"PS: Make up for last night's. I fell asleep again last night, and somehow, I've been feeling sleepy lately, and I fell asleep after closing my eyes in a short time."

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"It can't be! Among them...... There must be something strange about it! ”

In a certain inn in Zhixu County, Yingchuan County, Lu Kuang looked incredulous.

It turned out that with his efforts, a few days ago, Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, once again sent a postal supervisor to Kunyang to investigate the matter of the black tiger thief.

According to Lu Kuang's inquiry, this was a postal supervisor who was unfairly excluded because he was too upright and upright, so Lu Kuang was pleased to think that this postal supervisor must be able to report the thieves in Kunyang to the county guard.

Yesterday morning, Lu Kuang heard that the superintendent had returned to the county, so he happily waited for the reaction of the county guard's office, thinking that the county guard Li Min would definitely pay attention to the problem of thieves in Kunyang County.

But what he never expected, as of this morning, a whole day has passed, but the county guard has not responded.

What the hell is going on?!

Suspicious, Lu Kuang immediately sent people to investigate, and after spending a lot of money to settle the relationship, he learned that the northern governor did not really report the thieves in Kunyang County as he thought, and that Xun Inspector's report to the county guard Li Min was exactly the same as the previous Western Governor Wu Fu who went to Kunyang County to investigate, and they all called the thieves in Kunyang County, that is, the black tiger thief, but it was a disease of scabies, and Kunyang County alone was enough to deal with it.

After getting the news, Lu Kuang was simply dumbfounded.

Black Tiger Thief, a group of bandits who once gathered the power of Kunyang, Runan, and Yexian counties but failed to completely exterminate them, but there were two superintendents Wu Fu and Xun Yi who concluded that it was just a disease of scabies?

Are you kidding!

Lu Kuang immediately decided that Xun Yi and Xun Duyou must have also received benefits, so he immediately went straight to the county guard mansion and asked to see the county guard Li Min for the third time.

When he learned that Lu Kuang, a businessman from Ye County, had come to see him again, the county guard Li Min was annoyed.

The first time he met Lu Kuang, it was mainly to show his character as a corporal of Lixian, and at the same time, it was also for the sake of the face of Mao Jue, the former county commander of Ye County-after all, Li Min was born in the public family and had a lot of connections in the court, of course he knew about the friendship between Mao Jue of the former Ye County and Chen Zhong, the imperial master of the court.

But this Lu Kuang came to annoy him again and again, even Li Min felt annoyed.

If it is said that the thieves in Kunyang County are really as powerful as Lu Kuang said, it will be forgotten, but he sent Wu Fu, the superintendent of posts in the west, and Xun Yi, the superintendent of posts in the north, to Kunyang.

As for whether Wu Fu and Xun Yi's returns are true, Li Min has no doubt about this - one person said that it might be false, but the two superintendents he sent before and after said so, so can it be fake?

Since it's just a disease of scabies, then hand it over to the Kunyang County Ya to deal with it, is it really okay for him to be idle in Yingchuan County? A group of bandits around Kunyang County all day long?

Moreover, if the thieves in Kunyang are really so bad that they endanger the interests of the businessmen of Ye County, why don't you Lu Kuang ask for help from the county magistrates of Nanyang County?

Although the county guard of Nanyang County is gone, there is still Nanyang General Wang Shangde, Wang Shangde's army of more than 100,000 troops, can't he solve a group of bandits?

As a result, the county guard Li Min no longer paid attention to Lu Kuang.

Lü Kuang stayed outside the county guard mansion for three days, but instead of being received by the county guard Li Min again, he was warned and ordered not to disturb the order in front of the county government again, otherwise he would be severely punished.

After receiving the warning, Lu Kuang had no choice but to leave Xu County and return to Ye County to find another way.

This farce was just seen by Chen Zu and Chen Da Rich, who had not been in Xu County for a long time.

Following Zhao Yu's instructions, Chen Zu came to Xu County with Yan Kuan and other guards four days ago.

After coming to Xu County, Chen Zu came to the county government to register as soon as possible, because of the road guide and registration book issued by the Kunyang County Ya, Chen Zu was accepted by Xu County without danger and was allowed to purchase properties in the city.

And it was during this period that Chen Zu met Lu Kuang.

Probably thinking it was quite interesting, Chen Zu also secretly paid attention to Lu Kuang, watching Lu Kuang eat closed doors in front of the county guard mansion again and again.

