Liu Kang still looked half-dead, and said softly: "Don't mention any old people, I have long been a grass man without official or position." Please come in, gentlemen. ”

A military attache pushed open the door of the store, only to see the five elders of Taishan, led by Ding Yu, walking in cautiously one by one. As soon as Ding Yu saw Liu Kang, he immediately crossed his hands and stood solemnly, and said in his mouth: "Xiaomin Ding Yu, bring He Yin, Kang Yan, Wang Liang, and Jin Jin to meet the pavilion boss." After saying that, he was about to kneel, Liu Kang waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, I have been a grass man for many years." If you do this great gift again and give a copy of the brocade guard, the emperor will blame him, and the old man's lifelong reputation will be over. ”

Ding Yu's knees were half bent at this time, and when he heard Liu Kang say this, he hesitated to stand up, but he didn't dare for a while, so he could only stand half and half stand, which looked quite funny. A servant girl beside Liu Kang couldn't help laughing, and actually laughed to herself.

Ding Yu's face turned red, and he was extremely embarrassed. Liu Kang said: "Mr. Ding, please get up quickly." After more than 20 years, the respected teacher made contributions to the imperial court, but unfortunately he died young, and it is inevitable to think about it. ”

Ding Yu took the opportunity to straighten up and said respectfully: "Before the family teacher died, he also talked about the pavilion...... Master Liu's great kindness to my Taishan faction back then, once instructed the small people, as long as Master Liu has something, the Taishan faction should do its best to serve the dogs and horses. ”

Liu Kang said with a smile: "This is a joke, the old man only wants to eat for a few more days, how dare he ask Mr. Ding to do anything? It's just that I heard that Yong'an City has not been very peaceful these days, and I don't know if your faction is involved?"

Ding Yu glanced at Tang He and Yu Changyuan, and thought, "You will be wicked people to sue first!" But he said: "Xiaomin is just entrusted by someone to ask for something from the owner of Yu Zhuang of Wuhu Villa." This thing was borrowed from that person by the owner of Yu Zhuang back then, but he never returned it. Xiaomin owes the man a favor and wants to help him get his things back......"

Liu Kang nodded and said, "There is nothing wrong with helping a friend come out." After that, he turned his head and asked Tang Hedao: "Mr. Tang, which one is the owner of Yu Zhuang?"

Before Tang He could answer, Yu Changchang had already come out from the crowd and saluted respectfully: "The elder of the Good Sect Pavilion learned that the villain is Yu Changchang, but the word owner does not dare to be the owner. ”

Liu Kang looked at Yu Changyuan intently, and said with a smile: "Master Yu, since you borrowed someone else's things, it must be of little use to you for so many years, so I will return it to others." ”

Yu Changchang fell to the ground with a "plop", and swore to the sky: "If I, Yu Changchang, take other people's things, teach me to destroy heaven and earth, divide the corpses of five horses, and not leave Yong'an City alive!"

Liu Kang waved his hand to signal him to get up, and said, "Since Master Yu Zhuang has made such a poisonous oath, he must not tell lies. Mr. Ding, I'm just afraid that there is some misunderstanding between you and the owner of Yu Zhuang. ”

Ding Yu thought to himself: This old thief is brazen, and swearing a curse is tantamount to a fart to him, how can he believe it? But although he thought so in his heart, how could he dare to say the word "no" on the surface, and immediately bowed down and said: "Master Liu is right, that person must be mistaken." ”

Liu Kang said: "The old man might as well be a peacemaker, and advise you not to get suspicious of misunderstandings, you must know that a private fight will kill you, and you will be beheaded according to the law of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Yu Changchang couldn't wait for this, and hurriedly said: "This was originally a misunderstanding, and Mr. Ding was also deceived." The villain is really a blessing from the previous life, and it is really ashamed to die of the villain by the old man of the Labor Pavilion to make peace with the villain. After that, he also gave Ding Yu a big gift.

Ding Yu was not angry, but he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke Liu Kang, so he had to hold back his anger and reluctantly arch his hand to Yu Chang.

Liu Kang saw Tang Hewu standing aside indignantly, just glared at Ding Yu viciously, and said to Tang He at the moment: "Does Mr. Tang have anything to say?"

Tang He said: "Since the elder has come forward to make peace, how dare the villain have any objections? ”

Liu Kang's face showed a sad look and said: "It turns out that Tang Gongzi has suffered misfortune, no wonder the old gentleman is so sad and angry, it is also understandable......

Ding Yu said: "It is good to teach Master Liu to learn that our five brothers did have some misunderstandings with Donald Old, and it was indeed the fault of Xiaomin who accidentally injured Tang Gongzi's life." It's just that Peng Jin, the villain's apprentice, was also broken by Donald's dart, and he has become a waste, which is worse than death. In addition, one of my fourth junior brothers' apprentices was killed on the long street by Donald's friend, how can this account be calculated?"

As he spoke, he glared at Yue Tieya hatefully. Yue Tieya didn't care, and winked at Ding Yu with a wicked smile.

Liu Kang pondered for a moment and said, "Since both sides are dead and injured, then you might as well apologize and apologize, and you won't have another fight?"

