At the beginning of February, at the Yuegang Wharf, at noon after a spring rain, a middle-aged man with a scar on his face and a fierce light in his eyes disembarked from a fortune boat docked with two powerful followers and walked straight towards the Jirentang business in Xishi.

"This lord, do you want to buy some goods? We have a complete range of goods, and we are among the best businesses in the area. As soon as the man stepped into the gate of Jirentang, he was greeted by a spirit and warmly entertained.

"No need, let me know your shopkeeper and say that I'm here."

I heard that I was looking for the shopkeeper, so I didn't say much about the work, and after entertaining the guests to the side room and sitting down, I hurried to report to the shopkeeper.

Hairy big feet, real name unknown, a body of leg kung fu is really good, hence the name, it is said that he stepped down, the calf thickness of the wood pulp on the spot broken in two. As a pirate, with this kung fu, he can be regarded as breaking through some fame, and the three or four hundred brothers who eat with him under his hands, four warships, and other idle caravans all respect them.

This time, Mao Dajia personally came to Jirentang to trade, and he was also invited by the shopkeeper to come over to discuss some things, as for what it was, in fact, he didn't know very well, but the other party said that he wanted to have an interview, and he came. After working hard at sea all these years, the friendship with Jirentang is still good, like Mao Dajia wants to inquire about the time when other caravans go to sea, Jirentang wants to find a little lesson from the pirate gang that doesn't open his eyes, everyone is also invited by a sentence, and if you can help, you can help.

I thought it was the shopkeeper Tong who I usually deal with, but I didn't expect that this time I met Xu Haibin, the owner of Jirentang, directly, which made Mao Dajia somewhat surprised. Although the time of dealing with Xu Haibin has been many years, there are only a handful of opportunities to meet with Xu Haibin with Mao Da.

"Yo, isn't this Master Xu, it's really rare to see, I don't know what happened to me looking for my brother this time!" Sitting on the chair, with Erlang's hairy feet crossed, he didn't get up, and greeted Xu Haibin very usually.

Don't look at Xu Haibin is the owner of Jirentang, and his family is the Songjiang family, in the eyes of Mao Dajiao and them, in the eyes of people in the rivers and lakes, in fact, that's what is going on, you look at people's moods whether they are birds or not. As for the kind of thing of cooperation, bandits like them who have been out for so many years can't be the only one who is Ji Rentang, so why not cooperate and have a big impact, not to mention, he was forced to be a pirate at the beginning, and it was all forced by these local wealthy families, and it is normal that he has no good impression of them.

"Can't you talk to my brother if you're fine?" Xu Haibin didn't think of Mao Dajiao's attitude, and still greeted him very warmly.

"Hehe, I miss you old men, if it's okay, I will never think of us big old people, say, what are you looking for me, I'm still busy!" Mao Dajia doesn't like to fight with people haha, and he makes his words clear in one sentence.

"Since Brother Mao has said so, then I won't beat around the bush, the reason why I invited Brother Mao over this time is really to ask for something!" Xu Haibing had a bitter old face, and said to Mao Dajiao: "Presumably Brother Mao has also heard about it, last year, a merchant ship from my Jirentang that went to the South Seas was robbed. ”

"I've heard about this, and it's said that it came out of nowhere, and it was done by Hongtang's gang. Hey, you also know that the sea is not very peaceful now, and it is normal to be robbed of goods, otherwise it would be difficult for so many brothers to beg for a life at sea. "Bigfoot's reaction is normal, unknown pirates pop up every day, and of course there are more pirates who have been exterminated, these things have been numb in his ten years of pirate career, and he can't remember the slightest interest.

"That's right, although my Jirentang stall is not big, I can still afford to lose a few ships of goods, but this time the pirates are extraordinary, it seems that they want to get along with our Jirentang and my Xu family, this is a big problem!" Although a sea ship with a full warehouse of goods is enough for him Xu Haibin to suffer a lot of pain, but the Xu family has a big business, and his Xu Haibin net worth is not bad, so he can't afford to pay for this loss.

The main reason is that there is something wrong with the signs this time, from Ma Rufeng's description, Xu Haibin felt that this group of pirates was obviously targeting their Xu family, or they would not have enumerated the things that their Xu family committed in Songjiang, thousands of miles away. No pirate would have enough to eat, and he went to investigate the details and background of the other party in such detail, this is Xu Haibin's experience in dealing with pirates for so many years.

Since the Xu family came out with a Xu Jie, the younger generations of students are not very competitive, and none of them can climb to a high position and become the backer behind the Xu family, and since Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei and a number of Xu Jie's students have fallen and passed away, there are only a few left. Over the years, the wealth accumulated by the Xu family is a bit exaggerated to say that it is rich enough to rival the country, but it is more than enough to say that it is more than enough to buy a city.

In addition to sparing no effort to spend a lot of money to buy and win over local officials, as long as the children of the Xu family grasp a little handle and clues, and find that someone will be unfavorable to the Xu family, they will do their best to eliminate these potential unfavorable factors with the power of a thunderous blow, and the cruelty and ruthlessness of the means are enough to scare the jackals, tigers and leopards hiding in the shadows. Weigh the consequences of provoking their Xu family.

"What does Master Xu mean?"

"I want to ask Brother Mao to come out and let out the word among you pirates, all the pirates who can destroy this Hongtang and show evidence, I, Jirentang, am willing to pay the price of a thousand taels of silver, and at the same time raise the price of the goods purchased in the future." Xu Haibin said that it was big, but it was not big, but if it was small, it was not necessarily true, but it was still very attractive to a medium-sized gang like Mao Dajiao, not to mention the increase in the price of this layer, and the total income of at least a few thousand taels of silver could be increased every year.

"It seems that Master Xu is determined to win this time, okay, then we will go to meet this so-called Hongtang!" Mao Dajiao stood up, patted the dust on his body, hugged his fists and saluted Xu Haibin, and said goodbye.

"Then I'll wait for your good news from Brother Mao!!" Xu Haibin sent Mao Dajia out of the store and watched him go inside.

(End of chapter)