When he learned that Lu Kuang had left Xu County gloomily, Chen Zu had the intention to send the news back to Kunyang.

But the embarrassing thing is that as one of the several important leaders of the Black Tiger Thief, Chen Zu is also not very literate, but fortunately, he has a lively brain, and hires a scholar in distress in the city, who writes a letter on his behalf.

This letter was sent back to Kunyang by his guards and handed over to his butler, Zhang Feng, another big leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.

After Chen Zu went to Xu County, Zhang Feng took the place of the former and was responsible for encircling the local family in Kunyang.

In view of the fact that Chen Zu went to Xu County to take away all the rangers recruited by Yan Kuan and others, Zhang Feng became more and more free at this time - after all, when Chen Zu was still there, he still had to be careful to prevent his words and deeds from being seen by Yan Kuan and other ranger-born guards.

But now that Yan Kuan and the others followed Chen Zu to Xu County, Zhang Feng naturally didn't have to worry about anything, so he went to the main village of the Black Tiger Thief, discussed it with Guo Da, Chu Jiao and others, and brought back the old subordinates.

Today, Zhang Feng and these people all use Chen Zu's mansion in Kunyang County as a base, and are specifically responsible for encircling and wooing the local families in Kunyang.

After receiving this letter, Zhang Feng immediately realized that the letter was not for him, so he immediately sent someone to deliver it to Zhao Yu.

I have to say that when he received this letter, Zhao Yu was very surprised.

It is undeniable that among the leaders of his Black Tiger Crowd, Chen Zu is considered to have a relatively high level of education, not only can write his own name, but also knows more than 100 commonly used words, but Zhao Yu still didn't expect Chen Zu to have the ability to write a letter.

It wasn't until he looked at the handwriting that Zhao Yu suddenly realized: it turned out that he was looking for someone to write it.

『…… It's a shame.'"

Shaking his head slightly, secretly sighing that the cultural level of the leaders must be strengthened as soon as possible, Zhao Yu read the letter carefully.

In view of the fact that this letter was ghostwritten, Chen Zu did not involve any secrets, he only stated in a ridiculous tone that he met Ye County merchant Jia Lu Kuang in Xu County, and throughout the whole article, it seemed that he was laughing at Lu Kuang, but it also allowed Zhao Yu to learn several important information.

First of all, Xun Yi, the governor of the northern post, did not truthfully tell the county about his Black Tigers.

Secondly, Li Min, the warden of Yingchuan County, was already quite disgusted with Lu Kuang, refused to meet Lu Kuang again, and even sent someone to warn the latter, so the latter could only leave Xu County gloomily.

I have to say, this is really good news.

To be honest, Zhao Yu is not too sure about whether he can hold that Xun Du Post, after all, that Xun Du Post is too pedantic, and to put it mildly, he is an elm head that is difficult to reverse his will, this kind of person is often willing to give up his life for the sake of righteousness, and it is difficult to manipulate them.

Therefore, in addition to threats this time, Zhao Yu is more moved by emotion and reason, and strives to express in front of Xun Yi that his Black Tigers are just a group of 'unconscionable people' who are forced to make a living.

Yes, it is not a bandit, but a non-good citizen, that is, a group of ungood people who may do some minor evils but generally understand the big right and wrong, located in the gray area between the black and white roads, so as to dilute Xun Yi's evil feelings and hostility towards them.

Otherwise, just by threats, it is estimated that the upright and pedantic Xun Du Post will not give up the face of himself and his ancestors, and they will report it.

All in all, in Zhao Yu's opinion, this Xun Duyou is a rather interesting person, and he may inevitably deal with him again in the future.

As for Lu Kuang......

In the inn house in Kunyang City, Zhao Yu stood up and walked to the window, looking at the street below with his hands behind his back, looking at the shops with the words 'Brotherhood Cooperative Store' signboard.

Under his push, the influence of the Luye Freemasonry was rapidly declining in Kunyang County, and it was replaced by the Kunyang Brotherhood.

Under this general trend, the division of opinion within the Luye Freemasons is very serious.

A part of the businessmen led by Lu Kuang naturally still planned to eradicate the Black Tigers at any cost, but the Yexian businessmen led by Huang Fu and Huang Shao chose to cooperate with the Black Tigers.

