Chapter 67 0067

The banquet post was sent out, and little chrysanthemum really combed and dressed the pair of golden pugs; made the best damask for the face, flannel lining, sewed two vests for the two pugs, and the top coat of each dog A pair of braids were tied on the top of the head, and the ends of the braids were tied with colorful ribbons. They were given new collars full of silver bells, and fastened with chains made of sterling silver the size of a thumb. Because there was a game of cards, the guests arrived very early, the independent brigade commander with the yellow face and moustache came first, and he also prepared a generous gift. With the gift of a dog, he beat around the bush and patted the teacher's ass, the moustache I'm a fan of theater, know how to sing Erhualian's way, it's not wrong to look at the color and pretend to be a buffoon. The teacher came to the Yanshi, and the Erhualian followed the scenery. If he can't beat the Yanshi, he will take his big Hualian's head first. It has nothing to do with me. Whenever the big colorful face comes up with ideas, the second colorful face is happy to make do with it.

The mustache buttocks just touched the bench, and the sound of saluting guns was heard from the big post at the gate. A group of round and flat fish, shrimp and crabs, toads, rats, officials, those with hats on one side, and those with cigarettes in their mouths, hugged each other. Those with mistresses and their own belts (bringing their own prostitutes was one of the customs at the time for banquets.) Led by the deputy teacher Tang Buwen, they rushed in noisily.Immediately afterwards, several horses took turns presenting films upwards, the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Dongguan, the old bustard in the south of the city, the commissioner who looked like shrimp, the county magistrate who looked like paper, and the representatives of all walks of life in Huajie, all of them looked like tributes. He came with a gift.

Two large trays with gold lacquer lining and red velvet had already been placed on the long table with white marble surface. The blunt yellow thing makes people's eyes shine. "This is really... really... sorry, hehehe," grinned with a snub nose and opened his thick lips, revealing two rows of big teeth blackened by smoke oil, and said with a false shot: "For this It’s not true that the two little haba’s are celebrating their first birthday. It’s true that you are invited to drink and enjoy the winter plums. It’s true, so why should you be so polite? It’s really...hehehe, it’s really..."

"I think it's right for our teacher to value these two dogs, and it's even more appropriate for us to give gifts!" The mustache brigade commander took the opportunity to say: "These two dogs are as loyal to the teacher as we are to the teacher. The master's loyalty to the commander is more than Haba's loyalty to the master. What... what... just add it... The dogs are given by the commander, and the value of them is... well, that's what... What is this, it’s the same as looking up to a handsome man, in short, the stuff of a handsome man is the same as being a handsome man, and if you value a dog, you also value a handsome man.”

The mustache brigade commander stammered a proud syllogism, which was really apt metaphors, and the beginning and end were seamlessly connected. After finishing speaking, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit, sat down without changing his face, and clapped everyone's hands. Clapping, spraying tea, Xiao Chrysanthemum rubbed the flat-nosed teacher, and told her that she had lost her breath from laughing, while the only deputy teacher who was not smiling lay down on the opium bed in the suite and burned cigarettes to refresh himself. "Okay! Okay! This is an excellent match!" Mr. Snub Nose said, "I am a loyal dog of the Marshal. I told the Marshal just like that... There is no need to bite anyone today. Let's feel free, um, to smoke, gamble, enjoy flowers, and have tea as you please... Come, come, traveler, deputy Tang, chrysanthemum, let's make do with it and rub it eight times."

On the square table covered with cowhide, a bed of mahjong cards carved in real ivory and several piles of silver chips are all ready.Here, there are seven or eight gaming tables in the big hall, mahjong, Pai Gow, dice, treasures, everything. There is a red charcoal stove under each square table, and the backs of the chairs are covered with fur felt. It really is as warm as a room. Spring is full of laughter.The night wind howled high.Ma Bian arranged seats along the wide corridor between the inner and outer screens of the living room, and the air was full of the aroma of cooked food.The team is walking against the cold wind.The teacher played a piece of north wind, and swayed his legs and sang: "The north wind blows all over your body... It's cold."

