Spring is coming late, and the plants and trees are in luxuriant growth. The spring of Emperor Yao Lie's fifth year finally has some warmth. Jiangzhou is like a person who has just recovered from a serious illness. He is gradually regaining his vitality after experiencing a winter of natural disasters.
, the customers coming and going on the thoroughfares extending in all directions are becoming more and more bustling with the warmer weather.
After the winter in the coastal counties of Jiangzhou, the docks are not frozen like those in the north of Dayao, but the fish still have to go south to warmer places. Therefore, the docks in Jiangzhou Yuyin County are busy with people who have been busy for most of the year.
Then he would have some free time, and would often go to a nearby county to do some short-term work for a few days to earn some scattered copper coins, so that he could resume his old business in the next spring.
However, the weather got warmer late this year, and people from several docks in Yuyin County only started to go out to sea a few days ago, and the harvest was very little. Before the boat arrived at the dock, it had already been ordered by the purchasing managers of nearby restaurants and wealthy families, and they rushed to deliver it.
The kitchen prepares dishes while they are fresh and serves them to the gluttons and gluttonous ladies who have been hungry all winter.
Heizi estimated the foot strength of the old horse he was driving, and saw the foam splashing from the horse's muzzle, and his face was very ugly. If he didn't change horses, he might not be able to survive the twenty miles, and the old horse would die.
But there was still more than a hundred miles ahead of us. How could we cover it on two legs in two days? Needless to say, the horse also carried a large wooden box on its back, and in the box were a dozen large yellow croakers chilled with crushed ice.
It's not all the fault of the steward. He was so stingy that he only gave him a small amount of money, which was not even enough to rent a good horse. It was better to make do with this one first. The time was tight, so why not deliver it in person?
After working at the dock for so many years, I made a living by delivering fast horses to the house. From a boy of twelve or thirteen to the age of thirty, I developed a superb equestrian skills. I also met many customers, and some of them were generous and directly gave me ingots of silver.
There are high rollers, and there are also iron roosters who dig for a few copper coins. The former are not many, and the latter are quite a lot.
The horse's bit was slightly tightened, and Heizi had to slow down the horse. Although it was an old horse that was about to die, it was still worth a lot of money. It was not something that a person like him, who lived in the open and earned money by running errands, could pay for it.
When he reached a section of the road with a stream near the road, he dismounted, led the horse to the stream, washed the old horse's nose, and carefully let the thirsty old horse drink only a few sips of water. If he drank too much, he would die suddenly.
risks of.
After loosening the worn girth of the horse, Heizi grabbed the reins of the old horse that was about to eat grass on the roadside and led it back to the road. He saw that the horse's legs were slightly lame and it even had a headache. Who said we were not lucky?
Did he get this deal? Forget it, Quan thought it was his fate that he would not be able to ride the horse for a while, so he led the horse on the road.
It's not a problem to make a living at the dock all the time. How about borrowing some capital to start a small business? Or go to the county town like a few fellow villagers to work and see the world.
It's hard to make a living running errands these days. The customers are getting more and more tricky every year. If the timing is slightly delayed, or the ice in the wooden box melts due to the hot weather, he won't be able to get a single coin, let alone a penny.
Another time I took a horse race on a small road and almost fell into the river with my horse and man on a rainy day. Before I could get up, I hurriedly checked to see if the horse was hurt.
Horses are not as valuable as horses, and Heizi no longer wants to hurry up. He holds the horse's reins and rubs slowly along the road, thinking that at worst, he will need less money for running errands this time, but the two cents of silver from the horse and carriage shop
But you can't go too short.
The horses were walking swiftly, and the people were following them quickly, but he heard a few horses neighing behind him. Heizi turned around and saw ten double-driving carts approaching. The horses pulling the carts were all strong and powerful, compared to his.
The horse, which is so old and has loose teeth, is at least half a head taller.
When will we have a horse like this? He felt a little frustrated. The old horse next to him also noticed the young and strong similar horses approaching, and it lost a head in arrogance and cowered closer to the edge of the road.
go.
Which escort company can afford to use so many escorts who look very impressive to escort the big cars? Heizi saw four strong men on each big car, and he was suspicious. He also saw that the clothes of those men looked familiar.
, thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be a disciple of a martial arts school in Qishan County near the dock.
Is it possible that the disciples of the martial arts school are already more miserable than him and want to make money by acting as escorts?
Qi Fei, who was on the first cart, was confused by the smoke and dust raised by the wheels. He lowered his head and fiddled with it before looking forward. He saw that the road was broad, and the cart was driven by a fast horse. In one day, he could reach the location of Qishan County.
The boundary of Dongyi County will be within easy reach of Qishan County.
The martial arts industry in Huating County has been completely disposed of, and there are still some pieces of real estate that are still entrusted to be sold by middlemen. Zhou Gandang personally went to the two wharves occupied by Youyumen and Haisha Gang, and when he came back, he
After saying that everything was settled, the two departments sent people over the next day, and the prices offered were much more reasonable than before.
Why did these people relent so quickly? Qi Fe counted the cash sent by the two groups and asked Zhou Gandang in confusion.
Zhou Gangdang, with a smug look on his face, raised his head and said, Master was going to talk to them about the truth, but they didn't want to listen, so he had no choice but to talk about the truth with fists and kicks. Who would have thought that it would be easier for those guys to talk about this truth, and it doesn't mean much.
