C93 The Duel on the Yellow River

From the moment he saw Li Manrong walk into the yard, Fan Youmin knew exactly why he was looking for him. Even though he was conflicted and unwilling, he was still very polite on the surface. He didn't want to be left out, so there was no need to be left out.

He had almost no impression of this person who was about the same age as his eldest son, Fan Wenbin, before Li Man Rong became the village chief. This was not only because Li Man Rong was not at home all year round, but also because he despised and disdained the Li family.

Back then, after he took off his "Four Type Molecular," his father, Fan Zhengkun, had once said something in front of Li Jizhen with his head held high and his head held high. Even now, it still echoed in his ears. This sentence was "The Li family is not worthy of sympathy. "

At this moment, seeing Li Manrong lower his stance and speak politely to him, Fan Youmin felt a little more comfortable in his heart. He also said in a polite tone, "Village Chief Li, I don't understand. I have already signed a contract with the village committee for more than a year. What contract should I sign?"

When he said this, he could not help but think of the deceased former village chief, Wang Shoulu. That year, in order to run for the position of village chief, the Fan family had the two biggest surnames. The Fan and Li family had made a lot of money. They had almost fought each other.

Later, the matter escalated to Mei Tanxiang, where the local government sent a deputy village chief to preside over the election. In the end, the representatives recommended by the Fan and Li families both failed, while Wang Shoulu took the opportunity to become the village chief. According to Da An's words, he picked up a fruit that fell from the tree.

Wang Shoulue had been the village chief for a few years, but he did not do anything that was worthy of praise. Originally, Wang Shoulu was a good old man. Coupled with his age, he was already over fifty years old. He would be polite to anyone he met, and he could do whatever he wanted.

It was precisely because of Wang Shoulu's lack of prospects that many villagers were dissatisfied. In the election for village chief at the beginning of this year, the son of the old secretary, Li Manrong, was chosen. He wanted to let him have some achievements and bring some tangible benefits to the Fan Family.

Wang Shoulu was dismissed from the position of village chief and died not long after. It was said that he had contracted leukemia. After staying in a hospital in Lan Province for a period of two months after returning home, he died. Before he died, Fan Youmin was there. He saw with his own eyes how painful it was.

"Uncle Fan, what you said is wrong. " Seeing that Fan Youmin pretended to be confused and even brought up the previous Village Committee to pressure him, Li Manrong could not help but sneer and refute, "That was last year's incident. Now, everything has increased in price, and the contract fees must also be increased. It can't be the little bit of money from before anymore. "

This time, he took advantage of the opportunity to sign the contract again to increase the contract fees. It was only after a few nights of serious consideration that he was able to come up with this method. Because, in less than half a year of his appointment as village chief, he had heard many words that were unfavorable to Fan Youmin. There were some words that were rather unpleasant to the ear.

After Fan Youmin contracted the large piece of land in the river bank, he had grown large amounts of cinnamon and earned a lot of money. He had even become the benchmark of the county and village governments. This had also attracted the envy of some villagers. They discussed behind the scenes and urged the new village chief, Li Manrong, to either increase the contract fees or take the opportunity to take back the land.

Among the people who shared the red eye disease, Li Jizhen was the one who caused the most trouble. He said, Manrong, now that you are the village chief, you have some power in your hands. You can't just watch the Fan family get rich and eat meat by themselves while we drink soup for every meal, right?

Li Manrong was very clear about the grudges between the Fan family and the Li family, especially between his father, Li Jizhen and Fan Zhengkun. Sometimes, he also felt that it was very funny. How many years had passed since the incident, and he still remembered it in his heart, didn't he feel stifled and uncomfortable?

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense. Humans, who didn't have any selfish motives and self-esteem? In order to live a life of being superior, didn't he also rack his brains and think of ways to defeat those business competitors at all times?

Before liberation, Fan Zhengkun was the old boss of the Big Bro Association on both sides of the Yellow River. Li Jizhen was really a henchman under him. The Li family pulled many years of long-term labor for the Fan family. Only after liberation did they turn around and become the owner, living a truly good life with their heads held high.

He remembered that his father had once said something that was very difficult for him to forget. In the 40s, at that time, the 15-16 year old Li Jiquan was truly at the most restless stage of his life. He had acknowledged Fan Zhengkun as an old man and worked under him.

Once, Because he was competing with the Tang Gang of Liang Province for business, a violent battle had occurred. The Tang Gang was formed by a group of camels from Liang Province. The leader was Tang Tong, who was known as Old Tang. Hence, the locals of Da An called this group of camel customers the Tang Gang.

