Gao Tai discussed with the Tiandihui and the Beggars' Sect for a long time. They agreed with all the things that Li Shikai and the Beggars' Sect could do, but they just told them to repay the boss for the big ships.

When the matter was finished, it was dark. Wei Xiaobao also listened for a long time and felt that his master was going to do something that would change the world. He couldn't help but feel proud.

The next day, the Beggars' Sect and Tiandihui said goodbye and left. They told Gaotai provinces and various strongholds and cutouts, and agreed to contact them if they had something to do, and then left Taizhou.

Gao Tai talked about the situation with the old sect leader, and then the two of them discussed for a long time and decided to develop according to their established route. If there is no need, they will not involve other matters of the Tiandihui for the time being, and at most they will pay some money.

Gao Tai also did not believe that heaven and earth would succeed, so he agreed with the old sect leader's conservative opinion.

After staying in Taizhou for a few more days, Gaotai sent Wei Xiaobao to invite the old sect leader. After a while, Wang Liuhuai walked into the Wuhu Hall. He sat down without tea, and asked, "What's the matter with the sect leader?"

"Did Uncle Master make fun of me?" Gao Tai smiled and said, "Uncle Master Master, you have always been the leader of our Five Tiger Sect. I am just a junior disciple in front of you. Why are you still being polite?"

Wang Liuhuai snorted coldly and said, "What are you thinking about? Tell me."

"You know my intentions. In addition to Everbright, our Wuhumen is the anti-Qing and restoring the Han Dynasty and expelling the Tartars!" Gao Tai coughed lightly and said, "But I am now a wanted thief in the Qing court. If I were the leader of the Wuhumen for a long time, I would always let the Qing court know. At that time, it will attract a large army to suppress and siege. The efforts of our Wuhumen will be ruined by the efforts of several generations. So I plan to leave Taizhou temporarily. In the future, the Wuhumen will still be the master of the master, you, the old master, are in charge of the overall situation. I just hope that the uncle will not act rashly, and it is best to develop the master according to the plan we agreed on. I wonder what you think of uncle?"

After Gao Tai asked, he looked at Wang Liuhuai. The old sect leader frowned and said, "You are very pleased to see this heavy man. It is not enough for those who cannot plan for the whole world to plan for a while. It is better for you to retreat behind the scenes, but why do you want to leave Taizhou?"

Gao Tai said in a deep voice: "Aobai has been harming my heroes in the martial arts world in recent years. I heard that the Tiandihui and many heroes from the Prince Mu Mansion in Yunnan are going to Beijing to discuss major events. I am worried that Aobai and the masters of the Qing court will go to see them."

Wang Liuhuai was very disliked Gao Tai's decision, but the current sect leader was Gao Tai after all, and the hope of Wuhumen's revival was entirely dependent on Gao Tai, so he had to sigh and said, "I will not stop you from the main sect, but you must not act voluntarily. You must think about the honor and disgrace of the Wuhumen and the great cause of the Han family when doing things!"

Gao Tai nodded and said, "I understand! I will ask my uncle to work harder in the future."

"It's okay." Wang Liuhuai asked, "When are you going to set off? Let Junqing and Dou Lianfu go with you. Their martial arts are quite solid, and they have also learned the sixty-four moves of the Five Tiger Break Sword."

Gao Tai shook his head gently and said, "The Cao Gang will unify the canal transportation in Jiangnan and north, and the business will grow bigger and bigger. I am afraid that many forces in the martial arts world will soon be jealous and want to get a share of the pie. There are also two governments in the two places that will not worry. Therefore, our Five Humen must be fully prepared to take care of their own industries. I will only take Xiaobao to the capital. Don't worry, uncle, I will be more careful."

...

On August 19th, Gao Tai and Wei Xiaobao brought back two bags of gold when they returned to Wuhumen, and when they left, they brought ten thousand taels of Tongdian silver notes and hundreds of ten taels of scattered silver.

The two of them walked north and stopped and passed Xuzhou and Xiayi within a few days, and entered Guide Prefecture City.

Guide Prefecture was the Yingtian Prefecture, a subsidiary capital of the Song Dynasty. After the Later Jin Dynasty occupied it, it was demoted to Guide Prefecture. After hundreds of years, it was still the birthplace of the Nian Army, one of the Boxer Dasad Society, and an important railway hub in Northern China, called Shangqiu.

