Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Although there were some risks involved in Lijiazhuang's first shipment, the final result was still good.

The deposit of over 40,000 strings of cash brought joy to the entire estate.

"Master, the Zhu Family Manor is becoming increasingly ambitious. We must be on guard."

After Li Ying returned, Du Xing told him about it. He felt that given the nature of the Zhu Family Village gang, trouble was very likely to occur, and it was necessary to remind his master.

"Zhu Family Village, humph, they've gone too far."

Li Ying was also very angry after hearing what Du Xing said.

What's wrong? He just didn't attend a few of those so-called alliance meetings, and now there's a problem?

At the time, this so-called cooperation did not mean that the Li family village would follow the Zhu family village's lead. Why should Li Ying listen to Zhu Chaofeng?

If it weren't for Luan Tingyu of Zhu Family Village, who had trained the three brothers Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao into second-rate masters in just a few years, Li Ying would have really not bothered to even glance at Zhu Family Village.

He doesn't want to touch the Zhu Family Village right now, simply because he's afraid of being entangled by Luan Tingyu, and then those three bastards from the Zhu family taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

After all, Du Xing wasn't skilled in martial arts and couldn't stop those three guys.

“Master, I think the people from Zhu Family Village and Hu Family Village will come and put pressure on us.”

Du Xing was somewhat worried.

"Let them come, just ignore them. In a few months, when we've made more money, we can develop our own strength and then we won't need to pay attention to them!"

Li Ying has been personally taking action recently, seemingly rediscovering the heroic spirit he had when he roamed the martial world. Therefore, he has chosen to ignore the provocations of the Zhu Family Village for the time being.

When I have more money, I'll forge better weapons and armor for my men, and see how the Zhu Family Manor tries to deal with that!

"Master, should we inform Liangshan? After all, the Zhu Family Village mainly relies on its large number of people. If we ask Liangshan to send a few leaders over, the Zhu Family Village won't dare to act recklessly."

Du Xing offered his suggestions.

"Xiao Du, it's too shallow."

Li Ying shook his head. "Do you know why Zhu Chaofeng was able to come up with this three-party alliance agreement without being opposed by the government, and even manage to buy weapons and armor from them?"

"It was because of this guy that the slogan of 'Beware of Liangshan Bandits' was raised, and those people in the government were willing to let Zhu Chaofeng do the work for them."

"Doing business with Liangshan is no problem. As business partners, Liangshan is very reliable. As long as we are not caught in the act when delivering goods, no one can do anything to us. My Li Family Village has been smuggling salt for so many years. Isn't it reasonable for us to have new channels for distribution?"

Seeing Du Xing nod, Li Ying picked up his teacup, took a sip, and continued:

"But if we let the Liangshan leader come directly to our village, there are too many people and too many eyes and ears in Dulonggang. If the people from Zhujiazhuang discover us, they can directly accuse us of colluding with bandits!"

"At that time, the pressure on us will be too great. We will be in the wrong and will have no choice but to be manipulated by the Zhu Family Village. Chief Ren must have taken this into consideration, which is why after handing over the goods to us, he did not send any Liangshan men to us, but left it entirely to our own people in the village to handle."

"So that's how it is! Master, it was my narrow-mindedness that almost ruined our village!"

After hearing this, Du Xing finally understood why neither his own manor lord nor the chief of Liangshan had mentioned this matter to each other.

“However, your concerns are not unfounded. Here’s what we’ll do: I’ll write a letter to Chief Ren explaining the situation here. Du Xing, you can go and deliver the letter to Chief Ren tomorrow, so he can also be wary of this Zhu Family Village.”

"Yes, little one, take the order."

Du Xing accepted the order very solemnly.

However, to the surprise of the master and servant, while they were discussing matters in the house, one of the guards in the storeroom where Zhuangzi had just deposited a large sum of money rushed off to the toilet, claiming to have a stomachache, amidst the laughter of his colleagues.

But as he passed a section of the courtyard wall, the man looked around furtively. Seeing that no one was around, he secretly climbed over the wall, quickly went to the woods outside the village, found a large old tree, took something out of his pocket, peeled off the bark, stuffed it into a hole he had made in the trunk, covered the bark back up, and then hurriedly returned to the courtyard.

Before long, a man in black sneaked up to the tree. After checking that no one was around, he quickly peeled off the bark, took the contents, and hurried back.

……

Later that day, at Zhujiazhuang.

Zhu Chaofeng, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao, father and sons, sat around a table, looking at a letter.

This letter was just taken out from the old tree outside Lijiazhuang.

Li Yingzhen never expected that there would be a traitor from Zhujiazhuang among the guards of his warehouse!

Actually, this mole has been there since Li Ying's father was alive, but he was well hidden and had never been discovered.

"Father, Li Ying must have gotten incredibly lucky; he actually made 45,000 strings of cash in one go."

Zhu Long's eyes were a little red.

Zhujiazhuang is becoming more and more prosperous, but even they can't earn this much by going out once a month!

Li Ying, this retired martial artist, what makes him so special?!

"Yes, Father, the scouts say this lead came out of nowhere. How did Li Ying suddenly get such a lucrative lead?"

Zhu Biao was also somewhat puzzled. They knew that Li Ying was smuggling salt, but they had never made so much money in the past!

Did Li Ying find a new channel? Or did he find a buyer who didn't care about money? Or was what he sold this time not smuggled salt at all?

"Boss, could you have the spies investigate further and find out what's really going on with Li Ying?"

Zhu Chaofeng certainly didn't want to see Li Ying rise to power, as that would be bad news for their Zhu Family Village.

"Judging from the news that came this time, it's going to be difficult. After all, even the spies who were guarding the warehouse didn't know what was being sold, only how much profit was made. It's clear that this old guy did a great job keeping it a secret this time."

Zhu Long shook his head. Their spies had done their best, but this time, Li Ying was indeed acting very mysteriously.

“Father, I know someone who definitely knows.”

Zhu Biao suddenly said.

"Du Xing, this is the chief steward of Li Family Village! I don't believe Li Ying would keep it from him!"

"Third brother, isn't what you're saying obvious? Du Xing is Li Ying's confidant. What are we going to do? Make him defect?"

Zhu Hu frowned; this idea sounded so far-fetched.

"We didn't ask him to defect. We only need intelligence. Whether this ghost-faced guy lives or dies is irrelevant. Second brother, aren't you best at this?"

Zhu Biao smiled coldly. In his opinion, Du Xing's life or death was completely unimportant.

"Third brother, I like that sentence."

Zhu Hu laughed too. He was very vengeful. Du Xing, how dare you disrespect me like that? This time, I'll kill you!

"Report back immediately if there is any news about Du Xing. Second Brother, Du Xing is in your hands now."

"Don't worry, third brother. If that ghost face doesn't know what's good for him, I don't mind making him a real ghost!"