"Come on, come on, please, Brother Hu, please, Brother Hu. There are a few friends here, let me introduce them to you..."
This man eagerly led Hu De to Zhang Xishui and others.
Hu De was slightly stunned, seeing that all the buildings in front of him were filled with literati.
And just looking at their clothes, most of them are either rich or expensive.
I really can’t figure out why these people were so polite to a martial artist today?
If it were before, this Hood might have been a little more unruly.
However, after seven or eight years of wasted time, he had already worn away the edges and corners of his body and became much smoother.
If you can avoid offending others, naturally try not to offend others.
What's more, these people don't seem to be simple people.
What's more, the person who lured him here was Ou Yue, the leader of the local tycoon Qingsha Gang!
The so-called green sand is actually another name for sea salt.
Therefore, this Qingsha Gang is the largest salt gang in Guangdu!
Since ancient times, salt has been the most profitable business. Regardless of other things, everyone must eat salt.
Although everyone eats food, it can be produced in every field in the world.
There are only salt-producing places, but they are not found everywhere. They are often concentrated in a few salt ponds or even salt cooking plants on the seaside.
This naturally has the conditions for monopoly, and it is also the most important tax for the imperial court, and it has created countless wealthy people.
However, no matter how much private salt dealers behead their heads, they will still emerge in endlessly due to huge profits.
Even the government, and even the big salt merchants who transport salt, sometimes have to organize force to fight against these private salt dealers.
The Qingsha Gang is certainly not a private salt dealer, but it monopolizes a large part of official salt transportation and armed escort work.
He is a guest of the government and major salt merchants!
And everyone knows that in Guangdu, the central city of salt trading, the big salt merchants are the real emperors of the city.
Therefore, the status of the leader of the Qingsha Gang is so high that no one can offend him.
At least he, Hood, can't afford to offend!
And the person introduced personally by the Qingsha Gang leader obviously has an extraordinary status.
Sure enough, Ou Yue, the leader of Qingsha Gang, introduced him casually, which shocked Hu De.
All of these young people here have extraordinary status.
Either he was a famous salt merchant in the city, or he was a descendant of a scholarly family for generations.
Although they are not descendants of the seven largest salt merchants in the city, they are all nephews of some of the most prosperous and well-established wealthy families in Guangdu City.
Among them is even the nephew of the envoy’s family!
Moreover, a scholarly family that prides itself on being noble will never mix with those dirty businessmen.
However, this time, the children of these families actually sat together.
What's even more weird is that their leader is not a child of any family, but an ordinary scholar who seems to have an ordinary background and ordinary clothes.
This makes Hood confused!
These young people, who all have different backgrounds but are all well-connected, want to see themselves under the leadership of an ordinary scholar. Why?
However, the first words that the seemingly ordinary scholar spoke made him tremble with fear: "General Hu, have you ever heard of Master Cihang?"
The words "Zhenren Cihang" suddenly hit his ears, and Hu De immediately started to feel frightened.
These rich young men don't go to brothels and restaurants to play, and they don't take care of their careers, but they come here to talk to him about what such rebels are doing?
Zhang Xishui smiled and felt confident.
Originally, they wanted to make a step-by-step plan to lure the Hood into their trap and board their pirate ship.
But after seeing this Hood with his own eyes, Zhang Xishui immediately changed his mind.
"This person has been wasting his time for too long, has been suppressed too much, and has lost his morale. You can subdue him!"
With this idea in mind, Zhang Xishui decided to go straight in. At this moment, Hu De's expression changed drastically, but he didn't turn around and left.
He became more and more determined in his heart, and what he said next became even more shocking: "To be honest, I am here to invite General Hu to join us in believing in Zhenren Cihang!"
Hood's expression changed even more, and he turned around and left this time.
However, another sentence came over: "General Hu, doesn't he know who is standing behind us?"
Do you think it’s really us young people getting together to fool around?”
These words immediately hit the vague uneasiness deep in Hood's heart.
There are many children from big families who are messing around, but there are also many who are promising.
Even when many children from big families go out to have fun, it is just for family reasons, and they have other motives.
For example, this time, these young people from different camps have gathered together.
Are they really young people fooling around?
Thinking of this, Hood's steps suddenly stiffened.
"General Hu is indeed a smart man. Please come over and talk to me. Don't worry, we don't need to harm the general, right?"
In the midst of such a magical voice, Hood stiffened and walked over step by step.
He wanted to just rush out and pretend this never happened.
As for reporting to the official, I have never thought about it.
If these young people really have their family elders standing behind them, what kind of huge power is this?
Hood is self-aware, and if he really wants to report it, he may not even see the sun the next day.
Maybe even Shangguan would turn a blind eye and pass by.
In fact, the combined power of these people is quite powerful. If they don't want to cause a big mess, even Shangguan can only cover up.
And seeing this Hu De coming back, Zhang Xishui knew that this man had given in.
It's not difficult to get him to join the team again.
So he said sincerely: "Brother Hu, the power behind us is far greater than you imagine."
Hu De sat down slumped and said: "What do you think? You are all children of aristocratic families, and those who have been favored by the emperor will have a bright future. You must not be confused!"
Zhang Xishui smiled slightly: "Of course we have a bright future, but what about you, General Hu?
You have been suppressed by superiors in the army for so many years and have fallen into disgrace as a subordinate. Do you still have a future?"
These words touched on Hood's heart, and for a moment he couldn't even speak.
"We only approached the general after we knew he was brave. Don't those superior officers know the general's ability?
But under the current Jingren court, what's the use of being capable?
The most important thing is to have a relationship!"
Zhang Xishui spoke sincerely.
Hood remained silent, but finally said: "No matter what you say, I will not rebel.
It is better to die with your innocence intact than to rebel and destroy your family!"
Zhang Xishui smiled and said: "General Hu is afraid that if we fail to accomplish something big, we will be implicated in the whole family, right?