This meal was slowly coming to an end as everyone had their own thoughts. Of course, the taste of the food was undeniable. The chef of the Ice Jade Building was indeed worthy of his reputation. However, to be honest, Viper Three really couldn't taste the taste of the food. After he sent off the City Lord and the various Patriarchs, he felt an unprecedented tiredness. This tiredness didn't only include his body, but also his mind.
This was because Viper Three discovered that every word they said at the dining table, whether it was the City Lord or the Patriarchs of the various families, seemed to have a deeper meaning. He had to rack his brains to think about it. This was a feeling that Viper Three had never experienced before. This was also the first time he had experienced such a scene, so he felt an unprecedented fatigue.
After sending the people away, Viper Three didn't leave the Ice Jade Pavilion. Although it was late, it wasn't too late for him to book the Ice Jade Pavilion. No matter how many meals he ate here today, the Ice Jade Pavilion would do it. Therefore, Viper Three didn't plan to leave. He planned to treat the brothers in the gang to a meal. Of course, he would also invite Zhao Hai.
When Zhao Hai arrived at the Ice Jade Pavilion with the Ice Blade Gang, Viper Three was still waiting outside to welcome him. Then, he sent Viper Three's men into the Ice Jade Pavilion to eat. Meanwhile, he, Zhao Hai, and Ice Wolf went to a private room on the top floor.
After the three of them sat down, Zhao Hai looked at Viper Three and said, "Master San, how do you feel today? Isn't being the Patriarch a bit interesting? "
Viper Three said with a bitter expression, "Mister, don't mention it. I've only been the Patriarch for a day and I already feel like I've had enough. This feeling is really too torturous. How is this Patriarch? It's simply killing me. Those guys have to beat around the bush every time they speak. After listening to them, you have to think for a long time before you can understand what they're talking about. To be honest, I've used my brain more today than I have in my entire life. Now, I feel like my head is numb."
When Zhao Hai and Ice Wolf heard this, they laughed loudly. After a while, Zhao Hai stopped. Then, he patted Viper San on the shoulder and said, "Now you know why I don't want to be the patriarch, right? You just need to do two things well. First, manage your own family well. Let your family slowly grow. Don't worry, you just need to protect your family well. If someone tries to steal your things, just fight with them. Second, you need to stand in line. I don't think that the City Lord and the Patriarchs of the other families will be harmonious. Even if they seem to be on good terms now, they aren't really on good terms. If the City Lord wants more power, then it will definitely affect the interests of the major clans. If the major clans want to develop and develop better in Aurora City, then they must be able to suppress the City Lord and make the City Lord turn a blind eye to what they are doing. Therefore, you have to stand on both sides. Don't ever think of not offending either side. That way, you will only offend both sides. "
Viper Three nodded, then he looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Then which side does mister think I should stand on?"
Zhao Hai faintly smiled and said, "In a safe way, you should stand on the side of the big clans because they are all from the same hometown. They have operated here for countless years and can be said to be deeply rooted. If you don't want to cooperate with them, then it will only cause them to retaliate violently. At that time, even if the City Lord protects you, it will be very difficult for you to establish yourself in Aurora City. After all, the City Lord isn't omnipotent. It won't be easy for him to deal with the big clans in Aurora City. However, you can't offend the City Lord too much. Otherwise, if the City Lord targets you, then it will be very troublesome for you. Fortunately, you have just become the Patriarch, so you can pretend to be a fool and let them think that you don't know anything. In addition, with me behind you, both sides won't make a move on you for a while. In fact, if it's a normal day, both sides won't force you to express your stance, so you can still delay for a period of time. However, once something big happens in the city and the City Lord and the other Patriarchs stand on opposite sides, then you must express your stance. This stance is very important as it relates to your development in Aurora City. In my opinion, you can first stand on the side of the big clans, but you can't casually stand on the side of the City Lord. Even if you want to express your stance, you must first discuss it with the big clans. You can express your stance, but when it's necessary, the big clans must stand out to protect you. If they don't protect you, then you will have to face the City Lord alone. That definitely won't do. The City Lord can't deal with all the big clans, but dealing with your family isn't a problem. If the big clans don't agree, then you can directly stand on the City Lord's side."
