The tiger master is dead!

Seeing Wen Guangshan's dagger in and out of Zhao Erhu's body dozens of times, the people brought by Zhao Erhu knew that their tiger master had become a corpse, most of these people were just porters in the water line, to put it bluntly, they were just ordinary people, where had they really seen the rivers and lakes fighting, and some of them were already pale, and their bodies were like chaff.

Dao Zai took his gaze back from Wen Guangshan, then turned to look at these people, as if nothing had happened, and said lightly: "From today on, the business of the water bank will be taken over by Lao Tzu, who will not accept it?" ”

The so-called water line, in fact, is to send water to the people in the city, don't look at this Luoshui City is close to Luoshui, the city has more water canals that run through the north and south for boats, but the river water is dirty, the sediment is extremely heavy, and the households near the river pour feces and urine into the river canal is a common thing, so the river water is used to wash the clothes at most, and it is the well water that can be used to eat and drink.

But this ancient digging of wells is not an easy task, except for the rich families can open their own wells, ordinary people can only go to the wells opened by the government to carry water, but the wells opened by the government are all on the edge of the city, and the round-trip journey is at least more than ten miles, so the households close to these wells spontaneously organized to send water to the city, and over time they formed a water line.

In fact, this water delivery work is no stranger to Daozi, he vaguely remembers that the Kaifeng giant city in the Song Dynasty also had this kind of work. Although Luoshui City is not as good as Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty, there are no less than 100,000 households, 400,000 in Dingkou, the eight squares in the city except for the center of Luoshui Fang is where everyone gathers wealthy families, every family has a well, and the other seven squares have more or less need to send water, so there are five water lines alone, two in the east and three in the west, and Zhao Erhu is in charge of this water line is only the smallest one of the three water banks in Xicheng, which is responsible for delivering water to Taoyuan Fang and Xirenfang.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is in charge, in fact, the water line itself is established by those households near the well, and they rely on the wells dug by the officials to make this livelihood, but such as the poor households in Xirenfang, there are many displaced people, even if it is only a few pennies, they are reluctant, and they would rather walk back and forth for more than ten miles to carry water to eat, so that there is naturally a conflict, and there is a gap for the people of the rivers and lakes to intervene, but the gangs in the city do not value this work, after all, there is not much oil, but like Zhao Erhu, there is a bit of a backer, Those who have practiced boxing and kicking themselves will come out to support the scene, and while keeping the water industry occupying the well, they will also draw water head money from the water industry.

According to the information collected by Wenguang Mountain before, the water bank sends water to the city every day, and each family pays two to ten yuan according to the amount of water taken, which does not look like much, after all, a thousand yuan is equal to the consistency, about one or two silver, but it can't stand the many households in the city, 100,000 households, Taoyuanfang and Xirenfang account for a small 20,000, so that the daily income of the water bank is also dozens of taels of silver, these silver water banks and Zhao Erhu are divided in half, after all, the water bank has to feed hundreds of porters, and each person can't get much money when they are evenly divided, But it's enough to live a small life.

Zhao Erhu seems to have a lot of points, one person accounts for half of it, but he is responsible for dredging all aspects of the relationship, and his subordinates also have to raise some thugs to help guard the well, and it is only more than 100 taels of silver per month when it really falls into his hands, which is naturally great for ordinary people, but those gangs really don't look down on it, after all, compared to the work of the Qinglou Gambling House, what is this money? The key is that the work of this water industry must deal with the government and the people, but the real people in the rivers and lakes are impatient with these, according to the unwritten rules in the rivers and lakes, the people in the rivers and lakes generally do not interact with the government, and they feel that the price is lower when dealing with ordinary households.

As for Zhao Erhu's backer, Dao Zai couldn't help but sneer when he thought of this, since he dared to run to rob Zhao Erhu's livelihood, he would not have no follow-up means.

In the face of Daozai's questioning, no one in the field said a word, after all, Zhao Erhu's corpse was in front of him, and no one dared to guarantee that if he stood up against it, Daozai would not slaughter himself in anger.

Seeing that no one was silent, Dao Zai nodded with satisfaction, and said: "That is the case, the other guys from the water bank dispersed first, Liu Rong, Wang Kedao, and Feng Zhen left a few people, and later followed my brother to the water bank to seal the account books, I don't care how you and Zhao Erhu settled the accounts before, but the water head money of the past ten days must be drawn to me before dawn."

But my knife boy is not an unreasonable person, I am also a bitter haha, I know your difficulties, as long as you follow me in the future, I will only take forty percent of this money, everything else is as usual, and your days are better and better. ”

The few people named by the knife boy are the main things in charge of the water line, and it is impossible for him to return empty-handed in this busy night, but he still understands the truth of giving a sweet date to a stick, he actually doesn't value the work of the water line, he just wants to start with this, as a starting point to earn his life, as for the transfer of Yicheng Shuitou money is not a big deal for him at all, anyway, he should eat meat or eat meat.

