#99 - Chapter 99 Hongmen

Cheng Feng knew that the Nie Mansion still had some things. Cheng Feng was not in a hurry and wanted to take care of things one by one.

Cheng Feng was also fully prepared to tidy up the scene inside that tunnel.

Using it as a Hongmen base with so many corpses? Cheng Feng wouldn't occupy it! Living there would be terrifying.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Cheng Feng always believed in having multiple preparations and multiple paths.

The base was just a backup plan for himself.

Since embarking on this path, he had naturally prepared for death. But when will the cycle of vengeance end? The rule of the road is that if there is nothing major involved, the family should not be implicated.

Cheng Feng had no interest in Nie Hu's wives, so he naturally left it to Wang Hu to handle.

He also had people buy a secluded residence to settle them in, leaving some silver for their living expenses.

Nie Hu was almost thirty years old and had a son and a daughter, both only five or six years old.

Cheng Feng was also a father and naturally wouldn't be ruthless enough to kill them.

After settling everything, there was nothing else to do.

Wang Hu also led people to find a complete copy of the Crushing Mountain Fist manual from Nie Hu's house.

It was Nie Hu's cultivation technique, which could be cultivated to the Bone Refining realm.

Cheng Feng looked at it from the perspective of an experienced person, took out the first two layers, and handed them to Wang Hu, saying: "From now on, all Hongmen members will cultivate the Crushing Mountain Fist. After reaching the peak of Skin Refining, come to me to receive the Blood Refining realm part. If you make a great contribution and your realm reaches it, you can receive the Bone Refining part."

Cheng Feng guessed that the Crushing Mountain Fist should also be a martial arts technique left by Nie Yuan for Nie Hu. Otherwise, the Tiger Head Gang wouldn't have such weak martial arts strength.

Originally, in the Tiger Head Gang, besides Wang Hu who was about to complete Strength Refining, there were three others who came from scattered cultivation, all in the middle stage of Strength Refining. The rest were ordinary people who had only practiced some basic moves and looked strong.

Cheng Feng had overestimated the strength of the Tiger Head Gang as much as possible, but he really didn't expect it to be so poor.

This also made Cheng Feng understand the value of a Blood Refining realm martial artist.

Wang Tieshan had said that the upper class of the county at least had a Bone Refining realm martial artist to create such a large family business. Without strength, it wouldn't be sustainable.

Cheng Feng's own strength was only one major realm away from those large families.

But thinking of Zhang Zhu and Nie Hu, breaking through to the Blood Refining realm was so difficult.

Cheng Feng became more vigilant, and he must never easily reveal his own realm.

Keeping a low profile was what Cheng Feng needed most.

Lurking and developing until his strength was sufficient to control the situation was the safest development path.

In addition to the gang's savings of one hundred and twenty taels of silver, more than eighty taels of silver were also found in Nie Hu's house.

Totaling two hundred and eight taels of silver.

It wasn't that Cheng Feng had never seen money, but having so much silver in his hands was still quite exciting.

Cheng Feng knew that he couldn't be like Nie Hu. What Cheng Feng needed was an organization, and he needed manpower to run his plan.

The goods were already available, so how to sell them would have to be carefully considered.

Cheng Feng asked Wang Hu to count the number of Hongmen members. Vice Sect Leader Wang Hu was about to complete Strength Refining. Sun Gui, Wu Jiang, and Zhou Hai were in the middle stage of Strength Refining. There were twenty-eight capable members who could fight and carry things. This was the foundation of Hongmen.

In the past, everyone gathered together to keep warm. Later, Nie Hu rose up and occupied the territory, stabilizing the situation.

There were many small gangs in the South City District, and some gangs were formed by three or five people. Few could survive until the next day. Without strength, they could only bow their heads.

If you kill me today, I'll kill you tomorrow. Later, the Green Bamboo Gang stopped the disputes. Large-scale械斗 basically wouldn't happen, but small-scale friction was naturally common. Those who were not convinced had already rotted in the stinking ditch.

