Chapter 148: A small meeting

The three of them, Chen Ku, walked out of Yaowang Hall.

Then they heard Kou Ming explain to them the number of participants and their attention in this small meeting.

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"You want me to be careful? Does that mean? A fight?"

When Chen Ku heard Kou Ming's words, he immediately stood on the spot and said:

"Then please wait a moment, brother and sister, while I go back to get the weapons."

In fact, his weapon is in the storage bag in his waist bag, but it is best not to expose it if possible.

After all, the origin of this storage bag is sensitive. It was something his brother Chen Xin brought from the Yuan Kingdom.

God knows whether the pattern and format of this storage bag will attract the attention of some interested people who can identify the origin of this thing, which will cause some unnecessary trouble.

"I forgot to tell Junior Brother Chen, then go ahead, the two of us are waiting for you here." Kou Ming smiled warmly.

He did forget.

The two secret arts he practiced, one is the "Five Elements and One Qi Divine Needle" in Yaowangtang, and the other is his family tradition "Iron Palm". Only one Qi Divine Needle of the two secret arts requires the use of weapons, and the Iron Palm is It's just a pair of fleshy palms. After practicing to a very high level, it can already wield powerful weapons.

Furthermore, something like the Five Elements and One Qi Divine Needle is secretive and small, and can usually be hidden in your sleeve.

The 'Medicine King Zhulu Fist' practiced by Huo Xiaoxia does not require the use of weapons.

Only Chen Ku's violent ape Qianjun stick and black tiger butcher knife require special weapons.

Chen Ku turned around and went back to the Medicine King Hall, but he did not bring weapons, but some wound medicine, poison, and Qi-restoring elixirs.

Finally, we came to Master Yang Luchan’s yard.

"Master, is master here?" Chen Ku shouted in the courtyard.

Yang Shaoqi came over and said: "Master, it seems that Master Monk and several masters have gone to the shopkeeper to talk about something about your conference. Before you leave, tell me, if you come, let me tell you to give it to you." One word."

Chen Ku asked seriously: "What words did the master leave?"

Yang Shaoqi imitated Lao Yang's tone, blowing his beard and glaring: "Tell your junior brother, just let go and stab whoever dares! It doesn't matter if you kill someone, but don't let me lose my prestige!"

Chen Ku listened thoughtfully.

Yang Shaoqi asked: "By the way, why did you come to see the master? How about I tell him later?"

Yang Shaoqi had no yard outside Yaowang Hall, so he lived with his master.

Chen Ku coughed and asked: "It's nothing, just... I want to ask the master for the fire faucet stick. If you have nothing to do today, can you lend it to me?"

"What! You need a fire faucet stick!!"

Yang Shaoqi shouted out loud:

"You're not afraid of being crushed to death."

After all,

It seemed like I was remembering something again.

He quickly said:

"I know that you, second brother, were able to pick up the dragon-headed stick a long time ago, but when it comes to using it, it's absolutely impossible!"

after all,

Picking up a twelve thousand catty stick is not the same thing as wielding a twelve thousand catty stick.

"Senior brother, don't worry about it. If I can't help it, I won't say anything."

Chen Ku asked:

"Brother, just tell me where the master's stick is. I'll get it myself. Just tell the master when you get back."

At first, Chen Ku didn't want to ask for a dragon head stick.

After all, he originally thought he was going to attend a small meeting, a meeting, but Kou Ming said this, and he had already learned a little bit about this person's temperament before, and he had a vague feeling that this small meeting was actually not a small meeting at all. feeling.

Not long after.

Kou Ming and Huo Xiaoxia watched Chen Ku walking out carrying a stick-shaped weapon wrapped in yellow cloth.

Huo Xiaoxia didn't think it was anything.

Kou Ming didn't pay attention at first, but when he took a look unconsciously, something strange suddenly occurred to him:

"The size of this stick... seems to be one foot longer than Junior Brother Chen's iron-clad dragon stick. Why does it seem... No way!"

But after a shock in my heart.

But his blood was boiling, and he suddenly felt so heroic. He felt that in today's small meeting, there was no greater certainty than this.

…

Although there were only two light snowfalls this winter, the weather was colder than in previous years.

It's noon now.

Sun hanging.

Solid ice formed on both sides of the Longjiang River. It looked like it was already a foot thick under the ice.

Wow~~

The water of the Longjiang River laps the shore and flows eastward, sending out "rumbling" thunder.

When Kou Ming brought Chen Ku and two others to the riverside.

Chen Ku found that there were already seven people waiting on the bank of Longjiang River ahead.

"Junior Brother Chen, Senior Brother Kou, and Senior Sister Huo."

Far away, I saw Jiang Shaoyou laughing loudly, and hurriedly came up to them, took the initiative to greet them, and said:

"You are finally here."

Chen Ku cupped his fists and said, "Senior Brother Jiang, how long have you been here?"

As early as on the way here, he learned from Kou Ming that there were eight factions in this small gathering, including Tongwen Hall, so Jiang Shaoyou's arrival was not surprising.

