Li Jing looked at the back of the third sister in the distance, shook his head with a smile, and walked towards Li Liu's room. He will tell you about meeting Zhang Shaoan today. Of course, the matter of giving silver and the criticism of the scholars was skipped, and the matter of Chao Thirteen's residence at home was said.

Li Liu has no opinions, his son has grown up, and it is a good thing that he has his own ideas. just told him not to make a mistake with the bandits and harm the family.

Li Jing and Li Liu talked for a while, and then came out of her room.

At this time, Chao Thirteen had already finished taking a bath, and the rotten and unsightly clothes on his body could no longer be worn, and the third sister said that he would use it as a rag when he was cleaned. He is now wearing Li Jue's old clothes, his face has been washed, and he can finally see his face clearly.

Li Jing looked him up and down, he was about in his early twenties, not tall, very thin, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he looked like an honest peasant boy, but those bright eyes made people dare not look at him as an ordinary peasant child.

Li Jing pinched his chin, "During this time, you will squeeze a room with my second brother, and then I will get you a separate house after a while." ”

Chao Thirteen nodded, he didn't have any opinion.

Li Hao has a lot of opinions, but now the eldest brother in front of him has unprecedented prestige in his heart, and he is powerless to resist at all. He bumped Chao Thirteen with his shoulder, "You won't kick the quilt at night, will you?" Grinding teeth, right? Snoring, right? ”

There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Li Jing went to Li Jue's room and called Li Jue and Chao Thirteen up and asked them to follow him to practice military physical boxing.

After a set of military body boxing, the third sister also got up, she washed her face, and went to the kitchen to cook.

Yesterday, Li Jing gave her a tael of silver to buy some good dishes and make some delicious food, but the little girl didn't know how to calculate, so she used a few hundred dollars to buy a bunch of meat and vegetables at once. I thought that the two brothers would eat it when they came back in the evening, but I didn't expect them to eat it back, so there were a lot of dishes left yesterday. The third sister heated it up and cooked another pot of porridge.

During the meal, Li Liu also got up, and after a few days of recuperation, his body improved a lot.

Chao 13 stepped forward to meet Li Liu's courtesy, and the group went to the wing room to eat.

There are two big bellies in Li Jue and Chao Thirteen, and even the dishes are licked clean.

After eating, it didn't take long for Zhang Zhuang to come over, he was carrying a bag, Li Jing knew that it must be a short knife inside, so he let him into the house to talk.

Zhang Zhuang entered the house and found that there was one more person, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked Li Jing: "Who is this brother Jingye?" ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "This is my new gang of Hanlong Society, yesterday he single-handedly picked the Xing'an Society, I think his kung fu is good, so I accepted him." ”

Xing'an Society is a man who runs a boat, and he is not active in the city, but he is not very famous, and Zhang Zhuang naturally knows it. I heard that Chao 13 actually picked the Xing'an Society alone, and said that you are a god's god, can you do it alone than hundreds of people in the Xing'an Society?

scolded in his heart, but his face pretended to be admired, "Master Jing is really powerful, such a good man can easily be taken under his command." ”

Li Jing laughed, introduced him and Chao Shisan to each other, and said: "In the future, they will all be their own brothers, they will eat meat together, and they will be uncomfortable." ”

After a conversation, Zhang Zhuang untied the burden, revealing two short knives inside.

Li Jing picked up a handful casually, drew the knife out of the sheath, and found that the blades were rusty, and couldn't help frowning.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhuang hurriedly explained: "Master Jing also knows that the government prohibits the use of knives by the people, and I spent a lot of money to buy these two knives." ”

Li Jing nodded and smiled at him, "I know, you can still use it if you grind it, thank you for your hard work." ”

Zhang Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a small honor to do things for Master Jing, and it's not hard at all." ”

"Since you've said so, don't give you any more errands, it seems that I don't use you again. In this way, yesterday I patronized the gang of miscellaneous cadres in the Xing'an Society, and I didn't find out the terrain of the Huangbai River, so it is better for you to draw the topographic map of the Huangbai River and bring it to me. ”

Zhang Zhuang really wanted to slap his two big mouths, why did he shoot the fart of this living star, but now he didn't shoot the fart, he slapped his mouth.

"Master Jing, the small one is a ruffian who watches the field, I don't know two big characters, and I haven't seen what the map looks like. Jing Ye should let someone else do this errand! ”

Li Jing's face sank, and Zhang Zhuang knelt down in fright, "Master Jing, the little one really can't draw a map!" ”

"Since it comes to this, you can't embarrass your brother as the boss. You take out three taels of silver, and I'll disguise myself and go and inquire again. ”

In fact, Li Jing had already taken a general look at the area around the Huangbai River yesterday, as an excellent special soldier, shorthand the surrounding terrain and form a picture, this is a compulsory course, he had already drawn the map last night. The reason why he proposed to let Zhang Zhuang draw the map was just to make him pay for it happily.

