Hearing Huang Feihong's words, Li Changsheng first took a few breaths, breathed evenly, and then said: "Master, I just said that the imperial court is afraid of the Black Flag Army, even if the Black Flag Army is disbanded, it will not be easily let go, in this case, if you want to keep the Black Flag Army, there are only two ways. ”

"The first one is to break the whole into pieces, scatter into the people, hide it, and form a militia group, and this is also what Lord Liu meant. It's just that the militia training is huge, and it is impossible to hide the past, and if it is scattered among the people, it will only be eaten up by the imperial court little by little, and it is not advisable to break through each one. ”

"In addition, we can only concentrate the strength of the Black Flag Army, so that the imperial court will be jealous, form a deterrent, and dare not act easily. Therefore, I decided to let the master hand over the Black Flag Army to me to form a gang, the court and the rivers and lakes have always entered the water and do not violate the river, according to the convention, under normal circumstances, as long as it is not a rebellion, the court will not easily attack the Jianghu gang, the Black Flag Army will be turned into a gang, the court will take into account three points, and will not take action against the Black Flag Army, at least, on the bright side. ”

"What does this have to do with you collecting protection money?" Hearing Li Changsheng's explanation, Huang Feihong's face looked a little better, at least, knowing that Li Changsheng formed a gang, it was not unreasonable, but the three words of protection money still couldn't let him go.

Seeing Huang Feihong's face improve, Li Changsheng immediately hit the railroad while it was hot: "I know, master, you hate those underworld people, and you feel uncomfortable when you hear the three words protection money, but I will explain it well and let you know what I think." ”

"The reason why I want to collect protection money, in general, there are three purposes, first, training the army, it is not such a simple thing, when the Black Flag Army was not disbanded, there was naturally a supply of imperial salaries, but now that it is disbanded, what is the master going to do? ”

"Master, you have also seen the weapons of foreigners, no matter how high the kung fu is, they are afraid of guns, training the army, it is not only kung fu, even if there were no guns in the past, swords, guns, swords, halberds, it also requires money, not to mention that if you want to deal with foreign guns and foreign artillery, you also need money, where does this money come from? Relying on oneself, it is basically impossible, but if it is to collect protection money, how much can it alleviate the urgent need. ”

Hearing this, Huang Feihong's face became even more ugly, if he hadn't firmly restrained himself, he was afraid that he would have been unable to help but strike again and beat Li Changsheng.

"Even if it's for military salaries, you shouldn't collect protection money, the establishment of the Black Flag Army is to protect the family and defend the country, for the peace and tranquility of the world, you collect protection money and harm the people, it is completely putting the cart before the horse, if so, I would rather the Black Flag Army be disbanded directly. Huang Feihong shouted.

Seeing this, Li Changsheng was not surprised, if Huang Feihong could accept such a way of collecting money, he would not be Huang Feihong, and Li Changsheng never thought that he could use this excuse to persuade Huang Feihong, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Master, don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." ”

"The second purpose is to be able to integrate the forces of Foshan and even the surrounding areas, and go deep into the people, although after the Black Flag Army is incorporated and transformed into gangs in the rivers and lakes, it can make the imperial court jealous, but it is far from reaching the point of deterrence. ”

"Master, I collect protection money, and I will never take the opportunity to accumulate wealth and harm the people like those people in the underworld, but protect them in the real sense, I know that you are upright, master, but I still have to say, Shengmi En's fight against Mi Hatred, blindly giving grace, will only make people take it for granted, when the time comes, even if there is something in the Black Flag Army, most ordinary people will not take it to heart, even if there are some people who know how to repay their kindness, but they are only a minority. ”

"However, once the protection fee is collected, the people have paid and returned, and if anyone wants to move the Black Flag Army, the people themselves will not agree, after all, if the Black Flag Army is moved, their own rights and interests will be moved. In this way, unless the imperial court wants the officials to force the people to rebel, it is easy to move the Black Flag Army, which is also one of the fundamental purposes for me to collect protection money. ”

Hearing this, a hint of thought flashed in Huang Feihong's eyes, Huang Feihong is a righteous man and a gentleman, but it doesn't mean that he is really pedantic to the point where he doesn't know how to be flexible, although Li Changsheng's words he will be suspicious, but he also slowly believes that this apprentice of his is not planning to be a traitor, and he is doing wrong, and he suddenly has a sense of remorse in his heart.

Li Changsheng didn't know what Huang Feihong was thinking, and continued: "As for the third point, master, you also know that in Foshan, the martial arts are prosperous, the gangs in the rivers and lakes, and there are many martial arts halls in the boxing gyms, and there are countless people in the underworld, such as the Changhe Gang, the Shahe Gang, and the underworld, in the name of collecting protection money, killing the people, which can be called a big disaster. ”

"It's just that the rivers and lakes are in trouble, the court doesn't want to pay attention to it, and ordinary people can't afford to offend these people, even if it's the master, it's not easy to make a move, after all, you can protect them for a while, you can't protect them for a lifetime, but once we collect protection money, it's different, we can completely grab the land of those gangs one by one, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, as long as it's our people, other gangs can't do it." ”

"In this way, although the people have paid a part of the protection fee, they have indeed gained peace, and we will only collect protection money according to a fixed time and a fixed amount, compared to the people who have been harmed by other underworlds, the amount paid is much less, so that it is actually for the well-being of the people, and those in the underworld are essentially different. ”

"If the master doesn't believe it, I can try my hand with a street first, and if the final result is not good, I will personally ask the master to abolish my martial arts, return the money, and kneel three times and knock nine times in front of every victim as a punishment, what does the master think. Li Changsheng said.

Looking at Li Changsheng with a firm face, Huang Feihong was silent for a long time, although he still had no way to get over this hurdle for the three words protection fee, but he also believed that Li Changsheng didn't really want to collect protection money, at least, the starting point was still good, but the method was too deviant.