Started as an undercover agent, forcing me to lift the table

Chapter 122 What I learned in the provincial capital, breaking through Mingjin

Under the arrangement of Ma Wencai, Gu Qingshan and his party lived in a not-so-low-grade inn, without letting Gu Qingshan and his party interfere at all, Ma Wencai had already arranged everything in advance.

After personally sending Gu Qingshan into the inn, and helping to put everything away, Ma Wen cupped his hands and said, "Brother Gu, it's getting late today, and you've been exhausted, so I won't disturb your rest. I'll take you everywhere tomorrow." Take a stroll, there are many places of interest in Cangzhou City, come here, it would be a pity if you don’t go for a stroll.”

Gu Qingshan said politely: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Ma, I still keep you busy."

"Brother Gu?" Ma Wencai said, "You are a distinguished guest of my Ma family. When you come to Cangzhou City, my younger brother should be doing your best as a landlord."

The two chatted side by side,

Gu Qingshan sent Ma Wencai out of the inn.

"Brother Gu, wait a moment." Ma Wencai bowed to accept the salute, and said, "You should rest early, you must not have a good rest during this time."

Gu Qingshan cupped his hands and said: "Then, brother Ma, go slowly, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Before Ma Wen got into the carriage, he waved his hand towards Gu Qing Shan before slowly leaving.

Watching Ma Wencai and his party leave, Artest walked up to Gu Qingshan and said, "The people in the Ma family are not bad, those young masters of our Beicang City are all extremely arrogant, this Ma Wencai is very imposing. The direct descendants of the Ma family are actually so modest."

Gu Qingshan smiled slightly, and said: "It's also arrogant, but it's just that it's well-bred and doesn't show it, or it doesn't show it to us."

This Ma Wen is the most noble among the sons and brothers that Gu Qingshan has come into contact with. It really made Gu Qingshan feel the cultivation of the family, which is not comparable to ordinary people. Whether it is talking, doing, or treating people, he has done everything. Very comfortable.

but,

From the contact just now, Gu Qingshan can see that this Ma Wencai still maintains his own identity.

However, Gu Qingshan can also understand,

Even he, after reaching a higher level, is unlikely to pay more attention to the people or things below.

Mr. Huang also came to Gu Qingshan's side, and said in a low voice: "Young Master Ma has been trying to find out just now, President, it seems that we have something to talk about in this negotiation."

Gu Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "Then take your time, negotiations are like this, everyone wants to get more benefits, anyway, when you talk about it, remember our bottom line, don't let them guess our bottom line Just do it."

Commercial negotiation is also a kind of war in disguise.

Gu Qingshan knew that professional things should be done by professional people, so he specially brought Mr. Huang here.

After chatting for a few words, they all went back to their rooms to rest. Even Gu Qingshan felt a little tired after nearly ten days of journey.

However, after returning to the room,
The first thing Gu Qingshan does is to turn on the martial arts simulator to teach a famous teacher for an hour a day.

He recharged several thousand taels into the system, enough for him to use for a long time.

This simulation teaching,

It is really useful, and makes Gu Qingshan look forward to it every day.

The effect is also very obvious,

It's less than a month,
He has half stepped into the realm of Mingjin. If he hadn't been busy on his way during this period of time, he would have already broken through to the cultivation level of Mingjin. He had a premonition that the time to break through was only a few days away.

……

At night, Ma Wencai's carriage arrived at a manor.

He got out of the carriage and went straight to a small courtyard,
As soon as he entered the small courtyard, he saw a middle-aged man with a dignified expression. This man was the seventh master of the Ma family, Ma Kangyuan.

The third house of the Ma family, that is, Ma Kangping's lineage, has three main characters, the uncle Ma Kangwei, the father of Ma Wencai, is the representative of this lineage of martial arts, and is also a well-known top martial artist in Cangzhou, who is expected to become a master of transformation .

The seventh master, Ma Kangyuan, is a business representative, mainly in charge of business, and in charge of this line of business.