The remaining ones were basically obedient.

Nie Yuan behind Nie Hu would naturally not stop. Most of the corpses in the cave came from this.

Wang Hu was worthy of having been in the underworld for more than ten years. He knew all the relationships, big and small, like the back of his hand, and he was also clear about the movements of his neighbors.

The Green Bamboo Gang was considered the leader of the South City District, but the Green Bamboo Gang Leader didn't plan to unify the South City. He only needed superficial peace.

Small fights and troubles naturally didn't catch his eye.

Wang Hu heard that the Green Bamboo Gang was backed by the Liu family, the second-tier family under the three major families, which did the business of 'walking goods', advocating long-distance trade.

It was a business with profits and losses.

The family was strong, and the Green Bamboo Gang Leader was also surnamed Liu. It was unknown if there was any connection.

Cheng Feng only treated these gossip news as information reserves.

His next affairs would inevitably touch the interests of some people.

To prevent anyone from being jealous, it was best to have a foundation first.

After listening to Wang Hu's general description, Cheng Feng had a bottom line in his heart.

They were all small gangs that hadn't reached the Blood Refining realm. Eight hundred taels would definitely be no problem, but the momentum shouldn't be too strong.

First, accumulate the number of people to fifty.

If there weren't enough people, they would be easily attacked.

Cheng Feng couldn't stay here watching all the time.

The Hongmen, which didn't even have a Skin Refining realm, really couldn't enter Cheng Feng's eyes.

Cheng Feng said to Wang Hu: "Starting tomorrow, the twenty-eight members of the gang will be supplemented to fifty.

From now on, each gang member will receive one tael of silver per month. The money will be given on the first day of each month. This is the basic salary.

From now on, the sect will provide food, three meals a day, with meat for every meal. This is the treatment for ordinary gang members.

For those who become martial artists, one tael of silver for each small realm. Two taels for the early stage of Strength Refining, three taels for the middle stage, four taels for the later stage, five taels for the completion stage, six taels for the early stage of Skin Refining, and so on.

Martial artists will have to buy their own medicinal supplements. Martial artists can still eat in the sect, but they can only eat and not take away.

This will be implemented from next month. In the past, Nie Hu took you to eat and drink extravagantly. From now on, none of this will exist. Those who cannot accept it can leave on their own. If there is trouble, you can handle it yourself."

Listening to Cheng Feng's sweeping reforms, Wang Hu was dumbfounded: "Sect Leader, we only have two hundred taels of silver now. How many days can we last like this?"

Cheng Feng, who had a detailed understanding of the refined salt market, smiled confidently and took out a small bag from his arms: "Take a look, how much money can this thing sell for?"

Wang Hu looked at the small bag in Cheng Feng's hand, took it, and was still wondering. After opening it, the crystalline particles like white sand reflected light in the sun.

Wang Hu's hand trembled a little and he couldn't believe it. He looked at Cheng Feng suspiciously. Cheng Feng smiled and gestured for Wang Hu to taste it. Wang Hu pinched a little with his hand, put it in his mouth and tasted it. There was no bitterness, no earthy smell, only the pure salty taste bloomed in his mouth.

Wang Hu looked at Cheng Feng and affirmed: "One jin of this quality of refined salt is worth at least twenty taels of silver."

Cheng Feng was stunned by Wang Hu's quotation. When he was investigating before, Cheng Feng felt that fifteen taels was already high.

Twenty taels, my god, Cheng Feng felt that he was going to make a fortune.

Looking at Cheng Feng's somewhat suspicious eyes, Wang Hu said: "Our small place definitely can't sell it for a high price, but if it's placed in the prefecture, the price will have to be higher."

Wang Hu's words opened Cheng Feng's eyes. He really had to go out and walk around!

Staying in this small place all the time, he might really have no knowledge!

But don't worry, take it one step at a time.