Nothing happened overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, Feng Jiuxiao got up early and walked on the long street.

It was still early at this time, so he naturally would not go to Jin Mansion. It was just a habit, just a simple walk!

The air was quite cold early in the morning, and there were few people on the streets, and the fog seemed even more deserted.

Feng Jiuxiao was a little moved at this time. No matter how prosperous and noisy the city is, there will always be prosperity retreating in twelve hours a day. When it is noisy and lonely, it is like a famous actor. No matter how bright she is on the stage or how much attention she is, once the curtain falls, she will only be loneliness and emptiness, as well as loneliness in the darkness!

How brilliant and brilliant were the lights of thousands of houses last night? But at this time, everything was silent and deserted, like a ghost city. If we didn’t explain it in advance, who would have thought that this quiet and "depressed" place in front of us was Wuxi, one of the richest cities in the Southern Tang Dynasty?

He slowly walked forward with light steps and looked at the various shops on the street, feeling that the business atmosphere and economic scale here are indeed much larger than Hengyang. Moreover, the people here have better business acumen than those of the northerners.

After walking for a while, the fog gradually dissipated and the number of people increased. Finally, there was a breakfast sold in front of me.

A small river runs across the east and west, and countless houses are built along the river. The river embankment seems to be built by local governments, using all the blue bricks and granite. There is a stone arch bridge every few dozen feet above the river surface, connecting the north and south.

There is a stone arch bridge in front of Feng Jiuxiao, with the words "Wanfu" engraved on it, which seems to be the name of this bridge.

Crossing the "Wanfu Bridge", there is a tavern facing you. There is a yellow and white flag hanging on the flagpole outside the door, with three words written on it, "Zhuangyuanju".

A middle-aged man and woman are busy in the store, and it seems that they are a couple.

The man was rubbing the noodles when he suddenly found a young man in white standing outside the door. He immediately called out, "What do you want to eat, come in and take a look?" His accent was not in Wuzhong, but it actually looked like the southern Henan dialect.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "What do you have for the morning meal?"

The middle-aged man said: "Silver silk noodles, fried dough sticks, porridge, beef soup, three fresh wontons, specialty small buns..."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Give me a specialty small bun and a bowl of beef soup. What stuffing does the buns have?"

The middle-aged man said: "The meat is pork, and the vegetarian ones are fungus, eggs, and leeks. Whether it is meat or vegetarian, crab roe is added to it, so it tastes delicious."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Okay, let's try it first." He knew that the buns here were very small, and a total of ten were probably less than a pound.

The boss's wife was very simple and immediately smiled enthusiastically when she saw a customer, but she lacked a front teeth and looked weird.

The middle-aged man began to take out the buns wrapped in advance, lifted the lid of the pot, and the heat immediately steamed and covered the entire space. After a while, the steam dissipated and the buns were put into the pot. He was afraid that the boy would be lonely to wait for the loneliness, so he took the initiative to open up the conversation, "Is this the first time that my young master has come to Wuxi?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Yes. Are you the boss here?"

The man laughed and said, "It's just to ask for something, what boss doesn't have to do with him."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I don't even have the same accent as that of Wuxi."

The boss smiled and said, "I moved from Gwangju, and I have been here for twenty years."

"Why did you take root here? It's not close to home."

"If I could have some food, who would leave my hometown?" There was a hint of helplessness and a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Guangzhou?" He immediately remembered many past events in Gwangzhou.

At that time, all the gangs of all sizes in Guangzhou were forced and tempted by the two Batians, and eventually formed a pattern of Old Master Zhang from Dongbatian and Old Master Qiu from Xibatian to East and West.

At that time, Feng Jiuxiao was most disgusted with these two old things fighting to the death on the surface, but secretly colluded with each other, using various despicable means to suppress the local gangs and ruthlessly harvesting the wool, so he launched an attack!

The battle of Gwangju killed countless people! Two Batian's subordinates suffered heavy casualties!

