Yanjing Prefecture is the largest state capital among the 16 prefectures of Yasukuni, and it is also the national capital, and it also ranks first in the country in terms of wealth. It is located in the northern part of Yasukuni, rich in minerals, and has countless waterways, lakes, and canals within its jurisdiction, so its economy is extremely developed, which is also the reason why Yasukuni made its capital here.

Yanjing City, located in the middle of Yanjing Prefecture, is the largest city in Yasukuni. The Mosu Grand Canal, which runs through the north and south of Yasukuni, passes through the center of this city, and several other water and land arterial roads also pass through this place, so the traffic is extremely developed, and it can be called a water transportation hub and a commercial artery. Every year, there are countless merchants and travelers who pass by, which greatly drives the economic and trade activities here, so it is not uncommon for the founding emperor Jingwu the Great to be the capital here.

In Yanjing City, there are many large and small car dealers, docks, and boat households, all over the city. There are even more coachmen, coolies, and boatmen engaged in this business, there are tens of thousands of people, and Li Gouyu is one of them who makes a living from the ship dock.

Li Gouyu is the seventh in the family, there are six sisters on it, and his parents took such a name in order to prevent this only son from dying, Li Gouyu is also as his name, with long slanted eyebrows and crooked eyes, and a ruffian appearance of rotten pears and bad dates, but because he is good at observing words and feelings, and sloping whiskers and horses, he has become a small gang leader on the dock, with dozens of coolies under his hands, and makes a living by helping passing merchants carry goods and luggage, and sometimes does some work such as guides.

Therefore, early this morning, when Li Gouyu came to this small dock after breakfast, several of his subordinates hurriedly came over and respectfully said:

"Seventh Master is early!"

"The Seventh Master is here!"

……

When Li Gouyu heard these titles, he was very useful, and people couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, after all, he could be called "master", which also showed that he was also a person with status here. So he put on his feet and nodded slightly, even in response to the greetings of his men.

"What Seventh Master, isn't it just a dog's leftovers?"

"It's just a hugely ugly dog, an indescribably ugly dog!"

"Haha! Ha ha! ……”

A burst of cynical laughter unabashedly reached Li Gouyu's ears.

After Li Gouyu heard this, his face suddenly sank, and his mood turned bad in an instant.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the dozens of people standing on the other side of the dock, and his eyes fell on a big man in black with a big waist and a round waist, and a little jealousy flashed in his eyes.

If you want to say that this Yanjing City is the person Li Gouyu hates the most, this black man can definitely be ranked in the top three. If someone told him that he could exchange all his family wealth for this black man to completely disappear from the world, Li Gouyu might hesitate, but if he changed his mind to only half of his property, then he would agree without hesitation, of course, because he had been eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling for a long time, the so-called all his family wealth was actually not much.

No one knows what the original name of this black man is, and the people at the dock either call him "Black Master" or call him "Black Tiger". He is the leader of another small gang, the "Black Iron Gate", which is not much different from the status of Li Gouyu's gang, the "Dilong Gang", so he was also sent to this dock to manage another group of coolie footmen.

One mountain is not tolerant of two tigers, let alone this small wharf. As a result, the two gangs were not quite right from the beginning, and after several conflicts over merchants, the relationship between them became even worse. Now that they have met each other, the two gangs are either laughing and scolding, or pushing and squeezing, and they almost don't make a big move.

If this is still the case, let alone the biggest beneficiaries of this business, Li Gouyu and Black Tiger. The two looked at each other very unpleasantly. But as the small leaders of the gang with a bit of status and identity, they know that the "Black Iron Gate" and the "Earth Dragon Gang" where the two are located are alliance gangs, and they are uniting against another larger gang, the "Iron Blood Gang". Therefore, although both of them want to expel each other from this place and occupy this dock exclusively, they can only forcibly endure it for the time being. However, their own pent-up grievances and anger were vented through the verbal confrontation between their subordinates, which became a routine for the two to meet every morning.

No, Li Gouyu's subordinates didn't wait for him to signal, and a few sharp-toothed people fought back unceremoniously.

"Do you know what's the dumbest thing in the world?"

"Pigs!"

"What's the dumbest pig among the pigs?"

"Black pigs, of course!"

"Ha, if you want me to say, you look at him like that, what kind of black tiger, obviously a black pig, a black fat pig......"

