After many days of exploration, Liu Fan has a general understanding of the situation of the salt lords in the Jiaozhou area of Shandong, there are more than 10 large and small salt dealers in the Jiaozhou area, in addition to the caravan under the landlord Haoqiang, the largest one is a bandit located at the junction of Jiaolaideng, the Daqingshan cottage led by the bandit leader nicknamed "Daxingzi". Speaking of this "big line" is also quite legendary, and he is also a well-known figure in Jiaozhou, and his deeds are also widely spread. Liu Fan couldn't help but be curious, urging Wu Tao to tell him. Wu Tao refused, but he had to tell Liu Fan the story he heard.

This person's original surname was Fan Chongxing, he was born in a tenant near Pingdu, there were three brothers in the family, Fan Chongxing was the eldest so he was called "Daxingzi", Fan Chongxing's father died early, his mother pulled the three brothers with hard work, due to years of hard work, when Fan Xing was seventeen years old, his mother also died of illness. In order to support his two younger brothers, Chongxing came to Zhaoyuan to become a miner under the introduction of his fellow villagers.

During his days as a miner, Fan Fan Chongxing was oppressed and exploited by the mine owners, working hard in the depths of the mine every day, earning only one stone of rice per month. Chongxing gradually came up with the idea of escaping under the threat of death, and by chance, he and a few good co-workers beat the overseer to death and escaped from this place of death.

After escaping, Chongxing and several people, pursued by the government and the mine owner, fled all the way to Tibet and fled to the vicinity of Daqingshan, and finally became bandits in desperation. At this time, there were only more than 100 bandits in Daqingshan, Fan Xing was born as a miner, and there were more than a dozen fellow villagers and two younger brothers under him less than 20 people.

After becoming a bandit, Chongxing completely fell in love with the "promising" profession of bandits, not only did he not have to be oppressed by others to live a life of having a meal but not a meal, and occasionally there were women who robbed the mountains for him to vent. Every day, a big bowl of wine, a large piece of meat, a large scale of gold and silver, the days are not happy. Due to Chongxing's black attack and fierce battle when he went down the mountain to plunder, it didn't take long for him to accumulate a lot of prestige in the cottage, and his subordinates grew from less than 20 to more than 50 people, almost fighting against the previous two masters.

One day, the second master went down the mountain to "hunt" and met a small merchant passing by with his family, and after the second master killed the caravan guards and the merchants, he found that the merchant's daughter was very beautiful, so he thought about it, and hid it himself, preparing to use it as a forbidden body for himself to play with. As soon as he arrived at the cottage, he didn't have time to enjoy it, and the big boss got the news and brought people to come, and suddenly saw such a beautiful woman, and the big boss was also moved. I can't help but say that I robbed the "prey" that belonged to the second master. According to the rules of the cottage, the big boss does have the "priority" of prey, and the situation is stronger than the people, the big boss has nearly 100 people, much more than the second master, and the second boss has to be ready to endure this breath under pressure. That night, the cottage held a feast, and the big boss wanted to marry this beautiful woman as the wife of the village.

When Fan Chongxing heard about this, he was very angry, found the second boss who was angry, and said with added fuel and vinegar, "Second brother! Brother, I heard that our sister-in-law is very beautiful! Whoever sees it will not drool! Has the second brother seen it? Is it really that pretty? ”

The second master was said to be in the sore spot, his face turned dark, and he snorted and said, "I've seen it!" It's beautiful! ”

Fan Chongxing pretended not to see the ugly face of the second master, and continued: "I heard that this woman fell into the hands of the second brother first!" How did she suddenly become a big brother woman? ”

The second master suddenly sneered: "What else can it be!" The boss snatched it from me! Don't hide it if you have something to do, just say it! ”

