Tsz Yun Mountain, Gu Zhai.

The fog was hazy in the early morning, the heavy rain had stopped, and there were still raindrops rolling down between the eaves and ravines.

In a living room,

Gu Qingshan and Liu Yongzhi sat face to face, Gu Qingshan got a cup of tea for Liu Yongzhi, and said slowly: "Settle the Guan family, grain and horses, Cao Yun, Ma Kangping is really atmospheric, but what can I cooperate with him?" ”

Liu Yongzhi said slowly: "Ma Kangping said very clearly, it won't be long before Cangzhou will be in chaos, and if the Ma family wants to gain a foothold or go to the next level in this turmoil, they must gain enough influence in the local area.

President Gu, you must know that the reason why the Ma family is strong is mainly because they have enough background in the imperial court, but now, the imperial court is like that, and the Ma family has become a local family, and they must strengthen their control over the local area, and now that you have the largest gang in Beicang County, there are more places to cooperate. ”

Gu Qingshan said slowly: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"I think it's a good opportunity for win-win cooperation," Liu Yongzhi said: "If you can cooperate with Ma Kangping, then you have enough background in the government, don't you always want to wash your hands and go ashore, Ma Kangping can help you do it, and his help is very strong, to your current level, if you want to develop in the future, you can't do without the government."

In addition, now Cangzhou is about to be in chaos, and all the families will come to an end, not to mention those first-class families in Cangzhou, as far as the century-old families in Beicang County will end, the pattern of the rivers and lakes will also change greatly, if you have no one behind you to support, how can you deal with those families? In fact, to be honest, many of the top gangs in Beicang County now have family backgrounds, such as the Pegasus Dart Bureau that walks darts, such as Yipintang, which opened a medical hall, and the local families are controlling it, such as the Taihe Gang who is engaged in housing construction and so on! ”

Gu Qingshan nodded slightly.

The water in Beicang County is very deep, he knows it,

It can be said that those gangs that are doing legitimate business are basically controlled by families from all over the world, otherwise, just like today's Skyhawk Gang, without the support of the family, it is too difficult to transform and launder.

For a long time, although the Sky Eagle Gang is a first-class gang in Beicang County, it has been doing some indiscriminate business, similar to the legitimate business of grain and horses and Caoyun, which has no share in the Sky Eagle Gang at all.

Gu Qingshan took a sip of tea and said, "Then help me make an appointment with Ma Kangping." ”

Before, coming out of the six doors, Liu Yongzhi said that Ma Kangping was willing to help him operate and become the president of the Cao Games, but in fact, Gu Qingshan was not interested in that, so he did not do anything according to Ma Kangping's request at all, but directly killed Miao Qian.

The level is different,

If he does things according to Ma Kangping's rhythm, he will be eaten to death by Ma Kangping, which he is unwilling.

But, from the heart,

He wants to cooperate with Ma Kangping, after all, he wants to do grain and horses, and the transportation business, and taking the wharf is only the first step, and there are many places to deal with the government in the future, but one Liu Yongzhi is not necessarily enough, and the other is that Liu Yongzhi's limitations are too great, but it is useful in Beicang County, and his name is not easy to use when he leaves Beicang County.

But Ma Kangping is different, behind him is the Jiuyuan Ma family.

In addition, if Cangzhou is really in chaos,

He really needed a strong enough background.

……

Miao Qian's death instantly set off an uproar in Beicang City, and the most intuitive impact was the Brothers' Society, Qingzhu Federation and other chambers of commerce backed by Miao Qian.

They were still happily waiting for the seven-day period to arrive last night, and then destroy the Sky Eagle Gang, but overnight, the sky changed, and their biggest reliance was directly gone.

For a while, Lei Yang, Dao Gong and others panicked,

The battle at the dock that was originally planned for today was stopped at the first time and began to negotiate urgently.

And on the side of the Aquila,

Those high-level executives who knew the seven-day deadline were still at a loss last night, and they couldn't imagine that it was just one night that passed, and the clouds were gone, and immediately, all the high-level executives came to Gu Qingshan in a hurry.

However, it is not easy to be able to,

just saw Gu Qingshan's representative of the mad dog, and didn't say any nonsense, and directly conveyed Gu Qingshan's instructions to fight to the death.

The dock was in turmoil in an instant.

There were fights and slashes everywhere, and there was chaos.

And at this time,

Gu Qingshan had already followed Liu Yongzhi to Mafu.

Entering the Ma family's manor, Liu Yongzhi's attitude was humble to the extreme, even in the face of a servant of the Ma family, he was very polite.

