After Hu Gengtang, Hu Li and Sheng Xuanhuai all entered the door, the hawkers carrying the burden outside hurried away.

He went to Mitsui & Co.

After entering the door, I first made a secret call with the clerk, and then I was led to the back and met Eiji Asaobuki.

The spy pretending to be a peddler immediately said, "Asaobuki-kun, something is wrong. ”

Eiji Chaobuki frowned: "Tell me more." ”

"There was a salt merchant in Hankou who went to Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion and threatened to invest 1 million shares. It seems that the salt merchants also united with the rest of the Huai salt merchants in Hankou. These salt merchants were all extravagant and wealthy. ”

"What?" Eiji Asaobuki was no longer calm, and suddenly got up: "What else did you hear?" ”

"No, just a few words of greeting, and they went into the mansion to talk in detail."

Eiji Asafuki immediately sent someone to invite Hisahide Aso of Nippon Steel.

When Aso Hisahide heard the news, he also frowned: "These damn salt merchants, it's a big deal for us!" What should I do? Once Sheng Xuanhuai has enough capital, he will not be in a hurry to borrow from us. ”

"Don't worry." Asaobuki Eiji had already calmed down at this time: "I secretly calculated that the total amount that Sheng Xuanhuai needed was 15 million taels. And those salt merchants will not take out all their money and invest it in the coal and iron factory. They can scrape together a maximum of one or two million taels of silver. Sheng Xuanhuai will definitely come to us again. The terms of the contract cannot be changed, but we can lure him with a little more. ”

Aso Hisahide breathed a sigh of relief: "How much to borrow?" ”

"Three million!"

Hisahide Aso inhaled the cool air.

Even if there is a wealthy Zhengjin consortium that still shares the money, the funds are still huge.

Aso Jiuxiu suddenly remembered another thing: "Then Zhao Chuanxin has not moved, do we still have to prepare?" ”

Asaobuki Eiji's face was straight: "Not only must you prepare, but you must also be fully prepared, so much money cannot be lost!" I heard that there was a disturbance in the French Concession last night, and many people were killed and injured. In this kind of eventful autumn, even if there is no Zhao Chuanxin, there may be other extralegal fanatics. You must know that China's bandits and robbers have always been bold. Besides, send someone to contact the salt merchant......"

The two muttered and discussed.

……

Zhao Chuanxin and his party ate breakfast, and the housekeeper watched from the side, and found that the group had a big appetite and ate the things on the table.

The housekeeper smiled bitterly and asked, "I'll go to Zhang Luo again." ”

Zhao Chuanxin patted his stomach: "No need, we are just afraid that there is leftover food for you, and Boss Hu will not be able to finish it." ”

“……”

Benjamin Goldberg looked at Zhao Yixian: "Didn't you say that you want to give me Su Hengtai paper umbrella, Wang Yuxia pastry, Lao Jiuru comb grate and Cao Zhengxing kitchen knife?" ”

Zhao Yixian hesitated: "Well, maybe the kitchen knife in Hankou may not be so good." I just finished eating and I can't eat the pastries......"

He was penniless, and during this time, he was eating with Zhao Chuanxin's master and apprentice, so how could he have spare money to shop?

Benjamin Goldberg was disappointed: "It turned out to be a lie." ”

Zhao Yixian's old face was a little unbearable: "I think back then, the old husband and ancestor were also wide, and it was passed down from the line of Song Taizu." During the Ming Dynasty, there were ten large buildings in Yizhou, Shandong, and thousands of acres of fertile land. Every time there is a banquet, the water and land are rare, and the list is endless. It's just that with the light and extinction, the family road has fallen......"

Zhao Chuanxin nodded beside him: "Well, what he said is true, I was selling pancakes and fruits in Yizhou at that time!" ”

Zhao Yixian: "......"

Zhao Chuanxin turned his head to look at Bao: "You don't need the rest of the things here, little widow, you are free, get out." ”

Po was coerced all the way and couldn't help himself, dreaming of escaping.

But when it came to the end, I was suddenly confused.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chuanxin, who usually flirts with her, will easily let her go like this.

I can't help but have mixed feelings.

Ah Bao's face is very thin and strong, and when he heard Zhao Chuanxin telling her to get out, he refused to stay, and hugged his fist to the housekeeper: "When Boss Hu comes back, I will say to him for me, and Ah Bao will leave." ”

The housekeeper will not directly.

