Lord of Puro

Chapter 460 Making trouble
Late at night, Li Banfeng sat in Room 5, watching a movie with the projector.

After editing, the plot is more coherent, the characters are fuller, the frequent frame drops have been greatly improved, and the heroine in the feature film has become more and more realistic.

Li Banfeng praised: "You have improved a lot by being able to conceive such a complete film from a story on paper. It seems that you have found a good teacher."

The projector flashed its lens and said, "It's all thanks to Director Seven's good guidance."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "Don't flatter me. I can't bear it. When it comes to filming movies, I'm not even as good as you. Are you really unwilling to introduce that teacher to me?"

The projector replied firmly, "You are talking about that girl, right? That was really my imagination."

Li Banfeng looked at the projector.

The projector said calmly, "Director Qi, I am loyal to you and that has never changed."

The projector might still be dissatisfied with what happened before, but he would not deceive Li Banfeng because of it.

In his opinion, this woman was really a figment of his imagination.

What exactly is this woman trying to do?
No matter what her purpose was, Li Banfeng had warned his wife not to let this woman damage the projector.

As the movie came to an end, Li Banfeng saw a vase on the heroine's table that looked very familiar.

“This vase is…”

"Director Qi, this vase belongs to us. I borrowed it to use as a prop."

This is the lost vase that Gloves was talking about.

What technique is this?
"Director Qi, the newspaper in Black Rock Slope is really good, it's almost a natural script."

Li Banfeng stood up and said, "I'll go buy some more."

……

Li Banfeng came out of the newspaper office and was about to go out to buy some newspapers when he saw a rickshaw parked at the door.

Rickshaws are not common in Heishipo, and people usually travel by train.

The short and strong driver stood up and said, "My dear guest, where are you going? I'll take you there... Is it you?"

The driver recognized Li Banfeng and asked, "Little brother, are you here at Heishipao?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "Brother, why are you pulling a cart here?"

"Business is good here, little brother. You work in this newspaper? That's right. I told you at the beginning that it's not shameful to find a job. It's much better than risking your life. Do you know the owner of this newspaper?"

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "In a newspaper office, people are usually not called shopkeepers."

"Yes, everyone here calls him the boss. The boss' name is Li Qi. I'm here to see him."

Li Banfeng nodded: "Then you have found the right person."

The driver looked Li Banfeng up and down, looking at his suit, and asked in surprise: "Are you Li Qi?"

Li Banfeng nodded slightly, and the driver said happily: "Brother, hurry up and get in the car. I will take you away."

"Where to go?"

"Go to Loess Bridge!"

"Take this bus?"

"This car is faster than a train, and there are wheels of fire under my brother's feet!"

……

Li Banfeng and Ma Wu took the train to Huangtu Bridge.

After leaving the train station and seeing the deserted streets, Li Banfeng sighed: "Business here is not easy."

Ma Wu knew that business at Huangtu Bridge was not going well, but he really wanted to give it a try. If Xindi could become Qiqiu City, then Huangtu Bridge might not be impossible to save.

The driver was waiting at the intersection with his rickshaw, and he greeted Li Banfeng from a distance: "Brother, you are here, who is this friend?"

Ma Wu introduced himself, and the driver nodded and said, "So it's Brother Ma Wu, I've heard a lot about you. Please get in the car, I'll take you for a ride."

In the past, people from each big family had contact with local gods, but it was limited to the core members of the family.

After meeting Li Qi, Ma Wu had met many local gods. It would have been fine if they were just brothers at other times, but today the local god wanted to pull the cart himself, so how could Ma Wu dare to ride in his cart?

"You're very polite. We can just walk there."

The driver was still unhappy: "What, do you look down on me? Do you think I am a shabby rickshaw driver?"

Ma Wu shook his head repeatedly and said, "I'm just worried that you'll be troubled."

"I'll be the one to take care of you. Hurry up and get in the car."

Li Banfeng and Ma Wu took a rickshaw and followed the driver around the town.

