340 Opening of Port (6)
Master Wu San stepped on the gravel floor under his feet. After feeling the rebound force from the thin-soled cotton boots, he nodded with satisfaction and then continued to walk forward with the people.
It is not easy to lay sand and gravel on a silty beach. It is labor-intensive and material-intensive. The most important thing is: money.
However, the third master finally paid the money. He is a bully with vision and dreams. He firmly believes that his efforts can be rewarded enough.
The beach that Mr. Wu San is patrolling is called Zhang Sutan.
This place is adjacent to the estuary of the Yangtze River. Because the sea water returns from time to time, crops cannot be planted in the surrounding land. After a long time of day, Zhangsutan has become a wasteland covered with thatch and reeds.
However, it seems like a wasteland, but it actually has a world inside. There is a small island on the coast of Zhangsutan, which is also covered with trees. In the curved waterway between the island and the sixth place, a wooden trestle secretly stretched out.
This is a private port. It is a good location and has a hidden vision, making it convenient for all people to come to this private port for business.
The business of Zhangsutan private port is still very busy. Private salt dealers going north and south will stop here, and bandits arrested from all walks of life will transport robbers. Any escaped slave who intends to take the sea will mostly come here to find a boat. In addition, some fishermen who cannot stand the blackmail of the official docks will sometimes place goods here - although Zhangsutan also needs to pump water.
Those who strongly maintain order here and benefit from it are Mr. Wu and his men.
Mr. Wu’s single name is "Meng", which is a neighbor. In his early years, he gathered a group of people who have been doing evil and doing shameful things. One day about one year ago, when Wu Meng and his men were hiding from the officials in the reeds in Zhangsutan, they didn’t know who said: “This place is a good place to build a private port.”
After that, today's Zhangsutan Private Port was found.
In 10 years, Wu Meng spent 10 years to build this land, treating it as the capital for himself and his brothers to settle down. Zhang Sutan did not disappoint Wu Meng's expectations. This 200-acre river beach land began to bring profits to Wu Meng at the beginning of its completion.
To this day, Wu Meng and Wu Sanye have made great achievements in the world with the influence of this place, and have become a great man who is sitting on the ground to share the spoils.
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With 1o, the third master patrols the dock along the route he has to walk every day. The cold air in early spring was cold and the river was bleak, and the dock was much colder.
There were not many people next to the pier, and there were only two ships moored, one fishing boat and one fast ship.
The fishing boat had already unloaded the fish, and the boss was lifting the anchor and pulling the sails to leave. After seeing the third master and his party walking onto the pier, they saluted the bow of the boat with a smile on their faces.
The third master was always kind to those who came to give money, so he waved his hand to the boss with a smile.
As for the other fast ship, the third master glanced at the strong sailors wearing hats and waist knives on the boat, and then glanced at the slender hull and the unloading linen bag, and he already had a clear heart.
"Where is the way? Look at the black man." After walking over, the third master turned his head and asked while opening the mahjong bag to inspect the goods.
"This is the first time I saw it. It is said that it was sent by a large dealer from Huainan to explore the way." Someone immediately provided information next to me.
"Yeah..." After grabbing a handful of high-quality salt grains from the sack, Master Wu San nodded: As he judged, this group of strangers was indeed a salt dealer.
"Since you are exploring the way, then give the price." The third master, who is a combination of the Salt Owl Fisherman, naturally would not refuse to trade. In fact, he was in a good mood at the moment: this kind of fine salt is usually managed by the Great Salt Owl, which shows that the other party is probably a colleague in Huainan who came here to see him.
With the joy of "the influence has expanded again", Mr. Wu San decided not only to give the visitor enough payment, but he also came forward in person and talked with the other party through the bow of the boat.
The only person who spoke to Wu Sanye was a thin middle-aged man. This man called himself "Gulei", speaking Huainan dialect, was taciturn, spoke very little, and seemed to be very suspicious.
Mr. Wu San is already familiar with this situation: salt dealers who go out all have this kind of virtue, keep caution everywhere, and are ready to fight for their lives at any time.
So after a few simple conversations, he bowed his farewell with a smile. Before leaving, he ordered his subordinates to deliver some food and drinks to the Clippers - they were all guests, and after a few more deals, the group would let go of their guard. At that time, with his means, they would naturally be able to get online with Huainan and make money together.
The third master's good mood came to an abrupt end the moment he walked off the pier: his subordinates who came to him told him that Du Yaren from the county town had arrived, saying that there was something important to discuss.
You must not be able to get a house if you commit a crime in a wild grass beach, so whether you are eating, sleeping or hiding a fugitive, you are all in the nests where the grass is coming from.
