Chapter 12: Dragons Have No Leader
"Just don't do it?"
The unexpected answer made Lou Hong lose his mind and ask in disbelief.
"I'm actually very afraid of trouble, and if I can't even make sense of you, then it means that the world here does not need justice, or power, or the time has not yet come. Then I'm just good at myself, and I'm going to do it on my own, why do I take such a big risk for the sake of unnecessary and inappropriate things. ”
Zhou Shang held the sea bowl in both hands and said lightly, and then drank the noodles again.
Only the dumbfounded, messy Lou Hong remained, and Lou Hong was there without moving for a long time.
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Chujiang City, Wangjiang roof
What was once a lavish banquet hall is now an office space.
The banquet platform has been removed, and now in the middle of the banquet hall is a sand table with a panoramic view of the Chu River, covering more than a dozen towns and villages up and down the Chu River.
No matter what era, new things will always be rejected, especially at the confluence of nine rivers like Chujiang City.
Those who come from the south, those who go north, those who do business, those who sit on Jia, and the Chujiang City, which is formed by the convergence of three religions and nine streams, has intricate forces.
Only a strong dragon in the Chu River, like the Min family, can preside over such a new project, so that Tongning Canal will not be stillborn.
With the opening of one canal after another, the people of Chujiang gradually discovered that the Tongning Canal of the Min family is not just a canal leading from the Chu River to Yongning.
Rather, it is necessary to open more than a dozen interrelated large-scale channel networks, and the city is only a function, in addition to covering water storage and irrigation, which can not only effectively dredge the Chu River that floods every year, but also allow Chu Jiang City to have more fertile land.
The so-called righteous and unrighteous means that there is much help.
When you do something that makes everyone see the benefits, then there will be a lot of supporters.
The Min family's Tongning Canal, after experiencing the initial unpleasantness, can be described as in full swing.
Because more and more people who were waiting and watching, or opposed, joined the ranks of support.
With so much help, the work of Tongning Canal is no longer the focus of Zheng Qian's work.
It can be said that today's banquet hall on the top floor of Wangjiang Building is obviously divided into two working areas.
Part of it is based on the central sand table, about the construction of the Tongning Canal, the disciples of the Min family who come in and out every day, and the master of the Min family, who is like a microphone, are all the staff of this project.
The other part is mainly based on the changes in Yongning City, since the work of Tongning Canal was on the right track, Zheng Qian began to collect information about Yongning City.
In addition to sorting out and supervising the progress of the work of the Tongning Canal every day, most of the rest of the time is spent on checking the intelligence of Yongning City.
To be honest, Jiang Rang is very incomprehensible about this kind of behavior: "If you want to know the situation in Yongning, isn't it the most convenient and accurate to directly ask the firm to report it, if you have concerns, then make an internal dark line, I still have a pair of transscent shells here, you find a trusted subordinate to send it down, I think Zhou Shang is a good young man, if you want to know what the situation is, just ask, isn't it clear at a glance." ”
"If it doesn't work anymore, you just go back, why bother to collect some news like flowers in the fog every day, hundreds of miles away?"
"The cave has the advantages of the cave and the subtle, and the flowers in the fog have the wonder of seeing the flowers in the fog."
Zheng Gan, who was looking through the information, smiled when he heard this, and immediately pointed to the stacked letterheads on the table, and asked Jiang Ran: "Just like you said, since the Tongning Canal project has made a good start, and the head of the Min family is in charge of the overall situation, there is not much difference between me and not being there, so why don't I go back?" ”
"Yes, why don't you go back to Yongning?"
During this period of getting along, Jiang Rang has determined that the forces that have been as bright as meteors and dissipated like fireworks in the past twenty years have all been made by the people in front of him.
Referring to the previous past cases, Jiang Rang inadvertently gave birth to a thought, and in an instant, this thought that was just inadvertently flashed grew into a towering tree: "Aren't you going to go back to Yongning?" ”
"I want to go back to Yongning, but I can't now."
Zheng Qian didn't answer, just put down the letterhead in his hand and said lightly.
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Rang's head was full of question marks: "Why can't you think about it?" ”
"A boat that needs to be held up to float can't go far."
Zheng Qian said lightly: "Some things can only be seen clearly and truly if they are far enough away, because time and distance will make everything reveal its true quality." And the quality of quality is the key to deciding to stay, rather than emotions and thoughts. ”
"So you suddenly came to Chujiang City before just to see the essence of the Qiankun Trading House?"