Venomous Snake Three nodded and then said in a deep voice, "But mister, if we really stand on the City Lord's side, then I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to withstand the counterattack of the major families."
Zhao Hai sneered and said, "The City Lord is specifically targeting you. If the major families don't interfere, then there might be some trouble. But if we go against the major families, hmph, at worst, we'll just let Aurora City flow with blood. The City Lord has the imperial court behind him, but these major families don't have the imperial court behind them."
When Venomous Snake Three and Ice Wolf heard Zhao Hai's words, they couldn't help but shiver. The two of them could almost smell the smell of blood behind Zhao Hai's words. This also made the two of them even more certain of Zhao Hai's identity.
Zhao Hai looked at Venomous Snake Three and said in a deep voice, "For the next period of time, I don't think there will be any problems with your development. Therefore, Ice Wolf has become the most important thing. What I mean is that we should first unify all the gangs in Aurora City and then expand outwards. For the time being, we shouldn't have any conflicts with the major families. I want to take the next step in our development in Icefield City. Icefield City isn't far from Aurora City. Whether it's using the teleportation array or using the sleigh, it won't take too long. I want to establish a gang in Icefield City."
Venomous Snake Three frowned and said, "Establishing a gang in Icefield City isn't an easy task. Icefield City is a big city, so the situation will be even more complicated. Initially, the gang leader and the others wanted to expand the Ice Blade Gang and establish a gang in Icefield City. However, as soon as they entered, they were beaten back. They even lost a lot of brothers."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. We have to take down Aurora City first. Ice Wolf, I'll be relying on you for the next period of time. Recruit, recruit as many people as you can."
Ice Wolf responded and nodded. Zhao Hai looked at the two and said in a deep voice, "If I really want to develop in Icefield City, then I won't be able to stay in Aurora City. I might stay in Icefield City in the future. Moreover, as long as you have enough strength, I'll go to other places in the future. Therefore, you have to learn how to manage things and how to deal with unexpected situations. Do you understand?"
The two responded in unison. They already understood Zhao Hai's meaning. In their opinion, Zhao Hai might not want to put all his eggs in one basket. This was also a normal practice.
Afterward, the three of them casually ate something before leaving the Ice Jade Building. Now that the matter of Aurora City had taken shape, Zhao Hai could relax a bit.
The reason why Zhao Hai wanted to take down Aurora City was because it was the northernmost city in the Arctic Continent. This was something that Zhao Hai had learned not long ago. Because of its special geographical location, this place had become a very important fur trading place. Naturally, although the fur trade here was very good, it wasn't enough to attract the attention of the major forces of the Arctic Continent. Therefore, this place was still very far away from other cities. The nearest big city was Icefield City. If one didn't use the transmission formation and used a sleigh to go to Icefield City, it would take at least ten days.
Therefore, if one were to talk about the benefits of Aurora City, there really wasn't anything good about it. However, for Zhao Hai, this place had a huge advantage, and that was that it could be used as an outpost.
Because of its remote location, other than some merchants who wouldn't pay attention to it, this place was very suitable to be used as an outpost. It was precisely because of this that Zhao Hai was so attentive to this place and wholeheartedly wanted to control the entire Aurora City.
Now that Viper Three had become the patriarch of one of the major families in Aurora City, this was equivalent to Zhao Hai having people in the government of Aurora City. As long as he controlled the gangs in Aurora City, then sooner or later, Aurora City would be his territory.
It was precisely because of this that Zhao Hai set his sights on Icefield City. Icefield City wasn't like Aurora City, it was an important city behind the Arctic Continent. In the past, there had been several beast tides in the Arctic Continent, and Icefield City was the key to resisting the beast tides.
The beast tides in the Arctic Continent were different from other places. The beast tides in the Arctic Continent were almost all caused by underwater creatures. The number of underwater creatures was very large, and the strength of these wild underwater creatures was very formidable. Therefore, the scale of the beast tides was very large.
However, in the past few years, there had been no more beast tides in the Arctic Continent. However, Icefield City still maintained a sizeable army.
