Take a Door with You

With Duan Chong's apprenticeship, Cao Ren's journey of martial arts can finally be on the right track.

A year of sharpening.

The sails are raised.

What achievements can be made in the future depends on Cao Ren himself.

And after Cao Xin's "insight" is refreshed every day, he can finally break away from the masters of the major martial arts gyms. He doesn't have to spend on this aspect, and he can free up his hands to carry out the next step of the plan.

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North of Xijing City, Caishui River Wharf.

Caishui River is located in the north of Xijing City. Its channel enters from the first "Caishui West Water Gate" from the left of the North City Wall, bypasses a word "Jie" in the North City, and then exits from the first "Caishui East Water Gate" from the right of the North City Wall. There are four piers in the city and near the city alone.

The waterway is smooth.

Goods go smoothly.

This is how top-notch bustling markets such as the 'Maxing Street Market' are born, as well as places where craftsmen and skilled workers such as the 'Big Merchandise Store' and 'Small Merchandise Store' live. Moreover, from the small goods store you can go to the brothel in Ji'er Lane, and from the big goods store you can go to the famous Fanlou.

As the name suggests——

The former is the place where boatmen, small businessmen and small households can relieve their fatigue.

The latter is the gathering place for great merchants, as well as the tomb of heroes and the cave of selling gold.

I understand everything.

People have poems——

Liang Yuan's singing and dancing are full of flair,

Fine wine is like a knife to relieve sorrow.

I remember the joys of youth,

In the middle of the night, the lights go up to Fanlou.

Visible prosperity.

However, under the prosperity, it is difficult.

...

Caishui West Wharf.

The boats are like weaving, and the heat is noisy.

Tens of thousands of people flowed, and the lean men with bare upper body walked like flying, or carried heavy loads on their shoulders, all of them were sweating profusely.

This is what the pier looks like.

The boats that come and go.

The coolie of unloading.

Shouts, chants, and hawkers yelling, making the July day even hotter.

Lu Damiao was one of the unloading coolies.

He is sixteen years old and was born in a village outside Xijing City. His family was in a good position a few years ago, but because his father was seriously ill, he spent more than a year seeking medical advice.

Father Lu was not rescued.

At that time, Lu Damiao, who was only in his early fourteenth year, came to the wharf to discuss life with the elders of the same clan in the village.

It has been two years in a flash.

Lu Damiao had to support his mother, and he had to support his younger brother and younger sister. He insisted on supporting the family with his shoulders and hands.

How difficult the day is, I don't need to repeat it.

today.

After unloading a boat, Lu Damiao was sweating profusely, and was about to run to find the foreman to pick up another order, when suddenly two people appeared in front of him.

One big and one small.

The younger one is about ten years old and looks upright.

The older one has a black face, and is somewhat honest when he doesn't speak.

Lu Damiao didn't know the young one, but he knew the big one, and hurriedly greeted: "Brother Cao!"

Surprise on the face.

This 'Brother Cao' is a member of the Caishui gang. It is said that a year ago he saved the life of a small leader of the Caishui gang on the pier and was accepted as a confidant. Now he also manages a few foremen and a small piece of land on the pier. For such an ordinary coolie, he was already a big man.

But the two have a relationship.

To be precise, 'Brother Cao' treated him kindly.

At the end of last year, the cold snap hit him and he almost fell ill, but he didn’t dare to delay while waiting for the rice to cook at home. feel good.

Worry about your own wind chill.

Worried about the rations at home.

Almost rushed to the heart.

But at this moment, 'Brother Cao' appeared and gave him fifty renminbi and seven or eight grain cakes to let him and the Lu family survive the catastrophe.

Lu Damiao felt grateful.

But 'Brother Cao' never had contact with him again.

It was only occasionally heard that 'Brother Cao' was a good man, and he was not the only one who helped in the past. He would also help out many people who were in dire straits on the wharf when they were desperate. But what to do in the future or what to do, there is no special care, let alone ordinary contacts.

Do good deeds without expecting anything in return.

Even if someone wants to pay back the money afterwards, this 'Brother Cao' is willing to accept it, and he will not refuse if there is a little extra interest.

It can be seen that it is not deliberately showing grace to win people's hearts.

In a fashionable word--

Brother Cao is very Buddhist.

For example, Lu Damiao.

It was the first time he contacted Brother Cao for borrowing money to tide him over, the second time he thanked him face to face after his condition improved, and the third time thanking him after repaying the money after a year.

There was no contact after that.

until today.

...

"Zou, Xie, Lu."

"Only these three?"

After Cao Ren led Cao Xin away from Lu Damiao's house, he asked aloud.

"Um."

"That's enough for now."

Cao Xin nodded.

In September last year, when Cao Ren started to change martial arts gyms frequently, Cao Xin suggested that his eldest brother should find loyal and reliable ones from the coolies on the pier and pay attention to them.

