The Local Snake and the Dragon Crossing the River (continued)

But in reality, Bo Cong didn't even have the money for the first batch of goods. However, his brilliance lay in taking his entire family to Myanmar, using his parents, wife, and son as collateral, and having the other side send several guards to accompany him back to Hong Kong. If they saw that he was trying to cheat or didn't want to pay, they were to shoot him dead. He was killing his whole family so that they could reunite in the afterlife.

Furthermore, Bo Cong reasoned with and appealed to the emotions of the Kuomintang remnants there, explaining that he had come all the way to the Golden Triangle not to swindle opium, but to find a way for his more than 500 brothers to earn money and fill their stomachs.

Perhaps because they had both experienced being homeless and barely surviving, the Kuomintang remnants felt a sense of shared suffering, and they agreed to Bo Cong's request to let him transport a batch of opium back to Hong Kong first, and then pay for it after it was sold.

At this point, Bo Cong obtained the cheapest opium in Hong Kong at the time. He used these goods to open up a market. Although the gang did not expand or revive as a result, the opium transportation and supply business was at least able to support the gang's more than 500 members to have work and food. They were no longer like before, when more than 500 gangsters lived worse than unregistered dockworkers and could not even afford a piece of meat during the Spring Festival.

With the money he earned, Bo Cong opened the Mei Yin Guild Hall in Shek Tong Tsui, entertaining all sorts of people from the underworld. He supplied many Opium dens, and many powerful figures in the underworld wanted to become disciples of this millionaire White Paper Fan. However, Bo Cong never took on any disciples. He wanted to find a leader who would be loyal to the gang and filial to him, someone he could entrust with his livelihood without worrying about betrayal when he got old, someone he could retire from the underworld and enjoy his old age in peace.

Finally, this time he got to see Chen Tai.

From the first time Gao Lao Cheng mentioned Chen Tai to him, saying that Chen Tai was clearly very good at fighting but had never killed anyone, that he was so scared that he vomited when he first fought, and that Chen Tai was very filial to his parents, Bo Cong had this idea. However, Gao Lao Cheng's side didn't make any moves afterward, and Bo Cong thought that Chen Tai looked down on the small gang of Harmony Heroes. Unexpectedly, two days later, this young man came to see him alone, wanting to join Harmony Heroes and become his disciple.

Bo Cong had been in the martial arts world for over a decade. Despite his limp, his eyes were sharp. Having seen too many people, he could easily tell that the young man before him was a loyal and righteous man who had already made up his mind to make a name for himself in the martial arts world.

This delighted Bo Cong. He set up dozens of tables at the Mei Yin Guild Hall, inviting all the members of the Harmony Heroes to the event. He toasted at each table, introducing his newly taken-over junior, Chen Tai, to the gang members. When Chen Tai paid his respects, his red envelope contained only three dollars and sixty cents. Bo Cong reciprocated by giving Chen Tai Hong Kong dollars 50,000, a tenement building in Sai Wan, and shares in two Opium dens. He also specially arranged for someone to inform his close associates in the underworld that he had a new disciple Chen Tai, and to ask them to take good care of him in the future.

It is evident that Bo Cong truly valued Chen Tai. The poor boy Chen Tai transformed into Bo Cong's prized student, who was also known Harmony Heroes"White Paper Fan of Heroes".

Gao Lao Cheng naturally received this news as well. After receiving it, Gao Lao Cheng announced to the public that Fuyixing would no longer collect protection money from the Mei Yin Guild Hall.

These words meant to other powerful factions in the martial arts world that the Mei Yin Guild Hall had become an unclaimed piece of meat.

Over two days, Chen Tai successively defeated five members of four Red Pole, large and small, who were demanding protection money from the Mei Yin Guild Hall. He beat so many of these long-established Red Pole leaders that they dared not personally fight Chen Tai anymore, fearing that their years of reputation in the underworld would be ruined by losing to this eighteen-year-old youth.

Having been a disciple of Bo Cong for only two days, Chen Tai became famous in the Sai Wan for his impressive record of winning five consecutive matches against the Red Pole.

After Chen Tai and his men visited the Opium dens that had previously owed Bo Cong money, they didn't even need to lift a finger. All they had to do was say, "I am Chen Tai of Harmony Heroes," and the other party obediently settled their debts.

Chen Tai's parents were taken to the house in Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island, which was given to Chen Tai by Bo Cong, and a maid was hired to take care of them. When Song Tianyao's father went to Kowloon to ask Chen Tai for help, he found that the family had left empty. After finding out the details, Song Chunren returned to Hong Kong Island and rushed to Sai Wan to find Chen Tai's parents. Chen Tai's parents then went to call Chen Tai over, which is why so much time was wasted.

Although Chen Tai had already made a name for himself in the underworld, he treated his relatives the same way he always had. He obediently brought a few of his recently recruited trusted brothers, and even carried a long-handled samurai sword with him, fearing that Zhao Meizhen might not trust him. He followed Song Chunren to Wan Chai, intending to help Zhao Meizhen guard the treasure box. Although in Chen Tai's eyes at this moment, his attire was worth more than the money in the treasure box, the kindness that Song Tianyao's family had shown him was far more valuable than the money in the treasure box.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they got off the rickshaw at the end of the street, they saw large clusters of flames burning in the middle of the road. Chen Tai didn't think much of it at first, but Song Chunren immediately recognized that his son Song Tianyao and his Scribe Hui seemed to be fighting with someone. Only then did Chen Tai lead a few of his men and rush towards Song Tianyao's direction.

At that moment, Dai Feng also passed through the flames and asked the question, "Why?"

Chen Tai, with his samurai sword slung across his shoulder, stood behind Song Tianyao and arrogantly declared, "Because he has a distant cousin named Chen Tai."

After saying that, he flicked his wrist, and the scabbard flew out, the blade pointing diagonally at the ground like a white ribbon. He threw off his trench coat, his muscular upper body bare, and strode towards Dai Feng. As he passed Song Tianyao, he said, "Brother Yiu, let a few of my brothers protect you and get out of here first. Leave these bastards to me."

"Leave him alive, and I'll personally return to send him on his way." Song Tianyao stood there, his previous sinister and vicious expression gone, coldly staring at Dai Feng as he spoke.

After saying that, Song Tianyao turned around and slapped Scribe Hui, who was still terrified by the fire that had burned the Xianyu Shuan, several times. "You stay and save A Shuan!"

By the time Scribe Hui came to his senses and carefully ran towards the burning Xianyu Shuan in the middle of the street, Song Tianyao had already run quickly towards the end of Tai Wo Street, without even having time to say a word to his stunned father, Song Chunren.

"Two of you go with Brother Yiu, take Brother Yiu to his destination, and then come back to see me," Chen Tai said to his brothers without turning his head.