As for Ma Kangping, the magistrate of Beicang County, he is a representative of the officialdom. They are not brothers, but the same room. Ranked by age, Ma Kangping is the third in this line, so everyone in the house respects him as the third master.

"Seventh Uncle." Ma Wencai bowed his hands and saluted.

Ma Kangyuan nodded slightly, motioned for Ma Wencai to sit down, and said, "You went to see Gu Qingshan, how do you feel?"

Ma Wencai said slowly: "It's similar to what my third uncle said in the letter. He is indeed a rare young talent. Not bad, worth making friends with."

Ma Kangyuan nodded and said: "That's fine, you don't need to be responsible for the negotiation, your main task is to make friends with Gu Qingshan."

Ma Wencai asked in confusion, "Then, who will negotiate?"

Ma Kangyuan said: "I will send someone else."

Ma Wencai said: "Seventh Uncle, today I tested Gu Qingshan, he is very calm, especially the Mr. Huang he brought, who is also the person who is mainly responsible for negotiating with our Ma family this time, he is a capable person , ordinary people can't stand it!"

Ma Kangyuan smiled slightly, and said: "Our Ma family can suffer a bit in this negotiation, the focus is not on business and making money, but on Gu Qingshan.

Wencai, you have to understand that the current situation is special. Your third uncle Kang Ping needs to gain momentum in the past two years. We didn't expect that there would be troubles in the big house, and we didn't prepare in advance. Now your third uncle wants to fight for the head of the family. Bit, we are a step behind in terms of prerequisites.

But now if you want to make up for this step, Gu Qingshan is very important, so you have to be clear, we cooperate with Gu Qingshan, earning money is only a secondary purpose, the main purpose is to make Gu Qingshan, or the Sky Eagle Gang I can support your third uncle even more in Beicang County. "

Ma Wencai nodded and said, "My nephew understands."

Ma Kangyuan continued: "Furthermore, according to your third uncle's evaluation, Gu Qingshan is not the kind of person who is greedy and short-sighted. If we give him more benefits in business, he will understand and return favors in other places." .

As long as your third uncle can sit on the head of the family, it doesn’t matter if we spend a little more money on this house, so, you have to remember, I specially asked you to pick up Gu Qingshan this time, just to let you make a good deal with Gu Qingshan in advance In the future, you will go to Beicang County to continue to cooperate with Gu Qingshan. "

"My nephew understands, I will definitely pay attention."

……

Negotiations with the Ma family cannot be completed in a day or two.

However, Gu Qingshan did not take responsibility, and handed it over to Mr. Huang. The Ma family also sent a special team to connect with each other, and the two groups had a lively conversation.

And Gu Qingshan has enjoyed the scenery of Cangzhou city everywhere under Ma Wencai's kind invitation these days.

Gu Qingshan can be considered to have increased his knowledge.

Cangzhou City is indeed a provincial capital, much more prosperous than Beicang City. According to Ma Wencai, the law and order in Cangzhou City before was very good, at least on the surface, and no one swaggered through the streets with weapons , There are very few gang fights, and the police and patrols of the six gates on the street are also very diligent.

But now this time,
Cangzhou City is very chaotic, much more chaotic than Beicang County,

There were obviously many troops stationed inside and outside the city, but it was even more chaotic than before.

According to Ma Wencai, during this period of competition among various forces in Cangzhou City, many large gangs have been reduced to cannon fodder, and even many aristocratic families have been wiped out.

When Gu Qingshan was walking around the city,

I have encountered several scenes where the army and the government ransacked homes and exterminated families, and it was really bloody.

What made Gu Qingshan particularly impressed was that under the heavily armed army, personal bravery was suppressed to an extremely low point.

Gu Qingshan bumped into it once, a great Anjin martial artist with a combat power of twelve points was surrounded and killed by a hundred-man cavalry, without wasting too much strength at all.

