Early the next morning, Maizi climbed up the cliff and reported to Bai Xueyin, "Boss, caught the two spies. They were looking around outside the stronghold. I brought them back."

Lan Qiao stood up and took a look and saw a man and woman tied up with ropes under the cliff. The woman among them was Yang Qiaoer whom he had seen yesterday.

"This Miss Yang and her brother Yang Ling are my friends." Bai Xueyin said, "Let them go quickly."

Maizi said yes and climbed down the ladder again.

Bai Xueyin and Lan Qiao used Qinggong and flew down together, landing lightly next to Yang Qiaoer and Yang Ling.

When Yang Qiaoer saw that Bai Xueyin was not only fine, but looked even better than before, she was surprised and said, "Sister Bai, are you okay?"

Yang Ling also looked happy, but seemed a little shy, and kept saying, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."

Lan Qiao laughed and said, "Not only was she not bullied by the bandits, she also transformed and became the leader of the bandits."

Yang Ling looked at Lan Qiao with some suspicion, "This is"

Yang Qiaoer explained, "This is the hero I invited to rescue Sister Bai yesterday."

Lan Qiao introduced himself generously and said, "My name is Lan Qiao, Huaiyuan. Yesterday, at the request of Miss Qiao'er, I came to Yinfeng Village single-handedly. My original intention was to save Miss Qiao'er's friend, but I didn't expect that I got into a fight with her instead."

"Okay, you." Bai Xueyin nudged him with her elbow and said to Yang Qiaoer, "What a coincidence, the person my sister invited is my fellow senior brother." As she said this, she lifted up her sleeves and said to her

He showed off the white bracelet on his wrist, and then pointed to the black bracelet of the same style on Lan Qiao's hand.

Yang Ling looked a little uncomfortable when he saw the two of them being intimate, and said in a low voice, "If we had known this, we wouldn't have had to spend so much effort to save the girl."

It was only then that Maizi came down from the ladder, sweating all over his head, and ordered his men to untie the Yang brothers and sisters.

"I appreciate the kindness of your brothers and sisters." Bai Xueyin said to Yingying Yifu, the Yang brother and sister who had just been untied and were still massaging their hands and feet, "This is also my fault. I was too busy setting rules in the village and forgot to send someone to tell you.

.”

"That's right." Yang Qiao'er leaned against Bai Xueyin with attachment, "My brother also told me to find a reliable person to rescue you. He was afraid that the person who went there was unreliable and either couldn't save you or would not be able to save you.

To take advantage of you while others are in danger."

Yang Ling glared at his sister fiercely, blushed and said, "How could I?"

"I'm not doing well." Bai Xueyin smiled and turned around, "Not even a piece of meat is missing, don't worry."

Lan Qiao glanced at Yang Ling and said jokingly, "Brother Yang cares so much about my junior sister, how could he lead the long-term worker to chop firewood for a day yesterday?"

Before Yang Ling could say anything, Yang Qiaoer, who was in high spirits, rushed to answer, "He wasn't cutting wood. He stole the young master's horse and ran away to hide outside the village."

In fact, Lan Qiao had already guessed the reason, and pretended to be surprised and said, "It turns out you stole my horse."

Yang Qiaoer blinked innocently and said, "Don't be surprised, sir, this is all my brother's idea. The purpose is for me to use this to lure the young master to my home and persuade him to go to the village to rescue Sister Bai."

When she said this, she looked at Yang Ling with resentment, and then said, "He didn't go home until dark. He just wanted me to pretend to be pitiful, or use some honey trap. Brother, you are serious, you know how to care."

Sister Bai, my sister can use it as she pleases."

Even Bai Xueyin felt embarrassed this time and whispered, "When I was staying at Qiaoer's house to recuperate from my injuries, their brothers and sisters took good care of me."

Just as Lan Qiao was about to speak, he suddenly saw a group of minions from Yinfeng Village running towards him quickly.

The minions headed by the "boss" didn't know who had beaten them up. They were bruised and swollen. They cried and shouted, "Boss, please make the decision for us."

The other dozen or so people followed the gangster and knelt in front of Bai Xueyin. They all said, "They bullied people too much. Please ask the boss to avenge us."

Most of them were stained, some had tattered clothes, and some had sword wounds of varying sizes, obviously they had just gone through a fierce fight.

"What does it look like?" Maizi asked with a cold face, "Boss doesn't allow you to leave the village without authorization. Where are you going so crazy this early in the morning? Lai Laowu, please reply."

"It's not like those bastards from the Hanshui League." Lai Laowu, the leader, stiffened his neck and said, "This morning before dawn, brothers from Yangcun came to report that two ships from the Hanshui League were coming.

Thirty or forty big men came down and occupied the pier without saying a word. Not only were our people not allowed to approach, but even the local fishermen were not allowed to leave the port."

Maizi said coldly, "What next?"

"As soon as I heard about this, of course I was not convinced, so I called a dozen brothers who were watching the night to rush to comment." Lai Laowu said authentically, "Who would have thought that their second boss Shen Xu was also among those people? We have never fought.

