In the morning, the people of River Wan County were busy. North City and West City were places where ordinary people gathered.
Not only did they have to pay protection fees to the Green Bamboo Sect every month, but the White Horse Gang also extended their hands to these two districts.
North City's Yi Ji Grain Store suddenly stopped paying protection fees to the Green Bamboo Sect and transferred it to the White Horse Gang. Then, one after another, other stores followed suit.
This time, the White Horse Gang's Tu Jiaojiao came forward to negotiate with the Green Bamboo Sect's Xu Lao Er. They finally agreed that the Green Bamboo Sect would no longer pursue the White Horse Gang's stores in North City, but the White Horse Gang could not expand their influence in North City.
The White Horse Gang's medicine store in West City was suppressed by the Green Bamboo Sect. Their business was not big, and there were always ruffians coming to make trouble.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tu Jiaojiao and Xu Lao Er discussed and decided that the White Horse Gang's medicine store in West City could only sell medicine for common diseases. The White Horse Gang could not participate in the Green Bamboo Sect's business scope.
Those with discerning eyes would see that both sides were fighting to a draw, but the White Horse Gang had officially entered North City. In the long run, it was still worthwhile.
The medicine store in West City could not do some business on the surface, but who could control the secret transactions?
As the disciple of the White Horse Gang's Second Master, Yi Tian was still very prestigious in the eyes of outsiders. At least in North City, the Yi Ji Grain Store and Winery's business was booming.
The White Horse Gang's external purchases were contracted to Yi Da. The grain store had to have a fixed supply every month. Yi Da also knew about this because of his relationship with Yi Tian.
The current situation was maintained because the Green Bamboo Sect's Xu Kaishan had been in seclusion to break through to the Innate Realm. Therefore, the Green Bamboo Sect had adopted a defensive stance. The White Horse Gang was now in the limelight, but the gang only had three high-level fighters.
The White Horse Gang was still afraid of the half-step Innate Realm Xu Kaishan. Once he broke through to the Innate Realm, the balance would be broken and a new conflict would inevitably occur.
The Green Bamboo Sect had always controlled the flow of medicinal herbs in and out of River Wan County. The entire county's famous pharmacists and physicians were all inextricably linked to the Green Bamboo Sect. Even the county magistrate did not dare to offend them.... If the Green Bamboo Sect was offended, no doctor in River Wan County would dare to treat him.
On the surface, the White Horse Gang controlled the gambling house, the escort agency, and the brothel, the three most profitable businesses.
In terms of overall strength, the White Horse Gang was stronger on the surface, but the Green Bamboo Sect had deep roots. Moreover, many of the local commoners had received their kindness, so their foundation was very good.
Before the New Year, the Green Bamboo Sect had lured Wang Gui and Ren Binghai out of River Wan County and almost destroyed Wang Gui's lair.
Currently, Ren Binghai's Four Seas Escort Agency was also conducting a detailed investigation of the owners to prevent the Green Bamboo Sect from using the same trick again.
The gambling houses and brothels had also increased their manpower in case someone came to cause trouble.
When Xu Kaishan was in Closed Door Meditation, Xu Laoer was in charge of all the affairs of the Green Bamboo School. Although he was in charge, he could not keep his word.
The Green Bamboo School had a large number of people, they also had a lot of subordinates. The peddlers doing business were all Xu Laoer's direct subordinates.
However, the one in charge of the medicinal ingredients shop was the Elder Li Minda. The people of the Western Market and the Southern Market were under the command of several Xiangzhu, they only acted according to Xu Kaishan's mood.
If Xu Laoer did not get their agreement, his words would be useless. Therefore, the acting Gang Master was also sullen.
The Green Bamboo School's headquarters was placed in Xu Kaishan's Xu Ji Drugstore. Every day, other than the people coming and going from the gang, the Xu Ji Drugstore received the most medicinal ingredients.
The White Horse Gang opened a restaurant called the Yunlai Restaurant not far from the Xu Ji Drugstore. However, the Western Market was the Green Bamboo School's territory. There were not many people who dared to take care of the White Horse Gang's business.
However, Wang Gui did not care about the compensation. On the contrary, he constantly spent money to maintain the restaurant's operation. The main reason was that the restaurant was three stories high, making it convenient to monitor the Green Bamboo School's situation.
As Wang Gui's number one confidant, Wang Er was in charge of this kind of thing.
The Green Bamboo School also turned a blind eye to the White Horse Gang's surveillance. Everyone would bury a nail under their eyes. The rouge and powder shop next to the Four Seas Gambling House was also secretly owned by the Green Bamboo School.
The Yunlai Restaurant's top floor always had a waiter squatting there. Every day, he had to keep an eye on the Xu Ji Drugstore's door.
He recorded the comings and goings of important people, as well as the number of ox carts transporting medicinal herbs. After recording these materials, he would report them to Wang Er, who would then hand them over to Wang Gui.
Recently, Wang Er had not been doing very well. This was because he received more materials every day than before.
