Chapter 110: Dividing the Spoils

The last time Qi Xuansu came to the tavern in the south city was during the day, and he didn't feel anything. This time he came at night, but it was a different scene.

Although it was winter, it was not yet curfew time. The bustling voices of the night market could be heard far away, and the streets were filled with the aroma of various foods.

Spices from the Western Regions, fish and shrimp from the East China Sea, cakes from the south of the Yangtze River, noodles from the Central Plains, fried dumplings, wontons, and mutton soup were all dazzling.

Although the night was cold and the people coming and going wrapped themselves tightly in cotton clothes, they still couldn't resist the excitement.

Seriously speaking, this was Qi Xuansu's first time to the night market in the capital. It was true that he had come out several times at night, but he was either killing people or arresting people. How could he have such leisure time.

Walking in the lively night market, Qi Xuansu thought of his past self for no reason.

That was his first time doing "business" alone. As expected, he failed. He was in a mess, with several wounds on his body, and his horse ran away. He walked back alone, trekking dozens of miles of mountain roads in the dark, his feet were muddy, and in the distance there were lights in the city, bustling, but above his head was a half-moon and a few lonely stars.

That day happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family more during every festive season.

Qi Xuansu thought of his master's tragic death, and that as a Taoist priest, he had to roll in the quagmire of the rivers and lakes, with an uncertain future. He staggered all the way, and the pain on his body was almost numb. He couldn't help but feel sad and almost shed tears.

But Qi Xuansu still held back. He told himself that he was already an adult, not a child anymore.

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain to finish this night road.

But when Qi Xuansu returned to his and Qiniang's residence, he found that Qiniang was still awake and waiting for him, and had made two mooncakes.

Qi Niang said nothing, but gave him a mooncake.

To be fair, Qi Niang's cooking skills were quite average, and the taste of the mooncakes could only be said to be not bad.

But at this moment, Qi Xuansu's tears, which he had been holding back for a long time, finally flowed down, and with the mooncake in his mouth, the sweet and salty taste mixed together, and he swallowed them into his stomach.

Over the years, no matter how Qi Niang's identity changed, Qi Xuansu always remembered the woman who ate mooncakes with him.

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu walked through the bustling night market and came to the door of the tavern.

At this time, the tavern was brightly lit and sat in front of many guests.

Qi Xuansu lifted the cotton curtain, walked into the tavern, looked around, saw Qi Niang puffing, and walked towards Qi Niang quickly.

Qi Niang also saw Qi Xuansu and knocked on the pipe.

Qi Xuansu sat opposite Qi Niang, and Qi Niang put away her pipe and said straight to the point: "This is the last time."

"What do you mean?" Qi Xuansu actually understood, but just wanted Qi Niang to be more specific.

Qi Niang said, "Qingpinghui is not a brotherhood, and it is impossible for it to fight against the "Inn" to destroy the society, so this is the last revenge action. If it succeeds, it will be great. If it fails, we will admit defeat and let it go." Qi Xuansu had no objection. Qi Niang continued, "The "Inn" has a branch in the Imperial Capital and a head office, which is the core of the entire "Inn". The "Accountant" has been stationed here for many years. Qi Xuansu said, "Even if the "Owner" is not in the head office now, it would be a bit difficult for us to raid the head office of the "Inn". At least call the eight Tianren brothers. Qi Niang said, "We are not going to raid the head office of the "Inn", but the "Inn" has a rule that the county branches must regularly submit the account books and income to the prefecture branches, and the prefecture branches will submit to the state branches, and finally the state branches will submit to the Imperial Capital head office. The main branch of Dijing is not open to the public, so an additional Dijing branch is set up to take over the business in Dijing. Logically speaking, it should be more convenient to use silver bills, but the Taiping money in the "inn" is all black money that cannot be seen in the light, and it cannot be deposited in the Taiping money house on the spot, so it must be shipped to Dijing by ship. "

Qi Xuansu has already understood that Qi Niang is still not doing it for no gain.

Qi Niang made a fortune teller's usual gesture: "I counted with my fingers, and it happened that a silver ship was about to arrive, and it was transported by canal."

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but say: "Qi Niang, you even found Yang Gu, so this time we are going to be Lao He who eats the money of the drifters."

"What do you mean by Lao He who eats the money of the drifters? It sounds so ugly." Qi Niang said dissatisfiedly, "As the saying goes, cutting off someone's wealth is like killing his parents. We are killing the parents of the "inn", and the main emphasis is on revenge. "

Qi Xuansu was very tempted: "Qiniang, if it works, please bring a bowl of water for everyone to drink afterwards."

Qiniang said very happily: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have called you."

Qi Xuansu immediately became alert: "Qiniang, you called me, don't you want to get a bigger share? In the end, my share will still fall into your hands, under the pretext of keeping it for me."

Qiniang's thoughts were exposed by Qi Xuansu, and she said something else: "Do we mother and mother still have to force each other to separate? After a hundred years, this little bit of property will not be yours, you can spend it however you want."

Qi Xuansu said angrily: "I'm afraid that you will send your son away with white hair, and I won't see that day."

"What are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense." Qi Niang immediately slapped Qi Xuansu.

"Well, let me put it another way." Qi Xuansu followed suit, "I think Qi Niang, you can survive a heavenly tribulation and stay in the world for two hundred years. By then, if I'm lucky, I'll have ascended to heaven and passed away. If I'm unlucky, I'll be a handful of yellow earth. Anyway, I won't see that day."

