When he came out of the building, Yang Yi had already changed into a set of long shirts and horse coats, wearing a top hat, and dressed as a standard businessman.

"You're all set, aren't you?"

Yang Yi asked after getting into the rickshaw.

"Ready!"

Wan Tao nodded, and then said in a low voice: "I heard that Huo Mazi's people went out of the city early in the morning, it seems that they went to the barracks, and when they came back, they brought a big box, because the military master sent it back, so Captain Liu They didn't dare to open the box for inspection, and Captain Liu suspected that the box was a guy borrowed from the barracks......"

When he said this, Wan Tao's face was very unnatural, and he was obviously a little scared.

"If you're afraid, let me down when you get to the ground, and I'll go in by myself!" Yang Yi said.

"Master, what did you do with me?"

Hearing this, Wan Tao turned around and said with a face full of grievances: "I'm very scared, but even if I'm afraid, I can't let you go on an adventure alone-don't say it's Huo Mazi and them, even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I'll break with you!" ”

Looking at the young and angry face, Yang Yi laughed and asked him to hurry up.

For him, today's meeting with Huo Mazi, Ren Wanfang and others is not only a day to decide whether he can really control the businesses left by Xiao Laojiu, but also a day to decide whether he can gain a firm foothold in this city, and it is also a day to investigate the core strength that has been established day and night.

After today, he Yang Yi is the real Yang Ye, and he has a core team that he can trust.

He couldn't wait.

As for Huo Mazi and the others going to the barracks to find Yu Guanhu to borrow a gun, whether there will be danger to their lives or anything like that, in fact, there is no danger - there must be danger, but if you are fully prepared, the danger has been minimized.

To the east of the city is a large warehouse with a large walled open space with grain and miscellaneous items.

It is precisely because of the existence of these warehouses that there will be the existence of these cities, if there is no such storage land, there will be no guarantee for the grain in the city, and once there is any wind and grass, prices will skyrocket, and the people will not be able to make a living.

Most warehouses are guarded by a few sparse guards, but one is different.

This warehouse may be the smallest of all the warehouses, but it is the most tightly guarded, there are probably as many as a dozen people, and many people even carry guns on their shoulders, although these guns are only muskets or old rifles, but they are still full of deterrence, so that those workers and passers-by walk around this warehouse.

This is the warehouse of the smoke house, on the second floor of the warehouse, Huo Mazi, Ren Wanfang, Deng Tianlin and the three of them are drinking tea and waiting.

Although the sale of tobacco has long been banned by the Nationalist Government, since the beginning of the First Opium War, there are too many people who smoke cigarettes, and the demand is too great.

What's more, the profits of tobacco are too high, and they can't be compared to any business, not to mention ordinary people, even those warlords who have soldiers in their hands, can't help but want to intervene in the business of tobacco soil.

Speaking of which, the warlord has soldiers and guns under his command, how majestic it is, but in fact, the more soldiers he has under his command, the more food and drink they have, and it costs money for training, and even more money for fighting.

But now the people are not living, a little tax in Nanjing is either given priority to the central army of the lineage, or it is divided by the four major families and layers of bureaucracy, and in the hands of these warlords who really lead the troops, that little money is estimated to only make their soldiers starve to death, in order to feed their own army, those warlords have to show their magic to find money, and the highly profitable tobacco, kiln, gambling business, is undoubtedly the best choice.

The only difference is that some of these warlords are engaged in with great fanfare, while others are ostensibly righteous but privately supported for the sake of fame, as was the case with Guo Jinjun before, and Xiao Laojiu was his agent.

Xiao Laojiu died, and Yang Yi came.

But after Guo Jinjun's death, Yu Guanhu, the acting head of the regiment, as well as Luoyang Zhu Junlin and others did not recognize Yang Yi at all, which is why the three of them gathered here.

"Huo Ye, Ren Ye, did you say that the surname Yang would agree today?" Deng Tianlin asked.

"Don't say yes? What if you don't say yes? ”

Ren Wanfang sneered: "Now the gambling stall is in my hands, the smoke house is in Huo Ye's hands, and the gambling stalls are in your hands, what his surname Yang really controls is a car dealership - how much money does the car dealer only have a day?" What's more, it's not that we don't recognize his surname Yang, it's Captain Luo and Deputy Captain Zhu who don't recognize him, if it weren't for Commissioner Cheng's sake, we wouldn't even need to discuss with his surname Yang, and it would be ...... if we were killed."

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as what you said!"

Deng Tianlin said: "This surnamed Yang has attracted a lot of people in the city during the New Year, and the coolies in the car dealership are even more desperate for the surname Yang, and the ninth master is not this guy's opponent when he is here, I'm afraid that the three of us are not his opponents......"

"Deng Tianlin, what do you mean by this?"

Ren Wanfang said unhappily: "Was it because I was scared by the surname Yang and didn't plant it, or did I receive any benefits from the surname Yang?" The old man is crooked like a girl, the three of us are running the business that makes money, and the three of us have carried the notoriety, and we have also suffered the crime, but in the end there is only a little hard-earned money in our hands, are you happy? Assigned to the head of the regiment, Captain Luo, we recognize them, why should he take a copy of his surname Yang? ”

"Master Ren, if I'm scared or take a benefit, can I come here?"

Deng Tianlin angrily defended: "I'm really a little worried, but I've heard about it, not only the ninth master is planted in the hands of this guy, but even the head of Guo is also planted in the hands of this guy, I heard that at that time, the head of Guo's family was full of thirty or forty people and dozens of guns, but Leng killed the head of the regiment for this guy and came out alive......"

Ren Wanfang also knew some of this news, but he snorted in his mouth: "I'm afraid of a ball, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that he really has three heads and six arms, wealth and danger are seeking, Lao Tzu fought with him today......"

"What are you fighting?"

Huo Mazi, who had not spoken, coughed dryly and said: "Remember, our primary purpose today is to talk, not to fight, Commissioner Cheng is pressing on top, and the position of the head of the regiment is unresolved, and it is reckless to ......"

"I'm afraid we want to talk, but the person surnamed Yang may not be willing to talk to us!"

Ren Wanfang muttered: "Eat the bones in your mouth, that guy will obediently spit it out?" I don't believe it if I die......"

"Then he won't spit it out!"

Huo Mazi snorted, and said with a gloomy look in his eyes: "Salute first and then soldier, if he really doesn't know each other, then we can't blame us for being ruthless!" ”