Chapter 9 There is a small shop
There is a small shop.
The name is ordinary, it is located in a small alley with a small faΓ§ade, about twenty or thirty square meters.
In the doorway lay an old man enjoying the sunset, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, squinting, and seemed to be asleep.
Jiang Yi paused for a moment, and wanted to go directly inside.
"Young man, there are some places that you can't mess into, this is not the place you came from, go somewhere else."
The old man spoke slowly, and a pu fan in his hand was just in front of Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi took out a wooden plaque from his arms and put it on the pu fan.
"Hello uncle, Lao Zhang introduced me."
The old man finally raised his eyes, stood up leisurely, and walked towards the store.
"I don't care who introduced me, put the sign away, come with me."
Jiang Yi caught the wooden sign and followed the old man inside.
This is an intermediary organization in the city, which was originally just a private place for several folk warriors to exchange martial arts and information.
Later, as the founder's several warriors grew up and more and more warriors joined in, this intelligence station became more and more formal.
Not only will martial arts exchange meetings be held every once in a while, but also start to double as a mission intermediary.
After all, not every martial artist is willing to join the organization to be constrained, there are always some wandering martial artists, but they need silver.
In addition to working as a bounty hunter in the government, you can also find tasks here, work part-time, and earn some extra money.
Zhang Jiujin will occasionally pick up some work in the same city here, which is easy, short in time, and fast in checkout.
And the conditions for entering here are simple and simple, but it is difficult to say, that is, someone needs to introduce them.
Ordinary people who don't have a way can't get in.
If someone introduces, just like Jiang Yi, he can enter the door with a single sentence.
The old man took out an account book under the counter and asked:
"Are you here to post a task, or are you here to take a task?"
"The service fee is charged according to the content of the task, and the price is the same for the task, but the former has to be paid first, and the latter will be deducted directly from the honorarium after the task is completed."
Jiang Yi had already heard Lao Zhang's brief introduction, and he was not surprised.
"It's best to get a higher reward for taking on the task."
The old man smiled, as if he was used to seeing an impatient young man like Jiang Yi.
"There are high honorariums, but how much work you can do, don't be blinded by the silver and be impulsive.
Young man, you still have a great time to live. β
People have good intentions, and Jiang Yi accepts them humbly.
"Thanks, I'll think about it."
"Then you can see for yourself, by the way, literacy, right?"
The old man turned the ledger in one direction and pushed it over.
"Acquaintance."
Jiang Yi nodded.
He already had a foundation in simplified characters, and in more than two months in the tavern, by helping the proprietress work, he quickly recognized some common glyphs.
Coupled with the Chisha palm cheats book given to him by Lao Zhang, and he recognized a lot of martial arts terms, it is no longer a problem to read and write daily.
He looked at the ledger carefully.
Tasks can be roughly divided into two categories, long-term tasks and temporary tasks.
Long-term tasks such as medicinal material picking, ore recovery, cheats recovery, etc., are purchased by the small store on behalf of the shop, which is valid for a long time and can be as much as you want.
There are not many such tasks, and you can't earn much money, so it's better to be in the long run.
There are a little more ad hoc tasks.
For example, a certain family needs temporary people to go out of the city to do errands, and requires a Ming Jin martial artist for about two months, and the honorarium is two hundred taels.
The territory of a certain gang needs a master of the town, and it requires a strong warrior.
Temporary sitting, five taels of silver a day, another calculation, long-term sitting, in addition to the basic remuneration of fifty taels per month, there are also two dividends for the field, and the monthly guarantee is not less than fifty taels.
A certain family needs to escort the goods, back and forth for half a year, Ming Jin martial arts are preferred, the price is negotiable, not less than one hundred and twenty taels of silver per month.
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Jiang Yi looked at the task very carefully, and found that the market price of Ming Jin martial artists was generally around one hundred taels per month.
Proper high-paid personnel.
The price of ordinary warriors is much lower.
From a few taels to dozens of taels, the task requirements are also much more, and they are not as free as Ming Jin martial artists.
