Chapter 32, Wu Helm Master

Now he is still cooperating with the beggar gang, first, he doesn't want to be too troublesome to start anew, and second, he is to maintain his reputation, and he is unwilling to offend Hong Qigong and Huang Rong. In addition to Hong Qigong's guidance on his martial arts, there is also the relationship between Huang Rong and Huang Yaoshi. Even if you want to work separately, you have to ask the beggar to help you bring it up.

After chatting with Suozi and Erdan for a while, I have a general understanding of the current situation of the trading house.

"In the past two years, you have established good relations with various commercial banks on the Yangtze River waterway, and both parties have credibility, so that business can be done much better. Next, we must continue to close the relationship, especially those with strength, to ensure that the supply of goods is stable and sufficient. In addition, you can also increase the price appropriately, and they will work harder. Li Shucheng said.

"Raise the price? Erdan said, "In the past, the port here was small, and there were not many goods going to sea, and there were not many commercial houses that went directly to the port on the Yangtze River. Now that I have come here directly along the river, I have made a lot of money. Besides, if they don't trade with us, we can bypass them ourselves. "Now that the firm is doing well, why bother to make profits, if not, the firm can still go over and buy goods by itself, it's just a matter of recruiting a few more guys.

"Of course, raising the price is not now, just to let you have a bottom in your heart first. Li Shucheng said, "The port here is not big, which limits the number of our ships, and then we must expand the port, either in cooperation with the beggars or by ourselves." These things must not be hidden from those who have a heart, and there will definitely be people who will learn from us to go to sea in the future, and as soon as the two sides compete, the stability of the supply is very important, and then the price will be appropriately raised. ”

"As for bypassing those firms myself, I don't really want to. Li Shucheng continued, "First, compared with going to sea, the profit is too small. Since I have done maritime trade, I can't look at this profit. The second is to come by yourself, and you have to set up as many acquisition points in the cities along the river, and it is much more troublesome to sail than to go to sea. "The most troublesome thing is that if you take food from other people's mouths, others will be willing? In addition, when a newcomer arrives in a place, how can he have a good relationship with the local snakes? Gangsters can be suppressed by force, but what about those local clans and people in the government? The gains outweigh the losses.

In the evening, after eating, Li Shucheng took the two to the beach to instruct them in martial arts at the request of the two. It was some distance from the port, and it was already evening, and there was no one around.

After stopping, Li Shucheng said: "Even if Taizu Changquan is concerned, I have hardly practiced it, and I may not know more than you." Today, let's talk about the sword technique of Dragon City, you use it first, and I'll take a look. ”

Longcheng swordsmanship, Li Shucheng has practiced for many years, and there is no need to specialize in the first sword of the Quanzhen swordsmanship, and it is more than enough to guide the two of them.

After the two of them finished their drills, Li Shucheng carefully explained one move at a time, and the two tried the tricks while listening, and it took more than an hour to finish the lecture, and then they pointed out the internal skills to practice, and then returned to the firm.

Jiang Mingyue sat at the table reading a book, and when she saw Li Shucheng coming back, she asked, "Have the two of them made progress in their martial arts?" Jiang Mingyue attaches great importance to this, the higher the martial arts of the two, the safer the business bank.

"It's ok. Li Shucheng said, "Now their martial arts are enough to sit in the business house." If you use a lot of dim sum, you are likely to reach the top in about 10 years. "The last time Li Shucheng pointed out, the two had just opened the twelve.

Li Shucheng believes that the two of them will reach the first-class level in about ten years, which means that they were in their thirties at that time. Don't think that it's not good to reach the first-class in your thirties, among the rivers and lakes, there are very few who reach the first-class before the age of thirty, all of them are famous heroes, and their reputation is more than that of other first-class masters. The reason for this is that in addition to the young heroes being sought after, the more important thing is that these people can go further in martial arts. For example, Huang Yaoshi became famous when he was young, and in the area south of the Yangtze River, the reputation of evil heroes is almost spread in towns and villages.

"That's good. Jiang Mingyue said, "In the future, they can share less in the affairs of the business bank and spend more time practicing martial arts." "If you can train two first-class masters, then who would dare to fight the idea of a trading house?

In the afternoon of the next day, the beggar gang came, and Li Shucheng found that it was actually the helmsman of the Suzhou rudder of the beggar gang: "Master Wu, why are you here?"

"I'm not the helmsman anymore. Lord Wu Helm smiled, "Now I am sent to the trading house to take care of things. ”

"Congratulations, congratulations, now I have to call you Elder Wu. Li Shucheng congratulated him. Before Wu Chu was the helmsman of the Suzhou Branch, he was a disciple of the sixth generation of the Beggar Gang, and as far as Li Shucheng knew, the Beggar Gang came here to sit in the town of the Seven Bag Elders. Wu Chu was not only promoted to the rank of Seven-Bag Elder, but also sat in the port trading house, and had more power than the other Seven-Bag Elders, which was certainly worth congratulating.

I have a lot of contacts with the beggar gang, especially with Wu Chu, and I know a lot about the beggar gang from Wu Chu's mouth. There are only four elders in the Nine Bags of the Beggar Gang, and recently due to Elder Peng's failure to participate in Yang Kang's plot to seize the position of gang leader, he was demoted, and now there are only three. There are only a dozen Eight Bag Elders, most of whom assist the Nine Bag Elders in managing the beggar gang at the helm, and a few of them live in seclusion. There are many elders in the seven bags, but the most powerful ones are the altar owners of the four major altars and the directors of the port trading houses. Wu Chu was now one of the five most powerful people in the Seven Bags Elder.

