Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Ye Yunfei said: "For this matter, you have two choices. First, don't marry her, but you can let her give birth to the child, and you can still take care of her and the child."

"But we are not married in name only."

"This way, even if you die in the future, it will still have an impact on her, but the impact will not be too great. Moreover, you can leave her enough money so that the mother and daughter can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives."

"You have fulfilled your responsibilities."

Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Ding Li frowned and said, "Brother Fei, I have also thought about what you said, but I feel that this is unfair to her."

"Having a child out of wedlock is a great shame for any woman. If I don't marry her and she gives birth to a child, even if I give her a lot of money, she will become a laughing stock of countless people."

"She is a woman with a strong sense of self-esteem. I feel that she might be unable to get over it."

Ye Yunfei shook his head helplessly and said, "If that's the case, then there is only the second option."

"You marry her, but don't fight anymore. You don't need to do anything like charging into battle anymore."

"Since you are married, you must be responsible. Otherwise, if you really die, what will happen to them?"

Hearing this, Ding Li opened his eyes wide and said, "How can that be possible, Brother Fei? If I don't charge into battle, what will happen to Longmen? Who will kill for Brother Fei and who will steal territory for Longmen?"

"This is absolutely not okay."

When Ding Li heard that Ye Yunfei didn't let him charge into battle, he suddenly became anxious.

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "Ali, the current Longmen is no longer the same as before. Before, Longmen only had a few dozen people, and the territory was relatively small, so you are needed to lead the charge to conquer the territory."

"But now, Longmen has 100,000 disciples and most of Shanghai. In this case, Longmen doesn't need you to charge into battle."

"You should have a lot of elite subordinates under your command. They have the strength to take charge on their own. You can let them charge. As a leader, you don't need to lead the charge this time."

"Look at other gangs, there's no boss who's always at the forefront."

Ding Li sighed and said, "Brother Fei, I also know what you are talking about. I do have more than ten powerful people under my command who are very loyal to me."

"I just don't know why, but every time a battle breaks out, I just want to be at the front."

"Besides, I don't feel comfortable letting other people lead the team, no matter how powerful they are."

Ye Yunfei patted his shoulder and said, "Listen to me. In the future, just let my subordinates handle small matters. You don't need to show up."

"Only for major matters, things that your subordinates cannot handle, will you step in. This is the best option."

"Otherwise, if you always rush to the front like this, bullets have no eyes, and sooner or later something will happen."

Ding Li nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Fei. I'll listen to you. I'll try to let my men go in the future. If there are more difficult or important battles, I'll do it myself."

"Ah."

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "That's right."

Ding Li said: "Brother Fei, should I get married or not?"

Ye Yunfei said: "My advice to you is that if you can protect your own safety and guarantee her safety, then you can get married."

"If you can't even protect yourself, then forget it."

Ding Li nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Fei. I will go back and think about it carefully and then get back to you."

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Ding Li then left.

Ye Yunfei looked at Ding Li's back helplessly. Although Ding Li was good at fighting and killing, and was a fierce general, in fact, his personality was also relatively pure.

To put it bluntly, they value friendship and loyalty, and want to be both loyal and righteous.

Now he wants to get married, but also wants to continue fighting for Longmen, so he is quite conflicted.

Anyway, the choice has been given to him now, it depends on what he chooses.

However, no matter what choice Ding Li makes, he can accept it.

Even if Ding Li really gets married, he will send his blessings and just reduce his involvement in fighting and killing in the future.

Ding Li’s current position in Longmen is very important, but to put it bluntly, with Longmen now having a scale of 100,000 disciples, it is absolutely impossible to rely on just one person.

Moreover, there is indeed a large number of middle-level people who have grown up in Longmen.

There is no need for Ding Li to lead the way every time.

It all depends on Ding Li’s own choice.

……

In the following period of time, Xu Wenqiang stepped up the training of Longmen disciples and also continued to recruit people.

Although there are already quite a few disciples in Longmen now.

However, for a gang, no matter how many people there are, they are not enough.

And we have to deal with Lu Yongxiang, so naturally the more people the better.

On the other hand, Ye Yunfei was also keeping an eye on the situation on Lu Yongxiang's side.

All he knew now was that Lu Yongxiang was mobilizing personnel from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he was not quite sure how many people were mobilized and what the overall strength was.

The same goes for Ding Li. Ever since I gave him advice last time, Ding Li hasn't shown up in the past two days, nor has he appeared in Longmen. No one knows what he is up to.

However, Ye Yunfei probably knew that Ding Li was probably hesitating about whether to get married these days, so he did not disturb Ding Li and let him think it over carefully.

After all, this is a major event in life, and Ding Li is his brother.

Got to give him time.

That morning, Xu Wenqiang came to Lido.

"Brother Fei, I found out everything."

As soon as Xu Wenqiang arrived, he spoke directly.

Ye Yunfei said: "Find out what."

Xu Wenqiang said: "Find out how many people Lu Yongxiang has mobilized from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to come to Shanghai."

"Oh, really? He mobilized so many people to come to the beach."

Ye Yunfei asked curiously.

He has been investigating the specific circumstances of Lu Yongxiang's troop deployment these days, and now he finally has a clue, which is good.

Xu Wenqiang said seriously: "The situation is not optimistic. I heard that he has mobilized nearly 80,000 troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to rush to Shanghai."

"In addition, he has nearly 40,000 to 50,000 troops in Shanghai, so the total number is estimated to be 120,000 to 130,000."

"He has transferred all his old friends to Shanghai."

Ye Yunfei frowned when he heard this and said, "So many people. I heard before that he seemed to have only about 100,000 people. How could there be so many?"

He had previously inquired about Lu Yongxiang's situation. As a major warlord, Lu Yongxiang had an army of 100,000 men.

This number now exceeds the number he had inquired about before.

Xu Wenqiang said: "Lu Yongxiang has been recruiting soldiers during this period, and he has also captured some able-bodied men from Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"So now his total number of troops is estimated to be 120,000 to 130,000."