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Before leaving, the shopkeeper of the oil shop still didn't believe that Qin Ke was just passing by, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, do you need manpower? Although Nanyang's manpower is not as good as that of Jianye, Nanyang is the place where the prime minister made his fortune after all. Before the prime minister went to Jianye, he gave Nanyang There are a lot of people left, and they all look forward to serving the court."

Qin Ke thought for a while, but didn't refuse. He silently wrote down the address reported by the shopkeeper, and asked him to gather manpower within a day to wait for the call.

The Luo family mansion is located in the east of Nanyang City. Before Zhuge Wanling became famous, it was considered a big family in Nanyang, with countless properties under it. There are three mansions alone, scattered all over the place.

Although such a big family is also greedy for water transportation, there is no need to compete with the old boat gang for profit. The reason why the Luo family will take an active part in the water transportation dispute this time is that according to the analysis of the school affairs office, it is estimated that someone in the court wants to The Luo family stretched out their hand, wanting to use this matter to establish a relationship of interest with the Luo family.

For many years, although the Luo family is a noble family, it has always been difficult to occupy a place in the court. Now that they have a further opportunity, they can't hold back naturally, so they have this series of actions.

"So, if I help the Luo family, I'll be a bad person who takes people's lives." Qin Ke said with a headache, "It's best to stop the Luo family, and at the same time ease the relationship between the Luo family and the Laochuan Gang. As a result, there will be no damage to both sides, and Luo Fengchu will not do any major things."

Just as he was thinking, the carriage that had been going forward suddenly stopped, and the Luo family mansion was already in front of him.

It was obviously not long after noon, but at this moment, the front of Luo's house was extremely lively, with cheers, applause, and name-calling.

"Next!" With the shout of a male duck, Qin Ke could see a man with a tiger's back and a waist like a hunchback coming out of the crowd, and after saluting to the servants of the Luo family, he held the stone lock that weighed more than [-] kilograms.

"Drink!" As he exhaled and made a sound, Shi Suo suddenly moved an inch, as if he would be lifted the next moment.

However, Qin Ke found that the man's face was flushed from holding back, his vest was wet with sweat, and he sighed slightly. As expected, following the low "Oh" sound from the crowd, the stone lock was not lifted after all, while the man was It was sitting on the ground with one buttocks, panting heavily.

However, the servants of the Luo family nodded in satisfaction, recorded his name on the roster, and then said: "Go in, although he is not a master, but he has a lot of strength, we want it."

Everyone was envious for a while, watching the man enter the door of Luo's house briskly and almost dancing, talking endlessly.

"It seems that the news from the school affairs office is correct. The Luo family is actually recruiting people in a hurry." Qin Ke also found it very funny seeing such a scene.

Who in Nanyang doesn't know that the Luo family has always been based on poetry and books, and has never been involved in any affairs of the Jianghu gang, so naturally there is no such thing as Jianghu gang.

Unfortunately, the current head of the Luo family made up his mind to get involved in water transportation, and suffered from lack of manpower, so he paid a big price to recruit diners in the gate, hoping to establish a gang in the shortest possible time, so as to facilitate cooperation with the old boat gang. Fight for it.

Most of these people came here for the treatment of diners in the Luo family. It is said that as long as they enter the Luo family, even if they are just low-level thugs, they can still eat and wear well, and they can go to the brothel to drink flower wine every month. ...

But with such recruitment, where can there be any real masters?Even if it is to recruit ordinary gang members, this group of people is just a rabble.

After all, most of the real masters of practice in this world want to save face, but the Luo family made such a move, didn't they treat practitioners as if they were cattle and horses?

No wonder the shopkeeper of the oil shop commented on the young head of the Luo family: Although he is young and determined, he is courageous and enterprising, but in fact he is unbearable in practice and is an idiot.

But maybe it was because he was such an idiot that the gentry chose him?After all, a stupid and enterprising young man is always easier to persuade and control than an experienced old fox.Qin Ke was thoughtful.

According to the news from the school office, even if the Luo family can't recruit any real masters, the gentry forces will still send people there. Presumably they have already calculated all of this.

Qin Ke's heart moved, since the Luo family is short of people, why not just give them to others?After all, he lacks people, but he does not lack...

"Carry away, carry away!" Qin Ke had just pushed aside the crowd when someone came out with a stretcher in front of him. The man lying on the stretcher was vomiting blood all over his body, because the forced stone lock hurt his lungs, and the servant of the Luo family Still shouting with a drake voice, "Next!"

