This is roughly the case with the structure of the intelligence system. As for the recent situation of the Beggars' Sect, Liang Shicheng knows little, and these things at hand have already involved most of his energy.

Next, Zhao Ji asked about the recent situation of the Deputy Gangma family. No special situation happened in the past six months of surveillance. The Madam Ma seemed to have changed her temperament and stayed at home every day, which was even more peaceful than the nuns in the nuns in the city.

Liang Shicheng was not clear about Zhao Ji's intention to ask them to monitor Mrs. Ma, so he only selected a few trivial matters to tell a story. In May, Deputy Gangma wanted to take his wife back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but Mrs. Ma was unwilling to go back. The two quarreled a few times, and in the end, Deputy Gangma returned to Xinyang alone. In mid-July, several Liaodong merchants wanted to buy a shop near the Ma family, but failed to get their wish, so they turned to a shop under the Nanchengguan Bridge. Liang Shicheng sent people to monitor for a while. This shop only sold some ginseng and antler frosted goods produced in Liaodong, which was like a serious businessman, and there was nothing strange about it. In addition, in recent times, there were more vendors from the streets near the Ma family, most of whom were not native to Bianliang. But this was nothing strange. The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and many vendors wanted to make some money before the festival, and this was the case in the whole city.

After all these things were explained, it was almost time for a while. Although Zhao Ji was still in good spirits, he saw that Liang Shicheng was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, so he ended the conversation and walked down to rest.

Before leaving, Liang Shichengcai suddenly remembered another thing and said, "By the way, the Li Xichi who you brought back from Luoyang suddenly left without saying goodbye in June, but he didn't know why. After he left, the young man carefully interrogated the servants in the mansion and had no omissions in his service. The young man took people to find his whereabouts, neither in Bianliang City nor back to Luoyang."

When Zhao Ji heard this, he was a little surprised, but he didn't take it seriously. He treated Li Kuipai with courtesy, and most of the time he still had the intention to borrow this person to try to make a line with the Xiaoyao Sect, and even went to Leigu Mountain where Wuyazi lived in seclusion. However, even if he had this idea, it would be difficult to do it recently. Since he had left, he would think of another way when he took time to come.

Therefore, he just nodded and said, "I know this, no wonder you. Go and have a rest earlier. Thank you for your hard work in the past six months."

"It is a small duty to do things loyally for the prince." Although it was just a simple sentence, Liang Shicheng was extremely grateful. After leaving the study, he arranged for someone to take care of Zhao Ji's dormitory before returning to rest himself.

The next morning, Zhao Ji went to the south of the city to meet Quan Guanqing.

Compared with the first time he met, Quan Guanqing's entire person had undergone earth-shaking changes. Zhao Ji still remembered that when he saw Quan Guanqing more than a year ago, the leader of the Beggars' sect was at a loss and nervous. His explicit flattery and a rash aura that could not be concealed. But now, Quan Guanqing's entire temperament has changed. The rash aura of origin from the world has disappeared. Although he was still respectful to Zhao Ji, he had a bit of a demeanor in his words and demeanor. If he changed into this patchwork robe with the characteristics of the Beggars' sect and walked on the streets of Bianliang City, he would say that he was going to Beijing to take the exam to take the Encare Department.

In the past two years, Quan Guanqing's entire life trajectory and even his life beliefs have undergone earth-shaking changes. Both the superficial and internal identities have had a qualitative leap. First of all, he has become the youngest Jiuba Elder in the Beggars' Sect. At such an age and such a status in the world, rarely can anyone compare with him in the entire world. More importantly, becoming a visitor to the Duan Prince's Mansion, with the support of Zhao Ji, can be said to have grasped most of the marginal areas of Bianliang City with one hand.

Moreover, because of this looming relationship, his status in the Beggars' Sect has been invisibly improved. It can be said that he is the most outstanding young sect among the Beggars' Sect. Not only many respected sects have treated him well, but he also has a great say in the elders' group, and he has become the leader of the most powerful sect among the Beggars' Sect.

Although it was already a happy spring breeze, Quan Guanqing understood why all this came and did not get carried away. The more prominent point is that as long as it was a private meeting, whenever it was a big gift when meeting Zhao Ji was met.

When Zhao Ji met Quan Guanqing, in addition to explaining the subtle adjustments to the entire intelligence organization, the more important purpose was the recent development momentum of the Bianliang Beggars' Gang.

It has been nearly two years since he traveled through time, and Zhao Ji's understanding of this world has become more detailed and profound, and his views on the Beggars' Sect have become increasingly perfect. As the largest gang in the world, the members of the Beggars' Sect can be said to be spread all over the world, and the members' composition is mixed. Relatively speaking, it is extremely difficult to manage and restrain. What really restricts the development of the Beggars' Sect is not the lack of manpower and material resources, but the lack of strong and effective dispatching and management.

