Qiao Gang Leader sat on a stone roller in front of the empty field, and behind him were granaries reflected in the blue sky and white clouds.

Qiao Mu's tall and burly figure, because of the years of working on the ship, his feet and arms appear unusually thick and developed, looking like a tiger sitting on the ground, but his face is full of hesitation and worry, this weak look is in strong contrast with his burly figure.

The Qiao family is a family in Caoxing, not a family like Shandong Gaomen or Guanlong nobles, but a family that runs the rivers and lakes. Arbors have been dry since the last five generations, and their children and grandchildren have always made a living by running boats.

Qiao Mu stood his second brother Qiao Lin on the left, the third brother Qiao Sen on the right, and the elite backbone in the "Shunzimen" stood on both sides of the body, a total of twenty young children. Unlike the heavy apprehension of the three elders, they clenched their fists tightly, and their angry chests fell together like bellows, as if they were holding back great anger.

Qiao Mu was silent for a long time, exhaled a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "Yiqing! ”

A man with bronze skin and big eyes and thick eyebrows stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "The disciple is here!" ”

This person's surname is Zhuo, his name is Zhuo Yiqing, he is in his early thirties, and he is the leader of the younger generation of 'Shunzimen'.

Qiao Mu said: "If this matter is not settled today, we will finish it with the word door, this is the foundation passed down by the ancestors of my Qiao family, Qiao is duty-bound, only to die to the ancestors for a capital crime!" After I die, you ...... Let's take my brothers into the 'Jiaolong Club'. ”

Zhuo Yiqing said angrily: "How can the master of the door say this, which brother of our Shunzi Sect is greedy for life and afraid of death?" It's a big deal, let's fight with them Jiaolonghui, who dares to be disloyal and unjust, deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, I will be the first to destroy him! ”

Qiao Mu shook his head and said miserably: "Brothers, which one of them is not dragging the family. There is a young and old waiting to be fed, fight? What do you use to fight with others, can we afford to fight? It's me Qiao who is incompetent and can't keep the ancestral business, and I'm Qiao someone who bears it with all my might, so you don't have to worry about it! ”

Zhuo Yiqing said loudly: "Since I hit my surname Zhuo, I am the person on this boat of Shunzimen!" Life, I'm a person from Shunzimen, and death, I'm a ghost from Shunzimen! A villain who turns his back on the enemy. I can't do it! Brothers can't do it either! Brothers, if people want to swallow our Shunzi door, will you agree? ”

"No! Fight with them! ”

Twenty big men spoke in unison, and their expressions were extremely heroic. Qiao Mu was furious, glared at Zhuo Yiqing and said, "Now I am still the master of the Shunzi Sect." Do you dare to listen to my orders? ”

Zhuo Yiqing was terrified. Hurriedly fell to his knees. Said: "The disciple doesn't dare to disobey, but ...... But the disciples can't listen to such an order! Speaking of grievances, a huge man actually fell to the ground and cried.

Zhuo Yiqing was so frightened, it wasn't that Qiao Mu was so strict, in fact, they said it was a gang. It's better to say that it's the same race. As soon as they were born, they inherited their father's generation and became a member of the Shunzimen, and Qiao Mu was their father's brother and uncle. When they grow up, they get on the boat to do things, and then there is a clear distinction between the top and the bottom, and there are gang rules.

The reason why he was so frightened was because the Cao Gang's gang rules were strict, and he couldn't afford to be charged with disobedience.

Since the Cao Yun had been fighting, the Cao Fu naturally gathered into a group, and gradually formed their own set of rules, and the Cao Gang has always been managed according to quasi-military standards.

After about a month's time, concentrate in Yangzhou and load the local grain, and then go all the way down to continue to load grain from the grain producing areas in various places, enter the Bianhe River through the Huai River in April, and arrive at the mouth of the Yellow River in June and July.

At this time, when the Yellow River was rising, their ships had to wait at the mouth of the river for more than a month, and only after the Yellow River was behind in August and September did they enter Luoshui through the Yellow River and transport grain to Luoyang.

As a result, they spend nine months a year floating on the water, and only three months are reunited with their families because the river freezes. For nine months, they guarded their ships, carrying boatloads of grain, carrying blood and nourishment through the Empire's shipping arteries.

If a soldier in the army disobeys military orders, it may not affect the fate of the entire army, but on the ship, every sailor has his irreplaceable position, and once he slacks, the whole ship will accompany him to the funeral. So there must be some strict rules on board, with gang rules that are close to military regulations and sometimes even more severe than military regulations.

In the course of the boat, if any thorn dared to disobey the order, it was only natural that he would immediately be tied to a stone and sunk into the river to be executed, even if the family of the deceased acquiesced to this rule. If they report, the government will also acquiesce in their "rules" and will not accept them on the grounds that there is no substantiated evidence, and the family of the deceased will be abandoned by all the Cao gangs and will not want to do this business again.

They are a group of people who are under the law, and free from the law, and have their own set of stricter "laws" to bind themselves, and the strictness of the order and prohibition is stronger than that of the army, and over time, a special team with gang traditions and military nature has been formed, so Qiao Mu said that he disobeyed, and Zhuo Yiqing was greatly frightened.

