#193 - Chapter 193 Rectification

Hongmen Main Hall

Cheng Feng gently caressed the teacup in his hand, his eyes flashing with undeniable determination.

Wang Hu, Sun Gui, Zhou Hai, and Li Yang stood on either side, the atmosphere heavy and oppressive.

"What are your thoughts on today's matter?" Cheng Feng's voice was low and powerful, penetrating every inch of the hall.

His words were like a sharp sword, pointing directly to the core of the problem.

Wang Hu was the first to speak, his tone carrying a hint of self-reproach: "Master, I cannot shirk responsibility for this matter.

As Deputy Master, I failed to detect and stop the greedy behavior of my subordinates in time, which is truly a dereliction of duty."

Cheng Feng nodded slightly, but was not comforted by this.

"Wang Hu, self-reproach is useless; what's important is how to remedy the situation.

Since its establishment, Hongmen has been based on the word 'rules'. Today's disgrace must be avenged."

Sun Gui frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Master, I have ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, and I will definitely bring the audacious villain to justice.

At the same time, we will strengthen the supervision of each hall to prevent such incidents from happening again."

Zhou Hai took over the conversation, his voice with a hint of worry: "Master, I am afraid that there is still a group of people behind this matter that needs to be purged.

We have just taken over so many people, and the quality and strength of those who have just arrived are uneven, so we have to pick some out."

Li Yang, on the other hand, had sharp eyes and analyzed: "I agree with Zhou Hai's view.

We must not only severely punish the perpetrators, but also follow the clues to find out the disruptors behind the scenes.

Hongmen's rules cannot be violated, and any provocation must be repaid with blood!"

Hearing this, Cheng Feng's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Very good, you have not disappointed me.

Remember, Hongmen's rules cannot be defiled, no matter who the opponent is, we must let them know the consequences of provoking Hongmen!"

With that, he stood up, his eyes like torches, scanning everyone present.

"Effective immediately, fully launch the investigation procedure, and I want to see the results in the shortest possible time.

At the same time, strengthen the training of the disciples within the sect, improve the overall strength, and ensure the safety of Hongmen."

"Also, haven't we bought a batch of old houses that haven't been completed yet?

We didn't buy enough at the time, but now that we have money, let's continue to buy them, at least enough to accommodate a thousand people."

Send all the ordinary people who are not martial artists there to start construction.

We will build a brand new training ground there, with the courtyards in the middle separated and complete with houses.

After they have rested, all the new disciples will train there.

I want them to know the rules of Hongmen, and all unqualified people will be swept out, and the training intensity will be doubled."

"Finally, it's you guys.

Hongmen's business is getting bigger and bigger, and if your strength doesn't improve, I'm afraid your positions will not be secure."

Wang Hu said awkwardly: "Master, it's not that we don't work hard, it's just that we are too busy to practice martial arts."

Cheng Feng comforted: "I know you are working hard, so I will approve two thousand taels of silver for you, five hundred taels for each person.

You must continue to do your job, even if you cultivate one or several people to replace you in managing it.

Martial arts strength is the foundation of your foothold.

I don't want to see the day when your disciples challenge the strength of a hall master and end up overturning the plate, understand?"

Wang Hu and the other three looked happy and clasped their fists: "Yes, sir!"

If you want to improve your martial arts strength, talent is something you can't force, and the other thing is that you must have enough resources to support you.

For the disciples of Hongmen, their goal is to enter the Skin Refinement realm, but this requires a lot of resources and time to slowly temper.

However, with the small stove that Cheng Feng gave everyone, drinking three big tonic soups a day, I believe their strength will definitely increase!

Cheng Feng did not let everyone be too optimistic.

He reminded: "Don't be too happy too soon.

On the last day of each month, you must report your martial arts progress to me.

The primary task of Hongmen now is to focus on stability.

We must properly digest these newly joined people and constantly enhance our own strength.

Only in this way can we truly gain a firm foothold!"

Cheng Feng's eyes flickered with a firm light, as if he had already seen the future prosperity of Hongmen.

With his order, the Hongmen disciples began to get busy.

Everyone clearly defined their responsibilities and actively devoted themselves to their work, contributing their strength to the development of Hongmen.

The Hongmen hall is re-divided into four levels: department, brigade, squad, and member. This vertical team is convenient for direct management.

Each squad consists of ten people, a brigade has five squads, a total of fifty people, and a department contains four brigades, totaling two hundred people.

The hall does not limit the number of departments, as long as it is easy to manage.

The specific deployment of hall management can be adjusted according to the actual situation, but as long as there are enough people, it needs to be reported to the "Human Gate" and the corresponding paperwork should be done.

In order to better distinguish different members, Cheng Feng also sent someone to take silver to customize three thousand identity tokens for the hall disciples.

These tokens are made of redwood, and each token is engraved with a numerical code, as well as the hall and deployment to which it belongs.

Its style and specifications have been confirmed with Wang Hu.

The Human Gate disciple's token is an iron plate, with the same style but in black.

In addition, the Heaven Gate and Earth Gate also created ten special tokens respectively, made of gold and silver respectively, which can be described as genuine gold and silver.

Cheng Feng's heart was doing things one after another, and each of his decisions was to make the Hongmen disciples more closely united and enhance their sense of belonging to Hongmen.

At the same time, Hongmen did not rely on exploiting the bottom people to maintain their livelihood, but only charged 30% of the protection fee, which has given the people great convenience and also improved Hongmen's image in the hearts of the people from the side.

For the Hongmen disciples who participated in this operation, this victory was entirely due to Cheng Feng's strength and wisdom, so most of the benefits naturally belonged to Cheng Feng.

Cheng Feng is not a greedy person, and he did not take all the benefits for himself.

On the contrary, he generously took out a portion of the money to reward the more than 600 Hongmen disciples who participated in the battle,

He gave each person two taels of silver as a reward, and also paid out the full amount of pension.

These measures not only complied with the rules of Hongmen, but also reflected Cheng Feng's generosity and magnanimity.

According to the regulations of Hongmen, if someone can win a major battle with their personal strength or wisdom, then that person should be rewarded accordingly.

Therefore, Cheng Feng unceremoniously pocketed 80,000 taels of silver.

The remaining 80,000 taels of silver are enough to meet Hongmen's upcoming plans and expenses.

In this way, Hongmen will not fall into trouble due to lack of funds, and can also make the disciples feel fair treatment, so as to more firmly follow Hongmen.

These bottom-level disciples naturally don't need to know, Cheng Feng also did it for Wang Hu and others to see, even if they are partners, don't they have to disclose it?

This is also the reason why Cheng Feng is actively building power,

He himself has the strength, but collecting supplies, taking stock of profits, occupying territory, making a name for himself, etc., one person can't do it.

Now it's pretty good, Cheng Feng has the right to use Hongmen, and also has the ability to use Hongmen rules to seek benefits for himself, and can also arrange where his brothers work, which is very promising.

This is what Cheng Feng wants