Guo Wen was overjoyed again. It would be great if Pangu had more silly kids like Deren! He immediately took out a silver badge with a lotus engraved on it and handed it to Qi Zhou, saying: "This is our Lotus Gang.
The hall master’s token was originally intended to be given to you when I introduced you to your brothers on the road, but now that they are all my brothers, you can put it away first to save yourself the trouble.”
The diameter of the round badge is about twice that of a copper coin. He Qizhou gently stroked the exquisitely carved lotus pattern and asked: "Gang leader, how many hall leaders are there in our gang now?"
"There are currently two of them. The other one you know is Wan Yangang. The future of the Lotus Gang depends on the two of them!" Guo Wen cursed in his heart, if the three gang leaders and the deputy gang leader hadn't died.
, will I still come to recruit people in person?
He Qizhou was also speechless. It turned out that the other party didn't even have a hall master left. No wonder Guo Wenhui was so happy after he agreed to sacrifice his life. The road to the south must be extremely dangerous.
Guo Wen also briefly told He Qizhou about the Lotus Gang. The main hall is in Tongwan City. The hall leader is the highest position after the chief and deputy gang leader. Then there are branch halls in Zhongjing and Xuancheng. The three halls are in charge of more than a dozen branches in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, it is now managed by the deputy hall master. Qi Zhou only takes the name of the hall master and does not need to take care of the mundane affairs. If one day he is willing to work for the gang again, he will definitely be promoted to the main hall master in charge.
He Qizhou knew better that the other party was really willing to pay any price for this shipment, but if he really wanted to propose to be the leader of a local hall, it was estimated that the other party would not be able to hand over this position to him, a young man who was born in Zhou Dynasty.
Boy, alas, I should just keep being a fool who is easy to deceive along the way.
In the end, Zhai Biao drove Qi Zhou back to the inn. It was already past midnight. He Qizhou asked Zhai Biao to accompany him to find Mr. Xiong at noon tomorrow. Zhai Biao, who had already taken a liking to He Qizhou, agreed.
…
Although it is incomparable with Qi Zhou's medicine, whether it is taken internally or externally, Yanbang's medicine is still superior. "I will do the rest myself." He Qizhou, who was only wearing a pair of underwear, said to Xiaoxue who was applying medicine to himself.
said.
"Nonsense!" Xiaoxue's face turned slightly red and she said with pity: "A good white dragon horse turned into a bay red horse!"
"I feel like a crab. Look, my eyes are bulging out!" He Qizhou said with squinted eyes. He also received many heavy punches on his head, and his eyes were so swollen that he could hardly open them.
"Yes, it's cooked crab! You can do the rest yourself." Xu Mu took off the leather jacket on her body and got into the bed. He Qizhou was supposed to be keeping her warm. Although she and Qi Zhou still squeezed into the same bed,
But now there is no need to rely on He Qizhou's body temperature to survive the long night. The two of them each share a quilt. It's just that when I was waiting for He Qizhou today, it seemed like I had been staying in an ice cellar. It was only now that I felt warm...
At noon the next day, Zhai Biao came to pick up He Qizhou in person, which made He Qizhou a little embarrassed: "Brother Biao, I was thinking that since you don't need your Baiyin Gang to send us out now, some of the things I originally put at Master Xiong's
Can I get it back?" He Qizhou asked.
"I knew that guy cheated you, go get it back! But..." Zhai Biao hesitated.
"But what?"
"Although that guy is not qualified to join the gang, he has been with the fourth brother for many years. It is not convenient for me to ask him directly, but the fourth brother... How about this, I call the second brother to come forward, what did the bear swallow you?
Something?" Zhai Biao asked.
"It doesn't matter, you just need to lead me to find someone. By the way, it's obviously the Salt Gang, why is it called the Silver Gang? And who was the masked woman yesterday? Why are both of your gangs so afraid of her? Also, last night
What’s going on with the Duke of Han that the Lotus Gang Leader mentioned? Why is it related to your cargo transportation?”
"Haha, then you've asked the right person!" Zhai Biao, who had the opportunity to open up the conversation, suddenly became excited: "Let me talk about our Salt Gang first. We started by selling salt, because selling smuggled salt is a felony in Southern Qi. In our Zhou Dynasty,
It's also illegal, so we can't just call it the Salt Gang. Because our gang has money and can get a lot of silver from Southern Qi, so the brothers on the road call us the Silver Gang. The former gang leader thinks this name is good, and we are now talking about it.
Let’s call the Baiyin Gang.”
Qi Zhou said: "I don't think you are very rich?"
"How much money can I, a young man, have? But these years of confrontation with Nan Qi and the closure of the business, our salt gang's business has indeed dropped a lot." Zhai Biao spread his hands and continued: "Speaking of the woman yesterday,
She is a huge person! You who have lived in the grassland for a long time don’t know that, let alone the two Jianghu gang leaders, even Master Wushi would give up three points when he saw her, and she has a close relationship with the Duke of Han you mentioned.
…”
"Stop being so pretentious and tell me quickly."
"Yes, Hall Master Deren! That woman's name is He-Lian-Chang-Ying! She is the second princess today! The Duke of Han, Pei Xianyong, was the governor of Xuancheng who had just been executed by his entire family, and he is also the second princess.