So Qin Ke came out of the crowd, and stood in front of the stone lock like a stroll in the garden.

"Report your name... Eh?" The servants of the Luo family sat at the door for a whole day. They were already tired of watching one after another martial arts man lift the stone lock, so they were too lazy to look up, but when they looked up now, they saw both Qin Ke, who was neither strong nor tall, said, "It's wrong, it's a stone lock of three hundred catties, look carefully!"

"That's right." Qin Ke grinned, knowing that he really doesn't look like a strongman, but the matter of practice... has never been related to whether the body is tall or not.

Everyone around booed. They just felt that a young man with a thin skin and tender flesh dared to try the three hundred catties stone lock. It was beyond his control. After several days in a row, who had ever seen someone who could lift the lock? Three hundred catties of stone locks?

But the next moment, the crowd let out a tidal exclamation.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they probably wouldn't believe what happened before them.

Under the eyes of everyone, Qin Ke held the [-]-jin stone lock with one hand, and at the same time stretched out his other hand to hold the same [-]-jin stone lock on the other side, and both hands exerted strength together!

The heavy stone lock seems to have been inserted with wings, and it is engulfed by a huge force and keeps rising, passing over the waist and shoulders, until it is at the same level as the head.

The thick qi and blood roared like a wild dragon in Qin Ke's body, and his strong arms did not tremble at all, and even had some strength left.

Although there is still a long way to go for a master of qi and blood at the level of a small grandmaster, he is already extraordinary in the eyes of ordinary people, even reaching the level of "inhuman".

Qin Ke put down the stone lock, clapped his hands and looked at the servant whose chin was about to fall to the ground, and said with a smile, "How about it, is my strength enough to see Mr. Luo Hongluo?"

Chapter 7 Chapter Three

After Qin Ke showed his cultivation for a little while, the Luo family was naturally shocked.

Just like the evaluation of Luo Hong, the current head of the Luo family by the school affairs office, who is "aggressive but unrealistic", after the start of recruitment, the young head of the family, who is only in his thirties, soon discovered that his recruitment methods did not work.

In the past half a month, many practitioners have indeed entered the mansion, but the highest cultivation level is only the practitioners of the first and second levels of energy and blood. This recruitment is almost a joke.

After all, masters who can really reach the triple realm or even the junior master realm can find a rich family to work for wherever they go. Even if the price offered by the Luo family is really good, why should they lose their identity and hold stone locks in front of the door like those third-rate people? humiliated?

But when Luo Hong knew that a master who lifted a three-hundred-jin stone lock with one arm came to the door, he was naturally overjoyed, and immediately made Qin Ke a guest, wishing to eat and sleep together to show his "virtuous corporal" demeanor.

On the contrary, the master practitioners assigned by Mr. Gong to the Luo family looked down upon Qin Ke, and even thought that Qin Ke's visit might be a spy sent by the old boat gang on purpose.

However, Qin Ke has never been from Nanyang, and he has never even been to Nanyang, and his identity cannot be found out. These people can only slander Luo Hong, an idiot, for recruiting a man who "comes from other places and just ran out of money". The little master master no longer doubts.

The next day, Luo Hong sat in the gazebo, admiring the flowers and warmly entertaining Qin Ke, saying: "Brother Qin, it's really thanks to you that my brother's face is not lost in front of those people."

Qin Ke can't stand Luo Hong's enthusiasm, so it doesn't matter if he calls him a brother or brother. Yesterday he even knocked on the door and wanted to have a "long talk" with him yesterday. Child molester, who knew that Luo Hong wouldn't have any Long Yang fetishes?

But for Luo Fengchu's matter, he still put on a smiling face on the surface, and smiled at Luo Hong: "Where, the Luo family has a big business, so it's not difficult to recruit a few masters of cultivation, like those wealthy families in Jianye Nobles, which family does not have a few great practitioners?"

"Brother Qin has been to Jianye?" Luo Hong's eyes lit up. He has always longed for the power of the nobles in Jianye, otherwise he would not be willing to be a gun for the nobles. Now when Qin Ke actually mentioned Jianye, his mouth became even more It was like a torrential river stretching on and on, which gave Qin Ke a headache.

Qin Ke could only pick some answers, and took advantage of the situation to change the topic: "I don't know what's going on outside now? Can the old ship gang give out the work of those ports?"

