Fang Zhou, I'm just a farmer, not Shennong!

Now that Shi Huaiya has been sent to the emergency room, Lin Yuxia finally has time to ask Lu Yuan these things.

"I don't know much about the specific situation. I need to ask Mr. Chen and Shi Huaiya..."

Lu Yuan roughly recounted what he knew, which was that the Guards accidentally discovered that there was a cult in Longmen that believed in natural disasters. The cult's sphere of influence was quite wide, and many people, from ordinary people to various bigwigs in the Upper City, were believers of the cult.

Afterwards, the Guards discovered a yellowish-brown crystal, which the cult called a holy stone. They then began to track down the crystal and eventually locked onto the territory of the Red Flower Society.

As for more, Lu Yuan didn't know.

After listening to Lu Yuan's description, Lin Yuxia finally understood the whole story. Although she still didn't understand some details, it wouldn't be too late to ask after Chen Sir came back and Shi Huaiya came out.

Because Shi Huaiya is still in the emergency room.

Although Lin Yuxia said that it was nothing and she was not worried, it could be seen from her subtle expression that she was really worried about Shi Huaiya.

Because Shi Huaiya has not yet come out of the emergency room.

Naturally, the two of them didn't have any time to chat.

Lin Yuxia sat on a chair in the corridor, closed her eyes and waited slowly. Lu Yuan stood up and paced back and forth in the corridor. From time to time, he went to the door of the emergency room to take a look, and even put his ear to listen.

While the two were waiting, more and more seriously injured police officers were sent in. There were only so many emergency rooms and wards in the entire Longmen General Hospital. Seeing this situation, the hospital director directly ordered the construction of simple wards and operating rooms to prioritize the safety of the police officers.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The sky gradually changed from gloomy and dark to night.

Sir Chen didn't come over. It seemed that he was still dealing with the monster's corpse outside the dragon gate.

During this period.

The door of Shi Huaiya's emergency room opened and closed, and several waves of people came in and out.

at last.

When the hour hand stops at eight.

The red light in the emergency room finally turned green.

Lu Yuan and Lin Yuxia quickly stood up and went over.

The old expert, who was not young at all, came out of the emergency room with sweat all over his face and said with a smile.

"Ms. Lin! This gentleman! Commander Shi Huaiya is out of danger. He will stay in the ICU for a few days for observation. Once he is completely safe, he can be transferred to a regular ward."

After this expert doctor said this.

Lu Yuan and Lin Yuxia finally felt relieved.

Once they relaxed, Lu Yuan and Lin Yuxia finally had the mood to talk about other topics.

"Xiao Yuan, how's the situation in the slums right now? Has there been any progress in the four months I've been away on business?"

Lin Yuxia's tone was like that of a teacher who had come back from the previous summer vacation to check homework.

“It’s been quite a bit of progress.”

Lu Yuan was not modest at all. He grinned and laughed.

"Great progress? Before I left, there were six. Now, more than four months have passed, eight? Or ten? No... I know your character. You wouldn't easily make such an exaggerated statement."

Lin Yuxia thought about it based on Lu Yuan's previous expansion speed: "Could it be twelve blocks?"

"You're moving too fast and too hastily. What you need now is a steady and cautious approach, slowly boiling the frog in warm water. Moving too fast and too hasty will easily cause those underworld forces to react."

However, after listening to Lin Yuxia's words, Lu Yuan shook his head.

He said.

"These gangs were very honest, and each one begged me to come over, so it only took me a little over two months to completely occupy the Blood Hand Gang's territory. Now, the Blood Hand Gang's territory, covering over 20 blocks and over 300,000 people, is all under the jurisdiction of the Civilian Grain Association."

"????"

"what?!"

The amount of information contained in Lu Yuan's brief sentence really stunned Lin Yuxia.

A look of surprise flashed across her cold face, but she quickly hid it.

"how did you do that?"

"These underworld forces are not easy to deal with. Moreover, even if you really have the ability to occupy the Blood Hand Gang's territory, the other large underworld forces will definitely not allow it. They will definitely do everything they can to obstruct you."

Lin Yuxia was also puzzled.

If it were that simple, her father, the Rat King, would have unified the entire slum long ago, and there would be no need for it to be like this now.

"I'm doing pretty well."

Lu Yuan smiled and explained the whole story.

This also included taking the initiative to find the Rat King and asking him to do him a small favor. After that, he used some small tricks to make these gangs come to him and want to join the Minliang Association.

After listening to Lu Yuan’s entire explanation.

Lin Yuxia was stunned at first, then she sighed heavily.

Before this, she had thought of countless methods, but none of them worked. Not to mention getting a large underworld force to give up its territory voluntarily, she couldn't even completely occupy a block.

Lin Yuxia thought about it seriously.

She discovered that no one else could imitate Lu Yuan's entire process. Even her father, the Rat King, and Longmen Governor Wei Yanwu copied the answers, but they couldn't copy them down.

The first point is the core of the core.

Gain the heartfelt trust of ordinary refugees and infected people in the slums.

And how to gain the trust of ordinary refugees and infected people.

They are just ordinary people.

If you want ordinary people to believe in you and rely on you, it is useless to talk nonsense. No matter how much empty talk you use, it is just empty talk for ordinary people.

Ordinary people just care.

Can you make yourself better and better, can you directly benefit me, these are the most realistic values ​​for ordinary people.

