Qiaotou Village is closer to the county town than Hexi Village, but the villagers here are not much better off.
It's close to the county seat, and it is inevitable that big families from the county seat come here to buy land. Gradually, the land in Qiaotou Village becomes less and less, but there are more and more people, and life becomes sad.
However, as a result, many people have gone to find another way. In Qiaotou Village, many young men and women go to the county town to work and earn money. And since Liu Heitou developed, there are still many people who follow Liu Heitou.
These people who followed Liu Heitou said that they were working for Hongxing Casino, but Hongxing Casino only needed a dozen thugs in total, so why would they need so many people? In fact, they are doing things for Liu Heitou, making Liu Heitou act more recklessly.
However, Liu Heitou is not stupid. He never reaches out to the county seat, nor does he offend anyone who cannot afford to offend.
In Qiaotou Village, Liu Heitou was simply a local emperor, so when Jiang Zhen brought him and a dozen people to Qiaotou Village, Liu Heitou's men came over immediately.
"Big brother!" The leader of the people who came was a cousin of Liu Heitou. When he saw Liu Heitou, he shouted, and then looked at Jiang Zhen defensively.
He knew this Jiang Zhen. When he and Liu Heitou went to rob He Qiusheng, he was beaten by this Jiang Zhen.
It's just... how did this person stand with their big brother today.
"Where is the casino?" Jiang Zhen asked a casino thug next to him.
That casino thug was actually a man under Liu Heitou, but he was a man under Liu Heitou, and even more so from the casino.
He opened his mouth to weigh it, and finally pointed in one direction: "There."
"Let's go." Jiang Zhen walked directly with the person.
Liu Heitou built a big house in Qiaotou Village for people from nearby villages to gamble for money. This place is very different from Hongxing Casino, and it looks smoky, but some people still like to come here.
Hongxing Casino is located in the county seat. Even if it is open to ordinary people, many farmers look at the tall door, but they are afraid to enter. Liu Heitou is different here. Even if the clothes are ragged, everyone dares to enter .
It is the afternoon now, and it is also the busiest time for Liu Heitou's casino. Many people have so many coins in their hands, so they have to come here to lose all to feel comfortable.
Glancing at the casino, Jiang Zhen took the people and broke into it directly.
"What do you want to do?" Liu Heitou's brother stopped Jiang Zhen and asked aggressively.
"Liu Heitou, what do you want to do?" Jiang Zhen turned his head to look at Liu Heitou.
He brought people here today for several reasons.
One is Liwei.
He and Liu Heitou had nasty things before, and the people in the casino probably knew about it. If he didn't say anything at this time, most of the people in the casino would look down on him, so he needed something to stand up for.
One is to subdue these thugs who are alienating casinos.
There are a total of nine thugs in this casino, and three of them are from the county seat. They have something to do with Manager Zhang and are not convinced by Liu Heitou, the thug, but the rest of them are from Liu Heitou's side.
These people are right on Liu Heitou's horses, and keeping them is not good for him, and it is impossible to drive them all away, so he simply brought people here and brought them to copy Liu Heitou's lair.
Like Liu Heitou, these people did not dare to offend the casino, and they were unwilling to leave the casino. If Heitou goes there, maybe he will follow him with all his heart—they must be afraid that Liu Heitou will settle accounts with them after Qiuhou.
Another... is to make a name for yourself and let people know that you are not easy to mess with. Jiang Zhen looked around and looked at the people of Qiaotou Village in awe, and was in a good mood.
"Who is that person? Why is Liu Heitou following him?"
"He brought people from Hongxing Casino, right? Those people listen to him!"
"This person seems to be Jiang Zhen! It's the Hexi Village that the Liu family at the entrance of the village has been scolding every day."
"Why did he come here? Aren't you afraid of Liu Heitou hitting him?"
"What is he afraid of? Haven't you heard of it? Liu Heitou was injured twice before, both of which were beaten by him."
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People in Qiaotou Village started to talk about each other, and their eyes were filled with fear when they looked at Jiang Zhen.
This is someone who dares to beat Liu Heitou!
At this time, Jiang Zhen still looked at Liu Heitou with a smile, and repeated: "Liu Heitou, what do you want to do?"
Liu Heitou's expression distorted again.
This Qiaotou Village is his territory. At this moment, he can't wait to call someone to kill Jiang Zhen.
