"Roar~"

The city gate of Macheng has been demolished, and there are many gaps in the city wall, not in disrepair, but artificially demolished, when Ye Zhao and his party of eleven people passed through the city gate, they saw two groups of people and horses beating together on the street, knives, guns, sticks, hoes and horses whipped together, there are Han people in the crowd, and there are obviously Hu people mixed in, what is surprising is that it is not the fight between the Hu people and the Han people, in the two groups of people, there are Han people, there are also Hu people, Ye Zhao even saw two Hu people hugging each other, stabbed each other in the body, without the slightest softness, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them died together.

"Isn't it harmonious!" Looking at this scene with great interest, after a long time, Ye Zhaocai said with a smile.

"......" Guan Hai and Gao Sheng glanced at Ye Zhao speechlessly, where did you see it.

Ignoring everyone's expressions, Ye Zhao naturally couldn't look at the problem from the same angle as them, in the eyes of others, this horse city was obviously chaotic, just entered the city, he saw a fight, and no one cared about it, the difference in public security can be seen.

However, this city, but there have been no officials in office for several years, the official government exists in name only, whoever has the big fist makes sense, in Ye Zhao's opinion, this situation is not unexpected, what really makes him happy is that perhaps because of the lack of official intervention, the contradiction between Hu and Han is not as big as he imagined.

Maybe you have to stay here for a few years in the future, and the contradiction between Hu and Han is a problem that has to be faced, at least in this horse city, between Hu and Han, the distinction between races is not obvious.

Some of the people around who watched the excitement didn't seem to be worried about being affected by the fight between the two gangs, and many people also got together with great interest to discuss their heads, which made Ye Zhao a little curious, it seemed that his county seat was very interesting.

"Gao Sheng, go and ask." Ye Zhao looked left and right, and said to Gao Sheng.

"Whoa." Gao Sheng understood, hurriedly turned around and left, and found a big man who looked kinder and asked what?

"What did he do?" Guan Hai looked at Ye Zhao blankly.

"Inquire about information." Ye Zhao said with a smile, this is also the reason why he is willing to stay and be promoted, this person is not brave enough, if he is a general, his ability is average, he can't charge into battle, and he can't strategize, but he knows how to read words and looks, there is no great wisdom, but the little cleverness is constant, and the big things can't be counted on, but some trivial things are done more easily than those who have great wisdom.

After a while, Gao Sheng came back, Ye Zhao waved his hand, signaling him not to speak yet, and led everyone to the city together, and after wrapping up a small courtyard, Ye Zhao signaled Gao Sheng to speak.

"Lord, the people who fought under the city before were the two gangs in this horse city." Gao Sheng bowed.

"Gangs?" Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows in surprise, did the Han Dynasty already have a civil organization like a gang?

"Because there have been no officials and troops to guard this horse city for a long time, it is these gangs that are really in charge of the horse city, and the past merchants, if they want to do business here, they need to find a gang to give some goods and obtain the blessing of these gangs." Gao Sheng said with a smile: "The lord probably hasn't heard of these things, in fact, part of the property in the Taiping Sect is worshiped by some sect members, part is the filial piety of the bandits secretly controlled by the Taiping Sect, and some is raised by these gangs that are secretly controlled by the Taiping Sect." ”

"I see." Ye Zhao nodded, he was no stranger to this model, after the end of the last life came, for a long time, the pattern of the gathering place of human survivors was like this, a group of gangs competed with each other, and in the end, the winner was king.

"There are many gangs in this horse city, but the largest is three gangs, one of which is controlled by a Karasuma tribe, and there are 1,200 gangs under its command, and its lord Aguli is very fierce, and most of his subordinates are mainly Karasuma people, I heard that the previous officials who died here were the hands of Na Aguli."

"What about the other two?" Guan Hai is a little uncomfortable, Macheng is a Han city, how can these Hu people sit big?

"The other two were pulled up by two Han people who came here later, one of them is named Meng Hu, a native of Liaodong, who was very famous on the green forest road three years ago, once killed an official and was a bandit, and was later defeated by Yuyang Gongsun Zan and fled here, and the other person named Qiu Chi is a trader, and the forces under the command of the two are not equal, and they have the power of seven or eight hundred people."

Guan Hai frowned slightly, the three gangs, with a combined manpower, were more than two thousand and nearly three thousand, which was more difficult to deal with than they imagined before.

"There are gangs, and being able to feed such three large gangs shows that there are benefits in this, where does this Ma Cheng profit come from?" Ye Zhao frowned and said, didn't you say that Ma Chenghu was only three thousand? But now it seems that only the gangs of these three gangs combined, the population is almost this number, but the three major gangs are mixed, if only the number of Han people is counted, it may not be enough, but what you see in the city today, although Macheng is dilapidated, but the streets are full of people, and even more so in the market, the business of this inn restaurant is not bad.

