Six hundred and sixtieth chapters silver and strength
Due to the unprecedented shortage of manpower in the sect, within the past six months, Hua Bushi posted recruitment notices all over the cities in the two territories, just to recruit talents, but the results were somewhat unsatisfactory. Although many martial arts warriors came here because of their fame, some of them
The skills of a few people are pretty good, but not even half of the real masters have been recruited.
Speaking of the biggest gain, Hua Bushi personally came to recruit him. However, this person was a weak woman who did not know martial arts, Miss Shu Feng, the proprietor of Nan'ao Qiqiao Garden.
Hua Bushi invited Shu Feng, so he had some considerations.
With the establishment of thirteen city branches, the "Evil Dog Sect" has become a large gang spanning three provinces. Although the fighting strength of the sect is in urgent need of improvement, operating for profit and earning silver are also top priorities. The cost of establishing these branches
Their silver is earned from the cargo trade in Okura City and the sale of weapons made from fine iron mined from the Wuyang City mines. If these branches cannot make profits individually, they will always rely on other industries in the sect for support. In the end,
Not a long-term solution.
There are very few talents who know how to manage things in the "Evil Dog Gate". Hua Bushi himself is quite proficient, but he has to take charge of the overall situation and cannot be distracted. Zhenniang is also one, but she can only stay in the Hua family mansion in Wuyang City.
, Mo Wentian had already gone to Okura Island, and there was even less hope.
Hua Bushi came to see Shu Feng, and Hua Bushi's sweet words and deception methods worked again. After promising generous terms, he finally persuaded her to pay her a price: marry one and get one free. Thus, the "evil dog gate" gained an elder.
, Shu Feng became the deputy head of the "Jujin Hall", in charge of the management of all the industries and sites of the Thirteen Divisions in Guangdong and Fujian.
Shu Feng is not only good at business, but she is also a descendant of Zhang Songxi, a senior martial arts master. She has a wide network of contacts. Most people in the world would like to give her some face. Shu Feng will also take care of the affairs of the "Evil Dog Gate".
A lot of troubles have been reduced. Four months later, although the Thirteen Cities branch has not yet started to make money, its income and expenditure have gradually become more balanced, and it will not consume the sect's silver as it did when it was first established.
The expansion of Guangdong and Fujian was initially completed. The next thing Hua Bushi thought of was the Hubei border, but this time it was extremely unsatisfactory.
Expanding territory should not be so aggressive. The accumulation of reputation and strength of any sect cannot be achieved in a day. Just like practicing martial arts, you must first lay a solid foundation before you can achieve success. The "Evil Dog Gate" has just been closed
After the power has developed into Guangdong and Fujian, it will be much more logical if it takes several years for the sect to establish its reputation, accumulate assets, recruit and train enough masters, and then expand the territory.
All the famous sects in the world have experienced decades or even centuries of development before they achieved their current fame.
However, Hua Bushi could not use this step-by-step approach to develop "Evil Dog Gate" because he did not have decades to spare. There were only eight years left of the original ten-year agreement. If he wanted to achieve his ideal, he had to
Take a dangerous road!
Both belong to Huguang Province, and Hubei and Hunan are geographically closer. Within a month, Hua Bushi visited many Baidao sects in Wuchang, Hanyang, Huangzhou, Chengtian and other state capitals, but no one was willing to cooperate with them.
With the "Evil Dog Gate" alliance, even the money-grabbing tactics that have always been successful in Guangdong and Fujian have completely failed.
After listening to the news through the eyes and ears of "Qianhuafang", Hua Bushi quickly figured out the reason. And the reason is actually very simple, that is, the "Wudang Sect" has sent secret notices to each sect, prohibiting the "Evil Dog Sect"
"The power of " extended to Hubei Province. As one of the top sects among the "Seven sects of the Central Plains", "Wudang Sect" is the only leader of Baidao in Hubei Province. No sect dares to disobey the decision of "Wudang Sect".
Although silver is a good weapon, what really plays a decisive role is the strength of the sect.
The reason why the "Evil Dog Sect" can develop in Guangdong and Fujian is that in the two realms, no sect is powerful enough to control the entire territory. Whether it is the "Southern Shaolin" or the "Wuyi Sect", or
The four major sects of Baidao in Guangdong are at most equal in strength to the "Evil Dog Sect". The "Evil Dog Sect" has crossed the border to establish a branch. If they fight hard, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, Hua Bushi used silver to make a good alliance. These
The sect weighs the pros and cons and it is not difficult to make a choice.
Spending a huge amount of money will only make the expansion of "Evil Dog Gate" faster, but it will not change the nature of respecting the strong in the world. If there is no strength as a backing, it is useless to just spend money.
Today's "Wudang Sect" in Hubei is by no means comparable to the sects in Guangdong and Fujian.
After the "Wanyi Conference" a year ago, "Wudang" and "Kongtong" once clashed with the "Tangmen" and "Emei" from various areas in the southwest. Both sides gathered hundreds of small sects and formed a
The alliance faced off at Changsha City in the Hunan border.
After several fierce battles, many small and medium-sized sects that formed an alliance lost many masters and disciples, and some even had their whole sects wiped out and tended to decline. However, the four famous sects were still intact, with only a few wings damaged.
Seeing that the two sides were equally powerful in fighting and that any further fighting would only lead to losses for both sides, the four sects began to negotiate for reconciliation.
The apparent cause of this conflict is the murder of Weng Yibai, the elder of the "Kongtong Sect", but in fact the root cause behind it is the division of territory and industries between the two sides on the border between Hubei and Sichuan. In recent years, Sichuan
The "Tangmen" in the border area continued to develop to the northeast and occupied a lot of territory in the Shaanxi and Hubei borders. The "Kongtong" and "Wudang" took advantage of the theme and set off this fierce battle.
