"You still have to do the face thing."

Su Mu smiled and said, "What's more, apart from the gang, there are always other things that we need to take care of." ”

"For example, splashes, thieves, scoundrels, scoundrels, etc."

"We still have to maintain basic law and order."

"Of course, it's hard to grasp the extent of this."

"Then you will look at me and act according to the way I look."

Su Mu said: "I have more experience than you, and I can tell which people can be messed with and which people can't." ”

"Okay."

Lu Fan just wanted to improve his strength, and he didn't want to cause trouble.

Although this world is unfair, with his current strength and status, it is good to be able to manage himself.

There is no way he can do that kind of self-defeating thing, let alone put himself in danger.

Surviving first, and then slowly improving his situation, is what he should do most.

"I'm sleeping."

Lu Fan didn't say anything more, and fell asleep.

……

……

It's April.

On the morning of the second day.

Lan Kwai Street in the city.

Lu Fan and Su Mu stood side by side on the street with spears in hand.

"Let's go."

Su Mu greeted and took the lead in walking forward.

"Hmm."

Lu Fan walked a few steps quickly and caught up with Su Mu.

The two walked side by side.

There are not many pedestrians on the street at this point, and the two of them walk very slowly, watching all the way.

Shops are opening their doors one after another.

Several small restaurants have set up sheds outside their doors, and many customers eat breakfast in the sheds.

There is a bun shop not far in front of it, and there are many customers.

"Master Lu, you go slowly!"

A middle-aged man, dressed in a robe, walked out of the bun shop.

With a smile on his face, he arched his hands, and his attitude was extremely respectful, looking like the shopkeeper of this bun shop.

"Hmm."

is known as Lord Lu, a man in his early thirties.

He was dressed in black, tall and strong, and had an extremely rugged appearance.

Four other men in black followed him, all of them looking quite arrogant.

It just so happened that Lu Fan and Su Mu came over and ran into these black-clothed people.

The black-clothed man in the lead glanced at the two of them, turned his head with disdain, and waved his hand, "Go." ”

"Yes!"

The other four black-clothed men also saw Su Mu and Lu Fan, but they all only glanced at it, and then withdrew their gazes, their expressions extremely indifferent.

"A few masters go slowly!"

The shopkeeper bent over and arched his hands.

It wasn't until a few people walked away and entered the next store that he turned to look at Lu Fan and Su Mu, with a smile on his face, "Two military masters, please come inside." ”

"No, you go get busy."

Su Mu waved his hand.

"Then you two wait a minute."

The shopkeeper turned around and left, just walked a few steps, a little uneasy, and turned back and instructed: "Don't go, I'll come in a while." ”

"Who are those men in black?"

Lu Fan was a little curious.

"Judging by their outfits, they should be members of the Black Tiger Gang."

Su Mu whispered: "I heard that Langui Street is now the territory of the Black Tiger Gang, and they have to come to collect money every month, and all the shops on the street can't run. ”

"Oh."

Lu Fan understood, this is to collect protection money.

"The big man who leads the gang should be the little leader of the Black Tiger Gang, and he has at least a seven-grade cultivation."

Su Mu shook his head, "So let's not care about this kind of thing, we can't manage it at all." ”

"Hmm."

Lu Fan naturally won't meddle in things.

Especially this default rule, he is powerless to change it now.

While the two were talking, the shopkeeper came out of the bun shop, still holding two paper bags in his hands, and was steaming.

"Master Jun, this is the best meat bun in our store, you two take it and try it."

The shopkeeper held two paper bags, came to Su Muhe, and handed them out respectfully.

Lu Fan hesitated for a moment and didn't answer.

"Thank you then."

Su Mu stretched out his hand to take it and said with a smile: "The boss has a prosperous business." ”

"You're welcome."

The shopkeeper smiled and turned to leave.

"Wait."

Lu Fan stopped him.

The shopkeeper turned around, his face changed slightly, but he quickly smiled again, "I don't know what the military master commands?" ”

"How much money did those people charge you just now?"

Lu Fan asked.

"This ......"

The shopkeeper's face changed greatly, and he hesitated a lot before he shook his head, "The little one doesn't dare to say." ”

"What don't you dare to say?"

Lu Fan said: "I just asked casually, I didn't mean anything else." ”

"Okay."

The shopkeeper stretched out a finger and whispered, "One tael of silver." ”

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was a little surprised, a tael of silver was a lot of money.

His two months' worth of money was less than one tael of silver.

The scale of this steamed bun shop is not large, although the business is very good, but can you earn thirty taels of silver a month?

It's hard, I'm afraid.

Even if you can, if you remove the cost, plus the monthly money of the guys, the family's expenses, it would be good to have five taels of silver left.

These five taels of silver still have to pay taxes, and they usually have to make some connections.

It is estimated that there are not even three taels of silver left.

And then give the Black Tiger Gang a silver tael?

So what's left?

And that's still in good business.

What if business is bad?

I'm afraid I won't even be able to get the capital back, right?

It's so dark!

After thinking about it a little, Lu Fan could understand the difficulties of these vendors.

At the same time, they hate these blood-sucking gangs.

Even if a shop only charges one or two pieces of silver, there are hundreds of shops on Lan Kwai Street alone.

Over the course of a month, you can collect a few hundred taels of silver on Lan Kwai Street alone.

What about the whole Zhennanguan?

I'm afraid it will cost a few thousand taels of silver.

What about the ten cities?

What about a hundred cities?

Taken together, this income alone can reach hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a month?

Or even millions of taels of silver?

It's so dark!

It's just a swarm of moths!

"What's the name of the man in black at the lead?"

Lu Fan asked again: "What is his identity in the Black Tiger Gang?" ”

"That deer master is called Lu San."

The shopkeeper said truthfully: "He is a deacon of the Black Tiger Gang's branch altar, and he is in charge of Langui Street. ”

"Oh."

Lu Fan nodded.

"Two military masters, if it's okay, I'll go back to work first."

The shopkeeper stood in front of the two of them, a little uncomfortable.

"Wait a minute."

Lu Fan took a paper bag from Su Mu's hand, and saw that there were more than a dozen buns inside.

He picked up a bun and took a bite.

The skin is thin, the meat is plentiful, and the taste is good.

"Yes, it's delicious."

Lu Fan quickly finished eating a bun, praised it, and then took out a string of copper coins, handed it to the shopkeeper, and asked, "Is a hundred dollars enough?" ”

"Huh?"

The shopkeeper looked at Lu Fan in a daze, and didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.

"Take it."

Lu Fan glared at the shopkeeper, "What, it's too little?" ”

"Don't dare!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand, "How dare I ask for your money?" Take it back. ”

"I'll give it to you."

Lu Fan forced the copper coin into the shopkeeper's hand, turned around and glanced at Su Mu, "Let's go." ”

"Oh."

Su Mu was also stunned, then he came back to his senses, turned around with Lu Fan, and walked forward side by side.

The shopkeeper looked at the copper coin in his hand blankly, raised his head again, and looked at Lu Fan's distant back, a little at a loss.

"Daddy!"

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl ran out of the bun shop, came to the shopkeeper, followed his gaze, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?" ”