The main reason was that Li Minda came in and out of the Xu Ji Drugstore more frequently. Moreover, the number of ox carts transporting medicinal herbs was much more than in previous years.
After receiving Wang Er's letter, Wang Gui had no choice but to pay attention to it. If it was unusual, it meant that there was a problem. It was not convenient for him to directly appear, so he sent Ren Kui to investigate.
After receiving the order, Ren Kui took Yi Tian and a group of subordinates and hurried to the Yunlai Restaurant. After listening to Wang Er's detailed report, his face also became dignified.
According to Wang Gui, the three leaders had already taken control of the Green Bamboo School's periphery. However, they still had not reached into the core layer.
Apart from Tu Jiaojiao, the other people's information did not have much value.
Looking from the top floor of the Yunlai Restaurant, one could only see the crowd in front of the Xu Ji Drugstore. There was also a long line of ox carts waiting to be unloaded outside the side door.
Yi Tian took the initiative to go down to investigate. After going downstairs, a waiter helped Yi Tian with his makeup.
His face was smeared with pot ashes, and his clothes and shoes were changed into the style of the Xu Ji Drugstore. At first glance, he looked like a servant carrying buns.
Sneaking out from the back door, he walked in a circle to the ox carts in the queue and looked at them one by one.
He saw that each cart was filled with hundreds of kilograms of medicinal herbs. Yi Tian was checking the medicinal herbs in the sacks one by one when he heard the voice of the drugstore's housekeeper behind him.
A group of workers walked out from the side door and began to unload the goods. Yi Tian saw that no one recognized him, so he thought of a plan and mixed into the unloading team. Carrying a sack of medicinal herbs, he followed the crowd into the drugstore.
Every sack was filled with hundreds of kilograms of medicinal herbs. Ordinary servants would have bent their waists from carrying them. With his Houtian Realm Level Five cultivation, Yi Tian had no problem carrying 150 kilograms of goods. In order to not attract too much attention, he followed the footsteps of the surrounding servants with his head lowered.
The medicinal herbs were all unloaded in the backyard. Further in was the room of the pharmacist, Li Shimin. There were two guards standing at the door. Yi Tian took a closer look and realized that they were the bodyguards from Tong Sha. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as he thought.
After unloading the goods, the servants went out from the side corridor. Yi Tian mixed in with the crowd and prepared to go out. Just then, Li Shimin came out from his own courtyard and asked the housekeeper to send a few bags of medicinal herbs into the room. The housekeeper ordered a few servants to pick a few bags and send them to Li Shimin. Yi Tian also mixed in with the crowd, wanting to go in and see what was going on.
Li Shimin was an old man who was about sixty years old. He had a head of white hair, a long beard, and was dressed like a doctor.
Seeing the servants bring the medicinal herbs, he ordered them to go down. On one hand, he was looking for the medicinal herbs in the sacks while waving his hand to signal the servants to hurry out.
Yi Tian turned and walked to the door of the courtyard. He heard someone urging Li Shimin to hurry up. This voice was a bit familiar. He turned his head slightly and glanced at the person who spoke out of the corner of his eyes. He discovered that the person who spoke was actually Tong Sha.
It was obvious that Tong Sha's complexion was not as good as last time. His right wrist was wrapped in gauze. The knife that Yi Tian gave him last time should have completely crippled him.
From Li Shimin's room came a strange voice, "There's not enough medicine. Hurry up and bring it in." Li Shimin quickly found the medicinal herbs and brought them in with both hands.
As the large group of servants walked out of Xu Ji Drugstore's side door, Yi Tian was still thinking about how the person who spoke just now could actually command the chief pharmacist of Xu Ji Drugstore. This Tong Sha was also mixed in with them. It seemed that it was not a good thing. At least, it was definitely not good for the White Horse Gang.
Taking advantage of the fact that the others were lining up to carry the goods, Yi Tian dodged into the side alley. Using the Vanishing Shadow Step, he leaped over the residential area.
Flying to the back alley, he then lowered his head and hurried on. After a few turns, he flashed through the back door of Yunlai Restaurant.
At the square table, Ren Kui drank tea while listening to Yi Tian's report. When he heard that Tong Sha was also in the Azure Bamboo Gang, his expression changed. He sighed and said, "What will come will come. We'll just deal with it when it comes." Yi Tian did not mention the matter of the person in Li Shimin's room. He was afraid that it would increase the pressure on Ren Kui.
After Wang Gui of the White Horse Gang finished listening to Ren Kui's description, he also had a difficult expression. This time, the three gang leaders were all present. Yi Tian saw Tu Jiaojiao for the first time. She was a fat woman with a fierce face and arms thicker than arms. It was hard to imagine that such a woman had the best qinggong among the three gang leaders.
Wang Gui sat in the main seat and pondered. His fingers slowly tapped the table. In the end, he only told Tu Jiaojiao to speed up her work. After a while, everyone dispersed.
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