Coupled with the unexplainable civilian husbands... Nowadays, every family in the Jianghuai area wears mourning."

The young man surnamed Zhou immediately felt sad... Obviously, he should have relatives and friends in the South Route Army.

When Ma Sheng saw this, he sighed outside and felt more at ease in his heart.

"What is a Chaoke?" the man named Zhang suddenly said.

Ma Sheng did not dare to be negligent and told the truth directly: "They are the people who do maritime business in the tributaries of Huaishang... The big gangs in the Huaishang and East China Sea go directly to the sea to do business and send them to the tributaries, and the tide customers get them here.

Goods are given to various wealthy people in the inland... But we, the fashionistas, just take the goods and make some hard-earned money. Even if we want to do it, we must ask for and send posts from the wealthy people's homes in the inland, or from the gangs on the seaside.

, and then you can run on both sides.”

"It's equivalent to local tycoons and big gangs issuing road diversion and distribution licenses." The man surnamed Zhang immediately realized. "It's indeed hard work... and it's getting more and more chaotic. Isn't it difficult to do business?"

"Houses are broken up and people are killed, and there are robbers everywhere. How can we do this?" Ma Ping'er finally wiped his hair and immediately couldn't help but interjected. "The only thing that can be done is to rely on big gangs and wealthy people, but these are the only things that can be done.

The Hao family is no longer dignified. They always want to pick on you and oppress you... Now in Huaishang, that is, the Huaiyou League is the most disciplined. Here in the north, that is, the Xu family of Caozhou is the most respectable. However, I heard that the Xu family has another incident.

thing."

"That's why I came to Jiyang Wang's house to have a look." Ma Sheng was afraid that his daughter would spill the beans, so he quickly added.

"I see, but nothing happened to the Xu family." The man named Zhang nodded, but then shook his head. "How could something happen to the Xu family? With Xu Dalang's ability, the Great Wei Dynasty was gone, and the change of ownership in the Central Plains did not stop his family from becoming a powerful man.

, at most they have changed places...but it is the Wang family. What is going on with the Wang family? Is it similar to the Xu family? Are there any outstanding characters?"

"Wang family..." Ma Sheng hesitated.

When the man surnamed Wang saw this, he just sneered: "Brother Ma, you are a trendy customer. I don't believe that you have not sold private salt and smuggled Dongyi sea goods. It is also a business of beheading... I dare not say that the emperor is in the business.

, don’t you even dare to talk to the powerful people in the East now? It’s such a hot day and it’s so humid. If you don’t chat with my brother Zhang in this place, why don’t you have to meditate on Chongmai until dawn?”

With that said, the young man named Zhou stopped mourning, took out a small bundle of dried meat from behind and gave half of it to the other party.

Ma Sheng took it carefully, but was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and mentioned the Wang family:

"Since Brother Zhang knows Xu Dalang, there really isn't much to say about the Wang family, because the two families are really similar. The only thing that can be said is the relationship between his family and the Xu family... I don't know why, but the Wang family seems to be shorter than the Xu family in everything, including their ancestors.

One, his family fortune is shorter, his reputation is shorter, and even now he is actually headed by a young man. He is the Wulang Wang Shuyong in the clan, who is about the same age as Xu Dalang, but for some reason, Wang Wulang has the same level of cultivation, reputation, and knowledge.

A head shorter than Xu Dalang... It is said that he was very worried about this, so after reaching the stage of Qi Jing, he only concentrated on practicing the archery skills of entraining qi, and did not practice swords, guns and horseback kung fu, because archery is something you can practice if you sneak up on him.

Just because he is taller, he may not be able to block him... However, because he took this side step, people around him still say that Wang Wulang is a head above Xu Dalang."

"That's the truth." The man surnamed Zhang still sighed with emotion. "Xu Dalang is a man of both civil and military skills. He is good at Confucian classics, martial arts, military training, cultivation, management, and communication. He seems to be knowledgeable in medicine and follows a serious path. He is naturally talented.

It's not something that just anyone can compare to. As long as you persevere and work hard, your future is limitless... As for Wang Wulang, if he abandoned the serious path just to temporarily surpass Xu Dalang in terms of cultivation and force, he would have become a real person.

A head shorter than Xu Dalang."

With this knowledge, he is indeed an official, but I don’t know why he is so familiar with Xu Dalang?