Isn't it to let Hu Gengtang match?

The main lord is gone, leaving only a few people who eat and drink?

He stretched out his hand, but he didn't know what to say to keep it, because he had never encountered anything like this before.

Ah Bao went straight out and went out to the street, which was already crowded with people.

She looked left and right in confusion and walked towards the port.

When she arrived at the stone wharf, Ah Bao went to the station of China Merchants to buy a ferry ticket, and when it was her turn, she took out her pocket and remembered that she didn't go out with a coil, and the savings that Lao Nest had saved for several years were also taken away by Zhao Chuanxin.

Pingli gave birth to a sense of decadence in Pingyang.

The snow had just stopped, and the air was cold.

In the gentle place of the river, a thin layer of ice ballast has formed.

Jin Kunxiu's death, in the final analysis, has nothing to do with Zhao Chuanxin, and resentment should also blame those patrols.

Po knows this.

She was very resentful at first about the death of her subordinates, but she was also the one who first looked for Zhao Chuanxin.

It's hard to say.

What should she do now?

went back to collect the body for Kim Kunxiu, but after so many days, it is unknown whether the body is still there.

Go back and continue to take the trilogy, crisscrossing the Taihu Lake, and doing illegal things?

Po shook his head, this road doesn't work, there are enough dead people.

In the end, she is just a helpless woman.

Just as he was losing his soul, he suddenly heard the familiar and hateful voice in his ears: "Little widow, why don't you leave, you can't bear the poor monk, right?" ”

Po turned around suddenly, really not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

When they stayed with Zhao Chuanxin and them, these people were too capable of tossing, even if their bodies were idle, their mouths were not idle.

Ah Bao is often embarrassed because of Zhao Chuanxin's unbridled mouth.

There is no time to be idle for a moment, and she has no time to grieve the spring and autumn.

Suddenly leaving that environment, the feeling of helplessness that came to his face made Po at a loss. Suddenly, I heard Zhao Chuanxin's voice again, and I was instinctively happy.

Although this prostitute monk is flowery and bloodthirsty, he is a capable and method-oriented. Anything can be easily solved by him.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at her expression and said in surprise: "You are really reluctant to me, you are so happy to see me?" ”

Po was shocked, how could he be happy?

She sank her face: "Hmph, I'm just...... It's just that I think that the thing you promised me hasn't been done yet. You swore to avenge me. ”

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth: "Naturally, we will do what we say, otherwise we will let Cheng Kun thunder and slash from the sky." ”

Po felt a little weird.

She nodded, and saw Benjamin Goldberg and Zhao Yixian following behind.

Suddenly faintly lost, maybe this lewd monk didn't come to chase her on purpose, just passing by.

She was right.

Zhao Chuanxin took Benjamin Goldberg and Zhao Yixian out to go shopping, see the customs of Hankou during the day, and just shop by the way.

Thinking of this, Ah Bao's face was a little ugly, and he said, "I'm leaving, and there will be a period later." ”

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Your pocket is cleaner than your face, right?" Got money to buy a ferry ticket? ”

Bao: "......"

Zhao Chuanxin handed over the heavy oil paper wrapped in a few oceans: "Take it, it should be your consulting fee as a consultant." ”

If it weren't for Ah Bao's reminder at the time, Zhao Chuanxin would have missed a big deal.

Ah Bao looked at it, wasn't this the silver dollar in the money taken away by Zhao Chuanxin?

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin's face was full of expressions waiting for her to thank her, she couldn't help but hate her teeth.

"You, you're so self-conscious......" Po really shouldn't have said anything.

"Do it yourself?" Zhao Chuanxin gradually restrained his smile: "Jin Kunxiu's master is the Jiangyang thief Fan Gaotou, right?" Those of you who wander the rivers and lakes always think that you are the embodiment of justice. Let me ask you, what kind of person is Fan Gaotou? ”

Ah Bao's face was solemn: "Naturally, he robbed the rich and helped the poor, and he was a chivalrous ...... all his life"

"Any few heroes!" Zhao Chuanxin said: "Then a bandit leader, let's not mention that he killed people without blinking, and killed many innocent lives." Let's say that he stole the tobacco and soil of foreigners, and if he destroyed it, he clearly changed hands and sold it again. Let me ask you, is the tobacco sold to foreigners for consumption? Isn't it fucking that our people are suffering? This man is fucking dead, do you know? ”

Po stammered, unable to refute.

