With the care of Foreman Sun, the eldest uncle and cousin of the Liu family can find jobs every day, and sometimes they even bring the second uncle here, earning more than 100 copper coins every day, and the eldest aunt does not come to sell pickles up. Originally, I couldn't sell it for three dollars a day...
Xiaocao watched her father and Grandpa Liu chatting enthusiastically, so she stood up and walked around. In the past two days, I only cared about making money, and I haven't had a good time visiting the pier yet.
Tanggu Wharf was also developed in the past few years after the current Shengshang ascended the throne. The current Holy Majesty liked sailing and adventures when he was a boy, and even personally supervised the production of ocean-going ships. After assuming the throne, he vigorously developed ocean shipping and formed a powerful navy to combat pirates and protect ships. Therefore, the maritime industry has flourished in the past five or six years.
As the closest wharf to the capital, the development of Tanggu Wharf is naturally a no-brainer. But after all, it is a new wharf. Although the wharf is big, it looks very simple, and many constructions can't keep up. However, some far-sighted businessmen seem to have put their ideas on the dock. It is said that the Zhou family has already selected a location near the pier and is planning to build a branch of Zhenxianglou.
Walking around, Xiaocao stayed away from Lao Liutou's noodle stall and came to the place where dock workers were hired. Every day before dawn, this place is the busiest. Hundreds of men doing odd jobs gather here, waiting for the selection of the foreman. However, at this time, the pier was already busy, but there were not many people to be seen here.
"Hi! Your name is Xiaocao... isn't it?" A few bubbly guys who didn't look like good things blocked her way.
Yu Xiaocao looked around, frowned secretly, looked warily at the guy with "I'm not a good person" written on his face, and asked, "What's the matter?"
The one in the lead, wearing a 70% new cotton padded jacket, with sleeves and hands folded, looked at Xiaocao with cold mouse eyes, and said with a half-hearted smile: "I heard that your meat and vegetables for a penny are selling well on the pier. ah?"
"It's just like that. Seeing that we sell a lot, we sell it cheaply, and the profit is very thin, so there is no profit!" Xiaocao didn't think that he was here to congratulate her on a prosperous business, but she was still secretly on guard.
Behind the eyes of the mouse, a guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, with little flesh on his body, jumped out and shouted: "Whether you make a profit or not! Did you buy something on our Brother Shark's territory, did you visit the pier? Did you pay the protection fee?"
Yu Xiaocao's heart is already clear, her business has been so good these two days, it has made people jealous. No, here comes the extortion of money! She looked around, crying secretly in her heart, there was no one here at this time, what should she do
"Protection fee? I'm new here, and I haven't heard that you need to pay protection fee to do business on the pier?" Yu Xiaocao was delaying time while thinking about how to escape from this group of gangsters.
Known as Brother Shark, he smiled mischievously: "I haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean I don't have it! Stop talking nonsense and pay the money!"
"Okay, okay! I'll pay... How much do I need to pay?" Xiaocao paralyzed his opponent by showing weakness.
Brother Shark and Skinny Monkey looked at each other triumphantly, the lion opened his mouth and said, "Ten pennies a day, if you pay on a monthly basis, you will be counted as two hundred pennies a month!"
Depend on! Two hundred texts? The best business on the wharf can't pay a protection fee of two hundred cash a month! It seems that these local snakes are only targeting themselves.
Yu Xiaocao pretended to be terrified, glanced at the pier and the location of her father out of the corner of her eye, and weighed which distance was the shortest. With a crying voice in his mouth, he said: "Several big brothers! The younger sister just arrived today and hasn't opened yet. Where can I give you ten cents? Or... After all the meat and vegetables brought today are sold out, I will pay you all at once. One month, do you think it's okay?"
The thin monkey leaned closer to Brother Shark's ear, and said in a low voice: "This girl came with a tall man today, let her go back, but it will be useless!"
These guys are idle punks near the pier. They usually bully the weak and fear the strong, and occasionally engage in petty theft. Almost all the old and weak women and children who sell things on the pier have been blackmailed by them. Most of the sellers are from the nearby villages, and they dare not speak out against these local snakes.
There are also yamen servants on the pier to maintain order, and this group of gangsters also feel very good. When the yamen servants patrol, they don't know where they hide, and when the servants pass by, they come out again. Most of those who were blackmailed spent some money as a way to buy peace.
Brother and sister Xiaocao, the business has been booming these two days, and this group of gangsters got the news from nowhere. They were supposed to coax and scare the young lady and brother after they sold out their food. All the money was stolen. Who knows, the adults brought it today. Moreover, the adults in her family are tall and burly, and they don't seem to be easy to bully. Only then did he change the plan and stop the little girl from extorting as much as she could.
