Night is gradually falling, and the city of Laizhou in the distance has been lit up with many lights, and between the stars, it is like a huge castle with brilliant lights.

However, although Laizhou City seems to be prosperous, it is blocked by tall city walls, which brings a lot of security to the people in the city, but also invisibly isolates the fireworks in the city.

In Furong Town, seven or eight miles northwest of Laizhou City, the situation is a little different.

The boiling water is surging across the ice, and there are small snow flakes floating in the sky tonight, but it still can't stop the prosperity and enthusiasm of Furong Town.

Both sides of the street.

There are all kinds of hot soup cauldrons with aroma everywhere, and many bosses and proprietresses are doing their best to beckon customers to go to their restaurants to dine and consume.

And in the open space between these restaurants, there are all kinds of desserts and juggling.

What sugar gourds, glutinous rice balls, shortbread, monkey playing, dog walking, women playing acrobatics, it is simply as it should be.

Further in, where the red lanterns are hung high and the lights are more magnificent, it is even more impressive.

Rao is the cold wind is howling tonight, and the weather is at least more than ten degrees below zero, but it still can't stop the enthusiasm of many girls.

They were either at the door, or on the terrace on the second and third floors, some of them were showing their shoulders, some were showing their waists, and some were showing their thighs, all kinds of means, surround the passing merchants.

It's so dazzling that you can't take your eyes off it for a while.

Li Chunlai and his party of more than 20 people quietly came to this small town comparable to the 'Hibiscus Tent' at this time.

It's just that Yu Yao, who had just eaten a string of sugar gourds and was in a very good mood, came to the middle of the main street built along the water and saw these buildings with red lanterns......

Especially after seeing the people in these buildings......

Her face changed slightly.

Li Chunlai's side, Chen Liuzi, Tian Jing, Ma Wu, Shanzi, Xiao Jinzi and others, although they have already seen some scenes, how can they have seen such a direct and almost wanton scene.

Especially the coquettish voice of 'Uncle is here to play', which makes people want to indulge in it and never want to come out again......

Li Chunlai also looked at this scene with great interest.

At this time, he had learned a lot of information about this Furong Town through various channels.

Like the Lujiazhuang Daji outside Yiyuan City, this Furong Town is also a special product under special circumstances.

If you can sum it up in one word, it is the 'black market' in the hinterland of Laizhou.

Not only the local boat gang, salt gang, grain gang and many other people in Laizhou have set up a presence here, including the gold mine in Zhaoyuan, but also some things that cannot be traded on the bright side in Qingzhou and Dengzhou can find places here, especially buyers.

In this case, it is not surprising that there is such wanton prosperity here.

It's like a beautiful poppy blooming in the mud. Corn in general.

"Shameless!"

"Shameless, shameless, and not afraid of long needle eyes......"

Just as Li Chunlai was soon in the Yingying Yanyan, he found a figure that he was very pleasing to the eye, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

In my ears, I suddenly heard a familiar sound of gnashing teeth.

This made Li Chunlai unwitting, and turned to look at the owner of the voice next to him.

saw Yu Yao, who was wearing a cyan guard robe, gritting her silver teeth and glaring at herself fiercely.

Seeing her gaze, she suddenly sneered and 'hummed', and directly raised her head arrogantly, not looking at her side again.

"What the fuck ......"

Li Chunlai couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

As a man, how can you be so excessively double standard?

Over there, Yu Yao's henchman is a big slave, and the eyeballs that will look at the girl are about to fall off, but Yu Yao seems to have not seen it at all.

But on his side, just a glance and understanding the market, he was attacked like this......

"Third master, it's in front of Wanhualou, the little one just asked, the people from the boat gang have already arrived......"

Li Chunlai was speechless, a man in a silk and satin robe, short and fat, but very clever eyes, about early thirties, hurriedly nodded and trotted towards Li Chunlai to report.

It was Li Chunlai who spent a lot of money to find a middle-aged person in Laizhou, Tian Youde, nicknamed 'Fat Mouse'.

"Master Tian, I'm tired. Now that the boat gang has arrived, let's go too. ”

Li Chunlai smiled, and Tian Youde hugged his fists.

Tian Youde's face suddenly burst into laughter, and he was busy all the way ahead, while explaining some of the so-called 'rules on the road' to Li Chunlai in a low voice.

According to Tian Youde's statement, because Li Chunlai had a big deal and had to pay thousands of taels of silver, he also tried his best to use all his love and face, and this was the last way to get together the three bigwigs of the 'boat gang' in Laizhou.

The so-called 'boat gangs' are local forces that make a living by running boats.

For various reasons, the 'gang' at this time was far from being as close as it was in the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, with an organized nature, and it was just a general term for professional relations.

However, anyone who can do it to the head in this kind of industry is no different from future generations.

Either there is a relationship in the yamen, or there is a relationship on the side of the sailor, or there is a stronger support that is more obscure and secretive.

Without the support of this relationship, how could this kind of business be possible? It is impossible for the Wolong and Phoenix Chicks to play.

And Tian Youde's so-called rule is that Li Chunlai invited them to come forward tonight, and he had to pay a 'meeting gift' to show his sincerity.

This greeting gift, according to Li Chunlai's transaction, is not too much, but it is not too little.

When they open their mouths, they ask for a hundred taels!

In addition, all the expenses for eating, drinking, and having fun tonight are also counted as Li Chunlai.