Gu Qingshan didn't feel anything,

Follow Liu Yongzhi in the manor.

Along the way, Gu Qingshan was scanning the information of the characters in the manor.

It's nothing too special.

Most of them are ordinary people, and there are only two or three masters who have reached 5 points of combat effectiveness, but in general, the guards are all masters of 2:3 points, and most of them have the demeanor of the army, and they should be masters who have retired from the army.

Soon, led by a servant, the two came to a study.

The servants went in and reported,

Gu Qingshan and Liu Yongzhi waited outside for a while, got permission, and entered the study.

As soon as you enter the door,

I saw a thin middle-aged man sitting on a chair to review the folds, wearing a silver brocade robe, with an indifferent face and a very elegant temperament.

"Xiaguan Liu Yongzhi, I have seen Ma Zhifu!"

"The grass people Gu Qingshan have seen the Ma Governor's Mansion."

Ma Kangping bowed slightly, put down the book, and said, "Sit down first, I still have a few folds to be approved, you can drink a cup of tea first and wait for a while." ”

"Thank you, sir." "Thank you, sir."

Gu Qingshan and the two saluted, and then sat aside.

Immediately, a maid came over to serve tea.

After Gu Qingshan took the teacup, he took a look at the environment.

It is very simple, the whole study, in addition to the basic pen, ink, paper, inkstone, tables and chairs, there are only a few bookshelves, full of books, and there are traces to see, these books are often read.

Ma Kangping is very focused on reviewing the excerpts,

In the room, there was only one old servant standing aside, and there was also a maid who was in charge of grinding ink, who was also a maid who had just come to serve tea, who looked average, but had a good figure, and looked soft and weak.

Gu Qingshan scanned it with the system:

Character: Ma Kangping

Talents: None

Combat power: 0.8

……

Ma Kangping's information is very normal and reasonable, although he comes from a family, but when he goes to study, his combat effectiveness is sparse and ordinary, that is, the level of ordinary people.

Then, Gu Qingshan scanned the old servant again:

Character: Ma Qi

Talents: None

Combat effectiveness: 4-13

……

When he saw the character information of this old servant named Ma Qi, Gu Qingshan was slightly shocked,

The peak combat power reached 13 points,

The most critical thing is that the combat effectiveness floating range has reached 9 points.

Ming Jin Martial Artist, the combat power floating range is within 6 points, and this Ma Qi has reached 9 points, which means that Ma Qi is a dark strength martial artist.

The heritage of the family can be seen,

It's just that I don't know how many such masters the Ma family can have.

As if feeling Gu Qingshan's gaze, Ma Qi raised his head and showed a smile, but the smile on his face full of folds was a little terrifying.

Gu Qingshan smiled back, and then scanned the soft and weak maid:

Character: Red Feather

Talent: Stealth

Combat effectiveness: 3-9

Note: The concealment talent is a special talent, and those who have this talent are born with a talent that is negligible, and when performing an assassination operation, the combat power will increase by 3 points, and each hit will be reduced by one point, and it will return to normal after three hits.

……

When he saw the character information of this soft and weak little maid, the corners of Gu Qingshan's mouth couldn't help twitching.

If it is said that Ma Qi has a high combat power, Gu Qingshan can still understand it, after all, he is old and has the basic conditions of a master.

But this soft and weak little girl is too deceptive, she looks like a powerless little girl, the kind that can be deformed with a slap, and she is actually a martial artist at the peak of dark energy.

He also has a special talent, and his peak combat power can reach 12 points, which is comparable to a dark strength martial artist.

If someone really makes a move on Ma Kangping, there is a high probability that they will be planted on this inconspicuous little girl, which is too deceptive.

……

is worthy of being a martial artist at the peak of Ming Jin, and his perception is indeed different from ordinary people, he immediately felt Gu Qingshan's gaze, turned his head and showed a shallow smile, looking like a little girl next door who is ignorant of the world.

Gu Qingshan's face was expressionless, and he bowed slightly.

Very quiet in the study,

After about half an hour, Ma Kangping finally finished reading the excerpt, put down the pen in his hand, raised his head, and said, "I'm sorry, there are a lot of things, so I have been waiting for a long time!" ”

Liu Yongzhi hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is polite. ”

Gu Qingshan didn't speak.

