Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1539

Sima Qiudao knew very little about Lingao's real purpose. The reason why he came to Lingao was completely sent by his master.Although the master was vague and even a little evasive.However, the Lingao Kun thief has gained a little fame in the Jianghu in recent years.

The martial arts factions in the Central Plains had no contact with the Kun bandits in the past. In recent years, they have heard more or less about their deeds and seen some Australian products.Take the Qingcheng sect he belongs to as an example. Every year when disciples from all over the world celebrate their master and uncle's birthday, Australian products are among the gifts.Sima Qiudao had seen the kerosene lamp in the master's room, and also seen a small mirror in a compact box given by a lover secretly hidden in the room by a certain junior sister.As for matches, although they are very expensive in Sichuan due to the long distance, they are very convenient items for people in the rivers and lakes who have been running around for many years and have to walk at night and sleep in the open. Both.

But this is still an indirect impression. For them, the most intuitive feeling of the gangster's power is the Qiwei Escort that has suddenly expanded in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangnan and other places in the past five years.

This bodyguard agency was not well-known at first, and the masters in the martial arts are also extremely small, the scale is small and the bodyguards are short.Now Qiwei Escort is already a giant existence in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the relationship between them and the Kun thief is almost an open secret in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Now, semicolons of various industries under the name of Qiwei have also begun to appear in some major towns in the north and south, Jiangnan and on both sides of the Grand Canal.Sima Qiudao and others have enjoyed a lot of Qiwei's services along the way—especially the long-distance travel intermodal transport service provided by Qiwei: as long as you buy a combined ticket, you can get transportation, accommodation, luggage handling, customs clearance and barriers along the way... Qi Wei will arrange it properly, so there is no need for the employer to worry about it, and even things like finding girls and boys for entertainment when the road is lonely and empty, as long as the employer proposes, he will do it.As for the escort along the way, this was originally the strength of the Escort Bureau, not to mention.

This service system has won the hearts of dignitaries. Originally, they wanted to alleviate the hardships of the journey, so they had to bring more followers, and the expenses would be high if there were too many people.Even if the teachers are mobilized in this way, everything may not go well.Qiwei provided similar services at a lower price, and naturally quickly seized the market in this area—especially after the court abolished the post station a few years ago, the market in this area became even bigger.

Since Sima Qiudao left Sichuan by water and went to Hankou, Qiwei provided services all the way south to Guangzhou. If it hadn’t been for the key reminder in the “Ping Kun Ji Yao” by “Seven Masters” not to get involved in any Qiwei industry after arriving in Guangzhou, he would have been Even the ferry ticket to Lingao had to be handled by Qiwei.

Naturally, Sima Qiudao knew that this trip was probably ordered by the imperial court—otherwise, the several sects that seem to be in harmony with each other would not have joined forces to send the backbone of their sect to take such a big risk.Even the Huashan faction, which has an inexplicable relationship with some rogue Juqu, did not hesitate to send Huang Zhen this time. This gangster's face is really big enough!

The sky had already brightened, and the two Eight Immortals tables where Sima Qiudao slept became dining tables, and Nan Wan'er, who was in charge of cooking, brought the congee and vegetables one by one.A pot of very thick brown rice porridge and a pot of Lingao rice noodles with dried shrimps, plus a few sliced ​​salted eggs.

This breakfast is quite rich according to the standards of this time and space: After all, martial arts practitioners have a great need for calories. Not only do they need to eat enough, but they also have to consume a considerable amount of protein, so there is a saying that poor learning is rich in martial arts.

"You can't change the way you cook porridge, rice noodles and salted eggs every day? You have been cooking for more than ten years, but you haven't improved at all!" The one who spoke was a girl in a pink dress, with bright eyes and bright teeth. The development of age has stagnated, breast augmentation and slender waist, curvy lines, hands on hips does not look like a lady, but she is dazzlingly beautiful, and the heroic spirit revealed outside the beauty makes men daunting.This can be seen from the fact that she monopolizes one end of the Eight Immortals table and no one is willing to sit with her.

At this moment, she lost her temper and treated Nan Wan'er as if she was scolding a maidservant. Although Nan Wan'er was much older than her, she could only listen with her hands down and did not dare to argue.She and this Zhou Zhongjun are both disciples of the same generation of the Hengshan School, but there is a huge difference in status.Zhou Zhongjun was born in a wealthy and powerful family, but Nan Wan'er was an abandoned baby picked up by her master from the mountain.

Even the masters of the two have very different positions in the sect.Nan Wan'er's master is not an important figure in the Hengshan School, his martial arts are mediocre, and he rarely travels down the mountain to do errands on weekdays.She only manages some miscellaneous things in the sect. When Zhou Zhongjun practiced martial arts with his master, Nan Wan'er was helping in the kitchen, so naturally her skills were not much better.

Seeing that her junior sister lost her temper, Nan Wan'er said cautiously: "There is nothing delicious here, except for brown rice and rice noodles. It's not easy to buy meat—there are a lot of dried fish and shrimp in the market. I'm afraid everyone won't be used to it. , and didn’t dare to buy more.”

