After stepping on it again, Cao Zinuo had already determined that there were no ships and familiar sailors in Yanziwu, but he couldn't go.

There are countless lakes in the land of China, but there are almost small bays such as Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, Qinghai Lake and so on, and it is no longer a pure lake.

Cao Zinuo walked around the Taihu Lake, but after all, there was no way to follow, but this Taihu Lake is not the Qinhuai River in Jinling, and there are not so many flower boats on Taihu Lake, in fact, not to mention flower boats, even fishing boats are not common in Gusu City.

It's not that there is no one fishing in Gusu City, but it's really that the tax can't be paid.

On the one hand, this is indeed the most culturally and economically developed country in Chinese history, but on the other hand, it is an era of chaos everywhere.

In fact, the Song Dynasty created a new mode of governance, that is, the suppression of martial arts, if it is a paraphrase of later generations of Internet sayings, it can be called 'ban on martial arts'.

Many people think that the bloody nature of China was emasculated by Dong Zhongshu's exclusive respect for Confucianism, but in fact it was not, regardless of the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, or the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the literati did not have the power to tie the chicken, but the six arts of Confucianism in those dynasties still retained shooting and control, and Confucianism did not underestimate the martial arts.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, many literati were outstanding people who got on the horse and got off the horse, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were many so-called Confucian generals, that is, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms and the early Song Dynasty Confucian generals were not uncommon.

The topic is far away. Northern Song Dynasty officials of this era. But corruption has become commonplace. At this time, the Confucian literati did not have much blood, but every person who reads a lot of books, a person who reads a lot of books and is extremely active in thought, does not have much blood, and naturally does not have much blood, he will naturally do evil.

There are a lot of taxes for fishing outside the city of Gusu, but there are not many boats. There are some ferries on the shore, but Cao Zinuo is not sure who is from the Murong family and who is the real boatman.

The information was insufficient, and Cao Zinuo didn't force it, but just turned back, first met with Xuan Yan and Xuan Lone, and then turned around and walked into the stronghold of the beggar gang in Suzhou City.

Most of the beggars' activities are in the north, and Qiao Feng's fame is also in the north, but the helm of the beggars is in the south. Dongting Lake Jun Mountain.

Naturally, there are also strongholds of beggars in this Suzhou city, and. There is no need to worry about it being bought by the Murong family or the Ming Sect.

In fact, in ancient times, most cities were patrolled by soldiers on the streets at night, and the people needed to stay at home and not go out.

After returning to his residence and connecting with Xuan Nan and Xuan Lone, Cao Zinuo sneaked out of the inn again, but Qiao Feng, the signal of the beggar gang, had told Cao Zinuo that Cao Zinuo had just come to Suzhou City and left a signal unique to the beggar gang in several places.

At this time, Cao Zinuo went straight to those places to check them one by one, and finally found the connector signal of the beggar gang in the fifth place.

Secretly clenched his fists, Cao Zinuo hurried away according to the location given by the signal.

In the city of Suzhou, this era is extremely rich, the wealth or poverty of the Song Dynasty is difficult to say, film and television, novel history no one can say clearly, but generally speaking, the Song Dynasty is really extremely rich, you must know that the millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty are professional soldiers, which are raised by the state, and the Ming Dynasty, millions of soldiers are military households, the country divided the land when the country was founded, and then the country is a soldier for generations, the country does not pay food, and even needs to prepare their own blades in wartime.

Of course, in the later Ming Dynasty's military reform, there were also soldiers outside the military household, but it was when the military household was unusable.

And this Song Dynasty, the officials are extremely high, and the millions of soldiers are all professional soldiers raised by the state at the expense of the state, and the Western Xia and Khitan are enshrined in New Year's coins every year, so the economy of the Song Dynasty has not been dragged down, which only shows the wealth of the Song Dynasty.

Cao Zinuo followed the signal all the way, but finally stopped outside a large mansion, there were many such houses in the Song Dynasty, but they were all rich and noble.

Cao Zinuo couldn't help but hesitate slightly when he came here, he was looking for a beggar gang, but this was clearly the mansion of a wealthy businessman, and the chivalry of the beggar gang in this era was for the country and the people, but it did not include robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Fortunately, Cao Zinuo didn't hesitate for long, but a figure suddenly walked out of the shadows, and the person had already whispered before he approached.

"But Cao Zinuo, Cao Daxia."

The voice approached slowly, but it was a middle-aged fat man with a full face, who looked like an outsider.

It's just that when this man approached, Cao Zinuo was keenly aware of the bags on the man's chest, all of which were six pockets, extremely delicate and meticulous, if ordinary people saw it, they would think that it was just a decoration on the service.

However, as Qiao Feng's friend, Cao Zinuo could see at a glance that it was clearly the pocket representing the six generations of disciples of the Beggar Gang.

"The beggars helped Suzhou rudder, Wu Zifeng has seen Cao Daxia."