"This ......" Gao Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, how could he find out so much in such a short time.

"Lord, what now?" Guan Hai looked at Ye Zhao and frowned.

The three major gangs, as well as a bunch of small gangs, with the strength in their hands, if they fight hard, they will suffer against any of them, let alone deal with three at the same time.

Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "The enemy situation is unknown, Gao Sheng, you continue to inquire about the news, there are too few things you know at present, especially those three gang leaders, what is their temperament, what are their preferences, and also, there are so many gangs and populations in Macheng, what do you rely on for a living, you must find out as soon as possible, in addition, find a smaller gang, we will settle here now, send someone to inform Ali, slow down, go down to the village thirty miles outside Macheng, wait for further news, without my order, you are not allowed to enter the city." ”

"Whoa!" When Gao Sheng heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and nodded.

Three days later, Gao Sheng had already inquired about the news, the wealth of this Macheng was divided into three parts, one was the filial piety of the traders, and this part was mainly controlled by Qiu Chi, he started as a businessman, so he naturally knew how terrible the profits on this businessman were, and I heard that even some wealthy families in Hebei had a close relationship with this Qiu Chi.

It is the horse trading business, which is controlled by Karasuma Agul, which is not just a war horse in the popular sense, here, people are also a kind of horse, in short, it is a slave trade.

As for Meng Hu, it is mainly labor, in this horse city, all walks of life are his people working, whether it is Aguli or Qiu Chi, if you want to work, you have to find his people, in addition, Tenghu also has a vein of oblivion in his hands, and the so-called oblivion stone, is carbon, this period of coal has begun to be used in a few areas in the north, but because of transportation, mining and other reasons, the number is not much, and it is not popular, but the market is a lot.

Qiu Chi is taking the all-you-go road, whether it is Aguli's horse or Meng Hu's oblivion, they all have to pass through his path, which is also the reason why a businessman can gain a foothold in this environment surrounded by wolves, the other two families want to survive, they can't do without Qiu Chi, as for some other small gangs, they all rely on these three families, but there are not many people farming in this place.

Listening to Gao Sheng's narration, Ye Zhao occasionally asked some questions, and after an hour, the overview of this horse city probably had some framework in his heart.

The population of Macheng is quite a lot, the population of Hu and Han combined, three thousand households are definitely enough, and there may even be as many as five thousand, the ecological structure is similar to that of a trading city, and a city that does not focus on agriculture is very rare in this era, in addition, the three major gangs can get up and sit to the point where they are now, and there are a lot of things involved behind it, such as that Qiu Chi, who has close contacts with many wealthy families behind him, although he was ranked at the bottom of the three gangs by Gao Sheng and most people, but in Ye Zhao's opinion, the energy behind this Qiu Chi is the most terrifying of the three gangs, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, Zhongshan Zhen, Qinghe Cui, and Liaodong Gongsun all had dealings with this Qiu Chi.

Needless to say, it is Karasuma behind him, as for Meng Hu, he has no power behind him, but he is quite prestigious in the green forest, Gao Sheng's suggestion is to successfully master Ma Cheng, and start with Qiu Chi first, after all, this Qiu Chi is the one who seems to be the best to speak.

But in fact, if you really think so, you don't know why you were sold by that Qiu Chi, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping don't say it, then the Zhongshan Zhen family, the Qinghe Cui family, and the Liaodong Gongsun family are all big families, no worse than the Wei family, and even the Qinghe Cui family is even better, the Ye family is a broken family, the other party may not take it seriously, and even Ye Zhao estimates that Qiu Chi has begun to contact others at this moment to prepare to kill himself.

Thinking of Guo Cheng's attitude before, Ye Zhao couldn't help sneering in his heart, if you talk about the relationship between the other party and this side, it is most likely that this Qiu Chi, and once Ye Zhao takes office, he will be the one who will be hit the most, because he has something that Ye Zhao does not lack, and the Ye family also has its own relationship network, so it is not worried about finding a market, so among the three major gangs, the one who least wants him to take office is probably this Qiu Chi.

As for the other two, Ye Zhao is more optimistic about Meng Hu, without any background, and most of his subordinates are at the bottom, as long as he can get the support of this person, after he takes office, he can at least ensure the stability of Ma Cheng, but how to make this person work for himself willingly, it will take a lot of effort.

Ye Zhao took Guan Hai and first subdued a small gang of only about 30 people, don't look at the number of people, but in fact it is a group of rabble, Ye Zhao took control of it without much effort, although the gang is not big, but with this small gang as a foothold, it is not difficult for Ye Zhao to contact Meng Hu.