, our Dongxuejiao launched an uprising, which was originally smooth sailing and forced the court to set a state-wide collegial proposal. Unexpectedly, the Japanese took the opportunity to invade North Korea, and the Qing Dynasty also took advantage of the fire and sent troops across the Yalu River. The two families fought in North Korea, and North Korea fell into war. My Dongxue teaching also suffered a lot. First, Xiangtang in various places were destroyed by the imperial court, and there were many people who died. Then, in addition to the traitors, Lu Wenjun, a military instructor, killed Master Cui, the four guardians. One became a traitor, two died, and the other did not know the end. I learned to teach the dragons that there is no leader, and their vitality is greatly damaged. They are scattered all over the Xiangtang, scattered and died.
Zeng Guozhang nodded: "Zeng has also heard about Dongxue teaching. It's a pity that Master Cui Shiheng died at his own hands!"
Zhou Charter said, "Only my Guluotang in Kaicheng can barely maintain it. The scattered congregations came to Kaicheng and promoted me as the acting leader, hoping that I would take everyone to resume Eastern Education. It is not easy to resume Eastern learning and teaching. Among other things, there are great difficulties in this funding alone. North Korea suffered from war, all industries were abandoned, and the people were extremely poor. They had nowhere to raise money. After thinking about it, they had to take risks and sell opium. This opium trafficking is not a good thing, but he was forced to do nothing but come up with this bad strategy. General Zeng, don't laugh.
Zeng Guochang laughed and said, "Why did Lord Jin say this? A gentleman is looking for wealth thousands of miles away, and tea and cloth are sold. What can't you sell opium? Lord Jin can rest assured that there are many people in my youth gang who do this kind of business, even my Zeng, who has also done it. Moreover, Lord Jin did this for Zhongxingdong to learn and teach. It is a great righteousness. Those who take the great righteousness are not limited to trifles.
There are many rules for the youth gang, including ten rules, ten precepts and ten cautions, but there is no one that opium is not allowed to be sold. The children of the youth gang can't take drugs, but they can sell drugs!
Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Since Marshal Zeng is not to blame, he is over-hearted. This time, when I came to the Qing Dynasty, I brought a good amount of opium and prepared to transport it to Shanghai. It was peaceful along the way. The Qing Dynasty fought well with the Japanese, and we just took advantage of the gap. I never thought that when I went near the Zhoushan Islands, I met the Beiyang sailor!"
"Beiyang Mariner?" Zeng Guozhang hurriedly asked, "Did they shoot at you indiscriminately?"
Zhou Charter nodded secretly. Yesterday evening, the Dingyuan ship sank the Zhenbei, and the gunfire rumbled on the sea. Zeng Guozhang was in the nearby sea. He must have heard the sound of artillery, so Zhou Charter did not dare to make it up.
"They didn't fire directly. They stopped us, got on the boat to check, and as a result, they found opium. According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, the sale of opium is to behead. Seeing that the situation was not good, I hurriedly took out 5,000 taels of silver and begged them to let us go. The leader's pipe belt was easy to talk. He took the silver, confiscated the opium, and returned to their warship and let us leave by ourselves.
"These guys are also benevolent."
"At first, I also thought so. Although I lost opium and lost thousands of taels of silver, it's good for everyone to keep their heads." Zhou Charter said, "I can't imagine it. As soon as we were about to sail, they fired!"
"Damn it! They are going to swallow opium alone!" Zeng Guochang scolded: "Dog-day Beiyang sailor, there is no blood when killing!" The Beiyang sailor took the opium and destroyed the corpse of the opium smuggler. This opium became a ownerless public case. The Beiyang sailor can sell the opium and share the money privately. This is common in the barracks of the Qing Dynasty.
"Isn't it!" Zhou Charter said hatefully, "Our ship can't stand the cannon. It will soon be blown apart. Fortunately, this Guo brother and I have a big life. We held the board and did not sink to the bottom. Later, I met you and saved us. Marshal Zeng, it's really a coincidence that a typhoon is about to break out on the sea. The Beiyang sailors blew up our ship and immediately ran to avoid the wind. If you don't come, even if we save our lives for the time being, together with the typhoon, we will still be buried in the sea. Marshal Zeng, didn't you foresee the typhoon?
"This..." Speaking of the typhoon, Zeng Guochang's face was embarrassed and he was speechless.