When a few porters on the side heard Liu Shen mention this, they all shook their heads after glancing at each other...

Hu Dahai glanced back and said softly: "Recently, I heard that a martial artist in the Qingsha Gang died in the territory of the Chishui Gang, and now the two gangs are still arguing, maybe the team leader wants to pull us to be strong men." ”

The Chishui Gang and the Qingsha Gang are the two major gangs in Heyang County.

Because of their proximity to the canal, although these two gangs belong to the Cao Gang, they are one mountain and two tigers, and they are peers, so they cannot avoid conflicts of interest.

With a conflict of interest, the relationship between the Chishui Gang and the Qingsha Gang is naturally the same, and there are often frictions...

Originally, the underground situation in Heyang County was dominated by the Chishui Gang, occupying sixty percent of the brothels, gambling stalls, dart boards, docks and other businesses.

Some other small gangs will unite to occupy the remaining three or four percent, and they will have to rely on the Chishui Gang to make a living.

But a few years ago, the Qingsha Gang extinguished some of those small gangs and absorbed some of them through a long-planned fire, and controlled nearly half of the brothels, gambling stalls, dart boards, docks and other businesses in Heyang County.

The underground situation in Heyang County was also reversed, and the Chishui Gang and the Qingsha Gang fought against each other.

Previous years.

The Chishui Gang and the Qingsha Gang often fought and lost many manpower, and later the official government of Anqing Mansion came forward to control it, and the Cao Gang above also sent people to pacify it, and the two gangs stopped.

In the past two years, there have been few fires and incidents, and even if there are occasional small frictions, the two sides have tacitly agreed to pull some people to meet in secret, and compare the momentum.

This is also the origin of 'Lajandin'...

Liu Shen has also been a 'strong man' a few times, that is, he has a red cloth strip tied to his shoulder, and he carries a mountain knife and pretends to be fierce in the crowd to make a strong noise.

Another older porter sneered and muttered softly: "Lazhuang Ding won't leave only our porters, I think it's probably Xu Bantou who took over the private work." ”

"That's right."

Hu Dahai nodded in agreement, and before he could speak, he saw Xu Bantou walk into the dining hall, and he also shut up and said no more.

Xu Bantou saw that the slender man, sailor and other long-term workers had left early after eating, and the rest were porters, so he nodded with satisfaction.

Pulled over a bench and sat down, put the whip aside, and then beckoned with a smile and said, "Come and sit." ”

“……”

The porters subconsciously glanced at each other, although they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, but they didn't dare to be disobedient, and they all came over.

Liu Shen is inconspicuous in the crowd...

Xu Bantou's eyes swept around, and he asked with a smile, "Is today's braised pork delicious?" ”

All the porters nodded, and only a few boldly echoed the words 'delicious'.

"It's delicious."

Xu Bantou also knew that he was usually too powerful and unpopular, so he didn't care much, and said bluntly: "I won't beat around the bush anymore, I will leave you down to have something to explain." ”

"Today I took over a private job, there is a stone statue outside the south of the city that needs to be picked up outside the city, the stone statue is relatively heavy, and it is estimated that it has to be one or two thousand catties, so it takes eight strong porters."

"I'm the head of your team, this is my personal job, and I can't let your efforts go to waste."

"In this way, those who are willing to take this job will have two silver beans per person!"

“……”

There was an instant silence in the dining hall.

Xu Bantou's greed for money and lust is not a matter of one or two days, and it is even more common to use his position to facilitate private work, but private work with extra wages is really rare.

And it's two silver beans!

A group of porters can earn seven dollars of silver a month, and they have to pay two dollars of 'tax' to the Cao Gang, and it can really fall into their hands for five dollars.

This private work can earn two dollars of silver, how can a group of porters not be moved?

How can you not be scared at the same time?

"The team leader might as well make it clear."

The older porter laughed twice and said, "We don't have any other skills, so we have a lot of strength, but the team leader also knows that we are all rough people, if the stone statue is valuable, what if there is a bump?" We can't afford to lose even if we sell this cheap life......"

"It's not something of value."

Xu Bantou smiled disapprovingly and said, "And that stone statue was originally going to be smashed when it was carried out of the city, so I am not afraid of bumping." ”

“……”

The porters were also relieved when they heard this, when even a few porters wanted to speak out and take over the job.

"But I have to explain..."

Xu Bantou's eyes moved slightly and said: "That stone statue is more special, it is a Bodhisattva statue. Moreover, the main family has requirements, and it needs to be carried out without touching the ground, and it can be carried out of the city all the way, and Song Yuanwai's house is more than a mile away from the city. ”

“……”

Hearing that the thing being carried was a statue of a Bodhisattva, and that it had to be carried out of the city without touching the ground, all the porters were stunned and stunned.

After coming back to his senses, he shook his head like a rattle, and he couldn't care about Xu Ban's gloomy face.

At that time, people believed in ghosts and gods...

And Xu Bantou's private work was to carry a Bodhisattva statue out of the city and smash it, this kind of thing is disrespectful to anyone!

Who dares to take it?

Just now they still think that the two coins of silver are well paid, and now they just want to plug their ears as if they didn't hear about it.

Xu Bantou obviously knew what the problem was, otherwise he wouldn't be able to pay as much as a hundred taels of silver for this private work, so he was relieved: "Don't worry, if you do this work at night, no one will see it." ”

The porters still shook their heads, and no one wanted to take the job.

Xu Bantou knows that these low-level mud legs are all dogs, as long as one person opens his mouth first, the rest is easy to say, so he is not in a hurry.

"Three money..."

