Chen Xuan invited Hong Yu to a restaurant called "Fumanlou" for a big meal.
After dinner, Hong Yu returned to the martial arts gym to practice.
Chen Xuan was preparing to go home.
He has been in the martial arts hall for the past six days, and the twenty taels are just the tuition for practicing martial arts. You have to pay for eating, drinking, and living in the martial arts hall. He has spent all the money he has and needs to go home to get some money.
Moreover, the livelihood of selling fish must be restarted.
If he doesn't sell fish, he will lose his source of income.
Other businesses are not as easy as selling fish.
For example, when he first traveled through time, he thought about 'borrowing' poems that had been passed down through the ages in previous lives and selling them to the study owners in the county, hoping to get a good price.
But poetry is about fame.
Chen Xuan is just a young boy without any fame, and his poems are not worth a few coins at all.
In short, the poems of people who are not famous are not valuable at all.
Relying on the memory of his previous life, Chen Xuan wrote several Jianghu novels. Excluding the cost of buying paper, pens, and ink, he only made a few hundred pennies a month, such as "Jin Ping Mei" and "Jade Futon".
The yellow version was more popular and sold for a few taels of silver.
In comparison, you can make more money by fishing and selling fish, and it lasts longer.
Although pornographic novels sell more, they can only make temporary money.
Moreover, there are risks in writing pornographic novels.
If you accidentally violate a taboo name, you will be jailed.
The rest of the money-making businesses are basically controlled by some aristocratic families or gangs. It is basically impossible for outsiders to get involved. Ordinary people who want to take food from the aristocratic families and gangs are asking for death.
After returning home, Chen Xuan found that there were still a few uneaten chickens and ducks in the thatched hut, and the room he lived in was also in a mess, with signs of being turned over.
Apparently, while he was away from home, another member of the bandit gang came to visit.
Those few chickens and ducks that were eager to eat before they arrived were probably taken away by the bastards from the stolen gang.
He went to several places where money was hidden and checked. All the money was still there. Only a dozen copper coins in the drawer had been taken away. Chen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and then started to clean up the room.
After tidying up the room, he went out to the city to fish.
But when they came to the place where the Wupeng boats were docked, they found that the Wupeng boats were chained together, and his Wupeng boat was also among them, locked by a thick iron chain.
"Uncle Li, what happened?" Chen Xuan saw an acquaintance on a Wupeng boat and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Why are all the Wupeng boats locked together? Who did this?"
"It's a boy from the Chen family!" The middle-aged man named Uncle Li saw Chen Xuan and said, "Where have you been these past few days? You don't even know the announcements issued by the government."
"Official announcement, what announcement?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"A few days ago, the government's Hedao County Magistrate issued new regulations. The government will begin to manage the river tomorrow. During the river management period, people are prohibited from fishing in the Canglan River. Fishing can only be done with a special fishing permit from the government."
Uncle Li explained.
"What, during the river management period, people are prohibited from fishing in the Canglan River." Chen Xuan's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "What about us fishermen who make a living by fishing?"
"Has the government said how long the governance will last?"
Chen Xuan asked immediately.
"No." Uncle Li shook his head, and then said: "As for those of us fishermen who make a living by fishing, we can join the Tianhe Gang. The Tianhe Gang has a fishing approval issued by the Prime Minister of Hedao County. We help the Tianhe Gang fish, and the Tianhe Gang
Paying us wages is not as much as making money from fishing, but it can barely make a living.
The fishing boats of the Tianhe Gang are all big boats, so there is no need to worry about being attacked by water monsters and causing the boat to be destroyed and people to be killed."
"No more fishing!"
Chen Xuan sighed, not expecting that the government would suddenly control the river.
Fishermen who make a living by fishing can only join the Tianhe Gang and receive wages from the Tianhe Gang to make a living.
The Tianhe Gang is a more powerful gang than the Iron Wolf Gang.
More importantly, the Tianhe Gang is not a gang that fights and kills, but has an official status. The leader of the Tianhe Gang holds the official position of river inspection in Qingshui County, ranking ninth grade.
The Tianhe Gang is mainly responsible for assisting the Qingshui County River Department.
These include water transportation, logistics, river management, flood prevention, river embankment construction, etc...
In the words of Chen Xuan's previous life, the Tianhe Gang is actually a co-op police force without a formal establishment.
During the period when the River Hall was regulating the river, people were prohibited from fishing privately, and only the Tianhe Gang, which was affiliated with the River Hall and had the approval of the Hedao County Magistrate, the chief officer of the River Hall, could fish.
If anyone dares to violate the government's ban and fish privately, the consequences will be needless to say.
In this world, this is the life of ordinary people.
Most people can only get enough food and clothing, and it is not wrong to avoid starving to death.
If you want to get ahead, it is as difficult as reaching the sky.
Practicing martial arts is a way out, but it also involves thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
There are so many people practicing martial arts in the world, but only one among ten thousand can become famous.
In Chen Xuan's memory, rivers have been regulated several times before.
Each river management project lasts for more than half a year.
If he didn't join the Tianhe Gang, he would have no choice but to find another way out.
"Return the shops in Changningfang Vegetable Market first."
After returning home, Chen Xuan found the contract document for renting a shop from Ye's family, went to Ye's house to check out the shop, and got back the 10-tael deposit he had paid when renting the shop.
Chen Xuan——
Fish Killing Knife Technique: 6712/10000/Level 2.
Fishing: 260/10000/Level 2.
Swimming: 2121/5000/Level 1.
Cooking skill: 4216/5000/first level.
Writing: 124/5000/Level 1.
Round pile: 120/10000/second level.
Giant Bear Skill: 1445/5000/level one.
"Since I can't go fishing in the Canglan River for the time being, I will try my best to practice the Giant Bear Technique. I will fully master the first level of the Giant Bear Technique as soon as possible and acquire the second level of the Giant Bear Technique."
Chen Xuan took a look at the progress of the Giant Bear Kung Fu in the proficiency panel, and then devoted himself wholeheartedly to practicing the martial arts.
Apart from eating and sleeping every day, I spend the rest of my time practicing martial arts.
Take a rest when you are tired from practice, and continue practicing when you are well rested.
The first level of proficiency in the Giant Bear Technique increases rapidly.
Time flies by.
Ten days later.
Chen Xuan stood in front of the wooden stakes to train.
Bang bang bang bang——
The wooden pile vibrated violently, making a series of violent blows.
Chen Xuan's moves were consistent and his attacks were like a violent storm, sometimes punching and sometimes kicking.
“The giant bear slaps the tree!”
Reaching the final move, Chen Xuan used the killing move in the Giant Bear Kung Fu.
Chen Xuan swung out his palm suddenly, and a force penetrated his whole body.
With this palm strike, the energy in Chen Xuan's body was emitted from his feet, to his legs, to his waist, to his back, to his arms, and then to his hands. The force of the strike was like a millstone, full of power.
There was a bang.
As Chen Xuan's palm fell on the wooden stake, the wooden stake immediately shattered.