Yuxin Island is located in a reed area in the waters of Lingyuan, where the rivers are crisscross, extending in all directions, and far from the city, so it was a gathering place for various water bandits early on.
The water bandits robbed the ship, got the goods, and usually traded here. Selling what you don’t need, buying the materials you need, and sometimes doing some news trading, which also gave birth to the “black hand” profession, specializing in intelligence trading, whitewashing goods, finding lost family treasures, etc. .
After sailing for two days, the Sanjiang Army came to Yuxin Island.
After getting off the boat, Su Chen said, "Let everyone go ashore, move freely, and return to the boat in a day. Zhao Xin, Hao Li, Wu Xiao, you three are responsible for monitoring. Don't let those boys drink too much horse urine to cause trouble. Tang Ming, Juanjia, Gang Yan and Jiao Yinguang followed me to ask for the news. Wei Yang and Ma Xuan stayed behind."
"Unlucky!" Upon hearing the news that they were about to stay behind, Wei Yang and Ma Xuan let out a sad sigh.
But it's impossible for no one to watch the fleet. Someone has to do this job.
Here Su Chen has brought Tang Ming, Zhou Juanjia and Gang Yan ashore.
Without revealing his true face, Su Chen put on his ghost mask.
Jiao Yinguang followed Su Chen and whispered: "Yuxin Island has three most famous black hands, namely Tao Wuye, Long Gaosheng and Guishouzhang. Tao Wuye runs inn, wine shop, and his tavern on the island. This is where the news gathers. Long Gaosheng has an antique calligraphy and painting shop, which is mainly responsible for collecting those antique calligraphy and painting illicit goods. Guizhouzhang has a casino, in addition to pawn shops, and he accepts everything. By the way, he relies on his back. , Are those Qinghe nobles."
Since he decided to surrender, he would naturally have to surrender more thoroughly. At this moment, before Su Chen asked, Jiao Yinguang had already said what he knew.
"Ghost Zhang's patrons are those Qinghe nobles? What about Tao Wuye and Long Gaosheng?" Su Chen asked.
"Tao Wuye hasn't heard of any backers, but he has a wide range of hands and knows many people, so everyone sells his face here. As for Long Gaosheng, they are the subordinates of the Heihe Army."
The Lingyuan water bandits mainly have three major forces, namely the Yushan Army, the Qingyuan Army and the Heihe Army. Among them, the Heihe Army is the strongest. With the support of the Yaoguang Realm, he was so arrogant on the river surface of Lingyuan Shuize that even officers and soldiers would dare to fight.
The Yushan Army and the Qingyuan Army are also two large forces. Although it has not been heard that there are strong supporters, but the two armies add up, the number of strong Kaiyang is quite large.
The most important thing is that their relationship with Qinghe nobles is pretty good.
To be precise, the reason why the aristocratic alliance in Qinghe City can influence the waterway is because it has a good relationship with the two big water bandits.
Of course, not all water bandits listen to them. The Heihe Army is said to have never dragged Qinghe nobles, and would often rob them. However, the Qinghe nobles' own fleet is not without protection. The two sides have had several disputes and each other has won and lost.
Hearing what Jiao Yinguang said at this moment, Su Chen thought for a while and said, "Go, go to Tao Wuye's place."
According to Jiao Yinguang, Tao Wuye is a relatively neutral figure on Yuxin Island. For newcomers, going to the neutral zone first is obviously a more appropriate choice.
When I arrived at the "Dow's Liquor Store", I saw that it was full of gangsters from various bandits, one by one holding up the wine jar and drinking wildly.
On the counter of the wine shop, a shameless old man was pouring wine for several big men.
"That's Tao Wuye." Jiao Yinguang pointed to the old wine pouring man.
"Kaiyang Peak, no wonder we have a firm foothold here." Su Chen blurted out.
That old man Tao, who was pouring wine for a few body-building warriors, was a strong man at the pinnacle of Kaiyang.
The old man behind the counter moved his ears and raised his eyes to look at Su Chen.
Su Chen spoke softly, seemingly careless, but didn't hide it from his ears. A smile appeared on the old man's gully face: "Young man, good eyesight, but his mouth is quicker."
He didn't speak loudly, and he was drowned in the noisy crowd, but Su Chen happened to be able to hear him, but the people nearby turned a deaf ear to his ears. The control over the sound was so wonderful.
At that moment, both of them were slightly surprised at the same time.
Although Su Chen was surprised by the old man's ability to control his voice, Tao Wuye was also surprised by Su Chen's eyesight.
How to judge a person's cultivation level is actually quite a test of eyesight. Different cultivation bases will have different temperament manifestations in a person. For example, after the cultivation base reaches the Qi Entraining Stage, it can attract the source force, and there will be looming source force fluctuations around it. When you reach the blood-boiling state, your own blood qi rises greatly, the power of the blood veins overflows, and there will be faint visions.
But all of these can be covered.
Tao Wuye has been on Yuxin Island for many years. Everyone knows that the old man's strength is unfathomable, but no one has ever accurately seen his cultivation base. Most of them rely on analysis and guessing.
It was the first time Tao Wuye met him who had seen his cultivation level at a glance like Su Chen had been on the island for so many years.
He didn't know that Su Chen had the eye of energy, and all the secrets related to energy could not be hidden before his eyes.
At this moment, he said: "Young man, since he is here, come and sit down."
He took out a few cups and filled them up.
Su Chen was not welcome, and walked straight over, squeezed a little, frowned and put down again.
"Why? I am afraid that this wine is poisonous, so I dare not drink it?" Tao Wuye asked.
Su Chen shook his head: "If it's poisonous, I'll drink it too. It's really bad and unpalatable. But it's worse than poisonous wine."
Tao Wuye was stunned, raised his head and laughed: "Interesting, it's been a long time since I met such a funny kid. Since you said that, if I didn't bring some good wine out, I would treat you badly. Come, taste. this."
Another jar of wine was opened for Su Chen.
Su Chen took a sip and nodded: "This is a good drink."
But put it down again.
"Since it is a good wine, why not drink it?"
"Wine is a good wine, but the amount is too soft, and I can't bear it for a while, so I can only drink it slowly."
When Tao Wuye heard it, his eyes couldn't close with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a funny boy, no wonder that boy Liu Ji fell into your hands."
"Liu Ji?" Su Chen was stunned: "Who is Liu Ji?"
Jiao Yinguang came over: "It's the boss before."
"Oh!" Su Chen suddenly realized.
Tao Wuye has been running a wine shop on Yuxin Island for many years, and naturally everyone knows the water bandits here.
Jiao Yinguang was the second master of the Sanjiang Army, but now he followed Su Chen honestly, and he knew at first glance that he had changed the master. In addition, the ship of the Sanjiang Army just came back, so you can know what happened without even thinking about it.
Su Chen tapped on the counter and said, "There's no reason not to fall for someone who licks blood with a knife. Liu Ji has fallen, but Sanjiang Army has not fallen yet. I hope Tao Wuye will not have any prejudice against us."
"That's natural." Tao Wuye smiled and said: "When you come, it's business. I don't know what the new master should be called?"