Lu Ming

You know, Ma Jie and his gang, who spend most of their time in the grasslands, are willing to come to Taihang Mountain to do business this time, a large part of the reason is because Ma Jie wants to avenge Xinlong's personal revenge.

All meat tickets are handled by horse thieves, which are also negotiated in advance.

But now the Guangyi Gang obviously doesn't intend to admit it... Although intrigue and deceit are part of the daily life among gangsters, in today's situation where there is a big harvest, they are still staring at the meat ticket with the lowest total value. The Taihang group of heroes present, including the spectators, all despised the Guangyi Gang.

The party involved, Ma Jie, was even more angry, and immediately pulled out their knives: "Where is Ha Liu? Come out and be fair!"

The Ha Liu Ha Gang Master was naturally present.When Ma Jie turned his head to look for it, he found that the leader of the Ha gang was standing firmly in front of the broken pier door with a few riders, looking indifferently towards this side.

The first person who found out that the situation was wrong was Gu Ming, the head of Taihang.

Being able to lead several hundred mountain bandits, the leader Gu Da naturally has a strategic vision.He, who was watching the lively from the side, glanced at the city wall inadvertently, and suddenly his face changed: I don't know when, the Guangyi Gang members in yellow military coats have already climbed up the wall. .

Immediately afterwards, Gu Ming's eyes narrowed, and he found another wrong place: the seemingly messy scene in the pier, but near every pile of horse bandits, there were figures in yellow coats.

With just this glance, Chief Gu realized the problem: the ongoing quarrel was not a common quarrel that happened temporarily, but was deliberately provoked by a certain party.

The next moment, Gu Ming stretched out his hand and pulled a large subordinate, blocked in front of him, and shouted in a low voice: "Fight, copy the guy, step back!"

At the same time, Ha Liu, who was sitting on the back of a horse, cut his hand coldly.

In an instant, there were roars everywhere.Puffs of white smoke spewed out from the hands of the broad gang members scattered everywhere, knocking down the targets they had already secretly assigned one by one.

What followed was a series of roars and neighs from outside the wall.This is because the people who were arranged outside also started after hearing the movement.

Most of the people who got shot were horse thieves.Of course, in such a chaotic scene, there are quite a few Taihangers who were accidentally injured.

I thought it was a normal dispute over the distribution of stolen goods, but I never thought that the other party was the Ma Jie group who deliberately murdered, and was immediately hit by multiple lead bullets from all around.

Ma Jie, who was targeted the most, instantly weighed three shots, his chest was smashed, and he didn't even have time to snort before he died.

The other three confidants beside Ma Jie were also shot.There were those who were not fatally shot, and were then slashed by a saber, and they were immediately acquitted.

Originally, Ma Jie had only a few subordinates, and dozens of riders and horses were considered to be the smallest among the three companies in this cooperation.This manpower, having experienced the previous battle losses, was suddenly attacked by a superior number of muskets at close range, and the casualties were heavy immediately, and there was no way to fight back.

The calmest person in the whole process was still the boss of Taihang, Gu Ming.Gu Ming, who had judged from the very beginning that the Guangyi Gang was going to be black, had already retreated to the corner with his confidants when the gunman launched.

After discovering that, as expected by his own family, the Guang Guang Gang members were targeting the horse bandits, Boss Gu, who grew a breath of air, stretched out his arms to stop the commotion of his own family, and completely brought people to watch the excitement.

The reason for this state of mind is that it is impossible.Although Boss Gu is a scumbag from Taihang Mountain, it doesn't mean that he can't see the power of hot weapons.Especially after the earth-shattering explosion, Gu Ming accurately judged the strength comparison of the three parties involved.

It was not revealed on the face, but Boss Gu, who had the advantage in the number of subordinates, was really the weaker side at this moment.

Therefore, the Guang Guang Gang and the Ma bandits are black and black, as long as he is not involved, then Gu Ming is very happy to watch the fun.

Gunshots, screams, horse calls, and screams rang out in succession.The person who shot was merciless, shot and slashed with guns and knives. In a short time, all the Mongolian horse bandits inside and outside the pier fell to the ground, shocking the surrounding Taihang Xia.

Come fast, go fast.In just a few dozen breaths, the battle between hot weapons and cold weapons was over.Except for a pile of corpses on the ground, time seemed to stop at the previous moment, and nothing happened.

"Bah! Ha Liu! What do you want?"

Seeing that the scene was quiet again, Master Gu finally shouted loudly and drew out his knife.Accompanying his actions, the Taihang heroes who had realized it later also drew out their swords and axes.