"How much money do you have on you? Take it all out!" Brother Shark said viciously.
Xiaocao shook her head timidly, moved her feet to one side quietly, and said whether she wanted to cry or not: "My father is carrying the money, and I don't have a single coin on me. Brothers, please forgive me, I really have no money." …”
As she said that, she suddenly squatted down on the ground, grabbed two handfuls of sand, slammed it in the face of the gangsters, and ran desperately towards the pier.
She mustered all the strength in her body, only thinking in her mind—run, run! As long as they run to a crowded place, these guys won't dare to be rampant anymore!
The reality is skinny, how can Xiaocao's short legs outrun several grown men? He was caught up within a few steps.
Surrounded in the middle again, Xiaocao felt miserable—damn, it seems that getting a beating is inevitable.
Brother Shark was supported by the thin monkey, rubbing his eyes with one hand, and came over cursing. Just now Xiaocao threw all the sand in his face, and his eyes were also dazzled.
"Smelly girl! Don't eat the toast! Teach her a lesson!!" Brother Shark's eyes ached, he couldn't stop crying, he couldn't see anything, and he yelled angrily!
"ah!"
"Ouch!!"
"Mother, help!!"
At the beginning, Brother Shark was complacent. Smelly girl, dare to throw old paper with sand, let you try it! !
Huh? its not right! Why is the scream so familiar, as if it came from the mouths of his buddies? What's going on
"Six... Brother six..." The monkey beside him stammered, and the hand holding him was shaking...
After the shark gave the order, Xiaocao squatted on the ground with her head in her arms, waiting for the pain to come to her body. However, the expected punches and kicks didn't come, and there was a burst of screams. She raised her head curiously, and found that those gangsters were lying on the ground, screaming non-stop.
She blinked a few times, and looked at the tall figure in front of her—broad shoulders, slender figure, and half-worn clothes, but he couldn't conceal his aura. Wow! The legendary hero saves the beauty? Cough cough... Well, now at most it is the hero who saves the girl...
"Six... Brother six..." She saw the thin monkey shaking like a quail, and she was so scared that she almost peed her pants. I was even more curious about the identity of this hero who saved me.
Xiaocao stood up and watched the hero kick the skinny monkey and the shark far away, feeling admiration in her heart.
The pain in his stomach made the shark's tears and snot flow out. The tears finally flushed out the grit in his eyes. He blinked his red and swollen eyes hard. He yelled loudly: "Brother Six..."
The man called Sixth Brother had no expression on his stern face, and looked at him coldly, which could almost freeze a person's blood. Brother Shark shivered a few times, and collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.
Who doesn't know Sixth Brother? Born as a beggar, he snatched food from a vicious dog when he was young, and beat a wild wolf to death with his bare hands when he was ten years old.
At the age of sixteen, this young man named Liu Zi, with several brothers who were also from beggar backgrounds, unexpectedly defeated the wharf tyrant and started his own career. With his strength, he is capable of monopolizing the terminal, but he is not greedy. He only has a few big customers, and other foremen divide up the rest. Later, Foreman Sun gradually accumulated his own contacts and squeezed out many small forces. Over time, this situation has formed...
However, on the pier, he, who is respected as the sixth brother, is more effective than the yamen servant, and even the official servants have to worry about how thin he is. The unscrupulous people on the pier were all scared by him before, and they all detoured when they saw him.
Shark and Skinny Monkey are one of them. They are just inconspicuous little characters, not qualified to fight against Sixth Brother, but they have also heard of his reputation. Unexpectedly, today, it bumped into his hand. Thinking of his ruthless methods, the thin monkey shivered again, and the crotch was suddenly hot...
"Get lost! Don't let me see you again on the pier, otherwise..." Sixth Brother narrowed his wolf-like eyes, his voice was flat, but the effect was very powerful!
Shark quickly got up from the ground and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes! Let's get out of here, get out of here! I promise never to step into the range of the pier..."
He was so frightened that his legs and feet became weak, and after rolling a few times on the ground, he crawled away on both hands and feet. Others also hated their parents for losing two legs, and they ran like desperate wolves chasing after their buttocks.
"That... thank you!" Yu Xiaocao had heard the name "Six Sons" from Foreman Sun, and only knew that he was a competitor of Foreman Sun, but didn't know anything else. Judging from the performance of this group of gangsters, this six is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Sixth Brother turned around slowly and nodded slightly towards her. It was only then that Xiaocao could clearly see his true face in Lushan. His facial features were very deep, with a mixed-race feeling between his eyebrows and eyes, his nose bridge was straight, his lips were slightly thin, and his skin was evenly tanned due to long-term exposure to the sea breeze. If it weren't for the hideous scar stretching from the left eyebrow to the corner of the right cheek, he would definitely be a super handsome guy.
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