Could it be that they were from Jing'antai? People from Jing'antai also escaped?

So, you are too lazy to care about yourself as a trendy person?

Ma Sheng was thinking wildly when the man named Wang over there suddenly spoke: "Third brother, should we go to Wang Wulang's house or Xu Dalang's?"

"It doesn't matter, let's take a look!" The man surnamed Zhang responded calmly. "The one closest to you is..."

"Third brother, haven't you thought of a way out?" The man surnamed Wang seemed to be a little impatient. "Before, we didn't go up to Yimeng Mountain or go down to Juye Ze. We just went around in a circle?"

"It's not that I didn't think of a way out." The young man surnamed Zhou interjected. "The third brother is looking at which one is suitable... The rafter who came up in Yimeng Mountain died first, and Chishiro took himself too seriously, but why?

There is no serious arrangement for the soldiers and horses under his command; the safety in Juyezhe is safe, but they are just like bandits... Now a powerful man like Wang Xu is also a mess, fighting among himself and bullying the people.

The leader is a rare talent, and he cannot hide his powerful habits."

"How about going to the Huaiyou League?" The man surnamed Wang asked seriously. "Aren't the people in the Huaiyou League named Du the brother of the third brother? The Huaiyou League has such a big industry, and the third brother took it calmly and started the rebellion on the Yangtze River.

"

"Knowing people but not knowing their hearts." The young man surnamed Zhou said angrily. "The person named Du is now considered a semi-official figure, and the third brother has just been on the black list and is the target of public criticism. Only three of us went there. Who knows whether we will do something for

The future has betrayed us? To say whether we are reliable or whether we are reliable in the north, we are fundamentally at odds with the imperial court."

"Du Po Zhen is what it is today, all thanks to the support of third brother, and isn't it said that he is very loyal?"

"Some people are like this. They can only share adversity but not wealth."

"..."

"..."

Ma's father and daughter were already horrified. They looked at each other countless times in private. When they heard Huai Youmeng, the dried meat in their hands almost dropped to the ground... Especially Ma Ping'er, who couldn't cover it up at all.

The two men, Wang and Zhou, were not unaware of the tension between the father and daughter, but they were obviously relying on their superior cultivation, and they were probably really anxious, so they had no scruples.

As for the leader, who is currently the third most wanted criminal on the black list, Dragon Saber Zhang Xing Zhang Sanlang, although he saw everything, he just remained silent.

"Third brother, what's your idea?" The man named Wang, also known as Wang Zhenle, couldn't help but ask.

"If I have time, I would like to go around and have a look." Zhang Xing confessed frankly. "King Xu and other powerful people in the east, including those in Hebei, want to take a look... I also want to take a look at Lao Du's place in Huaishang.

I also want to visit Jingxiang and Nanyang, and even visit Dongyi, Beihuang, and Jiangdong..."

"Why is this?" Wang Zhen was extremely surprised.

"Because I really want to overthrow the violent Wei Dynasty and restore peace to the world." Zhang Xing responded with a hug. "And if you want to do this, you must first know how to gather and gather strength, and secondly, you must understand the direction of the current situation and act accordingly...

You just said that I am not allowed to join this or that, which is wrong. If you ask me to say, since we are determined to overthrow the Wei Dynasty, we must gather the strength of everyone... Therefore, a handsome man from a powerful family like Xu Wang,

I don't care about the heroic charging men of Hebei, the gangs in Huaishang, the defeated troops in Juyeze, the bandits in Yimeng Mountain, and even some ambitious people in Guanlong who are willing to rebel. I want to win over them all, but to win over them, I have to

Understand their operating mode, what they live on and what they support, what is good and what is bad? Then I have to put myself first, transform them, choose them, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. So, where

Can we be in a hurry?"

Wang Zhou and everyone quieted down.

"In addition, we have to see that the emperor went to the southeast, Emperor Cao stayed in Luoyang, there was a military base and storage in the northwest, and there were sources of wealth and newly arrived troops in the southeast. As long as the two sides maintain peace, plus the saint is no longer

After all the hard work, the situation of the Wei Dynasty has taken a big step down on the one hand, and on the other hand it will stabilize for a while..." Zhang Xing answered frankly. "In other words, the situation at this time is just smoke and dust everywhere, Hebei, the Central Plains, and the entire eastern border.

