klisemfg Chapter 226 Lu Chen is a friend of the Red Gate
Chapter 226 Lu Chen is a friend of the Red Gate
Seeing Lu Chen was about to leave, Rivers hurriedly said goodbye to Lu Chen. Lu Chen nodded and told him to go back first. He would go to the company to find them when he was free.
Lu Chen sat in Hans' car and hurried to Chinatown. When the car drove to the lower part of Manhattan, Lu Chen opened the window and looked around. This place was indeed a slum. The houses were so old that they were in a mess. Some of the walls even had tiny cracks.
Although this place is very dilapidated, Lu Chen can't help but feel happy when he thinks that he will be the owner of this land.
Hans drove to Chinatown very quickly. Seeing Lu Chen coming to Chinatown, he quickly passed the news of Lu Chen to Wu Xuance's ears. As soon as Wu Xuance received the news, he immediately brought people to the door of the Huaqing Gang to wait for Lu Chen's arrival.
In order to avoid any accidents, he also asked his confidants to send everyone else out. At this time, the hall was full of Wu Xuance's own confidants.
Soon Hans drove to the entrance of the hall. When he arrived, Lu Chen first observed from the car and found that only Wu Xuance and three or four people were standing at the door. Then Lu Chen got out of the car.
Seeing Lu Chen get out of the car, Wu Xuance walked up to Lu Chen with a smile.
"Brother Lu Chen, how come you have time to come to our place?"
Lu Chen said with a fake smile: "I came to discuss something with Gang Leader Wu."
When Wu Xuance heard that Lu Chen came to discuss something with him, the smile on his face became even brighter. Now that the Red Gate had enough weapons, they beat the natives in the Dutch East Indies to a pulp. Even the Dutch didn't dare to bully the Red Gate people. People over there said that the Red Gate had actually controlled an area of the county town.
Now the top leaders of Red Gate have tasted the sweetness of owning arms. They have been notified to try their best to win over Lu Chen, the Chinese arms dealer. The top leaders of Red Gate also promised that if anyone can bring him into Red Gate, then the top leaders will directly promote him to the position of candidate elder.
The alternate elders are prospective elders. As long as an elder steps down, the alternate elders can directly enter the elders council. This promise made everyone excited.
Since Wu Xuance got the news, he has been planning how to get Lu Chen into the Red Gate. He is also very envious of this candidate elder. You know, Chen Jiu has been in the Red Gate for thirty or forty years, and he is only a candidate elder. Although he is a candidate elder, no Chinese in New York dares not to give him face.
So Wu Xuance was very happy that Lu Chen took the initiative to come to him to discuss things. How come he was much closer to Lu Chen than the other people in Hongmen?
Wu Xuance enthusiastically brought Lu Chen to the hall. He asked with a smile, "Brother Lu Chen, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Chen thought about it and didn't know how to start. After all, he sent the people from Red Gate to the battlefield, and more than 30 people died. Although there were reasons for it, Lu Chen didn't know what the attitude of these people inside Red Gate was.
He said cautiously, "Boss Wu, you should still remember the last time I told you about the attack I suffered in the Philippines."
Hearing Lu Chen's question, Wu Xuance naturally thought of Wei Zhengyi's attack on Lu Chen. Then, a thought suddenly occurred to him: Could it be that Wei Zhengyi was crazy and sent someone to attack Lu Chen? Thinking of this, he suddenly felt angry.
I worked so hard to calm Lu Chen down, and you are causing trouble for me again. When I confirm that it was you, Wei Zhengyi, who caused the trouble, I will tell the elders about your misdeeds.
Wu Xuance immediately said, "What's going on? Is Wei Zhengyi bothering you again? Don't worry, if he is, I will report to Mr. Hong and the others and I will definitely give you an explanation."
Lu Chen quickly waved his hands and said, "No, he didn't come to trouble me."
Wu Xuance was relieved when he heard Lu Chen say that Wei Zhengyi had not caused any trouble. His anger had subsided, and he asked:
"Then why did you mention him, Brother Lu Chen?"
Lu Chen replied: "You should know that I have detained more than a hundred of Wei Zhengyi's men."
When Wu Xuance heard what Lu Chen was talking about, he immediately said:
"Brother Lu, don't worry. You can take these people back as free labor. Just take care of their food and drink. Just consider it as our Red Gate's apology to you."
Lu Chen said, "Well, Gang Leader Wu, I've sent your people to the battlefield."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wu Xuance frowned. He didn't expect Lu Chen to send these people to the battlefield. He looked at Lu Chen, and then thought about how Lu Chen seemed to be very polite to him today. Even more polite than usual. This gave him a bad feeling.
These people didn't all die on the battlefield, did they? Wu Xuance thought to himself, if that's the case, then it's a bit difficult to deal with. The people of Red Gate are all loyal and brave. If they knew that Lu Chen killed so many Red Gate brothers at once, they would hate Lu Chen to death. How could they pull Lu Chen into Red Gate in that case?
What the hell is going on? Right now, Red Gate really needs to have a good relationship with Lu Chen. If they really have a falling out with Lu Chen, how could Lu Chen continue to provide arms to Red Gate?
Thinking of this, Wu Xuance immediately stopped thinking like this. He secretly said to himself, this is all my imagination, this will definitely not happen. I must be overthinking. After a while of self-consolation, Wu Xuance asked tentatively:
"So how are these people now?"
Lu Chen said calmly: "Thirty died, and seventy survived. Moreover, these seventy survivors are now experienced veterans."
When Lu Chen answered, he had already thought it through. No matter how the Red Gate people viewed this matter, he had already done it. As for whether the Red Gate people would choose revenge or reconciliation, Lu Chen was no longer afraid. After all, the Hongshui Company already had 5,000 to 6,000 people. Even if the Red Gate wanted to fight him now, Lu Chen would not be afraid at all.
When Wu Xuance heard Lu Chen say that only thirty people died, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that not all of them died. But when he heard Lu Chen say that the survivors had become experienced veterans, his eyes lit up.
Seventy veterans with rich combat experience are precious treasures, and they are the talents that the Red Gate lacks the most. Although the Red Gate has defeated the natives in the Dutch East Indies, the casualties are not small. If there are these veterans leading the team, then in the future when fighting with the natives, the casualties will definitely be much less.
Thinking this way, Lu Chen not only did not have any grudges against the Red Gate, but on the contrary, he trained talents for the Red Gate. The Red Gate should be grateful to him. Thinking this way, Wu Xuance was completely relieved. He said to Lu Chen:
"It's okay. I will tell the elders about this. I just don't know how long you plan to wait for our brothers from the Red Gate to come back, Brother Lu Chen."