The fish market pier was quiet, no one said a word.

The fish teeth covered their mouths with their hands and exchanged sneaky glances with each other.

Standing on the outskirts of the crowd, the fishermen who had already sold all their catch for the day were grinning and making faces, smiling secretly and squinting at the short and fat old man with the shrewdness and cunningness typical of ordinary people.

Ever since Chu Tian overturned the original fish stall and took over the Baimang River estuary three years ago, the fishermen in the Baimang River have never caught even a single carp scale. The dignitaries of the city of Qizhou have not tasted carp for three years!

The big carp in Baimang River is a good thing. But in the past three years, many guests from Qizhou City have brought silver and gold, used connections, found ways, and visited many fishmongers and fishermen, but they still can't get a big carp!

The short and fat old man asked for ten ten-foot-long golden-scaled carps right away. Hey!

"See you off. We don't want to do this deal!" Sitting steadily in the recliner, Chu Tian picked up the teacup and took a sip. His calm expression was somewhat like the style of the officials in the city of Qizhou who served tea to see their guests off.

The four men standing behind Chu Tian took a step forward in unison, tapping the ground with their sticks. The sticks made of iron and wood hit the stone slabs on the ground, making a dull sound.

The short and fat old man glanced at the four big men, slowly put his hands behind his back, and shook his head with a smile: "I am Ling Fu, the second steward of the Ling family, and I am responsible for serving the young masters and young ladies of the Ling family. Young Master Ling Yue is the most promising person of this generation of our Ling family. If he wants ten ten-foot-long golden-scaled carps, he will definitely take them."

With a cold smile, Ling Fu said in a cold voice: "If not, Master Ling Yue will be unhappy. If he is unhappy, our master, mistress, and great master and mistress will not be happy. Naturally, I, Ling Fu, will not be happy either."

"I, Ling Fu, am not a noble person, but if I, Ling Fu, am unhappy, someone will not be able to continue to be happy!"

Shaking his hands, Ling Fu took out another garlic stick from his sleeve and slapped it on the tea table next to Ji Hao.

"Snap, snap, snap." Ling Fu took out seven gold garlic sticks one by one and slammed them heavily on the tea table. Ten gold garlic sticks were neatly placed in a row. The gold bars with extremely high purity emitted dazzling light like ten charcoal bars in the sun.

The fish bites around were cowering and dared not say a word. The fishermen held their breath for fear that their heavy breathing would disturb Chu Tian and Ling Fu.

Ten garlic sticks are worth a hundred taels of gold!

In Qizhou, this is a truly huge sum of money. The three-story house that Chu Tian took over from the previous fish stall owner might not even cost him a single garlic stick of gold.

Qizhou is a remote frontier area, so gold is extremely precious. If you cut off a small piece of this garlic stick gold, it is enough to find ten or eight good men in the market of Qizhou city to help you do some shameful and secretive things.

For example, chopping off someone's limbs, smashing someone's head, stuffing someone into a sack and throwing them into the Baimang River. Ten garlic sticks are enough to make a hundred or eighty heroes bow their heads and call you "Master"!

Chu Tian tilted his head, the pink hydrangea on his bun swaying, and squinted at the ten garlic sticks.

"Ling Fu, Second Steward, are you trying to pressure me with gold?"

Ling Fu's round face was full of smiles. He smiled gently and said, "No, I am using the Ling family to pressure you! Chu Dangtou, you are just a fishmonger, a pig or a dog. My Ling family is the closest relative of the Chu family in Qizhou. My master is the military commander of Qizhou City."

The Sima of the Jizhou Army is an assistant officer of the Jizhou Military Affairs. He can mobilize the Jizhou soldiers. Although his rank is not high, he is a real powerful figure.

Especially for a boss like Chu Tian who hangs around in the market, the deterrent power of a military commander is even greater than that of a prefect.

The fishmongers and fishermen around all looked unhappy, and they all looked at Chu Tian with worry.

You can’t afford to offend the Ling family.

The Chu family behind the Ling family is even more untouchable.

If Chu Tian really angered them, the master mentioned by Ling Fu could easily dispatch a team of state soldiers to take over the fish market in Baimang River and wipe out Chu Tian, ​​the fish stall owner, and all the forces under his command.

These fishmongers and fishermen all have a story in their minds. Compared with the last fish stall boss three years ago, Chu Tian is simply a figure who brings blessings to all families. After he took over the Baimang River Fish Market, the work of both the fishmongers and fishermen has improved a lot, and their lives are getting better day by day!

If something went wrong with Chu Tian, ​​and everyone became like the fishmongers three years ago, they would have to eat coarse food and starve to death again.

A dark-skinned fisherman with a towering figure suddenly stepped out from the crowd. He said in a muffled voice, "Forbidden, there are great carps in the Baimang River. In the eddy current below the Tiger Tooth Cliff upstream, there are nests of big carps that are the fattest and most delicious."

Patting his chest vigorously, the iron tower-like fisherman smiled naively and said, "I'll take a group of brothers with me. It will take at most one day and one night to catch enough big carp. Golden carp are rare, but there are plenty in the White Python River."

"Oh, oh, get out of the way. Big Blackie, if you have the energy to risk your life at Tiger Tooth Cliff, you might as well go home and hug your wife!" Chu Tian pointed at the big man in the black tower and said "oh" twice, then looked at Ling Fu: "Second housekeeper, do you know..."

"For three whole years, not a single carp has been sold in the Baimang River Fish Market!" Ling Fu smiled brightly, "Let's not care what the mystery is, but this time my young master Ling Yue wants ten ten-foot-long golden-scaled carps. Before noon three days later, you, Chu Dangtou, must personally lead people to deliver them to the gate of the Jishan Academy. If you ruin my young master's mood, ha, ha, ha!"

With three cold sneers, Ling Fu put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and walked away from the crowd with two handsome servants.

As he walked, Ling Fu kept cursing, "You lowly pig-dog-like person, do you really think you are a thing?"

"Oh my, is there no man left in this city of Qizhou? The big carp in the Baimang River is a famous catch, but not one carp is caught in three years. There are so many masters and lords in Qizhou City, but not one of them can break this guy's head?"

"You are such a troublemaker, you need to be taught a lesson. Just give me the big carp that the young master wants, or I will smash your head and break your legs. You are just a fishmonger, bah!"