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[Breaking News! Breaking News! Du Chengye, son of the Shanghai Military Governor, has led troops into Shanghai without authorization, intending to massacre the Xianlemen!]

[Breaking news! Breaking news! The stable situation in Shanghai is about to be shattered, and the people of Shanghai will be plunged into war!]

[Breaking News! Breaking News! Du Chengye massacres Xianlemen, Mr. Jiang saves the day!]

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Early in the morning, at Jiang Wangzu's behest, major newspapers in Shanghai began reporting on Du Chengye's massacre at Xianlemen.

This immediately aroused the anger of the crowd.

In Shanghai, even if ordinary people are having a hard time, at least they can still survive.

If warlords came, they would truly be living a life worse than death.

They weren't the only ones suffering a fate worse than death; the tycoons and the middle class were also filled with anxiety!

Immediately, everyone responded and resolutely resisted any form of military intervention by the major warlords in sending troops into Shanghai.

Although the higher-ups in the concession reached an agreement with the Du family to turn a blind eye to Du Chengye's affairs, the local people and ordinary foreigners in the concession did not care about such things and went on strike and held demonstrations.

Jiang Wangzu's contribution was naturally also involved.

He wanted to drag everyone in Shanghai into this mess, resist the warlords, and put pressure on Shanghai's political circles and the foreign concessions.

Ultimately, under pressure, the Shanghai government held Du Bingkun, the military governor of Shanghai, accountable, and the various embassies in the Shanghai concessions also questioned him and published articles in the newspapers.

At the same time, with Jiang Wangzu's encouragement, the Shanghai police station underwent a large-scale expansion.

The number of people has expanded from three or four thousand to ten thousand, and it is still expanding.

Among these newly added police officers, members of the Canal Gang occupied many high positions.

Jiang Wangzu also received a considerable share of the profits; about one-third of the middle and senior management of the Shanghai police force became Jiang Wangzu's men.

As for Xu Yuan, the chief of the Shanghai police force, he was effectively sidelined.

However, he dared not utter the slightest complaint.

Since Jiang Wangzu rose to prominence, he has become as cautious as a quail.

And he would always send Jiang Wangzu generous gifts during festivals.

Jiang Wangzu did not cause him any trouble.

The main reason is that in Jiang Wangzu's eyes now, Xu Yuan is just a nobody!

In addition, the inner and outer cities of Shanghai began a major renovation with the support of major financial groups and enthusiastic citizens.

People from Shanghai may not have much else, but they have plenty of money!

The Shanghai government hired Western designers to redesign the inner and outer city walls, aiming to turn them into impregnable fortresses that could withstand artillery fire.

They also built many bunkers, fortifications, and other defensive works.

Jiang Wangzu paid a high price for all these items.

Now, Jiang Wangzu's men are guarding the entrances and exits of both the inner and outer urban areas of Shanghai. If the situation becomes unfavorable, they will immediately close the city gates and engage in battle!

These actions in Shanghai were observed by the major warlords in the south.

They never expected that Du Chengye's actions would trigger such a strong backlash from the major financial magnates in Shanghai.

However, at this stage they cannot hold anyone accountable or call a halt, since the warlord represented by Du Chengye was at fault first.

Jiang Wangzu took advantage of this time difference, and in just one or two months, he used three shifts to turn Shanghai into a war fortress, an impregnable fortress!

If this time gap is missed, it will probably be difficult to do it again!

There will definitely be a lot of resistance then!

"That idiot Du Chengye is utterly useless; he's more likely to ruin everything than accomplish anything!"

"That's not entirely true. Even martial arts grandmasters have fled, which shows how treacherous things are in Shencheng!"

"After all this commotion, it's probably no longer feasible for us to send small detachments into Shanghai for deterrence!"

"Let's keep it the same as before, slowly boiling the frog in water, making these Shanghai tycoons pay tribute."

"What if they disagree?"

"Disagree? They'll agree, unless they never leave Shanghai again and never do business outside of Shanghai."

"I heard that Jiang Wangzu from Shanghai has built a huge business, using the Longjiang River for sea transport to trade both north and south, completely avoiding inland routes. He's as slippery as an eel!"

"His goods will eventually land. After they land, we'll intercept 30%, no, 50%, as a warning to him!"

"This kid is incredibly strong, with thousands of men under his command and over a thousand guns. What would a businessman need so many guns for?"

"Weapon control in Shanghai must be strictly enforced. Effective immediately, all major powers are hereby ordered to cease all arms shipments to Shanghai in any form."

"Furthermore, we will rigorously search all goods entering and leaving Shanghai. Since they won't let us into the city, then we'll set up checkpoints outside the city, with a post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. Let's see how long they last!"

"That makes sense, let's do it that way."

"We have joined forces with major martial arts sects to carry out a decapitation operation against the revolutionary army, and it has already shown initial results. We are just waiting for all forces to gather and completely wipe out the Pan family. Once the war in the south is over, we can free up our resources to deal with Shanghai."

"Shanghai will have to be placed under military control from now on. As for how many troops each side will send, we'll discuss that in detail later!"

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More than 30 warlords from 24 regions across 18 southern provinces held talks and finally reached an agreement.

Du Bingkun's son was caught in the crossfire, and he lost face as well, even though he really wanted to rush into Shanghai and kill that arrogant brat Jiang Wangzu.

But now the war in the south is critical, and revolutionary generals have been assassinated repeatedly. The revolutionary army is furious and they are fighting like madmen.

As long as they can withstand this offensive, their army will be demoralized due to the heavy loss of commanders, and their defeat is only a matter of time.

Moreover, they are carrying out a dragon-slaying operation, led by seven martial arts masters and composed of a hundred martial artists at the Jinli realm, to secretly infiltrate the revolutionary army's territory and assassinate the direct descendants of the Pan family.

When necessary, find an opportunity to kill Pan Longtian directly. At that time, the revolutionary army will be truly leaderless and fall apart!

This is the real dragon-slaying operation!

Jiang Wangzu was not idle during this period either.

The appearance of Lin Yao, the martial arts master of the Golden Armor Sect, made him realize that heroes are as numerous as carp crossing a river, and even the most outstanding people have their times of hardship.

Jiang Wangzu is incredibly talented; he is truly a dragon among men.

However, the situation was too chaotic, and he had too little time.

Therefore, even he found it quite difficult to deal with these long-established martial arts masters.

Through his battle with Lin Yao, a martial arts grandmaster from the Golden Armor Sect, he clearly understood the gap between himself and a martial arts grandmaster.

If he goes all out and uses every means at his disposal, he is capable of contending with a martial arts grandmaster.

But in the long run, it will inevitably fail.

If they encountered a martial arts master like Chen Liujia, they would have no chance of fighting back.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to retain a martial arts grandmaster. Even if they are both martial arts grandmasters, it is unlikely that one martial arts grandmaster can retain another.

He believed that once he advanced to the Martial Arts Grandmaster level, his foundation would be enough to wipe out any other Martial Arts Grandmaster of the same level.

But what he lacks now is time.

Even with cheat codes or shortcuts, martial arts cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight.

This left him feeling quite helpless!