"Hahaha, I'm talking wrong with Ma Jie for a while. Personal grudges, don't do anything about the Taihang brothers."

As for the guard posture of Gu Da's family only "remembering" at this time, Ha Liu, who understood that the other party was hiding his good intentions, got off the horse with a big laugh, waved his subordinates back, passed a few sharp knives alone, and walked to Gu Da's house. In front of him, he cupped his fists and saluted: "I bumped into the old brother, Ha Liu was reckless, I apologize!".

Ha Liu's response immediately relieved the tension on the field.Master Gu then went downhill with a donkey, ordered his subordinates to put away the knife and axe, and then complained a few words in the tone of an old brother who had come over, and it seemed that the matter was over.

Next, the Taihang heroes, who had a complicated mood and a defensive attitude, accelerated the speed of cleaning the battlefield.The Guangyi help staff simply withdrew from the inventory, and all went out of the pier.

This is where the advantage of having a large workforce is shown.Hundreds of Taihang heroes quickly scoured the inside and outside of the pier, all the spoils were packed into carts, and all the prisoners were tied up and marched in line.

As for the wounded, they were taken away with lightly injured legs and feet, while the rest were thrown on the pier and left in a mess with the eight officers and soldiers who had not participated in the battle from beginning to end.

It was already dark when the harvested large team set off, but this did not affect the team's progress at all... Most of the bandits are locals, and they are familiar with the terrain, so it is not a problem to cross the mountains and drive at night.

In fact, the big band of bandits had to retreat overnight.

There is such a big commotion in Wuhuodun today. In the early morning of tomorrow, the officers and troops outside the mountain and inside the mountain will definitely send troops to investigate.If you don't go, you will be attacked.

Simply Wuhuo Pier did not go deep into Taihang, just a pier in the mountain pass.So after the big army came out, they only walked in the dark for an hour, and then they exited the mountain pass the same way.

The mountain pass extends in all directions, and you can see the Yixian county seat with lights in the distance.When they got here, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Gu Da's family also distributed a group of subordinates.

Some of the bandits who were active in the villages near the mountain pass and around the county town disbanded after receiving the money.

After streamlining the team, the remaining staff, together with the Guangyi help horse team, diverted to the south and walked along the foothills of the Taihang Mountains for a whole night.Along the way, from time to time, scattered bandits disappeared into the forest on the spot.

It was not until dawn broke that the large team turned into an unnamed village at the foot of the mountain.

The terrain of this village is hidden and the area is not small. There is no doubt that it is the preset foothold of the Taihang Gang.

After arriving at the station, the large team that had gone through successive journeys, battles, and night walks was already exhausted.The two forces had no other thoughts at this moment. Both parties arranged to be on duty, locked the meat ticket in the empty house, and fell asleep on the dirt pit of the fellow's home.

A solid sleep this night.It was not until dinner time that the two leaders, who were finally revived with blood, met in full spirits in the big wooden house in the middle of the village.

They successfully made a big deal, and the two leaders were in a very good mood. After meeting, they laughed and slapped their shoulders and backs. Then they held hands with each other, and brought their confidants to sit on several rough wooden tables. Up on both sides of the long table.

Smelling the strong smell of mutton in the cauldron outside, he glanced at the iron bucket Erguotou that had already been prepared next to him, the smiling master Gu rubbed his stomach without seeing anything, and said eagerly, "Damn, I'm so greedy. Hurry up. Brother Ha, hurry up, brother, I can't wait to touch you a few bowls of whisky!"

"Okay, then hurry up."

Ha Liu, who was also full of smiles, nodded to an inconspicuous round-faced young man beside him and said, "Hurry up and finish, let's have a seat."

Under the watchful eyes of the two top gangsters, the round-faced young man took out an ink bottle, an iron-tipped fountain pen, a pocket abacus, and a stack of high-end business white goods made in Fuzhou from a cowhide briefcase hanging diagonally from his body. Paper.

Opposite the young man, an old man wearing fashionable tortoiseshell reading glasses had been waiting in the village before, with a traditional pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him, ready.

At the next moment, the accounting for the distribution of spoils officially begins.

The two accountants first exchanged and checked the list of the harvested materials this time. After confirming that it was correct, the young man coughed and in Mandarin with a slight southern accent, read the list of harvests assigned to him one by one.

Most of the amount harvested by both parties is negotiated in advance.Now read it again, and if no one has any objection, proceed to the next step according to this ratio.

At this time, the room where there was still noise became silent, including the expressions of serious listening on the faces of the two heads.

