Chapter Fifty-Nine: Iron Sword Yaoqin Fights Zhuge

From the total of "from seven products" to the thousand total of "six products", Wu Yinghao has been promoted three levels in a row, just like soaring clouds.

Promotions and fortunes, General Wu Yinghao can also be regarded as a hero who has been in battle for a long time, and the word "righteousness" is indispensable. He can have today, all thanks to the help of many nobles, and the biggest nobleman among them is none other than Hua Bushi, the eldest young master of the "Evil Dog Gate".

Before going to Changsha Mansion to take up his post, General Wu prepared a generous gift, personally came to visit the young master Hua, and chatted with Hua Bushi in the "Evil Dog Gate" for a whole day, until he came out happily after dinner, and when he came out, he had several more silver tickets in his pocket. And the harvest of Huabushi is to get the news of the method of refined iron ore smelting.

It turned out that General Wu, who looked like a straw bag, actually had a way to get this jishu.

Lord Zhao Chengyi, the "Left Squire of the Military Department", is responsible for the armament and equipment of soldiers and horses in various places in the court, and the casting of various weapons is also controlled by him, and fine iron is an important raw material for casting weapons, and he certainly has the art of smelting.

Wu Yinghao has been in the "Baoyi Camp" for many years, and has been on an errand under Lord Zhao Chengyi for a long time, so he knows a lot about this. As soon as he heard that Hua Bushi needed this jishu, he immediately patted his chest and promised that he could get this thing for Hua Bushi. After accepting three thousand taels of silver, General Wu immediately wrote a letter with a pen, instructing Hua Bushi how to go to Beizhili Mansion to find relevant people, etc., and then how to deal with Yunyun.

Half a month later, the people sent by Hua Bushi came back from Beizhili Mansion, and there were six more iron-smelting technicians in the Hua family's mansion in the "Evil Dog Gate", and those shiny refined iron ore finally had a place to go.

In addition to Wu Yinghao, who became famous because of the battle of Wuyang City on February 14, there are also three young generation leaders of the "Three Evils": Qu Huze, Shen Ying'er and Hua Bushi.

Qu Huze is a master of martial arts among the young generation of Xiangjing martial arts, and Shen Yinger has long had the reputation of "the first beauty in Xiangjing".

How many young warriors who have just entered the rivers and lakes regard Qu Huze as their idol, and Shen Ying'er's peerless demeanor has made many boys who have just fallen in love and imagined her as a lover in their dreams.

In fact, not only in the martial arts, but also in the mouths of the people of the two regions and thirteen provinces, this battle is also widely sung. The government also spared no effort to hype up this matter, and the officers and soldiers captured and killed dozens of underworld masters and Jiangyang thieves in a war, such a brilliant record is really rare, and it is natural to advocate it in order to boost the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

This incident spread to the capital, and it was actually made into a drama and performed in the Tianqiao Theater.

The name of this Peking opera is "Tiejian Yaoqin Fighting Zhuge ", and after the interpretation of the famous actors in the opera troupe, it is actually very popular with opera fans, and its popularity is much stronger than singing the famous Peking opera "Empty City Strategy" of the real Zhuge Liang.

Since it is a drama, it is natural to adapt the original story. In the decisive battle of singing "Cold Moon Pavilion", it was not easy to detonate gunpowder and kill a lot of villains, so it was changed to Qu Huze and Shen Ying'er joining forces with the sword to fight against Zhu Zhenyan, and after hundreds of rounds, Zhu Zhenyan was pierced through the heart with a sword, and fell off the Baizhang Pavilion and died.

And the ending of Zuihou, in order to cater to the audience's taste, was also made up of Qu Huze and Shen Ying'er, sword and guts, the two were happy with each other, and they became married.

Soon, all the Liyuan theaters in the thirteen provinces began to stage this drama, and all the towns and cities, all the streets and alleys, men, women and children, did not know who Qu Huze and Shen Ying'er were.

Compared with the male and female protagonists in the play, the nonsense of the story of the two handsome men and beautiful women, the deeds of the "evil dog boy" Hua Bushi have been more realistically expressed in this play.

Even on that day in the "Cold Moon Pavilion", Hua Bushi's face was pale because of a sword wound, which was shown in this big play. It's just that in order to save the time of drawing the face in the background, I only draw a white spot a few inches square above the nose of the servant, and a slight indication is sufficient. This move also fits the makeup of the "harlequin" in Peking Opera, which is really ingenious!

There is "Shengdan and pure ugliness" in Peking Opera, if a big drama only has Wusheng Huahua and Ma Dan, and there is no harlequin, wouldn't it be too imperfect?

Hua Bushi got out of the plot of "Cold Moon Pavilion" along the tunnel, due to the limited space on the stage, it was changed to drill out of a "dog hole" on the wall, this young master Hua is the young head of the "evil dog door", and it is of course appropriate to use the "dog hole" to escape.

Although it is a real person and a real story on the stage, in order to leave some face for the "Evil Dog Gate", a lot of beautification has been done for this young man in the play, the most important of which is martial arts.