Qiniang frowned: "The naughty kid is always troublesome. Let's do this. Afterwards, the four of us will divide the money, and each person will get 25% equally. But it can't be divided like this. I have contributed the most, and I have to be in charge of laundering these black money afterwards, so I must take the biggest share, which is 40%. "Meng Xingyun" contributed the second most. He has connections in the Cao Gang and can help us transfer the silver transport ship, so he will take 30%. "Tai Chang Yin" introduced several reliable channels, all of which are big antique businesses. The price of antiques is the most inflated, and they can take a lot of black money. "Tai Chang Yin" as the middleman will take 20%. As for you, you will take 10%. But we agreed in advance that this 10% is for "Meng Xingyun" and "Tai Chang Yin", two outsiders, to see. In fact, I can only give you half of it, and the remaining half is handed over to me. "

The so-called Cao Gang came because of the Cao transport. A large canal runs through the north and south. The imperial court relies on the canal to transfer grain from the south to the north to supply the imperial capital and border defense. As a result, a set of intricate rules have grown around the collection and transportation of grain, called "grain regulations". There are more than a million people who rely on grain transport for their livelihood. The so-called "millions of grain workers depend on their food and clothing" comes from this. The reason why the previous Wei Dynasty could not promote sea transportation is also for this reason.

Since the Wei Dynasty, the power of the Cao Gang has continued to expand. When the Daxuan replaced the Wei Dynasty, the Cao Gang gradually turned from secret to open. In name, it was under the control of the Governor-General of the River, and helped with the grain transport, which was considered a half-official status. However, Daxuan is different from Dawei. The maritime trade is prosperous, which is the lifeblood of Taoism. Naturally, it does not care about "the food and clothing of millions of boat workers". If you are brave enough, you can rebel. It depends on whether the top of your head is strong or the fire gun is stronger. Many boat workers have been forced to change their careers and become seafarers. Therefore, the current boat gang no longer has millions of people, but only a scale of more than 100,000 people.

Nowadays, the boat gang is a mixed bag, including river thieves and bandits. Even the river government dare not say that it can completely control the boat gang. There are many large and small forces within it, which are not subordinate to each other, but share the name of the boat gang, similar to the beggars' gangs in various places.

It is not surprising that "Meng Xingyun" can control the power of the boat gang. At least 10% of his 30% must be distributed to the people below.

As for whether to take out a part of it and hand it over to the Qingping Society, Qi Niang did not mention it at all.

What a joke, two members of the Privy Council and one member of the Council of Review, they are the Qingping Society.

Qi Xuansu, who was used to being poor, was very satisfied and asked, "How do I calculate the merit I owe?"

Qiniang said, "It's a matter of business, but the silver transport ship is not a branch after all, and there are not so many celestial beings for you to kill."

In fact, after the two battles, there were four celestial beings who died, including one Tianzi clerk and three Dizi clerks. Two of them died at the hands of Qi Xuansu. Of course, many other Xuanzi clerks died, but they were not celestial beings. One Tianzi clerk was in the Wuliang stage, and the three Dizi clerks were all in the Xiaoyao stage. If the Tianzi clerk who died at the hands of "Qingshanshi" was added, the two families were almost even.

For this reason, the Qingping Society was willing to give up.

After dividing the spoils in advance, Qiiniang took out a map and spread it on the table.

During the whole process, the people around seemed to be oblivious and had no idea what Qi Xuansu and Qiiniang said and did, and subconsciously ignored the two. Compared with the large-scale "chaos gods", this method is undoubtedly more sophisticated and mysterious. At least Qi Xuansu can't do it now. He can easily kill everyone, but he can't do such delicate work.

Qi Niang pointed to the map and said slowly: "The food of the imperial capital mainly comes from the south of the Yangtze River and is supplied by the Grand Canal. When the black-clothed people of Daxuan attacked the imperial capital, they mainly did two things. One is to block the dragon vein, and the other is to cut off the canal transportation, that is, to occupy Lu County, Yuyang Prefecture, at the northern end of the Grand Canal. Although Yuyang Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General of Zhili, Lu County is the end of the Grand Canal, which is under the jurisdiction of the River Road Office. The place where we will take action this time is in Lu County. After robbing the ship here, we will hand it over to the men of "Meng Xingyun". They will turn the bow and go south along the Grand Canal. Unload the Taiping money in batches, hide them in warehouses at various docks, mix them with other goods, and then slowly deal with them. However, I have to be on guard against the "inn" marking these Taiping money, so I have to check and handle them myself. It will take at least half a year to completely digest this batch of Taiping money. "

Qi Xuansu asked: "I can't wait that long, can you give me an advance on the official bills?"

"Yes, but you have to give me another interest. I will take 60% of your 10% and you will take 40%." Qi Niang agreed very happily.

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, but still agreed.

Now he is short of money. In order to facilitate his actions, he booked a room at the Taiping Inn. Of course, the shopkeeper of the Taiping Inn has a friendship with him, but he can't show up with his real identity, so he can only spend the Taiping money honestly. The Taiping money on him has run out, but this month's silver has not been received yet. Who let him be assigned to Ziwei Hall? Yujing is tens of thousands of miles away from Dijing, and his silver is still on the way. Now is the time to urgently need money, and he can only compromise.

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