Sister-in-law Gu was surprised: "You are the Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai, a pair of iron fists to beat the invincible opponent of Jingdong, and the rumors about you in the rivers and lakes have worn out my ears recently." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "It's all a false name, it's not worth mentioning." ”

"Who are these?" Sister-in-law Gu asked again.

"These three are all my brothers, Jiao Ting, Bian Xiang, and Pang Wanchun, all of whom are first-class heroes." Chao Gai said.

The two sides turned over each other's politeness, and Sister-in-law Gu invited everyone into the living room, and the two sides sat down. Sister-in-law Gu said: "The presence of the owner of Chao Zhuang really makes the small shop shine, the Chao Xiong from your village once came to my store some time ago." ”

"Hehe, yes. I didn't expect this kid to run so far. Chao Gai said.

"It's not like that, that kid still eats Lao Niang's tofu. Ha ha. Sister-in-law Gu smiled.

It turned out that Chao Xiong sold illicit salt and occasionally took goods from Dengzhou, so he would live in Gu's sister-in-law's shop.

The two sides chatted about some anecdotes on the rivers and lakes, and finally got to the point, Chao Gai said the idea of asking Xie Zhen and Xie Bao to be vice presidents in the past.

Sister-in-law Gu was a little unhappy, and said: "My two brothers make good use of the five-strand support heavenly fork, and shoot the bow and arrow well, and they are more than enough to rub their heads, so why give them a deputy heads." ”

Chao Gai explained: "At present, the total number of troops is only 800 people, and there are more than 10 heroes. I'm afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public when I get a full-time job in the past, so it's better to overdo it from the deputy position. ”

Sister-in-law Gu nodded in understanding. "Okay, let's start with the deputy job. Who are my two brothers going to be their deputies? ”

"Be a deputy to this Bian Xiang brother." Chao Gai said.

Sister-in-law Gu looked at Bian Xiang, and saw that this man was sitting taller than ordinary people standing, with a long square face, broad shoulders, and muscles on his two arms bulging like dragons.

Gu sister-in-law said: "Brother Chao Gai is famous and famous, I shouldn't think about anything, but in the future, my two brothers will follow this Bian Dutou, I want to try this Bian brother's martial arts, I don't know what I mean?" ”

Bian Xiang couldn't cry or laugh, Chao Gai didn't expect Sister-in-law Gu to make such a request, Sister-in-law Gu's martial arts are very good, but it is also a low-level level, not to mention Bian Xiang who is brave and champion of the three armies, but it is not better than it.

Chao Gai said: "Brother Bian and Sister-in-law Gu will go on two trips to learn skills, don't hurt the harmony." ”

Bian Xiang nodded in agreement, and immediately everyone came to the courtyard, which was Gu's sister-in-law's martial arts training ground. Bian Xiang used a mountain axe, and the big axe was made of stainless steel, which weighed 30 catties, which was very heavy. Sister-in-law Gu used double knives.

The two set up a position and immediately started fighting. Gu's sister-in-law is worthy of being a heroine among women, and she knows that Bian Xiang's axe is heavy and will not last, so she fights with both knives and does not collide with the big axe. The two sides fought for nearly thirty rounds without a win, after all, Sister-in-law Gu was a woman, and her strength was a little weak, and the knife touched the big axe, and was cut off by Bian Xiang's big axe.

Bian Xiang immediately said: "Offended." ”

Sister-in-law Gu smiled: "You man is so strong, just touching it, my mouth will be numb, and my two brothers will be relieved to follow you." ”

When Sister-in-law Gu retrieved the knife, she found that the blade had been broken, Bian Xiang's big mountain axe was steel-bladed, extremely hard, and there was no way to cut a single knife.

Sister-in-law Gu was a little regretful, after all, martial artists love knives, and this knife has followed him for many years.

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Brother Bian unintentionally hurt Sister-in-law Gu's treasure knife, I have two knives here, I don't know if Sister-in-law Gu likes it." ”

As he spoke, Chao Gai took out two Yanling knives from Jiao Ting's luggage and handed them to Sister-in-law Gu.

Sister-in-law Gu opened it and looked at it, the cold light was shining, and she touched the edge of the blade with her hand, almost cutting her fingers.

"Good, good steel knives. It's too expensive, I can't ask for it. Sister-in-law Gu said.

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Such a good knife can also be given to a heroine like Sister-in-law Gu, if it is given to a housewife, wouldn't it only be able to cut green vegetables and tofu?" The children of the rivers and lakes are all bold people, and it wouldn't make others laugh at giving you a pair of knives and being humble. ”

"Haha, what Brother Chao Gai said is true. I took the knife. Sister-in-law Gu smiled.

Chao Gai took out another Tang knife, handed it to Sister-in-law Gu, and said, "This is for your husband." ”

"It's also a good knife, but it's just a waste for him, and I take care of it for him. The one in my family who is not angry, don't you know, I am idle every day, and I am alone in charge of the huge hotel. Sister-in-law Gu nagged.

Xie Zhen and Xie Bao are very happy, my sister agreed, you can go to be the deputy capital, don't look at these Jianghu people who don't take the government seriously all day long, you really let him be an official, he can't wait to take office immediately, even like the tiger hero Wu Song, a capital head still makes him excited.

Gu's sister-in-law immediately held a feast to entertain Chao Gai and others, Sun Xin also came, and heard that the two brothers were going to Yuncheng far away, and said: "My brother Sun Li is the magistrate of Dengzhou, why not join the army in Dengzhou." Sun Xin said.