When he came to the door of Wanhualou, Tian Youde basically finished telling Li Chun about the 'rules', thought about it, turned his little eyes like rat eyes and said in a low voice:

"Third master, the little one is by no means pinching you. Really, the small one is in Laizhou, in this Furong Town, and I have also heard of the third master's name in Qingzhou. It's just that if we are out of the house at this time, the strong dragon is not easy to provoke the head snake. If, if there is any negligence over there, then please forgive me, Third Master, for that ......"

"Huh."

Li Chunlai smiled and said, "Master Tian, don't worry, that's nature." We're not here to find an enemy, we're just here to do things and solve problems. ”

Seeing that Li Chunlai's expression did not seem to be fake, Tian Youde put his mind at ease, and led Li Chunlai and his party all the way from the side door on one side to a courtyard, and asked Li Chunlai and his party to stay in the courtyard for a while, and he went up to Tongbing first.

After Tian Youde trotted away, Yu Yao finally couldn't help it, leaned over to Li Chunlai's side, and said in a low voice:

"Lord Li, you, do you really want to agree to the demands of these bastards and give them 1,500 taels of silver for shipping? However, I'm afraid that when the time comes, let alone 1,500 taels, I'm afraid that I won't be able to stop it even if it's 2,000 taels or 3,000 taels. In case they get to sea, they will increase the price with us......"

Li Chunlai was refreshed at this time, looked at Yu Yao's beautiful eyes with a smile and said, "Didn't you listen to what the person said just now?" The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. We are now on someone else's territory, begging others to do things, what else can we do? Don't think about it too much, spend more money and spend more money, and just solve the problem. ”

"But ......"

Yu Yao wanted to say something, but Li Chunlai had already turned around and looked up at the lights on the tall building in front of him.

This made Yu Yao angry and helpless.

Although she didn't want to suffer this kind of loss, especially Li Chunlai was doing things for the imperial court and sharing worries for the Wanli Emperor-

But Li Chunlai has already admitted it, what else can she do?

I can only slander in my heart: "This little Li San'er, when he was in Yiyuan, he was known to be so heroic and that heroic, but when he really went elsewhere, when he arrived at someone else's territory, didn't he have to shrink like a coward?" ”

Originally, because of Li Chunlai's responsibility, Yu Yao's kind of good impression of Li Chunlai that he had slightly established disappeared in an instant.

Even when she looked at Li Chunlai at this time, she felt a little disgusted.

There's no manhood anymore.

That's it, it's still in a peaceful place like Denglai, Li Chunlai has already been so cowardly, and when he arrives in Liaodong, where tigers and wolves are rampant, what can he expect this little Li San'er to do?

Li Chunlai didn't have time to pay attention to Yu Yao's thoughts at this time, but he exchanged a look with Xiao Jinzi not far away.

Xiao Jinzi understood what Li Chunlai meant, so he suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded heavily.

Li Chunlai couldn't help but relax more and more, carrying his hands behind his back, looking at the ethereal night sky, his eyes were full of infinite hope.

……

I waited for half an hour.

Tian Youde hurriedly came over with a sweat on his head and asked Li Chunlai to bring only a few close relatives upstairs.

Seeing that the faces of everyone around Li Chunlai were very unhappy, especially Chen Liuzi, who was like a man and bear, they were about to eat him alive.

Tian Youde hurriedly explained: "Third master, everyone, this matter is not a small thing that can call the shots. If the small one can call the shots, he would have served you with good wine and meat. It's the guy above......"

He still wanted to explain something, but Li Chunlai interrupted with a smile: "Tian Ye, I understand what you mean, I have you to thank you." In this way, Liuzi, Yu Ye, Tian Jing, Ma Wu, Shanzi, and Xiaojinzi went up with me, and the others waited below. ”

After speaking, Li Chunlai took the lead in striding into the building.

Even if everyone was very unhappy, but Li Chunlai had already spoken, they could only endure it, Chen Liuzi and others hurriedly followed Li Chunlai's footsteps.

It wasn't until everyone named by Li Chunlai had already gone in that Yu Yao opened her legs to keep up, but she was more and more disappointed in Li Chunlai in her heart.

These gang of boat gang bastards made it clear that they were manipulating people, and let them wait for half an hour in vain, but Li Chunlai did not resist in the slightest, how can this matter be played?

Yu Yao couldn't stop slandering in her heart, I really don't know how this little Li San'er got mixed up to such an extent in front of her.

If you find a random man on the street, you should be more bloody than him.

This made Yu Yao can't help but think of the famous words of Mrs. Hua Rui on the eve of Zhao Song: "Eight million people have taken off their armor, but none of them are men......"

Good men like Chen Liuzi and Tian Jing, but follow Li Chunlai to be a coward, what future can they have?

What a misguided child!

In the midst of all kinds of unhappiness, Yu Yao finally followed the footsteps of Li Chunlai and others and came to the third floor.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Yu Yao's heart became even more unhappy.

I saw—

The third floor has been chartered, it is simply three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are big men with swords, guns and sticks pinned everywhere, and their faces are full of meat.

At a glance, I'm afraid there must be forty or fifty people.

The air on the third floor of Jean was polluted by the breath of these stinky men.

As soon as their group came in, it was like a group of people coming to the tiger and wolf pile all at once, surrounded by groups, and there was no capital to resist at all.

And when he entered the huge private room, when he saw the scene in front of him, Yu Yao was about to explode.

If she hadn't retained the last trace of sobriety, she would have turned around and walked away soon!