The beggar gang was just a whim of Liu Chang when he was poor, at that time it was just to be able to have a bowl of rice and a place to sleep, which was unexpectedly established, and he did not pay too much attention to it after its establishment, mainly Ma Wei, that is, the original horse dung egg; Ma Shou, that is, the original hemp face, Ma Xin, the small trader and the toad whose leg was broken by him, that is, the current Ma Rufeng, Ma Jin came over later, belongs to the children of the official eunuchs, because the family has not been destroyed, he has to join the beggar gang, it can be said that in addition to Liu Chang, the only literate person in the five horses in the gang usually only acts for Liu Chang to deal with daily affairs.

Because the development of the beggar gang is too fast, and the composition of the personnel is too complex, there are people from all walks of life, and Liu Chang's mind is not here at all, so there are many problems in the gang.

The beggar head is divided into black pole and white pole, the black pole is a scoundrel idler in the aristocratic clan, or a broken nobleman or family member of the scholar clan who has lost their source of livelihood, they are not professional begging, generally only go to the shop to extort money during the New Year's holidays, and the white pole is an ordinary commoner or slave.

There is also a strict hierarchy between beggars and beggars of the same kind. Each "pole gang" has its own sphere of influence, that is to say, if you want to be a beggar, it is not casual, in other people's land, you must pay a special visit. That is, each beggar gang has its own sphere of influence. In this most "humble" organization, there is still a very high hierarchy, and the top level is no longer beggars, they are the richest group of people.

Each rudder has a head, the head is the supreme leader of the rudder, the beggars in the jurisdiction are obedient to the head of the rudder, the "management" of each rudder is different, some rich, some poor, each wants to expand its power, with the rise and fall of their respective forces, conflict is inevitable.

There were two rudder leaders who had a falling out at the "meeting" of the beggars because of the power struggle in the beggar gang, and in this case, the two decided to do it according to the family rules and the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

The two old natures were not ambiguous, they each returned to their own rudder and summoned more than 500 beggars, this is more than a thousand beggars, held a beggar gang meeting, under the discord of words, the two rudder helmsmen gave an order, and thousands of beggars suddenly were, beating the dog cane and flying together, and the dragon eighteen palms followed.

At the beginning, although the gang rules of 'three do not stay, six do not fight' were formulated, Liu Chang did not expect that the beggar gang would develop into such a scale, and there was no punishment clause in the gang rules, so that this simple gang rule was in vain, plus Ma Shou, the hall master of the law enforcement hall, the law enforcement was simple and rude, and it was a word --- beating if it was reasonable or not! There is little deterrence. convened this conference, Liu Chang mainly wanted to solve the chaotic internal problems, he originally wanted to throw this mess to Bing Ji, but Bing Ji didn't do it. Therefore, he had to come forward in person, but he was still a little unwilling in his heart, so he even coaxed and deceived Bing Ji to bring him.

Now, the five horses are all around Liu Chang, and when they saw that Liu Chang's face was not very good-looking, they didn't dare to squeak.

There seemed to be a fight on the other side of the tent, and there was a constant noise, and a circle of people surrounded the high platform in the middle, as if they wanted to drive the people on the platform down, but the people on the high platform could not hold on, and the two sides were deadlocked. Bing Ji looked back at Liu Chang beside him, and Liu Chang's eyes were just looking at the clouds on the horizon, the scorching sun was in the sky, the clouds were rolling in the sky, slowly squirming in the sky, and he could see his god. It didn't seem to have any intention of intervening, just watched quietly. What kind of system is this!? These people should all be people with status, how can they be like splashing skin?

"Childe, there seems to be a fight over there." Bing Ji couldn't help it, and reminded Liu Chang, you hurry up and stop it......

"Fighting?" Liu Chang looked at Bing Ji's fingers, and sure enough, there was a mess on and off the stage, with pots and pans flying all over the sky, accompanied by shouting and foul language: "Great, great." Let's go and see, it's a rarity. It's been a long time since it's been this lively. Liu Chang clapped his hands and laughed, pulled Bing Ji and ran there.

Bing Ji, who originally thought that Liu Chang would be angry, didn't expect to get this attitude, this little kid was actually very excited to dance, and he also took his hand and invited him to watch the excitement together.