He took out a money bag from his body, grabbed a handful of silver beans the size of a bean and played with them in his hand, and said, "If you are willing to take it, you can ask me to get three silver beans now." ”

“……”

When the porters saw the silver beans, their Adam's apples rolled up and down, but they all restrained their greed when they thought of the disrespectful work.

And although Liu Shen in the crowd was also a little moved, he was not in a hurry to speak...

Four years ago, when the floods left many people homeless, there were many people who wanted to eat the meal, and a group of people were vying for the meal like wild dogs.

So the Chishui Gang took advantage of the situation and made a condition of 'signing a deed of sale to eat the Cao Gang's food'.

And it's easy to sell yourself, but it's hard to redeem yourself.

You have to pay for money.

He is short of silver.

Very lacking...

"Four money!"

Xu Bantou's eyes moved slightly and snorted coldly, and said: "If you are willing to take it, you can find me to get four silver beans now, and when the private work is finished, I will give him three days off, and I will not deduct the monthly money!" ”

“……”

Xu Bantou's gaze swept through the crowd, and all the porters turned their eyes away, not daring to look at him.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to coerce and lure, a voice suddenly came from the crowd: "The Song family that the team leader said, but the Song family who built a porridge shed to give porridge for disaster relief during the flood four years ago?" ”

Although Xu Bantou didn't know what anyone said, he also responded: "Song Yuanwai is one of the top gentry in our Heyang County, and he did build a porridge shed to give porridge for disaster relief during the flood." ”

The voice in the crowd came out again: "Five coins and silver beans, I'll go." ”

Xu Bantou smiled secretly in his heart when he heard this, but asked with a pretended calm on his face: "Who said you wanted to take it just now?" ”

Liu Shen squeezed out of the crowd when he heard this, and stood in front of Xu Bantou, "Bantou, it's me." ”

Xu Bantou looked the person in front of him up and down, as if he was recalling his name, "I remember that your kid has a lot of food, and he is called ......."

"Liu Shen."

"Yes, yes, Liu Shen!"

Xu Bantou slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, you were sold here to eat Caobang when you were still a half-grown child, right?" ”

"Yes."

Liu Shen nodded and responded: "My hometown was hit by the flood, and if I hadn't had this mouthful of food, I might have starved to death on the streets when I was thirteen years old." ”

"Yes, it's strong now."

Xu Bantou didn't want to dwell on his life for too long, so he asked casually: "You just said that you will take this job for five coins and silver beans?" ”

"Yes!"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid of what?"

Liu Shen pursed his lips disapprovingly, and said, "I have drunk the porridge of the Song family for disaster relief, this is to repay the kindness, what is there to be afraid of?" Besides, people are poor and short-minded, I am not even afraid of poverty now, but I am still afraid of a stone statue? ”

"Hahahaha, well said!!"

Xu Bantou laughed heartily when he heard this, and immediately pinched out a large piece of broken silver from his hand, and said with a smile: "Didn't you want five silver beans?" You kid to my liking, I'll give you a tael of silver! ”

"Then thank you to the team leader..."

Liu Shen also knew that he was 'buying horse bones' in disguise, and if someone else came out to speak, he would also casually give more silver for a 'suitable' reason.

Therefore, he was not polite, and after arching his hand to thank him, he stepped forward to take the one or two pieces of silver.

Liu Shen put the broken silver in his pocket, and then sat back in his original position with his eyebrows lowered.

And the porters who saw him putting a tael of silver in his pocket couldn't sit still, and spoke one after another, for fear of slowing others down.

"Team leader, I'm willing to take this job."

"Team leader, count me in!"

"I'll take it too!"

“……”

As long as it is a social creature, whether it is a human or an animal, it has more or less 'herd' attributes in its bones.

For the low-level mud legs, it is disrespectful to give two pieces of silver for this job, but to give one or two pieces of silver is that the Bodhisattva pities me...

"Stop, stop..."

Seeing this, Xu Bantou sneered in his heart, looked the more than ten people who opened his mouth up and down, and said: "Liu Shen's words are to my liking, so I will give him one or two silver, as for you......"

He knocked on the table: "Five dollars per person." ”

“……”

Hearing that the salary was not a tael of silver, the porters who were still scrambling to take the job were quiet.

Xu Bantou said to himself: "It's just a matter of picking something, five dollars is a lot, Liu Shen counts one, and I still need seven more people." ”

"Five cents is fine!"

Wei Dafu gritted his teeth and stepped forward and said, "My daughter-in-law gave birth to a son for me, I have to make some money to go back to see my daughter-in-law and see my son!" ”

"Not bad..."

Xu Bantou nodded, took out a few silver beans from the money bag, and said, "I'll give you seven yuan, and the extra two yuan is a red envelope for your son." ”

"Thank you, team leader!"

Wei Dafu took the silver beans with a smile.

Xu Bantou didn't look at him much, but focused on the rest of the people, knocked on the table, and muttered, "Now there are only six people." ”

"Team leader, count me in!"

"Count me in!"

"Count me in!"

“……”

Soon, the remaining six people all received five silver beans.

Xu Bantou saw that the personnel who took over the private work had been finalized, and he nodded with satisfaction, secretly thinking that mud legs are mud legs, and he moved his mouth to put more than ninety taels of silver into his pocket, which was very comfortable~

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, he picked up the whip and glanced around with a grim expression, and explained sharply: "I don't embarrass you if you don't take the job, but you have to keep your mouth tight, if I hear the slightest rumor, the consequences will weigh myself!" ”

After that, he got up and changed his face again: "Take the job and go back to rest for a while, and after an hour, go to work with me." ”

“……”