Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 10 Too dark!
"The matter of face still has to be done."

Su Mu smiled and said, "What's more, besides the gang, there are always other things that we need to take care of."

"Such as rogues, thieves, scoundrels, scoundrels, and so on."

"Basic law and order, we still have to maintain."

"Of course, the degree of this is difficult to grasp."

"When the time comes, just look at me and act according to my wink."

Su Mu said: "I have more experience than you, and I can tell who can be messed with and who can't be messed with."

"alright."

Lu Fan only wanted to improve his own strength, and didn't want to cause trouble.

Although this world is unfair, but with his current strength and status, he can manage himself well.

It is impossible for him to do something that is beyond his control, let alone put himself in danger.

To survive first, and then slowly improve his situation, is what he should do most.

"I go to sleep."

Lu Fan didn't say anything more, and just fell asleep.

……

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Fast forward to April.

Number two this morning.

Langui Street in the city.

Lu Fan and Su Mu stood side by side on the street holding spears.

"Let's go."

Su Mu greeted and walked forward first.

"Ah."

Lu Fan walked quickly and caught up with Su Mu.

The two walked side by side.

There were not many pedestrians on the street at this point, and the two walked very slowly, watching as they walked.

Shops are opening one after another.

Several small restaurants set up sheds outside their doors, and many guests had breakfast in the sheds.

There is a steamed stuffed bun shop not far in front, and there are a lot of customers.

"Master Lu, go slowly!"

A middle-aged man, wearing a robe, came out of the bun shop.

With a smile on his face, he arched his hands, and his attitude was extremely respectful. He looked like the shopkeeper of this steamed stuffed bun shop.

"Ah."

The one called Master Lu was a big man in his early thirties.

He was dressed in black, tall and strong, with a very rugged appearance.

There were four other men in black following behind him, all of whom looked quite domineering.

It happened that Lu Fan and Su Mu came over and met these men in black.

The leading burly man in black glanced at the two of them, turned his head with disdain, and waved, "Let's go."

"Yes!"

The other four men in black also saw Su Mu and Lu Fan, but they all only took one look, then looked away, with extremely indifferent expressions.

"Masters, go slowly!"

The shopkeeper bent his waist and arched his hands to send them off.

It wasn't until they walked away and entered the next shop that he turned to look at Lu Fan and Su Mu with a smile on his face, "You two military masters, please come inside."

"No, go get busy."

Su Mu waved his hand.

"Then you two wait a moment."

The shopkeeper turned around and left. After walking a few steps, he felt a little worried, and turned around and said, "Don't leave, I'll be back in a while."

"Who are those men in black?"

Lu Fan was a little curious.

"Looking at their attire, they should be members of the Black Tiger Gang."

Su Mu whispered, "I heard that Langui Street is now the territory of the Black Tiger Gang. They have to come to collect money every month, and all the shops on the street can't escape."

"Oh."

Lu Fan understood that this was to collect protection fees.

"The big guy in the lead should be the little leader of the Black Tiger Gang, and he must have at least a seventh-rank cultivation."

Su Mu shook his head, "So we don't care about this kind of thing, we can't do it at all."

"Ah."

Naturally, Lu Fan wouldn't meddle in other people's business.

Especially this kind of default rules, he is powerless to change now.

While the two were talking, the shopkeeper came out of the steamed stuffed bun shop with two paper bags in his hand, which were steaming.

"Master Jun, this is the best meat bun in our store, you two take it and try it."

The shopkeeper came to Su Muhe with two paper bags in his hands, and handed them out respectfully.

Lu Fan hesitated for a moment, but didn't answer.

"Thank you then."

Su Mu reached out to take it, and said with a smile, "Boss, business is booming."

"You're welcome."

The shopkeeper smiled and turned to leave.

"and many more."

Lu Fan stopped him.

The shopkeeper turned around, his face changed slightly, but he soon put on a smile again, "I don't know what the military master ordered?"

"How much money did those people collect from you just now?"

Lu Fan asked.

"This……"

The shopkeeper's complexion changed drastically, he hesitated a lot, and then shook his head, "I dare not say it."

"Is there anything you dare not say?"

Lu Fan said: "I just asked casually, nothing else."

"Ok."

The shopkeeper stretched out a finger and whispered, "One tael of silver."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was a little surprised, one tael of silver was a lot of money.

The sum of his two months' salary is less than one tael of silver.

This steamed stuffed bun shop is not big. Although the business is good, can it earn 30 taels of silver a month?
I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Even if it can, if the cost is deducted, and the monthly money of the guys and the family's expenses are added, it would be good to have five taels of silver left.

This five taels of silver still has to pay taxes, and usually has to manage relationships.

What is left is estimated to be less than three taels of silver.

Then give Heihu Gang a tael of silver?
So what's left?

This is still in the case of good business.

What if business is bad?
I'm afraid you won't even get your money back?
It's so dark!
After thinking about it for a while, Lu Fan could understand the difficulties of these traders.

At the same time, he hated these blood-sucking gangs.

Even if a shop only charges one tael of silver, there are hundreds of shops on Langui Street.

After a month, you can collect hundreds of taels of silver on Langui Street alone.

What about the whole town of Nanguan?

I'm afraid it will cost several thousand taels of silver.

What about ten cities?

What about a hundred cities?

Add it all up, how many 10 taels of silver can be reached a month with this income alone?

Even millions of taels of silver?

too dark!
It's just a bunch of moths!
"What's the name of the leading man in black?"

Lu Fan asked again: "What is his identity in the Black Tiger Gang?"

"That Master Lu is called Lu San."

The shopkeeper said truthfully: "He is a deacon of the branch of the Black Tiger Gang, and he is in charge of Langui Street."

"Oh."

Lu Fan nodded.

"You two military masters, if there's nothing wrong, I'll go back and get busy first."

The shopkeeper stood in front of the two of them, a little uncomfortable.

"Hold on."

Lu Fan took a paper bag from Su Mu, and saw more than a dozen buns inside.

He picked up a bun and took a bite.

The skin is thin, the meat is rich, and the taste is very good.

"Not bad, very delicious."

Lu Fan quickly finished eating a bun, praised it, then took out a bunch of copper coins, handed them to the shopkeeper, and asked, "Is one hundred coins enough?"

"what?"

The shopkeeper stared blankly at Lu Fan, but didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.

"Take it."

Lu Fan glared at the shopkeeper, "Why, too little?"

"Don't dare!"

The shopkeeper quickly waved his hand, "How dare I ask for your money? Take it back quickly."

"Take it for you."

Lu Fan stuffed the copper coins into the shopkeeper's hand, turned around and glanced at Su Mu, "Let's go."

"Oh."

Su Mu was also taken aback, and then he came back to his senses, turned around with Lu Fan, and walked forward side by side.

The shopkeeper stared blankly at the copper coins in his hand, then raised his head again, looking at Lu Fanyuan's back, a little at a loss.

"father!"

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl ran out of the bun shop, came to the shopkeeper, followed his gaze, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

(End of this chapter)