"Hahaha..."

The black tiger, who originally listened to his subordinates taunting each other and showed a smug look, turned black after hearing this. Li Gouyu laughed, and he patted the shoulders of these subordinates with satisfaction to show encouragement.

Not to be outdone, Black Tiger's subordinates spewed out all kinds of filthy words in strings. Li Gouyu will not be polite over there, everyone is a big man, who is afraid of whom! Naturally, if something is unpleasant or unpleasant, choose what to fight back.

As their leaders, Li Gouyu and Black Tiger watched coldly from the sidelines, they can be regarded as people with some status, so naturally they can't join this shrew-like scolding activity.

Just as the two groups of people were talking about dry mouths and foaming at the mouth, suddenly one of Li Gouyu's remaining subordinates exclaimed: "A ship is coming!" ”

This sentence immediately made the nearly 100 big men who were scolding rise all shut down, and at the same time turned their heads to look at the river. After all, the silver of white flowers is much faster than a headache for a while, and it is much more tempting.

But when the big men saw the boat on the dock clearly, they were a little disappointed, it was just a small boat with flat leaves, and there was an old boatman holding a bamboo pole at the stern of the boat to move forward slowly, and it seemed that at most three or five merchants could sit down, and Kenben was not a big businessman.

It's no wonder that the dock is shabby, small, and remote, so there are usually no big ships here. It is only during the peak trade season that there are large ships that cannot be docked at other piers and have to go ashore here.

The boat, after stopping at the dock, disembarked two people from the boat. One of them was a young man who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old and had a slightly strange appearance. The other was a middle-aged man with a knife.

The young man was dressed in an ordinary white shirt, with long hair reaching to his waist, and as soon as he got off the boat, he looked like a countryman had just entered the city. The man was wearing a black cloak and a black robe, and his face was not clear, and he was dressed a little strangely. The man followed closely behind the young man, not leaving an inch, looking like a servant.

This young man and the man are Lian Zhi who has traveled all the way, and the servant man standing behind him is his sword-wielding puppet.

The first time Lian Zhi saw this pier, it was too bad, he was used to seeing a large dock in his previous life, and this kind of non-mechanical small dock was really not eye-catching.

The whole wharf is made of simple wooden planks, not only the place is small and simple, but also the pile of rotten baskets and broken bags everywhere in the east and west corners is extremely dirty. In the only two bamboo sheds built on the pier, dozens of sturdy men stood on each side, and the upper half of these men were either shirtless or wearing only short coats, all revealing a fierce smell.

Now these men are all staring at him and the puppet without blinking, and some of them have eager eyes in their eyes.

Lian Zhi was stunned for a moment, but then smiled slightly.

Before leaving the boat and going to the wharf, the old boatman who operated the boat enthusiastically reminded him that there was an unwritten rule on the wharf in Yanjing City, no matter how many items the merchants carried ashore, they had to spend money to hire a coolie at the wharf to help carry things or be a guide.

When Lian Zhi first came here, he didn't have the idea of breaking other people's rules, so he greeted him very honestly: "I'm going to hire a guide, is there anyone coming!" ”

Li Gouyu had already retracted his gaze at this time. After some scrutiny just now, he had already determined in his heart that this young man who had just gotten off the boat was most likely the young master of a wealthy family or a scholar who was rushing to take the exam, and that servant must be a bit of a stupid bodyguard. This kind of combination will appear a lot in Yanjing City every year, they are here to open their eyes, spend a little money, and then go back to show off, so there is nothing to care about.

However, such people also love to slap their faces and become fat, and they are a good wronged head! As long as you compliment them a little bit, these hillbillies will usually give a lot of extra money in addition to the promised porterage. Therefore, for the individuals who are hired, it is still a very good business.

However, this time it is not their turn to do business. Because according to the agreement he and the Black Tiger agreed in advance, the two sides take turns to take over the door-to-door business, and no one is allowed to compete, and the size of the business is also determined by the luck of the people on both sides, and they just took over a sum yesterday, so this time it should be taken over by the people of the Black Tiger opposite.

Thinking of this, Li Gouyu glanced at the other side, only to see the black tiger whispering a few words to his subordinates around him, and then a man happily ran out of the crowd and walked towards the young man.