That very hot afternoon, after Fan Zhengkun defeated Hero Tang, he became friends with Old Tang. However, this kind of relationship was formed entirely out of mutual benefits for the time being, and it was destined to be unreliable from the start. As expected, it didn't take long before they started fighting because of benefits.

The cause of this matter was very simple, for the sake of a considerable amount of deposit and shipping fees. The Dong family was the largest grain company in Daan County at that time, the Rich Food Company. The boss's surname was Yang, and because he was ranked fourth, he was called Yang Silang. At that time, Da An was still the territory of the Ning Xia King, Ma Hongkui, and was under his control.

One night, Yang Silang received an emergency call from Ma Hongkui, asking him to quickly transport a batch of grain to Yinchuan to serve as the army grain. Before this, Yang Shilang's Grain Store had always been in charge of gathering the army grain for Ma Hongkui's troops.

Later on, Yang Shilang found out the reason for the matter. It turned out that there was a very powerful force from Henan that wanted to borrow Ning Xia to go to Qinghai. The leader was a teacher of a sex marquis. It was said that he was one of the Thirteen Tycoons under Feng Yuxiang.

In the name of borrowing the road to the west to reclaim Qing Hai, the marquisate actually wanted to use the "fake road to cut down the enemy. " He took the opportunity to occupy the rich Hetao Plain and formed his own body. The cunning Ma Hongkui saw through this and was not willing to be fooled.

Hence, the two armies set up a battle formation at the foot of Helan Mountain, and the battle was intense. Due to Commander Hou's tiresome expedition, the troops were exhausted, and Ma Hongkui ordered his men to fight to the death to protect Ning Xia. For a moment, the war was in a stalemate, and neither victory nor defeat could be determined.

After Yang Silang received the emergency call, he did not dare to delay and quickly gathered a large amount of grain a few days later. However, when it came to transporting food to Yinchuan, he found it difficult to decide which path to take.

At that time, when they arrived at Yinchuan from Daan, there were two paths that they could take. One was a water path that followed the Yellow River to the east. It was very convenient, but it was not safe. The other was a land path. The path was long, but very safe.

If they took the waterway, Fan Zhengkun's elder brother would escort them. They had a lot of people, from the upstream Lan Province to the downstream Silver River, there were reinforcements along the river. If they were to take the land route, they would be escorted by the Tang Gang in Liang Province. They would drive a huge camel team from the west river corridor to the riverside plain, traveling unhindered.

Just as Yang Shiro was in trouble, Fan Zhengkun and Tang Tong, who heard the wind, walked into the Rich Food Company one after another. They patted their chests and promised that they would transport the grain to the Silver River frontlines safely.

Before Yang Silang could make a decision, for the sake of this generous deposit fee, he would make a deal with the Tang Gang. On a bright night under the moonlight, they would have a duel at the open space of the Fan Family pier by the Yellow River.

Before this, both sides had made a verbal agreement that the loser of the duel would automatically withdraw from the competition and hand this deal over to the winner. Regardless of whether it was the waterway or the land road, the winner would be the one to place the deposit.

According to his father, that night, the moon was big and round, shining brightly on the Fan Family's pier as if it was daytime. The Yellow River was also different from usual. It rolled and roared, stirring up countless waves that flowed east.

In the first round, Fan Zhengkun took out the courage of the Dragon Head and took the lead. It did not take long for him to defeat Hero Tang. Originally, Hero Tang was defeated by him, whether drunk or sober.

In the second round, Xu Fu faced a new expert from the Tang Gang. Both sides had fought for a long time, but neither side had won nor lost. It was not until they were exhausted and panting, lying on the ground and unable to fight anymore, that the match ended in a draw.

In the last match, Li Jizhen saw that the other party was a thin and small child, and was about the same age as him, so he took the initiative to apply for battle. Later on, he found out that it was the youngest son of the leader of the Tang Gang, Old Tang, Tang Biao.

The two of them met up more than ten times. Just as Li Jizhen was about to win, Tang Biao suddenly jumped up high and kicked Li Jizhen, who was secretly pleased with himself and neglected his guard, onto the ground. For a moment, he was unable to get up.

Hence, according to the gentleman's agreement from before, the Tang Gang naturally obtained the fertilizer for escorting the rich grain and earned a lot of silver. The brothers of the older brother association could only watch helplessly with their saliva dripping down their mouths.

Later on, Fan Zhengkun vented his anger on Li Jizhen and not only beat him up, but also threatened to throw him into the Yellow River to feed the bastard. Of course, this was just anger. In the end, he chased Li Jizhen out of the Elder Brother's Association and went to the back mountain to help the Fan Family herd sheep with his father.