Chaos is not a good time to really start an uprising, and we also have time to collect intelligence and observe the situation first."

"That's the truth." Zhou Xingfan nodded convincingly. "At this time, the rafters who are in the forefront will die first. Those who have been in the army for generations are afraid of laboring for expeditions and the torment of saints. They would not even be able to form separate formations to suppress rebellions.

How can the smoke and dust easily rise up among the bandits? What’s more, when we came all the way, the people who started the trouble at this time had no rules and were all bandits. Otherwise, the third brother would not have killed so many bandit leaders along the way.

.”

"Actually." Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, but continued after glancing at the father and daughter who bowed their heads in silence. "If I guess correctly, whether it is Huaishang Du Po Formation or Xu Dalang, at this time

They are not willing to sincerely accept me, let alone do things with me... because I am a hot potato at this time. If they don't accept me, they will be ridiculed by the heroes of the world. If they accept me, their family will be successful in their great business, but they will become the emperor's slaves.

It’s a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh…it’s also very difficult for them.”

"Then when will we wait?" Wang Zhen was a little anxious.

"Are you so anxious?" Xiao Zhou also became anxious. "Third brother said before that the Wei Dynasty is basically incompetent. Even if it is suppressed for a while, it will not be suppressed for a lifetime, and chaos will only become more and more...

…Whether it’s Xu Dalang or Du Po Zhen, there will be times when we have to take action, and that’s when we can really show our banner.”

"I'm not in a hurry." Wang Zhen slammed the dried ground next to the brazier. "I'm scared!"

"What are you afraid of?" Xiao Zhou was speechless. "I'm not even afraid!"

"It's not that you're afraid!" Wang Zhenyang shouted to cover him up, but immediately calmed down, and then looked at Zhang Xing. "Third brother... I'm afraid that I can't keep up with you! I settled in a poor place and relied on my cultivation to get into the world.

Although he was in Fulongwei, he was still a low-income person. He was not afraid of life or death, but he was afraid of seriousness... If you just started to make trouble, whether it was to intercept officials and kill people, or to start an uprising by falling into the grass, at worst, I would risk my life along with you.

, it is worthy of your promotion and your heroic spirit that day... But I didn't expect that you are really calm and have An Tianxia's thoughts in mind... A person like me can also do that.

Career? Just be afraid. Your career is about to start, and you will become a dragon and a saint, but I will fall down, and I can’t blame others!"

Xiao Zhou was finally stunned, and Zhang Xing was completely serious.

But Wang Zhenfu came to see Xiao Zhou again: "And you, Xiao Zhou, you are from a military background, so you must be a scholar. You should know better how difficult it is to have a career like the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, right? Do you think you can do it?"

Xiao Zhou responded with embarrassment, but his face turned red: "So, what are you going to do?"

"Third brother!" Wang Zhen came to see Zhang Xing seriously. "I thought for a long time along the way. You are going to do something big. If someone like me follows you, I will only lose my temper and ruin your plan..."

"You want to break up?" Xiao Zhou interrupted angrily.

"It's not a disbandment." Wang Zhen came to see Zhang Xing and said sincerely. "Third brother, since I followed you when we crossed the river that day, this life is yours, and I will never surrender to anyone else... But I am really not a wealthy person.

Those who are capable and virtuous... If third brother can trust me, show me the way out. With my cultivation, there is no way I can save a group of people for third brother. When the time comes, third brother only needs to come with the banner, and I will

I’m going to see you all over the world.”

"This is my fault." Zhang Xing nodded seriously: "I only know that everything is people-oriented, and you need the help of brothers to achieve success, but I ignored that everyone is different... Just two brothers can't follow your temperament.

If the ability is used properly, it is true that the superior has the weak but the weak... In fact, if you say so, I can point to more places, such as Xu Dalang's place or the Huaiyou League. I can stay here for liaison or something... But you

You are the only one who followed me. I would rather you go to Mangdang Mountain, where I plan to hide my roots."

Wang Zhen felt relieved and nodded immediately, but then looked at the Ma family and his daughter in a sober manner.

Zhang Xing and Xiao Zhou also looked directly.

Ma Shengqing knew that his father and daughter had lost their temper when they heard about the Huaiyou League and had been exposed, so he quickly confessed: "The younger one is actually from the Huaiyou League. He came to Xu Dalang this time to inquire about Mr. Zhang."
To be continued...