Chapter 332 Hanging Sword Door
Li Chi and the others stayed in Dafang for a night, and continued to rush to Yunyin Mountain the next morning, and walked for another day to stay in Jingkou County.
A year ago, there was still chaos outside Jizhou City, with rebels rampant, and almost no county town was safe, all of which were haunted or even captured.
After Prince Yu decided to raise an army, he recruited most of the rebels, and the other part of them who were unwilling to be recruited to surrender to Yu Chaozong. Therefore, in Jizhou, especially in the past six months, the rebels have almost never seen them.
Therefore, the order of each county has been restored, and some people who fled back have returned, such as Dafang Town and Jingkou County, have gained some popularity.
What Li Chi and his friends saw on the way back to Jizhou from Yanshan Mountain was like hell, gloomy and terrifying, and there was no people.
Jingkou County was once captured by rebels, and the buildings in the city were mostly incomplete. It seems that the people's lives only have two words... Living.
After Li Chi entered the city, he wanted to find a decent inn to stay. He was not picky about where he lived, but he really didn't have a decent inn.
There are three women in the team, including Mrs. Xiahou, Gao Xining and Xiahou Yuli, and you can't just find a place to live.
So Li Chi decided to pull the tiger's skin and hold the flag again, and the team went directly outside the county government.
The shelf life of Prince Yu's waist brand is still there, so the effect is very good. The people from the county government suddenly panicked. The county leader Zhang and his subordinates discussed for a while, and finally decided to invite Li Chi and the others to live in Yiyuan.
There was once a high-ranking official in the court who retreated and returned to his hometown in Jingkou County. Before he came back, he arranged for someone to build a Yiyuan here, covering an area of more than 100 acres. This high-ranking official was a member of Liu Chongxin, so he was also fearless.
Who knew that not long after returning, the rebels invaded Jingkou County, broke into Yiyuan, captured the retired big man, stole a lot of gold, silver and treasures, and demanded a ransom of 100,000 taels.
These rebels never expected that no one would tell where the big man hid the silver, and even his son would tell him.
He told the rebel leader that they didn't know where the silver was hidden. If you let me go back, I'll give you silver.
The rebel leader said you are fucking liar.
The big guy said that I am the only one who knows where the money is. I didn’t tell him my son. If you don’t let me go, you won’t get a single copper coin.
The rebel leader said that you not only treat me as a fool, but you are still threatening me.
So he beat someone up and beat the big man's mouth to pieces. He even shouted that if you don't let me go, there was no copper coins. The rebel leader said that you are really a man.
Later, the big man was seriously injured and died, and the rebels did not ask for ransom. In the end, because they were too close to Jizhou City, only more than 100 miles away, Jizhou City sent troops to clear them, and the rebels fled in all directions.
The big man's family didn't dare to live here. They were too arrogant and feared that there would be rebels coming next time, so they moved to Jizhou to live.
However, some servants were left in Yiyuan to clean the house. The head of the family who lived in the county occasionally came back to stay for two days.
The county magistrate came to the door in person and arranged for Li Chi and the others to move into Yiyuan.
After Li Chi expressed his gratitude to the county magistrate, the county magistrate hesitated and asked Li Chi carefully. Li Chi didn't even have a renovated lie, and there was no difference between the old ones and the lies two years ago.
"My surname is Li, my name is Li Du, and I work in the royal palace."
Li Chi replied and asked, "Mr. County Magistrate, do you have any martial arts schools or martial arts sects in Jingkou County? If not, is there any escort agency?"
Lord Zhang thought about it carefully but couldn't figure out what Mr. Li, who had a tough name, meant.
"There are several martial arts halls and sects, and the largest one is called the Handao Sect. There are about a hundred and ten disciples, all of whom have reported in the government. Don't worry, Mr. Li, there will be no safety issues. The subordinates will also mobilize all the constables to protect outside Yiyuan."
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Li Chi asked, "Why is this name given to the knife door?"
Lord Zhang said: "The rumors say that at the earliest, the main sect of the Knife Hanging Gate played invincible hands all over the North, so he hung the knife at the door. If anyone wants to challenge, he should take off the knife and dance it. The knife weighs more than 100 kilograms, and few people can dance."
Li Chi immediately asked, "Why is that knife still there?"
"Not here."
Lord Zhang replied: "A rebels broke through the city before and snatched the knife away."
Li Chi nodded: "It's a pity... I have never seen a big knife worth more than 100 pounds."
Lord Zhang said, "It's actually not good-looking. It's been rusted when hanging there for many years. Later, the officials found out that their sect leader could not dance, and hanging there was something to scare people. Those who couldn't dance that knife really didn't dare to challenge them casually."
Li Chixin said this was a solution. He smiled and said, "I'll send someone to guide you. Let's go to the knife door to take a look."
Lord Zhang asked tentatively: "Is there anything important about Mr. Li going to the knife door?"
Yu Jiuling muttered beside him, "What's the important thing about that kind of place."
Tang Piddi squinted his eyes and looked at him, and Yu Jiuling turned his head and looked outside and stopped talking.
Li Chi smiled and said, "Just consider it as selecting talents for the royal palace and see if there are any available people."
When Lord Zhang heard this, he did not dare to delay it, so he quickly arranged for someone to take Li Chi and the others over. Li Chi left all the soldiers to guard Yiyuan. He, Yu Jiuling and Tang Pidian and three others went to the Hangdao Gate.
I have to say that the knife door is indeed a bit shabby, and Li Chi thought that the knife door was gone, but after he arrived, he found that even the door was gone.