"Naturally, it's impossible to give in. People from my Luo family have often fought with people from the Old Boat Gang at the port these days, but in the end it's just the small fights of the people below. But..." Luo Hong looked confident , "Even if they don't let it so what? With Lord Gong backing my Luo family, as long as my Luo family keeps recruiting talents, sooner or later I will be able to run out that low-rate old boat gang, and then the whole of Nanyang... no, even a few people nearby The water transportation in counties and counties is decided by my Luo family, and sooner or later my Luo family will go to Jianye to enter the house, what is an old boat gang?"

"Of course." Qin Ke nodded in agreement on the surface, but disagreed in his heart.

The water in Jianye Temple is not as shallow as other countries. The massacre two years ago is still vivid in my mind. A few days ago, because of Sun Tong, countless officials fell to the top of the mountain. Luo Hong, a "fool" who feels good about himself ", I am afraid that I will be eaten to the bone if I really enter that temple.

In this way, it would be considered a good thing if I secretly manipulated the Luo family to fail?At least Luo Hong will not be used as a spear by those gentry again, and will be eaten to the bone in the end.

Thinking of this, Qin Ke's smile was no longer forced, and even became as bright as the sun.

Soon, it turned out that Luo Hong was wrong, and he was very wrong.

After all, the old ship gang is a local snake. Since the establishment of Jingwu, they have occupied the water transportation around Nanyang for many years, and their roots are deep.

The reason why there was no trouble at the beginning was to wait for the manpower to gather for time, so Qin Ke met the three brothers Fatty, Meng Ya, and Kuang Tie in Nanyang Restaurant.

Now that the people have arrived, the silent old boat gang has naturally exposed its minions. In various ports, especially the territory controlled by the Luo family, the Luo family started fighting.

Those temporarily recruited from all walks of life are not as good as the old boat gang, and the shopkeepers and traffickers at the port have many hidden eyes and ears, so the old boat gang has an inherent advantage.

One side has lightning-like eyesight, the other side is deaf and blind, the result can be imagined.

Just yesterday, when more than a dozen cargo ships docked, the servants recruited by the Luo family were rubbing their hands and preparing to unload the cargo. Suddenly, they heard a shout of "Brothers! Go! Hit the mother!" A group of people with guns and clubs rushed out of every intersection and alley, and they rushed up neatly and beat them violently.

The Luo family was unprepared, they were directly rushed to pieces, and because they had no time to raise their weapons, they could only gather together and form a temporary formation to resist, but these people obviously came prepared, and once they saw this, they began to throw morning Just ready cobblestone.

These cobblestones, which were rounded by the river water, were less than half the size of a palm, but they were very painful when they hit people, and even the head was bleeding severely, so the formation that the Luo family finally formed collapsed again, and everyone They all run around with their heads in their hands.

Many people were even forced to jump into the river, but they didn't realize that the old boat gang arranged water ghosts under the water, and easily dragged them into the water for a while. When they came out of the water again, they were exhausted. Climb ashore and can only lie on the ground gasping for breath.

After a while, the Luo family's backup arrived, and these people dispersed amidst the sound of whistles, and disappeared without a trace within a quarter of an hour, as if they had never appeared before.

Moreover, although they beat people, they are very disciplined. Even if they beat people, they are very measured. They must beat people so painfully, but they will not die because of it. Naturally, it is impossible for the government to catch the old boat. If you turn a blind eye and close your eyes, it's like a dog bites a dog.

After the Luo family was beaten up again and again, they lived in fear, not to mention working hard, even looking around when they moved some goods, for fear that when the people from the Lao Chuan Gang came out, they couldn't just run away. Get things done.

It was the first time for Qin Ke to see this kind of scene like "hooligans fighting" in the rivers and lakes, and he still had a certain degree of advance and retreat, so he inquired a little, and learned that the leader of the Laochuan Gang followed Zhuge Wanling and was in the Jingchu Gang he founded. did something.

I don't know if it's because of this, so I learned some tactics of war: divide troops, suspect troops, lure, siege, and retreat, all of which are more exciting than fighting.

Luo Hong watched his own people go back to the mansion with bruises and dejected over and over again, so he was naturally furious, but because he had never been in contact with the world of traffickers and pawns, he didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only throw things in the mansion every day to vent his anger.

Of course, Qin Ke and the masters appointed by Mr. Gong naturally don’t have to go to the street to fight in person. Still focus on those people who make a living.