It has to be said that the split opinion within the Luye Freemasons is far more serious than the losses suffered by the Black Tiger Crowd.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yu summoned a thief and ordered: "You go and tell Chen Cai, just say that I agree with Huang Shao, and ask him to lead Huang Shao here." ”

"Yes!" The bandit clenched his fists and left.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Shao, who stayed in the county seat, received the news sent by the brotherhood.

Originally, Huang Shao thought that Chen Cai was looking for him for something, but when he came to the Chengnan Workshop to see Chen Cai, Chen Cai said to him seriously: "The big leader wants to see Huang Gongzi." ”

Hearing this, Huang Shao was surprised and delighted.

At the behest of his elder brother Huang Fu, Huang Shao has been living in Kunyang County recently, although he seems to be busy with the workshop most of the time, but in fact, he has been trying to meet the mysterious leader of the Black Tiger Thief.

It's a pity that Chen Cai has always been in charge of his hints, even explicit pleas, and has taken a clear attitude towards him.

Today, things have finally changed.

With excitement, Huang Shao followed Chen Cai into the carriage and came all the way to the 'Baiji Inn' in the city.

"Here we are."

When Chen Cai shouted to stop the carriage, Huang Shao was really stunned.

He originally thought that the big leader of the black tiger thieves was mostly sitting in the main village of Yingshan in the north of the county, but he never thought that the other party actually lived in the county seat? And still staying in an inn?

As the leader of the Black Tiger Thief, how bold do you dare to live in the county seat? And it's also an inn that the county officials in the county government can break into casually?

"This ...... Could it be that you are also buying a home? ”

When getting out of the car, Huang Shao deliberately probed.

"Not really." Chen Cai smiled, shook his head and said, "But the owners of this inn, the Bai couple are very good, and the food in this inn is also good." ”

『…… Is there any connection between the two?'

Although Huang Shao's expression was strange, he still smiled cooperatively.

Following Chen Cai, Huang Shao came to the second floor of the inn and came to a room on the second floor.

In the corridor outside the room, there were two men with gloomy faces standing with their hands folded, they seemed to recognize Chen Cai, and when they saw Chen Cai, they immediately stood up straight, and shouted 'Boss' in a low voice.

Chen Cai smiled and patted the arm of one of them, and then said with a smile: "The leader ordered me to bring Huang Gongzi here, do you know?" ”

The two nodded, and one of them clenched his fists and said, "The leader has been waiting for a long time." ”

With that, he opened the door.

Seeing this, Chen Cai turned to Huang Shao and asked, "Huang Gongzi, please." ”

"Please."

Huang Shao arched his hand and walked into the house under Chen Cai's signal.

When he walked into the house, he saw two people standing in the house.

One of them stood near the window with his hands behind his back, while the other stood aside, both wearing tiger masks and unable to see their true faces.

But despite this, Huang Shao could see at a glance that the person with his hands on his back was the leader of the Black Tiger Thief, Zhou Hu!

Thinking of this, Huang Shao hurriedly stepped forward, and while bowing his hand, he almost said: "In Xia Huang Shao, I have heard the prestige of the leader of Zhou for a long time, and I am very fortunate to see it today." ”

The two people in the house at this time are undoubtedly Zhao Yu and Jingnu.

After Huang Shao took the initiative to salute, Zhao Yu also returned the salute with a smile, and replied in a deliberately hoarse voice: "It's all your own people, why should Huang Gongzi be so restrained?" …… Huang Gongzi, please be seated. ”

"Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves...... Unexpectedly easy to speak?'

Huang Shao peeked at Zhao Yu in surprise.

He originally thought that Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, would be a fierce and imposing person, and even the living should not enter, but he didn't expect to be unexpectedly kind.

But......

He stole a glance at the height of the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves in front of him.

『…… It is rumored that Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, is a dwarf, and he thought it was just hearsay, but he never thought it was true......

According to his eyesight, the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him seemed to be only up to his shoulder.

Thinking like this, Huang Shao glanced at the quiet girl standing beside him again.

Although Jing Nu stood aside with her head down from beginning to end, the tiger mask she wore on her face was exactly the same as Zhao Yu's, which was enough to make Huang Shao dare not offend, and even arched her hand towards Jing Nu, so as not to fall down and offend the other party.