A sharp thump hit his right ear, instantly interrupting his otherwise neat speech. Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to the right. The one in the brown robe got a clog from somewhere, knocked it on the board with it, and looked indignantly at a man of similar figure who was facing him with his resolute eyes, and shouted:

"Not convinced? Let's continue to fight, Lao Tzu won't beat you today so that your mother doesn't know you, Lao Tzu calls you Dad! After speaking, he easily ripped off the mask on his face, revealing his original face, which turned out to be a big man with thick eyebrows and ringed eyes and a bearded face.

Not to be outdone, the man in black also took off the mask with only a fork, pointed at the other party with his finger, and scolded: "Mom, okay, Lao Tzu went back to call someone." ”

How could the man in brown lose his momentum, and shouted loudly without hesitation: "You go and call someone, do you think that Lao Tzu has no one?" Whoever loses will hand over the turf. Whoever repents, who is born to a girl, do you dare? ”

"Straight lady thief, who doesn't dare, who is a dog!"

"Let's go! Let's find a place to compare. ”

The mask was originally used to hide one's identity, and there was no mandatory rule to wear it or not to wear it. As the two of them took off their masks, some people in the audience also ripped off their masks one after another, and shouted loudly, "Okay, okay." Whoever bears, who is the grandson. ”

"Stop!" At this time, a person walked up from behind, wearing a square leather crown, Liu Chang looked at it and knew that this was the rotating deacon of the Lecture Hall, I saw him walk among them, and then said: "This is the Lecture Hall, it is a place of reasoning, if the two of you gather to fight, violate the gang rules 'six don't fight': don't beat peers." ”

The brown man didn't pay any attention to the deacon of the Reasoning Hall, and pushed him away: "Fuck your 'six don't fight', who the fuck are you?" Provoke Mao Laozi, even you will fight together! I don't care about you! ”

The deacon was pushed back a few steps by him, and he was also a little angry, but his tone was still very steady: "You are flouting the gang rules!" ”

"Lao Tzu is despised, what can you do? I heard that the helper likes to discount other people's legs the most, so you asked him to discount my legs as well. ”

The deacon was a little angry: "You! But after saying 'you', I was speechless. The lecture hall is just a place for everyone to reason, and there is no means of restraint, who is right and wrong, everyone is to judge, and the deacon has nothing to do about the current situation, so he can only look around with his eyes to find someone who can speak.

Seeing that the deacon was dumb, the brown-clothed man became even more arrogant: "What are you, get out of the way of Lao Tzu." Lao Tzu can come, it's to give you face, and he really treats himself as a dish, something! ”

"Helper~~~" Seeing this, Ma Shou, the head of the law enforcement hall, was a little flushed and a little at a loss.

Liu Chang didn't blame him, although he rarely came forward, he still understood some situations, and just asked lightly: "Who is he?" ”

Ma Shou replied: "He is the master of the three helms, and his name is not blocked; The other is the eight helmsman, called Miao Erwa. The two are the beggars of Weihe and Jinghe. Originally, they were all attached to the family, but then because the family they attached to had an accident, they took refuge in us, I don't know why, they always want to annex each other......"

"I'm not trying to ask why they are fighting, I'm trying to ask why they despise the Law Enforcement Hall, they obviously don't take the Law Enforcement Hall seriously." Liu Chang is clear about what kind of beggars are, with land hooligans accounting for the majority, they have no sense of morality and law, they advocate fists and violence in everything, and it is not surprising that there are fights and land fights. He wondered why they dared to go wild here. So the tone was a little unkind.

"We can't beat them, they send out hundreds of people at every turn, several of our brothers have been injured, and now there are still ...... who can't get up"

Liu Chang didn't listen to Ma Shou's explanation, looked at the chaotic crowd, and said: "You, immediately organize a law enforcement team, guard the door, and notify everyone, if you step out of this door, you will quit the beggar gang." ”

Ma Shou hesitated for a moment, showed timidity, and said, "They're outside... Someone. When he saw Liu Chang's cold eyes, his heart sank, and he seemed to react to what kind of existence he was in front of, and quickly said, "Yes, helper." ”

Then, with a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Law enforcement team, follow me!" ”

As soon as the members of the law enforcement team stood at the entrance, more than 20 people followed Shi Bubu and Miao Erwa, divided into two groups and approached, and dozens of people were watching in the distance.