Just this alone is not something that Longmen can achieve.

After all, Lu Yuan can give away porridge and rice for free regardless of the cost, but Longmen cannot. The factors involved are too huge, and Longmen cannot spend such a huge cost every day for a slum.

It is not enough to just be kind and provide benefits to ordinary refugees and infected people. The real people in charge of the slums are the underworld.

Even if ordinary people support it, it won’t work if the underworld doesn’t support it.

Many years ago, Wei Yanwu and the Rat King did think about treating the slums well, providing free supplies, developing the slums, and making the people in the slums rich.

However, the underworld forces interfered, and the reputation of the Guards in the slums was not very good at that time. The underworld forces spread rumors and so on, which led to the experiment ending in failure again.

But Lu Yuan is different.

He first gave rice to the common people to feed them, then used his ridiculously strong force to scare the underworld forces, and then offered good conditions, giving them a red date after a beating, so that the underworld forces were willing to follow Lu Yuan.

After all, when it comes down to it.

Ordinary underworld forces are also dependent on larger forces and need to pay tribute every year, and the amount is not small.

Being a dog for a large underworld force is one thing, but being a dog for Lu Yuan is also one thing. Lu Yuan treats him as a human being. Anyone with a common sense would know who he is following.

Afterwards, through publicity and propaganda, everyone knew everything Lu Yuan had done, and also knew how well the Greedy Wolf Gang and the Iron Blood Gang were doing in the Minliang Association.

People's hearts, military force, welfare, and a sincere heart

These factors combined together to finally create the current situation, and none of them can be missing.

Actually.

The biggest contributor to this situation is actually Xue Tu, the former leader of the Blood Hand Gang, who is still imprisoned.

If he hadn't assassinated Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan also had no reasonable reason to send him to prison.

If he had been more honest and not assassinated Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan would definitely not have been able to deal with him. In the subsequent expansion, the Blood Hand Gang would have all kinds of reasons to complain to the Rat King.

And it is reasonable to say that Lu Yuan violated the interests of the Blood Hand Gang.

This way.

The Rat King might really be forced by the rules to stop Lu Yuan from expanding.

An impulse created the current situation.

If Xue Tu knew this in prison, I wonder if he would regret it.

know.

In Lin Yuxia's opinion, Lu Yuan's story of rise and expansion is more magical than any novel or movie.

It was as if he was born for this.

Lin Yuxia was silent for a long time.

Finally, she managed to utter two words.

"good..."

"It seems like I've received Yuxia's highest praise."

Lu Yuan laughed.

Lin Yuxia did not give an immediate answer, and the two fell into silence for a while.

"Well... what I said before was too formal... This time, I want to thank you on my own behalf, Xiao Yuan, thank you for saving me, otherwise... my father would be sad..."

Lin Yuxia spoke haltingly, and it was obvious that she was not good at talking about these things. If she talked about business or rational arguments, Lin Yuxia could answer fluently, but when she talked about these things, she showed more hesitation than before.

"Harm~"

"What are you thanking me for? Is there something special to thank me for our relationship? Besides, if something really happens to you, Yuxia, Uncle Lin will be sad, and I will be very sad too. I might even blame myself. After all, it was because I was late that Yuxia and the rich girl got into trouble."

"Tell the truth."

The smile on Lu Yuan's face gradually faded and became quite serious.

"Actually, thinking about it now, I'm a little scared. If I had been even a second slower, maybe... I would have spent the rest of my life blaming myself."

Lin Yuxia turned her head and looked at Lu Yuan's increasingly serious profile. She pursed her lips, clenched her right hand, and placed it in front of her heart. She could clearly hear her heart beating at an abnormal frequency.

"Nothing~"

When Lu Yuan saw that the atmosphere was not right, he immediately changed from his previous serious attitude to a playful one.

"I was so cool back then, coming to the rescue! Showing up at a critical moment, if it were in a novel, I'd be treated like a proper protagonist."

Lu Yuan just wanted to lighten the atmosphere and didn't expect Lin Yuxia to be able to answer.

However, Lin Yuxia's rosy mouth opened at this moment, and she spoke in a very thin voice.

“Very handsome…”

After saying these two words, Lin Yuxia immediately turned her head away, as if she didn't dare to look into Lu Yuan's eyes anymore. Lu Yuan immediately turned his head away and looked at Lin Yuxia, whose pretty face was gradually turning red, and couldn't help laughing.

suddenly.

The door of the ICU next door opened, and a head nurse of the ICU trotted out and said politely.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Lin and Mr. Lu?"

"Commander Shi Huaiya just woke up."

Lu Yuan and Lin Yuxia turned their heads, looked at each other, and then immediately stood up and walked in without stopping, putting on isolation gowns under the guidance of the head nurse.

at this time.

Shi Huaiya was lying on the bed with a respirator on, motionless, only her big eyes were blinking non-stop.

As soon as she saw Lu Yuan and Lin Yuxia coming, Shi Huaiya immediately became excited and made a move to sit up, but the pain and fatigue in her body immediately made Shi Huaiya grimace.

Unable to sit up, she could only raise a thumbs up with difficulty and smiled.

"So... I told you it was a minor problem, how could anything possibly happen to me, hahahaha, cough cough cough~~"

"You're amazing, little rich girl. Stop talking and take a good rest~"

Lu Yuan spoke immediately when he saw Shi Huaiya coughing.

"Good~"