But he dared not.
He really wanted to do that. Unless he ran away from his hometown and went outside, he would definitely not be able to get along in Hecheng County, but he was reluctant to bear everything here.
"Jiang Zhen!" Liu Heitou called out through gritted teeth, a little stern.
Jiang Zhen glanced at Liu Heitou, and then said to the gambling thugs behind him: "Drive out all the people who are gambling inside, and copy this place for me!"
When Liu Heitou's brothers and his family saw this, they were a little furious. They waited for Liu Heitou to give an order to let them teach Jiang Zhen a lesson, but Liu Heitou did not say a word.
In the end, the group watched helplessly as Jiang Zhen drove out the people who gambled money in the casino.
Those people were noisy at first, but when they saw the scene outside, they immediately shrank their necks like quails.
"I am the steward of Hongxing Casino. Liu Heitou is a member of Hongxing Casino. It is against the rules of Hongxing Casino to set up a private casino outside. In the future, this casino must be closed and cannot be reopened." Jiang Zhendao.
In fact, Hongxing Casino does not have such a rule, so although Manager Zhang is a little dissatisfied with Liu Heitou making trouble outside, he doesn't care too much. It's just that these days, aren't the rules just a word from the people above
The people in Qiaotou Village believed it.
If the guy in this cloth shop is doing cloth business outside, he will definitely be kicked out of the cloth shop. Of course, Liu Heitou will not work.
Although Liu Heitou was friendly to the villagers in Qiaotou Village, the villagers in Qiaotou Village still didn't like him. Now that he was unlucky, most people applauded him and felt extremely relieved.
At the same time, he also became more and more in awe of Jiang Zhen.
Liu Heitou didn't dare to fart in front of this person, and he had to listen to him... Who the hell is this!
Jiang Zhen didn't do anything, but only let people get Liu Heitou's account book and the silver inside it out, and he himself, leaning against the door, looked at Liu Heitou with a half-smile.
There was no vicious expression on his face, but facing him, Liu Heitou couldn't resist.
Jiang Zhen had always looked at Liu Heitou on guard, but he also knew that Liu Heitou would not resist any more.
If this Liu Heitou was ten years younger, he was still the one who was so poor that he couldn't even afford to eat. He would definitely resist at this time, but he has changed a long time ago. He can't bear his family business, so he can only helplessly Watching others cut flesh on him.
"The money that was copied, the casino won't want it. We'll just divide it up later." Jiang Zhen smiled again and said to the thugs working there.
Originally, there were still those who didn't work hard enough, but when they heard Jiang Zhen's words, it was as if they were beaten with blood.
The eyes of Liu Heitou's cousins were all red, and they looked at Liu Heitou together: "Big brother!" This small casino is their hard work!
"Then Jiang Zhen is highly valued by Zheng Shao!" Liu Heitou gritted his teeth.
The Liu family all know that Young Master Zheng is someone whom even the county magistrate has to respect. If this Jiang Zhen is valued by Young Master Zheng... they really can't do anything to Jiang Zhen.
Although Liu Heitou persuaded his brother, his heart seemed to be dripping blood.
Jiang Zhen played cards out of common sense, and his actions were too unexpected. Today, he brought people over suddenly, so that he didn't have time to prepare, let alone hide some things.
He has worked hard for a long time, and he might finally be cheaper than Jiang Zhen!
Jiang Zhen was staring at Liu Heitou, while Zhao Jinge was standing beside him, but he didn't know what to do.
He followed Jiang Zhen all the time, but he didn't understand anything Jiang Zhen did, until now, he was still confused and didn't understand what Jiang Zhen wanted to do.
Those thugs were all moving things, and it was not suitable for him to stand dumbly alone. Brother Zhao Jin hesitated for a while, and then went with the thugs to move things to find money.
Having grown up so much, Zhao Jinge has never done such a thing before, and he was somewhat tangled when he was doing it, and his entanglement made his face stiff, and because of the scar between his eyebrows, it made him look like he was frowning Somewhat displeased.
Those thugs saw that Zhao Jinge had been following Jiang Zhen all the time, and Jiang Zhen was still talking to him in a pleasant manner, and they felt that Zhao Jinge must be the person who had the face in front of Jiang Zhen.
"Hey, brother, who are you Jiang's steward?" Someone asked.
