Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Going North to Tianjin

The next day he asked Ding Xiang to pretend to be a man, and took her, Xin Wutan, Fang Ping and more than a dozen brothers on the road to Tianjin.Not a day later, a group of people came to Tianjin, Zhao Guanyi asked people to submit a post at the Bingwu Forum to ask for an audience.After five or six days, Nian Dawei replied, asking him to meet at the altar the next night.In the past few days, Zhao Guan took Ding Xiang and Xin Wutan brothers to Tianjin's fireworks alleys to feast and gamble every day, spending extravagantly and recklessly, attracting the attention of passers-by and discussing among neighbors.The brothers Xin Wutan saw that the altar master was generous, and they were all happy to eat, drink and have fun with him.Only Fang Ping was careful, guessing that Zhao Guan would act like a rich man as soon as he arrived in Tianjin, probably with ulterior motives.

In the evening of the next day, Zhao Guan brought Brother Xinwu to the Bingwu Altar, but seeing that it was a huge building with carved beams and painted buildings, it was very gorgeous, and thought: This Bingwu Altar is really rich, with tall houses and spacious rooms, like a rich man People are average.My Xin Wutan looks much shabby in comparison. A Bingwu altar incense master came out to receive him, invited all the brothers to drink in the outer hall, and led Zhao Guan to wait in the inner hall alone.After a long time, when Zhao Guanzheng got impatient with waiting, a brother came to invite him to meet him in the altar master's study.He followed the man to the study room, only to see a fat middle-aged man sitting behind a big desk, wearing a sapphire blue Hunan embroidered coat, quickly doing abacus with his left hand, and holding a notebook with his right hand.He wears a dazzling diamond on the thumb of his right hand, and two jadeite fingers on his left finger, made of emerald green, which are top grade; on his chest is a string of one hundred and eight ivory-carved Buddha beads, which are one hundred and eight Arhat, finely carved, is very rare.

Zhao Guan stepped forward to salute, and said: Lord of the Year Altar, junior Xin Wu Tan Jiang He pays homage to him.Nian Dawei nodded, and calculated the account for a while, then pushed the abacus away, covered the account book, raised his head, waved his hand and said: "Master Jiangtan, don't be too polite."Jiang Tanzhu is young and handsome, and a formidable young man.please sit down.These few words were spoken in a bland, weak, and without sincerity. Zhao Guan thought to himself: This fat pig lacks energy in speaking, obviously he doesn't have much energy.When he saw Nian Dawei, although he had never seen him before, he felt that this person looked very familiar.When he was young, he met many wealthy businessmen in the Qingfeng Museum in Suzhou. Some families have been rich for several generations, and they seem to have more temperament; most of them are new rich, who like to show off their wealth. Domineering, whenever something goes wrong, he will yell at the servants and lose his temper. He is the most difficult customer in the brothel.Zhao Guan hated this kind of people the most when he was young, but this year Dawei is obviously a first-class upstart, Zhao Guan only felt that his face was hideous, and thought: This fat pig must be frightened to know how powerful it is.A lot of polite compliments came out of my mouth at the moment.

Nian Dawei was leaning on the teacher's chair, counting the ivory rosary beads on his chest with one hand, and playing with a cloisonne snuff bottle with the other. He listened with his eyes slightly closed, nodded slightly, and hummed several times in his nose.Zhao Guan finally said: The Nian Altar Master is a senior in the gang, with profound experience and respected by everyone. The younger generation is young and has little knowledge. The new altar master, I would like to ask the seniors for some pointers on how to rectify the altar and increase its power. Nian Dawei coughed, and said humbly: I have long teeth, how can I teach you anything?Zhao Guanxin said: Fat pigs will drop their schoolbags.I said you are pig-toothed.He said: Your altar has strong strength in the sect, and has always been admired by the other nine altars.I don't know what trick the Lord of the Year Altar has?

Nian Dawei smiled and said, "What is strength?"Young man, let me tell you, money is strength.When I was young, I devoted myself to learning martial arts, thinking that only by excelling in martial arts can I subdue others.It was only after I became an adult that I realized that the so-called money can make ghosts grind, and poverty can make people discouraged, this is not at all true.With money, anything can be done.Others spend one tael of silver and send ten people to do it. I spend one hundred taels of silver and send a hundred people to do it. Of course, everything is done better than others.Immediately, he talked about another seven or eight examples, proving that money is power. He spoke in a tone of teaching young people, and he talked for half an hour, but he still couldn't get enough.

Zhao Guan was happy to hear what he said, and he was submissive, thinking: Fat Pig is really a philistine.After he finished speaking, he took the opportunity to interject and said: "The Lord of the Year Altar is right."The juniors have heard the sayings of A Wuxiong, B people, and B Caifeng in the Green Gang. I don't know if the financial resources of the noble altar are really better than the second altar? Nian Dawei said: Fourth master's Jiawu altar is considered rich, and Lin Qiye is not bad either.But in real comparison, hey, I'm afraid it's still slightly better in this world.Zhao Guandao: How about compared to the main altar?Nian Dawei smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, if you ask this question, you will be disrespectful to the old leader Zhao of the main altar.

