Chapter 90: Sixth Brother
With the care of Foreman Sun, the eldest uncle and eldest cousin of the Liu family can find work every day, and sometimes bring the second uncle over, with an income of more than 100 copper plates every day, and the eldest aunt will not come to sell pickles. Originally, I couldn't sell them for a day......
Xiaocao watched her father and Grandpa Liu chatting enthusiastically, so she stood up and walked around. In the past two days, I have only cared about making money, and I haven't taken a good look at the dock.
Tanggu Wharf was also developed in the past few years after the current Shengshang ascended the throne. When he was a teenager, he liked to sail and adventure, and he also personally supervised the production of ocean-going ships. After ascending to the throne, he vigorously developed ocean-going shipping, and also formed a powerful sailor to fight pirates and protect ships. As a result, the maritime industry has flourished in the past five or six years.
As the closest wharf to the capital, the development of Tanggu Wharf is naturally not a problem. But after all, it is a new wharf, and although the wharf is large, it looks very simple, and many constructions have not been able to keep up. However, some far-sighted merchants seem to have hit the dock with their ideas. It is said that the Zhou family has already chosen a site near the wharf and is preparing to build a branch of the Zhen Fang Building.
Walking around, Xiaocao stayed away from Lao Liutou's noodle stall and came to the dock where the dock workers were employed. Every day when it is not dawn, it is the most lively here, hundreds of odd workers gather here, waiting for the foreman to be selected. However, at this time, the dock was already busy, and there were few people in sight here.
"Hey! Your name is Xiaocao...... Right? "A couple of gossiping, who don't look like a good thing, blocked her way.
Yu Xiaocao looked left and right, frowned secretly, looked at the guy with "I'm not a good person" written on his face vigilantly, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" β
The one in the lead, wearing seventy percent of the new cotton clothes, sleeved hands, looked at Xiaocao with cold mouse eyes, and said with a smile: "I heard that your penny meat and vegetables are selling well on the dock?" β
"That's it, looking at the sale of a lot, we sell cheaply, the profit is very thin, and there is no profit!" Xiaocao didn't think that he was here to congratulate him on his prosperous business, and was still secretly on guard.
Behind the eyes of the mouse, a guy with a sharp beak and a little meat on his body jumped out and shouted: "It doesn't matter if you make money or not!" Did you buy something on our Shark Brother's turf and worship the docks? Have you paid the protection fee? β
Yu Xiaocao already had a mirror in her heart, her business had been too good in the past two days, which made people red. No, the money is coming! She looked around, and secretly complained in her heart, there was no one here at this time, what should she do?
"Protection money? I'm new to the city, and I haven't heard that doing business on the dock requires you to pay protection money? Yu Xiaocao was delaying time, thinking about how to get out of this group of gangsters.
The one who was called Brother Shark smiled ruffianly: "I haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean that I haven't heard of it!" Without further ado, pay the money! β
"Good, good! I ...... How much do I have to pay? "Xiaocao paralyzes the opponent by showing weakness.
Brother Shark and Thin Monkey glanced at each other proudly, and the lion opened his mouth and said, "Ten wen a day, if you pay it monthly, you will be counted as two hundred wen a month!" β
Depend on! Two hundred texts? The best business on the dock can't pay a protection fee of 200 wen a month! It seems that this group of land snakes is only for themselves.
Yu Xiaocao pretended to be frightened, glanced at the dock and his father's location out of the corner of his eye, and measured which distance was the shortest in his heart. But he said with a crying voice: "A few big brothers! My little sister just arrived today, and it hasn't opened yet, where is the ten cents for you? Or...... After all the meat and vegetables brought today are sold out, you can pay for a month at once, do you think it's okay? β
The thin monkey leaned into Brother Shark's ear and whispered: "This girl is here with a tall man today, let her go back, but there will be no fun!" β
These guys are idle gangsters near the dock, usually bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and occasionally engaging in petty theft. The old, weak, women, and children who sold things on the dock were almost all falsely accused by them. Most of the people who sell things are from nearby villages, and they dare not speak out against these local snakes.
There are also officials on the dock who maintain order, and this group of gangsters also thinks very well, when the officials are on patrol, they don't know which place they are hiding in, and when the officials pass, they come out again. Most of those who were blackmailed spent some money as a way to buy peace.
Xiaocao sisters and brothers, business has been booming in the past two days, and this group of gangsters got the news from nowhere, originally under the guise of this pair of young brothers, after selling out the food, they coaxed and scared them and robbed them of all their money. Who knows, it was an adult who brought it today. And the adults in her family are tall and big, and they don't look like they are easy to bully. will change the plan and stop the little girl from telling how much she can do.
"How much money do you have? Take it all out! "Brother Shark said viciously.
Xiaocao shook his head timidly, and quietly moved his feet to the side, wanting to cry without crying: "My father has the money, and I don't have a copper plate on my body." Big brothers, spare me, I really don't have any money......"