On the one hand, they want to keep their jobs, and on the other hand, they want to be worthy of the Luo family's treatment. The two sides are constantly fighting each other, which makes the people of Nanyang County amazed. Some people even moved benches and brought tea. , just to see the spectacle of the fight with your own eyes.

"Look at this, even if I don't secretly interfere, it seems that the Luo family can't win." After witnessing it several times, Qin Ke also made a judgment in his heart.

Probably because the gentry in Nanyang couldn't stand the Luo family's incompetence, so they appointed a counselor who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years to assist Luo Hong, and immediately brought back the original one-sided situation. Sheng Shao, at any rate, has gained a firm foothold.

But then things got trickier.

Chapter 7 and Four of Master Gong's Scheming

"Although several ports in Nanyang are guarded now, not to mention that the two ports in the south of the city are still in the hands of Lao Chuan Gang. In addition, they have been operating for many years and have power all over the surrounding counties. If they want to grab the business of water transport, unless Just seal their port." The counselor known as Mr. Ma faced the map and couldn't help admiring the ability of the leader of the Laochuan Gang to assign people.

The old boat gang's attack on the Luo family's port in the past few days is just a cover, and their original intention is to disturb the Luo family.

On the contrary, the port of the Old Boat Gang is still doing things as usual. By comparing the two, the Old Boat Gang can naturally prove to the adults sitting in the yamen that they are more capable than the Luo family who are driving ducks to the shelves. Manage water transportation well.

In fact, if Mr. Gong hadn't come here with the order of the gentry, and was able to overcome public opinion and provide a lot of official help, Mr. Ma really didn't want to be an enemy of a gang like the Old Boat Gang, and it would be thankless.

Luo Hong didn't think too much about it, and when he heard that the Luo family would take the initiative to attack the ports along the river, his eyes were full of excitement: "That's just right, the old boat gang has been deceiving people too much these days, it's time to give them some Take a look at the color, otherwise others will think that my Luo family is really easy to bully. Hmph, why are you arguing with me?"

The people you recruit aren't necessarily top-notch either.Qin Ke stood aside and couldn't help muttering, but he was a little bit looking forward to the future development.

As soon as the order was given, the Luo family's men attacked almost in full force, and divided their forces into three groups to attack the old boat gang's port.

After all, the Luo family is rich and powerful, and the servants and Jianghu people who spent money on them are not considered weak. Under the reasonable arrangements of the counselors, the momentum is naturally very fierce.

But in just one day, they had several fights with the old ship gang. The port was full of porters and sailors with bloody heads. In the end, even the cargo ships of the water transport did not dare to dock easily.

The Lao Chuan Gang probably also felt that the two sides had reached a critical time, and they were unwilling to give up half a point. They strictly defended the port, and almost everyone kept their weapons on their bodies for a moment. As long as there was a slight disturbance, they would immediately gather into a group, just like going to the battlefield. resolute.

Seeing that the old boat gang's defenses were too strict, the people of the Luo family also changed their tactics, and instead attacked east and west, attacking the south and north at one time.

However, after only one or two wins, he heard that his home port was attacked by the sneakers of the Lao Chuan Gang, and immediately clamored to return to the defense with an angry face. pong.

As more and more manpower was invested on both sides and the momentum grew louder, the water transportation along the Nanyang River has been completely suspended, because no matter whether it is the people of the Luo family or the people of the Laochuan Gang, as long as one party dares to do something, the other party immediately It will be smashed aggressively, forcing the opponent to concentrate on dealing with it.

The two sides continued to quarrel until dusk. After seeing the mess in the major ports, the government finally sent small officials to deal with the group fights under the cries of some inexplicably beaten merchant ships. Apart from the few people who took the lead in the fight, there was nothing they could do.

After all, nearly 3000 people from both sides have been involved, and all of them have been arrested. I am afraid that even a few large prisons will be filled. What's more, if the matter is so big, how can the DPRK and China not ask at all?When the time comes to ask for guilt, I'm afraid no one will be able to bear it.

Moreover, even if they are put in prison, these people still have to deliver food every day to support them. Business matters are even more difficult to do.

Sitting in the Luo Mansion, Qin Ke drank tea and listened to the servants coming in to report. Looking at the map that Mr. Ma spread on the table, it was a little strange.

"Although this Mr. Ma has indeed changed the Luo family's weakness a lot in the past few days, if this quarrel continues, both sides will suffer. Can't please?" Qin Ke casually looked at the framed picture on the wall, and suddenly found that the lower right corner of the picture was Luo Fengchu's name.

