Chapter 129: Preparing Manpower

Tonight we only have four hours to seize territory, and we don't need to obey the rule of holding it for seven days.

That means we must decide the winner tonight.

The shorter the time, the fiercer the fight.

Tonight Yau Tsim Mong might turn into a battlefield of carnage, and Tsim Sha Tsui will become a meat grinder.

For some powerful Triad Societies this might be a great opportunity, but for those small societies with only a thousand or eight hundred members it will be tough.

If few people go, it's just handing over the loot; we can't wrest territory from the big societies.

If we go all out and luck is bad, we might fail to seize territory and lose all our capital.

Chen Mo's original plan of four or five hundred men may not be enough.

After thinking, Chen Mo picked up the phone and called Jingkun.

"Kun Ge, did you get the police precinct's notice?"

"Got it, but I have no idea what those bastards at the precinct are thinking; Tsim Sha Tsui has nothing to do with me, what bad luck."

Jingkun was full of resentment about the precinct calling him, which surprised Chen Mo.

"Aren't we Great Prosperity going to seize the Ni Family's territory?"

"The Prince has territory in Tsim Sha Tsui, so of course he goes for it. I've already called him; I wanted to send some men his way, but he refused—what ingratitude."

When the Prince was mentioned, Jingkun's tone grew a bit sour.

Chen Mo thought for a moment and understood.

The Prince is probably in contact with Jiang Tiansheng, worried that inviting a deity is easy but sending one away is hard, and Jingkun has nailed a peg in his territory.

"If he doesn't want it, let him. I thought he'd ask the society for help, so I was ready to send some men to support him at any time."

"Ignore him; let him do whatever he wants. Anyway Tsim Sha Tsui's territory has nothing to do with me, so if he fails to seize it, we aren't to blame.

You're asking this, you aren't planning to seize territory yourself, are you?" Jingkun finally realized. "Do you want the society to help you? I can arrange a few hundred men for you."

"No need, I'm just planning to join the fun; if we don't get the territory it's fine, and having the society send men for me is inappropriate."

"I'm the top boss of Wang Jiao, not of Tsim Sha Tsui. If outsiders learn the society sent men for me but not for the Prince, they'd think Great Prosperity is divided and sidelining the Prince!"

He's already figured out a solution for the manpower issue; there's no need to get too close to Jingkun over a few men, nor give anyone a pretext.

The manpower can't be sourced from within Great Prosperity; it must be recruited from outside.

After hanging up, he dialed another number; it was time for A Wu to appear.

"Who is this!" A Wu answered, sounding irritated.

"Great Prosperity Chen Mo, we've done a deal before."

"It's Mo Ge, calling me to get me to do something?"

When A Wu realized it was Chen Mo, he immediately recalled the generous boss, and his tone brightened.

"But if you ask me to help you go to Tsim Sha Tsui to seize territory tonight, then that's it."

A Wu's words surprised Chen Mo: "What do you mean?"

"I also got the police notice; tonight's Tsim Sha Tsui is too fierce, I don't want to do a losing business."

"What if I add more money?"

"These brothers have been with me a long time, there's sentiment. Appearance fee is two thousand per person, a life costs three hundred thousand."

A Wu opened his mouth like a lion.

This price is at least twice the usual rate.

Chen Mo thought and said, "One thousand per person, I need three hundred men. But you don't have to go to Tsim Sha Tsui to seize territory; just help me guard my own territory. Do you accept?"

"Do it, of course do it!"

A Wu agreed without hesitation, fearing that if he delayed Chen Mo would change his mind.

Tonight the powerful societies will all go to Tsim Sha Tsui to seize territory; helping Chen Mo defend his territory is a breeze.

Going to Tsim Sha Tsui to fight hard, even if you earn a lot, you're fighting for others and might end up as cannon fodder.

You have a life to earn money, but no life to spend.

Agreeing with Chen Mo, you can earn three hundred thousand easily and safely, far more profitable than fighting in Tsim Sha Tsui.

After the call, Chen Mo made some more arrangements and then waited calmly for night to fall.

At midnight, everything was ready.

"Set out!"

At Chen Mo's command, over seven hundred people rushed to Tsim Sha Tsui.

At the same time, the major societies—East Prosperity, Number Gang, He Lian Sheng, Xin Ji, Zhong Xin Yi, and even the Hongle Chang Yi society that Chen Mo had previously driven out of Wang Jiao—also moved toward Tsim Sha Tsui, all wanting a share of the spoils.

Chen Mo set his sights on the former Han Chen territory, which spanned eight streets. He didn't plan to take it all; capturing half would suffice.

Upon reaching Tsim Sha Tsui, Chen Mo's men split into four groups.

"Clear the area; drive everyone out except Great Prosperity's men!"

After the Ni Family was cleared, some of Han Chen's former subordinates remained uncaught, and some had been released in recent days.

Some of them are still nominally Han Chen's subordinates; after all, Han Chen is dead, but his wife is still alive.

Some have started to go independent. After all, the core loyal subordinates of Han Chen were either taken by him to Longgu Beach to die or captured at his house.

Chen Mo and Ahua were fighting over Mi Dun Dao.

Mi Dun Dao is a main avenue running through Yau Tsim Mong; the Wang Jiao section is already Chen Mo's, and he also wants the Tsim Sha Tsui segment.

A Long, A Hu, and Tian Yang Sheng and Heavenly Nourishment Righteousness were battling for the other three streets on both sides of Mi Dun Dao.

Chen Mo and Ahua swept through with their men, encountering hardly any decent resistance; within minutes an entire street was cleared.

"Ahua, guard the street front and back; I'm going to check on A Long and A Hu."

"Don't worry, Mo Ge, this is in my hands, absolutely no problem," Ahua assured, excitement on his face.

"Alright, call me if anything comes up."

Chen Mo doesn't think that's the end. Though he seized the street first, it doesn't mean no other Triad Societies will try to take it tonight.

When Chen Mo arrived at A Long and A Hu's place, they were in the midst of a fierce battle.

Shen Guodong stood behind the crowd with ten ex‑soldiers, not taking action. They were placed there by Chen Mo to guard against experts; against ordinary goons they shouldn't act until the crucial moment.

Chen Mo came to Shen Guodong and asked, "Guodong, which Triad Society is across?"

"Mo Ge, why are you here?" Shen Guodong was slightly surprised by Chen Mo's sudden appearance. "Across are people from He Liansheng, led by Jordan's Lin Huilue."

"Lin Huilue?" Chen Mo frowned. "Didn't expect He Liansheng to covet the same territory as us."

Lin Huilue controls only two streets in Jordan, a few hundred people. Without the He Liansheng banner, those streets couldn't be held.

Chen Mo was certain He Liansheng had transferred people from other halls.

As the top Triad Society on Gangdao, He Liansheng has no foothold at all in Jianshazui. Compared with other societies of the same level, it's far inferior.

In the film, Lin Huilue could rally support from many uncles just by saying he'd lead his Triad Society into Jianshazui, showing how obsessed they are with that area.

This time, encountering such a good chance, they won't let it slip away easily.

Lin Huilue probably was put forward by Deng Fei to claim credit.