In the ranch city, Feilong summoned Lao Diao for questioning.
"What are you doing, Mr. Lu, these days?"
"Well, it's just at his sweetheart's place. I go to town from time to time and don't do much else."
"No, are you sure you are staring at him all the time?"
"There's no guarantee for this. The main reason is that you know Mr. Lu's temper. It's okay for me to follow you in a small way, but if you really follow me stubbornly, you might draw a knife and chop me at some point. After all these years,
, Mr. Lu’s sword skills are progressing rapidly, I’m afraid I’m no longer my opponent.”
Needless to say, Lao Diao also understood that Feilong understood that no one likes to be followed at all times. What's more, that person's force value was extremely high. He was very violent and would draw a knife to kill people at every turn.
"What do you think of Mr. Lu?"
"Master Lu, what did he say? His swordsmanship is second to none, and his mind is beyond what we rough guys can match. He is a powerful person, and I can't tell him how much he is better."
"It's because you can't tell, or you don't dare to say it. Don't you think this guy has a strange temperament, and he doesn't seem to be the same as us?"
"Mr. Lu's temperament is indeed a bit strange, but if you say you are not from the same place, then it is not necessarily true. In my opinion, Mr. Lu is simply born to eat this kind of food. He has good skills and a ruthless personality.
He is also smart. Much better than us old guys."
"That's not what I meant. I just feel that this guy seems to be doing something behind my back. Are you sure you didn't notice it?"
"I can't guarantee that. Mr. Lu has a bad temper, so I don't dare to get too close." Lao Diao answered accurately, and Feilong soon became annoyed.
"Okay, okay, you go down. Find me two newcomers."
It has to be said that Feilong's intuition is still very accurate. Lu Xiao has been working for him conscientiously for nearly four years. Now if he misses a little thought, he will immediately notice it.
In fact, he was not the only one, Lao Diao actually felt it too. After all, among the horse bandits, he was the closest to Lu Xiao. It was natural to sense that something was wrong with Lu Xiao. But Lao Diao had more to consider.
Although Feilong is now in his prime and can still fight for a few more years, compared with Lu Xiao, it is impossible to compare. Lu Xiao is too young, has good kung fu and a good brain. He does not criticize the people below him too much.
The key is that he is still Feilong's disciple. It is only natural that he will inherit Feilong's position in the future.
Even if you can't stand the wait and want to get to the top in advance, is it completely understandable? They are horse bandits, and it's not a legitimate profession. It's so common to kill the old ones and get to the top yourself. It's not a big deal.
Moreover, Lao Diao was actually vaguely biased towards Lu Xiao. After all, his side clearly had more prospects. However, Feilong's remaining power was still there, so he did not dare to directly take sides.
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When Lu Xiao entered the city again, there were two pendants behind him.
"Master Lu, this is really not what we meant. The boss received the news that someone is going to cause trouble for you. He specially asked us to protect you. Please don't make it difficult for us."
These two people were "interviewed" by Lu Xiao at the beginning. How could they not know Lu Xiao's ability? They were afraid that Lu Xiao would get angry and kill them both.
"Okay, just don't follow me too closely. I'm going to discuss business with someone today, so just follow me."
Business? The two of them never knew that they actually had a business in the city. But since they were new here, it was normal not to know. So, they didn't dare to ask more.
The business that Lu Xiao mentioned was really a business. Didn't we find many people to rebuild the houses in the village before? Lu Xiao was here to settle their wages today.
In the teahouse, the foreman who had been recommended by the craftsmen sat in front of Lu Xiao with a worried look on his face.
"Don't be so nervous. Although we are horse thieves, we still have professional ethics. We are doing business with you, not trading. Therefore, the money will not be less. Just count it."
With that said, Lu Xiao directly threw a large bag of copper coins to the other party.
This made the old man opposite tremble with fear. He finally picked up the money bag and found that it was actually full of a lot of cash.
To be honest, he came here with the determination to die. While working, they discovered that the group of people in the village were horse thieves. At that time, they all thought they were dead.
Unexpectedly, not only did he not die, but he also had two meals of brown rice a day to keep him fed. These days, there are really not many jobs that can provide food.
Those workers just wanted to have a meal. They didn't expect to come back alive after finishing their work. Even if they came back alive, they didn't expect to get their wages. After all, they were a group of horse thieves.
The old man held the bag of money tremblingly, and was so excited that he didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao looked at an old guy in his forties kowtowing to him, feeling really uncomfortable mentally.
The other party worked and he paid. This was originally a normal business negotiation. But because he was a horse bandit, this natural scene was regarded as a gift by the other party. Both of them were just doing themselves.
It should be done. But the picture in front of me is so dazzling, so what exactly went wrong?
However, Lu Xiao's heart was churning, but his face didn't show it at all. He still had the same cold look.
"Get up, those who don't know think I bullied you? I said, business is business, and business is business. These are two different things. Today, I have two things to do. One is to settle wages with you. The other is
, there is another job here, do you want to take it?"
After leaving the teahouse, two pendants came up to me.
"Master Lu, your trick is really great. What do you mean by putting a long line to catch big fish?"
"Hey, you used this word well. Have you read a book?"
"No, I just heard the book talk about it when I was a kid."
"That's right. You're right. Now they have only built the inner houses. I plan to replace all the outer walls with masonry. Bamboo is too fragile and will be destroyed in a fire.
If you surround it with a stone wall, you have nothing to fear.
But this job is too big, and ten or eight people can’t do it at all. Therefore, we have to give them some benefits first. Let them know that this job can be done, and then they will come to work for us. We can also bring neighbors, fellow villagers, and relatives to work for us.
Get up and work. This way the wall can be completed as soon as possible.
If you kill everyone now, then we will have to go out and rob hundreds of young men and force them to work for us. There are only more than fifty of us if there are hundreds of young men. From now on, we will have nothing to do.
, just watch them working every day."
"What Mr. Lu is saying is that we rough guys can only kill people. For such things as using our brains, Mr. Lu still has to do it."
"It goes without saying that Mr. Lu is the boss's direct disciple. How can we second-rate guys compare to him?"
Lu Xiao didn't expect that the two new guys were actually two licking dogs. Although they were just licking dogs, Lu Xiao still felt a little pity. It was a pity for the fate of the two of them.