He strangled Dan Tai Jingde to death with one hand;

Use gravel as an arrow and shoot Dongfang Yu with the Sky Bow, Wang Chang'an;

Kill Nangong Ruyun with the Autumn Water Knife!

During the melee, Gongsun Lingyiyou was stabbed to death by a giant stone centipede, and Di Qinglong surrendered!

In addition, the Shadowless Sword Zhu Hua, the Chasing Wind Sword Li Buwei, the Heluo Feilong Yuanfeng, the Iron Palm Invincible Zhunmang, the affectionate young master Ji Che, Qiu Feipeng, Yue Chi, Ouyang Qingyun and others under Liancheng were even more dead and fled!

In that battle, eight-armed Nezha and Liu Jinlin were also present, and Feng Jiuxiao specially let him go!

"You mean that life in Gwangju was not easy to get through twenty years ago?"

"Yes, not only the government is corrupt, but the local gangsters are rampant. During the day, the government comes to collect intensive taxes, and at night, the gangsters collect protection fees. How can we ordinary people keep up?"

"Now I heard that there is already good over there, and the government dares not mess around. The so-called gangsters have been integrated. If you want to go back, it is a chance now."

The boss smiled bitterly and glanced at the boss's wife, "I have settled down here now, and my wife is also a local. My parents died long ago, but her parents are still alive. I can't move now!"

Eight or nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but feel a sigh.

When I was young, I left home and returned home, but my local accent did not change and my hair was weak.

Children don’t know each other, and they ask the guests where they come from when they meet.

He Zhizhang had been away for more than fifty years when he returned to his hometown from the capital! How many years have the helpless separation of the world been revealed by the song "Occasional Book of Returning to Hometown"?

Feng Jiuxiao said: "You have seven or eight tables in your store, and it seems that your business is good!"

The boss's face suddenly darkened, "No matter how good the business is, I can't resist taking advantage of it!"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Who takes advantage of the government? The gangster?"

The boss said: "The government here is much better than the ones in my hometown. The emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty is still good to the people, mainly some gangsters."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Who are they?"

The boss said, "It's all Mr. Jin's people!" The boss's wife suddenly glared at him and shouted, "You want to die, just say a little bit!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The boss was immediately frightened and looked around. He found that there was no one outside the window. His nervous mood relaxed a little, and said embarrassedly: "I can't fight them and I won't let them talk!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Old Master Jin should not be short of money. I heard that he has a lot of business and there are still people at home as an official. You shouldn't care about plundering this little money from you, right?" In his impression, the protection fee is never too much. If it is too much, it is tantamount to killing chickens and getting eggs, and fishing for the waters! In order to keep a steady flow of money, the protection fee collected usually has a small amount. But no matter what, this amount is definitely very small compared to the normal business income.

The boss said: "Although he didn't charge much, it was also quite a lot, and he took about 20% of my income!" The boss's wife added: "It's not 20% of the net income, but 20% of the gross income!"

Two percent, that is, two tenths, and 20% of the income! That is, they have to take two taels of silver for every ten taels of money they earn!

"My cost is about 60%, which means that half of the net profit is taken away by them!"

Feng Jiuxiao frowned, "This is too dark!" Zhang and Qiu from Guangzhou were already dark enough, but the protection fee he collected was not more than 10%!

The boss said: "On the one hand, the protection fee is because the benefits here are indeed quite large, and on the other hand, he is purely for supporting people!"

Feng Jiuxiao Qi said: "Support people?"

The boss whispered: "Hold some idle people to do something to bully men and dominate women, this is purely to reflect his momentum!"

Although Feng Jiuxiao did not agree with his strange theory, he still expressed his approval in terms of face, "Oh, so that's it!"

The boss said: "Look, the entire Xicheng is full of Old Master Jin's subordinates. They do nothing, except collecting protection fees and strolling around with foxes and tigers. Isn't it just to show their power? Isn't it just to warn everyone not to act rashly?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "The government colluded with him, so he didn't care at all, right?"