"Sir! The yamen is making a big move!" At this moment, Qin Ke's thinking was interrupted by the servant's reward. When he rushed in, he even tripped over the threshold and finally ran to Mr. Ma, but He was out of breath and unable to speak.

"What are you panting for? Tell me!" Luo Hong had already grown impatient with the wait, and no matter how far the servant had traveled, he would hurl insults at his head and face.

The servants didn't dare to speak back, so they could only take a deep breath and said: "Just now, people from the yamen suddenly appeared and arrested more than 300 people directly from the port, and all of them were taken back to the prison, saying that they would use private The punishment of fighting crimes really stunned everyone at once."

"The more than 300 people arrested are members of the Lao Chuan Gang?" Luo Hong was startled at first, but then he felt that Master Gong must be supporting him behind his back, and he was very happy.

"No...it's not..." The servants hesitated, "Our people also arrested more than 100 people, and even Luo Xing's manager was arrested. It looks like we are going to be severely punished. "

"What? How could this be? Could it be that the people in the government are crazy?" Luo Hong stared at him. At first, he thought that he was backed by Mr. Gong, and it should be the people of the Laochuan Gang who suffered, but in fact he did not. Even his own people were imprisoned?

Although those people were just paid out with money, after all, they bear the name of the Luo family, so the government must know about it.

"Mr. Luo, stay safe and don't be impatient." Mr. Ma was as calm as usual, even with a smile on his face, as if "everything is as expected".

Qin Ke's heart moved, and he suddenly wanted to understand.

The Mr. Ma sent by Mr. Gong clearly wanted to disrupt the situation and completely disrupt the water transportation and business structure of the entire river. In this way, not only the old boat gang would be frustrated, but even the merchant ships would be affected. If a large amount of goods cannot go ashore, the government will inevitably come out to uphold justice.

After all, there is still a gap between the Luo family's strength and the old boat gang, so he wants to gain some advantages through that Lord Gong?

Qin Ke is also secretly glad that he has Gao Yishui, a "teacher" who has been in the rivers and lakes, so that he can see the mystery.

And Mr. Ma's explanation to Luo Hong also confirmed Qin Ke's guess: "... Mr. Gong is an official after all. Even if he is really optimistic about Mr. Luo, he can't go too far on the surface. Some people are arrested for the sake of it." Show your own justice."

"These more than three hundred people are just an attitude of Mr. Gong. It is precisely because of our battle with the Lao Chuan Gang these days that Nanyang and surrounding counties have been affected. It is difficult for cargo ships to unload, water transportation is blocked, and roads are blocked. If it doesn't make sense, then the adults who originally stayed out of the matter and didn't show their attitudes will naturally have to express their attitudes, whether to choose the Luo family or the old boat gang."

After all, Mr. Ma is Lord Gong's person, and he knows the inside story very well, so he can naturally sit on a chair and talk freely. When his folding fan suddenly knocked on the table, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, don't come out." In an hour, the yamen should send someone to send a letter, let me make a preparation, and then... it must be the critical time."

Soon, the messenger from the yamen passed the news to the Luo family, saying that they invited the Luo family to have a banquet at Nanyang Restaurant tomorrow, and discuss with several adults about water transportation.

"People from the Lao Chuan Gang are going too?" Luo Hong immediately clapped his hands and applauded when he heard this, "It's just right, I can settle the accounts with them."

Mr. Ma shook his head and said: "Although the matter has progressed to this point, it has not yet come to an end. The reason why Mr. Gong asked Mr. Luo to recruit practitioners is for this purpose. It must be the struggle between the old boat gang and the Luo family. , it still takes a few practitioners to make a final decision."

Chapter 7 and Five

Finished?What happened?Naturally, according to the rules of the world, to put it simply and bluntly, the masters of both sides fight in the ring, and whoever can stand at the end wins.

This sounds a bit like a solution between children or hooligans, but it has already become a commonly known rule in the world.

Those at the bottom have their own rules of survival. Their most powerful weapons have always been fists and blades, and they have nothing else.

Even if the Luo family was originally a scholarly family, but now they want to get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, they have to do as the Romans do. Otherwise, both sides can still count on those who don't know a lot of characters to rely on "here is a river, a chicken on the table." "Such poems are not good enough to judge.

Qin Ke also expected this situation, so he took the initiative to join the Luo family, so that he could really participate in the struggle between the Luo family and the Laochuan Gang.