"Well, very good! Are you ready to deal with Ziwu Villa on the day of the birthday banquet?"
Qin Yihan looked at the faces of everyone present, and finally stopped at Li Yisheng's face.
"Don't worry, Gang Leader, everything is ready. When the time comes, we will let Ziwu Villa obediently hand over Tianxiang Tower and Qizhen Pavilion to us."
Li Yisheng waved his hand, unfolded the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile.
Ouyang Bing, the leader of the East Helm, who was standing aside, also nodded and said:
"What the military advisor said is true. Gushan Town is the largest and richest town among the fourteen towns under our jurisdiction in Ningshui County. The Tianxiang Tower and Qizhen Pavilion in Ziwu Villa are making a fortune every day.
But we can only watch helplessly. In the past, everyone was a third-rate force, so forget it.
Now that the gang leader has become a second-rate warrior, we cannot let Ziwu Villa monopolize Gushan Town."
"Master Dong Duo is right, we can't just watch Ziwu Villa eat alone."
"That's right! We must let them hand over Tianxiang Tower and Qizhen Pavilion."
"If they don't give it, we will destroy them directly."
After hearing Ouyang Bing's words, several other helmsmen standing in the lobby also echoed loudly.
"Okay! Now that we've decided, let's do it! Let's go down and get busy!"
Qin Yihan stopped the voices of several people and waved his hand.
After hearing this, everyone bowed to Qin Yihan and then exited the lobby.
Five days later, on the official road leading to Ningshui City from Gushan Town, Luo Tianhe led Luo Chen towards Ningshui City, followed by Li Ge and ten guards with bright eyes behind him.
Ziwu Villa is 40 miles away from Ningshui City. It takes half an hour to reach Ziwu Villa. But the birthday banquet will not be held until tomorrow, so Luo Tianhe and others are not in a hurry and walk slowly along the way.
After walking for more than an hour, Luo Tianhe and others arrived at Ningshui City.
At this time, many people were queuing up at the gate of Ningshui City to pay taxes and enter the city. In a pergola next to it, a city gate official was leaning on his feet on a long table, drinking tea and looking at the people with smiling eyes.
Throw the copper plates into the wooden box one by one.
When Luo Chen and his party arrived, the city gate officer suddenly jumped up from his chair, ran over with an angry face, and slapped the soldiers who were about to ask Luo Tianhe and others to dismount and pay the tax.
"Bind your dog's eyes and stay here."
Then, the city gate officer looked at Luo Tianhe with a flattering smile on his face: "Why is Master Luo free to come to Ningshui City? You don't need to dismount to pay taxes, just proceed directly."
After saying that, the city gate official hurriedly asked people to move out of the way.
"That's it, thank you very much!"
Luo Tianhe sat on the horse, bowed his hands to the city gate official, clamped his horse's belly, and led Luo Chen and others into the city.
"Boss, who are they?"
The soldier who had been slapped rubbed his head that was still aching and asked as he looked at the leaving figures of Luo Tianhe and others.
The city gate officer looked in the direction of the city gate and said softly: "They are from Ziwu Villa. The person just now is Luo Tianhe, the owner of Ziwu Villa."
After saying that, the city gate officer glanced at the soldiers again:
"You almost hurt me. Even if you don't know them when you first come here, you should recognize the purple mist patterns painted on the clothes they wear. Please be smarter in the future."
"Yes, yes, yes, you must pay attention to it in the future."
The soldier was startled and hurriedly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. He had just asked the owner of the fourth largest force in Ningshui County to dismount and pay taxes.
As soon as Luo Chen entered Ningshui City, a bustling and lively atmosphere hit his face, and there were bustling crowds everywhere.
After just a few steps, Luo Chen sensed several obscure eyes looking at the group of them. After a while, the owners of these eyes disappeared into the crowd.
Since breaking through to the middle third-rate stage, Luo Chen's range of perception has increased to five feet. Within five feet, nothing can escape Luo Chen's eyes.
Luo Chen knew that those people just now were spies for some forces, so he didn't care about them and just let them go.
Luo Tianhe took Luo Chen and others through several streets and arrived at the Li Ji grocery store opened by Ziwu Villa in Ningshui City.
Li Ji Grocery Store is the only store of Ziwu Villa in Ningshui City. While doing business, it also conveys some news and provides a place for people from Ziwu Villa who come to Ningshui City to stay.
The front door of Li Ji Grocery Store faces the bustling main road, and behind it is Ningshui Lake.
Ningshui Lake connects to the Ningshui River, which is a branch of the Hanshui River, a tributary of the Dajiang River. It enters the Hanshui River along the Ningshui River, then enters the Dajiang River, flows down the river, and finally enters the sea.
At this time, Luo Chen and Luo Tianhe were standing on the private dock at the back door of Li Ji Grocery Store, looking at the large and small ships coming and going on Ningshui Lake and the tall ships docked at the large public dock.
"Dad, those people should be from the Sanhe Gang, right?"
Suddenly, Luo Chen discovered that there were some big men with weapons guarding the entrance and exit between Ningshui Lake and Ningshui River. Every ship passing through the entrance would pay a certain fee to the big men guarding the entrance.
Following Luo Chen's gaze, Luo Tianhe nodded.
"That's right! The Sanhe Gang controls the water transportation of Ningshui Lake and Ningshui River. Every passing ship must pay a certain protection fee to them."
"With so many ships coming in and out here every day, how much money does the Sanhe Gang earn every day?"
Luo Chen looked at the ships coming and going in surprise.
"It is true that you earn more, but you also spend more. The Sanhe Clan supports more than two thousand disciples, and the expenses are not small.
Moreover, the Sanhe Gang controls Ningshui City's water transportation, which means it takes a small portion of the government's taxes. It has long been a thorn in the government's side, and the two forces often clash."
Luo Tianhe said calmly, not envious because of the Sanhe Gang's high income.
"Master, it's getting late, it's time for dinner, everything has been arranged at Ke Lai Ju."
At this time, Li Singer came over holding a spear wrapped in cloth.
"Well! Let's go! Let's go eat first."
Luo Tianhe nodded and walked out of the grocery store, followed by Luo Chen and Li Ge.
"Brother Li, how are you and my sister doing lately?"
Luo Chen walked behind and looked at Li Ge with a smile.
Since the last time Wang Yuying talked about Luo Yan's marriage and Luo Ze leaked it, Wang Yuying went to Li Tian and his wife, and finally both families agreed.
Li Ge rolled his eyes at Luo Chen: "Talk too much! Mind your own business, don't think I don't know that you teach a girl to practice swordsmanship in your Yuzhu Pavilion every day."
Hearing this, Luo Chen suddenly had black lines all over his head and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Brother Li, are you mistaken? That's a ten-year-old child."
"What's wrong with the child? It's time for children to grow up! Aren't you still young too!"
Li Ge curled his lips, stopped talking to Luo Chen, and quickly followed Luo Tianhe.
Luo Chen was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Li Ge's back with an angry look on his face and chased after him.