Chapter 166

"The IOU is in my hands; whatever I say goes. If you think it's expensive, then get lost!" The burly man had an expression of having him cornered, his attitude becoming increasingly nasty.

Wang Hou put the silver in his hand back into his bosom and slightly moved his neck, his joints making a sound.

Zhang Zhengyan, who had just seen hope, suddenly felt his hope shattered. Eight taels of silver—even if they sold him, he couldn't pay it back!

The next moment, Wang Hou suddenly clenched his fist and struck, hitting the burly man straight in the abdomen, "You should have said it was robbery earlier! I'm very familiar with that!"

The burly man opened his mouth wide, the saliva in his mouth spitting out in an instant. His whole body bent like a roasted shrimp, and he just clutched his stomach and slowly fell to the ground.

"Big Brother!"

"Go, kill him!"

The remaining two burly men saw this and immediately rushed forward, preparing to avenge their big brother, completely ignoring Zhang Zhengyan, whom they had been holding.

A gust of wind struck the back of Wang Hou's head, but it was accurately caught by Wang Hou's right hand.

The clenched fist was larger than Wang Hou's palm, yet it was eerily unable to move forward even a fraction.

"Bang!"

Wang Hou kicked out, hitting this person's chest squarely. The whole person immediately flew backward and slammed heavily onto the ground.

The last remaining person hurriedly stopped his steps and, under Wang Hou's gaze, slowly lowered his raised hand.

"Are you not going to avenge your big brother?"

"The good man is joking. I am an only child, where would I have a big brother?!"

"Not going to kill me anymore?" Wang Hou raised an eyebrow.

"Whoever dares to touch the good man, pass through me first!!"

Wang Hou felt it was boring, kicked the burly man, and said, "Take the people and leave! Don't come back next time!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay! We will never come back again!" This person said while helping the burly man up, and the two prepared to leave just like that.

"Wait! Bring the IOU here!" Wang Hou suddenly spoke, giving the two a start.

The burly man's face flushed red, his expression extremely uncomfortable, and his trembling hand slowly took out the IOU.

Wang Hou took the IOU, looked at it carefully, and immediately tore it to shreds.

"Here, take it and get out quickly!" Wang Hou took out five taels of silver and threw it toward the burly man.

"Thank you, good man! Thank you."

"Does the good man dare to leave his name?"

Hearing this, Wang Hou gave a cold snort, "In at most a week, you will know who I am!"

Seeing his IOU torn to shreds, Zhang Zhengyan felt much more relaxed in his heart in an instant.

But at the same time, he was also very uneasy, because he was certain he didn't know this person. So what was the other party's purpose in helping him?

Seeing a group of neighbors still watching, Wang Hou signaled for Tang Xiao Yu to enter the house, and only after closing the door tightly did he speak to Zhang Zhengyan.

"Shall we chat?"

Zhang Zhengyan thought the other party was talking about the silver, so he immediately stated his attitude first, "Good man, I will definitely pay you back this money!"

Wang Hou waved his hand, his attention not on Zhang Zhengyan but instead looking around, "It's just a few taels of silver; consider it making you a friend!"

Now Zhang Zhengyan was even more unsure. After hesitating for a moment, he could only cautiously probe, "If the good man has something to say, why not say it directly?"

"I heard you raise many pigeons! My big brother has the intention to set up some courier stations, so he let me come and take a look first!" Wang Hou finally withdrew his gaze and was also carefully sizing up Zhang Zhengyan.

Hearing what Wang Hou said, Zhang Zhengyan found it hard to believe for a moment. After all, a courier station for carrier pigeons meant long-distance message delivery, which cost a lot of silver and was not something an ordinary family could afford.

"G-good man, are you sure?"

Wang Hou frowned, somewhat displeased, "Why are you dawdling? Just tell me if you can do it or not!"