Several people who were named by the knife boy heard these words and stood up and cowardly responded, so that the big thing had been decided, and in the end, the knife boy looked at the few people in black robes who should be thugs to protect the courtyard, and then pointed to Zhao Erhu not far away, and sneered: "Zhao Erhu, you carry back the body of this dog, and then you should report to the official, and the Zhuhua Gang will also report to the official, and you will also report to the Zhuhua Gang, and what will happen to Lao Tzu." ”

After saying this, Dao Zi waved his hand and shouted, "Get out." ”

Those few people were standing in the center of the field, uncertain, not knowing how to end today, and they didn't know how to deal with them, but when they heard this, they were like being amnestied, and several people immediately ran to Zhao Erhu's side, lifted their bodies and ran away.

As soon as these few people left, most of the porters also dispersed, and there were not many people left on the long street, and Dao Zai pulled Wen Guangshan and others over here to explain: "Wen Xiucai, you can bring people over there in Shuixing, just look at the account books or something, I don't care about many things, but the money will bring me back at least two hundred taels."

But this is also the first time you go to the door, and the momentum can't be weak, so let's go, Chen Fatzi went back and told those who didn't have eggs that he would go to the water store to collect money later, and if he was brave enough to go, five people would be able to eat a chicken tomorrow. ”

Chen Yuan's face was full of red light at this time, as if it was not him who was afraid before, and when he got the knife boy's Ling Deng, he walked away proudly, and the others were also excited, thinking that there would be meat to eat in the future, as well as silver flowers, all of them were full of joy, but there was no shortage of smart people anywhere, only to listen to the two brothers with a frown: "Brother Dao is too powerful, just three moves and two ways to clean up Zhao Erhu, everyone must remember, if we can eat meat in the future, it will be in exchange for Brother Dao's life, who will dare not listen to Brother Dao's orders in the future, I, Ye Xiu (Ye Zhen), kept his head in the crotch of his pants and ate his own birds. ”

Unlike the other people's happy faces, Wen Guangshan's face did not change, but he whispered next to the knife: "You know that things are not so simple, can you be sure of what will happen later?" ”

"Grasp? The rivers and lakes are the days when the knife licks the blood, I say that if you are sure, you will believe it? You should go and get the silver back with peace of mind, and with the silver we can do things easily. ”

For Wen Guangshan, Dao Zai didn't say anything, he knew that this scholar who had not yet been admitted to Xiucai was like a mirror in his heart, everything was clear, the matter of the water industry was just the beginning tonight, the real key was still behind, the government, the Bamboo Flower Gang, and even the helmsman of the two water lines next to him, which one must be dealt with well, if one of them is not handled properly, it is likely to be destroyed.

At the same time that Daozi explained to Wen Guangshan and others, the few directors of the water industry who were left behind also gathered together and whispered, most of these directors were thirty or forty years old, and they were also wearing brocade, and they looked like they had a solid family, but after all, they were just flat-headed people, seeing that Zhao Erhu was killed, Daozi was going to become the new helmsman, but he left them the benefit of a hundred percent of the water head money, so most of them had accepted the new situation, but one of them was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in a white robe, The man who was dressed like a boy said indignantly: "Ladies and gentlemen, is this the end of today's business? Why don't you let this group of people called Huazi and homeless people bully us in the future? Tiger Master treated us well in the past, and it is impossible for Tiger Master's backer in the Bamboo Flower Gang to ignore today's affairs. ”

"Wang Shan, I know that your sister made nine rooms for the tiger master, and on weekdays, you rely on this relationship to make no less benefits in the water industry, but you should understand the current situation, that knife master is a bastard, you also heard what he said in the end, the government, Zhuhua help him dare to continue, this matter may not be so simple, and it is not necessary that the knife master has a backer behind him.

Besides, the backer of the tiger master, I believe you have heard a little recently, the three protectors of the law a few days ago for the matter of the Tongfu gambling house and the four masters of the Red Flower Society, but was beaten on the spot and vomited blood, it is said that the bones are broken seventeen or eighteen, I don't know if I can live, even if I survive in the future, most of them will be a waste.

If this day is going to change, what can we do? To put it bluntly, we are ordinary people, since the sword master dares to be the tiger master, we can't afford to provoke him, if you Wang Shan is dissatisfied, what means do you have, but it has nothing to do with a few of us.

