Chapter 517 Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys
Author: Er Guliang
Ning Pengpeng looked at Lao Hu's small figure with some worry, but she didn't say much, just smiled and nodded.
Then he ordered Luo Chengen to buy something to eat and returned to the ship with his two maids.
"Brother Qiao, can we just let that guy named Hu cut off his Hu?"
In a private room on the second floor of a restaurant in the distance, two men stood at the window, just able to see everything happening in the port.
Although there was no sound from the port, it could be seen from Lao Hu's actions that the boss of the North and South Thirteenth Line had left the cargo on the ship to a man named Hu from the Hong Gang.
The man called Brother Qiao had a pale and sickly face, and his body seemed to be about to collapse if it was blown by the wind.
However, the anger on his face and the cruelty in his eyes allowed others to ignore his poor health.
"Huh, cut off Hu?
It’s still hard to tell who is cutting off and who is fooling!
Who told you that if the guy surnamed Hu takes care of the matter, then this guy will be safe?"
Brother Qiao snorted coldly and said disdainfully.
When the man standing next to him heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face lit up with joy.
"As expected of Brother Qiao, even though the mantis is chasing the cicada and the oriole is behind, you are still the tallest!"
Brother Qiao didn't even look at him. He turned around, sat down at the table again, picked up the wine glass on the table, and drank one cup after another.
His face, which was already pale, became increasingly ugly as he drank cup after cup.
Seeing Brother Qiao's appearance, the man who flattered him before didn't dare to say a word to persuade him.
After all, Brother Qiao hates others saying that he is not in good health.
Ning Pengpeng sat on the boat, waiting for Luo Chengen to buy the food.
Unexpectedly, Luo Chengen did not come back, but the man named Hu came back very quickly.
The house with the warehouse and the carriages were all arranged in such a short period of time.
Ning Pengpeng was very satisfied with Lao Hu's speed.
She asked people to unload the cargo from the ship and load it onto the carriages that Lao Hu called for.
Because we have stopped at almost every port along the way, there is really not much cargo left on the ship when we get here.
The most valuable ones are probably the pearls she brought.
However, the box containing the pearls was not big, so they were all placed in Ning Pengpeng's cage.
On the other hand, the number of crew members on the ship, to Lao Hu's surprise, actually numbered forty or fifty.
With so many people, they really don't need the coolies from their Hong Gang to help carry the goods.
After all the goods on the ship were loaded into the car, Luo Chengen hurried back with food.
Ning Pengpeng asked Qinghe and Hongling to take the food and get on the carriage first.
Then he ordered Luo Chengen to leave ten skilled men in the hands of the people who brought him to guard the ship.
The others followed her to the house arranged by Lao Hu.
If we say that at the beginning, Lao Hu didn't pay much attention to Ning Pengpeng and his group. He only thought that they were big fat sheep and big bosses who could get money from them.
But when the crew members disembarked and followed the carriage on both sides, Lao Hu immediately felt something strange.
I'm afraid these people are all tough people.
Lao Hu used to be slightly contemptuous from the bottom of his heart, but now his expression became serious.
After arriving at the house arranged by Lao Hu, Luo Chengen asked people to place the goods, and then sent Ning Pengpeng's invitation to the local county magistrate.
Although her name is not very useful among these local snakes.
However, officially, it is considered a good pass.
She couldn't afford to offend a local snake, but she still couldn't afford to offend a local snake, the magistrate was in charge!
This is like a bug, a stick, a tiger, a chicken, the same principle.
Since Lao Hu was interested in Ning Pengpeng and his group, he couldn't just take the rich money and just ignore it. Instead, he would have people secretly keep an eye on Ning Pengpeng's and his group's actions.
Sure enough, the man who he originally thought was in charge, but was actually in charge, came out of the new house very quickly.
Lao Hu's people followed him all the way, and then watched helplessly as the man in charge took the invitation and entered the magistrate's mansion.
When the person following him saw this, he hurried back immediately and reported the discovery to Lao Hu.
Lao Hu's eyes widened immediately. Could it be that the old lady was related to the county magistrate?
However, when he thought of the thirteen lines of North and South characters embroidered on the ship, Lao Hu thought it was impossible.
How could these people from the Thirteenth Line of the North and South know their county magistrate?
However, instead of him just imagining things here, he might as well have someone investigate!
After all, if you can kill a local snake in Muwan Port, there must be someone at the Yamen.
Soon, news came from the Yamen.
"Hiss... that old lady is actually a county head?
Or a county lord with a first-grade imperial title and a fiefdom?"
This news directly shocked Lao Hu.
It should be said that Lao Hu had some other small thoughts before, but now they have been completely eliminated.
It is best not to touch such people.
After all, the people do not fight against the officials.
What's more, this is a relative of the emperor with rank and fiefdom.
The old Hu from the Hong Gang has indeed put away his dissatisfaction, but unfortunately, Mu Wan Gang is not the only leader of the Hong Gang.
In addition to the Hong Gang, there is also the Zhushui Gang who has been fighting against the Hong Gang to grab territory.
The leader of the Zhushui Gang, Boss Qiao, is old and hardly cares about the affairs of the gang anymore.
Now it is Boss Qiao's adopted son Qiao Bin who is actually taking care of the gang's affairs.
On the surface, Qiao Bin looks like a scholar.
Of course, you can feel this way as long as you don't look into his eyes.
In fact, because he was abandoned since he was a child, his life was difficult and he contracted various diseases. Therefore, even after being adopted by Boss Qiao, his diseases were not fully taken care of.
Because of his illness, Qiao Bin had never been in good health, and his whole body was filled with a gloomy aura.
As long as you stare into his eyes, you can completely forget that he looks like a gentle scholar.
Moreover, it was precisely because Qiao Bin was ill that the things he did were very extreme.
Who is not afraid to see a person who is not afraid of death?
It is precisely because of this that the Zhushui Gang has taken away a lot of territory from the Hong Gang in the past few years.
Although the Muwan Port area now belongs to the Hong Gang, it is also true that the Zhushui Gang has always wanted to snatch this territory away.
The biggest blow to opponents in seizing territory is to let all those who seek work from the Hong Gang know that the Hong Gang cannot protect them.
But this time, Ning Pengpeng and his group were targeted by Qiao Bin from the Zhushui Gang.
The chickens were prepared to be used as a deterrent to the Hong Gang and those who wanted to work for the Hong Gang.
After all, those other ships are considered old customers of Muwan Port. If you attack them, you will cut off your own money.
Qiao Bin would definitely not be so stupid, and Ning Pengpeng's ship, a ship belonging to the Thirteenth Line in the North and South, was the first time they saw it, and it looked like a fat sheep, just for killing.