Ma Bian took the fur he took off, because the teacher felt sweat on his forehead.When touching Bai Pi, he touched Xiao Chrysanthemum's face and said: "This is really Bai Pi, I should fight you when you come." "It's still my godson and daughter-in-law Bai." Little Chrysanthemum pointed to Haba who was running around and said, "It's a pity that it's a dog, otherwise, you must be a husband who picks ashes!" "Hey, be careful I twist your thin and tender mouth," Mr. Snub-Nosed said, "You can't spit out ivory from your dog's mouth, so I'm not worth a penny."

Just saying that, laughing, Mr. Snub Nose exaggerated that his two dogs have eaten people's hearts. "What's the benefit of a dog eating people's hearts?" Little Chrysanthemum asked with a pale face in fright. "Hey, there are many benefits." The teacher said: "You don't know, if a dog eats a human heart, its heart will become spiritual. I didn't know at the time that it was its mother, my adjutant, who gave it to them to eat." ,... When guarding the river defense, I seized a few smokers who sold first-class good soil. I didn't plan to kill them, but confiscated all the smoke and soil. Who knew that those two were crying and refused to leave, causing trouble I was annoyed, so I took them away and killed them with crooked mouths. It was quiet and quiet. I didn't hear the gunshots after I pulled them out for a long time. Tell me, the two told him to chop hearts alive and feed them to the dogs... I said, if my two pugs have been raised for three to five years, and a hundred and eighty human hearts are given to them, maybe they will be the same. Talk, just like you."

"You scold the big change, I don't obey you,...Okay, five cakes, five cakes, I'm stupid." "Master's dog eats a lot of people's hearts. If you open Yanshi, there will be something to eat." Someone at the next table said: "The team has arrived, so it's time to attack Yanshi?" "Where is there?... The small scars don't need to be removed with effort." The teacher said: "It's a big deal to attack Yanshi in the wind and cold! The little guns in Yanshi can't hold a dozen. Wait for the spring to warm up." When the flower blooms, I just reach out and pull it out!"

"What the teacher said is true, it really makes sense!" The brigade commander with a mustache started to touch down the teacher's thigh as soon as he opened his mouth: "Our teacher is steady and calm, I really admire you, those people in Yanshi, It's all screws in crockpots—it won't go away, don't worry about it at all, what... what." "Kaka," the deputy division commander stretched his neck like a toad that had swallowed salt by mistake. He was anxious to speak, so he grabbed the small purple sand teapot on the corner of the table, took two sips of strong tea and pressed it down. Said in an old-fashioned way: "Before I came here, didn't I have the same idea as the teacher, thinking that Yanshi can resist taxes with a few scraps of iron?! Mr. Shahuili, you can't even jump. It’s just high. But... But after the brothers came here, they think differently. The problem is that the more you look at it, the less simple it is. If you really want to attack the salt market, I’m afraid it will take a lot of effort!..."

