Chapter 81 The Ning family head and the unusual movements in Yandang Mountain
In general.
The conditions of the Ning family master were not harsh, and could even be said to be generous.
After all, with the Ning family's signboard, it actually meant that the Ning family had accepted this business, isolating it from outsiders.
Reduced Chen Nuo's troubles.
But in addition to the 40% profit, he also made two requests.
One was to send someone to Chen's pharmacy as an apprentice.
Haha.
The nicer one is naturally an apprentice, and the worse one is coveting the secret recipe.
In this era, apprenticeship is a very common situation.
Apprentices with good luck can inherit the master's skills and even the family property, while apprentices with bad luck are purely cheap labor!
The kind that does not even have wages!
And most apprentices are of the unlucky type.
Usually, the apprenticeship period is five to ten years.
What the Ning family master meant was actually a hidden transaction. After five years, the secret recipe should be traded.
In this regard.
Chen Nuo chose to agree.
Why not agree?
It's just a cooling liquid.
What does it count for?
It is just a treasure in their eyes.
The second requirement is that the specific wedding date should be set as soon as possible before fulfilling the contract. Previously, it was only set in March, and the specific wedding date still needs to be agreed upon together.
Seeing Chen Nuo agreed, the head of the Ning family smiled more sincerely.
The two quickly agreed on the specific wedding date.
They chatted politely with each other, and also talked about Ning Feiyu, Ningbo Ping and others, which brought them closer.
Both of them were smiling, and the women standing around them strictly in accordance with the etiquette rules kept pouring wine.
There were also dancers swaying in the middle hall, looking quite graceful.
For a while, the guests and hosts were all happy.
"Come, let's drink this cup together!"
...
After talking about business.
Chen Nuo blushed and shook his head constantly, his eyes were hazy, and he was supported by Chen Xiang, waving his hands unsteadily, declining the toasts from the Ning family.
"Let's go, let's go."
A woman with slightly simple clothes suddenly called Chen Nuo.
"Well, from now on, Hong Ye will be in your hands."
Chen Nuo looked at the woman in surprise, but he didn't expect that she would be his mother-in-law.
She smiled at Chen Nuo flatteringly, then turned back and looked at some women with her head slightly raised.
Looking at this scene.
Chen Nuo was thoughtful.
Walking out of Ning Mansion.
Chen Nuo took a deep breath and exhaled a long breath of alcohol.
His face quickly returned to normal, and his eyes returned to calm.
Getting on the carriage.
Chen Nuo closed his eyes and thought carefully about what had just happened.
The head of the Ning family is a greedy businessman.
He is also a very pure businessman.
The family atmosphere of the other party seems solemn and Confucian, but it is actually full of the taste of transactions, especially men.
It is a merchant family in its bones.
It is those women.
The feeling of being bound, disciplined, competing for favor, and fighting privately is very serious.
Especially the scene when his mother-in-law came out at the end.
She didn't show up earlier or later, but appeared when he was drunk and about to leave.
Combined with the fact that she seemed to be telling me and caring about her daughter, in fact, she was showing off to other women and letting me stand up for myself.
Tsk.
The women of the Ning family all like to play this kind of trick.
I hope my wife won't play this, but it doesn't matter. If she doesn't know how to do it, just treat her as a baby.
Chen Nuo is very open-minded.
"Next, with money, it's time to develop vigorously."
"However, my strength is also a problem now. The business is getting bigger and bigger, but the fundamental strength is still not enough."
"The strongest of these county families is only at the peak of flesh and blood, but there are many of them. If you don't reach the peak of muscles and bones, and don't have a higher strength than them, it's not safe enough."
Don't think that doing business now seems to be okay.
If a conflict occurs, Chen Nuo believes that these big families will definitely show their fangs without hesitation and swallow Chen's clean, leaving no drop.
So.
You must be self-reliant and have the power that makes the other party afraid!
Two-pronged approach.
Cultivate family warriors and find skills to improve yourself.
Chen Nuo opened his eyes, and the next decision was this!
…
Yandang Mountain.
As the most famous mountain in the four western counties of Liushui County.
It is famous not only because of its vastness and continuity, but also because of its key and dangerousness!
As the key road connecting the four counties, and the only way to the east, Yandang Mountain is very important, and commercial exchanges are extremely frequent.
Therefore, some popular professions have emerged.
Robbery, gathering in the mountains.
It is the mountain bandits, the famous mountain kings.
There are more than one.
According to the different mountain tops, there are a total of three major bandits, seven medium bandits, and countless small mountain bandits.
The major bandits are at least more than 500 people, the medium bandits are about 100 or 200 people, and the small mountain bandits are mostly dozens of people, mainly young and strong, and quite powerful. The Xuanshui school lieutenant stationed in the four western counties led troops to encircle and suppress them many times but failed.
They are collectively called the Yandang Mountain Bandits.
One of the major bandits, Langtou Mountain.
"Brother, there are more and more refugees. Recently, the village has taken in more than 300 people. If this continues, I'm afraid there won't be enough food." The one who spoke was the military advisor of the Wolf Head Village, who was also the second in command.
"It's simple. Go down and consume a group of them. It's a good opportunity to train the soldiers and intimidate those useless people. Rob some money and food."
The leader of Langtoushan is a one-eyed muscular man whose real name is unknown. He is nicknamed "Baolang". He has a strong aura and looks very ferocious.
In fact, he is indeed vicious.
Among the bandits in Yandang Mountain, he has the greatest reputation and the strongest power. He has a total of 800 people. With the addition of 300 new people, his number has exceeded 1,000!
Coupled with his own peak physical strength.
It can be said that he is arrogant in this area, otherwise, he would not dare to admit that he did everything. (The destruction of Hujiacun)
"Then who should we rob?" asked the second master.
Of course he knows who to rob, but to say it out loud is that you don't know how to behave.
How can we not give the boss room to develop?
"Don't worry, let the spies go out and see which of these four counties is more profitable. Don't be afraid of strength or anything like that. In this land to the west of Liushui County, except for Captain Xuanshui, who are we brothers afraid of? "
"Even those big families still grab it!"
"Big brother is mighty!"
"mighty!!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"..."
There was a howl of ghosts and wolves.
Coincidentally, similar scenes were happening with other bandits in Yandang Mountain.
Maybe this is no coincidence.
As the number of refugees increases, more and more people will voluntarily or be forced to join bandits.
Since the bandits cannot support so many people, they will naturally attack the county town. They can not only train troops, but also steal money, consume excess population, and finally even increase the reputation of the green forest.
It’s like killing several birds with one stone!
Moreover, it is foreseeable in the future that if the number of refugees does not decrease, there will be more and more such scenes, and the bandits will probably become stronger, sooner or later.
There will be bandits who will break into the county and start to take power...
However, if you want to reduce the number of refugees, you must make certain people stop sucking blood.
Well, is this possible?
