Chapter Fifty-ninth Iron Sword Yaoqin Fighting Zhuge
From "from the seventh rank" to the "sixth rank" of General Qian, Wu Yinghao was promoted three levels in a row, just like flying in the clouds.
Promotion and wealth are not trivial matters. General Wu Yinghao can be regarded as a battle-hardened hero, and the word "loyalty" is indispensable. He can be where he is today thanks to the help of many noble people, among whom the biggest
The noble man is none other than Hua Bushi, the eldest son of the "Evil Dog Sect".
Before going to Changsha Mansion to take up his post, General Wu prepared generous gifts and personally visited Young Master Hua. He chatted with Hua Bushi in the "Evil Dog Gate" for a whole day, and did not come out happily until after dinner. When he came out, he still had some money in his pocket.
There were several more thousand-tael silver notes. Hua Bushi's gain was the news about the method of smelting refined iron ore.
It turns out that General Wu, who looks like a straw bag, actually has a way to obtain this technology.
Mr. Zhao Chengyi, the "Left Minister of the Ministry of War", was responsible for the weapons and equipment of the troops and horses in various places in the court. He also controlled the casting of various weapons, and refined iron was an important raw material for casting weapons. Of course he had the skill of smelting.
Wu Yinghao has been in the "Baoyi Camp" for many years and has been working under Mr. Zhao Chengyi for a long time, so he knows a lot about this. As soon as he heard that Hua Bushi needed this technology, he immediately took a picture of his chest and promised to get it for Hua Bushi.
After receiving three thousand taels of silver for this object, General Wu immediately wrote a letter instructing Hua Bushi on how to go to Beizhili Mansion to find the relevant people, and how to deal with it.
Half a month later, the people sent by Hua Bushi came back from Beizhili Prefecture. There were six more iron smelting technicians in the Hua family mansion of the "Evil Dog Gate" headquarters, and the shiny iron ore was finally available.
Where to go.
In addition to Wu Yinghao, who became famous for his battle in Wuyang City on February 14th, there are three younger generation leaders of the "Three Evils": Qu Huze, Shen Ying'er and Hua Bushi.
Qu Huze was originally a leading martial arts master among the younger generation of Hunan martial arts, and Shen Ying'er had long been known as "the most beautiful woman in Hunan". In this battle at "Leng Yue Pavilion", these two women showed great strength.
Their skills, and their arrogant challenge to Zhu Zhenyan on the 10,000-level stone steps were spread by many people in the world, making them become legends almost overnight.
How many young warriors who had just entered the martial arts world regarded Qu Huze as their idol, and Shen Ying'er's peerless charm made many young boys fall in love with her, imagining her as the lover of their dreams.
In fact, not only in the martial arts world, this battle was also widely praised among the people in the thirteen provinces of the two regions. The government also spared no effort to publicize the matter. The officers and soldiers captured and killed dozens of underworld masters and gangsters in one battle.
It is rare for a foreign robber to achieve such glorious achievements, so he naturally wants to promote them to boost the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty.
This incident spread to the capital, and was actually turned into a play and performed in the Tianqiao Theater.
The name of this Peking opera is "Iron Sword, Yao and Qin Fighting Zhuge". After being performed by famous actors in the opera troupe, it became very popular among the opera fans. It was much more popular than the real Zhuge Liang's famous Peking Opera segment "Empty City Strategy".
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Since it is a drama, it is natural to adapt the original story. In the scene of the decisive battle in "Leng Yue Pavilion", it was not easy to detonate gunpowder and kill a group of bad guys, so it was changed to Qu Huze and
Shen Ying'er, Qin and Jian joined forces to fight Zhu Zhenyan, the "cold-faced Zhuge". After fighting for hundreds of rounds, Zhu Zhenyan pierced his heart with his sword and fell to his death from a hundred-foot-high pavilion.
And in the final ending, in order to cater to the audience's taste, Qu Huze and Shen Ying'er were made up, and they fell in love with each other and got married.
How could a drama like this, with its heroes and beauties, lively martial arts scenes, and its relevance to current affairs, not become an instant hit? Soon, Liyuan theaters across the thirteen provinces began to stage this drama, in all cities and towns, all over the country. In the streets and alleys, everyone, men, women, old and young, knew who Qu Huze and Shen Ying'er were.
Compared with the random fabrication of the story of the male and female protagonists, two handsome men and beautiful women, the deeds of the "evil dog son" Hua Bushi are more realistically represented in this play.
Even that day at the "Leng Yue Pavilion", Hua Bushi's face was pale because of the sword wound, which was shown in this big play. However, in order to save the time of painting faces backstage, only the actor's face was painted. Draw a white spot a few inches square above the nose, just give a slight hint. This also fits the look of the "harlequin" in Peking Opera. It's really clever!
There is a saying in Peking Opera that "a raw dan is pure and a charlatan is ugly". If a big drama only has Wu Sheng with colorful faces and swordsman Dan, but no clowns, wouldn't it be too imperfect?
The plot of Hua Bushi escaping from "Leng Yue Pavilion" along the tunnel was changed to drilling out of a "dog hole" in the wall due to the limited space on the stage. This young master of Hua University is also the young man of "Evil Dog Gate" Leader, it is of course appropriate to use the "dog hole" to escape.
Although it is a true story that was put on the stage, in order to save some face for the "Evil Dog Clan", the play still made a lot of beautifications for the Hua Shao leader, the most important of which was martial arts.