"I can do it! I definitely can!" Zhang Zhengyan had plenty of confidence; he was very confident in himself and his pigeons, but he didn't know how much silver this employer was willing to give him.

"Since that's the case, introduce them!" Wang Hou felt relieved and finally had time to understand the details, so it would be convenient to report the situation to the Big Boss when he returned.

Zhang Zhengyan was very excited. He had waited so long; wasn't he waiting for today?

He immediately and enthusiastically invited the two to go upstairs to take a look. His house had a second floor, but now it had all been cleared out to become the pigeons' residence.

Wang Hou and Tang Xiao Yu followed behind Zhang Zhengyan, listening to Zhang Zhengyan's introduction.

"The breed of my pigeons is excellent! However, if you want to set up courier stations, I can't handle it alone!"

"You don't need to worry about the manpower problem!" Wang Hou wasn't worried at all. Right now, Yangguangzhai didn't lack manpower at all; even if they did, they could just keep recruiting!

"That's good. I don't know how far you are planning to set them up?" Zhang Zhengyan asked while opening the door.

"Jingcheng, Jiangnan, or even Xiliang, it's hard to say." Wang Hou only gave a rough direction; the rest would have to wait until they started setting them up to plan in detail.

Hearing this, the joy on Zhang Zhengyan's face could not be hidden at all. Originally, he thought he had too many pigeons, but for such a long distance, he was afraid his pigeons might not be enough.

The moment the door was pushed open, a foul stench rushed toward the three of them.

"This... there are too many pigeons, the smell is inevitably a bit strong, please forgive me!" Zhang Zhengyan scratched his head in embarrassment. He cleaned up every two days on average, but he still couldn't handle the sheer number.

Wang Hou walked into the room; the bright room was filled with many pigeons.

Because someone had entered and disturbed them, for a time, the whole room was filled with pigeons flying everywhere and falling feathers.

"How many do you have here?" Tang Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask with a sigh.

"Two hundred, only more, not less!" Zhang Zhengyan gently grabbed a pigeon to show them, "Look at this fur color, and these claws."

Wang Hou waved his hand, "We don't understand this; as long as you can ensure the courier station can be built, that's fine."

"No problem! But this silver..."

Zhang Zhengyan agreed immediately, but the thing he cared about most was still the silver.

He was penniless now and could no longer afford to feed so many pigeons; he couldn't help but care about money!

"Rest assured! We will not treat you unfairly. Specific matters will have to wait until I go back and tell my big brother; he will come to talk to you later!"

Zhang Zhengyan nodded repeatedly, "Okay! I just don't know... how long will it take?"

"Within a week!" After Wang Hou said this, he turned around and prepared to go downstairs; the smell up here was indeed a bit unpleasant.

Zhang Zhengyan followed behind, silently calculating how much more grain he needed to feed the pigeons in a week.

He wasn't worried at all that these two were here to play him. After all, they had just helped him deal with a five-tael silver debt; there was no one so stupid as to come specifically to play him.

It was just that he was indeed short of money now, and this week would not be easy to get through!

Wang Hou asked about some other situations afterward, and after understanding enough, he prepared to take Tang Xiao Yu and leave.

When they reached the door, Wang Hou suddenly remembered something, took out another five taels of silver from his bosom, and handed it to Zhang Zhengyan.

"This counts as a deposit, and also for you to buy grain for this week."

"Eh! Walk slowly, two distinguished guests!" After receiving the silver, Zhang Zhengyan was extremely happy; he hadn't expected the other party to be so thoughtful in their actions.

The neighbors outside the door hadn't left yet, clearly waiting to watch the show!

After Wang Hou and his companion left, everyone gathered around to ask.

"Zhengyan, what were those two doing?"

Zhang Zhengyan said with pride, "They came to talk to me about a cooperation. The deposit has already been given; from now on, everyone won't have to worry about the pigeon problem anymore!"

"Oh my! I just said that this child Zhengyan has been promising since he was small!"