Hearing this, Jiang Rang was incredulous, and asked rhetorically: "But didn't you establish that business firm from scratch, will there be problems?" ”
"All attempts about the unknown, success is just a fluke, failure is the norm."
Zheng Qian said lightly: "If you can build it from scratch, then how can I fail so many times." ”
“...... Do you call the stagnation of development and the collapse of power caused by the departure of the head of the head a failure? ”
Jiang Rang really couldn't agree, and asked in disbelief.
"Whether development stops and whether the power collapses or not is not the only criterion for measuring the quality of the condition."
Zheng Qian said lightly: "The so-called plan is in the people, and the success depends on the sky." What the seed will look like is determined by the seed itself, not by the sower. ”
“...... But if you go with the flow, the course is not biased. ”
Jiang Rang wanted to digest Zheng Gan's point of view, but after digesting it with difficulty for a long time, he still didn't move, and persuaded him head-on: "The disciple still thinks that the dragons have no leader, but they are the big murderer!" ”
"The dragons have no leader, it should be lucky."
Zheng Qian glanced at Jiang Rang, waved his hand, and said with emotion: "It seems that you can't understand it, go back to the sect and resume your life." ”
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Speaking of Yongning's side, Zhou Shang and Lou Hong separated on the spot after eating up the ingredients prepared by the noodle stall owner all day.
Zhou Shang wanted to rush back to the dojo for lunch, while Lou Hong wanted to go back to Qiankunji to inform Zheng Fu and Shen Chi to go to the dojo to see the effect of [Reverse Cold True Qi] and discuss the next move.
But Lou Hong, who left from Wantong Station, did not return to Qiankunji immediately, but entered Yongning City.
This already prosperous city, because of the appearance of the quick Dan Road, the revitalization of rice seeds, and the appearance of Qi chickens and birds, has the image of Longxing.
Especially because of the relationship between the five emperors and the double list, it has set off a wave of cultivation in Yongning.
As a result, Yongning's gym industry has ushered in unprecedented development, especially in terms of students.
In the past, the two things that were most restrictive to the entry of spiritual practice were daily expenses and educational resources.
And these two restrictions, because of the increase in Yongning's per capita income, as well as the emergence of live rice seeds and Qi chickens and birds, are no longer a big problem for most aspiring cultivators.
It stands to reason that in this case, the number of Yongning's purchases should usher in a sharp increase.
But alas, no.
According to Lou Hong's judgment, the cause of this is still in the Taoist hall to teach the guiding exercises, which is really bad!
I don't know if it's to make it easier for students to imitate, or to earn more class hours.
The guidance method taught by the Taoist hall is not very clever, most of them are based on pile gong, and children who do not have a foundation in practice come to practice, that is, practice for one day, the legs are weak for three days, and it is not certain whether they can be good on the fourth day.
When I was a teenager, it was the golden time for cultivation, and the Taoist hall that could charge a monthly fee would delay the students for two or three years with just one pile of work.
If it's a family or two, it's just that, but the Yongning family martial arts hall is like this.
Even the shortest one has to stand for half a year first.
It is called boiling the body and consolidating the next plate, but in the eyes of people like Lou Hong, it is a pure misguided child.
It is no wonder that such a crooked and evil way as Walking Qi can prevail in Yongning.
It's okay to practice pile exercises, but it's definitely not this practice, not to mention the medicinal bath to relieve fatigue, at least there must be a massage that relaxes the muscles and activates the muscles after the pile exercises.
Otherwise, wouldn't the living pile stand as a dead pile!?
Not to mention the poor effect, it is easy to increase the difficulty of penetrating the meridians.
It's no wonder that after ten years of hard training, it takes six serious things to pass, and with this kind of practice, being able to pass six is a good qualification in itself.
These bastards dare to mistake my forging avenue!
After spending a long time shaking the large and small martial arts halls in the city, Lou Hong returned to Qiankun Ji with a stomach full of anger, directly found Zheng Fu and Shen Chi, grabbed one in one hand, and directly rose from the ground and flew towards the West Mountain.
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Five Emperors Pavilion, outside the grain field
The lunch class has been dismissed, and Zhou Shang is answering questions from a few students in the venue.
Yuan Danian had been standing by the side of the sideline for a while.
He had a lot of things in mind, and he didn't know how to explain it.
Zhou Shang treated him kindly, as before, even such important things as the next move of the firm could be talked to him.
But he decided to use the news he heard for personal gain, which was really worthy of the trust of the other party.
After walking back and forth more than a dozen times, Yuan Danian finally seemed to have made up his mind, and wanted to rush to the barn with a step, but when he looked up, he found that Zhou Shang was already standing in front of him.
