As soon as he had time to climb ashore from the water, he felt a little cold pressing on his neck, followed by a slightly surprised voice: "Is it a child?" Hey, isn't this the Zuo family Erlang over there in Liulijing? ”

Feng Ziying didn't expect Zuo Liangyu to really have some reputation in Linqing City, which could be known by people outside the city.

This was followed by a noisy conversation, followed by a deep voice: "What's going on?" ”

"Back to the east house, these two people have just come ashore from the water, and they should have swam out of the east water gate in the city." Feng Ziying had been tightly pressed on the shoulder, he didn't resist, although he had practiced knives and sticks for a few years, but it was just a technique to strengthen the body, or adults who specialize in eating this bowl of rice to compete, it would be humiliating for themselves.

"Oh? Swimming out of the city, this is Zuo Erlang? The middle-aged man with a deep voice should also know Zuo Liangyu, and his words seemed to be a lot more relaxed, "Zuo Erlang, why did you dive out of the city in the middle of the night?" Didn't you also join Luojiao? ”

"Hmph, I never associate with those who confuse the public with gossip." The word "gossip" was still said by Feng Ziying, and it was immediately remembered by Zuo Liangyu, and he is learning and using it now.

"Yo, you're arrogant." A voice teased, "Then why did you go out of the city so sneakily?" ”

"Master has a big deal." As soon as Zuo Liangyu said it, he realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped talking, letting the men around him tease him without saying anything, just focusing on Feng Ziying.

At this time, Feng Ziying had time to observe the surrounding situation.

Several sturdy men in short clothes each held swords to form a loose semi-arc encirclement, holding his own was a short and stout man, and the man standing outside the circle was dressed in a gray robe, with a face like a crown of jade, a hosta holding his hair, and his hands behind his back stared at him coldly.

This is probably the so-called owner.

Zuo Liangyu carried a fish skin wrapped in the clothes of the two, which is a necessary tool for begging for life on the water, and the two of them were a little embarrassed in such a situation.

However, Feng Ziying didn't care, these people were obviously not from the White Lotus Sect, but like the Shangjia family and their guards.

With a little thought, Feng Ziying was able to guess a rough idea, the Shanshan Grain Gang.

This was one of the most powerful merchant gangs in Linqing City, almost monopolizing the entire grain market in Shandong, even the northern grain market, and the military food supply in the nine sides was almost monopolized by these Shanxi merchants.

Moreover, these businessmen have a lot to do with Caoyun, and they are also deeply connected in the DPRK and China, and the tricks between new and old grains will always be staged in these grain merchants and water storage grains every year, and a tacit understanding has been formed.

Noticing that the brocade-clothed man was looking himself up and down, Feng Ziying was not stunned, after confirming the identity of the other party, he was not afraid.

I'm afraid the loss of the Grain Gang this time is not small, although I am not sure what the White Lotus Sect wants to do, but it will definitely be unfavorable to the Grain Gang, this is an opportunity.

If he and Zuo Liangyu want to walk to Liaocheng like this, it will take at least a day, and if they can get help from the food gang, it will be much easier.

Although the Grain Gang has now been driven out of the city by the White Lotus Sect, Feng Ziying has long heard that the Grain Gang is very powerful, and in a sense, he even suspects that the troubles of Wang Chaozuo's willow weaving craftsmen, wharf Lifu, and potters outside the city may be behind the troubles of the grain gang.

The tax superintendent's establishment of cards in Linqing has dealt a fatal blow to the entire Linqing business, and all businesses have been sharply reduced by at least more than 30 percent, especially the bulk business like the grain gang, which has been sharply reduced by more than half, and I am afraid that it will be unbearable for anyone.

And this tax supervisor seems to have a long-term appearance, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the grain gang will really only drink the northwest wind, so some small actions are inevitable, but probably they didn't expect that the White Lotus Sect would find an opportunity to get in.

The brocade-robed man's gaze only stayed on Zuo Liangyu for a moment before returning to Feng Ziying's body, and he could see at a glance that this young man was probably the leader of the two, and the indifferent demeanor he showed was really a bit good.

"Young man, why did you and Zuo Erlang go out of the city?"

"If the bandits are in trouble, of course they have to go out of the city." Feng Ziying also replied very simply, he knew that this was just a few cutscenes, and he would soon get to the point, and the grain gang would be unwilling to suffer such a catastrophe, and he would have to have some plans.

"Oh, the city gate has already been sealed, even the East Water Gate is guarded by bandits, how can you get out?" The brocade-robed man's voice was a little feminine, with a white-faced and beardless image, if it weren't for the fact that this person was clearly a grain merchant, Feng Ziying would have to wonder if the other party was the father-in-law Chang.

"There's a huge canal running through the city, and where can I find a place to go into the water?" Feng Ziying had no intention of arguing with the other party, but he also knew that if he wanted to win the other party's trust and recognition, he could only spend some effort on his lips.

