kingnovel Chapter 1130 Doing Business
Chapter 1130 Doing Business
How could a woman become the leader of a bandit group?
Everyone was stunned. How powerful must one be to be able to fight for this position in a room full of men?
The person on the other side pointed at Zhou Guo and his group and said, "Boss, did you see that? It's that pretty boy who said he knew you."
The woman opposite raised her eyebrows and looked Zhou Guo up and down without any hesitation. In a moment, she looked her over and over.
After a while, he put his hands on his hips and said, "Who are you, boy? Do I know you?"
The kids on the opposite side were shocked when they heard her words. It was obvious that they didn’t know her. Damn it, they were fooled!
He pointed at Zhou Guo and cursed, "What did I say? This kid doesn't look honest. He is really good at playing tricks. Boss, he tricked us. Don't let him go. Look at his clothes. He must be rich. Let's tie him up and ask his family to pay for the ransom. Then we will make a fortune."
Zhou Guo looked at the woman, who was about thirty or forty years old. She was wearing a long gown and had two swords on her waist. Her black hair was streaked with white strands. She was still young, but there were already two wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
She said, "I recognize you. You are Wu Lazi, the head of Baoliang Village. Your village was built twelve years ago. When it was first opened, there were only more than a hundred people. You have gradually recruited people over the years.
Since you took over as the leader, people who can't make a living have been coming to you for help. Now there are more than 3,000 people in the village, and they are divided into different areas. Is that right or not?"
In just a few words, she told the past and present of Baoliang Village.
Wu Lazi frowned, "What on earth are you doing here?"
He couldn't help but ask the others beside him, "Where did you stop this man from?"
The subordinate pointed to the tunnel and said, "We stopped him here. We saw that he was well dressed, riding a good horse, and there were not many people with him, so we stopped him."
"Boss, this must be a big one, we made it!"
Wu Lazi slapped several people on the head and cursed, "You pig-brained pig-brained people, just want to eat, dare anyone to stop you? Don't you think about why this person has been here for so long? He must have helpers behind him. We are about to be in big trouble, and you are still laughing here!"
Everyone felt extremely wronged after receiving such a huge slap on the head. They just held their heads in their hands and kept silent.
Wu Lazi sighed, clasped his fists and said, "I don't know who you are, but I, Wu Lazi, may not have any other skills, but I am good at recognizing people. I am confident that I have never offended you. Our two families should not interfere with each other. Why are you targeting my family?"
Zhou Guo said: "Don't worry, I'm not here to make enemies for myself, I want to discuss a business with you."
"Business?" Wu Lazi was stunned. "What business do you want to do with us bandits?"
She couldn't help but become more cautious. She had never heard of any good family choosing to do business with bandits. It seemed that there must be something fishy going on. There were people like them in the world, so why did they choose them?
Dashu and Xiaoshu thought to themselves, what's wrong with the bandits? Their master is still the boss, and there are many bandits in their family.
Zhou Guo said: "If you are willing, we can sit down and talk, right here."
Wu Lazi was very hesitant, but when he thought of the food stored in the mountains and the hungry children, he made up his mind and gritted his teeth, "Okay, let's talk."
Still worried, he secretly said to the people around him, "Go up the mountain through the small path and tell the people in the village to be on high alert and not to open the door no matter who comes."
The subordinate went there in a hurry. Although his behavior was a bit stupid, he did a good job of running errands.
The two groups found a clean place on the side of the road and sat down to talk.
Everyone on Wu Lazi's side stared with wide eyes, staring closely at Zhou Guo and his group, fearing that they would do something weird or have some evil ideas.
Dashu and Xiaoshu were not having an easy time either. They had seen that Wu Lazi had sent someone up the mountain before, but they didn't know what he was going to do. If he went to ask for help, there were thousands of people on the mountain and they would be in real danger.
I don’t know when the reinforcements the master mentioned will arrive.
Zhou Guo looked at Wu Lazi with a smile.
Wu Lazi was impatient and couldn't help asking first, "Tell me, what's the business? I tell you, there are thousands of people on my mountain waiting to eat, we don't care about small businesses."
The face is not red and the heart is not beating.
Zhou Guo was amused. He looked at the piece of cloth of different colors in her armpit and said, "We haven't even started discussing the deal yet, and you're pushing all the food rations of everyone on your mountain to me? Do I look like a sucker? Who are you doing business with who would be willing to give you these things?"
Wu Lazi blushed and shouted, "Then tell me, what is the business you want us to do?"
She was getting impatient. After talking for a long time, she still didn't know who was on the other side and couldn't tell whether it was an enemy or a friend.
Zhou Guo said straightforwardly: "Escort."
"Escort?" Wu Lazi and his group were stunned, unable to believe it. "You want us to escort?"
Oh my god.
What they usually do most is robbing escorts.
They let small merchants go and only robbed big ones. Gradually, no one came to this road anymore. They had no choice but to rob small merchants sometimes.
After being a robber for so many years, you are now going to be robbed?
Zhou Guo said: "My escort agency is headquartered in the north, and now we are expanding to the south. We need people. I heard that there are many people in your mountain, and many of them can run and jump, so I want to give you some work, and also improve the food in the mountain."
Wu Lazi asked: "Then we need to go to the north?"
The North is thousands of miles away from here. Can they go so far away from home?
Zhou Guo nodded. "If things get busy, you will be needed to go to the north. Bodyguards travel all over the world. You have been dealing with bodyguards for many years, so it is impossible that you don't know what bodyguards do."
"How many people do you need?" Wu Lazi said, "We have quite a few strong men on the mountain. They are all capable and capable."
If it were in the past, she might not have wanted to do this. They, the bandits, make a living by robbing things, and they have offended countless people over the years. If all the young and strong people left the village, and the enemies got the news and came to find them, how would the old and young who stayed behind have any chance to fight back?
But now, there are fewer and fewer merchants passing by in the past two years, and she doesn't know how to make a living. If it weren't for the crops grown on the mountain, the whole village would really be doomed.
But in addition to food, they still have to spend money on oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, cloth, shoes and socks. If they are sick, they need to see a doctor. Children have to learn to read, even if it takes two years. Even if the people in the mountains can teach them to read themselves, they still have to spend money on books and pens. As a result, life becomes difficult.
"Life in the mountains has become increasingly poor in the past two years. There is only one person in the whole village who can read, and he is a bookworm. There is not a single person in the whole village who is good at production..."