My father-in-law!"
"Ah? Then why does the second princess have a relationship with you again?"
"Who said it's with us? The three major gangs doing business with Nan Qi are all related to her! What can we sell to Nan Qi? Salt! Leather! Iron ore! We sell salt, the Lotus Gang sells leather, and the Iron Palm Gang sells iron
!She, Helian Changying, was sent by the emperor to watch the Jianghu gang.
Among the three gangs, the Lotus Gang is the weakest and has long since taken refuge with her; the Iron Palm Gang's home base is in Xuancheng, which is the private property of the Pei family. Because this time there was a decisive battle with the Southern Qi Dynasty, the emperor used the Pei family to smuggle iron ore to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Southern Qi was imprisoned on charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason.
The second brother said that the emperor had slaughtered a fat pig, and more than half of the cost of the war would be borne by the Pei family. The once prosperous Iron Palm Gang was also torn apart, and even the main hall leader Wan Yangang came to fight with us.
beat."
"Then why is the freight road so uneven?" He Qizhou asked.
Zhai Biao said: "Don't interrupt, I haven't finished speaking yet. This Pei family is really awesome. It seems like they are the fourth generation and the third Duke. Some of them fled to the grassland before they were all killed, and they got entangled with a group of old retainers."
The general, as well as the masters of the Iron Palm Gang, became horse bandits near Xuancheng.
Because they are familiar with the terrain and the people around them, the officers and soldiers defeated them several times without success, and our caravan was in bad luck. They dealt with our Salt Gang better, they only grabbed goods, not much
kill;
Because the Lotus Gang belongs to the second princess, there is basically no one left alive. After three trips, all three gang leaders and one deputy gang leader have gone in!"
He Qizhou asked again: "Why didn't Wan Yangang follow him and become a horse bandit?"
Zhai Biao said: "The Iron Palm Gang is so big, but people's hearts are not so unified. I heard that on the day of the incident, the boss of the Iron Palm Gang was assassinated by assassins sent by the imperial court. Afterwards, the people in charge of the Pei family found the main leaders of the gang.
He tricked them into taking poison and talked about rebellion. Those who did not agree were later poisoned to death. Because Wanyan Gang was not in Xuancheng, he escaped this disaster. However, his son died at the hands of the Pei family.
Thinking about revenge!"
"Can I stop using this thing? The second princess also contributed to destroying her husband's family? Isn't she sad at all?" He Qizhou played with the anemone, a little puzzled.
"I can't explain this clearly, but I heard that she happened to come to Tongwan City two days before the family was destroyed. At least she knew about it. It was her second time to get married anyway, so she probably didn't take it seriously.
She came to us personally, mainly because she wanted the Salt Gang and the Lotus Gang to sell goods together!"
"If that's the case, why not let the officers and soldiers escort him?" He Qizhou asked puzzledly.
"The road to Nan Qi is more than a thousand miles. How can the government and army escort the entire journey? The most important thing is that the emperors of both countries have personally said that they will close the market. Moreover, our emperor has just beheaded a minister suspected of adultery. How can the emperor possibly
Let hundreds of officials see the smuggling of government troops? So you have to rely on us."
He Qizhou asked: "Who is buying the goods you exchanged from Nan Qi?"
Zhai Biao replied: "Only those officials and leaders of large tribes can afford it."
"Then they still object?"
"I don't understand either, but my second brother said that the more this happens, the more the emperor likes it, which shows that these people are loyal!"
"It seems that there really isn't much difference among the officials in the world. Why don't you, the Salt Gang, go to the princess?"
"Second brother said, a mere princess is not capable of swallowing up our salt gang in one go. The money we pay to various yamen, princes, and military camps every year is at least hundreds of thousands of taels. Besides, they can't do without us transporting it from the south.
Tomorrow's shipment alone will contain nearly 60,000 kilograms of green salt, which can be sold for a hundred thousand taels at least.
Also, our Salt Gang is the most united. Once you join the gang, you must treat each other as brothers. Speaking of which, Wanyan Gang originally came for our Salt Gang, but no matter how capable you are, you will not be able to survive for more than a year and a half.
The test will not let you in.
The bear bag in the warehouse has been hanging around for more than ten years without letting him in. Not many people can really join the Salt Gang. The reason why the Salt Gang has great power is because it controls many small gangs. I think the second princess although
It’s awesome, but it’s also weak-minded.”
"I understand, you have done a lot for the emperor and the government, and you have done a lot, and now no one or any yamen can take advantage of you." Qi Zhou said, but he thought in his heart, he didn't know about Qi State either.
Who is doing business with these gangs? Such a large transaction volume is obviously not an ordinary person. Maybe it is that bastard general again. We must be careful this time and dig out the person behind the scenes.
"They all say you are a bit stupid, but it seems you are not stupid at all!" Zhai Biao said.
"Yes, I'm not stupid, just a little silly!" He Qizhou said with a bitter smile.
Zhai Biao was a little confused when he heard this, and said: "It's really stupid!"
…
"Xiong San! Come out quickly! Someone from the Lotus Gang is looking for you!" Zhai Biao yelled loudly after coming out of the tunnel. Xiong San also had goods from the Lotus Gang in his warehouse.
"Come on, come on!" Xiong San hurriedly ran out of the small room.