At that moment, Gu Qingshan felt a lot,
In addition, there are really many martial arts gyms in Beicang City, and many of them have real things. Gu Qingshan has seen several martial arts gyms that are similar in strength to his Qingshan martial arts gym in the past few days.

In comparison, in Beicang City, there are only a handful of those that can match the quality of Qingshan Martial Arts.

However, it didn't reach the point where Gu Qingshan guessed before that Ming Jin was not as good as a dog, and he walked everywhere with dark energy. After wandering around for several days, he only met a dozen or so Ming Jin martial artists, and the only one who was a great dark energy martial artist was still there. Surrounded by the army.

Of course, this is normal,

If the provincial capital is really not as bright as a dog, and walks everywhere secretly, then there are no gang forces in Beicang County, who can pull a few people casually into double bonuses, then everyone will come here to hire people at a high price.

These days, in addition to shopping,
Gu Qingshan also asked Ma Wencai to help find the secret recipe of practice.

For this kind of thing, let Gu Qingshan look for it by himself, it is really looking for a needle in a haystack, but for Ma Wencai, a local snake, the problem is not too big, so he agreed immediately.

……

this morning,

Gu Qingshan is practicing boxing in the backyard of the inn,

suddenly,

He punched out, and there were bursts of "cracking" sounds in his arms, and a riot of energy and blood came from his tendons.

A gleam of light flashed in Gu Qingshan's eyes,
Immediately, he punched all the set of Mojiaquan again, the more the punch became smoother, the flow of clouds and water flowed smoothly, and he was done in one go.

Artest on the side also noticed Gu Qingshan's situation, and when Gu Qingshan stopped his punches, he was very surprised and said: "Brother, have you been promoted to Mingjin?"

Gu Qingshan smiled slightly, nodded, and then he glanced at the system page:
Name: Gu Qingshan
Talent: martial arts genius

Props: Death Puppet Martial Arts Simulator
Combat strength: 18-19
Achievements: Prison Overlord (Completed) Strongest Undercover (Completed) King of the Night (Completed)
Overlord (5%)

……

Sure enough, his combat power also appeared in a floating range.

However, it is the first time to enter Ming Jin, and the fighting power will only increase a little when it explodes.

……

Artest's eyes were full of envy, and he said, "Oh, it's just a pity that the saber technique that my master taught me back then actually had inner thoughts, but I was disobedient at the time and insisted on black boxing. Kick me out of the teacher's school, and fail to learn the inner family's inner law!"

Gu Qingshan patted Artest on the shoulder, and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you find a way of thinking in the future."

"Okay, thank you, brother."

At this moment,
A guard came in to announce that it was Marvin who had come.

Gu Qingshan immediately took Artest out.

The inn was empty and deserted. Mr. Huang and the others had already gone to negotiate with the Ma family, and there were only three or four people left in the inn.

"Brother Gu!"

Ma Wencai walked in with a smile, cupped his hands and said: "Good news, I found a seller in the black market on the other side of Sheep's Head Street, and he has a secret recipe for cultivation. However, now that the family is in decline, and affected by the turmoil during this period, the business can no longer continue. I am planning to move out of Cangzhou City, and I am planning to exchange some money with that secret recipe. Yes, it’s just that when it comes to dark energy, it’s not very effective, but it’s okay.”

Gu Qingshan frowned, and said: "How about the price?"

"Interview." Ma Wencai said: "The other party said that if you want it sincerely, you can go to the black market for an interview tonight. This kind of thing must be expensive. The person appointed is afraid to show up. He must be looking for a middleman in the black market." .”

"Then go!" Gu Qingshan smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I have heard that there is a black market in the provincial capital, and I have always wanted to see it!"

Ma Wencai smiled and said: "Actually, this black market is just a name, and it's not as evil as it is said in the legend. There are no less than ten black markets in Cangzhou City, and they are actually trading markets jointly established by some powerful forces.

Because there are a lot of things, ordinary people dare not sell them casually, and it is not convenient to sell them, especially some rare and valuable things. Therefore, a black market jointly organized by those big forces is a hidden trading market. I can't get in touch, so it is spread more and more evil.