Since the Guangyi Gang alone killed the horse bandits, according to the rules of the road, the meat tickets promised to the horse bandits, as well as a small amount of materials and silver, were all divided into the gains of the Guangyi Gang.

After the young man finished reading the distribution ratio of all the supplies, silver taels, and meat tickets, the old man opposite also reported the ratio to his shopkeeper in a low voice, which was not too bad.

"Okay, that's it!"

The head of Gu, who was determined to form a good foundation for the Guangyi Gang, heard that it was roughly the distribution ratio that his family deserved before, and he was reluctant to pursue the details.

Here Ha Liu saw that the head of Gu Da was so happy, he turned his head and whispered a few words to the round-faced young man, and then nodded slowly: "Accepted!"

As soon as the words "Ha's Gang Master" were spit out, the house full of heroes suddenly applauded: The big agreement on the distribution of the spoils has been reached.

"Serve the wine, cut the meat, hurry up!"

From time to time, as the two rows of wine bowls collided, the whole house raised their heads in unison, and then they all let out a breath of air: "Good wine, as expected of whisky puree!"

This is where the victory banquet begins.

After three bowls of wine and five yuan of sheep, everyone filled their stomachs and got a little drunk, and then began the second round of negotiations in a harmonious and happy atmosphere.

The second round of negotiation is to exchange supplies or not.

The most critical part of the first round before is to determine the respective distribution ratios of the total harvest by both parties.In fact, for the Taihang Mountain Bandits, many of the goods allocated proportionally are unnecessary, such as fragile high-grade thermos bottles.

At this point, a second round of negotiations is required.The two sides each took out the unwanted part of the harvest and exchanged it, and then negotiated for more refunds and less compensation.

Of course, this second round is a soft negotiation, and it is not mandatory. If you can't reach an agreement, you don't have to sell it, so it stays in the banquet room.

This time, Master Gu is still very good at talking.In the end, in the collision of wine bowls, the two sides quickly reached a final agreement.

In the agreement, the Taihang Gang left behind most of the wine and food in the caravan, a small amount of wound medicine, and some durable daily necessities.And all the fine materials distributed by the Taihang Gang, as well as the horses and carriages, were given to the Guangyi Gang according to [-]% of the selling price.

This price is too much to help, of course, is slightly cheaper.Because many high-end materials, in fact, can be sold at more than [-]% of the market price from nearby nest owners.

"Happy! I haven't met a person as happy as my brother for a long time!"

Ha Liu, who negotiated all the business in a few words, a big cake blushed, his eyes widened, he sincerely raised the wine bowl, and toasted the head of Gu.

"Returning the favor, we still have a big deal to do this year!" After drinking this bowl, the spirit of the gang leader Ha, who was full of pride, slapped the table and instructed the round-faced youth who was still working hard to settle accounts: "All Brother Gu's goods are paid [-]% to Lao Tzu! I have traveled all over the desert, how can I be a dishonest person!"

In the end, after some pride and humility, the leader of the Ha gang bought most of the goods from Taihang helpers at a price of [-]%.

The base price of industrial goods is very high.In this way, even if all the cash looted in the caravan was left, the Ha Gang master still had to make up the difference of several thousand taels for Brother Gu in the final settlement.

The next moment, under the watchful eyes of the public, the leader of the Ha gang stretched his hand into his arms, took out a scaly pigeon skin men's business wallet from his yellow coat, took out a stack of banknotes, and slapped it on the table: "Count, Not enough."

The old cashier with a goatee stooped down and stretched out his hand to hold a banknote, and took out one with a "swoosh". First, he skillfully twisted the anti-counterfeiting gravure on the lower right corner of the banknote, and then shook it in the wind. At sunset, I saw that on the left side of the banknote, Cao Dashuai had a secret watermark on his back wearing a Chinese tunic suit.

Shortly after.

With a "pop", the last banknote was photographed in front of Master Gu.The old man said in a strong local dialect: "The big boss, full of real money."

Chapter 689 Returning to the North (fourteen)

"Southern Banknotes" is the name given to the banknotes with the portrait of Cao Da by the northerners.

For a long time, considering the credit problem, coupled with the bad example of Daming Treasure Banknotes, people in the north have concerns about the south banknotes.Except for the port city business circle, in other traditional areas of the Ming Dynasty, the issuance of southern banknotes is very slow, and the public's acceptance is not high.

Inadvertently insert willows and willows.Traders, especially the branch industries of tradesmen, have a completely different attitude towards Nanchao.

Big buddies especially like this handy and stealthy-carrying equivalent.As long as the southern banknotes can be exchanged for various materials around Tianjin, there is no taboo for them to use them.

