After dusk that day, Huang Shao, the second son of the Huang clan of Ye County, rushed to the city of Kunyang County and entered the city and came to the "Huang Clothing Village".

It was dark at this time, and Manager Huang was litting an oil lamp and waiting. Seeing Huang Shao walking into the shop with several followers, he hurriedly went forward and praised, "Second Master."

"Uncle."

Huang Shao bowed his hand and asked immediately: "I have read what you asked Xiaoliu to send. I have also heard what you asked him to convey, but what is going on?"

Manager Huang raised his hand and said, "I can't finish it for a while. I have ordered someone to prepare the food. How about the second master having a meal first? I'll explain in detail when I introduce it."

"good."

After smearing his face briefly, Huang Shao led the shopkeeper Huang to a compartment on the second floor of the store.

At this time, Huang Shao was also hungry and ate some randomly.

Immediately, he put down his bowls and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his handkerchief. Immediately, he took out the flyer from his arms and asked, "According to Xiaoliu, this thing was sent by the Black Tiger Thieves?"

"Yes, not right."

Manager Huang explained: "To be precise, the people who brought this item, they claimed to be from the 'Kunyang Brotherhood'..."

"Kunyang Brotherhood?"

Huang Shao was stunned for a moment, his eyes slightly fluctuated.

He swore that this was the first time he heard the name "Kunyang Brotherhood", but for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

He always felt that he had heard of this strange and rare naming method...

By the way!

Luye Masonic!

In terms of the weirdness and rareness of the name, the Kunyang Brotherhood and the Luye Freemasonry are no less.

"Impossible, impossible..."

A little surprise appeared on his face, and Huang Shao couldn't help but murmur.

Noting that Huang Shao was distracted, Manager Huang reminded him in confusion: "Second Master?"

"oh."

Huang Shao came to his senses. He first responded with apologetic eyes. He immediately looked at the three words "Brotherhood" on the leaflet in his hand, and said with a smile: "This name reminds me of someone... Sorry, uncle, you continue to say it."

Manager Huang nodded and continued to explain: "Although the people of the 'Kunyang Brotherhood' blindly distinguish their relationship with Heihu Yishe,... Second Master, do you know Heihu Yishe?"

"Um."

Huang Shao nodded and said, "As far as I know, it was a charity house opened by the Black Tiger Thieves, mainly to recruit people... Have these people not been arrested by the county government yet?"

Manager Huang shook his head and said, "I think it's hanging... A few days ago, the headmaster of the county government, Ishihara, caught a clerk from the Heihu Yishe. The guy wandered around the alleys near the Heihu Yishe every night, distributing the 'Heihu signature' to some restless guys..."

As he said that, he stood up, took out a bamboo stick as thick as a chopstick from the cabinet that was watching, handed it to Huang Shao, and said, "It's this thing... I used five hundred dollars to exchange it for a ranger."

Huang Shao took the bamboo stick and looked at it.

At first glance, this bamboo stick is not much different from an ordinary bamboo stick. The only difference is that there is a small "tiger" engraved in the middle of one side of the bamboo stick, and the depression is filled with black ink. I believe even a fool can see that the blackened "tiger" character represents a certain message.

"Are you so arrogant? You openly distribute such tokens in the county?" Huang Shao laughed and shook his head, then asked Manager Huang, "How is the person caught by the captain?"

"Qi is here." Manager Huang lowered his voice and said, "According to my inquiry, the county magistrate released the man because there was insufficient evidence. I will inquire about it carefully. I heard that Chen Cai, the manager of Heihu Yishe, went to the county government in person and sued the captain named Ishihara who arrested his Yishe for no reason."

“…”

Huang Shao looked at Manager Huang with surprise, and then said with interest: "You mean, when the stolen people were captured, the county government released the person suspected of being a black tiger thief?"

"yes."

Manager Huang nodded seriously: "It is said that the man denies it, saying that someone gave him money to do it. The stone captain could not prove that this person was indeed a black tiger thief, so he could only release him."

"It's interesting..."

Huang Shao touched the short beard on his jaw and said with interest: "What do you mean is the county magistrate sheltering the black tiger thief?"

Manager Huang shook his head and said, "It should not be that shelter. I think it is mostly a jealous weapon. Second Master, you also know how fierce the Black Tiger Thieves are. Last year, Runan, Kunyang and my Ye County, the county magistrates of three counties took nearly two thousand officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them, but they were still fled a lot, and even caused heavy losses to the officers and soldiers..."

“Um…”

Huang Shao nodded slightly.

He was not aware of the war losses in Runan and Kunyang counties at that time, but Ye County did suffer heavy losses. The more than 500 officers and soldiers led by Gao Chun of Ye County in the end, only a few hundred people were left to return to Ye County, so that the Gao County Captain is now cursing in Ye County.

While Huang Shao was pondering, Manager Huang continued: "As far as I know, President Lu urged Kunyang to eliminate the black tiger thieves as soon as possible, but as far as I see, Kunyang is not very concerned about the encirclement and suppression of the black tiger thieves. I guess, firstly, the black tiger thieves are indeed fierce, and Kunyang County is afraid that it will not be able to encircle and suppress it again, but it completely angered the black tiger thieves; secondly, these thieves may have reached some tacit understanding with the county government..."

Huang Shao glanced at Manager Huang in surprise, after all, he could not say anything randomly.

As if he had guessed Huang Shao's suspicion, Manager Huang lowered his voice and said, "Second Master, it's not that I'm talking nonsense. Look at these black tiger thieves, they are brave and brave, but they only care about controlling the important roads between the two mountains in the north of the county. In addition, they neither plundered the village nor offended the county town. They are not like ordinary bandits. I suspect they may have negotiated with the county government, which also explains why Kunyang County is becoming less and less concerned about this bandit..."