There is still one-third left on the left on the left and one-third left on the right, so when the door is closed, two fat men can pass by side in the middle.
Just this, the door is still closed with dignity.
Lord Zhang personally led the way. When he arrived outside the Hangdao Gate, Li Chi smiled and said, "Please please come back." What we want to do is not convenient, so Lord Zhang left immediately.
Yu Jiuling stepped forward and knocked on the door. Someone inside shouted: "The door is not closed."
Yu Jiuling said: "Isn't this locked up?"
The person inside said, "Where is a slug here..."
After Li Chi and the others entered the door, they were stunned by the scene in the yard. There were many men in the yard. Under the tree, there were several big men with bare shirtless and full of tendons sitting around, sewing clothes, while sewing, raising their hands to rub the needle on their hair.
Yu Jiuling couldn't learn the standard of this movement.
There were several small spinning wheels there, and a few men were spinning the threads and singing unknown little songs, which sounded a bit pleasant.
There were a few people placing the soles of shoes farther away, and several big men next to him were washing clothes. After washing, the two of them worked together to wring the water out. When Li Chi entered the door, he happened to see a snap sound and the clothes were twisted off by the two...
It shouldn't be that the clothes are very strong, and the two of them twisted the clothes and looked at them. One said that the pants were over, and I was fine, and I could be used as underwear, while the other said that my clothes were OK, and I could be used as a knee pad.
Li Chi clasped his fists and said, "Who is the master of the knife gate?"
The big men in the yard looked at each other, and someone muttered and asked, "Who is the turn today?"
Someone remembered and shouted: "Xiao Genzi, someone is looking for you."
A young man of fifteen or sixteen ran out of the kitchen wearing a sewn and patched apron that had been sewn and patched, looked at Li Chi and the others, then clasped his fists and said, "What are you doing?"
Yu Jiuling looked up and down at the young man. He felt that the knife door was very sloppy from the appearance to the inside.
"Are you the sect leader?"
Yu Jiuling asked.
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The young man said, "I am the leader of the Hangdao Sect today. If you have any questions, please tell me directly. By the way, there is a price list over there. If you come to our Hangdao Sect to do business, you can take a look first."
The price list was hung on the wall of the matching room. Li Chi was approaching and he turned his head and looked at it.
Fifteen entries for fighting, fifty entries for scaring children, fifty entries for scaring old men, one hundred entries for beating women, and not answering women.
Strength is 20 cents a day for one person, hiring more than ten people each day for each person, and hiring all people each for fifteen cents a day.
Li Chi looked at the price list and felt that his thoughts of trying to fight and try the quality were broken.
Why bother?
Isn't it good to just spend money to hire? It's cheap and the amount is large.
Li Chi smiled, walked up to hold his fists and said, "I am indeed here to discuss business, mainly because I want to cooperate for a long time, and I hire you all, so can there be any discounts on the price?"
When Zhen Gen heard this, he turned around and shouted: "Senior Brother, come on, I can't do anything about this."
A man in his forties came over and wanted to pin the needle in his hand to his clothes while walking. He was sewing old clothes just now, and the needle in his hand was used to being on the chest of the clothes and then using it for a while to use it to take it away.
But it was hot and he didn't wear a top today.
The needle was pricked in a more protruding place. The man stopped and frowned. He couldn't help but make a sound. He even had a few twists and shivered.
With this sound, Yu Jiuling almost sent away.
The big man walked up to Li Chi, coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, and he hugged and said, "I'm the senior brother of the Hanging Knife Gate. I can make the decision on the Hanging Knife Gate."
Yu Jiuling asked curiously: "You are the eldest brother, who is the sect leader. Even the sect leader cannot make the decision. Can the eldest brother make the decision?"
The eldest brother said, "Everyone takes turns to be the master of the sect, one per day, just play in front of you, but I am the only one of the eldest brothers."
Yu Jiuling nodded: "A word woke up the dreamer."
The eldest brother said, "If you are tired, you will take a break."
Yu Jiuling: "..."
Li Chi said: "I want to hire all of you to help me do things."
The eldest brother said, "You said you want to hire someone for a long time? It depends on how long it takes. If it is ten days, don't bargain, it is not expensive. If it is one month..."
Li Chi said: "A lifetime."
The eldest brother was stunned for a moment, looked back at the fellow disciples, then turned to look at Li Chi and said, "You may have misunderstood this young master. We are all serious people. We have been established in the Knife Sect for more than a hundred years. We have been serious people. We have all been taken away by you for a lifetime. How is this possible?"
Yu Jiuling laughed with a thunderous sound.
Tang Piddi held back his laughter and asked very seriously: "Can you choose one?"
The eldest brother said, "It's not good to pick one."
He paused and said, "You three people, is it appropriate to choose one? You have to choose three."
As soon as he finished speaking, the big men in the yard laughed and followed them one by one. Obviously, the senior brother wanted to spend the fun of Li Chi and the others, because they now felt that these three people were here to spend the fun of them.
Li Chi said: "Let me say it seriously. I do medicinal materials business in Jizhou. There are dozens of shops and need a hospital guard. If you are willing to help me, I will give you two taels of silver a month to control food and accommodation."
As soon as this sentence was finished, everyone in the knife door was stunned.
Li Chi said: "But, I have not failed to ask."
He pointed at Tang Pidian and said, "Whoever can take his move can follow me."
He added: "This is basically a bonus question."
Chapter completed!