After several rounds of negotiations between the leaders of the two parties and the division of territory and other substantive matters, Tang Zilin, the deputy sect leader of the "Sichuan Tang Sect", admitted that he ordered the killing of "Kongtong" elder Weng Yibai that day.
It was a momentary misjudgment and I apologized to Fei Yunzi, the leader of the "Kongtong Sect".
In this way, the "Kongtong Sect" lost face, Weng Yibai's "grievance" was vindicated, and his reputation was preserved. Feiyunzi was magnanimous and stopped pursuing the matter. This dispute spread across most of the Central Plains martial arts world.
This is the end of the pure-animal CEO’s doting on his wife.
If the "Sichuan Tang Sect" and the "Emei Sect" could compete with the "Wudang Sect" at the beginning, the "Evil Dog Sect" was still far behind. And this gap exists in many aspects.
In terms of disciples, not counting the branch sects of the "Wudang Sect" distributed in various places, there are as many as 3,000 disciples who officially teach the art on Wudang Mountain alone, and the "Evil Dog Sect" has the main helm in Wuyang City and branch helms in various places.
Adding up all the disciples in his gang, there are only seven or eight hundred people.
In terms of masters, the palace masters of the nine Taoist temples on Wudang Mountain are all figures who have been famous for many years and have reached the realm of martial arts. The Baojing master who participated in the "Wanyi Conference" is the head of Qingyan Palace, one of the nine palaces. And Tian
There is also the "Liangyi Sword Formation" composed of 72 master swordsmen in Zhufeng Hall of Supreme Harmony, not to mention the current leader Baoxuan Taojun, who is known as "the best swordsman in the world".
In the "Evil Dog Sect", only the leader Hua Tianxiong is slightly famous, but he is already quite old. The "Evil Dog Five" have only made their mark in the world in the past year or two, although they can be regarded as
He is a leader among the young generation, but when compared with the Master of the Nine Palaces of Wudang, he is completely different.
Therefore, it is a matter of course that the "Wudang Sect" does not take the "Evil Dog Sect" in its eyes. Other sects in Hubei are also determined not to ally with the "Evil Dog Sect" just for money, so as not to offend the "Wudang Sect".
The world of difference is the difference between the "Wu-Dang Clan" and the "Evil Dog Clan" in other people's eyes, but from Hua Bushi's perspective, the contrast in power between the two sects is not so disparate.
In this young master’s view, Qingyun Guards and Thorny Tiger Warriors are both strong war corps, capable of confronting Wudang’s “Liangyi Sword Formation”. The martial arts of Yu Qianli and Zhu Hong are not necessarily as good as those of the Nine Palace Masters.
There is not much difference, and the real difference is that there is no one in the sect who can compare with such an outstanding figure as Taojun Baoxuan.
The lack of real top masters means that the "Evil Dog Sect" is destined to be a second-rate sect, and ultimately cannot compete with famous sects like the "Seven Central Plains Sects" for hegemony!
Of course, Hua Bushi had expected this. After discovering Yang Jiangyi's talent potential, the young master once placed all his hopes on her. This is why he traveled thousands of miles and paid a heavy price to ask for her.
The reason why Yang Jiangyi found a Buddhist inner skill.
It's a pity that people are not as good as God, and this hope came to nothing in the end. Although Hua Bushi tried his best to keep Yang Jiangyi by his side, she was no longer able to practice the "Yi Jin Jing" internal skills, and it was difficult to reach the level of martial arts.
The ultimate state.
The "Evil Dog Sect" lacks strength, so it is impossible to confront the "Wu-Dang Clan" head-on. Hua Bushi thought of another way, which is to ask Miss Shu Yu to be a lobbyist, trying to persuade the principals of the "Wu-Dang Clan" to give
Opportunities for the development of "Evil Dog Gate" in Hubei Province.
However, even Shu Yu returned without success this time. Taojun Baoxuan bluntly refused without leaving any room. Although Shu Yu's grandfather Zhang Songxi was once the head of Wudang, it was related to the current interests of the sect.
The affection is still not enough.
In desperation, Hua Bushi had no choice but to give up his plan to build a branch in Hubei and returned to Hunan in despair.
Returning to Wuyang City, the young master had an unexpected surprise: he met the master "Medical Sage" Meng Wuming who taught medical skills. Medical Sage Meng was over seventy years old and had traveled all over the world with no fixed residence.
After teaching in Wuyang City for three years and leaving, Hua Bushi has not seen him again, and it has been ten years now.
Ten years ago, Hua Bushi was still a young man full of resentment against the world. He once went to the Miao border in search of a poison that could kill millions of people. But now his temperament has changed drastically, and the extreme extremes of the past have long gone.
exist.
Meng Wuming had always been concerned about this disciple. When he came to Wuyang this time, Hua Bushi happened to go to the border of Hubei. He stayed for a full month before waiting for Hua Bushi to come back. During this month, Meng Wuming
The medical saint originally lived in the Hua family's mansion, but a few days later he moved to the Evil Dog Villa, and it was Sun Qiaoyun who took care of him.
After joining Hua Bushi's sect, Sun Qiaoyun seldom received any guidance from her master. Just because Hua Bushi didn't spend much time in Wuyang City, she could only study "The Collection of Clumsy Hands on Stone-Mending" and "Princess Collection" by herself.
There were many medical books and classics stored in the "Gong Pavilion", but no one could point out any doubts. Now the arrival of Master Meng Wuming gave her a good opportunity to seek advice and resolve her doubts.