This is what they have become."

After hearing what Lai Lao Wuyi said, Maizi also became angry, "This is really unreasonable."

Seeing Bai Xueyin frown slightly, he explained, "The Hanshui Alliance originated from Hanzhong. It has successively absorbed more than a dozen small and large gangs that relied on the Hanshui River for their livelihood. Now it is the largest rivers and lakes force along the Hanshui River. Its chief helmsman

Lord Shen Liang is very ambitious and wants to monopolize the water transportation business of Hanshui River. He has coveted the fishing port of Yangcun for a long time. As for Shen Xu, he is Shen Liang's younger brother. He is very difficult to offend because of his hard skills.

Anyone’s account.”

Lai Laowudao said, "Yangcun Fishing Port has always been our territory. If it is occupied by the Hanshui League, our brothers will eat and drink whatever they want."

"What do you mean your territory?" Bai Xueyin said displeasedly, "That's the fishing port of Yangcun."

Lai Laowu knew he had made a mistake, stuck out his tongue, and still said stubbornly, "This is Yangcun's fishing port. We are only responsible for protecting their travel safety and collecting a small fee from it. Now that the Hanshui League has occupied the fishing port,

You are clearly trying to steal the boss’s job.”

Lan Qiao turned to Maizi and said, "Have you ever dealt with each other before?"

"Not only have we fought with real swords and guns," Maizi said with a wry smile, "Shen Liang came to me three times, and the first two times he wanted to persuade me to join his Hanshui Alliance. He used threats and inducements at all costs.

Ji. I am a person who would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. I rejected him twice. Unexpectedly, the third time Shen Liang directly brought hundreds of people and claimed that he wanted to pick my copycat. Thanks to the brothers, he fought to the death.

Fight them off. Now that they are determined to attack me again, I will definitely not be able to swallow their anger."

Lan Qiao puzzled and said, "The fishing port of a small village should be nothing more than the meat of flies in Shen Liang's eyes, so why must he come to rob it?"

Yang Ling finally found a topic that he understood and took over the topic, "Brother Lan doesn't know something. Our Yangcun is only forty miles away from Xiangyang. Many merchants choose to come to our Yangcun to unload their goods because they dislike the high rent of the wharf in Xiangyang Port.

Then take the land route to Xiangyang. In recent years, Xiangyang's waterway trade has become increasingly prosperous, and our Yangcun has also followed suit. Many times, there are more merchant ships than our local fishing boats. Of course, they bring a lot of copper coins and treasures

Money."

Seeing Bai Xueyin nodding slightly, Yang Ling was even more proud, shaking his head and saying, "Now that Miss Bai has become the boss of Yinfeng Village, we are a family, and we should keep our wealth to outsiders."

"How much did you charge from the fishing port in the past?" Lan Qiao interrupted Yang Ling and asked Maizi, "Is it a fixed fee every day, or a commission based on the merchant's freight volume?"

"It's a commission." Yang Ling glared at Maizi and said, "They charge 40% of the fees for renting fishing ports for merchant ships."

Bai Xueyin looked at Maizi, who smiled bitterly and nodded.

Lai Laowu argued, "Forty percent is enough. If you don't look at other ports controlled by the Hanshui League, they have to pump at least 50% of the water, and some places have 70% to 80% of the water."

"Boss, whether you are thinking about our village or the fishermen in Yangcun, we must fight this time." Maizi said solemnly, "If the Hanshui League is really allowed to monopolize the water transportation business, we will all have a hard time.

"

Seeing that Maizi was on his side, Lai Laowu said even louder, "Last time they came with hundreds of people but they couldn't do anything to us. This time there are only thirty or forty people. As long as the boss gives the order, I promise to drive them away before noon."

Leave Yangcun."

"Wait a minute. There is a doubt here." Lan Qiao waved his hand and said, "Since Shen Liang knows that hundreds of people can't pick on your copycat, why did he only send thirty or forty people here this time? Unless?"

Bai Xueyin's heart moved and she suddenly said, "Unless they have a master accompanying them."

"Of course there will be masters. Since Shen Liang sent these people here, he must believe that they have the ability to cope with all challenges, and he is not afraid of another conflict with Yinfeng Village." Lan Qiao muttered, "I just thought of another possibility.

, maybe this action of the Hanshui League is not directed at your Yinfeng Village, they may have other agendas by borrowing the dock."

Maizi was startled by what he said and said, "Then what should we do?"

Bai Xueyin looked at Maizi, Lai Laowu and the others, and said to Lan Qiao in a negotiating tone, "How about we go over and take a look first?"

"Whether we have experts accompanying us or have other agendas, since they dare to bully us, of course we can't just sit back and ignore them." Lan Qiao said casually, "You ask Brother Lai to bring thirty or fifty people with him, on behalf of

Yinfeng Village went back to the dock to negotiate with them, and we followed secretly to get a feel for this kidney-deficient brother."
Chapter completed!