There are black markets in many places you visit these days. "

Gu Qingshan was a little surprised.

Ma Wencai explained: "The black market is not a designated site market, but some people. These people either have backgrounds or connections. When they are combined, that is the black market. Maybe someone is trading in a certain restaurant today, or maybe At the same time, it was also being traded in another gambling house, the black market refers to a circle, not a real market, so if ordinary people can't find it, they spread the black market to be extremely evil!"

Gu Qingshan: "..."

Sure enough, I have learned a lot!
……

Arriving at Cangzhou City at night,

It's quite different from the daytime, and it's a lot of chaos.

Especially when Gu Qingshan followed Ma Wencai to some places with many gangs, he realized that what he saw a few days ago was really just a superficial appearance.

It is undeniable that the order in Cangzhou City is much better than that in Beicang City, but it is not as obvious as it is during the day. As soon as night falls, in the night markets everywhere, those gang members become active, leading soldiers More and more people are taking to the streets.

"This city of Cangzhou actually has a lot of gangs, but, after all, there are seven or eight thousand households with six gates, there is also the North and South Township Division, and there is also the Inspection Division, so it is relatively stable during the day, but this It's a special time."

Along the way, Ma Wencai chatted with Gu Qingshan.

"The forces of all parties and the six gates have reached an unwritten rule. Therefore, few members of the gang will do things during the day, and there are often armed struggles. However, it is basically at night." Ma Wencai said : "However, there is one thing that is different from Beicang County, Brother Gu, you should also pay attention to it."

"Which point?" Gu Qingshan asked.

"Hand crossbows, bows and arrows," Ma Wencai said, "Cangzhou City has strict controls on hand crossbows and bows and arrows. Generally, those gangs try not to use these things as much as possible. If they are found out, it will be troublesome, especially now that the army is stationed everywhere."

Gu Qingshan nodded,
He also knew about this, so they didn't bring hand crossbows when they came to Cangzhou City. Of course, there were checkpoints everywhere on the way here, and it was basically impossible to successfully enter the city with hand crossbows.

Not to mention Cangzhou City, even Beicang City has relatively strict control over crossbows, bows and arrows. For a gang as big as the Sky Eagle Gang, there are only two to three hundred crossbows in total.

Gu Qingshan spent a lot of effort to equip his own mansion with hand crossbows, and finally got more than a dozen hand crossbows and a few magic arm crossbows. It was Gao Bin who took the risk to do so arrived.

In the noisy night market,

Ma Wencai brought two guards, Gu Qingshan only brought Artest, a group of five people walked through the street, finally, Gu Qingshan followed Ma Wencai to a gambling house.

"This gambling house belongs to the Sanyan Gang," Ma Wencai said, "The Sanyan Gang is a well-known gang in Cangzhou City. Twenty or thirty streets in the area around Yangtou Street are their territory. It mainly engages in underground boxing gyms.”

Hearing Ma Wencai talking about the underground boxing gym, Gu Qingshan glanced at Artai, because Artai used to fight black boxing in Cangzhou City.

Artest said: "I have never fought in the Sanyan gang. I used to fight in the Tiansheng gang."

When Ma Wencai heard this, he was surprised and said, "Brother Artai has punched in the Tiansheng Gang?"

Artest nodded.

Ma Wencai said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I heard that the Sanyan Gang and the Tiansheng Gang seem to be fighting for territory recently, and it's getting a bit big!"

Artest said: "I have nothing to do with Tiansheng Gang."

"That's good." Ma Wencai said: "After all, this place is no better than Beicang City. It is easy to cause unnecessary troubles by mixing with local gangs. Moreover, I heard that the family behind the Sanyan Gang seems to have lost the game. The Three Rocks Gang lost their backing, and they are in big trouble!"

A few people chatted while walking, and soon came to a hall upstairs.