But even so, it was still far from his goal.
According to the information given to him by Lao Zhang, if he wants to save his sister, he has to pay at least 30,000 taels, and even if he can earn 100 taels a month, he has to earn 30 taels.
Thirty years, not to mention daylily, people are cold.
Not to mention that he is only half of a Ming Jin martial artist now, and it will take a while for his body to evolve before he can truly reach the level of a Ming Jin martial artist.
Jiang Yi couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly.
Made, it only costs three catties of rice and two taels of silver to buy his sister, and it costs 30,000 taels to ransom his sister, and vampires are not so ruthless.
But who will let the pricing power be in the hands of others.
Naturally, you have to buy cheaply and sell high, and love or not.
Fortunately, Jiang Yi didn't plan to buy his sister back with money from the beginning to the end, and he wasn't really wronged.
With these 30,000 taels, he used it to invest in himself and beat the so-called dark power master in minutes.
As long as his fist is big enough, he will redeem his sister with three pennies at that time, and others will not dare to say a word.
Jiang Yi's gaze lingered on the ledger for a moment, and finally selected a task.
"Uncle, I'll take this - underground boxer."
"Have you thought about it? This is no joke.
Don't look at the quick money to do this, but the death and injury rate is also high, if you are not careful, you will be left with lifelong disability, or even lose your life, and your life will be ruined. β
The old man habitually persuaded him, and explained the origin of the underground boxer for Jiang Yi.
The so-called underground boxer is gambling boxing.
Gambling began as a means for gangs in the city to settle disputes.
After all, you can't call hundreds of people to go to the street to cut people at every turn, and it is too unreasonable to take the official master seriously.
As a result, the gangs will withdraw from their respective representative duels and keep the number of casualties at a low level.
Later, he attracted some thrill-seeking sons and brothers, and slowly joined the gambling fight.
Then more and more people like this kind of bloody and violent game.
Gambling has simply become a regular project, making a lot of money for the bookmaker who presides over the gambling boxing.
As long as it is gambling, then it is always the dealer who makes money.
But the gangs naturally don't have disputes to settle every day, and if the market demand is so strong, then take the money and smash it.
The members of the underground boxers have also gradually expanded from the gang insiders, and anyone who dares to put their lives on the ring can become fighters.
Because the disability rate is too high, the demand for underground fighters has always been strong.
The small shop is just one of the channels to recruit fighters, and in a sense, it can be regarded as a temporary broker.
Jiang Yi nodded and asked, "Uncle, I'm only worried that I will become a boxer, what will they do if they repay the debt?" β
"Debts?"
The old man sneered, showing extraordinary confidence and said:
"In this city, no one dares to rely on the account of the small shop, and we charge you a commission of 10%, but it is not for nothing."
"I'll ask again, are you really sure?"
"Hmm."
Jiang Yi nodded.
His task of choosing this underground fighter is naturally not to stare at the money and choose randomly, but for two reasons.
One is that this thing does come in quick money, and it can solve his current embarrassing situation.
The other is that he needs to fight to adapt to the world of martial artists.
Although his strength has improved rapidly, and he has occasionally fought against Lao Zhang, he is still behind closed doors in general.
There are no horses running in the courtyard, and no towering trees can be raised in potted plants.
He wants to achieve the achievements of a lifetime in a short period of time, in addition to the help of the attribute list, he has to be ruthless with himself.
"It's hard to persuade damn ghosts, since you have chosen, then I won't be too long-winded."
The old man touched under the counter again, took out a sign and handed it to Jiang Yi.
"Tomorrow take this sign to the Tongfu Inn in the west of the city and find a person with a big black mole on his face, he will take you there, and you can find him directly if you have anything in the ring in the future."
"Thank you, uncle."
Jiang Yi hugged his fists.
"No, it's just business. If you can't fight, surrender, there's nothing to be ashamed of. The old man waved his hand and said, "I hope to see you again next time, speaking of which, I haven't seen such a polite young man as you for a long time." β