After inviting Huang Shao to sit down, Zhao Yu also beckoned: "Chen Cai, you also sit." ”

"Thank you, Chief." Chen Cai sat down on the seat next to Zhao Yu's right hand very interestingly, vacated the seat on the left, and immediately asked curiously, "Where is Boss Niu?" ”

"Sleep next door." Zhao Yu replied with a smile, and then under Chen Cai's restrained smile, he turned his head to Huang Shao and said: "Huang Gongzi doesn't want to dislike Zhou Mou to entertain Gongzi here, don't look at this inn, but the food in this inn is quite good, Huang Gongzi might as well give it a try later." ”

Hearing this, Huang Shao cooperated with a surprised and interested look, and said with a smile: "Then Huang has to take a good look." ”

Zhao Yu smiled, turned around and instructed Jing Nu: "Ah Jing, tell the store to serve the food." ”

The Silent Girl bowed, turned and walked outside the house, closing the door.

After some greetings, Zhao Yu gradually led the topic to the main thing: "Recently, Chen Cai told me that Huang Gongzi intends to deepen cooperation with us......

"Yes." Huang Shao nodded, and then corrected: "To be exact, not only my Huang family, but also many businessmen in my Ye County......" He paused, and cautiously tentatively said: "They feel that in addition to cooperating with the Brotherhood to establish a workshop, we actually have more ways to cooperate. ”

"For example?" Zhao Yu looked at Huang Shao with a smile, but it was a pity that the mask cut off his expression.

"For example, the two sides could join forces to create a joint chamber of commerce......

After a pause, Huang Shao peeked at Zhao Yu and explained: "Leader Zhou may not know much about the United Chamber of Commerce, the so-called 'United Chamber of Commerce' is like my Luye Freemasonry, which is composed of dozens or even more people, and there is no ...... in the meeting."

He talked eloquently about the advantages of the 'United Chamber of Commerce'.

Hearing his words, Zhao Yu felt both emotion and nostalgia in his heart.

Because this set of rhetoric is exactly what he told to the businessmen of Ye County in the county government of Ye County.

However, in just a few years, things are wrong, Mao Gong died, he Luyang Zhao was framed, and the Luye Freemasonry that he once established is now being disintegrated by his own hands......

"Very good idea."

After Huang Shao finished speaking, Zhao Yu suppressed the emotion in his heart and sighed, and praised a few words.

Suddenly, he asked coldly: "Has the internal contradictions of the Luye Freemasonry reached the point where they cannot be resolved?" ”

“……”

Hearing this suddenly, Huang Shao's face changed slightly.

It is undeniable that because of the difference of opinion, there have been irreconcilable and irresolvable contradictions within his Luye Freemasonry, which prompted his Huang brothers and another group of Ye County businessmen to try their best to cooperate with the Black Tiger Thief, but Huang Shao never expected that this sentence would be heard from the mouth of the leader of the Black Tiger Thief.

Looking at Huang Shao, who was in doubt, Zhao Yu said calmly: "Why should Huang Gongzi be surprised? Zhou was neither deaf nor blind, and of course he could see that there was a disagreement within the Luye Freemasonry...... When Huang Gongzi and others cooperated with us to build a workshop in Kunyang County, Lu Kuang, the president of your association, also went to Xu County in person to report the matter of my Black Tigers to the county guard of Yingchuan County......"

"What?" Huang Shao's color changed again, and he asked with a little surprise: "What about ......?"

As if guessing what Huang Shao was thinking, Zhao Yu pressed his hand and said with relief: "Huang Gongzi rest assured, everything is under control." …… Thanks to President Lu of your association, Yingchuan County sent two superintendents before and after, but ...... But I, the Black Tigers, aren't the kind of thieves who hurt the heavens and reason? At best, we are not good people...... Today, I received news that President Lu of your association was rejected in Xu County, and left Xu County gloomily, and I don't know if he has returned to Ye County. ”

"Oh."

Huang Shao nodded relievedly, but he was quite shocked in his heart.

He was in Kunyang during this time, and he tried his best to ask to see the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him, but he didn't have time to pay attention to anything else, so naturally he wouldn't know about Lu Kuang's escape to Xu County.

However, the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him was clear about this, and even knew when Lu Kuang left Xu County......

『…… It seems that the Black Tiger Thief is even more powerful than he thinks."

Huang Shao thought to himself.

I have to say that how powerful the black tiger thief is, this matter has always been confusing.

