On June 29, Lü Kuang returned to Ye County.

He originally thought that Yingchuan County would accept the Kunyang thief, but he didn't expect that Kunyang County managed to bribe the two superintendents sent by the county and deceived the county guard Li Min, resulting in his report not being accepted by Yingchuan County, but being warned.

Every time he thought about this, Lu Kuang secretly hated it.

hateful, but he still has to continue to find a way, especially when Lu Kuang learned that he was not in Ye County, many businessmen from his Lu Ye Freemason rushed to Kunyang to try to get closer to the black tiger thief.

『…… Since Yingchuan County does not accept this matter, there is no other choice."

After thinking about it for a while, Lü Kuang finally decided to seek the help of Wang Shangde, the general of Wancheng.

In all fairness, Lu Kuang didn't have a big deal to deal with that General Wang, because he felt that General Wang didn't value them, and looking at his entire Luye Freemasonry, only the second son of Zhao could talk to that General Wang.

What's more important is that as far as he knows, that General Wang is still fighting against the Jingchu rebels, and Lu Kuang doesn't want to or dare to harass this general with a gang of bandits.

But now, he really has no other choice.

The next day, that is, on June 30, after returning to Yexian for only one night, Lu Kuang set off again with his entourage and headed for Wancheng.

At the same time, in the 'Huang Brothers' Workshop in Kunyang, Huang Shaozheng gathered a group of Yexian businessmen and conveyed the opinions of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tigers.

Although this group of Yexian businessmen has more or less shown their intention to turn their backs on 'Lu Kuang', they are generally not united with each other.

The reason for this is that their current interests are not aligned.

Some of these businessmen have vested interests, that is, businessmen led by the Huang family who have reached a cooperation project with the Brotherhood, although these people have not quit the Luye Freemasonry, but they have one foot on the side of the Black Tiger Thief - of course, whether they will return after standing in the past is another matter.

The other part is the Yexian businessmen who were brushed down by 'Zhao Yu', although they have the heart to turn their backs on Lu Kuang, who has failed repeatedly, but they have not been able to cooperate with the Brotherhood, and naturally they cannot get the 'looting pardon' of the Black Tiger Thief, so that now they can't go up or down, and their position is very embarrassing.

These people are the main targets of pressure on the Huang brothers now, and they urge the Huang brothers to try to persuade the black tiger thieves through the Huang brothers to make themselves and others profit.

Although Huang Shao was also a little annoyed with these people in his heart, in order to compete with Lu Kuang, he had to entrap these businessmen.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Shao is now caught between the businessmen and the black tiger thieves in this Paoye County, and has been a lobbyist back and forth several times.

Because of the benefits, these Ye County businessmen who failed to reach cooperation with the black tiger thieves were anxious, and their tone was also very impulsive at this time, quite a kind of stinging the Huang brothers, accusing the Huang brothers of not leaving everyone to cooperate with the black tiger thieves, so as to fuel the momentum of the black tiger thieves, which in turn made the Kunyang County Ya in a dilemma.

These people generally believe that the reason why the Kunyang County Ya has an ambiguous attitude towards the black tiger thief is entirely because the black tiger thief borrowed their power.

Of course, Huang Shao would not admit this kind of thing, including those merchants who had reached a cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief, and they ridiculed the other group of people for just biting indiscriminately out of redness.

All in all, the scene was chaotic for a while.

However, when Huang Shao said that the leader of the black tiger thieves agreed and was willing to join forces with them to establish a joint chamber of commerce, all the accusations and invincing disappeared, and everyone was excited.

It's a pity that Huang Shao said that the leader of the black tiger thieves saw through their intentions at a glance.

In the silent room at that time, Huang Shao lowered his voice and said: "Although Leader Zhou is willing to form a chamber of commerce with us, he hopes that we are sincere, not just to avoid something......

Hearing this, the merchants of Zhuye County talked a lot, and even some cursed secretly, and the scene was quite chaotic.

This is not surprising, after all, these Ye County businessmen do not intend to cooperate with the Black Tiger Thief with sincerity at all, even if it is Huang Fu and Huang Shao brothers, they are only forced to make a plan for their rights and interests - in the final analysis, it is because Lu Kuang cannot guarantee their interests, so they try to cooperate with the Black Tiger Thief, which does not mean that they will firmly bind their interests to the Black Tiger Thief.

Who would want to tie up their interests with a bunch of bandits?

It doesn't hurt if these bandits last long, but what if they are destroyed?

When the time comes, those who will be pushed down by the wall may not be without them.

Therefore, when Huang Shao finished saying that, everyone in the room immediately began to discuss whether it was necessary to deepen cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief.

In this discussion, the merchants who had already cooperated with the Brotherhood were opposed.

After all, the Brotherhood is only the 'legal identity' of the Black Tiger Thief in Kunyang, although the vast majority of the people of Kunyang who support the Brotherhood will not associate the Brotherhood with the Black Tiger Thief, but those in the know know very well that behind the Brotherhood is the Black Tiger Thief.

Although they have already reached a cooperation with the Brotherhood, they will not deepen their cooperation any further.

After all, for the time being, they can still lie that they don't know the behind-the-scenes of the brotherhood, but if the cooperation is deep, the black tiger thief will not hide it, and they will be held accountable by the officials in the future, then they will not be able to explain it clearly.

These people themselves don't want to deepen their cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief, and they also want to prevent another group of merchants from deepening their cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief, because they are afraid that they will be replaced.

