Chapter 94: Fight against the leader of the Beggar Clan!
"Gang Leader, how about I go again?"
One person said.
As the leader of the Beggar Clan, Hong Rulong has a high status in the world and will be recognized wherever he goes. This time, they are dragging him down.
How could a servant of the Lin Mansion know the leader of the Beggar Clan?
They should have given their names.
"Oh! I'd better go in person!"
Hong Rulong said in a deep voice.
Just when he stood up, Lin Fan had already walked up to the second floor. When he saw Hong Rulong and the others, Lin Fan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
These three people were all wearing shabby linen clothes, which were full of holes. However, when they got closer, they could not smell any odor from these three people.
Not only that, but these three people had a floral scent on their bodies. Upon closer inspection, they found that they all had sachets hanging on their waists.
Moreover, if this Yuelai Restaurant can be opened in the capital, it must be of high quality. These three people can occupy a second floor here, so they shouldn't be unable to wear rich clothes.
"Master Lin!"
Hong Rulong said in surprise when he saw Lin Fan.
"Oh! It seems you are the ones who want to see me."
Lin Fan said casually.
The person next to Hong Rulong said with some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Lin, we have been waiting for you here for two hours. You are really busy with official duties!"
Lin Fan glanced at this person and said casually: "I like to sleep in. If my servants hadn't urged me to do it, I wouldn't open my eyes until noon. As for when to get up, it depends on my mood."
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When the three of them heard Lin Fan's answer, they all felt that it was too perfunctory. The ancients got up early and paid attention to getting up when the rooster crows. Anyone who doesn't get up after the rooster crows is considered a lazy man.
Lin Fan could become Emperor Wuhou of the Ming Dynasty, but he also had the habit of sleeping in.
"Haha! Mr. Lin is really different from ordinary mediocre people."
Hong Rulong could only smile and said.
"Mediocre people are not mediocre, let's talk about it later, who are you?
Why are you looking for me, sir?"
Lin Fan asked.
Hong Rulong was obviously stunned for a moment. Even if the servants of the Lin Mansion didn't know him, Lin Fan actually didn't know him either. He couldn't be so ignorant.
"Master Lin, I am Hong Rulong, the leader of the Beggar Clan."
Hong Rulong said truthfully.
"kindness?
Beggars gang leader?
Although you members of the Beggar Gang are all beggars and make a living by begging all day long, as the leader of the Beggar Gang, you should not be short of money!"
"You wear rags, but you wash them so clean, so nondescript, neither a beggar nor a normal person, don't you feel awkward?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan learned about beggars from the writings of Master Jin Yong. The bottom members of the beggar gang are all real beggars, but the leader of the beggar gang should be very rich!
For example, Guo Jing, Huang Rong, etc., even Hong Qigong, it is because they are used to a free life and do not pretend to be pretentious.
"Haha! Mr. Lin is laughing. As members of the Beggar Clan, we naturally have to look like a Beggar Clan."
Hong Rulong said with a smile.
"I am a member of the imperial court, and you people from the Beggar Clan are members of the gang. We have nothing to contact. If you want to ask me anything, just ask me directly."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan didn't have a good impression of those people who were so pretentious. If he was not satisfied with what they said, he would just leave without saying a word to them.
"Mr. Lin, you are really tempered and noble. Do you look down on our Beggar Gang?"
"Master Lin, we Beggar Clan disciples are spread all over the world. Master Lin, I wonder if there will be a place where we will be needed someday!"
The two people around Hong Rulong said dissatisfied.
Lin Fan said coldly: "Hmph! It's true that you Beggar Clan disciples are all over the world, but when the world is in chaos, I don't see you standing up to do things for the people of the world!"
"If it were normal times, if you dared to talk to me like this, I would have arrested you and tortured you. Now, I won't care about you!"
"Since you have nothing important to do, I will leave first!"
After Lin Fan finished speaking, he turned around to leave. Hong Rulong said hurriedly: "Master Lin, we heard that you need a batch of iron ore recently. Our Beggar Gang happens to have a batch. I wonder if Master Lin needs it."
kindness?
The Beggar Gang actually has iron ore!
You know, during the Ming Dynasty, private mining of iron, copper, salt and other mineral deposits was not allowed. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the control of salt mines was not so strict.
However, the iron ore and copper mines are very strictly controlled. Therefore, there are iron ores on the hills of the Yan family, but they dare not mine them.
Of course, as long as they don't mine, the court can't just take it back. They still have some initiative.
“Do you beggars have iron ore?
Don’t you know that mining this iron ore privately is a crime of beheading?”
Lin Fan asked rhetorically.
"Haha! We thought that Mr. Lin's daring to scold the Queen was different from those lackey officials of the imperial court, but we didn't expect that he is also such a vulgar person!"
“So what if we mined the iron ore?
We didn't steal or rob, but we helped Mr. Lin solve a big problem. Shouldn't Mr. Lin thank us?"
"Master Lin, you are a man of integrity. You helped bring peace to the Ming Dynasty and distributed food and land to the people. However, I, a disciple of the Beggar Clan, have been living a very miserable life recently!"
"The disciples of the Beggar Clan have no land in their hands, and the common people have no surplus food in their hands. It is difficult for them to beg for food!"
"In order to help the Beggar Clan disciples tide over the difficulties, we came up with the idea of mining iron ore and selling it to Mr. Lin in exchange for money to help the Beggar Clan disciples tide over the difficulties!"
The three of them said in a deep voice.
When Lin Fan heard what the three people said, he smiled instead of getting angry and said, "Haha! What you said is really fresh!"
"I dare say that even if I distribute land to you Beggar Clan people now, the land will still be empty, because you Beggar Clan people are all a bunch of lazy people!"
"Go out and take a look. Most of the beggars outside are strong young people. As long as they are willing to endure some hardships, they can find a job that can support themselves. Their choice to beg is enough to show that they do not
Please make progress!"
What Lin Fan said is indeed true, because no matter whether it is historical records or beggars in movies and TV series, there are no beggars who get up early, but anyone who can get up early to do things will not be reduced to the stage of being a beggar.
"You! Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to be so unfriendly to our Beggar Clan!"
One person said angrily.
"Master Lin, since you are so hostile to our Beggar Gang, then let's give up today's cooperation."
Hong Rulong said in a deep voice that Lin Fan looked down on the members of the Beggar Clan so much. As the leader of the Beggar Clan, he naturally could no longer cooperate with Lin Fan.