The brocade-robed man chuckled, and his hands were even more leisurely, "Yo, it's so light, isn't Xiao Langjun a white strip?" ”

There are two or three miles in this section of the east and west streets of the drum tower, and this section is where the grain merchants gather, and it is also the key point of the bandits' garrison, it is not easy to get into the water in this section, and if you want to swim out in this canal, it is also very easy to be noticed by the bandits, and it is only possible to go into the water near the East Water Gate.

Feng Ziying knew that this "Water Margin" was still very popular in the Great Zhou.

In this teahouse restaurant, the storyteller intercepted one of the passages and used it as his classic repertoire, and there were many storytellers.

There are still some memories of this body, such as Wu Erlang, Flower Monk, Black Whirlwind and Drum Flea are quite popular with the lower-class people, and there are also many storytellers in the teahouses in this Linqing City who tell this "Water Margin" joke.

Feng Ziying didn't expect the other party to be so sharp-tongued, and said after a little groaning: "Zunjia is the person in charge of the grain gang?" ”

The brocade-robed man was slightly surprised, but then he thought about it, this son has an extraordinary bearing, and he can see that his identity is also ordinary, and nodded: "Sort of, I don't know who Xiao Langjun is?" ”

Feng Ziying was also not polite, and said straightforwardly: "My father, Shenwu General Feng Gong, Xiao Ke is now studying in the Jingshi Guozijian. ”

The brocade-robed man shook slightly.

He still knows the names of the three families of the Linqing Dynasty, and the reason why the Feng family can be ranked among the three families is because one of them followed Emperor Taizu to fight the country when the dynasty was first established, and became the Conglong clan of the year.

It's just that this Feng family seems to be a little late from the dragon time, so it is far less beautiful than the four kings and eight princes back then, but it is also considered a noble martial artist, at least in Linqingzhou, it is considered a luxury and wealthy family.

"It's disrespectful down there, it turned out to be Feng Gongzi." The brocade-robed man's face became warm and friendly, "In Xiahong Cave, Wang Shaoquan is the deacon of the Shaanxi Hall in Linqing Mountain." ”

Sure enough, it was a Jin businessman, and Feng Ziying was in a somewhat complicated mood.

In history, the reputation of the Jin merchants during the Ming and Qing dynasties was notorious.

Although Feng Ziying doesn't know much about its specific situation, she also knows that the Jin merchants have always been an important force in the Chinese merchant gang, and they are inevitably inextricably linked with the Tatars outside the Seychelles and the Jianzhou Jurchens outside the Guan, but just like his father when he was the chief soldier of Datong Town, didn't he also have to deal with the Jin merchants?

Without the food they transported, what would the hundreds of thousands of border troops in these nine frontier lands eat?

"Oh, Feng Ziying is polite." Feng Ziying didn't dare to be contemptuous, the Shanxi Guild Hall was also the core of the Linqing Mountain Shaanxi Merchant Gang, Feng Ziying didn't know its internal structure, but presumably the deacon was not an ordinary role.

"Feng Gongzi just got out of the city? It's a blessing. "Wang Shaoquan is no stranger to the Feng family, after all, Feng Tang is also a figure who has been the chief soldier of Datong for many years, and knows that Feng Ziying is Feng Tang's son-in-law.

The Shanshan Grain Gang and the Jiubian Army generals have a deep relationship, and most of the grain transported to the border towns by China and France every year is contracted by the Shanshan Grain Gang, and even the imperial merchants have not been able to snatch their leading position.

It's just that in the past one or two decades, the imperial merchants and some tycoons who have been deeply involved with the important ministers of the DPRK and China have begun to infiltrate salt and trigger decentralization, which has greatly reduced the effect of opening the Chinese law.

This also greatly undermined the enthusiasm of the merchants in the border area, and the enthusiasm for transporting grain was also greatly hit, so the situation became increasingly tight.

"I got away with it, but I still have some family members trapped in the city." Feng Ziying pondered the other party and asked: "The east and west streets of the Drum Tower are occupied by the bandits, and the grain in the warehouse is also used as grain by the bandits, I wonder if Mr. Wang has a countermeasure?" ”

Wang Shaoquan snorted, "The guards didn't react, Wang is just a businessman, what's the matter?" ”

"The Shanshan Grain Gang is not an ordinary businessman, in charge of Linqing and even the northern businessman Niu'er, can it be said that he just let the bandits run rampant?" Feng Ziying knew that he must feel that he was a child, and he didn't want to talk more about these things with himself, and now he was talking nonsense with himself, that is, for the sake of the Feng family's face, so he also went straight to the point, "Can Xiao Keke talk to Mr. Wang alone?" ”

Wang Shaoquan was surprised and didn't respond for a while, until Feng Ziying's immature face was a little impatient, and then he reacted: "Oh, what's the matter with Feng Gongzi?" But I want Wang to help, but this sect is very powerful, and we can't do anything. ”

Feng Ziying was silent, just smiled, and Wang Shaoquan said curtly: "Of course you can ,......."

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