Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 11 Little White Wolf

"Second Cabinet, we are not far from the yellow whistle that will strangle your neck. Do you want to prepare in advance? This place is not easy to pass through.

The Little White Wolf Gang is active nearby. I heard they robbed several rafting gangs last year."

The head clerk, Old Crow, walked into the flower shed and discussed things with the second clerk, Li Yongfu.

Qiaobohuang is a sentry post on the Yalu River that makes raftsmen terrified.

On the left bank of the river stood a row of stone slabs more than two miles long, smooth on the top and steep in the middle.

When the raft passed the sentry post, horse thieves (bandits) would often jump off from it to rob.

The raftsmen often say, "Pinch the neck and it's yellow, pinch the neck and it's yellow, nine out of ten people passing by will die."

That is to say, the water here is dangerous and there are horse thieves everywhere. If you are not careful, you may lose your life.

"The little white wolf gang? Oh, what should we do? The big cabinet has no relationship with them." Li Yongfu was immediately at a loss when he heard this.

The Little White Wolf Gang is notoriously cruel and ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye. If you meet them, you will be in big trouble.

These guys are easy to deal with. They don’t have much money on them, so we just rob them.

But Li Yongfu couldn't do that. The food, drink and expenses of the twenty or thirty people in the gang amounted to a lot of money, and it was all in the box he was sitting on.

If something goes wrong, how will he explain himself?

"Boss, you are so good at martial arts, can't you handle them?" Li Yongfu rubbed his hands worriedly, not knowing what to do.

"Second Cabinet, what you said is wrong. No matter how good my Kung Fu is, can it be faster than Hu Zi's gun? Even a god can't dodge it.

"The little white wolf gang is a red pipe leader. I heard they have more than a dozen rattles. What can I use to deal with them?"

When Shui Laowu heard this, he shook his head repeatedly. What a joke! He was just floating the raft and the wood was not his. Was it worth it to risk his life for it?
"Tou Zhao, you can't say that. You know, these are all the flowers I brought with me for our journey.

Without this money, what will our 20 or 30 people eat and drink on the road? We won’t all be hungry, right?”

Li Yongfu was extremely anxious. The manager trusted him and asked him to follow the arrangements. If something went wrong, how would he explain to the manager?
Shui Laowu thought about it and it made sense. They were still a long way away from Anton, and they had spent a lot of money on food and drink along the way. They would not be able to move forward without money.

"What should we do? We can't hide anything in this row." Shui Laowu was also anxious.

What if they are unlucky and encounter the little white wolf?

"Boss, second cabinet, I have a solution." At this time, someone spoke outside the flower shed.

The two people in the flower shed came out immediately after hearing this. "Leng Hu'er? What do you have in mind?" Touzhao asked.

"Headmaster, have everyone tie me up and hang me on the pole."

Qu Shaoyang smiled and pointed to the pole with a big flag hanging on it in front of the raft.

"Hang it on the pole? What's the use?" The headman and the second cabinet member were both confused, not knowing what Qu Shaoyang was going to do.

"Second keeper, you hide all the money in my trouser pocket, and then we can tie me up and hang me on the pole.

It would be fine if we don't encounter Hu Zi, but if we do, I have ways to deal with it." Qu Shaoyang explained.

Shui Laowu suddenly had an idea and roughly understood what Qu Shaoyang was going to do.

So he quickly called someone over and stuffed all the silver and money that Li Yongfu, the second teller, had brought, as well as the little money that everyone had, into Qu Shaoyang's trouser pocket.

The trousers people wore at that time were baggy and big, with wide crotches and high waists. The silver and money were stuffed into the crotch of the trousers, covered with clothes and tied with ropes, so that they could not be seen at all.

Just like that, everyone took action together, some hid the money, some tied up people, and finally hung Qu Shaoyang upside down on the poles.

Just after finishing the work, the raft was not far away from the yellow whistle that would strangle the neck.

The boatman quickly told everyone to be alert and that if they really met Hu Zi later, no one was allowed to say anything, and he and the second steward would answer everything. As soon as the raft reached the sentry post, many people emerged from it, some of whom were holding muskets.

"Hurry to the shore and don't move. Whoever moves will die." The man on the stone wall shouted loudly.

The river here is too narrow, and it is impossible to hide there. The water crow can only command the raft to move forward little by little.

When the raft came closer, Shui Laowu took off his hat, clasped his hands together, raised them over his left shoulder, threw them backwards, and then shook them three times, speaking.

"Ancestor Bodhidharma is mighty. He is the flower of the northwest Xuantian, and the green forests of the world are one family. Hezi has worked hard."

The bearded people in Guandong do not respect other gods and only worship Bodhidharma and the Eighteen Arhats.

The carpenters, goldsmiths, powder makers, papermakers, as well as storytellers, opera singers and performers, all belong to the underworld.

Hu Zi also considers himself a Jiangyang person, because everyone drinks the water from the same river, so he is considered a Lima person.

Generally speaking, Hu Zi would not rob these gangsters, and most of them would even treat them with courtesy.

The prerequisite is that people in the underworld must understand the rules and be able to make the same decisions when they are dealing with each other.

If you can't communicate well or if what you say is irrelevant, Hu Zi will get angry on the spot and the consequences will be serious.

Of course, the most important thing is to see whether this gang is law-abiding. If they meet those who are greedy and don't follow the rules, nothing you say will be of any use.

Shui Laowu bowed and greeted with a very standard movement. The other party knew at a glance that this was not an empty gesture.

Then, someone spoke loudly, "You are out in the world, who would want to visit you? Come and greet you?" This was the other party asking for directions.

"Shun Shui Man'er." When Hu Zi was out, he couldn't say his last name directly, so he used a way of letting others know.

Flow with the water, so the surname is Liu.

For example, if the second clerk’s surname is Li, he would report Yijiaomen; if his surname is Zhu, he would usually report Erlongxi; if his surname is Wang, he would report Hutoumanr; if his surname is Bai, he would report Caoxiazou, and so on.

"I have two mouths to feed, and they all come to join us. I'll collect twenty taels from here and give them to my brothers."

What Shui Laowu meant was, I'm the raftsman, you're the raftsman, we're two mouths chewing on a piece of wood, so we're all friends. I'll give you twenty taels, treat the brothers to a drink.

The other party has a gun, so we can't use force.

In order to avoid trouble, Shui Laowu had just discussed with the second treasurer and prepared to pay twenty taels of silver. It would be best if they could get rid of the other party, so as to avoid disaster by spending money.

After the head clerk finished speaking, he winked at the second clerk, and Li Yongfu hurriedly took out twenty taels of silver from his bag.

If this happened to an ordinary person who was just eating, since the other party was able to answer the questions correctly and was very considerate of him by taking the money, the matter would basically be resolved without any problems.

But unfortunately, this little white wolf is unruly, cruel and ruthless and cannot be accepted.

"Fuck you, twenty taels are just trying to fool me? You're just dreaming."

As he was speaking, the little white wolf waved his hand, and with a dozen whiskers on his body, he jumped down from the raft and landed right on the raft.

The other few bearded men stood on guard, holding guns. They would shoot if the gang members dared to resist.

Naturally, this group of bandits didn't care about that. They snatched the twenty taels from Li Yongfu's hand as soon as they got on the raft, and then started searching on the raft.

Shui Laowu and his men had made preparations in advance and had hidden all the valuables, so naturally this group of bearded men could not find anything.

"Damn it, we met a bunch of poor guys." The bearded men cursed.

"Tell me, where the hell did you hide the money?" Someone grabbed the second clerk by the collar and asked viciously.

(End of this chapter)