After that, he began to search his body and baggage, and said, "If you want to cross the river, you will wait until noon, and then a boat will carry you over." There is only one ship a day, and if you miss it, you will have to wait for tomorrow. Zhu Yushi said: "Thank you, big brother." ”

Zhu Yushi waited until noon, and thirty or forty passengers came to the shore one after another to wait for the boat. Most of these men were merchants, they all had mounts, and they knew each other. I only heard a middle-aged man with gray hair: "Brother Zhou, have you heard, the horse market in Tibet is about to open, and that is a good opportunity to make money." The man surnamed Zhou had a poor and sour face, had two long beards, and said angrily: "That's all big deals, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at every turn, what's the matter with us." Gray-haired humane: "Where there are many people, you can make money, I open a tea shop, you open a restaurant, if you go to Tubo to do business for a few days, you will definitely earn more than usual in half a year." The surnamed Zhou said: "Have you thought of what others would not have thought of?" This year is the most taboo to join in the fun, and it will be gone if you put your head together, so it's better to settle down." We all have a stable livelihood and are so greedy to do so. The gray-haired man said: "Brother doesn't agree with this." Brother Zhou has never heard of 'making a fortune in troubled times'? As long as you dare to break through, you will have the opportunity to make a fortune. The surname Zhou said: "There are a few people who can make a fortune, and if they can't make money, they still take a small life, which is cost-effective?" I haven't had the luck to make a fortune since I was a child, and I don't want this kind of thing at all. ”

At this time, the old man in black sitting under the shade of the tree said lazily in a contemptuous tone: "What this brother Zhou said is reasonable, and the old man also advises you to keep to yourself." The gray-haired man saw that he had gray hair, a wrinkled face, and a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet, not like an ordinary person, so he asked: "Dare to ask where the old man made his fortune?" The old man in black smiled and said: "The old man is buying and selling "four legs". ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard it, and the "four legs" referred to horses. Surely it is not a mortal who can resell horses in these years. The gray-haired man said tentatively: "Could it be that the old gentleman is a friend of the horse gang?" The old man in black smiled: "You have a little knowledge." The gray-haired man hurriedly saluted: "I didn't expect to meet a friend of the horse gang here, it's really disrespectful, I wish the horse gang a dragon and a tiger leap, and the rivers and lakes will be proud." The people around him also said it one after another, with fear in their expressions.

Zhu Yushi has also heard of the name of the horse gang, which is the newly emerging horse thief gang in the Central Plains after Li Cheng, Cao Cheng, and Zhang Yong. The thief leader Lei Zhen is a murderous villain, and his martial arts are extremely high, very courageous, in just a few years, he swept the surrounding gangs, and became a leader of the Central Plains gangs, dominating the local area, and even the Qi State extended an olive branch to him and collected it for his own use. Lei Zhen's biggest business was horse sales, and he wantonly robbed the horse-dealers on the official road of Qi and Yu, and then sold the stolen horses to the Qi State, so that in recent years, no horse team was willing to take the road of Luyu. After no one dared to sell horses, Lei Zhen simply sold horses, and sent caravans to buy horses in the major pastures outside the Guan, and seventy percent of the war horses of Qi were provided by him, and over time people called his horse thieves gang "horse gangs".

The local people hated them because this gang not only robbed horses, but also robbed people and money. The girls in the Qinglou under the name of the Ma Gang are all young girls who have not been out of the cabinet from all over the country, or young women who have become wives, and they have never spent a tael of silver. He also used the money he had stolen to buy the people's grain at a low price, and waited until the disaster year to sell it at a high price with usury. Countless families were forced to hang themselves or run away from home. The horse gang is the nightmare of the people of the Central Plains, and it is even more hateful than the Qi soldiers.

Lei Zhen has a bad record, Luo Tianchu once said that if he got the Central Plains, he should kill this person first, but the army is far away, Lei Ting is also interesting, he does not violate the river water of the well water of the Blood Knife Fort, never robs the goods of the Blood Knife Fort, and even sent a congratulatory gift after Luo Tianchu obtained Guanzhong, so the two parties are always in a neutral relationship, and neither wants to provoke the other party first. As long as the people of the horse gang keep to themselves in Guanzhong, the Blood Knife Fort will not trouble them.

The people who complimented the old man in black didn't really respect him, they were all afraid of the power of the horse gang, so they had to bow their heads. The old man in black saw that only Zhu Yu had not given a salute, so he looked at him for a moment and asked, "What is the name of this brother?" When Zhu Yushi saw him ask himself, he had to reply: "In Xia Fu Chou, what is the old gentleman's name." The old man in black said: "The old man Tong Dalong is." Has Fu Xianggong ever heard of the name of my horse gang?" Zhu Yushi said: "I have never heard of it. Tong Dalong snorted lightly and said, "Do you really don't know or pretend not to know?" Zhu Yushi said: "I really don't know." Tong Dalong said: "I don't know if it doesn't matter, the old man will teach you to be a good man now." Zhu Yushi thought to himself that if this was said to Xiao Luo, you would already be looking for teeth all over the ground by now, but you would like to see who taught whom. He didn't want to make a difference, so he said, "Please teach the old gentleman." ”

Tong Dalong said: "The brothers who run on the rivers and lakes know that no matter who meets the people of the horse gang on any occasion, they must pay respect, which is also to leave a way back for you in the future, if you are lucky enough to make friends with us, you can report our name when you are in trouble, and maybe you can save a life." These people know how to behave. The people around him should be the gray-haired man and the person surnamed Zhou Xiang Zhu Yushi even made a look. Zhu Yushi thought to himself that this trip was all thanks to the word "forbearance", and the other party was just an arrogant old man, so why bother to be like him. got up and bowed in front of him, and learned the tone of the others and said: "The junior Fu Chou has seen Mr. Tong, I wish the horse to help the dragon and the tiger leap and raise the prestige of the rivers and lakes."

