nycdaug Chapter 44 Thug Leader
Chapter 44 Thug Leader
Dingzi Street runs in all directions and is only about 700 or 800 meters long. There aren't many shops there, but everyone knows that it's a famous street full of shady shops, with more than a dozen of them.
The so-called "secret doors" are actually low-class brothels.
In ancient times, brothels were legal and even major taxpayers in their respective regions.
However, the prices in brothels are too high, and only the wealthy can afford to sleep with the girls there. But when it comes to physical needs, it doesn't matter whether someone is rich or not.
Therefore, these illegal businesses target low-income groups.
Of course, the girls who come here can't compare to those in the brothel. They don't need any of the fine arts, atmosphere, or refined tastes. All they need is to get on the kang (heated brick bed), blow out the lamp, and take off their pants.
When it was all over, you could just pull up your pants and settle the bill with a piece of silver or a handful of copper coins.
There are rich people in Black City, but there are more people from the bottom of society. People like Boss Du are just low-level thugs. His thugs often have to save up for a long time before they can afford to go to Soft Fragrance Pavilion.
Ruanxianglou is the most famous brothel in Heicheng. It is very luxurious, and the girls inside are very beautiful. Unfortunately, a pot of wine inside costs at least ten taels of silver, and even the cheapest girl costs ten taels of silver for a night. Not everyone can afford to go in.
In the past, Boss Du was in charge of Dingzi Street. Whenever his men wanted to, they would go and collect protection money. They would often end up being dragged to the kang (a heated brick bed), and a nap would settle the protection money.
But later, if they wanted to again, they would have to spend money, because this place no longer belonged to them.
Many of Boss Du's men were dissatisfied with this. After all, their boss had a delicate girl like Lan'er, but what did they have? They could only go to the brothels and find Xiao Hong and Xiao Lü, but now they couldn't just sleep with Xiao Hong and Xiao Lü anymore.
"Boss," Luo Dahai, the second-in-command, couldn't help but call out to Boss Du, "You can't sacrifice the interests of the brothers like this."
"What's wrong?" Boss Du frowned, but he held Lan'er even tighter.
"Giving up territory for a woman like that? What kind of territory is that? That territory was hard-won by our brothers!" Luo Dahai raised his voice.
"This is my woman." Boss Du's face immediately darkened. "Isn't she worth a whole street?"
"Boss, your woman is worth it, but what about the brothers?" someone else stepped forward. "You know perfectly well what the situation is like at T-junction, and you just give her away with your mouth? Did you even ask the brothers' opinions?"
Many people around them echoed this sentiment.
Of course, there were also those who remained silent; those were all Boss Du's trusted confidants.
"Old Chu, what do you mean?" Du Laoda looked around and immediately sensed something was wrong, his voice becoming stern.
"What I mean is, you don't deserve to be the boss." Old Chu sneered. "You're willing to give up territory for a woman now, but what about next time? You might give up your brothers' lives for a woman."
The expressions of those around him immediately changed, and they all felt that what the second-in-command said made sense.
"You want to rebel?"
“I don’t want to, but I’m giving you two options: either step down and give up the leader’s position, or let the brothers sleep with this woman.”
Upon hearing this suggestion, everyone's eyes lit up. They knew that Lan'er was incredibly beautiful, especially her slender waist, which was far superior to any of the women in the secret society.
If I could sleep with a woman like that even once, I'd be willing to die for her.
"Bullshit!" Old Du roared. "Let me tell you, you want to rise to power? No way. I'm the one who calls the shots here."
"Brother Du, why don't you let me go?" Lan'er suddenly spoke up. "I don't want to make things difficult for you because of me." With that, she pushed Du Laoda aside and walked straight towards one of the men. "I'll let you sleep first, so don't make things difficult for Brother Du."
The man was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. He reached out and hugged her, but before his mouth could even touch Lan'er's face, he was kicked away. He flew a long way before crashing heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then staring blankly, lifeless.
The people around were stunned, but soon erupted in an uproar, glaring angrily at the instigator.
Grandpa Du never expected that he would kick someone to death. Just as he was about to say something, someone shouted, "Avenge our brother!" and rushed forward.
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
Lan'er screamed in fright and scrambled to the side.
Boss Du had a few trusted men, but they were too few in number and had no chance of winning. He could only shout for them to stop, but no one listened to him. They were all fighting each other to the death.
In the end, Boss Du had no choice but to flee the scene in a sorry state with a few men, and of course, he didn't forget to take Lan'er with him as well.
While the fighting was raging, Boss Jing, who had left earlier, returned with his men.
"Those who are willing to submit are brothers; those who resist stubbornly, kill them," Old Nine shouted.
Those guys seemed to finally come to their senses, only then realizing that they had gotten into a fight with their brothers who had been with them day and night for a long time, and had even killed and injured quite a few.
“I’m willing to follow Boss Jing.” Old Chu stepped forward first, cupped his fists at Boss Jing, and said, “Boss.”
Seeing this situation, the others had no other choice but to submit to Boss Jing.
From then on, Boss Jing officially became the leader of the gangsters in the north and east of the city.
At the entrances of several courtyards on Dingzi Street, heavily made-up women stood. Whenever they saw a man walking by, they would wave their handkerchiefs and call out "Young Master," "Master," or even "Dead Ghost."
If they saw anyone who was interested, they would come over and drag them into the yard.
Boss Jing strolled over with a few men, and was immediately surrounded by a group of women. Soon, his men were pulled away.
"Boss Jing, I'm new here, my name is Zhen'er, please patronize the business." A woman waved a handkerchief at Boss Jing.
"New here? Really?"
"Is it true or not? Boss, come in and check, and we'll know, won't we?" Zhen'er said, dragging Boss Jing into the courtyard.
There are many rooms in a courtyard. A large courtyard has more than a dozen rooms, while a small courtyard has five or six rooms, which means there are several girls.
When the other girls in the courtyard saw that Boss Jing had been pulled in, they immediately surrounded him, all wanting to offer themselves to him.
“These are my people. If you dare to cause trouble, none of them will be allowed to take customers anymore.”
“Zhen’er, with Jing’s physique, can you handle it all by yourself? Don’t let him not have enough fun. We’re best friends, I’m willing to help you…”
“No need.” Zhen’er hurriedly pulled Jing Laoda into the east wing of the main house.