In the martial arts scene in the play, Hua Bushi climbed and rolled between Qu Huze, Shen Ying, Er, and Zhu Zhenyan. His skills were quite flexible, but in reality, Hua Bushi's "shadow floating" steps were extremely clumsy. Xiang's body skills are far behind. In the play, Hua Bushi's end was that he was kicked by Zhu Zhenyan on the buttocks, and he had to do more than ten somersaults before diving into the "dog hole". His strong and agile figure was really There is absolutely no way that Mr. Huada can do this.
It is a pity that not all the martial arts actors in troupes in various places have the skills of famous actors in the capital. So after this play spread to other provinces, Hua Bushi's escape by jumping into a "dog hole" was changed to being kicked in the butt , fell forward, fell straight to the stage, and made a dog chew on the mud. This change not only saves the cost of making the "dog hole", but also makes Wu Chou fall off the stage and lie flat at the feet of everyone. It is also very gimmick, which often attracts attention The audience burst into laughter.
With the popularity of the Peking Opera "Iron Sword, Yao, Qin and Zhuge" in various places, Hua Bushi has quietly become famous, and the nickname "Evil Dog Young Master" has become catchy by everyone.
Hua Bushi himself did not know about this. Although the play had spread to the local theater in Wuyang, the young master of Hua University had never gone to see it.
He has been extremely busy in the past few months, sitting in a wheelchair being pushed by Bai Yiling, running around all day long. In addition to recruiting manpower to mine the fine iron veins in the west of the city and establishing an iron smelting workshop, he has also dealt with "evil dogs". The internal reorganization of the door also cost him a lot of time and energy.
Shortly after the battle of "Leng Yue Pavilion", the leader Hua Tianxiong announced that he would go into seclusion again. From then on, he would ignore the trivial matters in the sect and leave all the internal and external affairs of the "Evil Dog Sect" to his son Hua Bushi. Take charge.
Hua Bushi had been waiting for this day for a long time, so he was already prepared, and what he did was a big move.
He canceled all the original inner and outer halls of the "Evil Dog Gate", redistributed the gang disciples under the sect, and established a new gang hall system.
The "Supreme General Assembly" is composed of the leader Hua Tianxiong, the second uncle Hua Dihu, the masters Mo Wentian and Hua Bushi. It is the highest authority of the "Evil Dog Sect" and manages important affairs within the sect.
decision making.
Under the "Supreme General Assembly", there are five halls, namely Yanwu Hall, Jujin Hall, Shenbing Hall, Baiyao Hall and Longhu Hall.
"Yanwu Tang" is a department that specializes in collecting and studying various martial arts. Hua Bushi put all the secret books of martial arts obtained in recent years into Yanwu Tang.
The second uncle, Hua Dihu, is the person in charge of this hall. He is as timid as a mouse and never fights with others, but he has profound internal skills, has been addicted to martial arts all his life, and has extensive knowledge. He is the best person in charge of the "Yanwu Hall"
Good candidate.
Some incomplete martial arts inheritances were repaired and improved in Hua Dihu's hands, and he also learned from the advantages of various martial arts techniques and moves, improved them, and created some simpler martial arts practice methods.
The "Evil Dog Sect"'s unique martial arts inheritance "Spirit Dog Fighting Technique" is powerful, but it is not suitable for ordinary people to practice. Therefore, it is necessary to find some martial arts that are easier to practice and teach them to the disciples under the sect.
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"Jujintang" is responsible for various business activities and is the money-making department within the sect.
The current main source of income of "Evil Dog Gate" is the business commission of each merchant in the territory under its jurisdiction. Generally speaking, if you operate a business in these territories, you must give away 10% of the "nominal shares" when the shop opens.
Give it to the "Evil Dog Gate", and future business income will also be drawn 1 out of 10. Some illegal transactions or businesses that require special care, such as casinos, brothels, escort agencies, etc., will have to give more than 30% of the "nominal shares" to the gang.
, the business commission is also relatively high.
Among the "Three Evils" in Wuyang City, the "Evil Dog Gate" has the lowest commission ratio. If you open a business in the territory of the "Iron Sword Sect" or the "Monkey Gang", you must turn over at least 20%.
For "nominal stocks", the commission on some businesses is even as high 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 businesses such as banks, carriage shops, warehouse rentals, etc., making other stores in the site more efficient.
Convenience can also attract more businessmen to open stores.
It's just that the funds of "Evil Dog Gate" are currently tight, so we have to put these things aside for the time being and talk about it later.
The master, Mo Wentian, was good at calculating and handed over the responsibility of being the director of "Jujintang" to him. Hua Bushi felt relieved.
"Shenweitang" is a department that specializes in building weapons and equipment.
After acquiring the art of smelting refined iron and establishing a smelting workshop, the mining of the ore veins in the west of the city was also in full swing. Soon, some refined iron ingots were smelted.
Although the market for buying and selling fine iron is good, Hua Bushi does not intend to sell the iron ingots directly. He wants to make all the fine iron into various weapons. In addition to assembling them to help the disciples, the excess parts will be sold to others.
The profit of weapons is of course much higher than just selling iron ingots.
Smuggling weapons is an activity that violates the arms control laws of the Ming Dynasty, but how can the government control Jianghu gangs like the "Evil Dog Gate". Moreover, the Wuyang City General Military Office is also short of weapons, and in the future it will be a seller of weapons.