After resting for a night, Xu Fengwu's group, along with Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng, arrived at Jieyang Town after traveling for half a day.
Everyone found a restaurant and prepared to fill their stomachs.
Xu Fengwu recalled the three tyrants of Jieyang. Li Li had been killed, Li Jun was now with him, and now there was still Mu Hong, Mu Chun, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Shun.
Xu Fengwu remembered that in the original novel, the Mu brothers dominated Jieyang Town. If outsiders wanted to make a living in the town, they had to pay their respects to the Mu family first. Otherwise, the residents of the town were not allowed to trade with them.
Other than that, Xu Fengwu did not remember any evil deeds the brothers had done.
Speaking of which, this was actually not much. Nowadays, all the merchants passing through Liangshan Lake would dare to not pay for the passage. Xu Fengwu's business was much bigger than this.
As for the Zhang brothers, Zhang Shun was someone Xu Fengwu wanted to subdue, but Zhang Heng would have to consider it. This fellow was probably still in the business of robbing on the Xunyang River.
Xu Fengwu immediately asked Li Jun,""Brother Li Jun, I heard that the Mu brothers are a tyrant in Jieyang Town. Do you have any friendship with them?”
"We're all from the Jieyang Ridge area, so we're naturally friends." Li Jun nodded and said,"Brother, do you want to see them?"”
Before Xu Fengwu could speak, Liu Tang shouted,""Brother, what bully are you talking about? Tell me, Liu Tang, that if he really does evil, I will also cut him down with a knife.”
This fellow was addicted to serving justice.
"Although the Mu brothers are a little overbearing and they want all the merchants in town to pay them a sum of money every month, they are actually forced to do so." Li Jun quickly said.”
"What exactly happened?" Xu Fengwu asked curiously.”
"I'm sure you know about the flower stone gang of Jiangnan."”
Xu Fengwu nodded." How could I not know about the Jiangnan Flower and Stone Gang and the Northern Land Reclamation Method?!"”
Li Jun continued," Originally, Jieyang Town was next to the Xunyang River, so it could be considered prosperous. Who knew that a few years ago, the Imperial Court suddenly came up with the Flower Stone Gang and wanted to build the Longevity Mountain for the Emperor.”
"From then on, there was an endless stream of ships transporting the Flower Stone Gang on this river. Because Jieyang Town was next to the Xunyang River, it naturally fell into misfortune.”
"Once the Flower Stone Gang passes by, the town not only has to provide labor, but also money and food for the ship.”
"Over the years, many villages and towns have withered because of the Flower Stone Gang. The Mu family was a big family in Jieyang Town. Even though they had tens of thousands of wealth, they could not withstand the torment of Hua Shigang.”
"Therefore, Mu Hong set a rule. As long as the merchants in this town make money, they have to pay a monthly fee to provide the money and food needed by the Flower Stone Gang's ships.”
"Although many merchants left because of this, Jieyang Town didn't wither like the other towns along the river, and not many people lost their families because of this.”
The Longevity Mountain was called the Longevity Mountain.
After Song Zhezong died of illness, Zhao Ji became the emperor because there was no son to inherit the throne.
When Zhao Ji first succeeded to the throne, he did not have any children. In order to avoid following his elder brother's old path, and because he believed in Taoism, he hired a Taoist priest to come up with ideas.
The Taoist priest said,"The northeast corner of the capital is a place of good fortune. If the situation is slightly higher, there will be many men."”
So Zhao Ji dug up the earth to build a mountain. Who knew that not long after the construction of Wansui Mountain, the eldest son, Zhao Huan, was born. Although the second son died young, the third son was born the following year.
Zhao Ji believed that this was because of the Mountain of Eternal Life, so he invested more manpower and resources.
As an artistic emperor, how could he only have one earth mountain? Therefore, pavilions, pavilions, and exotic flowers and plants appeared on Mount Wansui.
Zhao Ji couldn't take back his last attack. He felt that the palace was too small and didn't match up to him, the emperor, so he wanted to build a large garden around the Longevity Mountain.
As a result, he wanted more and more things, and even plundered the world. He took a fancy to the Taihu Lake stone in Jiangnan, so he made a big move on the Flower Stone Gang, causing the people to be resentful and the national strength to be exhausted.
Ever since the construction of the Wansui Mountain, Zhao Ji had indeed had many sons. According to historical records, a total of 25 of them had lived to adulthood, but they were all captured by the Jin people and sent to the north. Only Zhao Gou was lucky.
" If the Mu brothers don't want to pay, they can just move out." Liu Tang was puzzled." Why are they asking the merchants for money?"”
Xu Fengwu said," The Mu family has been in Jieyang Town for several generations. Naturally, all their assets are here. How can they move away so easily?" If the Mu family moved away, the expenses of the Flower Stone Gang would fall on the heads of ordinary merchants. How could these merchants afford it? It would probably take less than two to three years for Jieyang Town to decline.”
Xu Fengwu also understood. No wonder in the original novel, after Mu Hong broke through Jiangzhou and rescued Song Jiang, he straightforwardly packed up all his wealth, set fire to the manor, and brought his family to Liangshan.
At that time, Xu Fengwu had thought that Mu Hong's brain had gone haywire. He was actually so loyal that he even abandoned his family's property. Now, it seemed that there was a reason.
It was probably because of the Flower Stone Gang that the Mu family had been tormented enough at that time. They probably did not have much money left. No wonder Mu Hong went to Liangshan without saying a word.
"I didn't expect these two brothers to do such a good thing." Liu Tang said in realization.”
"It's just as brother said!" Li Jun nodded. However, this Flower Stone Gang had been around for many years. Not only did the number of boats on the river not decrease, but it also increased year by year. How could the Mu family withstand such torment? The situation was getting worse year by year, and Mu Hong's temper was getting increasingly irritable.”
Xu Fengwu nodded and said,""Brother Li Jun, can you introduce me to the Mu brothers?”
"Why wouldn't I?" Li Jun smiled. This Mu Hong was a loyal person. If he heard his brother's name, he would definitely be very happy.”
Xu Fengwu smiled. As long as the hero in the original novel was not someone like Li Li, he naturally did not mind recruiting him. Moreover, Mu Hong was definitely not a useless person.
Even though Mu Hong did not have many scenes in the original novel, he naturally did not have any battle achievements. He only fought Zhu Hu for thirty rounds in the battle against the Zhu family.
However, to be ranked as one of the Eight Flying Cavalry, on the same level as Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, and the others, even if he was not as good as Hua Rong and the others, he was at least not weaker than Zhu Tong and Liu Tang.
As for Mu Chun, she was just a bystander in the original novel.
Xu Fengwu also wanted to find out more about the Mu brothers. If it was really as Li Jun said, even if he could not subdue them now, it would be good to get to know them.
After everyone finished their meal, they headed towards the Mu Residence under Li Jun's lead.
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