Therefore, these are strenuously opposed.

On the contrary, the other group of people did not catch up with the cooperation with the Brotherhood, and they were jealous of the special treatment of those with vested interests, and urged Huang Shao to negotiate with the Black Tiger Thief.

While the two groups of people were arguing,

A businessman surnamed Song asked the most critical question: "Second Master Huang, in your opinion, what is the current situation of the Black Tiger Thief?" Can it last a long time? ”

Hearing this question, the noise in the room immediately disappeared, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen.

Because this is undeniably a very critical issue.

Whether the black tiger thief can last long in Kunyang County is, in a certain sense, indeed the essential factor of whether it is necessary for them to cooperate with the black tiger thief.

In front of everyone's eyes, Huang Shao shook his head slightly and said, "I can't say this well." …… According to Ma Gai, he is not unaware that behind the Brotherhood is the Black Tiger Thief, but considering that the Brotherhood currently has an excellent reputation in Kunyang County and is deeply supported by the people in the county, he does not dare to act rashly. …… This is Ma Gai's rhetoric, but I always feel that this Ma County Lieutenant is hiding something. ”

He then added: "But personally, I think ...... I think that Zhou Hu is not simple. ”

He glanced at the Zhuye County businessmen present, and said in a deep voice: "Different from ordinary bandits, that Zhou Hu seems to be a sensible and knowledgeable person, I always feel that he is doing his best to downplay the threat of his black tiger thief to Kunyang, on the one hand, he shows favor to the Kunyang County Ya, and on the other hand, he uses various means to make the Kunyang County Ya throw a mouse taboo, all in all, I feel that he is a very means person, the black tiger thief has this person in command, I feel that the Kunyang County Ya should have no way to take him in a short time, at best, he can only destroy the thief village in the north of the county." ”

Generally speaking, the lair of a group of thieves is destroyed, this gang of bandits is basically finished, and the same is true of the black tiger thieves in the past, who can only flee after being destroyed in the cottage, but this is not the case with the current black tiger thieves, because this group of people already has the legal identity of the 'brotherhood', even if the nest is destroyed, this gang of bandits can also turn into a fraternity and continue to live happily in Kunyang County - this is where the black tiger thieves are most different from ordinary bandits.

"Let's work with the Black Tiger Thief."

After a period of immersion, a businessman said in a deep voice: "The black tiger thieves have the cloak of the brotherhood, and I think there is nothing the Kunyang County Ya can do with them...... In the current situation, does the Kunyang County Ya dare to ban the brotherhood? If the county government dares to do this, half of the county's civilians will make a fuss. He paused, shook his head and came to a conclusion: "The county government doesn't dare to do this, they can only fight the black tiger thieves at most, but they don't dare to attack the Brotherhood, or there is not much need, in other words, we and the Brotherhood will not be unwise to cooperate in the long run." ”

Hearing these words, those businessmen who had not yet reached a cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief spoke up in agreement.

Seeing that it can't be stopped, those merchants who have reached a cooperation with the Black Tiger Thief but don't want to deepen their cooperation can only follow the crowd, unless they want to be replaced by someone else.

When everyone reached an agreement, Huang Shao once again asked to see Zhao Yu through Chen Cai, the steward of the Brotherhood, and discussed with Zhao Yu.

In view of the Brotherhood's current weakness in terms of channels and its inability to compete with other Yexian merchants, Huang Shao took the initiative to give profits to the Black Tiger Thief in the way of their Luye Freemasonry, that is, to deliver 20% of the profits of each item of goods to the Brotherhood.

Some people may say, the same is 20%, what is the difference between this and paying the black tiger thief to buy the road?

There is certainly a difference.

You must know that directly paying the black tiger thief to buy the road money, you have to pay 20% of the value of all the goods in the caravan, and sometimes you are directly detained a part of the goods required by the black tiger thief; Referring to the way of the Luye Freemasonry in the past, these Yexian businessmen only need to pay 20% of the net profits, not to mention, and they can also falsify in the account books, just think about it to know the difference between the two.

Since it is a joint chamber of commerce, it must need a president, Huang Shao said to Zhao Yu very interestingly: "Since it is the president established mainly by your side, I hope that the leader of Zhou will serve as the president." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu smiled.

He knew that Huang Shao had good intentions, but the problem was that he really couldn't show his head at the moment.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yu said half-truthfully: "The Chamber of Commerce needs a president who can see the light to deal with all kinds of things, and even the county government is circulating, and Zhou is ...... It's really not appropriate to show up, so let's do it, if Huang Ergongzi doesn't dislike it, the son will be the president, how about it? ”

Hearing this, Huang Shao was surprised, and even faintly flattered.

Looking at Lu Kuang's example, you know how much interest and power the position of president has, although he, the president, still has to be restrained by the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him, but no matter what, this is also the president.

He hurriedly said: "I will definitely do my best to bring benefits to the Chamber of Commerce and Leader Zhou." ”

"I believe Huang Gongzi...... No, President Wong. Zhao Yu smiled and reassured.

Hearing the three words of President Huang, Huang Shao was secretly happy.

Suddenly, he asked, "Leader Zhou, I don't know what the name of our Chamber of Commerce is?" ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, "It's called ...... Kunye Mutual Benefit Bar. ”

"Huh?"

Huang Shao was stunned, and glanced at the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him with some confusion.

This awkward and rare way to choose a name is ......

How does it feel so familiar?