"I've heard that there are all kinds of delicious food in Lingao, and there are many Australian snacks, which are unheard of in the world. How can I eat this rice noodle stick with smelly fish sauce these days? It's not Hua. Why are you so stingy with your poor man’s money? Could it be that the cook doesn’t steal and the grain doesn’t grow?” Zhou Zhongjun refused to forgive.

Nan Wan'er just swallowed her anger and defended in a low voice: "The seven or eight of us live here, and the daily expenses are not small..."

She came with the team this time, the higher-ups naturally didn't value her martial arts, but just wanted to have someone to clean and cook for daily expenses.To put it bluntly, he is just a butler accompanying the team.

After arriving in Nanbao, Nan Wan'er was responsible for buying vegetables, cooking, and daily household expenses.The food and drink of these seven or eight people is not a small expense.

To say that they are not short of money, Huang Zhen, the leader of the team, brought a lot of gold and silver with him. The problem is that gold and silver cannot be circulated in the local area. With a few circulating coupons to live on, this money should naturally be used sparingly.

It is a thankless task in itself to maintain so many people eating and drinking more.It's not once or twice that people talk about and make sarcastic remarks behind their backs.Zhou Zhongjun seemed to be unreasonable and unreasonable in front of him, but in fact, many people nodded secretly behind his back.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was not right, Nan Wan'er blinked her eyes twice, a layer of mist had already formed, and tears rolled in her eye sockets after a while.

She used to be charming, but now she showed a very pitiful and aggrieved posture as a little Fu low, which made the men sitting there couldn't help but feel pity for her.

Seeing this, Huang Zhen quickly came out to smooth things over: "Earlier, the officials didn't have enough money, so they had to save money. Now the first sum of money has arrived. Everyone has been lucky these days. Let's have breakfast first, and let Miss Nan at night Make a good meal for us, and sacrifice to the Wu Zang Temple!" He greeted Nan Wan'er: "I have money here, you can take it later, and go to the market to buy some meat."

After saying these words, the originally awkward atmosphere in the room relaxed. To be honest, everyone is tired of eating brown rice, grilled dried fish, and stir-fried water spinach with shrimp paste every day these days. smile.

Sima Qiudao ate the rice noodles on his own, but he didn't take it seriously - he came out to do something, but he didn't do it, and he fought for a meal first, Zhou Zhongjun was too ignorant of the overall situation this week.I don't know why I brought her out.

In his opinion, both Zhou Zhongjun and Nan Wan'er are too eye-catching, not only too beautiful, but also behave like the sons and daughters of the world.Now that the Kun thief has subdued the Qiwei Escort, his subordinates will naturally have all kinds of martial arts scum who sold themselves to join him.Once detected by them, the Kun thief will be on guard.

After breakfast, everyone was about to get up, Huang Zhen said: "Everyone stay a moment, I have something to say."

Nan Wan'er cleaned up the dishes on her own, apparently not thinking that what Huang Zhen wanted to say had anything to do with her.

"Miss Nan, please sit down first, and the dishes and chopsticks will be cleaned up later." Huang Zhen said in a deep voice.

"Everyone is a martial arts fellow, so I have something to say, no more polite! This time we were ordered to sneak into Lingao, although we don't know what we will do for the time being. But this place is different from Daming, we don't have local people to support us here, and Daming is here. It doesn’t count what I said here, so you must be careful in everything, and you must not show any signs.” He glanced at the people present and waited, “Everyone understands in their hearts that most of us have pictures, and we speak out in the crowd. It's easy for people to understand. The security of the gangsters is very strict. Everyone should never go out if they have nothing to do on weekdays—if there is something important to do, you must inform Sima and me in advance."

Most of the people present here have rich experience in the world, and they know that Huang Zhen is definitely not lying, so they all listened to him with breathless concentration.

"We are a group of people who are not related to each other, so we just live together, which attracts too much attention. So next we will open a shop..."

"Opening a shop?!" Zhou Zhongjun asked curiously.

"Yes, open a store." Huang Zhen nodded, "Using the store as a cover, everyone has an identity. This will make it much easier to carry out activities in Lingao. Besides..."

Furthermore, the gold and silver he carried with him as an activity fund—although the gold and silver can be taken to the Nanbao sub-office of Delong to be exchanged for circulation certificates, but if there is no proper declaration of use, they will be immediately caught by thieves. Keep an eye on——"Ping Kun Ji Yao" said: Every store and bank in Lingao has the obligation to report suspicious money transactions.

"What kind of shop do you open?" A middle-aged man asked, "When it comes to business, there are shops under the names of various factions, but these are all managed by the shopkeepers below, we don't understand."

"Open a medical shop!"

"Medical shop?" The middle-aged man froze for a moment, then slapped his thigh: "Shopkeeper Huang, you really know how to think about it! The medical shop is ready!"

The so-called medical shop is similar to a private clinic.Those who open this kind of shop are not famous doctors, most of them have special skills in their hands: or massage, or acupuncture, or bone setting and so on.Open a shop and wait for business to come in, and then sell some homemade medicine that is half fishy and half sharp.

(End of this chapter)