Guide Mansion, known as the gateway of Henan and the eastern Henan gate, is now one of the few big cities in Henan Province. Walking past the Niumadian outside Dongguan, Gao Tai and Wei Xiaobao rode into the Dongcheng Gate on horseback, and saw the streets and alleys lying on the ground, ragged refugees, their faces were decorated with vegetables, their legs and feet were swollen, and many of them had starved to death.

Seeing this human tragedy, Xiaobao felt uncomfortable and turned his head and said, "Master! Are these people all victims of the Yellow River that broke the dam and flooded their homes?"

Gao Tai frowned and said, "Yes. We can see refugees when we leave Jiangsu. I didn't expect that there are more in Guide Mansion. During the flood season four months ago, the Yellow River was in Kaifeng Mansion. The two places in Lanyi broke the dikes and flooded millions of acres of fertile land. These people were probably all escaped from the east of Kaifeng."

Xiaobao touched the silver notes in his arms and said, "Master, how can we help them."

While they were talking, they had already walked to the center of the city. Gao Tai glanced at the tall and majestic government office north of the East and West Street, snorted coldly, and said, "It is the responsibility of the magistrate of Guide Mansion to rescue the victims. Let's take a look first."

As he spoke, Gao Tai walked to the street and squatted down, patted a sleeping old man, and asked, "Brother! Where are you?"

The old man wiped the corner of his mouth, opened his turbid eyes, and said hoarsely: "Brother, ask me? I am from Qinwafang Village, Yangyu Township, Lanyang County. My family was hit by disaster, and the Yellow River has flooded everything..."

Wei Xiaobao grew up in the rich Jiangbei since childhood. He had never seen a tragedy on earth. His eyes were sore and he asked, "Mom Spicy Cube! Grandpa, who else is there in your family? How long have you been in Guide Mansion?"

The old man's eyes darkened and said, "I starved to death in the house. My child went to Yongcheng to worship Qingzhu Club. Now there are ten thousand characters in the Xiayi of Yongcheng, and the red gun club. Qingzhu Club is recruiting people. Unfortunately, I can't walk anymore. Now I live in Guide, and it's a day. Young Master, ask me how long I have been here? I don't know how long I have been here."

"What do you rely on to eat and drink?" Wei Xiaobao continued to ask.

The old man grinned and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth and said, "At the beginning, the people of Guideli also gave some food. Now, no one is living! Just relying on the official to put grain once in two days to live, red taro (sweet potato), wild vegetables, and a big mess (porridge). Drinking a bowl of food can last for two days without moving or leaving..."

Gao Tai remained silent when he heard this, quietly took out a dry pot from his arms and stuffed it to the old man. He hid himself in panic and knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, pulled Xiaobao and walked away.

"Master, are they so pitiful? Is it because the Tartars are cruel?" Wei Xiaobao kept looking at the victims around him and asked in a low voice.

Gao Tai shook his head and said, "The more you go north, the more you can see the Tartars bullying the people. Some Eight Banners and Tartars run to encircle land. The homes and fields of countless people have become private property of the Tartars, and the whole family has also become slaves of the Eight Banners and Tartars. They are even more pitiful than these victims!"

"Ah!" Wei Xiaobao spoke in surprise and cursed, "Damn it! Did the people live better in the Ming Dynasty than they are now?" He pointed to the victims, "Will they not be affected by the disaster when Grandpa Chongzhen was in the court?"

Gao Tai said in a deep voice: "The Yellow River will break once every five years on average. Some are big and some are small, and there will always be disaster victims. The Ming Dynasty may not be much better than now. However, we Han people are not slaves of the Tartars. If we don't rebel against the Tartars now, we all have to be slaves for generations!"

Wei Xiaobao remained silent. After a while, he asked, "Can we help them?"

Gao Tai pondered: "Yes, but we have limited abilities. Helping the victims is not a murder or a fight, so we can't help much even if we help."

"That……"

"Don't be anxious." Gao Tai patted Xiaobao's head and said, "You heard just now that there is a Qingzhu in Yongcheng who will recruit victims. I guess it's the Qingzhu Gang, so why not go and discuss it with him."
Chapter completed!