I'm the only player

Chapter 18 [Preparation]

Who owns the gambling house in Qinghe Town?
The three major families in Leting County!
The Zhao family, the Qian family, and the Sun family each controlled the mountains, water, and land in the county.

Everything on the mountain belonged to Master Zhao. Herbs and furs were hot-selling commodities. Their family's medicine shops and clinics were all over Le Ting County, making a fortune every day.

After all, people who eat grains and cereals will get sick. And some wild animal furs are in short supply. The prices of tiger, bear and fox furs have been rising year after year, but they are still in short supply.

Mr. Qian was in charge of the docks, fish stalls, and shipyards. As long as something was fished out of the water, everyone assumed it belonged to the Qian family. Of course, the so-called "everyone" referred to the other two major families, not the mud-legged people and the untouchables.

It seems that the Qian family is at a disadvantage?

No, no, no, because Zhaojiahe and Sunjia handed over the caravan rights of Leting County to Qianjia to make up for it. A large amount of fur, herbs, grain, and fish were shipped out from the dock, making the Qian family a lot of money.

The last Sun family controlled a large area of ​​land in the county. In the surrounding towns and villages, any place with people must have land owned by Mr. Sun.

Their grain shops were spread all around LeTing County. With just a word from the eldest master of the Sun family, the untouchables could starve to death at any time.

As for some other businesses that cannot be mentioned, such as gambling houses, they were divided among the three companies early on.

If I remember correctly, the gambling house in Qinghe Town belongs to Mr. Qian's territory.

A local thug named Liu dared to snatch food from the local tyrant in the county. He must have been very brave.

"I'm telling the truth!" Ma Zi saw the disbelief in the scarlet eyes and raised his voice a few degrees. Then, he lowered his voice and said, "I'm telling you the truth, but don't let anyone know that it was me who said it."

He paused, as if organizing his words in his mind.

"How dare Liu Lao Da, a small scoundrel, steal the gambling house's business? It was all the idea of ​​Jiang Yu, the gambling house's manager. He is the master behind the gambling house, and the Liu brothers are just puppets pushed out in front of him.

If Master Qian noticed this, Manager Jiang would kill them with a wave of his hand. The brothers surnamed Liu also knew that they would be blamed for the incident, but who could call Qian Kuai? "

Speaking of money, Ma Zi seemed to be relieved from the pain of his broken shoulder bone, and his eyes were filled with greed.

"Do you know how much that small gambling den can earn every day? At least a few dozen people, 70 or 80 taels of silver. At most, hundreds of people, several hundred taels of silver.

Every five days, Manager Jiang would distribute money, 20% of the profits made during the five days. The Liu brothers would get 10%, and we, the younger brothers, would get 10%.

Three days ago, I received two taels of silver. Sometimes, it was more than two taels. I remember the most I received was more than five taels. "

Not to mention five taels, even two taels is a lot of money.

An average person earns thirty-five taels a year, which is enough for a family of five to live on.

Once every five days, six times every thirty days, whichever is lower.

Look at the place, twelve taels of silver a month.

Moreover, this is the minimum. When there is more, it will be more than that!

No wonder the two brothers of the Liu family are willing to be puppets to take the blame.

There's no way, Manager Jiang gave too much money.

"There are 25 of us brothers, and each of us gets two taels of silver. Liu Lao Da and his brother get at least three hundred taels of silver in a month."

three hundred!!
Even when there were only ten acres of paddy fields in the past, it was still an astronomical figure.

"You just said that you received a reward three days ago?"

"Correct."

Ma Zi smiled. He said that on purpose in order to lure the attacker towards the gambling den.

It would be best if the other party could let him go.

But let it go?
Haha, people die for money and birds die for food.

He doesn't believe that those who come here are not greedy for money.

At that time, the brothers in the gambling house will naturally avenge themselves.

"How many people are there exactly? Do they have weapons? What weapons are they? Are there any experts among them?"

Next, Ma Zi answered the questions one by one.

Excluding himself, there were twenty-six people left.

Among the twenty-four younger brothers, the Liu brothers are the eldest.

weapon?

Manager Jiang got a few steel knives to show off. Most of the people knew a little bit of farm skills, and they relied on their strong bodies that were well-fed and well-dressed to bully others.

master?

Of course it’s the Liu brothers.

The two of them had studied in the town's martial arts school for three months, but were kicked out because they did not master the boxing techniques taught in the school after three months. However, with their not-so-skilled boxing techniques, they were still able to sweep away the local thugs in the town. Otherwise, how could they be the leaders? They still speak with their fists.

"pock."

"Hey!"

The thug quickly joined in the conversation, with an expression of great fawning on his face.

"If you are determined, I can be your insider, and then we can help Xi."

"Crack!"

He Sheng pinched his Adam's apple with his right hand and crushed it with a little force.

"cluck"

Looking at the other person's face becoming more and more distorted due to difficulty breathing, he held his head with both hands.

"Remember what we said before we entered the alley?"

"Twist your head off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he twisted his hands hard.

"Click——"

The arrogant Ma Zi in the morning died in an unknown alley.

"Blame it on your bad luck."

He searched for the whole afternoon, but only encountered Ma Zi himself, and did not find Liu Lao Da and the others. Otherwise, why would he follow them all the way until dark and only take action when they were alone?

Leave the alley and head straight to the deserted house in the east of the town.

That large house with three courtyards was once very famous, and everyone in Qinghe Town knew about it.

It is said that it was built by a man named Huang.

It is unclear why the entire family died overnight. It is said that the scene was extremely tragic.

Since then, rumors of hauntings have occasionally circulated.

true and false?

unimportant!
Anyway, adults and children don’t even dare to pass by.

Liu Lao Da and his gang set up their gambling den in an abandoned house, which was really bold. The gamblers didn't care, as long as they could gamble, what haunted house would they not dare to go to?

From a distance, He Sheng saw two people squatting in front of the door of the deserted house under the moonlight.

Now it is the end of the You hour, and it is still very early compared to the end of the Zi hour.

Stop, hide, and observe secretly.

In a flash, four hours passed.

During this time, people came in and out of the house from time to time.

A rough estimate shows that there are at least hundreds of people coming in and out.

Of course, because it was dark, he couldn't tell whether the person coming in and out was the same person.

"Tsk tsk, if this happens every day, it's not an exaggeration to say that you're making a fortune."

In the distance, there were dense footsteps. Under the moonlight, it was barely possible to see clearly that the person coming was Liu Lao Da. Behind him, there were seven or eight tall and strong men.

"How's business today?"

"Brother, it's as good as before. Tomorrow, the brothers can at least get this much!" At the gate of the courtyard, one of the gatekeepers smiled and stretched out his hand to gesture.

"That's good. Guard the door well, and Brother Liu will give you two rewards later."

After he finished speaking, he led the people into the yard.

"Thank you, brother!"

The two gatekeepers' eyes suddenly lit up when they heard this and they thanked loudly.

'It's time to get started.'

Seeing his enemy appear, He Sheng immediately walked towards the house.

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