"In one month, I earned a total of thirty-three thousand, two hundred and seventy-four taels."

"The salt and iron business accounts for the bulk of the income, 20,040 taels."

"Biyefang, I only have an income of 6,000 taels this month."

"The rest is basically the regular money handed over by each city district."

"Most of the scattered businesses have been sold out. We still control the business and can barely maintain the income and expenditure."

Zhang Meng closed the account book in his hand and respectfully presented it to the table beside Zhang Chu.

Today is the day when the county government is closed, so Zhang Chu rarely has free time to go to the general helmsman of the Silian Gang to convene the heads of various halls to discuss matters.

Nowadays, the four leaders of the Four Alliance Gang have also changed.

Da Xiong resigned from his position as the head of Xuanwu Hall and was transferred to Beida Camp as the instructor of the Xiang Army.

The position of leader of Xuanwu Hall was taken over by Zhao Dazhu.

Zhao Dazhu is an old man of the "Ren" generation who came from the Xueyi Team, the predecessor of Xuanwu Hall. He also had the experience of being decentralized to districts and counties as the helmsman of the branch. His resume is quite impressive.

Zhang Chu turned the rosary in his hand and did not touch the account book beside him.

The income of the Silian Gang has plummeted, which he had long expected.

Although the current flow of people in Jintian Mansion has returned to its peak and even has the momentum to exceed it, most of the people in Jintian Mansion are now poor people who have problems with their basic livelihood.

Is it possible that we can still expect those poor people who have not had a good meal to have spare money to go to the nightclub to visit prostitutes?

"Have you paid out the monthly payment to the gang this month?"

Zhang Chu asked.

The four hall masters in the hall all shook their heads, "I'm just waiting for you to come back."

Zhang Chu looked at the mule: "After taking away the money that should be paid, how much is left?"

The mule calculated silently and said: "There should be about half left!"

Half of thirty-three thousand taels, which is about sixteen thousand taels.

Zhang Chu thought for a while and asked softly: "Is there any news from the other side of Dog Head Mountain?"

Mule: "Yes. According to the news sent back by Elder Yang, eight days ago, a group of refugees attacked the Goutoushan checkpoint and were repelled by Elder Yang. However, the noise was too loud and it has attracted the attention of the Wuqu County Government.

, there have been officers and soldiers appearing near Kotou Mountain recently."

Zhang Chu frowned slightly, then relaxed his brows: "Next time, don't suppress this kind of thing, and report it to me in time."

Mule stood up quickly, bowed and said, "Yes, I know my mistake."

Of course he knew that this matter was of great importance and he should report it to his elder brother.

But he saw that his eldest brother was busy all day long, so he had no nerve to cause him any more troubles.

In fact, he has been busy for several days to solve this matter, and has sent out several waves of Blood Shadow Guard spies to Wuqu County.

Zhang Chu also knew that he meant well, so he did not reprimand him.

"Come to the county office tomorrow to find me. I will edit a letter. Send someone to pass it to Yang Chang'an and ask him to take my handwritten letter and go to the county captain of Wuqu County to clear it up."

Of course, his Zhang Chu reputation is not big enough to be able to swipe face cards across counties.

But it would be different if the handwriting was stamped with the official seal of Jintianfu County Bingcao.

Military attachés of a system, even if they are across counties, will still give them some face.

After Mule figured this out, he suddenly felt enlightened and bowed, "My subordinates have learned a lesson."

"Also, Li Zheng and Dazhu'er, each of you will allocate one hundred reliable men and escort ten thousand taels of silver to Goutoushan!"

Zhang Chu said calmly.

Li Zheng and Zhao Dazhu stood up and bowed: "Yes, gang leader!"

"Mengzi."

Zhang Meng stood up and said respectfully: "My subordinate is here."

"In terms of business, you have to think of more ways to do it. Thirty to forty thousand taels of silver a month can't support the 20,000 to 30,000 people in our Four Alliance Gang."

Zhang Meng looked troubled, but Zhang Chu had already spoken, so he had no room for evasion. He could only bite the bullet and said: "I will do my best to share the worries of the gang leader."

