[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-warlord":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-warlord-rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-120":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Warlord",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1895601,2527,"Chapter 120: Discussing Countermeasures Against the Li Family","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>\"One of the top families? That’s what you think. Although the Li family is currently in the limelight, there is an old saying: 'A tall tree catches the wind.' Their unscrupulous suppression and seizure of territory will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction from many people. I estimate it’s not just us; for example, the East Street and North Street must have received the news. Even if they haven't, just from the news of the Li family suppressing and seizing the West Street, what do you think the other bosses will think? Do you think they will willingly give up their industries of so many years? Do you think they will do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my words, everyone fell into deep thought and didn't refute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue!\" Huang Laohu saw that I was speaking well and encouraged me to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought for a moment and continued: \"I think we should unite now and use whatever strength we can, such as the East Street, North Street, and even Zhang Longtao of the South Street. Zhang Longtao is not a fool; he naturally knows that if the Li family becomes the sole power, his position will not be secure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Laohu nodded and said approvingly: \"Not bad, that makes a lot of sense. But how to contact and unite needs to be carefully calculated. There is another problem: although we can unite these bosses to fight the Li family, I heard the Li family’s strength is currently terrifying, with many experts. What foundation do we have to negotiate with these bosses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tiger Brother, you don't need to worry about that. Honestly, if the Li family intervenes in underworld affairs and integrates the entire S-city underworld, what will the officials say? Their strength is so strong, the officials certainly won't let them dominate like this. Besides, we are not without experts; every boss should have two or three. Plus the connections of all the bosses, finding a few more shouldn't be difficult. Furthermore, although San Mao and I dare not say we are on par with the Li family, at least if the Li family really wants to move against us, they will have to weigh the consequences!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my words, everyone around nodded, feeling that what I said made a lot of sense. However, Wu Feichong looked at San Mao and me with suspicious eyes and said: \"You just said counting you and your San Mao, what are you two? You call yourselves experts? You two little brats who just came out of school are experts? Your San Mao might have some ability, but compared to those experts, I think you should wake up. You really are children who don't know the height of the sky!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, so you want to try?\" San Mao was immediately unhappy when he heard someone call him a child and not worthy of being an expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Feichong looked at San Mao with some timidity, then pointed to the person beside Huang Laohu and said: \"If you can fight him, if you can beat him, I’ll admit you’re an expert!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bastard, Wu Feichong, are you looking for trouble? Now is the time for everyone to unite, and you’re still fighting internally? What do you mean?\" Huang Laohu stood up abruptly, slammed the table, and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Feichong was scared and quickly said: \"Tiger Brother, please calm down, it’s my fault, I’m sorry, please calm down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Laohu snorted coldly, then sat down slowly, looked at everyone present, and said indifferently: \"Now is our most urgent time. I don't want to find anyone fighting internally in my team. Brother Yang was right before. If we want to keep our territory, we must unite. Next, we need to consider how to contact and cooperate with the bosses of the other three areas; otherwise, no one will have anything to eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around shouted respectfully: \"Tiger Brother is wise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Laohu nodded, then continued: \"Alright, you can all go. Go back and think about what to do. If anyone wants to quit or doesn't want to do this, you can come to me, I will let you go. But if anyone acts as a traitor or spy halfway, then you should be careful about your own life and your family’s lives. I hate traitors the most in my life, listen clearly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around nodded and left one after another. Seeing this, San Mao and I also stood up to leave, but were stopped by Huang Laohu: \"Brother Yang, don't go yet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to look at Huang Laohu and asked in confusion: \"Tiger Brother? I don't know if you have anything else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Laohu looked around; basically everyone had left, leaving only San Mao, me, Huang Laohu, and his subordinate beside him. He patted me, signaled me to sit, and said: \"Brother Yang, honestly, what do you think is your winning percentage this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah? My winning percentage? Actually, I have no winning percentage, I have no confidence in my heart, I can only say take it one step at a time. After all, the Li family is too mysterious, it’s hard to say!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yang, you’re not being honest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Laohu looked at me with dissatisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Huang Laohu in confusion and asked: \"Tiger Brother, what does this mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yang, are you still hiding it from me? Actually, you know a lot of inside information about the Li family’s matter, but you’re not being honest and didn't tell your brother me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, Tiger Brother, what are you saying? What could I possibly hide from you? Specifically, what are you talking about? Maybe I didn't think of it for a moment, I hope Tiger Brother can remind me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, Brother Yang is really good at joking. The reason the Li family suddenly has so many experts must have a reason, right? Brother Yang seems to have been in contact with this matter before, and even the Su family in the provincial capital intervened. Brother Yang hasn't forgotten all of that, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Huang Laohu’s words, I felt relieved. I thought Huang Laohu knew about the confidentiality agreement I signed with the officials. Fortunately, he didn't know about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, Tiger Brother, you’re talking about this. I did investigate this before, but I never reached a conclusion. And this matter is a bit outrageous, it sounds unbelievable, so I didn't tell you, Tiger Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s there not to believe? Just tell your brother, I still trust your character!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around vigilantly, found no one, and then looked at the subordinate beside Huang Laohu, hesitating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, don't worry, he is my trusted aide, absolutely safe!\" ===== CHAPTER 121 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Hu, I'm only telling you this because I trust you. You must not leak this to anyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, don't you trust Brother Hu? Just go ahead and say it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around vigilantly and, finding no one else, looked at the subordinate beside Huang Laohu with some hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, brother. He is my trusted aide; he is absolutely safe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1171,"2026-06-11T15:09:04.179Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","26318e8f0aa7949c2edcf781dbe0214a9c9498b244f4f100b30b9dd470228ca1","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-121","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-119",227,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-warlord-cover.jpg"]