Chapter 10: News (I)
I haven't seen it for half a month, Sujialou has changed a lot, the newly opened desktop is in good order, and there are many guests coming and going, basically sixty percent of them are full, which is already very good. At a few tables, there were already five or seven points of wine, and they were talking loudly.
When I entered the restaurant, I saw a young man on duty, and this young man also saw Zhang Xuanning, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Good incense." ”
Zhang Xuanning still remembered him, he was one of the four teenagers specially sent by Xiangkou to supply Su Ye's summons, so he asked lightly: "Ah Kang, everything is normal, right?"
"Su Ye is in the secluded room on the second floor. Ah Kang replied respectfully, paused, and said, "Yan Ye is inside today!"
"Go and talk to Su Ye and ask if it's appropriate to see me?" Zhang Xuanning stopped, Yan Zhao is one of the four major helmsmen of Fengzhu Hall, and he has five hundred brothers under him, how can he have time to come here?
"Yes, I'll go. Ah Kang responded, he hurried through the crowd, went upstairs, and didn't have much time, he came down again: "Su Ye called you over." ”
"Gao Zhandao, you take a rest here first, if there is something, I will call you. Zhang Xuanning turned around and said, "Akang, this is Brother Gao, the leader of the fourth group, you can wait!"
Both of them agreed, and Ah Kang quickly brought it, a few flavors of jerky, and two stir-fried dishes, which did not attract attention, and sat down on the seat in the corner.
Zhang Xuanning went upstairs, there was a small room upstairs, basically not entertaining guests, usually some relatively special talents were used, before he could enter, he saw two guards at the door, both of them were two bamboos, seeing Zhang Xuanning, he nodded, and let him in.
"Say hello to my father, and say hello to Uncle Yan. Before entering, Zhang Xuanning said respectfully, what caught his eye was a table, the table was full of dishes, Yan Zhao and Su Ye were sitting on one side, and Yan Zhao was pouring wine into his throat.
"Xuan Ning, you did a good job, did you bring the salt back?" Yan Zhao affectionately called his name: "I heard that on the way back, you subdued a group of water robbers?"
"Yes, thanks to Uncle Yan's blessing, we were able to mention the goods smoothly, as for Shui Kou, he originally admired the prestige of our Bamboo Flower Gang, so my nephew accepted it so smoothly. Zhang Xuanning was shocked in his heart, and replied, he didn't expect the message to be delivered so quickly.
"Come, sit down and have a drink with me, don't be inhibited. Yan Zhao said.
"Yes, I salute my father, Uncle Yan for a cup. Zhang Xuanning poured wine for the two of them first, then raised a glass to salute it, and then drank it in one gulp, although the alcohol was not high, but the wine was quite good, falling down the throat and falling into the esophagus and stomach.
Toasting, Zhang Xuanning sat down, didn't say much, listened to the conversation between the two, obviously, the two were already a little drunk, Yan Zhao complained a little drunk: "It's still good here, the business is really good, at least three thousand taels of silver a year, right? I built a restaurant in the county, costing two thousand taels, but after half a year, the business is not very good, barely maintaining a flat state, if you count the wine and food for the brothers, there is still a bit of a loss!"
"Just a few good chefs. Su Ye smiled and said, "Brother, I have invited a few good chefs, so business is good!"
"It's useless to hire a good cook, after all, the helm I manage is in the county, and the excitement is not as good as Yangzhou. Yan Zhao still understood in his heart and said.
Zhang Xuanning listened quietly, and understood in his heart that collecting protection fees could not be put on the table, except for gangs that monopolized some huge profits such as salt and iron, other gangs must have an economic system if they want to support so many members - money villages, pawnshops, restaurants, ordinary shops, wine shops, oil mills, rice mills, inns, gambling houses, private salt lines, etc.
Fortunately, this world is not the Sui Dynasty in history at all, not only the southern economy is prosperous, but also the economic level and model are quite advanced, so they can raise thousands of gangs that do not move, but even so, in fact, the real combat members are only about twenty percent of them, after all, most of them are still industry personnel, not specialized combat violence groups.
"I heard that you have some friction with the Tsing Yi Gang?" said that, Su Ye said this.
"Yes, the brothers are fighting for business and territory, which is quite unpleasant, but in the local Hukou County, they are the head snakes of the land, and they are quite powerful, combined with the government, if they really do it, I'm afraid we may not be able to eat and live, so let's just let it go!" Sighing, Yan Zhao said: " Our Bamboo Flower Gang has four halls and fifteen rudders, but they are distributed all over the place, and it is not up to me, the helmsman, to transfer, and although the other party is not a member of the Haisha Gang, it is also its subordinate gang, which is intertwined and difficult to eat for a while. ”
"Then take your time!" Su Ye said.
"That's all there is to it. Yan Zhao picked up a glass of wine and drank it again: "But the brothers below, if you want me to suppress it, it will be difficult for me to deal with the conflict!"
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of relatively rapid footsteps outside the door. After a few crisp knocks, before the door could open the door, the door opened on its own.
"Mu Changhua, are you in such a hurry, is there something wrong?" Yan Zhao originally frowned, wanting to have a seizure, but when he saw that it was the incense master who he valued the most, Mu Changhua, he immediately suppressed his anger.
The shepherd bowed but did not speak.
"Don't scruple about it, it's all your own brother here. ”
"Yes, helmsman, early this morning, there was a conflict between our fourth incense and the Tsing Yi Gang. ”
"What's wrong with a conflict? These guys, if you don't get into trouble for a day, you will be uncomfortable for a day. Yan Zhao took a piece of beef and said, "Come, Mu Changhua will sit down and eat, and I will teach them a lesson when I go back." ”
"However, the incense lord Wei Qi is dead. ”
"What, what are you talking about?" As soon as Yan Zhao heard this, he immediately stood up, and even knocked over two plates, but of course he couldn't care about it at this time: "What is the specific situation? How did it develop to this extent, you can tell me." ”
"Helmsman, you know, in the past few months, our power in Hukou County has developed, so we have maintained a small-scale conflict with the Tsing Yi Gang, originally this kind of conflict is very normal, and it can also train brothers, so we have not interfered, but in the early hours of this morning, Wei Qi went out to inspect, and was ambushed, Wei Qi died on the spot, and eight brothers died. ”
"Immediately afterwards, our forces in Hukou County were uprooted, twenty-three brothers were killed, and eleven of them were captured and beheaded by the government, and it is clear that this is not an accidental conflict. ”
Yan Zhao's face was gloomy, he turned around a few times, and then said: "Whether it is an accidental conflict or not, killing our incense lord is the only way to start a war, why does he have such courage?
Skirmishes between the two gangs, which happen all the time, are not uncommon, but generally speaking, the dead and injured are the little brothers below, and the people at the level of the incense master, even if they can be killed, they are generally not killed, because killing them means that a real all-out war breaks out between the two gangs.
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