"Are you and Jiang Guanshi brothers? They are both tall and they wear the same clothes." Someone else came over.
Brother Zhao Jin didn't say a word. He was actually Jiang Zhen's wife, and he just got married, but it is estimated that these people would not believe it.
No man has ever brought his new wife to work in a casino, or brought him to robbery... Actually, Brother Zhao Jin couldn't understand what Jiang Zhen was thinking.
Jiang Zhen used to tease him and praise him for his good looks. He was always happy to meet such a person, but now... Why does Jiang Zhen seem to be looking at him as a man
"This brother, what does Director Jiang like?" Those people asked Zhao Jinge without saying a word.
"About... like money?" Zhao Jinge said.
"That's right, who doesn't like money..." Those people were satisfied: "Brother, you can help us in the future. Next time we invite you to drink! There are some pretty little sisters in Qingyang Lane. We'll go to their place, and then both of them will sleep for you."
Brother Zhao Jin froze: "..." Is he not a twin
By the way, there are indeed too many bad places in this county. He must look at Jiang Zhen, but he can't let Jiang Zhen find someone else.
Gritting his teeth, Zhao Jinge continued to work.
Jiang Zhen saw that Zhao Jinge was doing something, but it was not heavy physical work. It was much easier than Zhao Jinge's previous work, so he didn't stop him. Even if someone talked to Zhao Jinge, he didn't take it seriously.
He knew that Brother Zhao Jin liked him very much, and the two were already married. Brother Zhao Jin was just talking to someone, what should he care about
After a while, everything in Liu Heitou Casino was copied.
At first, Jiang Zhen thought that he might copy out some ledgers that could be used to threaten Liu Heitou, but it turned out that he thought too much.
How could a group of illiterate thugs write any ledger? Among them, there is only one who can read, and he usually doesn't write anything except for various IOUs, and the characters are even uglier than Jiang Zhen's.
However, in addition to this, more than 600 taels of silver were also found.
This Liu Heitou didn't like farming, and his biggest source of income on weekdays was lending to others, and the more than 600 taels of silver was the money he used to lend.
Jiang Zhen took a look, and gave fifty taels of silver to those who came from the casino, together with Brother Zhao Jin. He put away the rest without hesitation, and said to Liu Heitou, "Liu Heitou, you are in this casino. You can't continue to open it, and it's a crime to lend money, you'd better be careful, otherwise... Master Zheng will never let you go."
Liu Heitou clenched his fists and looked at Jiang Zhen. He was already angry, but at this time, Jiang Zhen said to the people around Liu Heitou: "You follow Liu Heitou, and you are outside in the name of Hongxing Casino. Hunk, in fact, they are not from Hongxing Casino at all, no one can protect you in the future, but if you follow me... Master Zheng intends to reopen a casino for me to manage, and I am short of people."
Jiang Zhen, this is coming to me to dig a foot in the air!
Liu Heitou was furious, and then went to look at the subordinates he had gathered, and suddenly found that many of them were all excited.
As for his subordinates in the casino... Those people took fifty taels of silver from Jiang Zhen, and they don't even look at him now!
The thugs of these casinos have a good income, but they only work hard. It is not bad to have five or six taels of silver a month. Now that Jiang Zhen gives them fifty taels at once, they naturally want to listen to Jiang Zhen.
This Liu Heitou has made so much money, and he usually asks them to invite him to drink, which is really stingy, why do they still follow him
Jiang Zhen copied the casino, but didn't really do anything to Liu Heitou. Such a person can't be rushed.
After saying a few words that he wanted to recruit people, Jiang Zhen saw that more and more people in Liu Heitou's subordinates were excited.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge away in a swift manner. On the way, he saw a familiar back figure who was escaping secretly, and shouted, "Liu Dacheng, don't forget to owe me money."
Then Liu Dacheng ran faster.
Jiang Zhen also gave his silver to Zhao Jinge. When Zhao Jinge took the money, he felt extremely hot and unreal.
The thugs of Hongxing Casino saw this, but they felt more and more that this person who didn't like to talk should be highly valued by Jiang Zhen. One of them even went up to take a small part of the fifty taels of silver he had been allocated. The silver bracelet worn by the thin child was given to Zhao Jinge: "Brother, don't forget what I told you! Next time I will invite you to drink!"
Zhao Jinge: "..."