As if he had been knocked into a bad situation, Yuan Danian was startled, and subconsciously wanted to escape, but finally stopped.
"Captain Zhou, I have something I want to tell you."
Thinking of stretching out his head and shrinking his head is also a knife, Yuan Danian gritted his teeth and said, "I... I... I want to quit the firm! ”
Zhou Shang, who heard this, just let out a faint "oh".
"Don't you even ask why?"
Yuan Danian was shocked.
"Seeing that you've been wandering around here for a long time, it must have been a deliberate decision."
Zhou Shang smiled and encouraged: "So just do what you want to do, there's nothing to worry about." ”
"Even if I want to do something, it doesn't matter if I will steal business with the trading house?"
Perhaps it was Zhou Shang's attitude that gave Yuan Da the end of the year, and he rarely had the desire to pour out, wanting to tell the deepest and truest thoughts buried in his heart:
"Since you finished talking to me that day, I have been practicing on the mountains these days, and the more I practice, the more panicked I become, the more I practice, the more bottomless I become, and even when I vomit, I am upset."
"I was worried about all kinds of worries, and I couldn't sleep all night at the thought of being killed by a strong man on the way to escort me. I'm not afraid of death, I'm worried about Xiaofang and the children. When I die, what will happen to them as orphans and widows? The more I thought about it, the more scared I felt, but I grew up practicing boxing, and I couldn't do anything other than fight and kill. ”
"It wasn't until noon today, when you taught me martial arts and talked to you about the various wonderful uses of the true qi against the cold, that a thought came to my heart, I wanted to change the way of life."
"I don't want to live that kind of life anymore, I can't afford to lose, I want to live a little ordinary life now, I plan to use my savings in the past few years to open a frozen meat shop in the city after I go down the mountain."
After saying everything in his heart in one breath, Yuan Danian's face was full of gloom, and he lowered his head, only feeling that he was such a weak and incompetent waste, and he should die.
"Sounds good."
But Zhou Shang was not angry, on the contrary, he was very happy: "I want to correct it, the business house is not a den of bandits, and withdrawing is far from being a betrayal, you can change your career at most." ”
Yuan Danian looked up sharply, his face in disbelief.
"Besides, it is easy for a martial artist to be majestic and brave and ruthless, but it is a difficult decision to be able to understand his own responsibilities and choose to be dull, from this point of view, you have more courage than most martial artists."
Zhou Shang stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Danian's shoulder: "And you have a good eye, the frozen meat industry is very promising, let it go." ”
Yuan Danian went down the mountain, and soon after Yongning City there was a frozen meat shop called "Fang Nian", which is not a later story.
It is only said that not long after Yuan Danian left, Lou Hong took Shen Chi and Zheng Fu up the mountain.
Shen Chi and Zheng Fu went up the mountain again to discuss the future chicken storage, freezing, and sales plan, which was something that had been said before.
But Lou Hong, who had just been separated for a short time, appeared again, and he still had an attitude of having something to say, which was a little surprising.
Therefore, after Zhou Shang discussed the specific operation matters with the two directors of the firm, he asked Lou Hong about the reason for going up the mountain.
"The martial arts hall in Yongning City is too unusual!"
As soon as Lou Hong opened his mouth, he knocked over the Yongning Daoist Hall with a shot: "You can't let them go down so misleadingly!" ”
"What does Commander Lou mean?"
"I plan to take a few guidance methods out and let the people of Yongning know what real kung fu is!"
Lou Hong huffed out and made a decision: "Although the cultivation speed of the forging body path is not fast, but that is after entering the product, as far as the feeling of qi is concerned, as long as you are willing to work hard, which one is not good to say, and then let the Yongning Daoist Hall continue to do so nonsense, the reputation of the forging path will be stinky, so even if I come here to open a branch, what disciples can I receive!" ”
"That's a good idea, what is the Commander going to do?"
Zhou Shang nodded and asked rhetorically.
But Lou Hong didn't speak, just stared at him directly, with a knowing expression.
"What do you mean???
Zhou Shang tilted his head and pointed at himself: "You mean, let me do it?" ”
"Nonsense, of course this kind of thing is done by the famous, is there a more famous martial artist than you in Yongning now!"
Saying this, Lou Hong took out a few crumpled pieces of paper from his arms that had not even dried the ink, and stuffed them into Zhou Shang's hands.
Then Lou Hong looked like he had done it, his face full of pride.
"Hurry up, let the people of Yongning City take a look, what is called real kung fu!"