Li Qing took the lantern and asked Chen Ming who settled the accounts at the counter: "Supervisor, put what you have in your hands in advance, let's talk."

Chen Mingtong put down the pen in his hand, turned it out from behind the counter, and bowed to Li Qing: "I wonder what's wrong with the boss?"

Li Qing sat down on the bench and asked Chen Ming's passage: "There are many people coming from the west in the store these days, and they stayed there for several days, but they didn't see them doing any business, they just ate alcohol and gambled. When did the people in the west become so rich? Don't you wonder?"

Chen Mingtong thought for a while and nodded, "As soon as the boss said that, I remembered it too. These people seemed to know each other. People looked tough and mostly had swords and guns, so they were not good people. - The boss meant that they were not good people?"

Li Qing sighed: "We follow the order of the Grand Marshal, come here to watch this shop, and make some money to supplement the family. But don't forget that, in addition to this, we have the responsibility to defend the territory and appease the place. Today I asked several other inns, including those run by Dangxiang people, and they all said that we have moved in to many Westerners in the past few days, which is similar to our situation. I thought that these people didn't seem to be together."

Chen Mingtong nodded, narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The two-person casino is open here, and the wealth and goods are accumulated inside, which is inevitable to attract thieves to spy on it. The wealth is touching, and there are always desperadoes who are jealous of the money."

Li Qing said: "Yes. Tanglong Town is sparsely populated, and the Khitan and the dynasty are both strictly controlled. There are no big thieves who dare to make up for this place, so they can't get so many people. Only in the Western Region, they are born with robbery and some have swords, so it's not surprising to do such things."

After the establishment of Tanglong Town, the surrounding Dafan tribes were absorbed by the volcanic army, and most of them went to the south bank of the Yellow River. Now, within a hundred miles of the surrounding area, there are less than 100 nomadic nomadic tribes and are not subordinate to each other, so they cannot make up their minds here. The merchants from north to south, Khitans were in Shengzhou, and the Song Dynasty had control over the fire army, and would not infiltrate the thieves. Only Dangxiang in the west had a population plundered from Tanglong Town, and were familiar with the roads, and could organize the robbery of the people here.

The shops around the casino, including inns and restaurants, were built together with the casino. The people who run the here are the soldiers sent by the two countries to guard the place. Li Qing came from the army of Zhejimin, the prefecture, and Chen Mingtong was an official in charge of the accounts. The two of them jointly operated the inn. Li Qing paid his own capital and distributed dividends in this inn. He also had the highest official position, so he managed the place.

In recent days, several inns have come to Dangxiang people. They don’t do any business and linger in the casino every day. Li Qing asked the people in the casino that there is nothing strange about these people’s gambling skills, and they have more losses and less wins. In addition, they gather together to drink and eat meat every day, which attracted Li Qing’s attention. In that place of Dangxiang, how many people who spend money on their lives like this in a tribe? After a rough calculation, all the rich people from several states have come? No matter how you think about it, there is only one answer left. They are likely to be robbers.

After discussing with Chen Mingtong for a while, Li Qing said, "You should not be careless about this matter. We are sent here to take care of the local safety. If the casino is really robbed by a robber, how can you explain to the Taiwei? Look at the store and I will go there to discuss with the Khitans."

When this place was built, Du Zhongxiao made it clear to Yelu Buhua that unless it was attacked by a large-scale army, the soldiers and horses in Tanglong Town were not responsible for the safety of the place. The people who protected this place were sent by the Khitan and the people of the Hedong Road General Secretary. So the Song Dynasty was not the imperial guards of Zhang Jimin, but the foreign soldiers from Zhe Jimin. Of course, the price was that Zhe Jimin could get benefits from it.

Du Zhongxiao regarded this place as the sewer of Tanglong Town, and moved it in a mess to maintain good order in Tanglong Town. In terms of government management, various methods were used to cut, and the volcanic army and the imperial guard system tried not to interfere. Therefore, in the casino outside the city, several big figures of the Khitan were more concerned than those of the Song Dynasty, and they had a lot of benefits here.

