After discussing the matter of teaching martial arts to his brothers, Su Xin walked around to see if nothing happened and prepared to go back.
There are people guarding the entrance of the hall, and his small courtyard is also close to Happy Forest. If anything happens, someone will come to report it immediately.
Besides, with Su Xin's current reputation, few people would dare to cause trouble.
Even Mr. Hu and Dong Chengwu, the head of the Punishment Hall, who were unhappy with him, would not come to provoke him at this time.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Su Xin bought a pound of soy sauce beef and a lotus leaf chicken on the way back.
There are still two gang members guarding the entrance of the small courtyard.
In fact, after Su Xin's strength increased greatly, he wanted them to withdraw, but considering that Xin'er was still at home, he gave up.
He has offended a lot of people now. Although it does not bring harm to his family, it is good to be prepared if he encounters such a crazy person.
Seeing Su Xin come back, the two gang members immediately said respectfully: "Boss."
Su Xin threw out a tael of silver: "Thank you for your hard work. Let's go have a meal and a drink at noon and take a rest."
The two gangsters took the money and said excitedly: "Thank you, boss."
They were not excited because Su Xin rewarded him with a tael of silver, but because they felt something from Su Xin's actions, which is called respect.
When he opened the door, Xin'er took the small wooden sword that Su Xin gave him and danced vigorously and gracefully.
Seeing this scene, Su Xin suddenly remembered that it was time for Xin'er to practice her internal skills.
Although Xin'er is young, she is very talented in understanding martial arts. At least Su Xin only taught her a complicated sword technique such as the Daxumi Sword Style a few times, and she was able to learn it decently.
This kind of talent is even better than Su Xin's. I believe she will learn internal skills very quickly.
Su Xin didn't want to train Xin'er to be a knight-errant. He had to protect her in this life. If Xin'er was harmed, then his brother would just commit suicide.
But even if you don't go into battle, you still need to practice your internal strength. Just like what he told Huang Bingcheng, it's good to keep fit.
Moreover, Xin'er's personality is also more suitable for cultivating internal strength, can endure loneliness, and prefers silence to movement.
Although she is still young, she does not like running around like her peers. Instead, if you give her something, she can play quietly all day long.
"Brother, why did you come back so early today?" Seeing Su Xin come back, Xin'er immediately dropped her wooden sword and ran over, taking the soy sauce beef and lotus leaf chicken from him.
"Of course I miss our Xin'er." Su Xin rubbed Xin'er's little head: "Wash your hands and prepare to eat. Cut up the beef with soy sauce. Remember not to eat it secretly."
Xin'er smiled and trotted to the kitchen to cut the beef with soy sauce. She had long forgotten that Su Xin told her to wash her hands first.
After dinner, Su Xin took out the paper and copied a copy of "Quan Zhen Jiao Elementary Internal Skills" to Xin'er.
He gave the book he got from the system to Li Huai and didn't let him copy it. He could just read it to everyone when the internal skills were taught.
Most of the people under him were born in Changlefang. They were all children who grew up in slums. How many of them were literate? It would be useless to copy them.
"Xin'er, come here. I'll teach you something new today. Remember to study hard. You can't be lazy on this one."
Putting the exercises into Xin'er's hand, Su Xin said: "First, memorize all the exercises."
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Xin'er said with difficulty: "Da...chu...Tongjiu..."
She stumbled over a passage while reading it, and made two mistakes in three words.
"You don't know these words Xin'er?" Su Xin asked in surprise.
Xin'er pouted with an aggrieved look on her face: "My mother only taught me how to read for a year before she passed away. I have almost forgotten about it."
The fusion of the memories of the two lives caused some things in Su Xin to be buried in the deepest part of his memory. It was only after Xin'er said this that he remembered that Xin'er had indeed never studied much.
In his memory, when he was a child, his mother began to teach him how to read and write, so even though Su Xincong grew up in a slum, he could write with good calligraphy, and he also dabbled in poetry and classics.
Of course, Xin'er's mother also taught her when she was young, but at that time Xin'er was only four or five years old. Her mother only taught Xin'er for less than a year before she passed away. In addition, Xin'er was still young at that time, so she probably didn't learn much.
That thing has long been forgotten in the back of my mind.
"Okay, I read you, listen, the Great Dao is first opened to the nine orifices. The nine orifices are originally at the Weilu point. First, they rush through the soles of Yongquan's feet, and Yongquan rushes through them gradually to the knees..."
After reading a short poem to Xin'er, the little girl was already drowsy. It was obvious that she was not interested in swordsmanship for this kind of thing.
Su Xin nodded her little head: "Don't be lazy. I will hire a teacher for you tomorrow. He will make you literate first, and then you can memorize the ideas yourself."
"No! Xin'er doesn't want to study and read!"
Upon hearing this, Xin'er immediately refused with a grimace on her face, her big eyes misty, and she looked aggrieved.
It's boring to study every day, but practicing swordsmanship is more interesting.