In the follow-up, I learned more about these people's homes and neighbors, and commented on word-of-mouth.

Many materials were recorded by Cao Xin one by one.

In the past year, there have been 67 reliable port coolies like Lu Damiao, but less than 20% of them have passed the family's "political review", and there are only 12 households.

Most people's homes are a bunch of shit, but he himself is not stained with mud, and his character is honest and honest, but the family is one, and Cao Xin is unwilling to bet on these people.

For the remaining twelve households, I and my family members are all reliable.

For several days.

Cao Xin followed his elder brother's family to look secretly, and finally selected three.

Lu Damiao is one of them.

Although the family is small in size——

There is only my mother, a nine-year-old brother, and a seven-year-old sister.

The younger siblings are too young to be used.

But Lu Damiao has a good temper and a simple family, which is better than the 2-point root, which can be cultivated.

That's why I got in touch today.

In the past, although the eldest brother Cao Ren was paying attention to and investigating these families including Lu Damiao and others, including the list of the first 67 people, he didn't have much contact with them on weekdays, leaving only a friendship in a timely manner. Keep watching secretly.

Not to mention solicitation.

Can't count.

Besides, Cao Ren himself is still a little guy who follows the little boss, how can he have the face of recruiting people?

Today is different.

"The Zou family, Zou Long, and Zou Hu."

"Thank you, Chang Lin."

"Lu Damiao, Lu family."

"In the early stage, I first funded these four people to enter the martial arts hall to learn martial arts. Our family has a lot of money now, but it is not a good thing to give money directly. The kindness becomes the enemy. Now I can take out 1,200 eggs every day. The wholesale price of pennies is distributed to three families to sell in the market, and as long as each family is willing to put in the effort and thought, it is not difficult to get one or two hundred pennies a day, which is enough to meet the daily expenses of the family."

"It's easy to recruit a few more households, but there is no work for them for a while, and then the pillars of their family are sent to practice martial arts. How can they support their families?"

Cao Xin has his own plan and rhythm.

Since last August, Cao Xin has been pondering the "talent training plan" since he learned the foundation of "Insight".

Talents are easy to find with 'insight'.

But it can't be scattered all over the sky and searched all over the street.

So I turned my idea on my elder brother, on the Caishuihe wharf. All kinds of people gathered there, and the eldest brother happened to be in the Caishui gang, and had a lot of contact with these coolies on the docks. This is a 'professional counterpart'. Anyway, he couldn't leave Cai Shui Gang for a while, so he simply looked for reliable candidates on the pier.

This search took a long time.

now.

After a year.

The time has come.

This is where the real action begins——

On the one hand, subsidize teenagers of the right age, such as Lu Damiao, Zou Long, Zou Hu, and Xie Changlin, and send them to various martial arts gyms in Xijing City to learn martial arts according to their "martial skills fit". It is a confidant and a reliable helper.

on the other hand.

Cao Xin used the products he managed in the original fairyland——

For example eggs.

For example fresh fish.

For example live chickens.

This type of business is handed over to the families of young people such as Lu, Zou, and Xie. Cao Xin is almost free of cost. As long as the price is slightly lower than the market wholesale price and enough profit margins are left for them, they will be able to Let several families be self-sufficient and earn money with their own hands.

Thus.

Their families were also tied up by Cao Credit interests.

Friendship plus interests.

That's how stable it is.

On the other hand, as Cao Xin's output in the original fairyland increased, his sales channels became a problem.

For example eggs.

At this time, there were already three chicken farms in the original fairyland, with 1,500 adult hens, which could lay at least 1,200 eggs a day.

Say no more, say less.

But it is definitely difficult to eat with just a few restaurants.

If they go to the street market for retail sales, the Cao family has no resources.

But now, with the manpower of the Zou, Xie, and Lu families, these tasks can be entrusted to them.

They get a small profit.

Cao Xin made a lot of money.

This is a win-win situation.

But still don't rush.

It is necessary to consider the profit distribution of the output of the original fairy world among several families, to ensure that they can support their families, and to consider the speed of "insight"——

"One person for nine days."

"It will take thirty-six days for four people to fully comprehend and come up with the 'Martial Skill Compatibility'."

The two aspects together limit the speed of Cao Xin's selection of others and funding of geniuses.

Any shortcomings in any aspect will be dragged down.

'Insight' once a day, full display for nine days, this cannot be changed.

Cao Xin can only guarantee that the output speed of the original fairy world will not be delayed.

In this way, four teenagers can be sponsored approximately every two months, and three or four families can be sponsored.

One year down.

Maybe it will be saturated, and the output of the original fairy world will be insufficient.

At that time, more than a dozen children scattered into various martial arts gymnasiums, and after three to five years, they would be worthy of use.

"The output and manpower of the original fairy world are the real constraints!"

Cao Xin frowned and entered the original fairyland.

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