As she spoke, she suddenly squatted on the ground, grabbed two handfuls of sand, slammed them in the faces, and ran desperately towards the docks.
She exerted all her strength, and all she thought was - run, run! As long as you run to a crowded place, these guys won't dare to run rampant!
The reality is skinny, how can Xiaocao's little short legs outrun a few adult men? It didn't take a few steps before I caught up.
was surrounded in the middle again, and Xiaocao's heart was miserable - damn, it seems that being beaten is inevitable.
Brother Shark was supported by the thin monkey, rubbed his eyes with one hand, and came over scolding. Just now, Xiaocao's handful of sand was thrown all in his face, and his eyes were also confused.
"Stinky girl! Toast without eating and eating penalty wine!! Teach her a hard lesson!! "Brother Shark's eyes are in pain, he keeps crying, he can't see anything, and he screams and curses in anger!
"Ahh
"Oops!!"
"Mother, help!!"
At first, Brother Shark was triumphant. Stinky girl, dare to sprinkle old paper with sand, let you taste it!!
Hey? That's not right! Why is it so familiar to hear the screams, as if they came from the mouths of his buddies? What's going on?
"Six...... The sixth brother ......, "The monkey beside him stammered, and the hand holding him trembled......
After the shark gave the order, Xiaocao crouched on the ground with his head in his hands, waiting for the pain to come to him. However, the expected punches and kicks did not come, and a scream was overdone, and she looked up curiously, and found that the thugs were lying on the ground, screaming and screaming.
She blinked a few times and looked at the tall figure in front of herβbroad shoulders, slender figure, half-worn clothes that couldn't hide his impossibility. Wow! Legendary heroes save beauty? Ahem...... Well, now it's at most a hero saving the girl......
"Six...... The sixth brother ...... "She saw the thin monkey trembling like a quail, and she was so frightened that she almost didn't pee her pants." I was even more curious about the identity of this hero who saved himself.
Xiaocao stood up and watched the hero kick one by one, kicking the thin monkey and the shark out of the distance, the worship in his heart.
The pain in his stomach made the shark's tears and snot all flow out, and the tears finally washed out the grit in his eyes, he blinked his red and swollen eyes vigorously, and after seeing the uneven person in front of him clearly, he hurriedly endured the pain and got up, and called weakly: "Sixth brother......"
The man called Sixth Brother had no expression on his cold face, and his eyes looked at him coldly, almost freezing people's blood. Brother Shark shivered a few times and collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.
Who doesn't know the sixth brother on the dock? Born as a beggar, he robbed a vicious dog of food when he was a child, and when he was ten years old, he killed a wild wolf with his bare hands with his ruthlessness.
When he was sixteen years old, this young man named Liuzi, with a few brothers who were also beggars, actually defeated the dock tyrant and opened up his own career. With his strength, he has the ability to monopolize the dock, but he is not greedy, he only controls a few big customers, and the rest is divided by other foremen. Later, Foreman Sun gradually accumulated his own contacts and squeezed out many small forces, and over time, the current situation was formed......
However, on the dock, he said a word that was respected as the sixth brother, which was more effective than the official servant, and even the official had to take care of his thin face. The unscrupulous elements on the dock were all scared by him before, and they all took a detour when they saw him.
Shark and Skinny Monkey are one of them, they are just inconspicuous small characters, not qualified to compete with Sixth Brother, but they have also heard of his prestige. Unexpectedly, today, it hit his hand. Thinking of his ruthless methods, the thin monkey shivered again, and the crotch of his pants suddenly became hot......
"Get out! Don't let me see you on the dock again, or ......" The sixth brother narrowed his eyes as fierce as a wolf, his voice was faint, but the effect was very strong!
The shark hurriedly got up from the ground and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes!" Let's get out of here, get out of here! Guaranteed never to set foot in the range of the pier......"
He was so frightened that his legs and feet went limp, and after rolling on the ground a few times, he crawled away hand and foot together. Others also hated their father and mother for having two legs, as if there was a hungry wolf chasing and biting behind their buttocks, and ran for their lives.
"That...... Thank you! Yu Xiaocao had heard the title of "Sixth Son" from Foreman Sun's mouth, but he only knew that he was Foreman Sun's competitor, and he didn't know anything else. Judging from the performance of this group of gangsters, this Liuzi is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.
The sixth brother slowly turned around and nodded faintly at her. Xiaocao saw his true face of Lushan clearly, his facial features were very profound, there was a feeling of mixed race between his eyebrows and eyes, the bridge of his nose was high, his lips were slightly thin, and his skin was tanned into a uniform bronze due to long-term exposure to the sea breeze. If it weren't for the hideous scar that stretched from the left eyebrow to the corner of the right lip of the face, it would definitely be a super iceberg handsome guy.
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