Calculating the time, the black tiger thief only returned to Kunyang at the beginning of this year, and it is said that there were only one or two hundred people at that time, so it stands to reason that it will not have much influence.

But the fact is that the Black Tiger Thieves first established the Black Tiger Yishe, and then established the Brotherhood, and the number of people in the main village of the Black Tiger Thieves alone has skyrocketed to several hundred, and the Brotherhood, as its subordinate organization, includes almost one-third of the civilians in the entire Kunyang County, roughly calculated, at least one or two thousand people, and this number continues to rise.

But the most incomprehensible thing is the attitude of the Kunyang County Ya.

Is it a secret that the Brotherhood is backed by a black tiger thief? In fact, it is not a secret, as long as you inquire carefully, it is not difficult to find out.

And the Black Tiger Yishe is even more exaggerated, and it is simply made public.

But the Kunyang County Government turned a blind eye to this, so Huang Fu and Huang Shao brothers once privately guessed that this black tiger thief must have reached some tacit agreement with the high-level of the county government.

It is precisely because the power of the Black Tiger Thief is growing too fast, and the Kunyang County Ya is 'inactive', that the Huang family and other Ye County businessmen choose to cooperate with the Black Tiger Thief as a measure of rights and interests.

As for the black tiger thief being exterminated in the future, then leave the relationship behind.

But despite this, the speed at which the Black Tiger Thief expanded his power was still beyond Huang Shao's prediction - the other party had even extended his hand to Yingchuan County?

Just when Huang Shao was secretly suspicious, Zhao Yu turned the topic back to the topic: "The United Chamber of Commerce that Huang Gongzi just mentioned, Zhou is very interested, but I hope it is not just a bait thrown by you...... I hope that you sincerely want to create a joint chamber of commerce, not for the sake of ...... What to escape from here. ”

Zhao Yu's words made a layer of cold sweat ooze from Huang Shao's head.

It turned out that as Zhao Yu hinted at, the Zhuye County businessman used Huang Shao to convey that 'joining forces to build a chamber of commerce' was purely just to escape the 'exploitation' of the Black Tiger Thief's main village.

You must know that at present, families such as the Huang family who have cooperated with the Black Tiger Thieves, and all the Black Tiger Lords are allowed to go, and they do not forcibly 'exploit' two percent of the road money, which leads to the fact that under the condition that Lu Kuang is 'unfavorable to suppress the thieves', many Yexian businessmen sharpen their heads and hope to cooperate with the Black Tiger Thieves and cooperate with the Brotherhood.

But the problem is that the foundation of the Brotherhood is too shallow, if a hundred Yexian businessmen have the financial resources to build a hundred workshops in Kunyang County, where can the Brotherhood find so many people?

What's more, a hundred workshops are crowded in Kunyang, which will only cause a situation of mutual tilting, and where can there be any income at all?

Therefore, Zhao Yu chose some Yexian businessmen to cooperate a while ago, and gave up some of them.

Those abandoned Yexian businessmen were in a hurry, so they came up with this so-called 'joint chamber of commerce', at first glance, they pulled the brotherhood together to form a chamber of commerce, but in fact, it was nothing more than to escape the exploitation of the black tiger lord village - probably in the eyes of Yexian businessmen, there are no people among the black tiger thieves who know the door, and they can fool the past by fooling around.

These people didn't know that this matter was exactly in Zhao Yu's hands.

After all, compared to the Luye Freemasonry, the current foundation of the Brotherhood is still too shallow, and there are only some civilians in Kunyang, if there are Black Tigers behind them, otherwise it seems that Ye County businessmen such as Huang Fu and Huang Shao would not be able to cooperate with the Brotherhood at all.

Therefore, in order to replace the Luye Freemasonry, the Brotherhood had to absorb the merchants of Ye County.

And this step needs to be accelerated.

After all, Lu Kuang had already hit a wall in Yingchuan County, and Zhao Yu was not sure whether he would go to Wang Shangde in Nanyang Wancheng for help when he was desperate.

Once Wancheng's army intervenes, it will not be easy.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the merchants of the Luye Freemasonry took the initiative to send the bait of the so-called 'United Chamber of Commerce', Zhao Yu decided to take the plan into account, so as to absorb a part of the Yexian businessmen and further promote the split of the Luye Freemasonry.

Luye Freemasonry will eventually return to its founder!