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Chapter 32: A Character Scroll
As soon as he had time to climb out of the water, he felt a bit of cold pressure on his neck, followed by a slightly surprised voice: "Is it a child? Hey, isn't this Zuojia Erlang from Liulijing?"

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

Immediately afterwards, there was a noisy conversation, and then a thick voice: "What's going on?"

"Going back to my master, these two people have just come ashore from the water. They should have swum out from the east water gate in the city." , but that is just a way to strengthen the body, or if adults who specialize in eating this bowl of rice come to compete, then it is self-inflicted humiliation.

"Oh? He came out of the city, this is Zuo Erlang?" The middle-aged man with a thick voice probably knew Zuo Liangyu, and his words seemed to be a lot easier, "Zuo Erlang, why did you dive out of the city in the middle of the night?" ? Could it be that you also joined Luojiao?"

"Hmph, my master never associates with those who confuse people with deceitful words." Feng Ziying said the word deceitful words, and it was immediately remembered by Zuo Liangyu, and he learned it and used it now.

"Yo, you're quite arrogant." A voice teased, "Then why did you sneak out of the city like this?"

"Young master has something important to do." Zuo Liangyu realized it was wrong the moment he spoke, and immediately stopped talking, letting the men around him tease him without saying a word, and just focused on Feng Ziying.

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

Several strong men in short jackets each held swords and formed a loose semi-curved circle. The one who held him was a short and strong man, while the man standing outside the circle was wearing a gray robe and his face was like a crown. Yu, a jade hairpin tied her hair, and stared at herself coldly with her hands behind her back.

This is probably the so-called owner.

The fish skin that Zuo Liangyu brought was used to wrap the clothes of the two of them, which was a must-have tool for living on the water, and the two of them were in short clothes, which was really embarrassing under such circumstances.

But Feng Ziying didn't care, these people were obviously not members of the White Lotus Sect, but more like merchants and their guards.

After a little thought, Feng Ziying was able to guess a general idea, the Shanshaan Grain Gang.

This is one of the most powerful business gangs in Linqing City, almost monopolizing the entire grain market in Shandong, and even the grain market in the north. The supply of military grain in Jiubian is almost monopolized by these Shanshan businessmen.

Moreover, these merchants have a lot of ties to water transport, and they also have deep connections in the court. Every year, the tricks between new grain and old grain will always be staged in these grain merchants and water storage grains, and a tacit understanding has been formed.

Noting that the man in brocade clothes was looking him up and down, Feng Ziying was not afraid at all. After confirming the identity of the other party, he was not afraid.

I am afraid that the Liang Gang will suffer a lot this time. Although they are not sure what the White Lotus Sect wants to do, it is definitely not good for the Liang Gang. This is an opportunity.

It would take at least a day for me and Zuo Liangyu to walk to Liaocheng in this way, but it would be much easier if we could get help from the Liang Gang.

Although the Liang Gang has now been expelled from the city by the Bailian Sect, Feng Ziying has long heard that these people in the Liang Gang are very powerful. The Liang Gang may be behind the troubles caused by people like kiln workers and kiln workers outside the city.

The tax supervisor's establishment of a card in Linqing is a fatal blow to the entire business of Linqing. All businesses have dropped by at least [-]% sharply, especially the big business like the Liang Gang, which has dropped by more than half. I am afraid that anyone All unbearable.

Moreover, the establishment of the tax supervisor seems to have a long-term appearance. If it continues like this, I am afraid that the Liang Gang will really have to drink the northwest wind, so some small actions are inevitable, but probably they did not expect it to happen. Let the group of Bailianjiao find an opportunity to sneak in.

The man in the brocade robe only paused for a moment on Zuo Liangyu before returning to Feng Ziying. Having read a lot of people, he could tell at a glance that this young man was probably the leader of the two, and he showed that The kind of indifferent demeanor is really not vulgar.

"Young man, why did you and Zuo Erlang leave the city?"

"To teach the bandits to make trouble, of course they have to leave the city." Feng Ziying also replied very simply. Have some plans.

"Oh, the gate of the city has already been sealed. Even the East Water Gate is guarded by bandits. How can you come out?" The man in the brocade robe had a soft voice, matching his pale and beardless appearance. , Feng Ziying almost doubted whether the other party was that Eunuch Chang.

"There's such a big canal that runs across the city, where can't I find a place to enter the water?" Feng Ziying didn't intend to argue with the other party, but he also knew that if he wanted to win the other party's trust and approval, he could only spend some time on the verbal.

The brocade-robed man chuckled, and put his hands behind his back even more leisurely, "Oh, you said it so lightly, isn't Mr. Xiao Lang a white strip in the waves?"

