The best county magistrate

"Unify the underground forces in South City?" Zhao Yanli asked in surprise.

Yang Xuanchen rolled his eyes at him, took out a city defense map of Shangjing City from the cabinet and placed it on the table.

Hundreds of marks of different sizes are clearly visible, some are crossed out, some are circled, and some are even marked in red.

After he smoothed out the city defense map, he knocked on the table to bring Zhao Yanli back from his distracted state.

"Do you think you can become a leader just by leading a group of gang members to fight every day?"

After being scolded by him, Zhao Yanli immediately stood up straight and shook his head like a rattle.

"Don't think you're awesome just because you won a fight last night!"

"The Hammer Gang is a small gang in West City. Do you understand why they want to extend their influence to South City?"

This question stumped Zhao Yanli. He first looked at Yang Xuanchen with suspicion, and then muttered.

"Isn't it because you stole someone else's woman?"

With a bang, Yang Xuanchen slammed his palm on the table, cursing angrily, "Before last night, I didn't even know who Tie Niu was, let alone steal a woman!"

"Then you were with Sister Hua last night..."

Boom!

It would have been better if he didn't mention it, but as soon as the three words "Second Sister Hua" came out, he got a slap in the face.

After Yang Xuanchen had a good fight, he pointed to a few markers in South City and said unhappily, "Black Dog Gang, Golden Wind Hall, Red Fire Society..."

He pointed at a mark and said, "This is the base of the Black Dog Gang. The gang leader is called Chen Ergou. The main business of the gang is the Jin Juice Shop. The other business is collecting advance payments from merchants and vendors."

"Follow me for the next two days. We'll take down the Black Dog Gang first. The rest will be up to you to handle on your own in a few days."

When Zhao Yanli heard that it was another gang fight, he immediately became interested, "Teacher, is it a gunfight?"

"What the hell, all you know is fighting. Some gangs can be conquered by force, but not the Black Dog Gang."

After Yang Xuanchen finished speaking, he put away the city defense map and patted Zhao Yanli on the shoulder. "Go back and ask Yang Zhen to disguise you. Come to Wulidu outside the city to find me after 5 p.m."

"Ah? Why do we have to leave the city? Isn't the Black Dog Gang's base in South City?"

"Go outside the city if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Watch out or I'll hit you!"

After being yelled at by Yang Xuanchen, Zhao Yanli returned to the palace with a deaf head, mumbling something unclearly as he walked.

After chatting with Zhou Miaomiao, Yu Wei and Xiaolian in the mansion and having some lunch in advance, Yang Xuanchen and Zhang Biao got on the carriage and headed for South City.

He picked up the three sisters of the Hua family and left Shangjing City with some members of the Baihua Society.

Wuli Ferry outside the city was originally a small pier where people could take a boat down the Hongfeng River, but now it has become the territory of the Black Dog Gang.

At this moment, members of the Black Dog Gang were pushing cartloads of manure here.

In the pavilion, Chen Ergou was lying in a rocking chair drinking tea. His leisurely appearance was in sharp contrast to the busy gang members.

"Wangcai, how much money have you received this month?"

He asked a gang member beside him while rocking his chair.

"Brother Ergou, ten cents per cart, isn't that too little? This month we only have over three hundred taels of silver."

Chen Ergou frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Then add 20%!"

After he finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and continued to rock in the chair, occasionally fanning himself to drive away the heat.

When Wangcai heard that Chen Ergou wanted to increase the price of gold juice by 20%, he looked embarrassed. He knew that this would cause dissatisfaction among the tenants.

But Chen Ergou was the gang leader, and no one dared to disobey his orders.

"Brother Ergou, the price of this golden juice is already quite high. Increase it by another 20%. The tenants..." Wangcai was interrupted by Chen Ergou before he could finish his words.

"I don't care what they do. If the Black Dog Gang wants to develop, it needs money."

"Tell them, if they can afford it, buy it, if they can't, get out!" Chen Ergou said coldly.

Wangcai had no choice but to convey Chen Ergou's order.

As soon as the news came out, the tenants were immediately furious.

"What? Raise the price again? How are we going to survive?"

"The Black Dog Gang is so evil. All the money we worked so hard to earn was taken away by them!"

"That's right, if this continues, we won't even be able to eat!"

