Xiao Mao can see the guilt in my eyes, he is a free and easy person, he never complains about me, and smiles and beckons everyone to eat more vegetables.

"How's my craft?" Xiao Mao helped me fill a bowl of soup and asked, "Is it still good to eat?" ”

"Mao'er......" Lao Wang's eyebrows fluttered when he ate, and he stretched out his thumb at Xiao Mao: "The business of this small restaurant must be good." ”

"It tastes great." I took a sip of the soup, which was supposed to be quite fresh, but I drank it bitterly.

"I told you last time, God really takes care of me." Xiao Mao stretched out his hands and said, "There is nothing wrong with both hands, and they don't delay stir-frying at all." ”

I didn't say anything more, and I didn't need to apologize to Xiaomao.

It's just that I know in my heart that I owe him a favor, and it is a favor that can't be repaid.

Here for Xiaomao, we sat for a while, and then left. His shop is here, and you can come whenever you want to come in the future, and we don't need to sit here all the time.

After putting an end to this matter for the time being, the spirit is fully engaged in the action that is about to begin. The Mediterranean did not drop the chain, and properly prepared all the vehicles he needed, some of his own, some of which were borrowed, in short, it was definitely enough.

The action was imminent, and I got together with the Mediterranean Sea and Lu Zhishen and talked about the situation on the other side of Ta'er Lake. After such a long relationship, I know that the Mediterranean will not pit me, or even if it does, it will not be too miserable. However, there are some very important secrets involved in Ta'er Lake, and I still have to keep a hand. So, I drew a sketch on paper and marked the terrain around Ta'er Lake, as well as most of the terrain in the underground space.

As for the space that is full of gates, I won't say it for the time being, and I'll be able to adapt when the time comes.

Mediterranean and Lu Zhishen looked very carefully, this is related to our safety in action, and no one dares to be careless.

After two hours of looking at the sketches I had made, the Mediterranean Sea was already in my mind.

"Ready, let's go soon."

"Tomorrow." Mediterranean has wasted a long time in Huayang for this matter, and it is indeed a little unbearable: "I looked at the calendar, and tomorrow is an auspicious day for the zodiac." ”

I smiled and didn't express my opinion, many people in the ancient line are a little superstitious, and they like to ask for a lottery in everything, and now in this era, there are not many people who look at the day before going out, but in the ancient line, such people abound.

"You said tomorrow will be tomorrow, let's take a good rest today and recuperate, Brother Hai, don't blame me for not reminding you, when you get to the place, you may not even have time to sleep."

"I'm mentally prepared......"

We were talking when we heard someone knocking on the door, and when we opened the door, we saw that it was Cao Tian. This is the person who Lu Fangding stayed in Datong, and I am not particularly familiar with him, but Yuan Sihai said that Cao Tian is reliable and will not go wrong.

"That ......" Cao Tian looked at the three of us, probably felt that it was not convenient to speak, so he called me outside alone, put his ear to me and said, "You have to go down and take a look, someone is coming to play the plate." ”

"Kick the plate?" I paused for a moment, but soon understood what Cao Tian meant. Cao Tian's age is not very big, thirty-five or sixteen years old, but he followed Lu Fangding when he was very young, and he was exposed to it, from the root, he is actually a relatively old-fashioned ancient traveler, until now, Cao Tian's mouth is full of jargon cuts in ancient lines.

In the ancient line, stalls and shops are collectively referred to as plates, and the incision says to make a plate, which means to prepare to set up a stall, or open a store, and kick the plate, which means that someone comes to make trouble.

I haven't seen anyone who has come to play yet, but with the situation at the moment, it could be a bit tricky. Now the company's affairs are handled by the original four seas, and the general affairs are supported by him. Unless he encounters something that he can't decide, he will discuss it with me, after all, the proposal of a few of us to make a plate was put forward by me first, and it is considered a major shareholder.

"Who's the kicker, you know?"

"Yes." Cao Tian's face was a little solemn, he looked downstairs, and whispered, "The people in the eight strands." ”

As soon as I heard Cao Tian's words, it confirmed my thoughts, no wonder Yuan Sihai asked Cao Tian to come over and call me, the person who kicked the plate this time, he may really not be able to deal with it.

The eight shares that Cao Tian said are not one person, but a group of people. The group of people who mixed in the Huayang Post and Telecommunications Bureau back then were the foundation of the Qikongqiao market, because the environment was slowly lively, so some normal transactions did not need to be sneaky, and many people were eager to have a more fixed place, with better conditions, not exposed to the wind and sun. Moreover, the stall shop is fixed, which also facilitates the circulation of goods.