Huangtu Bridge is rich in coal and yellow clay. A coal-sand river runs around the town. There are more than a dozen bridges of various sizes in the town. Among them, the four largest bridges in the southeast, northwest, and northeast divide the entire town into four areas.

Not every area in Huangtu Bridge is sparsely populated. East Bridge, West Bridge and South Bridge are relatively desolate. There are still quite a few residents in North Bridge, and occasionally you can see people setting up stalls to do business.

Ma Wu asked, "How do these people live?"

The driver said, "There are several coal mines nearby. They can't make much money from working there, but it's just enough to make ends meet."

Ma Wu asked again: "Are all the coal mines in Huangtu Bridge in their hands?"

The driver shook his head and said, "How many mines do they have? Less than 10%! If you want to do coal business, I will take you there, and all the mines will belong to you two brothers."

The driver took the two men all the way to West Bridge, walked out of the town, and reached the edge of the Loess Bridge, where they finally saw the mine.

This place is indeed not small. When Ma Wu saw the mine, it was as if he had seen a mountain of gold. His eyes lit up.

The driver introduced: "Look at this mine, the rails, and the mine cart. They are all ready-made..."

Wow!

The mine cart fell apart. The driver said with a little embarrassment: "It's a small matter. It can be repaired and still used."

Li Banfeng doesn't know much about coal mines, but Ma Wu is an expert.

"Seventh Brother, this big brother didn't lie to us. This is a good mine.
Although most of the equipment here is broken, call our engineers to fix it up and we can open in less than two weeks."

Li Banfeng asked: "Why do we have to start with the coal mines?"

Ma Wu said: "First, coal mines make money, and second, coal mines employ a lot of people. Such a large mine can accommodate three to five thousand workers.
When the workers arrived, they had to provide for their daily needs, and the town's business gradually prospered, and Huangtu Bridge became popular. "

Ma Wu was full of confidence, but Li Banfeng was a little worried: "Since the coal mining business is so simple, why doesn't anyone come to do it?"

Ma Wu shook his head and laughed, "This business is not something that everyone can do. When ordinary people have emptied their pockets, they can only open a small coal mine.

Operating a mine requires huge initial investment, and we have the capital to make this plan."

Li Qi and Ma Wu are indeed wealthy, but the four major families are also wealthy. Why haven't we seen them come to Huangtu Bridge to do business?
Li Banfeng remembered that Qiu Zhiheng once said that doing business in Huangtu Bridge was full of troubles.

Ma Wu also understood the inside story: "Huangtuqiao has too few people. It is definitely not possible to recruit workers from the local area. If we recruit workers from other places, we have to bear the food, accommodation and travel expenses. The cost of operation is higher than other places.
Besides that, I also heard that the local merchants in Huangtuqiao are not easy to deal with and always make things difficult for outsiders.”

As he spoke, Ma Wu looked at the driver.

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The driver waved his hands and said, "It's nothing to worry about. It's just a few small coal mines in Beiqiao. I'll take care of this matter. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I'll send him off. Brothers, go ahead and do it!"

Ma Wu wanted to do it, so Li Banfeng first made a good deal with the driver: "Except for the land that is currently owned by someone, all the land in Huangtu Bridge will be managed by us in the future."

The driver patted his chest and said, "The land that is owned by others is yours. I will drive them all away!"

Li Banfeng waved his hand and said, "We don't care about the land that has an owner. This is a serious business."

The two parties reached an agreement and signed a contract. With the support of the local gods, Ma Wu also had confidence and immediately took a train to Heishipo to recruit workers.

The miners had a hard life and had to go to Huangtu Bridge. It was really hard to recruit people. Ma Wu raised the wages by half, but only recruited more than 200 people in three days.

More than 200 people will do, let's get the coal mine up and running first. Ma Wu is optimistic: "Seventh Brother, the coal mine business is easy to do. Once it's up and running, we can just ask our men to look after it. I have to go back to Qiqiu City, which is our most important place."

