After Emperor Chengzu seized the world, he was very afraid of the major sects in the world. After moving the capital to Beijing, he set rules that there must be no martial arts sects in the capital. Because of this, the four major families and eight major sects did not set up dispatches in the capital, and at most several people were dispatched as offices in Beijing. These people were usually inquiring about information and were not martial arts masters in the reception.

In this context, Sihetang stood out, somewhat similar to a gangster, with industries under his command and a bit of banditry, winning over some lower-level martial arts people. In this way, it gradually controlled the four major mouths of the capital.

The so-called four major mouths are prostitutes, gambling, plates, and rafts. These four major mouths correspond to Qinglong Hall, Zhuque Hall, Baihu Hall, and Xuanwu Hall.

The White Tiger Hall where Qi Xiaowei is located is responsible for the market quotation, which is the business that collects protection fees in the capital.

The White Tiger Hall is located in a courtyard in the northwest corner of the capital. It looks ordinary from the outside, with two stone lions standing beside the gate.

Qi Xiaowei and I came to Baihu Hall, and two sissy men came over. Sister Qi, you are back. There are rumors in the other halls that you have been assassinated by Ye Xiao, and you have already...

Qi Xiaowei asked, what have you done?

The man on the left waved his hand and said he wouldn't say that. Sister, you are happy to come back. Tonight we two can help you solve your fatigue.

I murmured in my heart, these two men are not Qi Xiaowei's face, two sissy and handsome guys, is Qi Xiaowei considered an old cow eating tender grass? Haha, thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing out loud. The man looked at me, his eyes were full of hostility. Sister, who is this guy? Why is this guy so rude?

Qi Xiaowei frowned and waved her hands, "Get away, don't you see if I have friends?" The two of them walked out with aggrieved look on their faces and resentful. Qi Xiaowei looked at me a little embarrassedly and said that I would make me laugh. You can get to know our Sihetang these days. Don't you want to make a name for yourself? When the time is right, let your sister help you. You can live here today.

I was alert in my heart that Qi Xiaowei has a heavy taste and will not make any attempts to me.

She saw my concerns and said with a smile, Don't worry, I'll have someone arrange it for you in the guest room. Although my sister's reputation is not very good, you are my savior and I will treat you differently. Not long after, someone notified her that she was going to the main hall to discuss matters. She gave a few words and left.

A maid brought fragrant tea and the best red dates and wolfberry Pu'er, which tasted a unique taste in winter. I looked at the hall of the White Tiger Hall, the tables and stools with yellow flowers and woods, the screens of golden nanmu and Shu brocade, which looked very simple, but from my professional perspective, it was priceless.

Not long after, a middle-aged man walked in and looked at me and asked, "Are you Jiang Xiaobai?"

Seeing this, the maid hurriedly bowed and met Deputy Lord Li.

It turned out to be the deputy master of Baihu Hall. I saw that he was thin, had a feminine expression, and looked sick, but his eyes were shining with light. He thought that this person should not be underestimated. I stood up and said, "It's Jiang Xiaobai, and I have met Master Li."

I removed the sub-word of the deputy hall master. His expression was slightly slower and asked, "I am Li Laohu, Master Qi asked me to arrange a meal for you. Do you know martial arts?"

I nodded, I will do it a little.

A true energy overflowed from his body and surrounded me. I knew he was going to test my martial arts. I closed the true energy of the star constellation, and the dantian and various meridians were empty, with only a little fluctuation of true energy. Li Laohu's true energy wandered around me and shook his head in a little disappointed manner.

Have you seen Red?

Seeing Hong is also considered a jargon, which means killing people.

I responded and killed some.

Li Laohu looked me up and down, as if he was suspicious of what I said. This kind of old man's eyes was so vicious. In their eyes, the temperament that had never killed people was completely different. I only noticed this from Zhang Youqian recently.

Li Laohu said again, if you want to join our Sihetang, you have to accept the letter of honor. Do you have to think about it?

Sihetang has a gangster background, and does not pay attention to the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics at the beginning. There are all kinds of people, and they do not follow Liushemen. They need to conduct political reviews and background investigations. In order to simplify the procedures, they are usually constrained by a letter of constituent.

When Lin Chongna sued his name, he wanted to go to the roadside to kill someone and lift him up the mountain.

I nodded, wealth and honor are in danger, I understand this principle, so I asked, please give me some advice on whether to kill officials or people?

Li Laohu said no, you saved Master Qi's life, and with her as a guarantee, you will be exempted from this procedure.

I felt relieved. I really didn't know what to do if they asked me to go out and kill someone. In fact, Zhang Youqian and I killed a lot of people that night in Songhe Tower, but they were all from Sihetang.

As my guarantor to the church, Qi Xiaowei is bound to her. If something goes wrong in the future, both prosper and both prosper and both lose. Thinking of this, I felt a little guilty, but when I think of the task assigned to me by Lu Zhongyuan, I had to endure it.

He took me to a small house in the west wing of the yard, where a young fat man was typing his abacus. When he saw Li Laohu, he quickly got up and was about to show his salute, Li Laohu waved his hand and said: Shanmu, this is Jiang Xiaobai, the Lord of the Hall of Qi, help him get the procedures for entering the hall, and follow you in the future.

