The Taihu Gang is the most populous gang in Suzhou City.

The Taihu Gang was originally an organization united by some fishermen to deal with bandits and officers and soldiers who oppressed the villagers, but it gradually grew and became the largest gang.

Many people in the Taihu Gang are local villagers, and some people, including families and children, and even relatives and neighbors, have been drawn into the gang.

When the forest is bigger, there are bad birds.

There are too many people in the Taihu Gang, and simple protection fees, fishing, etc., can no longer meet the growing demand for members, so they sometimes grab some merchant ships and do some illegal things.

Because the Taihu Gang's nest is on the island in the center of Taihu Lake, and they are quite measured, robbing property but rarely killing people, the government will turn a blind eye and treat it as if they don't see it.

The Taihu Gang claims to help 5,000 people, in fact, the real number of people is almost more than 4,000 people, of course, these 4,000 people, many of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and a larger part is the surrounding villagers, who are just pulled in by their relatives, and they are just strong and strong, and they can not be bullied by the Taihu Gang.

Song Kai and Zhou Ce sat opposite each other.

Zhou Ce shook his head, "It's not so simple, the overall combat effectiveness of the Taihu Gang is naturally very low, but you ignore a problem, they were originally gathered by fishermen, just say that Shi Haopeng, his kung fu is low, he doesn't learn and has no skills, but he has excellent water nature, Song Lang, if you want to break up the Taihu Gang in one fell swoop, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Song Kai listened to Zhou Ce's analysis, "You mean, on the water, we are not their opponents. ”

"Even if it's their opponent, but the loss must be very large, the pension of every soldier is very expensive, and the price of every dead soldier is even more expensive, I just don't want to waste this on the Taihu Gang," Zhou Ce smiled bitterly.

"How about leading them ashore?" Song Kaidao.

"As long as they are on land, they are definitely not opponents, those people are just some sturdy men, they have no combat effectiveness," Zhou Ce smiled softly, "but it is not easy to lure them ashore, and there are a few shrewd people among them." ”

Song Kai stood up, "Brother Zhou, these things are up to you, I won't have a headache, Xue Lao handed over the matter of soldiers' salaries to me, I need to use this tea garden to do something, the Taihu Gang is over there, it's too inconvenient, I have to clean them up." ”

Zhou Ce thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll deal with it, the matter of military salaries is a big deal, Song Lang, you go and take care of your own affairs." ”

Song Kai left, and suddenly sighed in his heart, it is good to have power, just one word can determine the survival or death of a gang, but behind this power, it also represents pressure.

The next day, Song Kai returned to Suzhou City with Nie Ling, Qingniang Ji Rufeng and others.

At the same time, around Taihu Lake, a hundred soldiers quietly ambushed, some of these people were soldiers guarding the city, and some of them were dead soldiers under Zhou Ce, Tang Yingying was among them, but Zhou Ce let these people hide their identities, only saying that they were temporarily recruited soldiers.

Although the Taihu Gang has a large number of people, but the combat effectiveness is indeed enough scum, after being led ashore by Zhou Ce with a few strategies, they were defeated in the mountains around Taihu Lake, lost their armor, and then retreated to the small island on Taihu Lake, never to go ashore again.

In this way, Zhou Ce also had no strategy, he requisitioned fifty small boats, but unfortunately he couldn't attack them at all, not to mention the barbed wire and boat ropes arranged around the small islands of the Taihu Gang, just say that they were fighting on the water, and his soldiers were not in the same order of magnitude as the fishermen of the Taihu Gang. It was so easy for the fishermen in Taihu Lake to hold their breath for two minutes under the water with harpoons, dive for hundreds of meters, and smash small boats.

Zhou Ce couldn't bear to send his subordinates to death, so he had to stay on the shore, intending to trap the remnants of the Taihu Gang.

It is only said that Song Kai returned to Suzhou City.

After entering the Hongchen Inn, Nie Lingdang felt that the entire inn had a new look, and when he walked to the backyard, he found that during the time he left, there was a two-story brick building in the backyard of the inn.

"This ...... How much gold does it take to build it," Nie Lingzhong muttered distressedly as he stared at the small two-story building in front of him.

Song Kai put his hands behind his back, "After a little decoration, our inn can be opened, let's go and visit inside, I plan to set the price of this inn at a consistent price per night." Twenty rooms, half of which are occupied, make a profit of ten dollars a day. ”

"You think you have a baby in your room every night," Nie Ling pouted, and was just about to go in, when Ah Fu hurriedly ran out of a room.