Zhao Hai was very clear that if he wanted to deal with the Arctic Continent, then he must start from the north and then slowly move towards the south. Icefield City was a place that must be taken.
The next day, the entire Aurora City was in an uproar. Only now did people know that the one who bought the Wu Family was Viper Three. Many people in Aurora City knew who Viper Three was. He was just a small hoodlum, but now, he had become the patriarch of a family. This made many people unable to believe it. After confirming the news, they felt even more incredulous. Viper Three had swallowed all of the Wu Family's businesses, this wasn't a trivial matter.
On the other hand, the people from the gangs in the city were even more surprised. They really didn't know what happened. How did Viper Three develop so quickly? Now, he was no longer on the same level as them.
Of course, these gangs were unhappy, especially the people from the Iceman Gang. The Iceman Gang was originally stronger than the Ice Blade Gang. Viper Three was originally an unpopular Hall Master of the Ice Blade Gang. Now that he had become the patriarch of a family, he was sitting with the City Lord, eating and drinking. How could they bear it?
Of course, the most important thing was that they also knew that although Viper Three had taken over the Wu Family's business, he didn't have many people, nor did he have any experts. If they killed Viper Three, they might be able to snatch the Wu Family's things.
For these people, they didn't dare to provoke a big family like the Lin Family. This was because the Lin Family had been in the city for so many years, and there were countless experts in the family. They weren't people that they could touch. However, Viper Three was different. They were familiar with Viper Three, so they naturally weren't afraid of him. On the contrary, they were very jealous of him. Therefore, they were prepared to deal with Viper Three and snatch everything from the Wu Family.
However, Viper Three wasn't someone to be trifled with. He immediately received the news. After receiving the news, he immediately sent someone to inform Zhao Hai. Now that he was the patriarch of a family, he couldn't run to Zhao Hai like before. Zhao Hai also didn't allow Viper Three to come to him. Therefore, Viper Three could only send someone to inform Zhao Hai of this news.
After Zhao heard the news, he immediately called Frost Wolf over. After Frost Wolf arrived at Zhao's courtyard, Zhao looked at Frost Wolf and said, "Frost Wolf, how much fighting power does the gang have right now?" Frost Wolf nodded and said, "How much fighting power does the gang have?"
When Ice Wolf heard Zhao Hai's words, he couldn't help but be surprised. Then he immediately said, "Sir, there are already nearly a thousand people in the Ice Wolf Gang who can fight. Originally, there were only two hundred people in the gang. The rest of the people were recently recruited. Although these people live in the slums, their fighting strength isn't weak. Some of them are even adventurers. Because the treatment in our gang is good and there aren't too many risks, they joined our gang."
Zhao Hai nodded and said in a deep voice, "Go back and secretly gather everyone. We will attack the Iceman Gang tonight."
Ice Wolf was stunned. Then his expression changed and he said in a deep voice, "Sir, are we really going to attack the Iceman Gang tonight? The Iceman Gang isn't weak and they have a lot of experts. Moreover, we aren't prepared yet. "
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter. Go ahead. I'll deal with the experts of the Ice Blade Gang."
When Ice Wolf heard Zhao Hai's words, he could only nod and say, "Okay, then I'll go prepare immediately."
Zhao Hai said in a deep voice, "Pay attention to confidentiality, but I don't think it's useful to keep it a secret. Forget it, go and prepare. We will attack tonight. Inform everyone that no one is allowed to go out and contact any outsiders. Without my signal, no one is allowed to attack. Go." Ice Wolf nodded and turned to leave.
Zhao Hai looked at Ice Wolf's back and muttered, "I originally wanted to let you live for two more days, but now that you dare to do this, I'll take action first."
After Ice Wolf returned to the Ice Blade Gang, he immediately called the hall masters over and passed down the order. After everyone arrived, Ice Wolf glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Return to your hall immediately and gather everyone in the hall. No one is allowed to go out with any excuse or contact anyone. Wait for my order. There might be an operation tonight." Ice Wolf knew that Zhao Hai wanted to keep it a secret, so he didn't say what would happen tonight or when. It was to keep it a secret.
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