Zhao Guan said with a smile: This junior has made a slip of the tongue.I heard that the leader of the Lin Tan of Yi Wu often boasted to others, saying that he has more people in the Yi Wu Tan than the General Tan, so I wonder if the C Wu Tan also thinks that he has more financial resources than the General Tan. Nian Dawei's face changed slightly, he shook his head and said: How can this altar compare with the general altar?Zhao Guandao: Since it is so, that is the best.Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.Nian Dawei's eyes that seemed to be closed but not closed suddenly widened, looked at Zhao Guan, frowned and said: "Brother Jiang, I don't understand what this old man said.

Zhao Guandao: The meaning of this junior is actually very clear.Does the altar master know about the lawsuit?The criminal law of this dynasty is simple and strict, but there are many officials who play tricks on the text.Once involved in a lawsuit, they often lose all their wealth and cannot be rescued, and in the end they are ruined and their families are ruined.At that time, no amount of money would help. Nian Dawei raised his eyebrows and said in displeasure: You came to my altar and said such rude and ominous words to the elders, who taught you to be so bold?Zhao Guandao: The younger generation dare not.May I ask the altar master, what is the crime of embezzling public funds?

When Nian Dawei heard the words embezzlement of public funds, his face darkened, he stared sideways at him, and said coldly: "Brother Jiang, you are quite courageous."If you don't speak clearly today, don't even try to get out of my Bingwu arena!Zhao Guan said with a smile: "Since the Lord of the Nian Altar wants me to make it clear, then this junior is going to be presumptuous."The younger generation was in a county in Zhili last month and heard something about the Lord of the Niantan.The younger generation just overheard a few words, so they couldn't figure out whether it was true or not.I heard that the Lord of the Niantan collected the grain tax from the ten counties of Zhili last year, and swallowed half of it himself.

Nian Dawei laughed, shook his head and said: It's nonsense, it's nonsense.How could Little Brother Jiang listen to such rumors?Zhao Guandao: Yes, yes.But whose tax account book is in the hands of? Nian Dawei's face changed drastically, he laughed dryly, and said: The account book is naturally in the hands of my master.Zhao Guandao: Is that so?The younger generation secretly thought, how much money is this account book worth?Mr. Xu probably hasn't seen it, has he?The funds recorded in the account books for stealing food and taxes have not been submitted to the general altar, and have nothing to do with the Youth Gang.If discovered, the wealth of the owner of the altar will inevitably be confiscated.

Nian Dawei moved the rosary in his hand faster, clenched the snuff bottle with his right hand, and stared at Zhao Guan.Suddenly turned around and shouted: Come on!Zhao Guan guessed that he probably wanted to call thugs in to intimidate him, but he didn't expect that after a gang came in, Nian Dawei ordered: "Bring three thousand taels of silver."Zhao Guan was stunned and couldn't help laughing. Nian Dawei snorted and said, "Brother Jiang, isn't this number not enough?"Zhao Guandao: Compared with the family wealth of the owner of the Nian Altar, three thousand taels is just a drop in the ocean, what is it?Nian Dawei said: Then ten thousand taels.Zhao Guan smiled, approached the front and said: "Your Excellency swallowed up the silver, the junior did a rough calculation, there are always 200,000 taels." Nian Dawei said coldly: "Brother Jiang, in life and work, don't bully others too much."Zhao Guandao: That's right, you can't bully others too much.The Lord of the Altar of the Year swallows people's food tax, and instead of taking a fraction, keeps half of it. Isn't this considered too much? Nian Dawei said: In that case, two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand.Seeing murderous intent in his eyes, Zhao Guan smiled and said: "Master of the Nian Altar, do you think that brother really came here for money?" Nian Dawei had already heard the reports from his subordinates, that this person spent money everywhere as soon as he entered the city, he was obviously from a rich family, he probably really didn't care about the tens of thousands of taels of silver, so he said: I am going to ask for advice.Zhao Guandao: Your Excellency said that money can turn ghosts, but money is not necessarily useful to make good men bow down.Human life is at stake, does the Lord of the Year Altar know what crime is manslaughter? Nian Dawei suddenly stood up, his face was full of shock and anger, and shouted: "What do you know?" Zhao Guandao: I don't know anything, I only know that Miss Xiaofeng of the Golden Oriole Academy suddenly disappeared last month. I heard people say that before Miss Xiaofeng disappeared, someone saw her arguing with Mr. Ling. Nian Dawei's face was extremely ugly, he only said that this matter had been covered up without leaving any traces, how could this man know so clearly after only a few days in Tianjin?He was thinking about how to bribe the inspector Xu to cover it up, but he heard Zhao Guandao: the so-called three fires for a new official, I heard that Mr. Xu has an upright and strict character. Do things in a hurry.This kind of person can't reason with him. If you ask for money, he will immediately let the petty official arrest you and interrogate you for bribery. Nian Dawei sat down on the chair, his attitude changed completely, and he begged, "Brother Jiang, my brother, I'm going to be ugly, it's not good for everyone." Zhao Guan smiled and said: "The Lord of the Year Altar is right.My own brothers still put unity and sincerity as the most important thing, and love each other as the most important thing.But if the main altar is not guaranteed, there will be chaos within the gang, and everyone will be in an ugly situation.Nian Dawei understood immediately, and said: Lin Bochao has a different ambition, and I will never help him.I thought: This kid is Li Siye's confidant, so he came to test my intentions on behalf of the gang leader.Where did fourth master get such a powerful person? Zhao Guan said with a smile: "The Lord of the Year Altar is so smart."The younger generation can feel at ease when they have the altar master's words.Say goodbye and come out.