From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

On the afternoon of August 26, Zhou Yuan and his three companions had already arrived at Ningbo Prefecture.

The five hundred miles of travel every day almost cost Xiong Kuohai half his life. He ignored the strange looks from the people around him and collapsed directly at the city gate, lying on the ground and gasping for breath.

The Dharma King, who had recovered his peak, narrowed his eyes and said with disdain: "Brother Dao, you are not good enough. Three thousand miles of Dao has made you like this. How can you have the nerve to call yourself this name?"

Xiong Kuohai didn't even want to argue with him, but just murmured: "There are differences in learning Dao, and there are specializations in skills. It doesn't matter if I can't hurry, but some people will be embarrassed in forty breaths."

Chu Feifan's face flushed in an instant, and he almost roared: "How many times have I explained it? It's not forty breaths, it's Yuanzi who slandered me."

He looked at Zhou Yuan and gritted his teeth and said: "Zhou Zhoucun, you motherfuckin' put me in the newspaper, and my innocence in life is gone."

Zhou Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, Dharma King, the entertainment section of the first page of my Dajin Times is on the headline of our Brother Dao! What you did is nothing."

Chu Feifan was also happy, applauding: "Lord Xiong is a pearl in this area, we can't compare."

Xiong Kuohai said: "I've been talking all the way, and you don't find it annoying Find a place to live, Lao Tzu has to sleep. "" Three inches, this time, what is your preliminary strategy? Here, he looked solemnly, solemnly: "In addition, Lao Tzu emphasized again that it is not three inches, it is six inches!" Xiong Kuang's stall said: "Who cares, three people become tigers, there are more people who shouted, and ten inches can become three inches." Every time he spit on the ground, he said, "Don't say this again! Otherwise, the king is not polite!" Yes, the king is also the king. Zhou Yuan looked around and said slowly, "The first time I came to Ningbo was four years ago. Now it has changed a lot and it is so lively."

Xiong Kuohai took enough time and slowly got up and said, "Four years ago, the island pirates were rampant and everyone was in danger. Now that the sea is open for trade, there are opportunities to make a fortune everywhere. Of course, it is different."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and asked in confusion, "You mean, you have a manor here?"

Zhou Yuan stared and said, "I don't, but Miss Qu has, and there are several. I picked the smallest one."

"Let's go, Shenque has cleaned up that place, and Guan Lu is waiting for me."

The three entered Ningbo City and saw the bustling streets, which were blocked by carriages everywhere, countless people coming and going, vendors hawking, and a mixed crowd of people gathered together, each with their own purpose.

This is a place where you can make a fortune.

This is also a place where you can lose your life.

This is currently the largest window of Dajin to the outside world, full of hope and desire.

Arriving at the quiet manor in the bustling city, Xiong Kuohai didn't care about resting and accompanied Zhou Yuan to the study to meet people.

Only the King of Fa was bored and went to chat with the maid.

Of course, his end was not good. He was retorted by the maid after a few words and went back to his room to sleep in shame.

In the study, Zhou Yuan, Xiong Kuohai and Guan Lu sat down and made tea.

"I rushed here at full speed overnight and arrived here on the third day of August. I finally have some understanding of the situation here."

"To sum it up, it's just one word: chaos!"

Guan Lu's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Especially this year, the court's policy of opening the sea has been strengthened, and various thresholds have been relaxed, and a large number of merchants have poured in."

"Some have been doing business for generations, some are from aristocratic families, some are the children and relatives of bureaucrats, some are local forces, and there are also a large number of ordinary businessmen who want to get a piece of the pie."

"With the support of various policies, and the overseas market being far from saturated, as long as you are bold and not stupid, you can basically make a fortune."

"Therefore, various industries have developed explosively, and various industries around these fields, such as commodity manufacturing, transportation and dumping, are expanding."

"Developing too fast, the rules can't keep up, and naturally there will be chaos."