Zhang Chu looked at him and said warmly: "It's hard for you..."

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult!"

Zhang Chu's tone softened, but Zhang Meng's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly shook his head.

He only felt that the aura of his gang leader was becoming more and more majestic. Even if the gang leader was obviously speaking in an understatement, it still made him feel frightened.

"sit down."

Zhang Chu nodded.

Zhang Meng bowed his head again and sat back on the chair.

"Li Zheng, Dazhu'er, how are the training of the fifteen hundred people recently recruited into your two halls going?"

Without thinking, Li Zheng patted his chest and said, "No problem, you can kill someone if you pull him out!"

Zhang Chu glanced at him and said nothing.

This guy is also a master who reports good things but not bad things.

Of the two thousand men and horses in the White Tiger Hall, none of them were carefully selected killers. After joining the Four Alliance Gang, they trained for half a year before they had the fighting power to fight the fierce Northern Barbarians in a two-for-one fight.

As for the group of people who have just been admitted to the White Tiger Hall, most of them are sons of good families who have just put down their hoes and grabbed the handles of their knives this month. They have only been practicing for half a month. If they can survive a big battle without peeing in their pants, that’s pretty good.

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Zhang Chu looked at Dazhuer.

Dazhuer swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly: "Compared with our old brothers before, these brothers who have just been recruited are still far behind."

He has just assumed the position and is not yet qualified to report good news or bad news.

"What are you talking about? If you can't train well, leave the person to me. In half a month, I promise to return you a bunch of squealing calves!"

Li Zheng slapped the armrest of the seat in dissatisfaction, jumped up and stared at Dazhuer and said.

Dazhuer didn't dare to say anything.

With the five people in this room, he could just have a hard time with Zhang Meng, but he couldn't afford to offend anyone else.

"sit down!"

Zhang Chu frowned and gave a low drink.

After the words fell, the four people in the hall were shocked and couldn't help but straighten their sitting postures.

Li Zheng sat down and smiled flatteringly at Zhang Chu.

"If you don't tell the truth yourself, why don't you allow others to tell the truth?"

Zhang Chu glared at him angrily.

Li Zheng nodded like a fool: Yes, yes, you are right.

"From now on, Baihu Hall and Xuanwu Hall cancel all activities. They practice for seven hours a day, and the meat tubes are enough... Tell them, don't be afraid of crying, don't be afraid of being tired. Every extra drop of sweat you shed now, the northern barbarians will fight over in the future. They

The chance of survival will be one point higher!"

"Yes, I understand!"

Li Zheng and Dazhuer stood up and bowed seriously.

"Okay, do you have anything else to report? If not, I will go home and rest."

Zhang Chu adjusted his posture to a comfortable position and asked softly.

"Gang leader, there is one more thing I want to report to you."

Mule stood up and said, "The night before yesterday, the leader of the Qinghong Gang in the east of the city, Du Jinrong, died..."

Zhang Chu frowned suddenly when he heard this, and instinctively looked at Li Zheng: "Did you do it?"

Li Zhengli shook his head confidently: "I didn't do it. Your ban hasn't been lifted yet. How could I go to the east of the city? Besides, if I did it, not a single member of the Qinghong Gang would survive."

Zhang Chu turned to the mule: "How did you die?"

Mule: "It looked like he was surrounded and killed. I went to see his body. He had more than 20 wounds, including knife wounds, ax wounds, and arrow wounds..."

Zhang Chu closed his eyes and chuckled: "There is a fierce dragon crossing the river... Have any restless people entered Jintian Mansion recently?"

"a lot of!"

Mule said without changing his expression: "Bandits, bandits, and some small Jianghu sects were all driven into Jintian Mansion by the northern barbarians, but most of them are hidden in the east of the city. There are very few people who dare to enter our territory.

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After Mule's reminder, Zhang Chu suddenly remembered something, "Have the people from Qingxia Sect entered Jintian Mansion?"

The mule nodded: "Enter, in Nancheng."
To be continued...