Ma Kang got up slowly, walked over and sat on a chair, and asked, "Have you eaten, and I will ask someone to prepare some food?" ”

"Eat, eat, eat." Liu Yongzhi hurriedly said: "Don't bother. ”

Gu Qingshan also nodded and said, "Eat." ”

Ma Kangping instructed the maid named Hongling to watch the tea, then looked at Gu Qingshan, and said slowly: "I am much older than you, so I will rely on the old man to call you Qingshan." ”

Gu Qingshan arched his hand and said, "The younger generation is honored." ”

Ma Kang said slowly: "Come on, you will come to me today, Liu Juncheng has already conveyed my meaning to you, I don't know what you think?" ”

Gu Qingshan said: "It is Qingshan's luck to be able to cooperate with Governor Liu, but Qingshan is young and humble, and he is a little frightened, and he doesn't know what he can do for adults?" ”

Ma Kangping smiled slightly and said: "Being so humble is not your Gu Qingshan's style, I am sincerely cooperating with you, and I don't go around in circles, just to tell the truth, in this world, the unspoken rules that need to be buried in the dark in the past have been moved to the surface."

In the past, people who were officials did have a high status, but now it's different, if I am holding my figure again, it will be meaningless, Qingshan, your status now is not low, and if you put it in Beicang County, you can talk to anyone on an equal footing. ”

Gu Qingshan's affection for Ma Kangping has greatly increased, and he is also a person who can carry it clearly.

Today's great departure is already stormy,

Not to mention that now that the emperor has been abolished, even before, although the government and the court are still powerful, in fact, the control over the local area is already very small, and even many counties and places have been inferior to bandits.

It's just that in the government, there are still a large number of people who can't see the situation clearly, and they always look like they are high in the face of people outside the system, such as Liu Yongzhi is a typical example, if he wasn't violently suppressed by Gu Qingshan, he wouldn't have looked at the people in the gang.

And in this environment,

It is rare that Ma Kangping, who was born in a family, can have such an understanding, and it is no wonder that he can become a candidate for the head of the family.

"Please also ask Governor Ma for advice." Gu Qingshan said.

Ma Kang said slowly: "In my situation, Liu Juncheng should have already told you, the chaos in Cangzhou is inevitable, and all families will also compete for influence, so as to deal with the next chaos."

I am very optimistic about you, and the Aquila Gang, under your leadership, will become a real big chamber of commerce. ”

Gu Qingshan naturally understood what Ma Kangping meant,

There is a sentence called "There is no thousand-year-old dynasty, only a thousand-year-old family", this sentence explains the essence of the family vividly.

Because the influence of the family in the local area is very huge, no matter how the situation in the world changes, no matter what regime the person in power has changed, someone needs to help govern the place.

Therefore, most of those families can survive the chaos of the warlords who attacked the city and uprooted the villages, and it is for this reason that any person in power needs someone below to help govern it.

Gu Qingshan said: "Then how to cooperate?" ”

Ma Kangping said: "First of all, what I can give you, first of all, is the grain and horses, Caoyun, want to come to Miao Qian's matter, you have seen it, the money is moving, you want to seize this big business that must be won, it is not so easy."

I can help you settle it and let you eat the big head, just like Taihetang almost monopolizes the pharmaceutical business in Beicang County, and I will help you monopolize the grain and horse and Cao transportation business.

In addition, I will give you the position of the president of the Cao Games that I told you before, and I will give you the greatest convenience at the convenience of the government. ”

Gu Qingshan nodded,

After all, whether it is grain and horses or Caoyun, the scope involved is very wide, especially the grain and horses, involving the entire Beicang County, the county government has opened up, and it is also necessary to share the profits of each county, but with the Ma family, these profits can be divided a lot.

In addition, reducing the trouble, it is a profit, and only by doing business smoothly can you eat more, otherwise, if there is an accident at both ends in three days, there is either trouble here, or there is a mistake there, and you are busy plugging holes every day, and you can make money from a fart.

Ma Kangping continued: "Then it's what you need to pay, you need to let a part of the profits to our Ma family, of course, the Ma family will definitely not take it in vain, it must be the capital that should be contributed, the things that should be contributed will be provided, and the people who should be given will be released, that is, cooperation."

For example, if you want to do grain and horse transportation business, but you don't have a ship, my Ma family has it, you don't have anyone in the county government, but my Ma family has it, but my Ma family has no land, no manpower, and no local network, but in this regard, you have Qingshan, we can cooperate.

In addition, for example, my Ma family's Qian Zhuang Ping'an ticket number came to Beicang County to open a few branches, the Ma family is rich and famous, Qingshan, you have local power and connections, we can also cooperate.