"Dalang! Da Lang, you are finally back, and you want to spoil the old slave! Ah Fu ran over and grabbed the corner of Song Kai's clothes, crying in pain.

Song Kai patted Ah Fu on the back.

After a while, Ah Fu rubbed his nose and smiled at Nie Ling, "Miss Bell, you're also back, it's good to come back, it's good to come back......

Before he finished speaking, he saw a figure rushing down from the upper floor.

"Nie Niangzi is also back? My dear Nie Niangzi, you don't know, I thought you were dead during this time, sad no, lady! The figure was running and shouting, it was Zhao Tieshan.

Zhao Tieshan saw that Nie Ling's appearance seemed to be more beautiful, and he couldn't help but feel excited, and opened his arms and hugged him, "Lady, it's really good that you're not dead, it's great...... Yes! ”

Zhao Tieshan hadn't finished expressing his feelings, and his arm hadn't touched Nie Ling's body yet, and he was already kicked away by Ji Rufeng behind Nie Ling.

Ji Rufeng didn't forget to glare at Song Kai, "This bastard, what kind of people are in the inn, no big or small, no up or down." ”

Zhao Tieshan fell to the ground, but he was not injured, he glared at Ji Rufeng, "I...... Not counting just now, I saw that Nie Niangzi was defenseless, you wait, wait, I'll go get my meteorite kitchen knife......"

Nie Ling sighed, "Grandpa Ji, don't be angry, Chef Zhao is not a bad person, I'd better go and see how these rooms are going first." ”

Entering the room, Nie Ling looked left and right, the room was nothing special, but the area was much smaller, and the wooden beds, tables and chairs, dressers, etc. were very complete, and they seemed a little crowded.

But it's right to think about it, in the past, there were ten rooms in the backyard of this Hongchen inn, five on the top and five on the bottom, but now after reconstruction, there are ten rooms above and ten rooms below, and the area of each room will naturally be smaller.

"Huh? Why is there a small room," Nie Lingzhong looked at a door next to him and muttered, "The room is already very small, and it's a waste for you to make an even smaller room." ”

Song Kai smiled and said, "This small room is where the essence is, go in and have a look." ”

Nie Bell pushed open the door, and inside was a long wooden barrel, behind which was a curtain, and behind the curtain was a circular pit, and there was also an emerald green bamboo tube inlaid in the wall.

"It's ...... What is it? Nie Ling really became interested.

"The wooden barrel for bathing, that's where you go to the toilet," Song Kai pointed.

"What! Toilet in the room! Nie Lingdang called out in surprise, and then her face flushed, this topic was too unsightly after all, she turned her face, glared at Song Kai, and then stretched out her little hand and pinched Song Kai's arm vigorously, "You are stupid to read!" ”

Song Kai waved his hand and said, "Why not, you see, what is this?" ”

Song Kai pointed to the bamboo tube on the wall.

"Isn't it bamboo? Why hang all this bamboo on the wall? Nie Ling asked with a snort.

"Look, this, just need to pull out the cork......" As he spoke, Song Kai walked over, pulled out the cork, and the water flowed out, either into the hole in the toilet or in the tub.

"Water?" Nie Ling was startled, then looked at the bamboo tubes and understood, "I know!" That big pillar in the middle of the courtyard with water on it! Right? ”

Song Kai nodded, then pointed to the toilet, and said: "Now you understand, after going to the toilet, wash away all the filth with clean water, and there is a big manure tank behind the inn, so it's okay, if it's indecent, you can also cover the hole with a lid." As for this wooden barrel, in winter, cold water is supplied all day long, and hot water is supplied regularly, look, these two bamboo tubes, one is flowing cold water, the other is flowing hot water, taking a bath in winter, adding water at any time, how convenient. ”

Nie Ling smashed her mouth, a little incredulous, and then she turned around, stretched out her hand and touched Song Kai's hair fiercely.

"That's smart," Nie Ling grinned, "Great, I'm going to live here tonight!" ”

Song Kai was a little moved when he saw Nie Ling's smiling appearance, he quickly turned his head, not daring to look more, "To put it bluntly, there is nothing to be surprised about, it's just for convenience, as for the water on the water tower, it just so happens that I carry water every morning, just as it is exercise." ”

Nie Ling nodded and grinned, "Song Kai, now I believe that this room is worth the same amount of money for one night!" ”