Chapter 91: The spear and the sword are the first
It was seven days later that Gao Jin received a message from Master Guan. The news on the official side was that Du Wenhuan, the general, once again attacked Huo Luochi and beheaded more than 300 levels.
"General Du has made this amazing achievement again. I think the court must be rewarded with great rewards?"
"That may not be. You forgot General Guan. In those four years, there were not all that were not the Tartars, and there was no movement in the court..."
"Can you be the same? General Manager Guan suffered a great loss at the hands of the Tartars. He even died before!"
Walking on the streets of Gubeizhai, Gao Jin listened to the merchants talking about the battle that had just happened from time to time, and admired the general. General Du was really flawless in his work. Gao Jin originally thought that the general's mansion was just a gesture of mobilization, and the so-called army was just staying near the wall for a few days.
Unexpectedly, General Du actually led the official army to kill another shot. You must know that the Huoluo Chi tribe had just been beaten to lose a lot, and even sweared to punish hundreds of cattle, sheep, and camels. It was a great loss.
This time when Gao Jin came to Gubei Village, he only brought Wuyan Wang Dou and a few others as guards to accompany him. Although it was a bit eye-catching in the eyes of others, it could be covered up and just thought that some family members came out to practice.
When he arrived in front of the Sihai Warehouse, Gao Jin found that there were not many people in the Sihai Warehouse, which was originally crowded with people. It was completely different from when he came last time. It was still the familiar friend who came out to greet him, "Grandpa, please come in there, Mr. Guan has been waiting for you for a long time."
The guy said enthusiastically, then took his companions to hold Gao Jin and his men's horses, and then led Gao Jin straight to the second floor.
"What happened recently? Why do I see that the warehouse is not as lively as before?"
"Grandmaster, you don't know. Mr. Guan is going back to Camel City. Now everyone is in panic and don't know what to do. A few days ago, the people who are queuing here can line up from the counter to the street?"
Hearing Gao Jin's question, the guy replied, his face full of confusion and decline. He had been working in the Sihai Warehouse for almost five years. If the Warehouse really fell, he wouldn't know where to go?
After hearing this, Gao Jin did not respond. Although Mr. Guan promised him to take over the Sihai Warehouse, the two of them made a verbal agreement and could not count them. Just as Gao Jin was thinking, they had already arrived at the second floor.
It was just after noon, and the sun in late autumn was not so poisonous. The warm sunlight shone down, comfortable and pleasant. Guan Qi sat in the Taishi chair by the window, with a yellow and white orange cat lying on his knees. He was as fat as a ball, and was enjoying it very much by him stroking the cat's ears. He heard a strange movement, and the orange cat looked up lazily and glanced at Gao Jin and lay down again.
"Xiao Gao is here, sit down."
When Guan Qi saw Gao Jin, he clicked the stool beside him, signaled Gao Jin to sit down and talk, and then said to Hou San who had been standing beside him, "Hou San, give Xiao Gao tea."
Wang Dou and Wuyan saw Gao Jin sitting upright on the stool, while Guan Ye was lazily lying in the Grand Master's chair, and they felt an indescribable strangeness. Last time they were in Hekou Fort, Guan Ye was still majestic, and his aura could suppress Du Tieniu and the powerful generals in the general's mansion, but now they looked like an old and old man.
Guan Qi and Gao Jin set up a tea case between Zhang tea. Hou San was serious when making tea, and he did not look like he was usually depressed. Wu Yan stayed in Gubei Village for some time, so he naturally knew that Mr. Hou from the Sihai Goods Store was a famous drunkard and was drunk for most of the day. However, Mr. Hou was very smart when he was sober and heard that he had never made any mistakes.
Guan Qi picked up the tea made by Hou San and took a sip, "In the past, the old man didn't drink tea, but he used wine as water to drink it. But when he went back a few days ago, he realized that he was really old."
Gao Jin did not answer because Mr. Guan said to himself, "When I first came to Gubei Village, it was a thief's nest. Horse thieves sold stolen goods here, and most of them came to receive goods were not good birds. There were no rules here."
"At that time, people died on the streets almost every now and then, and there were no corpses collected. At that time, my master was just a gang general,..."
In Mr. Guan’s nagging, Gao Jin realized that the Du family has been in Kunshan for generations, but their ancestral home is now Kunshan. Now, General Du and the Du family have only settled in Yansui for two generations. If you really want to discuss it in detail, they are actually vaguely rejected by the local generals in Yulin Town.
Nowadays, the generals want to make contributions. In addition to having someone in the court, they also need to be able to fight. Therefore, the expenses used to support family members are not small amounts. Guan Ye came to Gubeizhai at that time because the Du family was only considered an outsider in Yulin Town. He wanted to compete for the benefits from the mixed local generals and forces, which was no less than snatching food from the tiger's mouth.
That is, when other generals looked down upon, the place where the master was using his skills, "The old man took Gubei Village and killed many people, and died many people. Xiao Gao, now this Gubei Village is not as good as before. If you want to defend it, it depends on whether your fists are hard and whether the knife is fast enough?"
"Justice Guan, Gao Jin's fist is hard enough and his knife is fast enough. You can rest assured of this Gubei Village."
