"Alas, there is no way, and it is impossible to think of righteousness and brightness now. ”

"Let's let go of the Xingtianmen, Cuijiabao, and Yinjian Gate, just a golden crow gang, the head snake, can swallow us in one bite. ”

Suba gloated.

"Actually, there is no need to say more about the reasons, what should be discussed now is what we should do to solve the financial crisis!" Li Zhiyun cut into the topic.

As soon as Li Xiyun's words were finished, everyone stopped talking, because no one had a good way.

In fact, everyone has been thinking very hard, but for a few days, they haven't come up with a good solution, and many proposals that seemed to work in the past have been vetoed by Ah Ghost.

For example, what is the temporary increase in protection fees, increase the price of goods in the shop, increase the commission of the gambling house, etc., these ghosts do not agree, her reason is "easy to rise and difficult to fall", which means that once the only source of income for these firewood pickers fluctuates highly, it is easy to lose customers.

Even if the price drops in the future, the customer will refuse to come to the door because they have a bad impression of these places in their hearts, which is self-defeating and a bit of a taste of pulling seedlings to help grow.

The most important point is that the firewood gang, that is, the beggar gang does not have that strength now, it is impossible to be like the gangs in the Qian, Kun character position of Xingtianmen, and even some first-class gangs, can monopolize the operation of a street, or a few nearby streets, so that those guests are the same price wherever they go, if you want to be cheap, you can only go farther, go to a place where you are not familiar with life, this is what many small people are not willing to do, people, for strange places, there is always a natural fear in the heart.

"Well, it seems that there is really no good way. ”

"It's just that we have too little liquidity, and we can't do anything that makes a lot of money or returns quickly. ”

Duan Shaoping sighed.

"It's a pity, as early as twenty years ago, Xuanmen had already issued a ban, strictly prohibiting the sale of hallucinogenic drugs, Gu poisons, etc. from the Western Regions, otherwise, this is really a good way to make money, as long as you take a risk, if you succeed once, a lot of silver will be drilled into your arms. ”

Suba, who thinks he is an old Jianghu, talked nonsense.

However, this aroused the interest of Hong Qi and Duan Shaoping, the two "tender boys", and Duan Shaoping asked curiously: "I heard you say that this matter is related to the decline of Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall, what is going on?"

Suba cleared his throat triumphantly and said:

"In other words, the decline of the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall was just five years before the ban in the Western Regions......"

"You should all know that the ten-year-long literary prison in Xuanmen, in fact, the birth of the ban in the Western Regions is similar to the legalization of gangs in the rivers and lakes today, and the reasons at that time. ”

"This is not what I said, it was said by a Dao Sect Sect Sect Master a long time ago, and they should have heard of Gengjie and Inferior Yun. ”

"I don't need to elaborate on the reasons for the ten years of literary prison. ”

Since then, the life of the people of Kyushu has been better than that of more than 20 years, and they have been implicated in the literary prison, coupled with several wars, and tens of thousands of people have died, and the population is small, the land is more, and the food is enough to eat, and this life is better again. ”

"However, as soon as the days got better, new problems began to arise. ”

"In reality, there are clouds" full and warm ** ", that refers to the spiritual emptiness, when you are poor, it is huge, and when you are rich, you will be spiritually empty, seeing that the undercurrent of this uneasy factor is becoming more and more fierce, Xuanmen for the sake of overall stability, a decree was issued, and the 'curfew' was cancelled, and the previous patrols that patrolled every night were all cancelled, but in order not to make the people under his rule more rampant, he also promulgated the 'ban on the Western Regions'. ”

"At first, the effect was not obvious, and the ammunition and gunfire produced by Jiangnan Perak Hall still accounted for a large proportion of the killings, and the destructive power was extremely high. ”

"This question is naturally not difficult for those bigwigs in Xuanmen, and they quickly thought of a way. ”

"Of course, this is just circulating in the rivers and lakes, and there is no evidence. ”

But this unseemly method was implemented, and in a two-pronged approach, Jiangnan Perak Hall gradually declined until it ceased to exist. ”

Hearing Suba's words, he stopped talking, and asked Hong Qi and Duan Shaoping to itch in their hearts, and shouted: "If you have a fart, let it go, don't hang your appetite!"

"Hey, hey, hey, this is what I learned from Brother Seven, I usually hang our appetite!"

Suba smiled and said, Luo Pan and the others nodded yes, and they all closed their mouths and said nothing.