Mr. Snub-Nosed leaned back, his nostrils turned upside down again: "I'd like to hear your opinion," he said. The deputy teacher built the cards and held the two dice in his hand, a little trembling: "The words must be said first," he said: "This is not intended to build up the ambitions of others and destroy my own prestige. I have considered it over and over again. Although Yanshi is small and isolated, it is very popular among the people. You can take Yadantou as an example. Although there is only one group of people, he has been battle-tested for a long time. He fought against the Anhui army and Caohe. He is as powerful as a broken bamboo. After winning a few tough battles, his group of people went to attack Yanshi, and they collapsed in less than a day... Let us have three times as many people as our division, if we say it is easy to attack Yanshi , easier said than done?" "Hey! Why do you always compare me with the duck egg head?!" Mr. Snub Nose shouted, "You said that the duck egg head knows soldiers? I don't believe it to death!...His birth of stealing food and grabbing food made him die all his life. He can't do serious things, he's used to being comfortable in the rear, and enjoys enough blessings, so he still concentrates on marching and fighting? So this time he was shot and killed, and he was not wronged at all! You don't have to show your posture Just be timid first!" "It's not that the deputy seat is timid," Xiao Juhua interjected, "Did you know that this time Yanshi dared to raise their guns to resist the tax, and there were people supporting them. You may have heard about it. In the early years, they fought against Zhang Xun alone in North Xuzhou." It's not something you can easily deal with, Mr. Guan Baye and his gang of desperate Yan Gang brothers!" "What did you say? You?!" Mr. Snub Nose seemed to have seen a ghost, his hair stood on end, his mouth wobbled, pointing at the little chrysanthemum, and said, "You mean that straight-headed donkey Guan Ba?!... Big Shuai invited him to be the commander and he ignored it, how could he turn his face to help Yanshi and grind our scalps?!..." "That's the problem!" the deputy division commander said, "Guan Ba ​​is a cloud dragon who can't see the head but can't see the tail. If you want to control him, you can't control him. If he wants to control you, it's very easy! Defense, we have to go out? We have to guard against other people's black knives when we go out! So?...We can't do it just because we have enough capital. If we want to attack Yanshi, we must first find a way to deal with Guan Ba." Mr. Snub Nose nodded his head, pondering. "Then we have to hire someone to help fight." The mustache brigade commander turned the rudder again: "Although it is inevitable to spend money to hire someone to help fight, it should be in line with the old saying that "the wind blows the duck's eggshell, and the money goes to the people's peace". The saying And then again, as long as we kick the salt market away, we’re afraid we’ll get our money back together with the profits?!” Switching from the poker table to the dinner table, Mr. Snub Nose couldn’t help but continue discussing this issue. It was a lively night, Its full name is "Guan Ba". This soul-killing name has been destroyed; if you want to be safe, you must get rid of Guan Ba; if you get rid of Guan Ba, you have to find someone from the underworld to deal with him; The gang fights, and they have to rely on the old guy who was born as a bandit, Deputy Teacher Tang.So he was the first to raise his cup, toasted the old guy and said: "Brother Buwen, I agree to spend a sum of money to find someone to help you fight. I can only trouble you to do it for me, so I can get it done as soon as possible." Lu, make an eyebrow." "It's okay," the old guy said, patting his chest, "it's on me. I've been in this line of work before, especially the gangsters in the Northland, and I'm somehow connected. I just need to go to the opium shop Go and lie down, and it will be connected." "There is another advantage of asking someone to fight for you," said the brigade commander with a mustache. "Whether it's buying people to assassinate Guan Ba, or pulling guns to attack Yanshi, we can reduce our strength. Master, you know that today we will fight with everyone." Handsome officer, whoever has the strength will have a prosperous official career. If we attack Yanshi but run out of strength, I am afraid that not only will we not be able to show our merits, but we will have to be downgraded! So what is this? The more I think about this money The more affordable it is to go out!" Mr. Snub Nose secretly gritted his teeth, this is already a habit——every time he thinks that the white silver ocean is going to roll out, his heart feels like cutting flesh.However, the abacus of the brigade commander with a small mustache on the tail moved him, and he thought: If you spend a lot of money to hire someone to help fight, first get rid of Guanba, and then pull a gun to attack Yanshi's back, and use it up to drain the salt. The strength of the city is almost exhausted, and if I release my own force to rush, it will not consume my own strength, but it will be successful in one fell swoop. By then, the Yanshi will be looted, and the foreign money spent in vain will be rolled back? ! "Okay, I think that's it," he said, "Brother Buwen, you should pay attention to finishing this matter as soon as possible, and negotiate with the other party. What is the price for buying Guanbaren's head? What is the price for attacking the salt market?  … ...I'll pay 50% upfront." "In a word," the old guy said with his eyes narrowed with a smile, "just leave it to me!"