Because Zhao Chuanxin is telling the truth.

But the ass decides the head, she is a Taihu thief, and she is used to putting gold on her face: "But that is also a ...... that damages foreigners"

"What's the matter? The foreigners were damaged, and Fan Gaotou made money. He made money, did he build bridges and roads, or helped the people, or invested in industry to increase jobs? He sold tobacco and soil to harm the people, and when he got money, didn't he eat, drink, prostitute and gamble? ”

Abonne was silent.

Zhao Chuanxin said again: "Let's talk about you and Jin Kunxiu, as well as your subordinates." Thou hast often said, 'You will not kill if you take riches.' Let me ask you, did you really harm anyone's life? ”

Po opened his mouth, but lowered his head with little confidence.

Murder naturally exists.

They trafficked illicit salt, robbed passing ships, and occasionally worked like a dart game.

It is inevitable that you will encounter those who do not listen to persuasion and resist desperately, and if you kill them, you will be killed.

They are used to blowing each other in business, and they think it's nothing, who told you to resist? If you're dead, you should be dead.

But from another point of view, isn't it just killing innocents indiscriminately?

Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "You said that Jin Kunxiu never picks flowers, why don't you rape women, this has become a capital that can be taken out to show off?" This is a person's basic moral criterion, otherwise it's a brute, and you're embarrassed to show it off. Those who were robbed by you, are there no ordinary people among them, where did their money come from? Look at these men carrying bags on the dock, that's how they earned it, you guys are good, just grab it, just take money and don't hurt people, is this still merit? ”

Po was said to be in turmoil.

She couldn't help but say, "Then what do you say about killing so many people?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "Lao Tzu killed, but killed the wrong person?" Lao Tzu killed foreigners, because they invaded our land, and they should be killed. Lao Tzu killed the Taihu Lake thieves, because you lost your conscience and claimed to be a good man who did the right thing for heaven, who would you kill if you didn't kill you? On that day, if it weren't for me, would I have been killed by you on the spot? ”

"This ......" Po was speechless.

She was overly sad that day, and she was indeed ruthless in her heart.

Although she wasn't like that before.

"I am not to blame for the death of your subordinates, it is all your responsibility." Zhao Chuanxin said coldly to her: "Let you leave today, because you are not bad to the bones, and you can still be saved." is also a sad guest in Hongchen, don't say who is a poor person. When you go back, if you want to find someone to take revenge, or kill innocents indiscriminately to vent your anger, hehe, I won't get used to you just because you are a little widow, and you have seen the fate of the person who angered me along the way, right? ”

Po was said to be in a cold sweat.

She bit her lip and tears welled down her face.

Although she can't fully accept Zhao Chuanxin's words, at least she understands the reason, and Zhao Chuanxin's threat is real.

She felt powerless, angry, and aggrieved.

In the end, it was the aggrieved emotions that prevailed, and she couldn't tell why.

Maybe it's because Zhao Chuanxin changed his hippie smile and teased her and threatened to kill her, or maybe it's because of something else.

In the end, women are still sensual animals.

Because Zhao Chuanxin had just talked about the workers on the dock who were carrying bags, Benjamin Goldberg ran to a resting worker and squatted down.

In the United States, workers are actually far happier than in China, and even awesome and even awesome, giving less money to strike and march, working more strikes and marches, and unfair strikes and marches......

But none of the dock workers in Hankou that Benjamin Goldberg saw complained, especially the contractors who worked for Hu Gengtang, who worked even with little money, and continued to work after complaining, and did not see any unions, let alone strike.

The thin man seems to contain endless power in his body.

This kind of hard-working spirit is simply unheard of by Benjamin Goldberg.

He asked the thin but unusually strong worker: "Uncle, you are so tired, what is the meaning of life?" ”

The worker wiped his sweat, only roughly understood the meaning, and was embarrassed to say: "The meaning is to come to the dock to carry the bag." ”

......" Benjamin Goldberg emphasized, "I want to say, what is your purpose in life? ”

As soon as the worker wiped off the sweat, he sweated again, and he bared his teeth and said, "The goal is to come to the dock to carry the bag." ”

Benjamin Goldberg: "......"

Over there, Ah Bao grabbed the silver dollar in his hand and heard the funny conversation between the two, but suddenly paused.

That conversation was clearly unremarkable, but it set off waves in Po's heart......

(End of chapter)