In the martial arts section in the play, Hua Bushi stumbled and rolled between Qu Huze, Shen Ying'er, Zhu Zhenyan, and his skills were quite flexible, while Hua Bushi's clumsy "Shadow Floating Fragrance" body style in reality was far behind. And in the end of the play, Zhu Zhenyan was kicked in the buttocks, and it took more than ten heels to get into the "dog hole".

It's a pity that not all the martial artists in the opera troupes around the country have the skills of famous actors in the capital. So after this play spread to other provinces, Hua Bushi's escape by jumping into the "dog hole" was changed to being kicked in the buttocks, falling forward, and falling straight to the stage and falling into the mud. This change not only saves the production cost of "Dog Hole", but also Wu Chou falls off the stage and lies flat at the feet of everyone It is also a gimmick, which can often cause a burst of daxiao from the audience.

With the popularity of Peking Opera "Iron Sword Yaoqin Fighting Zhuge " in various places, Hua Bushi has also quietly become famous, and the nickname of "Evil Dog Boy" is also catchy by everyone.

Hua Bushi himself didn't know about this. Although this play has also spread to the local theater in Wuyang, the young master has never seen it once.

In the past few months, he has been very busy, being pushed by Bai Yiling in a wheelchair, running around all day long. In addition to recruiting people to mine the refined iron veins in the west of the city and establishing an iron-smelting workshop, the reorganization of the interior of the "Evil Dog Gate" also cost him a lot of time and energy.

Soon after the battle of "Cold Moon Pavilion", the head of the sect, Hua Tianxiong, announced that he would retreat again, ignoring the trivial matters in the sect, and handing over all the affairs of the inner and outer halls of the "Evil Dog Gate" to his son Hua Bushi.

Hua Bushi has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he has been prepared for a long time, and what he did was a big move.

He abolished the original inner and outer halls of the "Evil Dog Gate", and redistributed the disciples under the door to establish a new gang hall system.

The "Supreme General Association" is composed of four people: the head Hua Tianxiong, the second uncle Hua Dihu, the master Mo Wentian and Hua Bushi, and is the highest authority of the "Evil Dog Sect", making decisions on important affairs within the sect.

Under the "Supreme General Association", there are five halls, namely the Yanwu Hall, the Jujin Hall, the Shenbing Hall, the Baiyao Hall and the Dragon and Tiger Hall.

"Yanwutang" is a department specializing in collecting and studying all kinds of martial arts, and Hua Bushi has put all kinds of martial arts secret books obtained in recent years into Yanwutang.

The second uncle, Hua Dihu, served as the person in charge of this hall. He is as timid as a mouse, never fights with others, but he has profound internal skills, he has been crazy about martial arts all his life, and he has a wide range of knowledge, and he is the best person to preside over the "Yanwutang".

Some incomplete martial arts inheritances have been repaired and perfected in the hands of Huadi Tiger, and he has also borrowed the advantages of various martial arts and moves, improved them, and created some relatively simple martial arts practice methods.

Although the unique martial arts inheritance of the "Evil Dog Gate", the "Spirit Dog Fighting Technique", is powerful, it is not suitable for ordinary people to practice. Therefore, it is necessary to find some martial arts that are easier to cultivate** and pass them on to the disciples under him.

"Jujintang" is responsible for various business activities and is the financial department within the sect.

At present, the main source of income of "Vicious Dog Gate" is the business commission of each merchant in the territory under its jurisdiction. Generally speaking, when a business is carried out in these sites, a 10% "notional share" must be given to "Vicious Doggate" when the shop is opened, and the future business income will be 1 out of 10. Some illegal transactions or businesses that require special care, such as casinos, brothels, dart shops, etc., will have to give more than 30% of the "nominal shares" to the gangs, and the operating commission is also relatively high.

Among the "Three Evils" in Wuyang City, the percentage of the "Evil Dog Gate" is already the lowest. To open a business in the territory of the "Iron Sword Sect" or the "Monkey Gang", at least 20% of the "nominal shares" must be handed over, and some businesses even take a commission of as much as 50%.

With Hua Bushi's plan, "Evil Dog Gate" will also open some of its own businesses in the site in the future, especially auxiliary transactions such as money banks, carriage and horse dealers, and warehouse rentals, so as to make it more convenient for other shops to operate on the site and attract more businessmen to open shops.

It's just that the current "Vicious Dog Gate" is short of funds, so these things have to be put aside for the time being and talked about slowly.

Master Mo Wentian is good at calculation, and handed over the responsibility of the "Jujin Hall" to him, Hua Bushi was very relieved.

The "Divine Soldier Hall" is a department that specializes in the creation of weapons and equipment.

After obtaining the art of smelting refined iron and establishing a smelting workshop, the mining of ore veins in the west of the city was also in full swing. Soon, some fine iron ingots were refined.

Although the market for fine iron trading is good, Hua Bushi does not plan to sell iron ingots directly. He wants to make all these fine iron into all kinds of weapons, in addition to assembling the disciples of the gang, and then sell the extra part to the outside world, and the profit from selling weapons is of course much higher than just selling iron ingots.

The smuggling of blades is a violation of the Ming Dynasty's arms control laws, but where can the government control the gangs like "Evil Dog Gate". Moreover, the Yamen of the General Military Mansion of Wuyang City is also short of weapons, and it will be a big customer for selling weapons in the future.