The man approached, and he didn't wait for Cao Zinuo to ask if he had already reported his name, but his tone was extremely polite, in fact, the matter in the apricot forest had already spread in the beggar gang, and hundreds of thousands of beggar gang disciples knew that if it wasn't for Cao Zinuo that day, I am afraid that Qiao Feng would have left the beggar gang, but this matter made hundreds of thousands of beggar gang disciples very grateful to Cao Zinuo.

The Beggar Gang, the number one gang in the world, was not born, in fact, the Beggar Gang did not have this honor thirty years ago, and Wang Jiantong's status in the martial arts was not very high back then, and it was even worse than Xuan Ci.

And in the past 30 years, the status of the beggar gang in the martial arts has been higher and higher, speaking of the beggar gang, even the thieves and thieves in the rivers and lakes will give a thumbs up, but all of this was brought by Qiao Feng, and now, Qiao Feng seems to be the first person of the younger generation, even Murong Fu can only rely on the remnants of his ancestors to reluctantly stand side by side.

The disciples of the Beggar Gang are not fools, and they naturally know the importance of Qiao Feng to the Beggar Gang, so Cao Zinuo, who prevented Qiao Feng from leaving the Beggar Gang, is grateful to every Beggar Gang disciple.

At this moment, this Wu Zifeng's attitude when he saw Cao Zinuo was extremely respectful, leading Cao Zinuo into the mansion behind him, Wu Zifeng even carefully noticed Cao Zinuo's surprise, and opened his mouth to explain to Cao Zinuo in detail the reason why the Suzhou beggar gang helmsman was here.

But it turns out that the beggar gang at this time is not all beggars, how can it be more than a hundred years from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, but the development of the beggar gang is prosperous, and there will naturally be no fewer people who want to join the beggar gang, and since the beggar gang is a martial arts sect, it is naturally impossible to really find a flower child to join.

Wu Zifeng was originally a wealthy man who admired the chivalrous reputation of the beggar gang and joined the beggar gang.

This house is also Wu Zifeng's old house.

Entering the hall, there were a few beggar gang disciples sitting inside, Wu Zifeng led Cao Zinuo into the hall, but pointed to the few beggar gang disciples dressed as beggars and introduced them, but these people were all leaders of the beggar gang in Suzhou City.

It turned out that Cao Zinuo's arrival in Suzhou had already been known to the disciples of the beggar gang, and the beggar gang was well-informed, but no gang could compare.

When starting from Shaolin, the news of Cao Zinuo's southward trip to Suzhou had been sent to Suzhou by the beggar gang disciples, but Wu Zifeng was waiting for Cao Zinuo in Suzhou early in the morning.

It's just that the beggars respect Cao Zinuo, although they know that Cao Zinuo is coming, but Cao Zinuo doesn't greet each other, but they won't bother Cao Zinuo, because the information from Shaolin is coming, Qiao Feng is already coming here.

It's just that Cao Zinuo quickly looked for the beggars in the city, and after leaving the signal to find the beggars, Cao Zinuo ran to the edge of Taihu Lake.

Since Cao Zinuo went there, it was impossible for him to travel in the mountains and rivers, and Wu Zifeng did not send his disciples to find Cao Zinuo at the moment, but left a signal, and then summoned several people in charge of the beggar gang in Suzhou City to the helm, and then sent people to keep an eye on the people of the Murong family in Suzhou City.

Everything was arranged very properly, but Wu Zifeng was also a good person, sitting down in the hall, Wu Zifeng informed Cao Zinuo of his arrangements one by one, and explained the reason why several people in charge of the Suzhou City Beggars were there.

Hearing Wu Zifeng's words, Cao Zinuo couldn't help but salute, and secretly sighed, the beggar gang in this era is indeed the largest gang in the world, and it is indeed a gang that can compete with an empire like Liao.

In the film and television, this beggar gang does not seem to have any high-level combat effectiveness, but in fact, they don't know the way, and the strength of the beggar gang is much stronger than that of Mingjiao.

To put it mildly, if the beggar gang planned to rebel, it was easier than the Ming Sect, at least during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although there are many members of the Ming Sect, most of them are good people, and even the worst of the beggars are beggars, and beggars are more dangerous than good people, because they have become accustomed to the life of the jungle.

What's more, when there is a famine, it is more feasible for the beggars to coerce the displaced people to rebel than for the good people to rebel spontaneously.

Of course, Qiao Feng's character would never be able to rebel, so Cao Zinuo only sighed at the arrogance of the beggar gang, and then lowered his voice and said that he wanted to go to Yanziwu.

He didn't say a reason to go to Yanziwu, after all, although Wu Zifeng and the others were beggar disciples, but after all, the first time they met, Cao Zinuo was still on guard, but Wu Zifeng and the others didn't have a word, and immediately began to help Cao Zinuo arrange.

They are also people in the rivers and lakes, so they naturally know that since Cao Zinuo asked them for help, he didn't want to visit Yanziwu openly, so it would naturally be more convenient at night than during the day. (To be continued......)