This hall is very large, with rows of shelves on display, filled with all kinds of things, including porcelain, books, etc., but relatively deserted, only a few people are picking.

A middle-aged man came over, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Ma, Fifth Lord is waiting for you inside."

Ma Wencai nodded and brought Gu Qingshan and his party to the door of a room. The middle-aged man said with a shame on his face: "Mr. Ma, I'm really sorry, according to Wuye's rules, only you and the buyer can go in. .”

Ma Wencai nodded at Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan immediately asked Artest to wait outside the door, and then he followed Ma Wen into the room.

In this room, it was a bit dim, and a pudgy old man was sitting behind the table and fiddled with a gadget.

Ma Wencai introduced Gu Qingshan softly,
The man's name is Wang Wu, and he is an uncle of the Sanyan Gang. He has a high reputation in the Jianghu and is also one of the core figures in the black market circle in this area.

Gu Qingshan took a look at Wang Wu's personal information:

Character: Wang Wu

Talent: none
战斗力：3-4（巅峰4-5，年老体弱-1）

……

After seeing Ma Wencai, Wang Wu got up with a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Ma, and this little brother, please sit down. What tea do you want?"

Ma Wencai waved his hand directly, and said, "Wang Wuye, you don't need to drink tea, let's talk about business directly, have you brought what I want?"

"of course."

Wang Wu took a box and put it on the table.

Ma Wencai was about to reach out to take it, but Wang Wu pressed the box and said with a light smile, "Mr. Ma, the rule in our black market is to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. We have to negotiate the price first."

Gu Qingshan raised his eyebrows and said: "But how can we be true?"

Wang Wu glanced at Gu Qingshan, with some displeasure and joking in his eyes, and said: "This little brother, is this the first time you have come to the black market?"

"How do you see it?" Gu Qingshan said.

Wang Wu smiled lightly and said: "Anyone who has been to the black market knows that the black market never makes fakes. As a middleman, I am responsible for the inspection of both parties. I will only take out the goods if there is no problem. This is related to reputation. If I sell a fake Goods, then I’m afraid I’ll die tragically on the street tomorrow!”

Gu Qingshan was slightly taken aback,
Immediately reacted,

The black market is a circle, and it is the interests of a circle. If one of them is broken, the word-of-mouth that the circle has spent so much money and energy to build is broken by a certain person, not to mention that buyers are looking for trouble, just go to the black market Those people will not let go of the person who is bad for money.

"How much?" Gu Qingshan asked.

Wang Wu said: "This is the secret recipe for cultivation. Ordinary people can exercise their bodies. Master Mingjin can increase the speed of cultivation. However, the effect in the early and mid-term is still obvious, and it has no effect in the later stage. Great martial arts master Anjin can't use it. That's the effect, do you want it?"

Ma Wencai didn't speak, but looked at Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan nodded and said: "How much?"

"The seller doesn't accept bargaining, the price is 6000 taels!" Wang Wu said.

Ma Wencai frowned, leaned into Gu Qingshan's ear and said, "6000 taels is a bit expensive for this grade of secret recipe. If you are willing to wait, brother Gu, you can find cheaper ones in the future."

Gu Qingshan smiled and said: "I want it."

After all, he happily took out 6000 taels of silver bills and put them on the table.

"Thank you little brother for taking care of the business!"

Wang Wu checked that the bank note was fine, and happily handed the box to Gu Qingshan.

Subsequently,

Ma Wencai and Gu Qingshan left without staying.

As soon as he went out, Gu Qingshan found that Artest had disappeared.

One of Ma Wencai's guards immediately said, "Master Gu, just now Brother Artai asked me to tell you that he saw an acquaintance to say hello and he will be back soon."

Gu Qingshan nodded,
Ma Wencai on the side said with a smile: "Brother Gu, now that you are here, I will take you to the underground boxing gym. This is a special feature of Cangzhou City. If you come to Cangzhou City and don't go to see Life and Death Boxing, it would be too much." Pity!"

(End of this chapter)