The tenants were talking about it and complaining.

A few with hot tempers even started to protest loudly.

"Chen Ergou, don't go too far! We also have to support our families. If you raise the price like this, how can we survive?"

"Yes, we won't pay! At worst, we can just stop watering the fields with golden juice, or add more water!"

"Everyone, come together and find Chen Ergou to argue with him!"

Driven by anger and helplessness, the tenants decided to unite and seek justice from Chen Ergou.

They gathered together and walked towards the pier in a mighty procession.

Chen Ergou was drinking tea leisurely in the pavilion. When he heard the noise outside, his brows frowned.

"Someone come and see what's going on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large group of tenants walking towards him aggressively, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Brother Ergou, it's bad. The tenants are making trouble. They are coming to you to argue!" Wangcai ran back, sweating profusely.

When Chen Ergou heard this, his face darkened.

He didn't expect that the tenants would dare to openly resist the Black Dog Gang.

"Humph, a bunch of unruly people, you dare to challenge me, Chen Ergou! Let's go out and take a look!"

Chen Ergou, along with Wangcai and his gang, rushed forward aggressively.

A conflict seems inevitable.

Chen Ergou, with a group of ferocious gang members, went to meet the angry tenants.

Although the tenants were numerous, they couldn't help but feel a little afraid when faced with the ferocity of the Black Dog Gang.

"What are you doing? Rebellion?" Chen Ergou stood in the front and asked with a sneer.

"Chen Ergou, you've raised the price too much! We work so hard on the farm, and you just exploit us like this!" A leading tenant shouted bravely.

"Hmph, do you think you can afford the golden juice of my Black Dog Gang? If you don't want to pay, get out of here!" Chen Ergou said disdainfully.

Although the tenants were angry, no one dared to step forward for a while in view of the tough attitude of the Black Dog Gang.

Just then, Yang Xuanchen arrived with Zhao Yanli and people from Baihua Society.

He saw the situation in front of him and immediately understood what was happening.

God is really helping me. I didn't expect that the Black Dog Gang would have a conflict with the tenants. That would make things a bit fun.

He nudged Zhao Yanli beside him and said, "Zilong, the Black Dog Gang is bullying the tenants. What do you think we should do?"

I'm blanching, what else can I do, just do it!

The warlike gene in Zhao Yanli's body immediately ignited, "Stop!" He shouted, his voice like a bell, shocking everyone.

Chen Ergou turned around and saw a child of about sixteen or seventeen years old standing in front of a group of people.

When he saw the three sisters from the Hundred Flowers Society, he thought to himself that something was wrong and a trace of panic appeared in his heart.

But then she thought, only the three of them were strong in the Baihua Society, but the Black Dog Gang had more people and more power, and they had the Golden Juice Cart nearby. If a fight broke out, the golden juice would be splashed all over the place.

Cool!

Thinking of this, Chen Ergou suddenly stopped panicking and immediately changed his expression, "I didn't expect it to be Sister Hua. Why is the Baihua Society trying to get involved in the business of the Golden Juice Company?"

He spat as he spoke, "We just beat up that guy Tie Niu last night, are you planning to take care of me, Chen Ergou, today?"

"We have no grudges in the past or today, aren't you, the Hundred Flowers Society, meddling too much?"

Hua Qianxue stared at him without saying anything, because Yang Xuanchen had instructed that the Baihua Society had to fully cooperate with Zhao Yanli during these days.

Fight when there's a fight, take care of things when there's a matter, and cooperate unconditionally with whatever Zhao Yanli wants to do.

Moreover, Zhao Yanli defeated Tie Niu last night, and while drinking, he implemented Yang Xuanchen's method of winning people's hearts and gave each gang member more than ten taels of silver.

At this moment, the people of Baihua Society were extremely impressed by their young fourth in command.

"What are you yelling about! Our Fourth Master told you to stop, didn't you hear me?" a member of the Baihua Society shouted.

"That's right, you don't respect our Fourth Master at all!"

"The Black Dog Gang still wants to talk to our big sister? You want to get through us first!"

Chen Ergou was choked and squinted his eyes and turned his gaze to Zhao Yanli.

This kid is probably the one who defeated Tie Niu last night. He must be a skilled fighter hired by Hua Qianxue. It seems that the Baihua Club has big plans!