Fortunately, Ah Ghost is here, she is the apprentice of Aoba Zhenren, the former chief bodyguard of the Six Chaolou, and the lover who loves Hong Qi deeply, so after Suba and they didn't say anything, she answered on the side:

"Actually, with your brain, you can definitely figure it out. ”

"Of course, it's a 'childcare'. ”

"But just like Suba said, whether this is the above or not, there is no conclusive, anyway, on the same night, two people killed, one with a knife, the other with a gun, according to the confession from the Xuanmen Arrest House, both are intentional revenge, but after the trial, the one who used the knife was only sentenced to three years in prison, and the one with the musket was beheaded three days later. ”

This incident caused huge repercussions in the rivers and lakes at that time, and under the rendering of many storytellers at that time, everyone vaguely had a consensus, that is, to use a gun to kill the crime, long live with a knife. ”

Then not long after, two gangs in the city of the four sides openly fought and started a war in the public and under the blue sky and daylight. ”

"At that time, it was unbelievable, the gangs on the rivers and lakes were not as rampant as they are now, and even if they had a deep hatred, they were solved by everyone in secret. ”

"But it did happen, with heavy casualties on both sides. ”

"A gang used a batch of muskets newly purchased from the Jiangnan Perak Hall, and had the upper hand, but before half an hour, the Xuanmen Changlin Army, who had been stationed in that place for a long time, killed the people in this gang, and arrested the people who were arrested, and the side that used the knife did nothing and won the victory smoothly, and no one was caught, let alone someone died under the earthen guns of the Changlin Army. ”

The rest of the story was obvious, and within three days, the matter spread all over the Sifang City, and many people were more determined in their previous thoughts. ”

"Some bold and reckless people simply use a knife to take revenge on their enemies, but as long as it is directed against the enemy himself, and no one else is harmed, they are not arrested. ”

Hong Qi listened, and he understood a little, it turned out that the era he had traveled to was quite advanced in technology, and he could make muskets, that is, this musket manufacturing technology monopolized in the Xuanmen lineage, and the only folk workshop that could compete with Xuanmen in this regard - Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall no longer exists.

At the same time, he also felt that he had underestimated Suba before.

The problems of war, land and population that Subba just talked about are in fact "Malthusian traps".

Before the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Age, this problem would inevitably arise in the closed ancient society.

The pressure of population expansion stimulates the growth of material production, which in turn becomes the driving force of population expansion. However, the pressure of population expansion will eventually overwhelm the limited material resources, and then, as the competition for survival intensifies, reaching a certain critical state, a devastating war will inevitably break out.

The historical process of China's feudal era perfectly proves Malthus's view.

Every time a new dynasty opens, the population is not large, the contradictions in all aspects are not prominent, once it reaches the later stage, the population explodes, the land is small, the contradictions are fierce, once there is any trouble, there will be a peasant uprising, and then the society will be in chaos, and finally more than half of them will die, and the new dynasty will be re-established.

The biggest cause of the peasant revolt was the Malthusian trap, not the corruption of the government.

It wasn't until the discovery of the New World, where a large number of people immigrated, that they got out of the Malthusian trap.

And the era he traveled to, the rivers and lakes were in turmoil, there were many gangs, and there was a great possibility, and it was in the early stage of Marquez's outbreak.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Hong Qi's mind, as if he had suddenly grasped something.

"Why are you going farther and farther, what kind of meeting are we having now?" Chang Gengjie came to his senses.

Hong Qi pretended to suddenly realize and shouted, "That's right! Why do you keep talking nonsense!"

Then he looked at the hour again and said solemnly: "Before you know it, it's almost dawn, let's go to bed early." Ming'er ...... Continue »

"There's no need to continue, it's been so many days, and I can't find a good way, only a bad way. ”

Li Zhiyun smiled bitterly and couldn't draw conclusions.

"Is it to re-tie Zhuo Yunzhou once, or Wuyuan Chong?" Hong Qi deliberately rolled up his sleeves, indicating that he was motivated to do a great job.

"Hehe, it's to find the Seven Gang Masters to come forward to borrow money and borrow strength!"

Li Xiyun, Chang Gengjie and Suba looked at Hong Qi badly, it turned out that they had nothing to do if they stayed at the helm, so they counted him.

Hong Qi was stunned for a moment and said: "I know about borrowing money, isn't it just looking for the Jiangzi family, what is the borrowing power?"