"The gang leader has an order: stepping out of this door is regarded as quitting the gang!" All the law enforcement officers stood neatly on both sides, holding sticks in their hands. He stomped neatly on the ground with his rod and shouted in unison.

This sudden shout startled these people, and they all stopped, and some people chose to quit and walked back.

"Lao Tzu will quit this bird gang today, see what you dare to do to me?" Shi Buzhu saw someone retreating, and he was a little anxious in his heart, so he hurriedly cheered everyone up.

"That's it, that's it, brothers, each is at ease, why bother with those birds here! Let's go! Miao Erwa was also clamoring beside her, her voice was very high, but her body took two steps back.

"I'm afraid there won't be infighting" Bing Ji, who had been standing beside Liu Chang, saw that the four hall masters had passed, and asked Liu Chang with some worry.

"That's not it, they're testing my strength and bottom line." Liu Chang showed a sneer from the corner of his mouth, and said to Bing Ji: "Actually, I really want them to fight among themselves. ”

"You want them to fight? Why" said this to Liu Chang, Bing Ji felt a little incomprehensible, and thought to himself: What is this kid thinking in his head, how is it different from normal people's thinking.

Liu Chang continued: "I have enough money for food, the beggar gang is a burden to me, you don't want it for you." It's better to let them break up on their own, I'm more worried. ”

"Then you can just announce the disbandment, why is it so complicated?" Bing Ji sneered at Liu Chang's tricks.

"It's too big!" Liu Chang said: "Once the dissolution is announced, it will inevitably cause a redivision of interests. Do you know how many people are in the beggar gang now? There are no less than 200,000, distributed in dozens of counties in seven provinces around Chang'an, involving various industries. It's no longer a beggar gang, it's a merchant gang. Once he is chaotic and out of control, Chang'an City may be paralyzed. ”

"How is this possible?" Bing Ji didn't believe that the merchant was, in his mind, a lamb to the slaughter; The Shang Gang, hmph, is nothing more than a herd of lambs to the slaughter.

"Do you know what those two do?" Liu Chang pointed to the two leaders who were still choking each other at the door, and asked Bing Jidao.

"Didn't they say they were beggars?"

Liu Chang explained: "We call them beggars, they are not beggars. In fact, they are the first to master the luck. Eight waters surround Chang'an, and they are two of them. Mastering the transportation of the two waterways, around the beggars, there are also the beggars and the beggars. You may not know that eighty percent of the goods in the four markets of Chang'an City are controlled by us, including the army's materials, food, clothing, and armor, all of which are transported by us. In the market, fifty percent of us beggars sit on the streets. ”

"You really have such great ability, in such a short period of time, you have controlled the lifeblood of Chang'an City."

Liu Chang took a long breath and sighed: "Why not Chang'an City...... The only thing to be thankful for now is that the beggars are mixed and the hearts of the people are uneven. Zhu Taogong can still scatter all his family wealth, I can't disperse, and I don't dare to disperse. ”

Bing Ji then remembered the pillar of the county lieutenant and the biaozi of the county magistrate, I am afraid that even the Chang'an Mansion is in the hands of this madman, thinking of this, I can't help but gasp.

"Helper" At this time, Ma Shou came over and said to Liu Chang: "They want to see you." ”

"If you want to see me, you say you want to see me, why do you make such a big move." Liu Chang was quite impatient, it seemed that the turmoil had stopped, Liu Chang was a little disappointed, these people scattered in a hurry, and how good it was to set up a mountain: "Let's go back to the lecture hall." Lord Bing, do you want to go and have a look? ”

As soon as Bing Ji saw Liu Chang inviting him, he quickly refused: "Don't go!" I'll go around on my own, you're busy with yours. "I thought: That's your trouble, not mine. In case this kid pulls the pole and rebels, who will I seek revenge? As he spoke, he walked away, for fear that this kid would be in trouble if he grabbed him.