The miners were in place, going down into the mine to dig coal. Ma Wu brought in the repairmen and bought equipment and materials from outside to build the railway from the mine to the station.

This is not a railway operated by other states. It is a small railway for transporting coal. The workmanship is not very sophisticated. There are a few rotten parts, but they can be used after they are repaired.

After the railway was built and the first batch of coal was dug out, Ma Wu arranged for people to contact the buyers in Lvshuicheng, and the first deal was thus concluded.

The cost was slightly higher, but because Li Qi and Liao Zihui had an agreement, they got a discount on the freight and the business was still profitable.

Ma Wu was in a good mood as he watched the first truckload of coal being shipped out of the mine.

After leaving the mine and walking less than a mile, there was a problem with the railway and the mine car overturned.

It is understandable that some malfunctions would occur on such an old and dilapidated railway, but fortunately there were no casualties.

Ma Wu asked people to find out the cause and repair it overnight.

That night, the railway was repaired and all sixteen cars of coal were stolen.

This was so absurd that Ma Wu couldn't believe it: "How could sixteen carts of coal be stolen? Even if I watched him move it, he couldn't move it!"

The train driver said, "I don't know what they used. The coal was unloaded in a blink of an eye, and the people disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Ma Wu frowned and said, "This should be the trouble caused by those people from Beiqiao, right?"

Li Banfeng didn't care about the sixteen carts of coal, what he cared about was the other party's methods.

To be able to transfer all sixteen carts of coal, the other party must have a high-level magic weapon.

Anyone who possesses such a high-level magic weapon is definitely not an ordinary person. It seems that we have underestimated these coal bosses.

The driver was still trying to comfort him: "Brother Ma Wu, this is my fault. I should have followed the train the whole way. I didn't think enough."

Ma Wu did not complain. It was normal to have some setbacks since the business had just opened. He went to the station first. The station was waiting for the goods to be shipped tonight, so he had to give an explanation to them. Green Water City was waiting for the goods to be received, so he also had to give an explanation.

After everything was settled, Ma Wu went back to the mine to dig coal. Li Banfeng stepped up security to prevent anyone from attacking the mine.

That night, an accident really happened in the mine, but it didn't happen in the mine, but in the living area.

The work shed was burned down and the workers had no place to stay at night.

Ma Wu quickly took people to put out the fire. When he came back, he saw that the mine car had been smashed, the steam drum of the locomotive had been punctured, and the connecting rod had been broken.

Xiao Chuanzi said angrily: "These bastards only attack the vital parts!"

The steam drum and connecting rod are very special and difficult to replace or repair.

What's even more terrible is that this time the opponent attacked right under Li Banfeng's nose. Li Banfeng had the cultivation of double eighth level, but he couldn't find any trace of the opponent.

Where is the driver?
He is a local god and a cultivator above the clouds. If even he hasn’t discovered it, the other party must be very powerful!
Why would such a powerful opponent target a coal mine like this?
Chuanzi was contacting people to repair the train when the foreman came running over in a hurry and said to Ma Wu, "The account book is gone."

The foreman's account book records the workload of each worker. If this thing is lost, there is no way to calculate the wages.

These were workers hired by Heishipo. How could they bear such injustice? They all went to Ma Wu to seek an explanation.

One of the workers became a little excited and pushed Ma Wu.

Ma Wu didn't care, but he was very angry: "This is really weird, is there still a funeral cultivator in this place? I guess his level is quite high!"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "This was not done by Sang Xiu."

He had fought with Sang Xiu in Yaowanggou and was very familiar with him.

Ma Wu said: "Which sect did this?"

"I can't tell which sect it is, but I feel like some ruthless person is causing trouble."

But if he is a ruthless person, why would he make trouble? Why not just take strong action?
Li Banfeng was confused for a moment.

While he was thinking, the Tang sword on Li Banfeng's waist kept shaking.

ps: Tang Dao seemed to remember something.

(End of this chapter)