"I haven't been here long, but after hearing the summons from Senior Brother Kou yesterday, of course I didn't dare to delay. Come on, I'll introduce my father to you, Junior Brother Chen."

When Jiang Shaoyou was talking.

From behind him, a middle-aged man with a smile came up. He had a jade hairpin in his hair, a scholar's robe, and gray hair on his temples. He looked like a middle-aged scholar with a scholarly air. He first held his hand to Kou Ming. :

"Master Kou is more attractive than he was four years ago."

"Mr. Jiang is still the same as before." Kou Ming was as warm as the spring breeze.

Jiang Mohua turned to Chen Ku and Huo Xiaoxia and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, shopkeeper Huo, Jiang is polite."

"Uncle Jiang is so polite." Huo Xiaoxia saluted quickly.

Chen Ku also slightly cupped his fists in response, saying he was very polite to Jiang Shaoyou's father.

Obviously,

The two people who came to Tongwenguan to attend the small meeting this time were Jiang Shaoyou and his son.

After Jiang Mohua came over and greeted the three young people from Yaowangtang, the five of them walked to the river together.

Five people by the river bowed to Kou Ming at the same time:

"Shopkeeper Kou Xiao."

"Hello everyone." After Kou Ming clasped his fists, he turned to Chen Ku and Huo Xiaoxia with a smile and introduced: "Junior brother, junior sister, let me introduce you two."

He pointed at a thirty-year-old man among the five who was holding a gun: "This is Gao Lin, the young boss of Heyuan Escort Bureau. His father is the 'Langqian' without a semicolon among the top ten masters in the city. Mr. Gao Ruohai.”

There was solemnity in Chen's bitter eyes.

The top ten masters in the city are all powerful. Even if they are ranked tenth, they are still powerful giants in the fourth level of Tongmai Realm.

It is said that this spearman Gao Ruohai is not from Baojiao County, but a captain in the Qiulong Mansion army. He has made great achievements on the battlefield and created a "unique skill" by innovating from the old and new in battle formation marksmanship. , called [Eighteen Tensions of Beacon Fire].

Create your own unique skills!

This kind of talent and talent would be stunning anywhere.

only,

It is said that he suffered a lot of hidden wounds in the army, which slowed down his cultivation level. He has been recovering from the hidden wounds in his body for more than ten years, so he was ranked tenth.

The Heyuan Escort Agency he founded took away part of the 'land transportation' business from the Yulonghui, which controlled water transportation, which shows his ability and weight.

Kou Ming continued to point to a young man behind him and said: "Hongyan Tower, Chef Li Fugui's apprentice Liu Angxing."

"Boss Mr. Chen and Mr. Huo." A young man named Liu Angxing, wearing a simple cloth coat, cupped his hands towards the two of them with a sunny smile on his face: "Today's riverside meeting is over. If you are free, you can come to Hongyan Tower. Try my brother’s craftsmanship.”

Chen Ku saw that he seemed to be younger than himself, only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was slightly solemn.

At such a young age, he can come to participate in the "small meeting" that determines the business direction of various industries in Baojiao County in the next four years. Obviously, he is not an ordinary person. He either has outstanding talents or extraordinary ability.

"It's the first time I know that there is a young cook like Liu Angxing in Hongyan Tower. It's great." Huo Xiaoxia seemed to be a foodie and she agreed directly.

This way,

Kou Ming continued to introduce the leader of the third wave of forces among the five:

"This is Xu Li, the young boss of the Dung Gang Ding Hongji."

Shit Gang?

Huo Xiaoxia's face stiffened, and she subconsciously wrinkled her nose.

Chen Ku looked solemn.

Shit Gang, this is a very profitable business.

You know, there are no chemical fertilizers in this world today. As a natural fertilizer, feces is not worth even a little bit.

In his previous life, his grandparents in the countryside had the habit of getting up early in the morning to pick up dung.

Chen Ku also remembered that when he first watched the old version of Shanghai, Ding Li, played by Andy Lau, was a manure collector from the beginning. His biggest dream was to collect all the manure in Shanghai.

Feces, this pickled thing, is very disgusting and disgusting to educated people, but this thing that reincarnates grains will eventually "return to the earth" as its name suggests.

Chen Ku has the genes of a farmer in his past life and this life, and he knows very well that the "chemical fertilizers" needed for farming are extremely expensive in any era.

In other words.

The Dung Gang's ability to monopolize the entire Baojiao City's feces is equivalent to monopolizing the entire Baojiao County's 'fertilizer' industry.

In particular, people in the inner cities are rich in oil and water, and the excrement they produce is extremely popular as fertilizer.

It is conceivable that this dung gang is a hugely profitable industry. There is no investment at all. All you need to do is go to each house to collect dung for free and use some manpower to get a huge profit.

Chen Ku estimated,

Although Ding Hongji, the dung tyrant, can certainly not keep up with giants like Yaowangtang in terms of his annual profit, as the leader of the fertilizer business, he still earns a huge amount of money from the big landowners every year.