Fan Chongxing smiled: "Second brother! Brother, I won't hide it from you! I've long been dissatisfied with the boss! Why should the things that the brothers have worked so hard to grab be handed over to the boss fifty percent! That's all! If there is something good, the boss must eat it first, but he eats the meat himself and does not even leave a bite of soup for the brothers! I've long wanted to go against him for such a boss! As long as the second brother says a word! Brother, I went up the knife mountain and went down to the sea of fire, but the second brother's order was from! ”

The second boss is also a human being, and when he heard Fan Xing say this, he suddenly became suspicious, "Third brother, I'm afraid you're not dissatisfied with the eldest brother!" I want to be my own big brother! ”

Fan Chongxing suddenly laughed: "Second brother! I myself have a few pounds and a few taels, and I know it myself! How long have I been up the mountain? Who will obey me? Besides, I'm a fighter! If you want me to be a big brother, the cottage will be dispersed in a few days! I didn't think of anything else! It's that after you become a big brother, you can promote me, and I will be satisfied with the harvest of 20% less every time I hunt! Second brother, don't do a word from you! If you don't have the guts, I'll never be here! ”

When the second master heard Fan Chongxing's words, his face changed for a while, and the woman's charming face appeared in his mind, and the charm of the soul between the smile and the smile of the soul, and a burst of evil fire rose in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Done! ”

"He's unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! Third! As long as you help me kill the boss! You'll be in charge from now on! In the future, we will have the final say! You and my brother share this great green mountain! With one bite of me, you'll never go hungry! What do you think? The second master promised

"Good! Just wait for the second brother's words! Let's do it tonight! The result is the boss! When the time comes, the second brother will enter the cave room while it is hot! Come and get both personal and wealth! Fan Chongxing patted the case

The two of them summed up and prepared to take advantage of the boss's subordinates to attend the banquet.

At night, the Daqingshan Juyi Hall was noisy, and the bandits were drunk and drunk by pushing cups and changing lamps. Chongxing and the second master, licking their faces, said a bunch of compliments to the big boss, and constantly persuaded the boss to drink. The boss was also in a good mood today, and he didn't think much about it, but he didn't refuse, and he was a little drunk after a while. Thinking about the bride in his heart, he didn't dare to drink too much, pretended to be drunk, confessed to everyone, and entered the cave room under the coaxing of everyone.

Seeing that the boss was not there, and his subordinates were also unconscious, the second boss and Chongxing immediately took action to eradicate the boss's henchmen. Blood splattered in the hall, and the bandits, who had received the order, picked up their swords and slashed at their former companions, and the original festive scene became bloody. The boss who had just entered the cave room suddenly felt bad when he heard the screams, and he was also a lot more sober under the cold sweat, and picked up the guy and went straight to the hall with the henchmen guarding the door.

As soon as he entered the hall, he asked for a strong smell of blood, and when he looked at it, he saw the honest third and second children in the past with his subordinates slashing and killing his henchmen, and suddenly his eyes were split, and he yelled, "Second brother!" I want your life! With his men, he rushed towards the second master. Although the big boss fights with his life and is very brave, but after all, there are few people, and he can't catch up with the two who have no intention of calculating, and it didn't take long for him to be surrounded by the two masters! Looking at the big boss covered in blood, the second boss gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect it!" Top dog! You shouldn't have robbed my woman! I'm going to kill you! You are unkind brother, and I am not righteous! Today's woe is your own fault! No wonder! With that, he slashed at the boss, blood spurted, and the head of the big boss fell to the ground.

Seeing that the boss was dead, Chongxing congratulated: "Second brother! No! Big boss! Congratulations to the big boss for getting what he wanted! Finally a beauty! ”

The second master killed the big boss with his own hands, and his heart was very happy for a while, and when he saw Chongxing's compliment, he immediately said happily, "Thank you for the help of the second brother!" I couldn't have done this without you! Brother, I mean what I say! In the future, you and my brother will share this great green mountain! ”

"Thank you, big brother, for your appreciation! This is what the little brother should do! Today's big brother, this is a double happiness! Not only do you get a beauty! And from now on, Daqingshan will say the same! Congratulations! Why not take this opportunity to celebrate! When the time comes, the cave house will not be replaced! It's also a happy event! Then he ordered his subordinates to clean up the corpses in the hall and reopen the banquet. The second master was said to be overjoyed and not easy to object, so he went to Fan Xing!

