The Book of Heaven

Chapter 176 Guessed

"There are only three families. To be honest, there are too few."

Ma Zheng, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old in appearance, sat quietly at the edge of the square table, holding a few pieces of yellowed paper in his hands. The handwriting on each piece of paper was different, so it could be seen that it was written by different people.

"Qi family, Lei family and Ding family, what is your impression of these three families?"

Not far from the square table, Red Eyes, Monk and Pot Gai stood upright. There was no seat for them in front of Ma Zheng, and Ma Zheng didn't intend to make any equality among the three bastards.

Hearing Ma Zheng's question, the three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally coughed dryly with red eyes, and said in a low voice: "These three families are all famous figures in the city. , it is not something we can offend."

Speaking of this, with the intelligence of the red eyes, he also understands that the scary boy in front of him is clearly playing a game called "White Wolf with Empty Gloves". Well, the set also depends on the quality of the object, like the Qi family, can it be set casually?

As long as the Patriarch of the Qi family coughs, the entire Jiading City will catch a cold. At that time, Ma Zheng may escape, but his red eyes, monk and pot cover, the best end is probably to feed the fish at the bottom of the Minjiang River. ?

Thinking of such an ending, the red eyes and feet trembled non-stop, as if all the strength in his body had been sucked out. If it weren't for the support of the two brothers beside him, he would not be able to continue standing.

"If you have a head and a face, that means you are very powerful? When you proposed to exchange my middle-level chalcedony with low-level chalcedony, what kind of reaction did they have?"

"Eh, hesitate, it should be."

Under Ma Zheng's contempt, Red Eyes gritted his teeth to prevent himself from falling. In order to answer the question well, he even pinched his own butt behind his back to keep his brain clear.

"Oh, since it is hesitation, it proves that they should have chalcedony in their hands. Very good, I have another question next."

Red Eyes actually wanted to say, big brother, you have too many questions, but under Ma Zheng's eyes, he could only put a flattering smile on his face, nodded repeatedly: "Okay, you ask, you ask."

"How do these three families feel in the city? I mean, have they committed any crimes or oppressed good people?"

"this."

At this moment, Red Eyes really wanted to laugh three times.

Although they are bastards in Jiading City, and they do business all day long, but to be honest, they are not very harmful to the entire empire, nor can they shake the foundation of the empire. The reason why this bastard is often ignored.

"It's not that I'm red-eyed and bragging. If I will go to hell after I die, it will be three or four floors at most. After the people from these three families die, they will definitely go to the eighteenth floor!"

"Oh, you're only on the third or fourth floor, why do you look down on yourself so much? In other words, the background behind wealthy businessmen like the Qi family is not very clean, right?"

Red Eyes nodded, and said: "Among them, there are some who specialize in smuggling salt. Salt smuggling is all about licking blood on the edge of a knife. When will no one's head fall to the ground? Some of them specialize in controlling the docks. Those bitter people on the docks haha They still treat them as their masters, but they don’t know that what they are drinking is Kuhaha’s hard-earned money. In order to fight for the pier, those Kuhaha are the ones who beat their lives to death, and there are also those who specialize in private wells to cook private salt. This kind of thing seems to have no risk, but in fact it is this kind of work that is the most risky."

"Why?"

Opening a private well, in Ma Zheng's view, is probably similar to the small coal mines in later generations, but the coal mines are still at risk of collapse, so what risk can salt wells have?

It can't be said that people have to drill down the well to get a brine, right?

This is definitely not needed.

"The imperial court can tolerate them scrambling for the wharf and coolies, but it must not tolerate people opening private wells and smuggling salt, especially those who open private wells. Once they are caught, they can be beheaded without being promoted. Those private wells controlled by the Ding family are sealed. It was opened again, opened and sealed again, every time it was opened, countless heads fell to the ground, but none of them belonged to the Ding family!"

Although he is a bastard with red eyes, he is also a native of Jiading, a villager. They have a bottom line in what they do, but they are not like those black businessmen with red eyes who have abandoned their humanity in order to make money.

Looking at the ferocious expression of the red eyes, Ma Zheng felt as if he understood.

In fact, there are such people in any era, who disregard even the most basic human nature for their own interests. Will there be fewer such things in future generations?In fact, there are not many, it's just that those black businessmen are doing more covertly, and it's not easy for ordinary people to know that's all!

Speaking of which, this is also the tragedy of human beings.

"It seems that if I want to cheat the three of them, you should have no objection?"

After such a period of "chatting", although Ma Zheng changed some of his views on the red-eyed trio, it also made the red-eyed trio less resistant to Ma Zheng.

"Of course I have no objection! This young man, you are not sent by the court, are you?"

Ma Zheng is young, but his martial arts are strong, and he is very measured in doing things. His attitude towards local black businessmen will naturally make Red Eyes have such thoughts.

As for why Ma Zheng didn't contact the Yamen of Jiading Mansion, this question really doesn't need to be considered. If the Yamen of Jiading Mansion is reliable, why do those black merchants exist to this day?

"Do you really think so?"

Ma Zheng stared at the red eyes, but he did not expect that the associations of red eyes would be so rich.

"Gollum."

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, red eyes concluded from Ma Zheng's reaction that his own guess was probably correct, and if Ma Zheng was really sent from the imperial city, it meant that even if this matter was dangerous It's very big, but as long as he can succeed, Ma Zheng can make great contributions.

Although there is no such thing as his red eyes due to the great credit, isn't it often said in the novels that the Shangguan who visits privately in Weifu are usually the kind of more honest people?A more honest person would definitely not cheat his own people, that is to say, his red eyes, and his brothers under his red eyes, will definitely be beneficial after the incident is completed, and maybe he can change his body and become a member of the court.

That's a real hit!

Of course, Ma Zheng couldn't guess that the red eyes would associate so much in an instant, he just slowly took out a soldier talisman from his pocket.

He is a serious Yiwei general who has been appointed by the imperial court. Although his rank is not high, his soldier talisman is real. Ordinary people like red eyes have never seen the soldier talisman of a court general. It is enough to know that this is the emblem of the imperial court.

In other words, this soldier talisman is the reassurance of Red Eye and the others.

"Now, you also know my identity. I didn't want to tell you. After all, is this credit? The less people know, the better. I didn't expect you to be so smart."

Ma Zheng threw a "you know" look at the red eyes, and the red eyes showed a trace of "shyness" on his face, and said: "My lord general, the younger ones can also guess, guess."

(End of this chapter)