“Um…”

Huang Shao stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

He had personally experienced robbery by the Black Tiger Thieves, so he was particularly concerned about the Black Tiger Thieves.

As Manager Huang said, the black tiger thieves are very different from ordinary thieves. Ordinary thieves robbed families and killed innocent people indiscriminately, but what about the black tiger thieves? They forced the villages at the foot of the mountain to surrender to them and gave them rewards to help them raise poultry and livestock. Therefore, although the local villages are afraid, they are not panicked, and they will not flee like other villages that are deeply troubled by thieves.

In short, the Black Tiger Thieves are very interesting and are definitely not bandits in the ordinary sense.

It’s a pity that these bandits are not very friendly to their merchants. Any caravan passing by their mountain will be forced to hand over about 20% of the goods to "buy money". This is the biggest and most fundamental conflict of interest between the Luye Masonic and the Black Tiger Thieves.

Because of this conflict, Huang Shao originally thought that the conflict of interests between the two sides was difficult to resolve, but suddenly things changed. The Black Tiger Thieves actually sent someone to his store to deliver something. Does this mean that the other party actually wants to cooperate with them?

He didn't believe that all the black tiger thieves could not read, and could not see the bright "Lu Ye Tongji" brand.

Thinking of this, Huang Shao asked in a deep voice: "Uncle, can you find a way to contact the Luyang Brotherhood? Contact their manager."

Shopkeeper Huang was not surprised that Huang Shaohui said this and said in a low voice: "The Brotherhood has a workshop in the south of the city. It has been newly opened in recent days and has hired many people in the city. If the Second Master wants to negotiate with him, I can take the Second Master to come tomorrow."

"good."

Huang Shao nodded and said, "Go and test first."

The next day, under the leadership of Manager Huang, Huang Shao took several people to the "Brothers' Workshop" in the south of the city.

This workshop is located in a complex of buildings in the southwest of the county town. It seems to be a large warehouse renovated. The surrounding people are all living in poverty. To be honest, the location is not very good.

There are two signs hanging at the door of the workshop, one is a horizontal plaque with the engraved "City South Workshop" and the other is a vertical plaque with the engraved "Kunyang Brotherhood".

The more Huang Shao looked, the more he felt like the way Luye Freemasons hung his signs - they also hung it like this.

“…”

I couldn't help but take a few more glances at the two signs, and Huang Shao took Manager Huang and his entourage into the workshop converted from the warehouse.

After a rough sweep of the interior of the workshop, he felt that the interior was very spacious, with only rows of long tables placed empty and rows of long tables. On both sides of these long tables, many people were sitting on stools weaving straw mats, both men and women.

Judging from the honest faces of these people, it is probably the people nearby hired by this workshop.

Perhaps because he noticed Huang Shao's group of uninvited guests, three or five men with vicious faces immediately greeted him and asked bluntly: "What are you doing?"

Huang Shao took out the leaflet from his arms and explained with a smile: "Your side sent someone to deliver this to my shop yesterday, so..."

When he heard this, the three or five men with fierce faces looked at each other and immediately changed their attitude. The leader smiled and said, "I'm here to discuss business, right? Several people sat in the compartment, and I'll go and ask for the manager immediately... Please."

Looking at the guys opposite, who were still a bit cunning despite their smiles, Huang Zhao nodded calmly and followed them to a small room in the workshop, and even brought tea to each other.

Although these guys brewed tea very badly and even splashed outside, Huang Shao felt very novel.

After all, from the other party's previous fierce appearance, it is not difficult for him to infer the other party's true identity.

It is really strange that a group of bandits can do such etiquette.

"Sit and wait a moment."

Huang Shao said to Manager Huang, who nodded slightly.

After a while, Chen Cai, who learned about this, rushed over and saw that there were indeed a few people sitting in the compartment, and immediately rushed over.

At this time, Huang Shao and others also noticed Chen Cai and stood up out of courtesy.

Both sides bowed and bowed.

After saluting, Chen Cai asked Huang Shao with a smile: "What do you call me?"

Huang Shao bowed and replied, "I'm in the Huang family in Ye County..." After that, he pointed to the shopkeeper Huang and said, "This is my uncle who runs my cloth shop in the city. Yesterday, he received this...paper book from you. My uncle thinks that my family and you may have somewhere to cooperate with, so he sent someone to inform you."

"oh."

Chen Cai suddenly realized and raised his hand to ask, "I am here to ask Chen Cai, now the manager of the workshop. Mr. Huang, please sit down, and shopkeeper Huang, please sit down."

After Huang Shao and Manager Huang sat down, Chen Cai smiled and said, "The workshop is simple, which makes Mr. Huang laugh. We will gradually improve this aspect."

"Where are there." Huang Shao waved his hand with a smile, and then asked, "I wonder what the workshop is mainly made? Is it straw mat? When I came in just now, I saw many people weaving straw mats."

"No, no, no."

Chen Cai shook his head and explained: "That's only temporary. Because my workshop has not received any orders yet, I made some straw mats first. After all, straw mats are widely used and can be used everywhere... In fact, my workshop can handle a lot of things, even military things, such as arrow shafts, tail feathers, and shields for arrows..."

Huang Shao was very surprised and asked in surprise: "Is there such a skilled worker in your workshop?"

"Uh..." Chen Cai was a little embarrassed and said embarrassedly: "We can find a special craftsman professor. The people in my workshop learn very quickly."

"..." Huang Shao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
To be continued...