And so on, there are many places where we can cooperate, Qingshan you can make money, and more and more, and my Ma family can also make money and expand its influence in Beicang County, and we will cooperate more and more businesses, and the influence will reach all sides. ”

Gu Qingshan was puzzled: "But, in this way, what your Ma family has obtained, I have also obtained, and I also have the influence you want, and besides, the Ma family has more profits, and my initiative seems to be greater, doesn't the Ma family feel at a loss by doing this?" ”

Ma Kangping smiled and said: "Qingshan, you have to learn to enlarge the pattern, in Beicang County, we cooperate with you, it seems to be passive, but, is it related?" The Ma family can earn money, and the Ma family can also earn influence.

From the perspective of a simple place, the influence of the rivers and lakes in commerce may not be as good as yours, but the Ma family's plate is big, we are the whole Cangzhou There are cooperation allies everywhere, even if in every place, our influence is not the largest, but from the point of view, looking at the whole Cangzhou, the meaning is completely different! ”

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized.

Just like those investors who later generations invested in companies,

It seems that any company has only a part of the shares, and it is not a major shareholder, but it can invest in dozens of companies, and on the whole, the strength of that investor is stronger than the major shareholder of any company.

Gu Qingshan nodded slightly, then chuckled and said, "The family, it's not the same as I imagined. ”

Ma Kangping said with a smile: "Do you think that the family is all high, relying on the great cause of the family to force a poor person or a noble son from a poor family like you to be a puppet? ”

Gu Qingshan smiled wryly,

That's what he really thought.

"It's not that this situation is impossible," Ma Kangping said: "But for the most part, the family will not do this kind of thing, even if they really like other people's things, they are clever and clever, and they will rarely bully others, and doing so is to make a feud."

The family can be inherited for hundreds of thousands of years, if it has been constantly setting up enemies, such a family has long been swallowed up, after all, there is no shortage of people from the bottom of the ladder who have achieved great things, in addition, the strength of the family does not lie in itself, but in its influence, in the group of forces or people it represents.

On its own? How many people are in my Ma family, five thousand? 10,000, even if it is 350,000, what is it in the whole country, what is really strong is the meaning of the four words of Jiuyuan Ma family. ”

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized.

No wonder there is a saying that there is no thousand-year-old dynasty, only a thousand-year-old family.

Ma Kangping smiled and said: "Seriously, I am very optimistic about Qingshan you, if there is fate in the future, you can also marry the girl of my Ma family, and deepen our cooperation, but if you fall in love with the girl of my Ma family, it will be troublesome, they have always had a high vision." ”

Gu Qingshan smiled,

Ma Kangping: This is a big pie.

Of course, this is also normal, now it is Ma Kangping who appreciates him, if the Ma family appreciates him one day, in order to strengthen cooperation, it makes sense for the Ma family to send their daughter.

Marriage, that is, the promotion of interests,

As long as Gu Qingshan's value is reached, the daughter of the Ma family's descendants can also be married.

This kind of thing, not to mention the famous family,

It is also very common among the local gentry and wealthy families in Beicang City, and many of the big bosses behind the Sky Eagle Gang want to marry Gu Qingshan.

But

Gu Qingshan pursues extreme strength,

He didn't eat it.

However, the cooperation with Ma Kangping is indeed a win-win situation, this is a real banquet in front of you, not a painted cake.

He ate this banquet!

After reaching a simple verbal agreement with Ma Kangping, Gu Qingshan offered to leave, after all, the dock is still facing off.

Ma Kangping also showed enough respect for Gu Qingshan and personally sent Gu Qingshan out of the house.

"To express sincerity for our cooperation, I still have to give you a meeting gift first."

Ma Kangping took out a document and an official seal from his arms, handed them to Gu Qingshan, and said: "This is the letter of appointment and the official seal of the president of the Cao Yun Association, you take these two things to find the Cao Yun Association, most of those businessmen will rent the dock warehouse to you, at that time, it is justified for you to take down those warehouses, those gangs dare to use force, and I will arrange for the government and thousands of households to help." ”

Gu Qingshan took the letter of appointment and the official seal, and arched his hand: "Thank you Governor Ma." ”

Ma Kangping nodded slightly.

Then, several people chatted for a while,

Gu Qingshan and Liu Yongzhi said goodbye and left.

Seeing Gu Qingshan and Liu Yongzhi leave, Ma Kangping sighed slightly and said, "In this world, I used to be the most reluctant to deal with the gang, but now I have to cooperate with the gang. ”

Ma Qi, an old servant who followed Ma Kangping, said: "Master, is the situation really so chaotic? ”

"It's more chaotic than I said," Ma Kangping said, "I only hope that this time the warlord Qinwang can succeed, if it fails, then ...... I'm afraid it's going to be all over the place! ”

/。 Tomb robbing]/