Because of the orders from Ganyang Protectorate and the provincial government, the backbone members of the Sanshui Society had to give up their plan to annex the entire Qingyun Society even though they were unwilling to do so.

Sun Hao was quite open-minded about not being able to take over the remaining territory of Qingyun Society.

Now the Sanshui Society has occupied the six branches of the Qingyun Society in the East Market, and owns a total of 125 streets.

Under Sun Hao's name, there were already five brothels, 136 gambling houses and 168 brothels.

In addition, there are more than 200 shops of various kinds, including grain stores, cloth stores, grocery stores, blacksmith shops, pawnshops, inns, warehouses, restaurants, teahouses, and hundreds of houses.

In the cellar of the Xinglong Casino, the total amount of gold cakes, silver cakes and copper coins alone exceeded two million strings of cash, most of which were searched from Chen Li's home.

From a nearly penniless starving person to a gangster worth millions, what else could Sun Hao be dissatisfied with?

After the ceasefire with Qingyun Society, Sun Hao discussed with the core members of Sanshui Society and decided to follow the example of other gangs and set up a branch in each of the six districts in East Market.

The leaders of the six halls were the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan and Tang Jun respectively. Among them, Tang Jun was still in charge of the hall of Dongliufang, but Sun Hao added a deputy leader to him, who was Zhang Hu, the first to surrender.

The deputy leaders of the other five halls are Gao Heng, Gao Tai, Gao Yong, Shi Biao and Li Mao.

The other powerful generals under Sun Hao, including Wei Wuzu, Qin Ruishi, Modaoshou and Siqijun, all belong to the headquarters of Sanshuihui and take orders directly from Sun Hao.

Twenty former Red Sticks and Double Flower Red Sticks of the Qingyun Society who surrendered, as well as more than two thousand former Qingyun Society youths, were randomly assigned to six halls.

Nearly 20,000 former Qingyun Society members, also known as Huangcao, were assigned to the hall according to the district where they originally lived.

According to the division of the provincial government, the Sanshui Association needs to help temporarily resettle 25,000 disaster victims, and the food and accommodation of these 25,000 disaster victims will be provided by the Sanshui Association until the invasion of the Xiongnu Khanate is over.

Sun Hao planned to first relocate the 25,000 disaster victims to his hundreds of houses, and then try his best to find some jobs for the young men and women among the victims.

At the same time, the six major halls of the Sanshui Association will also absorb some people into the Sanshui Association during the process of resettling the victims.

After leaving the task of resettling the disaster victims to the six gangs, Sun Hao came to Xiaoxiang Pavilion and met the courtesan Xie Wan'er.

Chen Li, the original owner of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, had allowed Xie Wan'er to maintain her status as a prostitute for three years after she became the top courtesan at the previous courtesan convention.

Although she earned less money from staying overnight with others, Xie Wan'er's value continued to increase.

For example, other courtesans usually only need 100 strings of cash to accompany them in drinking and singing, but for Xie Wan'er, it starts at 300 strings of cash.

Chen Li's business strategy not only allowed Xie Wan'er to earn at least 300,000 strings of cash for Xiaoxiang Pavilion in just three years.

The price of Xie Wan'er's first overnight stay was inflated to a staggering 150,000 strings of cash, making Xiaoxiang Pavilion one of the nine major brothels in Ganyang City.

If it weren't for Sun Hao, after the Oiran Convention, once Liu Xiangling was chosen as the Oiran, Chen Li would let Xie Wan'er stay overnight with the guests, and then Liu Xiangling would replace Xie Wan'er and become the Oiran of Xiaoxiang Pavilion for the next three years.

Seeing the charming and attractive Xie Wan'er, whose charm value was as high as 97 points, Sun Hao immediately said to her: "I am going to take you as my concubine, are you willing?"

Xie Wan'er never expected that the new owner of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the newly rising gangster of Ganyang City, would actually take her as a concubine as the first thing he said when he saw her.

Xie Wan'er hesitated for a moment, then said to Sun Hao in a gentle voice, "I will leave it to Master Sun to decide."

At this time, the madam of Xiaoxiang Pavilion standing nearby said to Sun Hao with a wry smile: "Master Sun, Wan'er can bring us Xiaoxiang Pavilion every year..."

Before the madam could finish her words, she was suddenly interrupted by Sun Hao, "Why? I want to take Xie Wan'er as my concubine, do you have any objections?"

The madam was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground, "Master Sun, I have no objection! No objection!

What I mean is that Wan'er has made great contributions to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and I will definitely prepare a generous dowry for Wan'er!"

Sun Hao waved his hand and asked the madam to stand up, "You don't need to prepare any dowry, I will take her away soon.

By the way, I also like Liu Xiangling who participated in the Oiran Competition. I also plan to take her as my concubine. After the Oiran Competition is over, I will send someone to pick her up. "

Sun Hao's words made the madam of Xiaoxiang Pavilion feel very disappointed, but she did not dare to disagree. After all, Sun Hao was already the new owner of Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

On the afternoon of June 15, 387 in the Daliang calendar, Sun Hao finally met his biological father, Sun Zhe, in a barracks of the Third Brigade of the Left Guard of the Ganyang Army.

After the father and son met, they were both silent for a long time. Finally, Sun Zhe broke the silence in the barracks, "The day after tomorrow morning, I will go with the army.

It is said that there are at least 300,000 Xiongnu cavalry outside Shuoyuan City. I am worried that I won’t be able to come back this time, so I asked Wei Hu to find you and want to see you.

As your father, I feel sorry for you all these years."

"My second uncle has taken good care of me over the years, and I am living a good life now.

"Father...Father, how many troops will the Ganyang Army send this time? Will the court only allow the Ganyang Army to rescue Shuoyuan City?"

Although Sun Hao had always had many complaints about Sun Zhe in his heart, his heart still tightened when he heard Sun Zhe mention that this expedition was very dangerous.

Sun Zhe then said, "This time, the Ganyang Army will dispatch 40,000 men from the Left Guard and the Right Guard, as well as 10,000 young men recruited from the disaster victims to help transport food and fodder.

Although the court also recruited the Huaide Army and the Zhenrong Army in addition to the Ganyang Army, the Huaide and Zhenrong Armies should not send many troops.

Therefore, this rescue of Shuoyuan City will probably be an unprecedentedly fierce battle for the left and right guards of our Ganyang Army."

The Huaide Army and the Zhenrong Army were respectively affiliated with the Huaide Protectorate and the Zhenrong Protectorate, both of which were one of the nineteen border protectorates set up by the Liang court.

Huaide Protectorate was located in Pizhou, while Zhenrong Protectorate was located in Yuzhou, which was adjacent to Pizhou.

However, after the "Five Kings Rebellion", the military, finances, and personnel of these two protectorates were basically no longer under the control of the Liang court.

Then Sun Zhe suddenly changed the subject, "As far as I know, your uncle only brought back four cavalrymen. Where did you find those three extremely powerful teams of armored soldiers?"

Of course Sun Hao couldn't tell the truth, "Actually, those armored soldiers were also trained by my uncle, but they didn't follow my uncle back to Pizhou."

Sun Zhe nodded, then said with an embarrassed look: "I asked you to come here today because I have something to discuss with you.

Yesterday, General Cao summoned me and hoped to borrow your four cavalrymen and two teams of armored soldiers for this expedition.

If you agree, Commander-in-Chief Cao is willing to assign you a lieutenant position in the newly formed Fourth Brigade of the Vanguard."