Looking at Bing Ji, who was almost deserted and fled, Liu Chang only smiled bitterly, it seems that this old man is determined not to get involved in his own affairs, there is no way, he can solve his own affairs.

Walking into the big tent of the lecture hall, Liu Chang did not go to the high platform, but found a seat under the stage and sat down. As soon as they sat down, the group of people walked in, seeing that there was no one on the high platform, they stepped around, and there was no one else, and when they were puzzled, when they saw a child-like person sitting there, many people were obviously surprised.

The leader of the beggar gang is a child, they have heard this rumor for a long time, those who have never seen Liu Chang, think, saying that the gang leader is a child, must be saying that the gang leader is like a child, or that the gang leader is very young and has no city government, and behaves like a child, they never dare to think that the gang leader is still so individual, saying that he is a child, the gang leader is still a child, how powerful the beggar gang is, they know, such a big force is established by a child, some people dare to say it, and no one dares to believe it.

"He's not what you're talking about, is he?" Miao Erwa, who was dressed in black, asked cautiously. There is an element of curiosity and a component of banter, he is the head of the first, but he often comes into contact with the five horse hall masters, every time he asks about the situation of the gang master, the five hall masters deliberately avoid this topic, the gang master is a child, or the following hearsay, every time he wants to confirm, the five hall masters are invariably vague, which makes him feel a little scratchy. He also has one or two thousand people under him, and he led people to seek refuge in order to seek protection, but he didn't even know who the main owner was, which made him feel very unsure, so he and Shi Buzhu partnered to stage this farce of retreating. Of course, there were two strangers in the meeting place, and they also knew it, they originally thought that the adult was the helper, but no one introduced him, and this adult looked curious, which did not match the rumors, leaving an uncertain judgment in their hearts. Therefore, he pointed to Liu Chang, who was sitting there, but his eyes looked at Ma Xin, the master of the Ma Hall. (To explain, when Liu Chang is face appeared, the four hall masters also took the initiative to remove their masks, indicating that they were of the same mind and advanced and retreating together.) ）

"Don't be rude, don't hurry up and meet the helper" Ma Xin hurriedly scolded Miao Jiatou. "Hahaha" Miao Jiatou looked up to the sky and laughed, his face was a little flushed, and then his eyes glared, and he said angrily: "Master Ma, although my brother has not been in the Beggar Gang for a long time, I think that I am loyal to the Beggar Gang and have no second thoughts. Today, there is something wrong with Shi Jiatou, but Brother Shi and I are just meeting the gang leader, no matter how bad the brother is, there are thousands of brothers under him, is it too much to want to see the gang leader? Master Ma, what do you mean by teasing your little brother like this? Could it be that our brother is so worthless in the eyes of the gang leader? The more Miao Erwa spoke, the more excited she became, she turned over and jumped onto the high platform, she didn't care about Liu Chang, who was still sitting in place, and continued to say loudly: "Today, if you don't give us a reasonable explanation, don't blame the brother for turning his face!" ”

The people below were deeply justified by his remarks, and they also echoed loudly: "Exactly, exactly, we want to see the helper!" ”

"Miao Erwa, the stone is not blocked!" Ma Wei on the side snorted coldly, and pointed at the two people who were on the stage and the other under the stage, with a face full of disdain, and said: "Hmph, do you think that you are a small armor commander, and if you have a few people under your command, it will be terrible?" In front of the helper, he also dares to be presumptuous! Have you forgotten how you cried and shouted to join our beggars? Don't hurry up and apologize to the helper! ”

"You say he's the leader, when we're all blind?" Miao Jiatou was really angry, pointing and sitting there, not like the gang leader, more like watching the lively Liu Chang, he really shouted angrily: "I dare to call, does he dare to agree?" ”

Liu Chang looked at the finger pointing at him, and he was not angry, and said with a smile: "Or, you call first, see if I dare to agree?" ”

"I'll call you uncle!" Miao Erwa shouted, then raised her arms and shouted to the people around her: "Brothers, we came to meet the helper with sincerity, but the helper teased us like this, obviously the helper looked down on us, since we looked down on us, why did we stay here licking our faces?" There is no place to stay here, there is a place to keep a master, and we will go out of the beggar gang today. ”