"Thank you for your blessings. Wu Chu said with a smile, "With Li Shaoxia's idea, the Suzhou rudder has done a good job, and the chief rudder has taken into account the relationship between the two families, so he sent me over to be in charge of the firm." ”

The two sides sat down with greetings, and Li Shucheng asked, "Is it okay for you to help now?"

"It's okay. Wu Chu smiled bitterly, "Who knows, it's actually a big joke." "Speaking of which, the Beggar Gang, as the largest gang in the world, almost took the position of the gang leader, but fortunately, the two disciples of the Hong gang leader appeared in time to stop this farce. However, as a disciple of the Beggar Gang, I still feel ashamed when I think about it.

"Now that Qigong has lost the position of gang leader to Huang Rong, his old man can look around for food with peace of mind. Li Shucheng said with a smile.

"I don't know where his old man is, and the beggars have happened to such a big thing, and they won't come back to see. Wu Chu said, with a worried emotion in his eyes. At the beginning, Yang Kang said that the seventh prince was no longer alive, although there were assurances from Huang Rong and Guo Jing, the gang was still worried.

"It's okay, I saw him four days ago. Li Shucheng said with a smile.

"Have you seen it, where is it?" Wu Chu asked excitedly when he heard this.

"In Jiaxing. Guo Jing and Huang Rong were all there at that time. Li Shucheng said.

"That's good, that's good. Wu Chu repeated happily.

Seeing Wu Chu's happy expression, Li Shucheng did not tell him the situation at that time and Hong Qigong's current situation.

When I saw Wu Chu, I had to find a place to have a discussion. Wu Chu, as an old first-class master, is not inferior to Li Shucheng in terms of skills, but his moves are much worse, and the only thing he can do is "Seeing the Dragon in the Field" with one move to descend the dragon and eighteen palms.

After fighting for a while, Li Shucheng used the Dragon City swordsmanship, and Wu Chu's "Seeing the Dragon in the Field" immediately came to the front, so that Li Shucheng had to change his moves: "Elder Wu, you have made progress in 'Seeing the Dragon in the Field'." ”

"Thanks to you. Wu Chu said with a smile as he moved his hands, "Every time I discuss with you, I have gained something, and after such a long time, I naturally have a deeper understanding of this trick of 'seeing the dragon in the field'." ”

"Yes, yes, Guo Jing's 'see the dragon in the field' trick is just that. Li Shucheng continued to make a move and said.

After Guo Jing came to the Central Plains, his martial arts improved rapidly, and the eighteen palms of the dragon descending had also been practiced to a very deep level, otherwise it would not have been possible to support him for so long under Qiu Qianren's hands. And although Wu Chu only has one move, he has a deep understanding, who is not a big move like "Kang Long has regrets", relying on this move can also draw with opponents whose martial arts are beyond his own line.

At the end of the discussion, Wu Chu said with a smile: "This time it's finally a good fight." "At the beginning, Li Shucheng's martial arts were a little worse, and he was afraid of hurting Li Shucheng when he fought, but now the two of them have similar martial arts, so they don't have to be careful everywhere.

While walking back, Wu Chu said: "You are young, and it is the time when your martial arts have improved the fastest, or it won't be long before I can accompany you to learn." ”

"Elder Wu, you are not old, you can go further. Li Shucheng said, more of a comfort. Elder Wu was already in his fifties, and at his age, it was too difficult for him to go further in martial arts.

"You don't need to comfort me, and I'm not discouraged. Wu Chu said with a smile, "Everyone has different talents and circumstances, and their achievements are different. Entering the rivers and lakes, he has not died for decades, and he may be able to live for a long time in the future, which is already a creation. "When he was young, he didn't know the height of the sky, and he only knew the danger of the rivers and lakes after he roamed the rivers and lakes, but fortunately he was smart, saw it clearly, joined the beggar gang in time, and finally passed 30 years in peace.

Wu Chu said that the rivers and lakes are full of danger, and Li Shucheng feels that it is not serious. There are many people who kill people and sell goods, but there are not many who are notorious, and there are few in Li Shucheng's impression. However, the rivers and lakes are indeed not black and white, and many righteous people are just righteous on the surface, but secretly they also play tricks for the sake of profit, forcing people to death. There are many people who have justice in their hearts, but there are very few people who really punish adultery and eliminate evil in their lives like Hong Qigong. To put it bluntly, Jianghu is also a vanity fair.

When Wu Chu was young, he didn't know the height of the sky, and he had a conflict with the young head of a small sect, and was chased and killed by that sect, but fortunately he was clever and joined the beggar gang after escaping to avoid it.

"Well, so I don't want to go on the rivers and lakes. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "There is no background in martial arts, and it is too dangerous to break into the rivers and lakes." "There is only one monster left in the Jiangnan Seven Monsters now, one of the Quanzhen Seven Sons has also died, and the others are almost finished, the rivers and lakes are indeed not easy to break.

Back at the firm, Li Shucheng said to Wu Chu: "There is something I have to discuss with you." The port here is still too small to limit the number of places we can go to sea, so I think we should expand the port to accommodate our own ships. ”

"I think you're okay, but I'll have to report to the helmsman and see what they think. Wu Chu said.