"We've done so much for the Wuyan Gang, and while Chu Zhoucheng is in a mess now, we should also take advantage of it." ”

"However, it is not appropriate for our people to come forward, after all, they are not from the same city. ”

"So, let the Seventh Gang Leader come forward and tell Yan Ying that she will borrow some of our peripheral disciples and set up a gang by Du Yun and Luo Hua, that is, the rudder of our firewood collecting gang, and share some food in Chu Zhou City. ”

"In this way, we make pure money, and even save monthly money. ”

Chang Gengjie said with a smile.

"Well, you have thought of such a sinister thing, but why didn't you think that the Wuyan Gang would split into two to clean up the mess, even if Yan Ying didn't mind, the other gangs would also oppose it. ”

"Unreasonable, they will ask Yan Ying, why do you do such an immoral thing, and become a gang to scrape the fixed interests of each street. ”

"What do you want her to answer, saying that it is because the firewood gang or beggar gang of Wushuang City also helped in this battle, and they also want to share a scoop of soup, but they think that it is inconvenient for them to come, so they borrow the shell of Wushuang City to borrow the corpse to return the soul?"

Hong Qi said excitedly.

"Are you so excited? No, forget it. ”

"Look at it, if you make Yan Ying embarrassed in the plan, you will become so 'murderous'!"

Luo Pan snorted.

"That's right, Brother Seven, you have to learn from the bad clouds, and you have to leave as soon as you taste the sweetness. ”

"You see, now Luo Hua is obedient to him, I'm afraid that on the bed, Brother Inferior Yun wants to bloom her backyard flowers, and she will also happily cater to him. ”

Chang Gengjie smiled a little lewdly.

Before Li Xiyun could strike at Chang Gengjie, Hong Qi shouted: "Stop!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you see the seventh sister-in-law sitting here? It's so filthy, and you dragged me in!"

I glanced at Ah Ghost with a weak heart, saw her strange expression, and said with a heartbeat.

Luo Pan knew that this kind of thing was likely to make his nerd angry, and hurriedly said: "It's just that I have to wait for the seventh sister-in-law to be there, so I want to frame and frame you, otherwise, no one can cure you usually!"

"That's right, Brother Seven, with your honor, it may be difficult to taste the sweetness of Yan Ying's big beauty!"

"You should be honored to be tied to the great beauty in a joke. ”

"It's like our inferior big brother, a big head, enough to make all the girls' hearts lost!"

Chang Gengjie is known as the king of tricks, of course his reaction is not slow, and he woke up at once.

Li Xiyun also made a proper play, touched his big head, and pretended to smile stupidly: "Helper, do you want to have an affair?

It's a pity that Ah Ghost knows them too well, and her suspicions have not diminished at all, but have become stronger.

She kept a straight face, glared at Hong Qi fiercely, and then said to Luo Pan first: "You seventh brother is very bold, no one can cure him, and I can't, I don't know how many bad things he has done to hurt me behind his back!"

After watching Luo Pan stick out his tongue in embarrassment, he turned to Chang Gengjie and said, "Hehe, I'm not a big beauty, so let you seventh brother taste enough of the sweetness." ”

"Where, where ......"

Chang Gengjie was even more embarrassed than Luo Pan, and scolded himself fiercely for forgetting that women are most taboo for men to say things like another woman is more beautiful in front of them, which is more painful than abandoning them.

Seeing that Ah Ghost looked at himself again, Li Xiyun hurriedly took the initiative to confess: "A man has a big head, which is really a manifestation without connotation. The man with the big head is the most vulgar man, and the seventh sister-in-law hates the big head the most. ”

Ah Ghost was amused at once, and said:

"I won't target you, you're much better than the two of them, I don't dare offend you. ”

"I just want to say, you got involved with that Luo Hua, what should I do with Mei'er?"

"Would you rather have two boats on your feet forever, or abandon one of them?"

"If it's the latter, it's better to make a decision earlier!"

As she said this, she glanced at Hong Qi from time to time.

Seeing this, Hong Qi hurriedly straightened his waist and made everything worthy of his heart, and after Ah Ghost finished speaking, he accused Li Xiyun Dao:

"Yes, yes, what the seventh sister-in-law said is right, this kind of thing can't be delayed, it's better to make a decision early!"

Hong Qi hopes that this one will end soon, however, Ah Ghost is not over yet, and he is eyeing the next one.