Anyway, after finishing work, it is necessary to relax consumption.

As for the credit issue... Rolling Ball, I don’t even know if I can see the sun tomorrow. Who cares about international financial issues such as whether the Southern banknote will be devalued next month, and it’s not the Federal Reserve.

The only thing that affects the circulation of southern banknotes among various illegal organizations is the chronic disease of counterfeit banknotes.

Don't underestimate wise people.

A group of people who can make a fake silver ingot into [-] or [-] types of craftsmanship is fully capable of producing several counterfeit banknotes for circulation.

Counterfeit money, it looks a little like it.Anyway, most of the outsiders are uninformed bumpkins, and one day the fools will not be enough.

As a result, local painters, embroiderers, antiques, danqing, gold sales and other industries in Tianjin quickly acted and began to make quick money by taking advantage of the information gap.

The sudden wave of counterfeit banknotes not only made the victims curse their mothers, but also stunned the crowd, and gained a deeper understanding of the execution power of the ancients.

After that, the "163X Financial Anti-Counterfeiting Special Campaign" that was launched urgently is another story.

In short, today the Taihang Gang is able to distinguish the southern banknotes proficiently, which is all because they paid the tuition fees and paid the price before.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, in the end, the master and younger brother in charge of the banknote inspection raised his thumb.

Seemingly drunk, but actually staring intently, Brother Chen showed a trace of nervousness in his eyes... Wrong, it was Taihang Gu, so he showed a brotherly smile, put his arm around the shoulder of Chief Ha, and laughed to finish the bowl of wine.

From this moment, it was determined that the two groups of people who dealt with each other sincerely, and finally held a celebration banquet without any grudges.

The joyous scene lasted for a long time.It wasn't until seven minutes into the night, when the wine and dishes were exhausted, that it was the end.In the end, the people who were still able to stay on the table were very neat. There were three of them on both sides.Among the drinkers, they finally became good brothers in their own family who knew everything.

In this delicate atmosphere, Gu Ming finally took advantage of the wine to ask a question he wanted to know: Why did the Guangyi Gang want to fight against the thieves before?

Don't talk about uneven distribution of spoils.The share of the horse bandits is not worth helping to break the rules in a broad sense... To make a profit, you must join forces with the few horse bandits and the Taihang gang.Gu Ming was at the scene at the time, and he knew very well that the fire merger incident was planned by the Guangyi Gang from the very beginning, and it was a special bureau.

Facts have proved that the real core characters of the two gangs will not be drunk.

Seeing that he turned to look at his head, Ha Liu, who was originally drunk, also had clarity in his eyes.Seeing that the problem came, he calmly gave an explanation: introversion + personal hatred.

Ha Liu's answer did not meet Gu Ming's expectations, it was similar to what he had guessed in advance.

Compared with the Taihang Gang, which is mostly "infantry" and has weak mobility, the Guangyi Gang and the horse bandits who all have mounts do have a problem of overlapping functions when they "do business".

The so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, which is probably what it means.

"Don't hide my brother, last year in Duoyanwei, Ma Jieye attacked a convoy. There are brothers and my shares in there."

"Oh, no wonder."

"The rivers and lakes matter. Brother, since I lost my teeth and swallowed blood that day, don't blame me for being ruthless today, Ma Jie."

"Deserve it, deserve it!"

now it's right.There must be a personal hatred, otherwise it can't explain why there are so many horse bandits, why Ha Liu is in the game of Ma Jie.

Putting down the last doubt in his heart, Gu Ming picked up the hard pack of cigarettes on the table and gave it a circle.Then, through the curling smoke in front of him, Gu Ming said sternly: "Brother Ha, although it is the first time to do business in partnership, I think we are destined and I am willing to give you this brother. Not much to say, but it will be useful in the future. Brother's place, brother, just say hello!"

For a long time, from the forbearance of Ha Liu when the three parties assigned tasks, to the boldness of Ha Liu when dividing the spoils, all the details made Gu Ming have a conjecture: Ha Liu really wanted to cooperate with the Taihang Gang.

This conjecture was confirmed shortly after the feast began.At that time, Ha Liu leaked the words intentionally or unintentionally: there are still big business in the year.

At this time, after a series of trial sessions, Gu Ming's words just now truly expressed his intention to cooperate.

"Wait, it's just what my brother said."

Ha Liu held the cigarette between his fingers, and his face was also serious: "There is no need in the future, my brother has a big deal right now, and I want to join forces with my brother to do it again!"

"Speak and listen!"

The next moment, there was only a "crash" sound, but Ha Liu stretched out his arms and swept everything in front of him under the table.