The young fat man named Shan Mu nodded and bowed, saying yes. Li Laohu explained a few words and left.

He did not detect my true strength, and he heard Qi Xiaowei say that I saved her. He probably had his own plans in his heart, thinking that I was like those two sissy guys, and Qi Xiaowei was about to take it back as the leader.

Shan Mu was very enthusiastic and completed the relevant procedures for me, filled out several forms, notice letters, confidentiality agreements, and confirmation letters of the church rules. After I signed Jiang Xiaobai's name, of course, the information I left was the real information of the flower-picking thief told me by the fifth senior brother.

Shan Mu said, Lord Li arranged you for me. From now on, you will be a member of our Baihu Hall. If something happens in the future, I will protect you.

It was the first time that Shan Mu was a big brother. He chatted all afternoon and told me about the various rules of Sihe Hall and Baihu Hall, even the conflicts between the four inner halls, the gestures of seeing brothers from other halls and the things to avoid taboos.

It turns out that the Sihe Hall, the largest gang in the capital, is not a single piece of iron inside, and the four inner halls and eight outer halls are fighting very well.

Among the four halls, Qinglong Hall controls brothels and Zhuquetang controls casinos. These two businesses can be said to make money every day. In particular, Zhuquetang controls nearly two-thirds of the casinos in the capital. Some of these casinos are self-operated, while others are affiliated with them to collect money.

The White Tiger Hall and the Xuanwu Hall are not so lucky.

Xuanwu Hall is responsible for the bodyguard business and has a Zhenyuan escort agency under his own disciple. However, none of the four major escort agencies in Beijing are fuel-efficient. Moreover, there are many experts in the escort agencies, so there are the least amount of oil.

As for the White Tiger Hall, it is even more difficult.

Collecting protection fees is a very difficult task.

First, they raise many gangsters in the capital, and these people are expensive to eat, drink, and chew fruits;

Secondly, collecting protection fees is also a technical job, which requires both strategy and tactics and methods. Many old shop owners have found various routines and tricks in the long-term battle of wits and courage, so as to pay less and avoid paying protection fees;

Third, the pricing of protection fees is also very complicated. If you want too many, and you want to close the store, you will cut off your future financial resources; if you want less, you may not be able to support those younger brothers. Some people may ask, why don’t you find a way to grab the other party’s store? But for the thugs in Baihutang, it is not necessarily necessary to run a store, and whether you make money or not. Where can you swagger to collect protection fees with great comfort?

Fourthly, huge accounts receivable are a serious situation facing Baihutang. Many protection fees cannot be collected or the protection fees collected are not paid in reality by the gangsters, which makes Baihutang's monthly accounts receivable become larger and larger like a snowball.

Sometimes, the income of the White Tiger Hall is even worse than that of the smuggling in the Waiba Hall, the money for incense in the temple, begging for commissions, etc. Some people also proposed to drive the White Tiger Hall to the Waiba Hall. However, Sihe Hall started with the collection of protection fees, which is also the most core and primitive business of Sihe Hall. Zhao Jiuye has never touched the White Tiger Hall.

On Shanmudao, there is one hall master in our White Tiger Hall, two deputy hall masters, and six incense masters. The hall master presides over the whole hall work. The incense master means someone who is qualified to burn incense in the White Tiger Hall.

I asked what we were? We were standing at the door, so we called the master?

Danmu has no good luck, we are the master of the slush.

Before I arrived, Shan Mu was responsible for the accounting work of Baihu Hall, and also lent the dictionary book of Zhushikou Street. The dictionary book was a small official in the Hanlin Academy and also used this position in the Sihe Hall, which means that the protection fee of Zhushikou Street was responsible for.

Shan Mu came to the door and saw the two maternal and masculine men in the yard muttering under the tree, looking at us from time to time, not knowing what bad water was being held. He asked in a very obscure way, what is your relationship with Lord Qi...?

I guess he thought I had an ambiguous relationship with Qi Xiaowei, so he said, "It's just a friend."

Shan Mu then said, "You want those two people. The one with bangs on the left is called Liu Li, and the one with braids on the right is called Liu Qi. These two people rely on their close relationship with Lord Qi, and they are in contact with each other and fight against each other. When they encounter those who don't cater to them, they can wear small shoes at the least, and at the worst, they can cause persecution.

I thought to myself that these two people would be better off not hitting me at the gun, otherwise they would be worse than death.

Shan Mu asked again, do you know how to make martial arts?

I said yes.

He was excited when he heard this. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. You get up early tomorrow and I will take you to collect the annual closing fee.

So, I lived in Baihu Hall. The courtyard of Baihu Hall was huge, with a total of seven entrances, the first entrance, the second entrance was the office space, the third entrance was the public residence of the guest rooms and the hall people, and the fourth entrance was the warehouse, the garden and the private residence of the hall owner.

Shanmu arranged me next door. At night that day, the people sent out from Baihu Hall returned to the hall one after another. Shanmu and two other books began to keep accounts and collect the protection fees paid by various people.
Chapter completed!