"Haha, it's touching, it's so touching! It seems that someone Wen has come at a bad time, Xu Xiaolian, otherwise let's wait, and when Gang Master Qiao finishes handling their housework, we will talk. ”

A yin and yang strange voice suddenly sounded, the person who spoke was in his early twenties, short clothes, long pants and leather boots, thin and narrow, lined with his bean sprouts-like "slender" figure, thin eyes and light eyebrows, a frivolous face, walking with thighs between them, and a twist of the buttocks a bit like a cowardly woman, it was Wen Bin, the young gang leader of the "Jiaolong Society".

The Wen gang master originally had two sons, both of whom died early, so he spoiled this little son very much, and deliberately dressed him as a girl in order to make a living, but he grew up to be fat.

There was also a middle-aged man next to Wen Bin who was wearing a green robe and a scarf with a net scarf on his head, with two mustaches, revealing a bit of majesty in his writing. Behind them, there were nearly 100 big men with trouser legs and sleeves rolled up, showing muscular arms and calves, with hideous faces.

Look at this jiashi, Qiao Mu was surprised, the other party put on this kind of battle, it seems that he doesn't want to be good.

Qiao Mu stubbornly faced the middle-aged man in the green shirt with a beard, and saluted with his fists: "Xu Xiaolian, your boss has mastered, the two gangs of children are young and vigorous, and there was a little skirmish, which inevitably hurts the harmony now." Xu Xiaolian, you are highly respected, and I hope you can come forward to mediate. ”

This Mr. Xu's name is Xu Lin, who was originally a tribute student, participated in the Great Ceremony, and was respected as a lifter. He is also a member of the Cao Gang, and is an important figure in another big Cao Gang, the "Sky Eagle Gang".

The powerless scholar has become an important figure in a big gang, leading a group of unruly Jianghu people, which is exactly the characteristic of the Cao Gang. Because the Cao Gang is different from the green forest and the underworld, they live in a gray area, they have the characteristics of Jianghu people, and they must abide by the official system in some things.

The collection and transportation of grain was managed by a special agency in the imperial court, and a set of intertwined unspoken rules was derived. The peasants handed over grain to the Caoyun Yamen, and the servants and petty officials who collected the grain would be exploited layer by layer, and the oil would be squeezed from it in the name of donation.

In the process of transporting the gates, the officials, officials, errand servants, and miscellaneous servants at the gates and passes have to be exploited layer by layer, and if they are not satisfied, they will make it difficult, drag you not to pass the gates, and the loss of the missed deadline is yours. When stopping at various docks, the local snakes will also collude with officials to cause trouble and extort money.

Even if you are on the water, you have to give way to the official ship and other ships with the right of way, and if people deliberately make trouble for you, you will have to wait anxiously behind the narrow part of the river. These joints are not something that these charlatans can solve by force.

But if they are allowed to exploit them like this, their losses will be too great, and in this case, the Cao Gang can only befriend the gentry and deal with the government through them. The gentry have connections and have the right to speak in the official face, and if they come forward, the officials cannot be as unscrupulous as directly exploiting the people.

Over time, these people have become more and more prominent in the Cao Gang, and some have even strengthened their membership in the Cao Gang and become one of the leaders of these Jianghu people. At present, the largest Cao gangs are all involved in the gentry, and even the gentry are at the helm behind the scenes.

Xu Lin arched his hand to Qiao Mu and said with a smile: "Gang Master Qiao, this matter between you is very tricky. After I have made peace in many ways, Xu Shaogang has agreed to turn the brother into a jade silk, but you have to cancel the font size and merge into the Jiaolong Society, and everyone has become their own people since then, and a little conflict is naturally nothing! ”

Qiao Mu's expression froze when he heard this, this was originally the reconciliation condition proposed by the Jiaolong Society, Xu Xiaolian was mediating from the middle, and he was clearly on the side of the Jiaolong Society.

The more than 20 disciples behind Qiao Mu exploded when they heard it: "I want to annex our Shunzimen, but there is no door, we don't agree!" ”

"That's right! I'd rather die than agree! ”

In the distance, in an open field, a little village girl with a green cloth cloth on her head, wearing a green cloth skirt, and bending over and forking grass suddenly raised her head, wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand, and turned her head to this side. Her posture is so upright, and her beautiful breasts suddenly show a moving arc, and the narrow waist is concave with a charming curve.

"Looks like you're going to do it?"

The handsome little village girl looked into the distance and said with a smile.

A burly man next to him stood still with the bamboo rake in his hand, raised the bamboo hat pressed to his eyebrows slightly, glanced coldly over there with a pair of sharp eyes, frowned, and said, "There are almost two hundred people, little sister, can you do it?" ”

The little village girl smiled noncommittally, with two shallow dimples on her cheeks: "If I can't do it, you guys will do it again!" ”

As she spoke, she walked with a very light and graceful gait towards the tense place......

P: In the early hours of the morning, I sincerely ask for recommended tickets and monthly passes!.

(To be continued......)