Zhang Zhuang gritted his teeth, trembling and took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms, before he could count them, Li Jing reached out and grabbed them, "Very good, you go and get busy, come to my house tomorrow afternoon to gather." ”

Zhang Zhuang's face twitched, it was three taels and six dollars, but he didn't dare to ask Li Jing for the extra six dollars. Ever since he was punched by Li Jing, he was a little scared, and the longer he spent with Li Jing, the more he could feel the murderous aura emanating from Li Jing's body. This kind of murderous aura, he once saw in a murderous slur. Think of a weak scholar suddenly becoming like a murderous bandit, this is like a tame kitten suddenly turning into a fierce tiger, this belongs to the mythological story, this is ten times more terrible than a tiger.

Therefore, Zhang Zhuang always thought that Li Jing was a star in the sky, and at first guessed that it was Wenqu Xing, but now, he is sure that this guy must be a living star.

"Master Jing saves some money, the small ones really don't have any money." Zhang Zhuang said with a bitter face.

Li Jing nodded, "Don't worry, you lent me this money, and when the time comes, I will pay you back tenfold." ”

Zhang Zhuang thanked Li Jing and returned to Jinfeng Restaurant.

After Zhang Zhuang left, Li Jing asked Li Jue and Chao Shisan to sharpen their knives at home, and he went to Liu Ji's tailor shop opposite.

Liu Ping, the shopkeeper, was startled when he saw Li Jing coming in, and hurriedly invited Li Jing to sit down on the pear flower chair next to him, and ordered the little servant to serve tea.

Liu Ping took out a few pieces of broken silver from his sleeve, put them in front of Li Jing's table, and said with a smile: "Master Jing, you take it to drink tea." ”

Li Jing's face sank, and he pushed the broken silver back, "What do you mean by Shopkeeper Liu, do you treat me as a ruffian who blackmails people and money?" ”

Everyone in the alley knows that Li Jing has been in contact with Zhang Zhuang a lot recently, and Li Jing doesn't know who passed on the news that Li Jing accepted Zhang Zhuang as his younger brother.

Zhang Zhuang and Ergouzi are all the way, and they do everything, but he looks stronger than Ergouzi, and he shoots very well, and he was taken by the boss behind the scenes of Jinfeng Restaurant, and asked him to be a nurse, which did not fall to the point of blackmailing the neighbors for money.

Li Jing actually did such a big thing some time ago, and during this time, he had nothing to do with Zhang Zhuang, which inevitably made people suspect that he wanted to pull the flag to collect protection money.

When Liu Ping saw Li Jing's resignation, he thought that Li Jing was too little, and his smiling face was also a little ugly, "Master Jing, is it too little?" When the second dog came to collect it, it was less than half of it. ”

Li Jing hugged Liu Ping with a fist, "It seems that Shopkeeper Liu is really a language master, and when I came to your store, I wanted to chat with Shopkeeper Liu, and secondly, I wanted to sew a decent robe." ”

As he spoke, he took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and threw it on the table, "Shopkeeper Liu has seen enough." ”

Liu Ping accepted the money suspiciously, "Is Master Jing really here to make clothes?" ”

Li Jing said with a serious face: "Shopkeeper Liu, I said it, I am not a second dog, even if I want to blackmail people for money, I will not slander my neighbors." ”

Liu Ping saw that Li Jing didn't look like he was lying, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "When does Master Jing want clothes." ”

"Tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

Liu Ping nodded, "Okay, I will make a decent robe for Master Jing tomorrow afternoon." ”

Li Jing took a sip of tea and said: "Shopkeeper Liu is a businessman, I also want to do some business in East Lake, I don't know which line to do to make money, and I ask Shopkeeper Liu for advice." ”

Liu Ping pondered for a while, "If you want to talk about a profitable business, there is nothing more than the monopoly of salt tea, but these things have been in the hands of the three major salt merchants, they have a hard background, and no one in East Lake can touch it." The second is clothing, food, housing and transportation, but these businesses have a large capital and need to be done by big people or many people, and it is difficult for people who have just entered the industry to find the doorway. The second is to be, gamble, and prostitute, and to do these businesses, you must have your own forces and the government must also collude. Otherwise, the ruffians will often come to blackmail you, and the government will come to check on you every day, and the business will not be able to go on at all. Secondly, it is to do dental and foot shops, and earn the money of merchants from other provinces, dock coolies and porters. ”

Li Jing just asked casually, but he didn't expect the inconspicuous shopkeeper Liu to answer the head, and couldn't help but ask: "Do you think it's appropriate for me to do that line?" ”

Liu Ping did not shy away from his words, and said directly: "Since Master Jing is mixed with the rivers and lakes, the weak power of the men in the rivers and lakes is to do the teeth and feet. If the power is large, it is a pawnshop to borrow debts; With the support of the government, of course they are gambling and prostitution. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Li Jing, "If there is someone in the official mansion of Master Jing, he will do gambling and prostitution, although these two businesses are a little dirty, but the money is the fastest and the capital is the least." ”

Li Jing stood up suddenly and arched his hand to Liu Ping, "Thank you Shopkeeper Liu for your advice, if I Li Jing is developed another day, I will not be able to forget Shopkeeper Liu." ”

As he spoke, he was about to say goodbye, Liu Ping's words inspired him a lot, and he wanted to go back and think about the way to make money. Because rebellion requires a lot of money to support, and without money, rebellion can only be empty talk.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at Li Jing's back, wanted to shout and said, one or two pieces of silver is not enough to sew a good robe, opened his mouth and closed it, and looked thoughtfully at Li Jing who was gradually disappearing.