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Chapter 12 Contradictions
Daze Lake.

This is the largest lake among the hundreds of lakes in the south. Legend has it that immortals once lived in seclusion here, and there were spirit fish raised by immortals in the lake.

On weekdays, the blue waves are rippling, the scenery is unique, and it looks like a thriving place.

It's just that many people from the rivers and lakes came to Daze Lake recently, asking about the latest rumors, which confused the fishermen by the lake.

Qi Yuanming came here and confirmed that the rumors were true. Indeed, many fishermen had seen a fiery crimson fish soaring into the sky in Daze Lake.

The heterogeneous fish is called "fire dragon fish" here, and there are records in the county annals nearby. This kind of heterogeneous fish also appeared a hundred years ago, and it was obtained by the local government at that time and sent to the palace.

The appearance of dragon fish has greatly increased the frequency of local fishermen fishing in the lake, and even many river and lake people who have water access have set up a boat to go deep into Daze Lake.The aristocratic families near Daze Lake also died one after another.

Their purpose is not simple, some are to sell to the government and get rich, some are to enhance internal strength and become masters of the rivers and lakes, and some are simply to please the superiors and try to go one step further.

Qi Yuanming is not surprised if he can get the news of these rotten streets by asking casually.

Inside the restaurant of Daze Fish Market.

"Have you heard? The Li family and the Zheng family in Fucheng have sent people here, as well as the local fish gang and water thieves..."

"Yeah, this is a terrible situation. I think it's hard for us to make a bargain!"

"Why don't you go straight away?"

"Why don't you go?"

……

There were endless voices in the restaurant, all related to dragon fish.

As soon as Qi Yuanming went in and sat down, he heard a drinker shouting loudly: "Are you a black shop? A bowl of rice wine costs ten cents?!"

"Oh, how dare I blackmail you!"

The shop waiter explained with a full face of grievance: "Master, you don't know something. There are too many people who have come to the wine shop these two days, and they have almost drank the whole batch of wine in the shop. As the saying goes, rare things are expensive. Our wine is almost gone, can't we sell it more expensive?"

"Fart your mother! You won't come in again when the wine is gone? How dare you cheat on your grandpa!?"

When the drinker heard this, he became impatient, and with a wave of his hand, he pushed the waiter down.

Qi Yuanming shook his head. He naturally disagreed with the shopkeeper's behavior. Even if the goods are scarce, he can't raise the price at will. Isn't this just a proper malicious price increase to disrupt the market price?

So I sat aside and waited to watch the play, not even ordering wine.

There was a lot of movement downstairs, which disturbed the people upstairs.

"Who?"

After a while, a woman with various styles, like a ripe peach, came down from upstairs.

She is about 30 years old, looks good, with the charm of a mature woman, the skin can be broken, and the watery almond eyes are really superb.

"You are the one who raised the price of your wine?"

The drinker, dressed as a person from the Jianghu, seemed not to be able to see the charm of a woman, and questioned him viciously, as if he would not give up without compensation.

"This? What's going on here? Xiao Yang, didn't I say that the price cannot be raised!?" The beautiful woman was flustered at first, but she immediately calmed down after learning what was going on, and asked the waiter in a sharp voice.

I saw the waiter named "Xiao Yang" lying on the ground. After hearing the woman's accusation, his face was full of doubts and grievances. He opened his mouth but slowly closed it, as if hesitating to speak.

"My lord, I'm really sorry, but I don't know that this little girl raised the price without authorization." The glamorous woman said with an innocent face: "Let's do it, I'll make the decision, all the lords present will be exempted from the drink. Can you see it?"

"It's just a free drink and it's gone? How can you play like a beggar!?"

The drinker was still dissatisfied when he heard it, and asked sharply.

The meaning in the words is very clear, if you don't give some explanation, you won't let go.