"No, there's no point in pretending to be pitiful. I don't want to train you to be a lady, but you must at least be literate and sensible." Su Xin waved his hand, obviously there was no discussion on this point.
After protesting for a long time with no results, Xin'er had no choice but to admit it with a sad face and a hundred reluctances in her heart.
Early the next morning, Su Xin asked Huang Bingcheng to gather all his brothers at the entrance of the hall, leaving no one behind.
After more than a month of development, he already has 190 people under his command, which is nearly three times more than when he just took over Happy Forest.
Because of Su Xin's reputation in the Flying Eagle Gang, not only the locals of Changlefang, but also people in the Flying Eagle Gang wanted to transfer to him. Of course, the monthly payment of ten taels of silver was the most important thing.
Huang Bingcheng has a good eye for people. These 190 people were left behind after weeding out some old fritters who were just trying to make monthly money. Basically, they are all trustworthy.
Happy Forest is not a big place. In normal times, only one-third of the nearly 200 gang members patrol around Happy Forest, while the rest either rest or exercise at the training ground in the backyard of the hall.
This time everyone was called to gather together. Needless to say, these gang members also knew that something big was definitely going to happen.
Su Xin walked out of the backyard with Li Huai and Huang Bingcheng. When they saw the boss coming, everyone raised their chests and raised their heads, and some young people even showed reverence in their eyes.
Most of these young people came from the slums of Changlefang. There was only one reason for joining the Flying Eagle Gang, and that was to make a living.
However, after seeing Su Xin's deeds, this mentality of dawdling suddenly turned into worship.
Su Xin was also a poor boy who came out of Changlefang. In just over a month, Su Xin went from being the lowest-level member of the gang to becoming the boss of his side.
This kind of legendary story has the greatest appeal to these young people.
Standing in front of everyone, Su Xin said loudly: "Before I say anything, let me ask you a question first, why do you want to join the Flying Eagle Gang?
Do you know that once you enter the rivers and lakes, you are as deep as the sea? Even though our Flying Eagle Gang is just a small gang in Chang Ning Mansion, we are still in the rivers and lakes, and we have no control over life or death!
One moment you may be toasting with your brothers, and the next moment you will be found dead on the street, becoming a stepping stone for others in the gang war!"
After Su Xin finished speaking, everyone present suddenly became agitated. They didn't know what the boss meant by this.
The young people who have recently joined the Flying Eagle Gang may not understand, but the several elders of the Flying Eagle Gang are in awe.
Hundreds of people are buried in mass graves outside the city every year.
Among these hundreds of people, there are not many ordinary people, but most of them are gang members like them, the lowest level of "jianghu people".
"Have you figured it out? Let's talk about it first." Su Xin clicked on someone.
This man Su Xin looked familiar. He was the brother of Chen San who was beaten to death by the Qingzhu Gang. His name was Li Qing.
He and Chen San who were beaten to death were also newcomers to the Flying Eagle Gang, but Li Qing left a deep impression on Su Xin. He was a bloody and loyal man, but he was not reckless and was quite sensible.
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When Su Xin pointed it out, Li Qing was stunned, and then smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, I said vulgarly, please don't be surprised, I only joined the gang for money.
My father and mother died early, and they had worked so hard to raise me all their lives that they never saw me marrying a wife until my death.
I, Li Qing, don't live up to my expectations. Every day I go to Dongcheng to fight against Da Bao, and I only make ten bucks a day, and I still get two bucks taken away by those gangsters at the Yachang.
With things like this, let alone asking for a wife, it would be great if he could barely survive starvation.
So I am unwilling to give in and want to take advantage of my youth and still have the strength to make a fortune!
If you don’t die in a few years, you can save some money to find a wife, and at least leave a seed for my old Li family, otherwise I, Li Qing, won’t be able to see my parents even if I die!”
After Li Qing said this, the gang members present were silent and felt quite uncomfortable, especially those who also came from Changlefang. Li Qing simply expressed their feelings.
In the early years when Changning Mansion was the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, it was still prosperous. However, since the Zhou Dynasty moved the capital, Changning Mansion has become worse every year.
Changning Mansion is located in southern Hunan, close to the southern barbarians. Although the land is not barren, it is full of highlands and forests, making it unsuitable for growing crops.
Originally, because it was the capital, commerce was developed, but after the capital was moved, there were even fewer merchants. The only advantage of Changning Mansion was that it was close to the Southern Barbarians, and could purchase some local specialties from the Southern Barbarians for sale.
In this way, the merchants of Changning Prefecture can still make a profit, but the people are in misery. They have no farmland and very few opportunities to work.
Just like Li Qing, who works at the gate of the city to carry large packaging trucks and move goods, and barely earns a meal a day, is considered a good job, at least better than those who have no work to do and starve.
In the past, Su Xin joined the Flying Eagle Gang for the same reason. He was young and although he had some strength, he went to work as a worker even though he was young.
Besides, even if they wanted him, the salary wouldn't be enough to support him and Xin'er, so in the end Su Xin chose the Flying Eagle Gang.