Then he turned and left. Tong Dalong suddenly said: "Wait." That's not right. Zhu Yushi said strangely: "What's wrong? Tong Dalong deliberately made a mistake: "It's okay for others to say that, but you can't." Zhu Yushi was puzzled: "Why can't I?" Tong Dalong said: "The new rule of our horse gang is that anyone who has never heard of the name of the horse gang must kowtow three times for the first time. This is what you will remember. Zhu Yushi was already in a bad mood, and he just wanted to get rid of the matter, but he didn't expect his request to be so unreasonable, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart. I thought to myself that I knelt down to the gods of heaven and earth, and knelt down to my ancestors and parents, what kind of bird are you, you dare to let others kneel to you.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Tong Lao Dog! Don't be a powerful man on the Lao Tzu Wharf, you have to pretend to be an uncle and roll to the other side of the bank, don't forget what kind of place this is." Everyone was shocked, and at the same time turned to look, only to see that the person who came was a black-faced man with a small stature, with a brave and fierce face. Zhu Yushi was overjoyed when he saw the visitor, and it turned out to be Du Kill. One of his tasks was to come here every day at noon to monitor the crowd crossing the river and prevent chaos.

Tong Dalong saw Du Kill change his color, and hurriedly got up and said, "Master Du is hard, we haven't seen each other for a few months." This little meaning can be regarded as a tribute to Du Ye and his brothers to buy wine. As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and brought it to him. Du Kill glared and said: "What is this, if it reaches the ears of General Lu and I accept bribes, put it away!" Tong Dalong smiled dryly: "Yes, yes, I am offended." Then he said: "The Lei Gang Master has always admired Lord Luobao, and the relationship between our two families has always been not bad, so Du Ye should give the old man some face." Du Kill took a sip and scolded: "What kind of bird are you." Don't say that you won't give face, even if Lei Zhen comes, he won't give it. This is Guanzhong!" Tong Dalong's face was in a cold sweat, and Nuo Nuo said yes. Du Kill swept his eyes across the surface of the Yellow River and said, "The boat is coming, let's get ready to get on the boat." Everyone around said, "Yes." ”

Du Shu came to Zhu Yushi, looked at him twice, and said, "Xianggong's face is tight, let's cross the river for the first time." Zhu Yushi said: "Yes." Du Kill said: "The horse gang on the other side is rampant, so be more careful." There's no one over there to protect you. Zhu Yushi was grateful and said, "Thank you Leader Du." Du Yu was stunned and said: "Only people in the army who are familiar with me call me Leader Du, have we met before?" Zhu Yushi smiled embarrassedly: "No, no, just call it casually." Du Shu nodded and said, "It's not too early, let's get on the boat." ”

They were taken across the river by a dhow owned by an old fisherman living on the Yellow River, who did not belong to any of the forces. Everyone led their horses and lined up to board the ship. Zhu Yushi listened to the gray-haired man in front of him whispering: "The characters in Guanzhong are really bullish, and they don't even dare to buy the account of the horse gang." The surnamed Zhou also whispered: "That's not it." People even fought back the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Jin Kingdom, and Huizi cared about a horse gang. The gray-haired man said: "Brother Zhou, do you have any thoughts about moving to Guanzhong?" The surnamed Zhou said: "I have had some thoughts, Guanzhong heroes never bully the people, and the newly moved businessmen can also be tax-exempt for one year, so benevolent government is really worth considering." The gray-haired man said: "Yes, I will discuss the relocation with my wife after I go back." Zhu Yushi was relieved, thinking that more and more people would move into Guanzhong, and they would gradually prosper, if they could operate for 20 years, Luo Shaohe and himself would only be forty years old, so why worry about the great cause. At this time, he only had grief and anger in his heart, and he no longer wanted to return to the countryside.

When all the ships were on board, the handlebars shouted and put away the ropes, and the sailors propped up the pennies and rowed to the opposite shore. Because of the short trip, everyone didn't enter the warehouse, just stood on the deck and chatted.

Tong Dalong kept a gloomy face, and he didn't say a word at the bow of the boat alone, and only walked into the crowd after the boat started, and when he found Zhu Yushi, he said fiercely: "Someone disturbed on the shore just now, now let's continue." Zhu Yushi's heart was on fire, and he said, "Continue what?" Tong Dalong scolded angrily: "Continue to kowtow to the old man! Let you remember what the horse gang said is not a fart!" He didn't dare to attack when he was insulted by Du Kill just now, and at this time he vented his evil fire on Zhu Yushi. Everyone fell silent and watched them from afar, and even the ship's handles and sailors were silent, not daring to provoke the caravan.

Zhu Yushi said categorically: "I don't kneel!" Tong Dalong's cloudy old eyes showed murderous intent, and he smiled cruelly: "Do you know the consequences of offending our horse gang?" Zhu Yushi deliberately asked: "What consequences?" Tong Dalong sneered: "Go down to the Yellow River to feed the fish." After speaking, he stepped up and grabbed Zhu Yushi's collar. Zhu Yushi was standing on the side of the boat, his body flashed to the side, and he subconsciously raised his leg and stumbled, Tong Dalong couldn't stop it, and planted the boat with an "oops". "Poof" fell into the river. (To be continued.) )