Under such a premise, the prototype of the seven-hole bridge market came into being. It is said that when the market is under construction, there is still investment from above. Because of the large group of people mixed in the old post and telecommunications office, there are not only antiques, but also philately, bonsai root carving, and all kinds of folk handicrafts that will be lost. This kind of comprehensive market has a strong cultural color, which is considered a good thing, and after the market is completed, it will produce benefits in both rent and taxation, so it will be invested.

It is said that some people have reminded the investors that Huayang has been relatively chaotic in those years, and public order is not very good, and 70 percent of the cases are caused by the old post and telecommunications bureau's gang fighting each other, and if these people are allowed to enter the market, there will definitely be a bad negative effect.

The investor withdrew his capital, but did not say that this market can no longer be carried out, and finally this part that has been built is assigned to the name of a local private enterprise, just a name, and people are not responsible for the follow-up construction, but said that if someone is willing to contribute, then this matter can be discussed.

At that time, the people of Guxing wanted to have a separate territory belonging to Guxing, so they pushed out the most famous and powerful bigwigs to contact this matter. At that time, Zhao Sanyuan and Lu Fangding had not yet mixed up, and they did not have much say in the ancient industry.

I heard that there were nine people in total, and after negotiation and budgeting, they felt that it was still cost-effective to pay for the market now. When the market is good, everyone divides the face according to the shares, and the face under the name is rented out, and there is rent to collect, and more importantly, the face under their name is equal to their own hidden territory, and the bulk transactions are in their hands.

Anyway, this matter was full of twists and turns, and finally it continued. Of the nine people who led the way out to do the market, one died during the period, and in the end there were eight left. After the completion of the Qikongqiao Market, there are no such large-scale distribution centers in several nearby cities, the business is very hot, the flow of people is particularly large, and the shareholders of several markets make a lot of money.

It can be said that those shareholders are the most powerful people in Huayang Guxing after the liberation. There are a total of eight shares, and when people talk about this group of people, they use eight shares to refer to them.

The seven-hole bridge has appeared for so many years, three of the eight strands have died, and the rest have not shown up much. But it is undeniable that they still have strong strength, and they have understood this line thoroughly in their lives. In the past ten years, when it comes to ancient travel, many people have reflexively appeared in their minds Lu Fangding and Zhao Sanyuan, it is true that the two of them are iconic characters, who have worked hard for half their lives and are very famous. But the eight shares are not obvious, and what people get is benefits. This idea, which is more important, fame or benefit, fools know.

As soon as Cao Tian said this, I wondered, how could we, a small plate and a big fart, lead out such a big man as Bagu?

The matter has already come out, and people have come to the door, and it is not okay to deal with it now. At this time, Mediterranean also knew that something was wrong, and came to ask me, and I said a few words. The Mediterranean habitually reaches out and touches his own braincase.

"Brother, this matter is not so simple, you have to be prepared." Mediterranean said: "Since someone comes to play the game, the other party is energetic, no matter what small reason to come and make trouble, you can't talk to him, you take a step back, he has to go further, and finally you have to force you to close the door, if you come hard, people will have an excuse to beat you." ”

"I know." I know very well what it means to kick the plate, it is different from the bullies in the ancient bank who collected flag money (protection money) door to door, and if you collect flag money, you will be fine if you pay the money, but the person who kicks the plate is here to force the door to close.

"I've also heard of Bagu in Xincheng, it's not easy to mess with." Mediterranean touched his head and glanced at me slowly: "But you and I are brothers, it's good, I came to the front, something happened, I hid behind, then what kind of person am I, don't say anything, this letter of nomination has to be handed over." ”

Mediterranean gave Lu Zhishen a look, didn't say anything, Lu Zhishen straightened his waist and stood next to me. At this time, I didn't care about being polite, so I hurriedly followed Cao Tian downstairs and ran to the first floor to have a look.

The warehouse we use now is a very old warehouse, it is estimated that it has a history of several decades, the house next to the warehouse, in disrepair, seven or eight years ago, Lu Fangding let the original Sihai push a row of houses and built a two-story building. There is a big room on the first floor, which was the place where Lu Fangding called people to come over for a meeting at that time, and now it is used as a reception room.

When I entered the door, there were two old men sitting on the sofa, and Yuan Sihai got a chair to accompany him, and I saw that whatever bit of tongue that the Mediterranean gave me was taken out and soaked in the old man.

The two old men were sitting in the room, looking harmless to people and animals, but Cao Tian gently looked out, and I raised my eyes and looked through the window, and there were at least a dozen people nearby, all of whom were looking at each other, and they were dangling around.