Sister-in-law Gu pouted when she heard this: "The military salaries of the big soldiers in Dengzhou are not enough to eat and drink, let alone marry a daughter-in-law and settle down." Let's let the two brothers go to Yuncheng, Yuncheng group training has just been formed, and it is a good time for development. ”

Sun Xin also said the same when he heard it, not to mention that his brother was not so easy to talk to, and he didn't take too much care of his relatives.

Both of them are Dengzhou heroes, and they drank this wine until they had lunch.

Remove the banquet, replace it with tea, and talk about things on the rivers and lakes.

Sister-in-law Gu said: "Brother Chao Gai's salt business is not done? ”

"No, now that I have got the salt introduction, the private salt has also become official salt, so I don't have to do it secretly." Chao Gai said.

Sister-in-law Gu said: "This is a bitter thing for Zou Yuan and Zou Run's uncle and nephew in Dengyun Mountain, and it is estimated that these two people will not be able to open the pot." ”

"Why is that?" Chao Gai asked.

Sister-in-law Gu patted her head: "My brother is here, don't you understand, it turns out that Chao Xiong comes to sell smuggled salt, and sometimes he asks for goods from this uncle and nephew." Now that Chao Xiong is not here, where do these two people still have business. The original seventy or eighty private businessmen are now only twenty or so henchmen. ”

"This?" Chao Gai was speechless, businessmen rely on their own abilities in business, you don't have the ability to find customers, and you can't blame Chao Gai if you can't eat. It's just that Zou Yuan and Zou Run are also well-known in Dengzhou, although their skills are not good, they are familiar with the ground, and they can be regarded as characters like snakes.

Chao Gai said: "Why don't Sister-in-law Gu send someone to invite these two people, I will talk to them and see if there is any other business that can be done?" ”

Sister-in-law Gu said: "I am very familiar with these two people, so I will send someone to invite them." ”

The two weren't far away, and it didn't take long for them to arrive.

Zou Yuan is a little older, in his thirties, with a black face, at first glance, he looks like a person who has been blowing the sea breeze for many years, and there is a fishy smell on his body.

Zou Run is in his twenties, medium height, and also has a black face, and the biggest feature is that he has sarcoma on his forehead, which looks strange and scary.

Sister-in-law Gu introduced: "This is Chao Xiong's eldest brother, the king of Yuncheng Chao Gai. ”

Zou Yuan and Zou Run were overjoyed: "It turned out to be Brother Chao Gai, I didn't have the opportunity to see him, it's an honor to meet the evening breeze today." ”

"The two are polite, I often hear my brother mention the two, and today I saw that they were really heroes." Chao Gai said.

"Brother is polite." Zou Yuan said.

Sister-in-law Gu didn't go to the front to greet the guests, and in the backyard, the guests added wine and returned to the lamp to reopen the banquet, and drank again.

After drinking for a while, Zou Run asked, "Brother doesn't know what business to do when he comes over this time?" If you have a business, you can bring my uncle and nephew with you. ”

Chao Gai smiled: "Both of you are from the seaside, do you know what the market is for this kelp and seaweed?" ”

Zou Yuan said: "There are goods that no one wants, and they are cheap." Sun-dried pennies a pound. There are a lot of kelp on the seaside, and a fierce man with good water ability can get dozens of catties up when he goes down. ”

Chao Gai sighed: "This business is not easy to do now, people are displaced everywhere, and only food is the most valuable. However, I can still sell some kelp, if you have time, you can buy 100,000 catties, and I will sell it. ”

"Oh, that's very good. Brother is interested, we can buy it from now on, as for the price? Zou Yuan said.

Chao Gai said: "You two also know, I have never been responsible for the details of the business in the village." Recently, I sent someone to contact the two of you, how about the price? ”

Zou Run also knew that it was not appropriate to negotiate the price with Chao Gai, after all, Chao Gai had so much business, and if Chao Gai was responsible for purchasing a kelp, it would not be messy.

"Okay, I'll wait for my brother's good news."

Chao Gai said: "Although I don't know the price, but the deposit can still be given to the two of them, first take 300 pieces of silver as a deposit, do you feel that the two are enough?" ”

"Enough, enough, enough." Zou Yuan said.

You must know that Zou Yuan and Zou Run are both local snakes by the sea, and they are familiar with the locals, and they still don't need to pay cash to collect this kind of thing from the fishermen.

After drinking until late at night, the two invited Chao Gai to go back to the village with them to rest, but Chao Gai only said that it was too late and he would stay at Gu's sister-in-law's hotel to rest.

Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Bian Xiang, Pang Wanchun, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao and his party of six people stayed in the hotel that night to rest, and the next morning just after breakfast, Zou Run arrived, and said that he wanted to invite Chao Gai to go to the village to entertain him.

Since it was a good intention, Chao Gai was not easy to shirk, so the four of them went immediately, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao went back to pack their things, and went to Yuncheng in a few days.

The uncle and nephew's Zhuangzi is in Dengyun Mountain, after all, it turned out that the private salt business was related to the murder, so it was built in a dangerous place. Entering the mountain is full of green trees, and the mountain breeze is gusting, but it is also cool and comfortable. Zou Run couldn't help but introduce some local customs and customs. Suddenly, a group of colorful birds were cooing under the tree in front of them.

Chao Gai said: "What is that?" ”

Zou Run said: "This is the colorful pheasant in the mountain, but it's a pity that Xie Zhen and Xie Bao are not there, otherwise we will have a good mouth." ”

Pang Wanchun was puzzled and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Although this colorful pheasant does not fly high, it does not fly far, but it is very alert, people are fine a hundred steps away, once they get close to a hundred steps, they will fly immediately, and only skilled hunters can catch it." Zou Run said.

Pang Wanchun said: "What's so difficult about this, look at my archery skills." "Draw your bow and arrows, and shoot three arrows in an instant.