It didn't take long for the minions to clean up and re-serve the wine and meat! Chongxing congratulated as usual, and the thieves began to drink and have fun. Everyone has just gone through a fight, and they are in a good mood to win, stimulated by blood and alcohol, everyone is in a stirring mood, and they are very excited, and when they really need to vent, there are not many women in the cottage, and it is not their turn to do these minions. But the wine and meat are still enough, and there is no need to persuade the wine, and after a while, many thieves will drink and lie down.

Chongxing is very active, and from time to time he finds someone to drink, and he gets drunk after a while! While talking nonsense, he lay on the ground unconscious. The second master laughed heartily when he saw this, stepped forward and kicked Chongxing a few times, seeing that he was really drunk! Laughed and cursed a few times, staggered towards the cave room.

As soon as the back of the second master disappeared into the hall, Chongxing got up with a grunt, how could he be a little drunk. "Brethren! It's time to do it! Do it! "The subordinates who were still lying down just now immediately turned over and got up, so they picked up their swords and slashed at the bandits who were fighting side by side just now! The second master's subordinates were killed almost without any resistance!

After the thieves in the settlement hall confirmed that there were no fish that slipped through the net, Chongxing took his subordinates and walked towards the new house, kicking open the door. The second master saw Chongxing and others coming in, and at this time, he was carried away by lust and didn't look closely, so he was furious, "Second brother!" What are you doing! Don't get out of here yet! Chongxing sneered, "Second master!" A fool like you also wants to dominate Daqingshan? Don't pee on yourself and take a picture of what you are! Do you deserve it too? Death to the fools! Without waiting for the second master to speak, everyone rushed up and dragged the second master to the ground and dragged him out.

Coming to the hall, Chongxing stepped on the face of the second master and said, "Open your dog's eyes and see!" Now who has the final say in this Daqingshan! ”

The second master glanced at the hall strewn with corpses, and closed his eyes in pain, "Dog thief!" I trust you so much! You betrayed me! ”

Chongxing sneered: "Everyone is just using each other!" It's just that you're stupid! You don't want to think about why you don't know that you have a beauty in your hands before the cottage boss? And I happened to take refuge in you? ”

The second master suddenly woke up: "It turned out that you told the secret!" Did you plan it all? What a vicious heart! Hate I didn't see through you sooner! ”

Chongxing smiled: "Just because you want to fight with me too?" Let's go in the next life! Lao Tzu is just letting you die today! Don't go to Lord Hades and be a fool! As soon as the words fell, he raised his knife and cut off the head of the second master.

Then Chongxing summoned all the existing bandits in Daqing Mountain to come to the Gathering Hall! Pointing to the two heads on the table, he said, "Now the big boss and the second boss have been merged by me!" From today onwards, there will be only one boss in Daqingshan! Then I am a "big line", who is not convinced, you can stand up! Seeing the two bloody heads that had lost in the case, the bandits were silent for a while and did not dare to speak.

Chongxing looked at everyone, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Since no one objected!" So from today onwards, I will be the master of this big green mountain! ”

After recovering the bandits in Daqingshan, Chongxing entered the cave room that night. The bride who was robbed up the mountain changed three groom officials overnight, and two died! I deeply feel the blood and cruelty of the bandits. In order to survive in this cruel environment, he had no choice but to succumb to Fan Xing and dare not have other thoughts.

