Water Margin people

Chapter 89 The situation of the cottage

"Wang Lun's poor scholar should have died a long time ago. That kind of narrow-minded person is not worthy of the Xiongguang, which is eight hundred miles away. Du Qian and Song Wan are also a nest of snakes and rats. Good job! Sun Lei A true hero like my brother is the master of the eight hundred miles of water."

Seeing Ruan Xiaowu touching the knife in his waist, Zhu Gui shouted quickly, and he himself couldn't help shrinking his neck. Ruan Xiaowu always looked at his neck, which made his neck feel cold and gave him goosebumps.

"You have some insights, go up the mountain."

Hearing this, Ruan Xiaowu felt that it made sense, nodded and led Zhu Gui up the mountain.

"Second brother, I'll take Zhu Gui up the mountain."

After reaching the closed door of the first pass, Ruan Xiaowu shouted to the gate of the village.

"Open the door!"

Ruan Xiaoer appeared and looked at Ruan Xiaowu and Zhu Gui who were below, and then ordered to open the door.

After capturing Liangshan, Sun Lei quickly arranged tasks. Ruan Xiaoer was in charge of the three passes in front of the mountain, and Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi were in charge of training and managing the minions.

Passing through three passes and entering Wanzi City, and arriving at the Juyi Hall, Zhu Gui saw a handsome young man in his twenties sitting in the hall. Sitting on it was a young man with a thick face and yellowish beard.

"Could it be that Sun Lei, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and Ruan Xiaoqi, the living Yanluo? Just now, the one guarding the mountain was Ruan Xiaoer, Tai Sui of Lidi, so Sun Lei and the three Ruan brothers from Shijie Village took over the cottage?"

While observing the situation in Juyi Hall, Zhu Gui thought about how to deal with it in order to save his life.

"Brother, bring Zhu Gui here!"

Ruan Xiaowu cupped his fists at Sun Lei and said.

"Dry land suddenly law Zhugui?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui with a smile and asked, Zhu Gui didn't look like a hotel owner, he was tall and thin, with protruding bones on his face, with a hint of viciousness on his face, a naked strongman appearance.

"See you brother!"

Zhu Gui accepted his head without hesitation and called his brother directly.

"Get up!"

Seeing Zhu Gui being so familiar, Sun Lei laughed.

"The food and wine are all ready, let's drink a few jars together, Wang Lun's wine collection is really good."

Sun Lei walked to the table in the hall, patted the wine jar and said with a smile.

After Sun Lei took his seat, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi also sat down one by one, Zhu Gui paid several obeisances before sitting down next to him.

"Liang Shanbo has changed the owner of the village. From today onwards, I will be the person in charge of this Shuibo. Do you have any opinion on this?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui and asked.

"Like a thousand-mile horse finally meets Bole!"

Zhu Gui cupped his hands.

"Maxima?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Guidao, whether these words were too much.

"Brother misunderstood, Maxima refers to the eight hundred miles of water. This is a great family fortune. It is a waste to fall into Wang Lun's hands. Only a man like my brother deserves to own it."

Zhu Gui quickly explained that he didn't dare to say that he was a thousand-mile horse, he still knew how much he weighed.

"That means you have no objection to me being the master of this cottage?"

Sun Lei asked with a smile, but Zhu Gui kept saying he didn't dare.

"I killed Wang Lun and those guys in a hurry last night, and even killed all the leaders. As a result, I didn't have time to ask about the situation on the mountain. Those little people don't know anything. Why don't you introduce Liangshan first. Condition?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui and asked, besides Wang Lun's lack of tolerance, he also grasped power very tightly.

"My brother has a question, and the villain should answer it truthfully."

Zhu Gui quickly got up and saluted.

"Sit down and talk slowly."

Sun Lei waved his hand.

Liangshan Po is a den of robbers, so burning, killing, and looting are indispensable. Wang Lun occupied this Liangshan Po, which means he made his fortune by robbing. Merchants who come and go have to cross the boundary of Liangshanbo, guard the roads to plunder merchants, and then borrow food from surrounding villages and towns to make a fortune.

"It should be good for you to settle accounts like this. How much income can this Liangshan Park make in a year?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui and asked, he was not proficient in settlement.

"Brother, please take a look. This is the account kept by the villain in private. Wang Lun and the others are not good at keeping accounts. It has always been kept by the villain, and it is all in this account book."

The lord quickly handed over the ledger in his sleeve with both hands.

"There are only more than 3 guan in a year? Wang Lun has only been in Liangshan for two years. How can I see that there are more than [-] guan in the warehouse? Can Wang Lun make money?"

Sun Lei looked at the figures on the account and asked suspiciously, the discrepancy in the account is a bit too big.

"Brother doesn't know. The villain only deals with borrowing food from the mountains and plundering business trips. As for the extra money, it is Wang Lun's private income."

Zhu Gui cupped his hands.

"Tell me!"

Sun Lei became interested, what private income can be tens of thousands, which is more money than robbery.

"This is……"

Zhu Gui faltered and hesitated, as if he dared not speak.

"What are you hesitating about, just say what you have."

Sun Lei waved his hand and said,

"Brother, those are Wang Lun's private business income. The accounts are private accounts. Du Qian and Song Wan have always been in charge. The villain really doesn't know."

Zhu Gui finally spoke.

"Private business? Wang Lun still does this?"

Sun Lei asked curiously. He didn't know what the private business was doing, but the name should have something to do with smuggling.

"Wang Lun is a well-rounded scholar. He rebelled because of resentment in his heart. First, he fought with Du Qian in the local area. Later, he was wanted and fled. Luckily, he was funded by Cangzhou Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin. That's why he got Liang Shanbo. In the family business, Chai Jin is actually behind Liangshan, and the Chai family has a lot of money in Cangzhou, and Wang Lun often smuggled with Cangzhou in private, but it seems that there have been changes in the past six months."

Zhu Gui said.

"Private business? Cangzhou? What are they smuggling? What happened?"

Sun Lei poured Zhu Gui a glass of wine and asked him to drink and continue.

"Brother, it's salt! It's salt that's being smuggled!"

Zhu Gui hurriedly replied with his wine glass in salute, and then drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

"Salt?"

Sun Lei thought about it.

"Brother, we also have some understanding of this matter. After Wang Lun banned fishing, boats often entered Liangshanpo from the north, and there were not a few of them."

Ruan Xiaowu said, in the past they just thought that those boats were thieves' boats, but now Wang Lun banned fishing just to guard against his eyes and ears and do private business.

"Oh, why didn't I think that there must be a reason for Wang Lun's inexplicable ban on fishing. There must be a purpose for him to work so hard to ban such a big water park. It turns out that this guy is doing private business, and this sour scholar is really serious. Cunning, did this under our noses and didn't notice!"

Ruan Xiaowu suddenly realized that he also wanted to understand.

"But this is not surprising. It is normal for Wang Lun to be a private businessman. Aren't many big households in the villages and towns around Liangshanbo privately engaged in private business? Otherwise, what would be the use of the rent collected from the land? Wang Lun This guy is incompetent and cowardly, he doesn't dare to go down the mountain often to borrow food to rob the road, such a big cottage must make money."

Ruan Xiaoqi was not surprised, it was common for big households to do private business, and it was normal for Wang Lun to want to occupy Liangshanbo.

"How much profit is there on salt?"

Sun Lei touched his chin and asked.

(End of this chapter)