Tang He and Ding Yu hurriedly said, "Don't dare to do this." ”

Liu Kang said to Tang He: "I heard that when the Xingyuan Dart Bureau went from the southern provinces, it never passed through Shandong, but only bypassed Henan and Hebei, I don't know if this is true or not?"

Tang He was stunned, he didn't expect Liu Kang to even know about this, so he had to nod and say, "What Elder Ge said is good." The villain has always wanted to set up a branch in Shandong, so that when escorting grain and silver for the imperial court, there is no need to detour. It's just that someone is making a hindrance from it, and the villain is a law-abiding person, so he doesn't want to make a big move, so he can only swallow his anger......"

Ding Yu said: "Donald Dart's words are not right, the villain has lived in Tai'an for a long time, but he also heard that the Gui Dart Bureau is quite strong, trying to annex several major dart games in Shandong. A few months later, the Yangwei Dart Bureau of Jimo refused the request of the Guiwei Dart Bureau, and a few months later, the dart carts of the Yangwei Dart Bureau were robbed in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Zhejiang, and twenty or thirty people died in the dart master and the executioner. Donald's dart head is terrifying, do you know who is the poisoner?"

Tang He sneered: "I have to ask Mr. Ding about this." Your faction is the largest gang in Shandong, and I heard that it has a lot of contacts with many green forest figures in Shandong. Others, such as Qingfeng Village in Henan and the Poison Dragon Gang in Zhejiang, have heard that they also have friendships with your faction. If Mr. Ding wants to know who hijacked the dart cart of the Yangwei Dart Bureau, he may wish to ask the leaders of these gangs. ”

Liu Kang listened to the two of them arguing with each other, and said with a slight smile: "It turns out that it is just these little things, and this is not embarrassing." After that, he said to Tang He: "The governor of Shandong is my protégé, I can repair a letter to him, and ask him to allow the Xingyuan Dart Bureau to open branches in Qingzhou, Jinan, Jimo, Yantai and other places." If the dart car of the Xingyuan Dart Bureau is to escort items for the imperial court, it can be reported to the Shandong Governor's Yamen, and the Governor's Yamen will send soldiers to accompany them until the dart car is sent out of Shandong. Is Mr. Donald satisfied?"

Tang He was overjoyed, the power of Xingyuan Dart Bureau has not been able to enter Shandong, and he has made a lot of money every year. According to what Liu Kang said, in the future, branches will be set up in various parts of Shandong, and Xingyuan Dart Bureau will become the largest dart bureau in Shandong, and the annual income from Shandong will be very rich. Moreover, in the future, goods escorted from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and other wealthy places in the south of the Yangtze River can be directly transported through Shandong, although it is limited to the items consigned by the imperial court, but how can outsiders know about the private goods involved? In this way, manpower and travel will be saved, and the Xingyuan Dart Bureau will be able to earn at least 100,000 taels of silver more every year. Thinking of this, Tang He hurriedly said, "But according to the orders of the elder pavilion." ”

Ding Yu heard that Liu Kang had given Tang He such a great benefit, and he was indignant. But I heard Liu Kang say: "Mr. Ding, you have lived in Tai'an for a long time, and it is inconvenient to think about it." ”

Ding Yu said: "Master Liu really understands the people's feelings, and even the sufferings of the small people are clearly known. The Taishan faction has lived in Tai'an since the end of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that at the time of Mengyuan, the imperial court was afraid of the people's rebellion, and listed Mount Tai as a forbidden place, and our faction had to withdraw from Tai'an. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the faction returned to Tai'an. It's just that the magistrate said that Mount Tai is the sacred mountain of the emperor and the emperor, and civilians are not allowed to live on the mountain. We had no choice but to pay a heavy tax to the Tai'an Mansion, and we had to pay 3,000 taels of silver every year for the land tax alone. Our faction is all honest and dutiful people, and in order to pay the three thousand taels of silver, they are overwhelmed every year......"

"It's easy to do. Liu Kang said: "I asked the governor of Shandong to give a post to the Tai'an Mansion, exempting the Taishan faction from the land tax of three thousand taels of silver, and I can also hand over the Chaotian Palace on Mount Tai to your faction for use." I wonder what Mr. Ding thinks?"

Ding Yu was surprised and delighted, the Taishan faction also had a lot of land in Tai'an, and the annual land tax was not more than 3,000 taels of silver? If the imperial court exempted this tax and silver, the Taishan faction would not only have an extra income of 3,000 taels of silver every year, but also the surrounding civilians would also hang the land in the name of the Taishan faction, so that most of the land tax could be exempted, and they only needed to pay rent to the Taishan faction. For this alone, the Taishan faction will also have an annual income of no less than 10,000 taels of silver. Moreover, if Chaotian Palace is handed over to the Taishan faction for use, then Taishan will be completely controlled by the Taishan faction, which is more worthy of the name as the "Taishan faction". This is exactly what the heads of the Taishan faction in the past generations dreamed of, Ding Yu was overjoyed and said: "Master Liu has thought it through, and the villain is grateful!"