Hearing Wu Tao's words, Liu Fan also sighed with emotion: What a big drama of "two peaches killing three soldiers", this "big line" is a character! Thoughtful and ruthless! This serial plan, the beauty plan is absolutely useless! not only did he rely on the white in addition to the two opponents, but he also hugged the beauty in the end and took everything in Daqingshan into his hands. Awesome!

"Then how did he go from a bandit to a salt lord?" Liu Fan continued to ask

To say that this "big line" is also very cunning! Since he became the big boss of Daqingshan, he announced the rules, just robbing the small caravans in the past, never doing the thing of kidnapping tickets and extortion, and only charging a small amount of tolls for the big caravans in the past, so that although the income is a little less, it is better to be stable, and the local landlord Haoqiang is also a well water for this "interesting" bandit who does not violate the river water. There was no effort to destroy them. Occasionally, the nearby guard station sent troops to suppress bandits also coped with the matter, and Daqingshan was located in the handover of the three prefectures, and no one spent a lot of effort to do this thankless thing. Therefore, "Daxingzi" has developed and grown all the way, from a small cottage of 100 people to a large cottage of nearly 1,000 people. By chance, a big local merchant approached the "big bank" and asked him to help rob another caravan's goods, but because the bid was too high, the "big bank" gritted his teeth and took it. A few days later, when the caravan passed by, they sent men to kill all the caravans and rob the caravan. Thinking that he had made a fortune, the "big bank" immediately opened the goods, and was dumbfounded at a glance, it turned out that this batch of goods was not gold, silver and satin, but all of them were truckloads of refined salt of white flowers.

Looking at this cart of refined salt, Daxingzi suddenly made a worry, although there are thousands of people in the cottage, but they can't eat so much salt! There is no market for so much salt to eat by yourself, so you have to eat it until the year of the monkey. Although there is no way, the big bank of "thieves don't go empty" can't bear to give up such a big fortune and send people back to the cottage. That night, the Li family, who paid for Chongxing's work, sent someone to buy this salt, and Fan Xing immediately agreed to sell it to the Li family at a price of ten cents, and after calculation, Chongxing found that this salt was worth tens of thousands of taels. Frightened, Chongxing suddenly thought about it, and sent someone to Jiaozhou to inquire about the news, and when his subordinates came back, he knew that he had fallen into a big trap, and it turned out that the purchase price of refined salt per catty in Jiaozhou City was more than 100 yuan. I lost ten times! Chongxing, who has suffered a big loss, is willing to give up. Immediately sent his subordinates everywhere to spread the news of the Li family's murder, and at the same time, he robbed several large caravans in the name of the Li family! When it was time to check the harvest, it was discovered that most of the goods in these caravans were salt.

After many investigations, it turned out that the most profitable business in Shandong was not traditional industries such as silk and tea, but actually selling salt and shipping. Chongxing suddenly thought about it. After some consideration, I finally made up my mind not to give up such a large piece of fat.

Chongxing first ransacked several surrounding villages and forced the villagers to boil salt for themselves! Then he contacted the big businessmen under the mountain to help him ship the goods. gradually made a fortune, and with money, he recruited more unscrupulously! Today, "Daxingzi" has developed into the largest illegal salt dealer in the Jiao Lai Deng area, with nearly 3,000 bandits under his command and nearly 10,000 stove households controlled by him boiling salt for him!

Hearing Wu Tao's narration, Liu Fan sighed greatly, this is also an ancient heroic character! But they are destined to be opposites! If Liu Fan wants to develop, he must control the output of salt in Jiaozhou. So it's imperative to get rid of this stumbling block.

Thinking of this, Liu Fan ordered: "Pay close attention to the whereabouts of this Fan Chongxing!" Send someone to investigate the terrain around Daqingshan! This time, we will take this Daqingshan knife! Start the fame of our broken army in Jiaozhou! In one fell swoop, take down all the salt production fields in Jiaozhou! In the future, there can only be one salt farm in Jiaozhou! That's our Shihe Salt Farm! ”