Chapter 978: The Rising Star of the Ministry of Punishment
Li Dalong regretfully said that if he could practice the internal skills and mental methods, he would at least be able to achieve the level of a first-class master, but it is a pity that the internal skills and mental methods are not that good.
Under Boss Du, there are at most a dozen people who know internal skills and mental techniques, and they are all raised like treasures by Du Tongxuan and are not easily released.
And in the arena, it's almost the same.
Big gangs, big sects, or aristocratic families only have the inner strength and mental skills of the upper-class people. How can the people below have access to them?
In addition, there are a large number of Buddhist and Taoist people gathered around the power centers of Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion. They have naturally trained a large number of martial arts masters, but they only play in their own circles and have no contact with the outside world.
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Feng Zhou nodded secretly. He estimated that the inner strength and mental skills practiced by the palace guards were inseparable from Buddhism and Taoism. He could feel that the aura of these imperial guards was either the peaceful atmosphere of Buddhism or the leisurely atmosphere of Taoism.
Indifferent meaning.
This is how great martial arts masters like Wei Ziyun and Yin Xian got their martial arts skills!
That’s why Yin Xian has such a good relationship with Gu Qingfeng from Baiyunguan!
After listening to the storytelling for a while, Feng Zhou had a clear understanding of the world of this era.
In short, the Jianghu forces during the Ming Dynasty were extremely difficult to deal with when it came to the national economy and people's livelihood. Once they acted rashly, they might shake the order of a certain industry. Even if the government wanted to take action, they had to think twice before taking action.
That’s why Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuixue have the freedom to roam the world.
According to a boxer from the martial arts school, the Jianghu forces in the north are not bad, and they are more abiding by the rules and dare not act randomly. After all, this is the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to allow the Jianghu forces to do whatever they want.
But I heard that the Jianghu forces in the south have no lower limit.
As the name of the Salt Gang suggests, it is rumored that its leader is a big salt merchant, and he is one of the most powerful salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. He is very promiscuous in both black and white. Who wants to have endless money in his hands?
There is also the Haisha Gang, whose leader is a great pirate who once roamed the seven seas, but now he is like a philanthropist in the south of the Yangtze River, and is very lively in his interactions with dignitaries.
After learning about the entire world of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Zhou asked about the situation of Shuanghe Martial Arts School, its main business areas and areas of influence.
If he hadn't expressed his attitude early on and had no idea about Shuanghe Martial Arts School, the senior officials of the martial arts school would not have answered him honestly, but things are different now.
As one of the top five martial arts gyms in the capital, Shuanghe Martial Arts School has strong strength and excellent reputation (it boasts). With the help of nearly a hundred fighters in the martial arts gym, the boss behind the scenes, Li Dalong, not only became Du Tongxuan's right-hand man, but also ran three escort bureaus and two dyeing houses.
As for pawnshops, there are naturally many of them.
Therefore, Li Dalong can be said to be making money every day.
His three escort agencies have a wide coverage, almost all over the north.
As for the south, these three escort agencies have not yet had the strength to penetrate there. The situation there is too complicated. The government and gangs are very powerful, and they will not welcome the forces from the north to grab food.
This is what Feng Zhou wants. He is only at the fifth level at this time, so he doesn't need to worry about too many things. As long as he can grasp all the major events in the northern region in time.
Therefore, he proposed to cooperate with the martial arts school. He paid the martial arts school to help collect the major events that happened in various places in the north. Of course, he would not dislike it if the small things could also be recorded.
You can tell Du Tongxuan about this. If he objects, Feng Zhou will make him stop objecting.
Moreover, the expenditure of five hundred taels per quarter is also a considerable amount for Shuanghe Martial Arts School. Although they make a lot of money every day, their expenses are also very huge, and there is not much left in their hands every month.
Already.
It's just a collection of big and small things from all over the north. This is nothing to the Shuanghe Martial Arts School with a large number of people. It's just that they are all rough guys and are not very good at recording.
Feng Zhou said it didn't matter, he would send capable people to follow them and be responsible for recording the matter.
The literacy rate in this era was still quite low. One of the top five martial arts schools in Beijing could not find more than ten literate people. It really opened his eyes.
After the matter was discussed and a deposit of one hundred taels was left behind, Feng Zhou was sent off attentively by the senior officials of Shuanghe Martial Arts School, ignoring the embarrassment all over his body and the astonished looks of passers-by.
Don't think that Feng Zhou is stingy. The male pig's feet in the novel are not extremely generous. Thousands of taels of silver are just the basic unit. Thousands and hundreds of thousands can be thrown away without blinking an eye.
That was purely a two-for-one act. The purchasing power of money was quite astonishing. In this era, twenty taels of silver could allow a family living in the suburbs to live a comfortable year.
Although the escort chiefs of Shuanghe Martial Arts School are boasting happily, the fact that their martial arts school is headquartered in Dongcheng shows that their economic strength or power is not good enough.
Feng Zhou really likes such a cooperation partner. This is why she approached Gan'er Li and Gan'er Zhao instead of Du Tongxuan and Li Yanbei. If the other party is too strong, he is not afraid, but he is afraid of trouble.
, generally such forces have top dignitaries behind them.
Given his current status, it would be best to cooperate with a force like Shuanghe Martial Arts School. At least he wouldn't have to worry about unexpected changes.
As for why he acted like this, it was probably just a sudden idea.
Since he has to go through the world, he must have a source of information. He doesn't want to be an official with no information. As long as it doesn't happen around him or is a particularly serious accident, it's basically a matter of time before it reaches his ears.
For several days, if he wanted to write anything, the day lily would be cold.
For the west of the city, he already had Gan'er Zhao, Wang Hu and others, so he supported Sun Liu in the east city to organize beggars to collect intelligence.
As a result, it was basically impossible for the situation in the capital city to escape his eyes and ears, except for the palace and the high house.
So after learning about Dongcheng Gan'er Li's power, he considered that Feng Zhou still had a dark eye on people outside the capital. He couldn't really just rely on the court to report, or wait for the news to be spread over a long period of time.
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It has been too long and has been spread by too many people, so it has been tampered with to a great extent. If he wants to know the real situation, it is simply impossible, unless there happens to be someone with his connections there who can write to ask someone.
Fan.
It would be better to have a general understanding of the situation in the northern region through cooperation with Shuanghe Martial Arts School.
It doesn't need to be timely, as long as it can spread a little faster than the rumor spreads, it's enough. If he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something, he can have enough time to arrange it, right?
These are his long-term plans. Although they may not necessarily be useful, once they are useful, they will play an unexpected role. He firmly believes in this.
With these two intelligence organizations, Feng Zhou suddenly became much busier.
With the help of the beggar gang intelligence network organized by Wang Hu and Sun Liu, he almost immediately uncovered a case that Shuntian Mansion had made a mistake, and the evidence was complete and irrefutable.
Feng Zhou suddenly became famous in the Ministry of Punishment. He uncovered three consecutive wrongly tried cases in the Shuntian Prefecture, and he was regarded as a newly emerging criminal expert in the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Punishment still highly respects the talents of the criminal prison, especially Feng Zhou's status and official rank are not low, and he is highly regarded by the Minister of Punishment and the two ministers.