But I still kindly remind you, the people and things on the rivers and lakes should not be easily touched, they are all ruthless people who pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers, in order to survive the ferocity together, I don't want to talk to you about any rules, if you Wang Shan is not afraid of death, and even doesn't care about your family, just go against the knife master, but I still say that, what you do has nothing to do with a few of us. ”

Wang Shan's words did not attract peace, and the others were silent, but the eldest Wang Kedao said these words. As soon as these words were finished, Wang Kedao and the others quietly distanced themselves from Wang Shan, and their attitudes were already self-evident. Wang Shan didn't understand where he saw this, he didn't give up and glanced at Dao Zai's side, under the light of the fire, the thin backs of Dao Zai's group of people made Wang Shan feel extraordinarily infiltrating, especially Dao Zai and Wen Guangshan, which made Wang Shan feel that they were two evil ghosts crawling out of hell, and his heart couldn't stop trembling. Frightened, Wang Shan didn't dare to take another look, and finally had to sigh lightly and never say anything else.

After a short time, the little fat man Chen Yuan went and returned, with dozens of people behind him, Wen Guangshan saw this and whispered a few words to Daozai, and then led a large group of people towards the water, and Daozai took the Ye brothers and a few other people back to Xirenfang.

It's still those few dilapidated houses, although he is already called 'Knife Master', but Daozi can only settle here for the time being, and Daozi doesn't care much about it. This night, from pulling people to coax people, to fighting for life and death, and then to setting the overall situation, Dao Zai was calm and calm in front of people, but after all, it was the first time he did such a thing, and his heart was really a little tired, so when he arrived in the broken house, he waved his hand and said: "Let's go and rest separately, and when Wenguangshan and they come back, they will be busy." ”

As soon as Daozi's voice fell, Ye Zhen preemptively said: "Brother Dao, you rest, my brother and I will stay outside for a while, and if there is anything, I will inform you as soon as possible." ”

While Ye Zhen spoke, Ye Xiu was not idle, this guy quickly packed up the firewood and grass in the house, tried to make the grass bed as comfortable as possible, and as soon as his younger brother finished speaking, this guy said: "Brother Dao, we are all people who are mixed with the rivers and lakes now, you are our eldest brother, it is necessary for us to serve you wholeheartedly, what drives you to direct orders in the future, our two brothers will not be worse, at least not worse than Wen Guangshan." ”

Hearing this, the knife boy tasted some taste, these two brothers saw that Wen Guangshan picked the big beam, and the eyes were hot, these two brothers are also bloody and ambitious, and they didn't have the job of going to the water bank to collect money, this is to behave well in front of themselves, and they want to be their own henchmen.

For this kind of behavior, Dao Zai is not exclusive in his heart, he knows very well that people themselves are divided into circles, talking about intimacy, the relationship between people has always been very delicate, a little feeling between intimacy and intimacy, often makes the decision completely different, but the EQ of the two brothers of the Ye family is also high enough, I don't know how big the ambition of these two brothers is, will there be a day when they want to replace themselves in the future?

Thinking of this, Dao Boy couldn't help but shake his head, why did he think about this at the beginning of this life? It's just that things in the world have always been like this, right? But it's a fucking feeling.

"Then you two hurry up and pack up and get out, and keep a good guard outside, so that there will be no time for you to break your legs in the future."

Knife boy sent the two brothers away in his usual tone, but the two brothers didn't feel anything, and they were still happy when they left, only to feel that Knife Boy was hinting that they wanted to reuse them.

When the door is closed, there is only one knife boy left in the narrow broken room, he lies on the grass bed with his eyes closed, he feels that he is tired and wants to sleep, but as soon as he lies down, his mind seems to be flooded, tonight's events are reflected back and forth, and the faces of people float back and forth, disturbing him not at peace, just when he is upset and gradually impatient, suddenly, he only feels a trace of coolness in his arms, and the irritability in his heart suddenly fades a lot.

"Is it it?"

In a flash, the knife boy seemed to think of something, reached out and touched it in his arms, and then saw that he had a red stone the size of a pigeon's egg in his hand, looking at this stone, the knife boy's eyes became a little weird, in his memory, this stone was his family's ancestral bloodstone, and he always carried it with him until he had a car accident, but he didn't expect to come to this world with this stone.

Dao Zai knew that there must be a mystery in this stone, and he must have a lot to do with it when he crossed into this world, but he never discovered the strangeness of this stone, and his situation was not good, over time, he almost forgot the existence of this stone, and only fought for his life, but he didn't expect that this stone would be strange again tonight.

"What's so extraordinary about this stone?"

Daozi turned over the stone in his hand and looked at it carefully, and he didn't feel anything at first, but as he looked at it over and over again, he felt that the blood on the stone was spread out in lines, and there seemed to be mysterious patterns formed between them.

"What do these patterns represent?"

Just in doubt, a little red light flashed under the knife boy's eyes, and then, he saw that the pattern on the stone seemed to come to life, forming a deep blood-colored vortex, as the vortex rotated, his consciousness seemed to be withdrawn from the body and sucked into it, this feeling surprised the knife boy, but he couldn't resist, soon, he only felt that his consciousness was stripped and fell into the vortex, and in an instant, everything turned into chaos.