"A simple example, for here, efficiency is one of the core of making money, so what is the order of priority? Who goes to sea first? How to go to sea? The manufacturing speed of ships is limited, whose transportation should be satisfied first? There must be competition in the same dumping place, how to compete? Will there be a price war? "

"Under countless complex contradictions, the law has never been able to keep up with the perfection, so naturally there are loopholes that can be manipulated."

"Gang forces were born and began to use other means to protect their own interests. The government also looked at people and served them. They would take whatever they could, as long as it was not against the law."

"Therefore, how can ordinary businessmen do business? They can only rely on major forces and eat some leftovers, which further contributed to the expansion of gang forces."

"And these gangs have formed a competitive relationship. From the initial open and secret struggles to now, they are almost incompatible. Fights, fighting, reporting each other, and even secretly sending people to destroy each other's products are common. "

Speaking of this, Guan Lu sighed helplessly: "These gangs are too large, they have too many businesses in their hands, and they are connected with the officials of Kaihai. It is difficult to move them."

"I went to visit Lord Zhao Cheng specifically, and he made it clear that these gang forces cannot really be moved because they are one of the main forces of Kaihai. "

"He is on his way here. I will tell you more about it later."

Xiong Kuohai was so worried that he scratched his hair and gritted his teeth and said, "Under this situation, it is really unrealistic to want to purge the gangs. Even if the Jinyiwei intervenes, they can't suppress people's desire to get rich. We have to find an opportunity to make rules that everyone agrees on."

Zhou Yuan said, "Where is Fan Tiande?"

"He has a headache too."

Guan Lu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The Gelaohui has established a branch here. He brought 70 or 80 backbone forces here, but the dragon crossing the river can't suppress the local snake. Their loyalty is not suitable for the current situation in Ningbo Prefecture. It can be said that they are struggling."

"For more than half a year, nothing has been accomplished. Instead... the money has been spent. A few days ago, he cried poor to me and asked me to allocate funds."

As soon as the voice fell, a rough voice sounded outside.

"Prince! You are a chicken prince! "

The door was pushed open, and Fan Tiande walked in quickly, shouting: "Fuck, you asked us to come all the way to compete with you, but you are a stingy person who doesn't even pay for the game. What's the point of competing with you!"

"We haven't been able to eat out for the past two months. We are so poor that we can't even afford to eat. We have to eat porridge every day. How can we fight for territory? How can we fight with others?"

Zhou Yuan was confused.

Xiong Kuohai was also a little confused.

Guan Lu was used to it, because he had been scolded before.

This Fan Tiande is a jerk. As long as he is happy, he can call you grandpa. As long as he is not happy, he will scold you no matter who you are.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said: "Don't be crazy and complain a lot. It's all about money. Sit down and talk, otherwise you won't get a penny. "

Fan Tiande smiled, rubbed his hands and sat down, blinking his eyes and said: "As long as we give money, we brothers can settle anything!"

Zhou Yuan said: "You can settle anything, you have been here for more than half a year, and you haven't done anything, and you are still pretending to be crazy and asking for money."

Fan Tiande raised his eyebrows and spread his hands and said: "It's none of my business. I brought my brothers here to do big things, but you guys have so many demands, no killing, no arson, and no looting. What can I do!"

"If you don't let us kill, how can we grab territory? I have my knife ready, but you don't let me use it."

Zhou Yuan said: "Queque? Are you talking about us Shenque?"

Xiong Kuohai was also stunned, staring: "Murder, arson, looting? Has the chaos here reached this level?"

Fan Tiande said: "Crossing the River Dragon! Do you know what a Crossing the River Dragon is? To suppress others, you must be more fierce than them, otherwise they will not be afraid of you. "

"Fatty, you are also an official, do you think I am right?"

Fatty?

Xiong Kuohai pressed his chest and panted: "Sancun, please allow me to fight this bastard, he is too aggressive. "