C177 Three Sides Stand

In this noisy city, whether it was the luminous pearls the size of goose eggs, the peerless jade produced from the paddy fields, the blood red diamonds drifting from the distant sea, or other rare treasures... It was also the imperial silk produced by Jiangnan Duan Xing Fang, the top tribute rice produced in ten thousand years by Poyang Lake, the rock tea at the peak of Dan Ya by Wuyi Mountain's Jiuqu Creek, or the top quality snow lotus at the peak of Tianshan Mountain, the thousand-year-old ginseng king that could only be chanced upon by luck in Changbai Mountain, the human-shaped Hechou Crow that was unearthed in Guangdong Deqing, and other precious herbs. As long as you can think of something, the merchants will be able to help you find it.

Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was that you had to have enough silver taels.

After the merchants sell their goods here, they buy the goods needed for the next destination and set off again.

It was precisely because they always walked on the road that people habitually called them merchants.

Ding Zhaoyun was not a native of Shangluo. He was a citizen of Henan. A few years ago, he brought his wife and daughter here to conquer the world.

He was in his prime. He was not tall and burly, and his face was fair. He wore a pair of crystal glasses that came from a western ship. Perhaps it was just to cover his shocked eyes.

He often wore a long robe and walked on the streets. The iron ball in his hand had long been replaced by a purple sand teapot made by the famous craftsman, Shi Dabin.

Those who did not know his background would not be able to relate him to the Non-horse Gang's Sect Master, who had shaken the Shangluo.

However, in the Shangluo, there were very few people who did not recognize him.

The Non-horse Gang occupied all the livestock trading, rental, and management businesses in the Shangluo. In this place where merchants gathered, if anyone looked down on such a business, he must be an outsider.

A strong dragon does not suppress a local snake. The merchants all came for money. No one wanted to provoke trouble, and no one wanted to get into trouble.

Some merchants brought their own horses and camel teams, so they did not need other people to provide services.

But here, they also needed to pay a certain amount of management fee to the Non-horse Gang.

Because your horses, camels, and other big animals always need to eat, right? After eating, you have to excrete, right? Since they have to eat and pull, in this realm, naturally they need to pay.

Of course, if you insist on treating this as protection fee, Non-horse Gang actually wouldn't mind.

Before the Non-horse Gang monopolized the land, the Shangluo was actually a chaotic place, filled with a foul atmosphere.

In the entire territory, there were three gangs that were engaged in similar businesses. They were the Non-horse Gang, the younger brother's, and the mail. The three gangs split up and divided the entire market.

The Non-horse Gang's Sect Master, Ding Zhaoyun, was the eldest disciple of Southern Shaolin. Later, for some reason, he suddenly returned to the secular world and came to the Shangluo. He saw the business opportunity and established the Non-horse Gang.

This name was mainly because Ding Zhaoyun had an unusually handsome white horse. It really was a thousand and twenty thousand miles a day. Ding Zhaoyun loved it like a treasure.

Didn't you say that he could just name the gang the White Horse Gang?

That wouldn't do. Don't forget that Ding Zhaoyun was born as a monk in the past. A white horse wasn't a horse. If he didn't use some tricks, how could he appear to be skilled?

The Non-horse Gang's background was mainly the Red and Red Gang in the Shangluo region. There were quite a number of them, but other than the Sect Master, the experts in the gang weren't very outstanding.

In the younger brother's sect, the Sect Master was a young man who wasn't even seventeen years old. The group of men he led were all young men who were about the same age as him. Most of these youths had some family background, and they relied on their family's backing. These youths were able to do whatever they wanted. In the beginning, they had only established their brothers for fun. No one knew why they had to do such a business.

Normally, this business was not easy to write about. When dealing with horses and horses, it was even a little smelly. Everyone thought that these young masters were just playing around. After a few days of enthusiasm, they should go and play something else.

In the end, the young masters felt that they were being looked down upon. Instead, they became serious. Although each and every young man was young, they did not have much weight in their hands. They were so vicious that it was beyond imagination. In the fight for territory... The Non-horse Gang had suffered a great loss because they were afraid of the power behind these young men. They didn't take revenge on them on a large scale.

Actually, they were originally called the Friendship Faction. They mainly relied on the White Dao forces in the Shangluo region. The Shangluo Escort Office, Brush Alliance, Erlang Temple, Great Cloud Temple, and many other hidden figures were hiding behind them.

After the traveling businessmen finished discussing business, there were often people who came over and asked, "Do you want to mail it?" If the customer did not plan to personally bring the goods, the friend department would send them to help transport the goods to the designated destination. Of course, the price was naturally not cheap. Is it mailed? Postal? As time passed, the people from the friend faction were no longer called non-mail faction. They simply tacitly approved of it. It was just an advertisement for themselves, so why not? Anyway, it was a thousand miles delivery just for money.

In name, everyone knew that they had the background of the white dao behind them. At first, people were more willing to believe them, but after a few strange incidents, their reputation and credibility had been greatly reduced.

A guest purchased two South Sea Night Pearls and spent a large sum of money to directly mail them back to Wu Han's hometown. Then, the merchant went to another place to do business. When he returned home, the goods that were not sent by the mail had already arrived home. The fire seal on the box was still intact, but the customer opened the box to take a look. He was so angry he spat out blood.

It was originally two Night-Luminescent Pearls, but someone somehow tampered with them and turned them into two Big Four Happiness Pills. After more than 20 days, the Big Four Happiness Pills were emitting a disgusting smell.

This customer went to find the mail, but he was instead warned. Where did you go in the morning? Doing this now, you have ulterior motives! Are you trying to blackmail us into not sending the mail? Why didn't you open it in front of us when you were collecting the goods? Why didn't you take a look?

The customer suffered a loss, so he could only swallow his anger and let it go.

Such a thing happened a few times, but the impact was far-reaching.

Everyone was discussing in private. Nowadays, black and white could no longer be differentiated. The credibility of the White Society was actually not as good as those of the underworld.

In the beginning, the Non-horse Gang had even fought a few times with their younger brother, the emails, and no territories. But later on, for some reason, they stopped fighting and settled down in a corner. They only took up about twenty and a half of the market and gave up most of the business to their younger brother and the mail office.

Now, only their younger brother and the mail party were left to confront each other. Both parties had their own forces and backgrounds. Both parties were not convinced and fought, and a few people died.

Although the people who died were hired thugs, both sides could not swallow this anger. They felt that the other party had gone too far. They didn't care about the fact that many of these businesses had belonged to the Non-horse Gang in the past. Both sides were determined to suppress their opponents. In a short period of time, the situation had become chaotic.

A bloody battle was about to break out, and it had become a serious matter that might even affect the business of the entire Shangluo.