As the saying goes, poor people make treacherous plans, rich people make conscience. Although this is a bit absolute, it still applies most of the time. Most of the members of the Beggars' Gang are poor, and one or two may just be bullied. However, if the number is too large, they will have some courage in their hearts, and therefore there will be endless troubles in their crimes. It is true that the rules of the Beggars' Gang are very strict, but the rules are dead. It is difficult to completely restrain the gang members by relying solely on moral laws. Perhaps the upper-level leaders and elders must also take into account the influence of their reputation, but the lower-level gang members have indeed committed many crimes of anger and resentment for their own selfishness.

Previously, Qiao Feng was running around like a firefighter. Most of the time, he was actually dealing with these bullshit things and wiping the butts of those who had done evil.

For Zhao Ji, if you want to effectively control such a huge and complicated gang, it is actually not very effective to control one or two people in the upper class alone. For those gang members at the lower class, simple grace or power oppression will also have little effect. Therefore, to control them, you must firmly grasp their food and clothing.

Therefore, the development of the Beggars' Sect in Bianliang is not just about connecting Zhao Ji with the Beggars' Sect. Zhao Ji's overall plan is to make the Beggars' Sect's business bigger and stronger at the Shuimen Wharf in Bianliang City, become a pillar industry that is crucial to the survival of the Beggars' Sect, and become the lifeline of the inheritance and development of the Beggars' Sect. And put this business under your own eyes and you can destroy it. Even if the people of the Beggars' Sect want to be disobedient, it is rare.

Quan Guanqing didn't know much about Zhao Ji's fundamental intentions, but since Zhao Ji asked, he explained in detail.

The Bianliang Water Gate line can be said to be the largest freight distribution center in Bianliang City and even the entire northern part. Just to meet the food, clothing and expenses of the million people in Bianliang City, this market is extremely huge. The Beggars' Sect used to be unable to enter the door, and even though they knew it was a piece of fat, they could only wander outside the door. However, with Zhao Ji's strong support and helping them lay the foundation, the development momentum of the Bianliang Beggars' Sect was extremely rapid, especially since this year, the dock labor alone alone has earned thousands of chunks of income every month. Of course, this money cannot be earned by them moving boxes by boxes. It is generally also contracted to rent out the river section in batches, and it is accompanied by many means. These are the old rules formed on the Bian River for a hundred years, and it is also considered a category of the world. Even the government is really difficult to interfere in and control.

Zhao Ji listened carefully to Quan Guanqing's story and looked through the accounts and expenditure data several times. The Beggars' Gang's business development on the dock was indeed quite good, but it seemed that it was still a distance away from his goal. After pondering for a long time, Zhao Ji said to Quan Guanqing: "After a while, you will return to the Luoyang headquarters to mention it in the Elder Hall. Bianliang's business is becoming more and more prosperous, and the mysterious ways in this are almost all the time. Instead of moving goods to others to earn some money for hard work, it is better to transport goods by yourself. The scattered goods at the branch hall in the local area are also collected. It is boring to make small freight. It is a big deal to transfer goods to Bianliang. As for the various channels on the market, I will take some care of you by Manager Liang."

Quan Guanqing couldn't help but smile when he heard this. In fact, there were such arguments among the Beggars' Gang recently. Seeing that local merchants could get several or even dozens of times the profits they could get to Bianliang City. Many people with active minds in the gang could no longer suppress their thoughts on this. However, the risk of transporting goods by themselves was too great after all. Without the nod of Prince Duan, they really did not dare to step through the minefield.

Now Zhao Ji spoke in person and told Quan Guanqing that once this matter is done, his influence in the gang will undoubtedly be further increased. Therefore, he immediately thanked him for taking over the business.

Seeing Quan Guanqing looking energetic, Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile. His move was actually to concentrate all the wealth and goods scattered in the branches of the Beggars' Gang in various places to Bianliang, which further highlighted the important position of Bianliang's livelihood in the Beggars' Gang, and at the same time firmly grasped the financial power of the Beggars' Gang. This was a clear conspiracy. Even if someone saw his intention, it would be difficult to reject this **.

After talking about the development of the Bianliang Beggars' Sect, Zhao Ji was much lighter and asked again: "Is there something unusual happening in the world recently?"

Hearing this question, Quan Guanqing's expression became a little strange, and he lowered his head and said, "The world is still calm, but there are some bad rumors in the gang that have been spreading recently."

"What is the rumor?" Zhao Ji's face couldn't help but condense and asked in a deep voice when he heard this.

"It's just occasionally a few low-level disciples are talking about it. As for the content... this villain is just listening to people's reports, but he is not sure whether it is true or not." Quan Guanqing whispered: "The content of this rumor is related to the leader of the Qiao gang, saying that leader of the Qiao gang is not us Han people, but Khitan people..."

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Chapter completed!