He walked out of the shop with a lantern, and Li Qing walked west along the street, not far to a carriage shop. This is where the Khitans were stationed here, taking advantage of their advantages of carrying many animals to transport goods to merchants from the north.

When he opened the door, the servant saw that it was Li Qing and hurriedly saluted: "Mr. It's late at night, I wonder what to do with my master?"

Li Qing said: "If you have important matters to discuss, please report it to me."

The servant hurriedly led the way: "Why do you need to report it? The master repeatedly ordered that the outsider came to see him."

Li Qing passed by, followed the servant, walked into the door, and walked into the carriage shop.

There is a flat ground inside the gate, with goods piled up in the middle, cargo tied on both sides, and several large trucks lying there. After passing the open space, there is a tall hall, which is the place where the carriage and horse shop is doing business.

At this time, the hall was brightly lit, with several tables placed, and a group of Khitans gathered there, shouting and shouting.

The chief official Oribom stepped on a stool with one foot, kept looking through the Paijiu in his hands, and said at the top of his voice: "Are there any? Bet faster! Grandpa's hands are going well tonight, don't delay me making money!"

Some of the small officers had a bitter look on their faces, some looked at the cards and thought deeply, some sighed, and some were eager to try, which was very lively.

I learned Paijiu from the Song people's casinos, and quickly spread the Khitan garrison here, gathering gambling in the carriage shops almost every day, and Li Qing was not surprised. Some of the Song Dynasty's army with poor military discipline also had this scene, and it was not much better than these Khitans.

The servant waited aside, and until Eliban finished gambling, he stepped forward and whispered: "Mr. Mr. Li, the inn, is here to see him."

Eli Ben won the money tonight and was in a good mood. He looked up at Li Qing standing there and pushed Pai Jiu: "Little ones, please play a few games first. I'll talk to Mr. Li. - I'll leave my money here, no one is allowed to move!"

Several small officers agreed and some people shaking the dice.

After leaving the gambling table, Olibi went to Li Qing, saluted each other, and said, "What wind has blown the official tonight!"

As he said that, he looked around him, soldiers were throwing dice and playing Paijiu at several tables, and there was no place to get off. He had to say to Li Qing: "Stay some, let's go to the empty table over there to talk."

He walked around a few gambling tables, came to an empty table with Li Qing in the corner, and asked Li Qing to sit down. He turned around, took a wine jar from the next table, took another empty bowl, poured Li Qing wine and said, "Prince, drink a bowl of wine!"

Li Qing gently pushed the bowl and whispered: "Thank you, I have something important to discuss with my husband tonight, so I won't drink."

Orimoto was stunned, took a big sip of the bowl and asked, "The official came to the middle of the night. There must be something important, but it's all."

Li Qing looked around, leaned forward, lowered his voice, introduced the abnormalities in his store these days, and said in a deep voice: "Langjun, I have discussed with the store supervisor. Most of these people are thieves coming from the west. In order to prevent accidents, come here to inform Langjun."

Oribene didn't say anything, took another big sip of wine, pondered for a while, and smiled: "The outsider thought, what should we do?"

Li Qing said: "We took the thief and stolen goods and caught the evildoers in bed. These days we have been energetic and stared at these people. According to my estimate, most of them will attack the two casinos. At that time, we will beat them all in one place!"

Orimoto shook his head: "Mr. Wait, have you ever heard another saying: If you have a thousand days of thieves, how can you guard against thieves for a thousand days? After the official returns, he finds out how many of these people are and which store they live in. Let me know one by one. There is no need for a manager to do anything about what happens later."

Li Qing was stunned: "What does Lang Jun mean is to start first?"

Orimoto was the key point: "Of course! They came here to be thieves and were already dead, so why not help them!"
Chapter completed!