When the third master hurried to the shack, Du Yaren, wearing a wide robe, dough, and a round face, was already sitting on a wooden bench with his young entourage for tea.
Du Yaren is a famous lobbyist in the county. This person has a wide range of business and can eat both black and white. He is often invited to talk about harmony between some big and small conflicts.
Not only that, this person also plays the role of a soundtrack in the government on weekdays. Some tacit understanding that is inconvenient to publicize, but they have to understand is often conveyed by Du Yaren to people from all walks of life.
Therefore, this guy usually does not have good things to come. In most cases, he extorts filial piety for the officials. Master Wu San and his group occupied the official land to smuggle contraband for ten years. Those officials are not dead. How can they tolerate him if there is no benefit?
So when the third master heard that Du Yaren was coming, he couldn't help feeling very bad. Then soon, his mood was not bad... because he was already angry.
"What? I want me to hand over Zhang Sutan and make a living by myself?" After hearing Du Yaren's remarks, Master Wu was furious and stood up suddenly, almost lifting the grass tent above his head.
"San Master, don't be angry, let Du finish his words."
Du Yaren said that he was experienced and was not moved by the partner's emotions at all. Next, he still slowly told the other party's conditions.
"Then Mr. Xiong has passed the beach area that is dozens of miles apart, and he has paid the money to wait for the land to make up. The county master is very happy."
"Mr. Xiong knew that the third master had a deal in Zhangsutan... he planned to pay a sum of money... After all, this place belongs to someone else."
"The third master can go by himself... or take an errand with Mr. Xiong... It's time to hire people..."
"This is the work of the Fujian General... The Third Master must not act irresponsibly..."
When Du Yaren told everything, it was already an hour later. Wu Meng stopped yelling at this time and sat quietly aside and listened to the content.
After pondering for a while, Mr. Wu got up and came to the door of the shack. He first stared at the distance with his arms for a while, and then turned sideways to greet Du Yaren standing beside him.
"When I was building that pier ten years ago, all my brothers were poor, so I had to go to the battlefield. As a result, the pier was completed and I lost two lives." Wu Sanye smiled at this time, and pointed at the location of the pier in the distance and told the story.
"After doing some salt goods business, Gui Liuer from Shiqiliqiao was jealous and brought people to fight. In that battle, three more brothers were gone." Mr. Wu San said this and turned his head to look at Du Yaren: "You will talk to him afterwards."
"Well, that's the case." Du Yaren nodded.
Mr. Wu seemed to have not heard of it and continued: "For business over the years, I don't know how many fights have been fought in all kinds of battles. In the meadow, many brothers' corpses were buried seriously."
"Now today, business is getting better and more prosperous. Just bought twenty cars of sand and gravel last month to pave the floor."
When Mr. Wu said this, he could no longer hide his anger. He turned around in vain, stared at Du Yaren with anger, and said gritting his teeth: "No matter what, Mr. Xiong, General Xiong, whoever wants to attack Zhang Sutan is the enemy of our life and death!"
With a "clang", the third master and his subordinates pulled out the knife at the same time: "Go back and tell the person surnamed Xiong, don't be fooled by the man, be careful that my steel knife is not eye-catching!"
...... Looking at Wu Sanye's red eyes, Du Yaren reached out and slowly pushed away the steel knife blocking in front of him. Then he laughed dryly, bowed his hand and said, "Since that's the case, Du said goodbye."
After saying this, Du Yaren left the grass nest with his entourage.
After walking not far from the weeds, there was a carriage. After the two got on the carriage, Du Yaren changed his behavior just now and quickly changed his helpless smile: "Brother Qingyun, you have seen it just now. Wu Meng is not a good person."
The young follower nodded and said to him with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Du, you did your best, I saw it all."
"Oh, it's stubborn..." Du Yaren said angrily: "I don't know what kind of constitution Mr. Xiong is. It's time to ask the government to come forward and teach this guy a lesson to relieve his anger."
Du Yaren said this and looked up at Brother Qingyun. However, what disappointed him was that this man not only said nothing, but also stared at him with a smile. After a long time, Brother Qingyun turned around and said, "There are so many methods, just wait and believe it."
After walking a long way in the weeds, there was a puddle in front of me. When we got here, the young man jumped out of the carriage and boarded another carriage waiting for here.
Later, the driver did not urge the carriage, but was still in place. After a while, after Du Yaren's carriage left, the young man had already inserted his pistol back into his waist in the carriage. Then he picked up the phone and started calling: "This is Liu Qingyun, calling Louis Koo."
Soon, an answer came from the walkie-talkie: "Lou Tianle received it, please speak."
"Action according to Plan No. 2, repeat, Plan No. 2."
"Lou Tianle understands: Plan No. 2."
Chapter completed!