This is Yangzhou, a city where one part of the world is bright on a moonlit night, and two parts are rogues in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou is a good place, with beautiful mountains and rivers, good articles that are famous throughout the ages, and good women whose waists are softer than water.
Of course, there are others...
There are numerous large and small ships moored at the pier, and merchants and boatmen come and go in a hurry. The coolie carrying a sack is dressed differently from Youzhou.
On the noisy pier, a group of people was particularly obvious. When people on the pier saw it, they all moved out of the way. They couldn't avoid it, so they had to bite the bullet and say hello.
"Master Lu, you have worked hard and you have been doing well lately."
"Xiao Liu, don't talk nonsense. You haven't paid this month's payment yet. How much money have you earned today? Come out."
"Master Lu, please have mercy on me. This is for my mother's medical treatment. I will definitely get it together and send it to you next time."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just bring it over."
A group of people swarmed up and kicked the man to the ground and took the money bag out of his arms. Lu Ziye weighed it with his hands, shouted bad luck, waved his hands and said: "Go away, don't be an eyesore in front of me.
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Lu Ziye is from Caobang, which is not only found in Yangzhou. In this era, water transportation has an extremely important economic status. There will always be a group of people gathering on the dock, relying on the water for their meals. Everyone uses short knives.
Sticks fight for territory, and the one who wins is the Caobang.
Lu Ziye is considered to be the person in charge of this pier. The cargo ships entering the port, the economical dental workers, the coolies carrying sacks... In short, even the beggars at the pier begging for food have to contribute a share of money to the Cao Gang.
Cheng Dalei looked down from the deck. The bustling scene here also opened his eyes. He couldn't wait to appreciate the customs and customs of Yangzhou. Xu Shenji, Gao Feibao, Zhang Fei, Zhao Zilong, Liu Zhi, Su Ying, Xiao Bailang
Get off the boat with him, while the others remain on the boat.
"Remember to call me Young Master when you get off the boat. We are a northern family. Don't bring out the bandits. Yangzhou is a polite place." Before getting off the boat, Cheng Dalei was giving his final instructions. He was not worried about the others. He was worried.
It's Zhang Fei and Gao Feibao, these two idiots.
Several people couldn't wait, as if they were looking forward to entering the city for the first time.
However, several people were stopped before they even got off the boat.
"Why is this my first time in Yangzhou? No one even understands the rules of Yangzhou City."
Seven or eight people were blocked at the bow of the boat. Lu Ziye squinted his face and spoke in Yangzhou Mandarin.
Xu Shenji and others looked at each other, not because they were stopped, but because they couldn't understand what these people were saying. Yangzhou dialect and Youzhou accent were very different. Although everyone could barely understand a few words, they couldn't connect them together.
Cheng Dalei understood and could speak, but he didn't speak at the moment.
Lu Ziye frowned and said impatiently: "No one can speak human words, they are just a bunch of old haters."
Probably because he could guess the meaning, he felt a little inferior for a moment, his eyes flickered to find someone in charge, and he looked at Su Ying.
Su Ying didn't speak Yangzhou dialect either, and her expression was a little awkward.
At this moment, a man wearing a small hat came out and said: "Everyone, everyone, I am the Yaxing here. You can call me rich."
Lu Ziye: "Fugui, it's you, kid. You tell these country bumpkins the rules and don't let us do anything."
With a smile on his face, Fugui said to Xu Shenji: "Gentlemen, this is Mr. Lu from Caobang, and this is Mr. Lu's territory."
Xu Shenji knew about the Cao Gang and the power of the Cao Gang at the dock. He cupped his hands and said: "It turns out that we are brothers of the Cao Gang. You have worked hard..."
"Who is your brother?" Lu Ziye didn't even raise his eyelids.
"..." Xu Shenji.
"Everyone, when you go to Caobang's territory to do business, you must follow Yangzhou's rules."
"What are the rules here?"
"We have a ten-for-one lottery. The workers who move the goods must be from the Caobang. Who you can sell to and who you can't sell to has to be decided by the Caobang." Fugui said.
"If it exceeds ten, one will be drawn, which means that one out of ten goods belongs to the Cao Gang?" Xu Shenji knew that the Cao Gang was very powerful at the dock, but he did not expect that the Cao Gang was so powerful.
"What if I don't want to abide by these rules?" At this time, Cheng Dalei separated from everyone and walked to the bow of the ship.
Cheng Dalei spoke Yangzhou Mandarin, and his accent was very crisp. Lu Ziye looked him up and down and saw that he was wearing a brocade robe, mink velvet wrapped around his neck, and a huge gemstone on his belt.
After just one glance, Lu Ziye almost covered his mouth and laughed. A group of people were chattering and whispering.
"Where did this barbarian come from? He is dressed like this and doesn't know the weather in Yangzhou."
"I guess in their place, this is all a good way to dress up."
"Haha, country bumpkin."
Cheng Dalei's head was full of black lines, so he knew that Yangzhou's aesthetics were different from Youzhou's, and now he was regarded as the Northeastern eldest brother wearing a mink and carrying honey.
Lu Ziye waved his hand to signal for the surroundings to quiet down. He said: "These rules are set by the Caobang for the sake of prosperity for everyone. If you don't want to abide by it, it's OK. No one or the goods on the ship can get off the ship, in case there is any dirt hidden in it."
Nurgle, what should we do if there are bandits and pirates hiding there? We, the Cao Gang, have to ensure the stability of one side."
Hey, how did he know that we were bandits?
"Is that so..." Cheng Dalei smiled and beckoned: "Come, come closer and I'll tell you the rules."
"What are the rules?"
"I thought what was going on? I just wanted money. Let me tell you, a melon or two dates from my fingers would be enough for you to eat and drink for a lifetime."
Lu Ziye took a look at Cheng Dalei. Although this man looked uneducated, he was probably very rich and was a nouveau riche from the North.
He grinned, rubbed his hands and came closer: "You know the rules, what do you have?"
"Look carefully." Cheng Dalei pressed the spring with his hand, and the sword came out of its sheath with a clang, and with a wave of his hand, it passed across Lu Ziye's neck.
A sword seals the throat.
Blood trickled out, and Lu Ziye's body shook three times before falling to the ground with a thud.
Cheng Dalei swung the sword, blood droplets streaked across the air, and the black iron sword body was not stained with a trace of blood. If the sword Li Xingzai left for Cheng Dalei was indeed good, killing people without staining blood, sometimes we should not underestimate the world.
Forging technology.
The whole audience was shocked. Zhang Fei and Gao Feibao looked at Cheng Dalei with wide eyes. What they were thinking in their minds was: Didn't they say they should be civilized, polite, and gentle, but what about Cheng Dalei...
Even when he was a bandit in Toad Village, he had never been like this.
Fugui was so frightened that he stumbled and stammered: "You, you..."
Cheng Dalei returned the sword to its sheath, covered his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, and said impatiently: "Let me tell you, I, Mr. Oba Ou, have arrived. From today on, I will set the rules in this world."