The section of Gulou East-West Street is two or three miles long, and this section is where grain merchants gather, and it is also the focus of the garrison of religious bandits. The thieves realized that it was only possible to enter the water near the East Water Gate.

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

The storytellers in this teahouse and restaurant intercepted a passage and used it as their classic repertoire to tell stories.

There are still some memories in this body. Heroic characters such as Wu Erlang, Monk Hua, Black Xuanfeng and Gushang Flea are very popular among the lower classes. Even in Linqing City, there are many storytellers in teahouses. People talk about this "Water Margin" joke.

Feng Ziying didn't expect the other party to be so sharp-tongued, so she pondered for a while and said, "Your Excellency is the head of the Liang Gang?"

The brocade robed man was a little surprised, but then he thought about it again, this man has an extraordinary demeanor, and he can see that his identity is also ordinary, so he nodded: "That's right, I don't know who Xiao Lang is?"

Feng Ziying was also not polite, and said directly: "My father is a martial arts general Feng Gong, and Xiao Ke is now studying at the Imperial College of the Capital."

The brocade robed man was slightly shocked.

He still knows the names of the Linqing Three Families. The reason why the Feng family can be ranked among the three is because one of them followed the Taizu Emperor when the dynasty was first established and became the Conglong clan back then.

It's just that this branch of Feng's family seems to be a bit late in Conglong time, so it's not as good as the Four Kings and Eight Dukes back then, but it can be regarded as an honorable Wu family, at least in Linqing Prefecture, it can be regarded as a luxurious and wealthy family.

"I'm disrespectful, it turns out to be Mr. Feng." The brocade robed man's face became warm and friendly, "I'm Hongdong Wang Shaoquan, and I'm the deacon of Linqing Shanshan Guild Hall."

Sure enough, it was a Shanxi merchant, and Feng Ziying felt a little complicated.

In history, the reputation of Shanxi merchants during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was notorious.

Although Feng Ziying doesn't know much about its specific situation, she also knows that Shanxi merchants have always been an important force in the Chinese business gang, and they are inevitably inextricably linked with the Tatars outside the Great Wall and the Jianzhou Jurchen outside the customs. But it's also like when my father was the chief soldier of Datong Town, didn't he also have to deal with Shanxi merchants?

Without the food they transported, what would the hundreds of thousands of frontier troops in the Nine Frontiers eat?
"Oh, Feng Ziying is being polite." Feng Ziying didn't dare to be dismissive. The Shanshan Guild Hall is also the core of the Linqing Shanshan Merchants Gang. Feng Ziying doesn't know its internal structure, but presumably the deacon is not an ordinary role.

"Mr. Feng just got out of trouble in the city? This is really a blessing." Wang Shaoquan was no stranger to the Feng family. After all, Feng Tang was also a figure who had been the general of Datong for many years, and he knew that Feng Ziying was Feng Tang's son.

Both the Shanshan Grain Gang and the Nine Frontier Army Generals have deep ties. Every year, more than half of the grain shipped to the border towns by China and France is contracted by the Shanshaan Grain Gang. Even the imperial merchants have not been able to seize their leadership Location.

It's just that in the past 20 years, the imperial merchants and some wealthy businessmen who have a deep connection with the important officials in the court and China have begun to infiltrate the salt and cause decentralization, which has greatly reduced the effect of opening up China and France.

This also greatly undermined the enthusiasm for commercial settlements in the frontier areas, and the enthusiasm for grain transportation was also greatly affected, so the situation became increasingly tense.

"I escaped by luck, but I still have some family members who are trapped in the city." Feng Ziying asked the other party while trying to figure it out: "All the East and West Streets of the Gulou Tower were occupied by religious bandits, and the grain in the warehouse was also used as food fodder by religious bandits. Do you have any countermeasures, sir?"

Wang Shaoquan laughed, "The guards didn't respond, Wang is just a merchant, so what?"

"The Shanshan Grain Gang is not an ordinary merchant. They are in charge of Linqing and even the leader of the merchants in the North. Could it be that they just let the bandits wreak havoc?" Nonsense, it's just for the face of the Feng family, so he went straight to the topic, "Can Xiaoke talk to Mr. Wang alone?"

Surprised, Wang Shaoquan didn't respond for a while, until Feng Ziying's immature face showed a little impatience, and then he realized: "Oh, what's the matter, Mr. Feng? But I need Wang's help, but this bandit is powerful, and I can't do anything about it." ah."

Feng Ziying didn't say anything, just smiled, and then Wang Shaoquan said awkwardly: "Of course,..."

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