The boss opened the steamer and the fog filled the entire space again. Then after a while the fog dissipated. He brought a basket of buns to Feng Jiuxiao, "There are a few officials in his family, who dares to mess with him?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I heard that there is a sage Li Dashan who is not in dealing with him?"

The boss nodded and said, "Yes." He started kneading again and prepared to make wontons for a while.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It seems that Li Dashanren has done a lot of good deeds, otherwise how could he call Li Dashanren?"

When the boss heard this, he sneered: "The title of him is the nickname given to him by the gangsters in the world. He often sponsors those who are desperate. Whether you are a thief or a fugitive who kills and robs, you can get the silver to help them continue to desperately die."

Feng Jiuxiao brows tightly, "I specially conscripted and sheltered those bullies and bandits. Why aren't this against the righteous way of the martial arts world?"

"yes!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I guess this stern man Li has a strong background, too?"

"yes!"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled faintly, "No hurry, talk to Lao Jin today and find Lao Li tomorrow."

The boss was stunned. He didn't know what the boy in white meant, but he vaguely felt that the boy seemed to be talking about the two men, Mr. Jin and Mr. Li Dashan. What he said was to talk to these two men? He glanced at his wife, and his wife gave a look, indicating that the boy was quite strange and he would deal with it carefully.

At this moment, there was a noise outside the door, but two people came in, both of whom were tall and fierce, and they were all carrying weapons.

One of them has a beard, while the other has no need.

The bearded man looked sharp and said directly: "What's the store?"

The boss was frightened by his momentum and immediately replied: "Wontons, buns, noodles, meatloaf..."

The bearded man shouted "I'll have two bowls of wontons first, and I'll need a big bowl of meat, and I'll have five cages per person." He said to the man without any worries: "The buns here are very small, and five cages may not be enough to eat. Let's deal with them first. When I go back to Suzhou, I'll treat you to the top scholar!"

The top scholar in Suzhou, also called the top scholar's trotter, is braised pig's trotter. The top scholar is not the exclusive feature of Suzhou. There are this famous dish in many places all over the world, but one is that the two must pass Suzhou when they go, and the other is that most Suzhou dishes are excellent fish and shrimp. Only the top scholar's trotter, which is fat but not greasy, is suitable for the other party's taste!

The man didn't need to notice Feng Jiuxiao as soon as he entered the hall. Early in the morning, there were almost no figures in the entire city. This young man in white appeared here quite eye-catching!

Feng Jiuxiao was a little unhappy when he saw Wuxu Man staring at him. Anyway, he was about to make a big fuss in Wuxi. He didn't want to endure this bird's breath, so he said coldly: "What are you looking at?"

Wuxuhan thought Feng Jiuxiao was suspicious and was about to question him, but he didn't expect that this young man had such a hot temper and took the lead in attacking him!

He slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Boy! Who are you talking to?"

Feng Jiuxiao's heart was actually peaceful, but his face showed a arrogant look, "Who are you blind?" He saw that these two people seemed to be from the government, and their words and deeds all revealed a sense of superiority, so Feng Jiuxiao was very annoyed, so I want to teach them a lesson today!

Wuxu Man was furious and said furiously: "Boy is looking for death!" He said this with a chorus and pulled out the long knife from his waist and was about to rush over!

The bearded man held his hand like lightning and said, "Brother Hou, don't make any troubles!"

There was no need for the big man to stop! His eyes flashed, his body trembled, and he looked very angry. He was forcibly suppressing his anger, as if reason had prevailed. He even put the knife into the sheath and said coldly: "I have something important to do, I'll give you a favor today!"

Feng Jiuxiao sarcastically said, "There are no outsiders here. If you have a genitals, do you do it? You can kill me first and then go to yours? Who is the cheaper one? If you are timid, say you are timid, don't find a way for yourself! If you have a genitals, come here!"
To be continued...