This statement made the other people stunned for a moment, but soon they started laughing.
"Yes, if you are not strong enough, you can pay."
"Let's make an agreement first. That mud-legged guy must hand over at least 50% of the money before I am willing to protect him."
"Fifty percent is not enough. Without our help, he will never be able to hold on to that market. I think it is more appropriate for us to give 70%."
"I agree with Brother Xu's view."
"That's 70% good."
In a few words, several people decided on the tax amount for Zhong Chao.
At this moment, Zhong Chao, who knew nothing about it, was browsing books in the Sutra Pavilion.
Because he had a clear goal - water battle, Zhong Chao chose the technique very quickly this time.
Only three minutes after entering the Sutra Pavilion, he found the only two high-level exercises collected in the Sutra Pavilion.
"The Stick that Turns the River Over" and "The Fish and the Dragon Swim"
The former is a water fighting method, and the latter is a water fighting method.
Without much hesitation, Zhong Chao took Yulongyou in his hand.
"Keeping the green hills here means you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. Running fast is better than anything else."
Taking the exercises in his hand and briefly browsing them, Zhong Chao left the Sutra Pavilion with the exercises.
This is also the right of the museum owner to register his disciples.
On the way back, Zhong Chao thought about some of the fish and dragon swimming situations he had just seen. The more he thought about it, the more satisfied he looked.
"Ich-dragon swim, if you practice this skill to a high level, it will not only give me a body as agile as a fish-dragon, but it will also make my skin smooth."
Smooth skin is not for beauty, but to reduce the friction between Zhong Chao's body surface and everything.
As we all know, speed is closely related to wind and friction. The faster the speed, the greater the wind resistance. Reducing friction means reducing wind resistance, which is also a disguised increase in clock speed.
"No, not only the wind, the water also has resistance, and it is greater than the wind resistance. The smooth skin allows me to swim in the water like a fish in water."
Zhong Chao likes the special effects of Yulongyou's exercises very much. However, high-level exercises have special effects that are beyond common sense, but they also require some special substances to assist in practice, and this substance is indispensable.
The same is true for Yulongyou. It is recorded in the secret book that practicing this skill requires an ointment from the silver light fish.
There is no recipe for making silver fish ointment in the secret book, but fortunately, it says that some rouge shops will sell this ointment.
"Huh? Wait? Why isn't it a drug store? It's a rouge shop?"
Before Zhong Chao could figure out why martial arts ointment was associated with rouge, he came to the door of his house and saw a tall man waiting.
"Who are you?"
"Shi Qiang, I am Yishun's captain."
"Yishun? Are you here to invite me to join your team?"
Thinking of what Yishun had done before, Zhong Chao frowned.
In response, Shi Qiang waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, no, my team cannot accommodate you, a genius."
Shi Qiang was not teasing when he said this, he really thought so.
Like Zhong Chao, he also grew up as a handyman disciple.
Because of his tenacity and good talent, he grew up in the martial arts gym.
Because of his kindness and understanding, as he grew up, he accepted some teammates and formed a team together, ready to join the team for warmth.
And Zhong Chao was originally his designated team member.
A few times before, Yi Shun came over to remind me of his instructions.
However, he thought that Zhong Chao's talent was very high, but he didn't expect it to be so high.
In his opinion, even if Zhong Chao has outstanding talent, it will still take him two to three months to complete his skin training.
However, when you are new to leather training, it is impossible for you to withstand the blows of a second-level warrior.
Therefore, he believed that he had two or three months to make Zhong Chao realize the cruelty of the martial arts gym and draw him into the team.
But what happened next was completely beyond his expectation.
After failing to practice skin training once, Zhong Chao was able to withstand the beatings of the rich kids. This was something he never expected.
What shocked him even more was that after successfully training his skin, ordinary second-level warriors no longer posed any threat to him.
A few days ago, Zhong Chao defeated the disciples of Qingyu Sword Hall one after another, which made his eyes almost pop out.
"How did he cultivate to such an extent in just one month?"
Sighing in his heart, he quickly told the story.
"The person who is looking for you this time is Qi Weiye. I am just a messenger. The reason why he is looking for you is..."
After talking about the top disciples, Zhong Chao pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement:
"The master is still there, so those people shouldn't go too far, but this is indeed a trouble. The idea of forming a team to fight is a good one."
"Wait a moment, I'll come out right now."
After hiding Yulongyou's skills in the small courtyard and telling the two maids, Zhong Chao took some silver coins and followed Shi Qiang outside the martial arts hall.
This time, the two went straight into the inner city.
After browsing the bustling inner city, the two finally stopped at the entrance of Xi's Restaurant.
"It's actually being held here?"
After being surprised for a moment, Zhong Chao followed Shi Qiang into the restaurant.
Xi's Restaurant is very large, with seven floors, and each floor has its own entry threshold.
The lobby on the first floor is fine as on the second floor, but starting from the third floor, there are certain requirements for status.
Senior Brother Qi was in a private room on the second floor. After turning in, Zhong Chao found that people were already eating here, and the people here were not just martial arts students as Zhong Chao thought, but also some people dressed as shopkeepers.
Businessmen, and several beautiful girls who followed them.
This scene also made Zhong Chao stunned:
"What's going on? Didn't you say that we want to discuss fighting against Senior Brother Huang and the others? Why are there outsiders?"
Hearing Zhong Chao's doubts, Shi Qiang smiled:
"Junior Brother Zhong, they are not outsiders... We are no longer fighting alone. Everyone has his own power. It is necessary to call the businessmen under the rule to win over and unite the front. I suggest you
Do the same when you go back."
After saying that, he thought of something and smiled:
"Moreover, this gathering should not only be about joint operations... You have also heard some rumors in the martial arts hall. After becoming a silver medal disciple, not only will your status be improved, but also rich families in the city will come to marry. Those who bring
He came here with his daughter, so he must have done so on purpose."
"..."
These words left Zhong Chao speechless, but he also understood that this was not a rumor, but a fact.
There is also a reason why those wealthy families seek marriages with martial arts disciples.
——After going out to the martial arts gym and wandering around Jujiang City for two days, what Zhong Chao felt most deeply was that in Jujiang City, the most important thing in doing business was never business ability, but strength and backing.
The latter is not strong. The stronger your business ability, the faster you will die.
Such a business environment forces those merchants to look for backers, and simply looking for big backers is not enough.
The Vajra Martial Arts Academy accepted the support of these people, but the owner is not a modern government official. He will prevent other gangsters from entering his sphere of influence, but has no intention of supervising his disciples one by one. This makes many disciples take a commission from the martial arts academy.
Add extra draw.
Although these disciples did not dare to make a big fuss, the already serious taxation plus one or two commissions made it difficult for many merchants.
In this case, in order to survive or compete better, some merchants will take the initiative to marry their daughters and marry them with martial arts disciples.
In this way, the former is guaranteed by force, and the latter has beauty and wealth.