And having money and people means that it is easy to make tricks.

Therefore, Chen Ku did not dare to look down on the young boss Xu Li at all.

The young boss seems to be used to other people's eyes on his status as a member of the Dung Gang, especially women, so he doesn't mind Huo Xiaoxia's eyes. However, when he saw Chen Ku, the young shopkeeper of a wealthy family, solemnly surrendering to him, he still couldn't help but feel... Warm, said:

"Master Chen, if you have time someday, I'll pay you a visit."

"There are still three houses to go, why are you coming so late?" After Kou Ming introduced everyone, he turned to look at the path along the shore.

Chen Ku did the math.

Of the eight factions except Yaowangtang, there are now only four remaining factions: Chaitiepu, Hunter Forest, Yulonghui, and Pai Gang.

Among them, Hunter Forest is a subordinate guild of the Fish and Dragon Society.

The Pai Gang is related to the Chai Iron Shop.

Pai Gang, this industry exists in both the south and the north.

Paizi refers to logging in a forest farm. The felled wood is directly tied into a large raft, also called a paizi. Because forest farms are mostly on mountains and the terrain is high, rafts can be used to go directly down the river. Rafts are both transportation and transportation. Tools are also goods, killing two birds with one stone.

The firewood of the Chai Tie Pu was cut from the forest farm and delivered to the Pai Gang for transportation.

Because Baojiao County is located on the border of Ji State, Longjiang River flows down. The huge rafts of the Pai Gang have no power and rely entirely on the river flow to move forward. When encountering rapids or extreme weather, the raftsmen are often in great danger.

Therefore, the Pai Gang has a rafting song, which is very tragic and heroic, called:

Cut down big trees, build rafts, and lower them along the Longjiang River.

Turn eight bends and go around eighteen bends.

For survival, not for wealth, just wait to hit the river cliff at any time.

No matter how far the waves rush, you can be buried anywhere.

This song shows that everyone in the Pai Gang is desperate, and the leader of the Chai Tie Pu is the pioneer.

Just saying.

"The people from the Chai Tie Pu and the Pai Gang are here." Jiang Shaoyou shouted.

Chen Ku had made a bet with Qu Feng from Chai Tie Pu a few years ago. This time, he saw him again, but this time, he was not accompanied by Xie Qingfeng, but a young man who was about the same age as Kou Ming.

"Hong Yin, Qu Feng, and Luo Shaoshi from Chai Tie Pu, hello."

"Ao Yu from Pai Gang! Hello."

Four people came at once.

Chen Ku and Qu Feng made eye contact, and they slightly bowed and clasped their fists. Chen Ku said, "Brother Qu, we meet again."

Qu Feng's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Brother Chen, it is indeed natural for you to replace Zhang Renfeng."

Chen Ku was about to speak.

"People from the Yulong Society and the Lieshilin are here too."

Chen Ku looked in the direction of the voice and saw four people walking on the shore, two of them wearing the uniforms of the Yulong Society, and two of them wearing the tight clothes of the Lieshilin.

He saw the young man in the Yulong Society uniform and gown at a glance. There was a magical power that frightened people when his eyes opened and closed.

"That is Ma Mingfeng, whom my senior brother told me to be careful of? A top young master who has mastered the art of spiritual witnessing?"

The moment Chen Ku looked at him, the young man felt something.

Instantly.

The other party's gaze was like a knife, extremely sharp, slashing towards Chen Ku.

It made him feel as if the blade was forcing him, and goose bumps rose all over his body.

Luckily, Chen Ku was not the only one staring at Ma Mingfeng. Ma Mingfeng's gaze was like a knife that slashed through everyone on the riverside.

After Chen Ku lost the pressure of that gaze, he found that except for his senior brother Kou Ming, more than a dozen people from the seven forces present, including him, all showed fear in their eyes in an instant.

"Ma Mingfeng's witnessing skills are really getting more and more superb, and it's hard to defend against. This is just a glance, and it's enough to scare people. It's hard to imagine, if someone fights with him and is witnessed by him with his spirit, what a terrible situation it would be? I'm afraid he will lose his mind instantly?" Jiang Shaoyou shuddered on the spot and murmured in a low voice.

Chen Ku happened to hear it.

Chen Ku's mind was on Kou Ming:

"Why is the eldest brother okay? Is his spiritual level higher? Or... wearing the horn of the dust-avoiding rhino? Or taking the awakening pill?"

While Chen Ku was thinking about these.

Kou Ming looked at Ma Mingfeng who was approaching, and his body blocked Chen Ku and Huo Xiaoxia invisibly, and said lightly:

"As soon as we met, you gave everyone a warning. Could it be that you want to start a fight directly?"

As soon as these words came out,

Whether it was the three people behind Ma Mingfeng or all the people from the other seven forces by the river, they could not help but tense up their minds. According to normal rules, they first held a small meeting to clarify and lay out the plans and interests of each family for the next four years.

If they really wanted to fight, they would only do so when their interests were different and irreconcilable.