Gao Jin replied seriously. Although he didn't know what happened to Mr. Guan, he seemed to be worried that he would not be able to defend the Gubei Village during this conversation.
"Young man, don't be too full of words. Hou San, tell Xiao Gao, how many people will he need to guard this Gubei Village?"
Mr. Guan laughed. He admired Gao Jin's confidence very much, but as Hou San said, when he returned to Camel City, Gao Jin could not hold on to the general's palace, and Gao Jin could not hold on to the tiger skin. If he couldn't hold on, Gao Jin had to rely on his little men to deal with the greedy horse thieves and forces around him.
"Grandmaster!" Hou Sanchao Gao Jin bowed. Since he was kidnapped by the Tartars, he has never been the scholar in the past. "After Master Guan left, there will probably be some unfavorable news in the General's Mansion..."
Gao Jin was silent, while Wang Dou behind him looked angry. They took over Gubei Village and offered 5,000 taels of money to the General's Mansion every year. Together with his mother, the General's Mansion, he only collected benefits. How can such a reason be made in the world?
"Second brother, this is too..."
"Shut up!"
Hearing Wang Dou's words, before he could finish his words, Gao Jin had already scolded him. Wang Dou was impulsive and once some words were said, it would be bad on this side.
"Master Guan, I am a straightforward brother, don't take it to your heart."
Gao Jin looked at Guan Ye. Since his father died, his personality has become a little suspicious. He likes to think more about anything when encountering it. He doesn't know if this is Guan Ye's temptation.
"Why are the old man still worried about this? It's so cold to leave!" Guan Qi laughed self-deprecatingly, and then said to Gao Jin, "The relationship in the General's Mansion is complicated, and there are many people staring at this Gubei Village, but they don't have the ability to take over, but they can't see others getting benefits."
"Gao Jin understands, thank you Mr. Guan for giving me some advice."
Gao Jin clasped his fists and thanked him. Mr. Guan’s hint was already very obvious. The benefit of this Gubei Village was not that he wanted to get it alone, but that the interests in the General's Mansion were complicated, so Mr. Guan told him to tell General Du and give it to him to try. However, it seems that General Du is just acting like a person, and is afraid he is not optimistic that he can defend Gubei Village.
"Just understand. The Sihai Warehouse has been under the supervision of Hou San over the years. If you have any problems in the future, please ask him."
As Mr. Guan said, patted the head of the orange cat on his knee and said to Gao Jin, "In the future, the Sihai Goods Store and Gubei Village will be yours. You can keep this cat for me. Maybe the old man will come back here to take a look in the future."
Hearing Mr. Guan’s words, Gao Jin felt aroused. He understood Mr. Guan’s meaning. Mr. Guan was going to go back to Camel City to take care of his elderly care and enjoy a peaceful life. Why bother to come to the muddy waters of Gubei Village again? He immediately said, “Don’t worry, Mr. Guan, some thieves, Gao Jin has his own means to deal with it. You are so happy in Camel City. Gao Jin will see you next time!”
"You are so kind, Hou San, have a good chat with your new owner!"
Guan Qi left and went alone, which seemed quite free and easy. He did not let Gao Jinhou see him off. In the end, Gao Jin and the others could only watch him leave.
"Mr. Hou, is Mr. Guan going back to Camel City now?"
Looking at the warehouse, Mr. Guan Shiran got on the horse and walked away surrounded by the warehouse team before asking Hou San beside him.
"Before the Grand Master came, Mr. Guan sent someone to the General's place, and wanted to ask the General to come to Gubei Village when he returned triumphantly."
"Mr. Du refused?"
Hou San did not answer, but Gao Jin had already understood the answer. No wonder Mr. Guan said the words "When people leave, they are cold."
"Mr. Hou, in the future, the warehouse will still ask you to continue to take care of it. The guys will be treated the same as before."
Gao Jin is not a mother-in-law. Since Mr. Guan left freely, he doesn’t need to be sentimental. Taking down Gubei Village as soon as possible is a reward for Mr. Guan’s actions.
Seeing Gao Jin's decisiveness, Hou San nodded secretly and said to himself, "Don't worry, I will take care of the warehouse business, but if the high master of Gubeizhai wants to control it, I'm afraid there will be no one hundred people."
"Why do you need so many people?"
Gao Jin used to know that the team of Sihai Freight Stores had only a hundred horses, and these people didn't seem to be in charge of peace in the street market.
"In Gubei Village, in addition to the cargo camp team, there are also street patrol staff, but these people are all under the name of the cargo camp. Now that Mr. Guan has left, they may not be obedient."
Hou San replied that Gubeizhai was a black market. Although Guan Ye set rules, the warehouse could not control all aspects, so he could only use some ruffians. In the past, Guan Ye and the horse team were suppressing him, and these scoundrels did not dare to act recklessly, and they were still content.
"Wuyan, go back quickly and let Lao Dong and the others bring their servants here."
Gao Jin ordered Wu Yan beside him, "After Master Guan left, the Gubei Village will be his next one. You must not let those with ulterior motives take the opportunity to cause trouble."
"Grandmaster, before Mr. Guan left, some people were left. They were all people from the martial arts world who could not stand the rules of the General Office. Do you want to meet me?"
"Of course we have to see. Now it is time to use people, so we should use them as much as possible!"
Chapter completed!