Kung fu makes everything clear.
Master beat up all those people?
Damn, the martial artist's matter was not done by rogues in the market. How can we say that it was just a beating?
When he thought that his master could still be so arrogant and domineering in the Haisha Gang and Youyumen, Qi Fei felt a little excited and his blood surged up.
However, Zhou Gandang said again that the teacher was just pressing their master to the ground to lecture, but as for a group of people chasing the teacher for seven or eight miles with a gun...
Qi Feng felt that if his master had not been a martial artist that day and went to tell stories and amuse himself, he would have been able to live and feed well.
The disciples of the martial arts school were divided into three batches. Master Zhou Gandang led the first batch to Qishan County to set up a foothold, followed by his junior brother Wei Wei who brought a batch of light belongings, and Qi Fei led most of the disciples at the end.
Holding these stupid things that can't move fast.
"Elder brother." Fang Shi, who was driving the same big car as Qi Fei, said with a loud voice and narrowed his eyes, "Seeing that we can't reach the boundary of Dongyi County today, should we find an inn to stay earlier, or should we stay in an inn earlier?
While it’s still early, why don’t you drive a little longer?”
Qi Fe thought about the scene of almost a cup of tea, "Drive a little longer, arrive a few hours earlier, there are ten large cars, and the carriage and horses will be charged a few taels less!"
"Then which hotel should we stay at?"
"Where can I live? You don't need money to stay in a hotel? You don't need money to stay in a hotel?" Qi Ru slapped Fang Shi on the head, "I'm used to lavishing money when I go out. The martial arts school is spending money everywhere now. Since I can't make any money, I can only do it.
Save some money and sleep in the car tonight!"
Fang Shi, who had long expected such a result, curled his lips and smiled bitterly. Although his father, the old governor of Yuyin County, had resigned, he was still the third son of the old county governor's family, and he had to spend his own money on food, clothing, housing and transportation.
I never have to worry about it. Even if my family is not as good as before, I have never experienced the pain of sleeping in the open air, let alone having to do such work as driving a large truck.
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"Elder Brother." Fang Shi thought of something and said with some indignation, "The people from the Haisha Gang also bullied others too much. We martial arts disciples just moved the things into the car and took down the sign. They went in with the back feet, and they said they were going to do it."
It’s really annoying to turn a martial arts school into a place for pickling salted fish!”
The other two people on the cart also echoed incessantly. As disciples of the martial arts school, they stayed in the Huating County house for such a long time, and they had some feelings for it. Now that the martial arts school has become the property of another family, they were a little reluctant to let go.
The disciples of the Haisha Gang still rub salt into the wound with their ulterior motives, which is really hateful.
"We martial arts disciples usually overwhelm them in everything." Qi Bi Wenyan said with relief, "Now they think that they can start to shake off their prestige when Xianyu turns over. They never thought that Xianyu is still Xianyu.
We can be quick and talkative on this kind of thing. Let’s take a good rest and we won’t get angry with them.”
"Senior brother, aren't you angry?" One of the other two people asked in surprise, "Senior brother, you should have the deepest feelings for the martial arts school. None of us can swallow this, so how can you swallow it?"
Qi Ru's voice was humble as he replied: "Senior brother couldn't bear to swallow this, so he secretly dragged a few of them to a corner and beat them up before leaving."
Several people on the cart were silent for a moment, and then burst into loud laughter: "No wonder, senior brother, you were the last one to get on the cart, hahaha, and there were a few people following behind. We were all wondering why the Haisha Gang came to deliver them. Is it because they were transferred?"
Even if you have bad temper, you are really the best at it, Senior Brother."
"It's just a joke, cheer up." Qi Fu waited for the people in the car to finish laughing and then said, "We are not afraid of those two lackeys from Yuyin County, but we are afraid that after beating the dog, the dog owner will come out. Since he colluded with the government to persecute Zhongliang,
Once everything is done, then hijacking a large car on the highway is not an out-of-character behavior."
The other three people on the cart were silent, but Fang Shi opened his mouth first and asked tentatively: "Songfeng Mountain...is it really so unscrupulous?"
"Below the Jiangzhou government is Songfeng Mountain, not to mention that the two are still colluding with each other now." Qi Feng explained, "Even if Songfeng Mountain is really crazy enough to start a war with us, then Jiangzhou government, even thousands of them, must be
Even if you don't want to, you have to hold your nose and wipe their butts."
"Why, because Gao Xu is now the only candidate who can stabilize Jiangzhou and Jianghu. There is no one, that's all." Qi Bi took a deep breath, exhaled it, looked at the billowing smoke and dust beside the cart and said, "The government will not
I hope to see Jiangzhou and Jianghu again as chaotic as they were in the past few years. A co-owner of Jiangzhou and Jianghu can just meet their requirements for stability in the Jianghu."
Fang Shi pondered for a moment and then said: "Is this the reason why Senior Brother Wei has a family and can't go back?"
"There are too many people who know him in Qishan County and Qingshan Town. Once caught by the government and it is discovered that this remnant of the Zhang family in Qishan County is still alive, there is no need to go to court to judge the case." Qi Fan said solemnly, "Song
The people from Fengshan and Gelutai will kill him."
So he can only go as far as possible... out of Jiangzhou.