"My lord, why is this necessary?" The beautiful woman put away her apologetic smile and showed a calm expression, her words were not lacking in threats: "How much is it for us as a woman to open a wine shop in this fish market?" Some backers, don't make everyone look ugly."

The drinker was about to get angry after a meal, but his friend at the same table pulled down his sleeves. He seemed to remember something, snorted coldly, and returned to his original position.

Even the other drinkers who were watching the theater restrained themselves a little.

"I'm really sorry, everyone..."

While apologizing to the surrounding customers, the beautiful woman helped the waiter up, apologizing non-stop.

Qi Yuanming watched the whole process and shook his head.

He doesn't care about the boss's background, so what if it's tough?It's no use for him to be an idler.

But it is worth mentioning that her response is really fast enough, she is just a poor waiter.

This is a worker who can't help himself. Whatever the boss says, just wait to go home if you dare to refute. Some of the work of the waiter in this shop is done by people.

……

After a period of time, the fishermen on the road lost their initial excitement. At this time, there was no smile on the faces of the fishermen. On the contrary, their faces were so gloomy that they could drip water.

More and more people from rivers and lakes came to Daze Lake, crowding out the local fishermen. Every time the lake had to be inspected, their catches were greatly reduced.

Many well-known bigwigs such as the Zheng family and Li family from Fucheng came, blocked the pier, forced the fishermen to go down to the lake, and forced them to go down to the lake every day to catch the missing fire dragon fish.

On the pier, there are some guys holding swords, who look particularly dangerous at first glance, and look at every passerby vigilantly.

"How is this going?"

Qi Yuanming was holding a jug, and when he saw this scene, he asked the people beside him curiously like a passer-by.

"Alas... the fire dragon fish was born, and the fishermen suffered. It's not that the Zheng family in Fucheng sent people to seal off the pier to prevent outsiders from entering the lake!"

A passerby swordsman sighed: "Those fishermen are miserable. They are driven by the Zheng family to catch fish in the lake day and night..."

Daze Lake is so big, after all, it is a dangerous place. Some big guys in the water also caused several tragedies, which made the fishermen panic.

"The Zheng family? But the Zheng family in Fucheng?"

Qi Yuanming's eyes were deep, and he remembered the news he had inquired not long ago.

"Sure, otherwise there would be another Zheng family. Oh, it's hard." The swordsman shook his head, but he didn't deny Qi Yuanming's words.

Looking at the pier not far away, Qi Yuanming suddenly felt suspicious, so he asked: "The Zheng family blocked the pier, do other forces have any objections?"

"Hey, there is more than one pier, whoever is strong will occupy it, and there are a few more piers on the other side of the lake!"

The swordsman shook his head again, and left directly.

For a while, many common figures were missing in the fish market by the lake.

After all, there are not many people who can leave, and the lakeside of Daze Lake is still overcrowded.

Seeing so many people, Qi Yuanming knew that this time would be the same as before, and it would be difficult to gain anything.

But come and go, after all, you can't leave empty-handed.

He doesn't know how to fish, and he doesn't want to intimidate the fishermen. It's not an option to stay by the lake all day.Relying on his previous experience, he then approached the Zheng family in Fucheng and hid in their Daze Lake residence.

In the previous Xunxian Wendao, most of the harvest was obtained by the local aristocratic family or the government, and the people from the rivers and lakes who came here were just to join in the fun.

Compared with those idlers, these local aristocratic families are more reliable after all, Qi Yuanming made some comparisons and chose the Zheng family in Fucheng.

The Zheng family is the largest martial arts family in Daze Lake Prefecture. There are many second-rate masters in the family. The ancestral black sand palm is famous in one hand, and all the local tyrants admire it.

Although there has never been a congenital master who has shocked the martial arts, but he has been in Fucheng for a hundred years, and the family is powerful, so he can be regarded as a big family.

Qi Yuanming changed his appearance and changed his appearance. He sneaked around the Zheng family's residence all day long, often coming in and out but no one knew.

(End of this chapter)