On the other side, Soaring Snake City.
Yamazaki finished his spring food work and had nothing to do, so he went for a walk on the street.
Restaurants, warehouses, and medical clinics are now all contracted out to others. A bunch of empty houses and Hualou Street are also managed by the Crouching Tiger Alliance. He only collects rent.
The street is very busy now, with people selling groceries and snacks everywhere.
There are many people in the world who wield swords and cross swords, but they still abide by the rules and do not do any dirty things in broad daylight.
Yamazaki glanced at the many young women on the street, but didn't see the beauty he liked.
I accidentally found the matchmaker, but after hesitating, I still didn't have the nerve to approach him, so I withdrew dejectedly.
I met Yu Rui on the way and was invited to the Crouching Tiger Alliance's main altar.
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Side hall.
The leaders of the Crouching Tiger Alliance were all there, and they all saluted when Yamazaki arrived.
Yamazaki was surprised, which one this was.
After sitting separately, Yu Rui told the truth, asking Yamazaki to give him some martial arts advice.
Yamazaki slowly looked around at everyone, sizing them up one by one, then shook his head and told them not to be impatient and practice slowly.
Yu Rui took the lead and everyone saluted, "Sir, please give me some advice."
Yamazaki shook his head and sighed: "To put it bluntly, you guys, I have checked your pulse before, but due to your limited qualifications, your inner energy will be like this for the time being."
"The moves are not taught by others, they are learned by you through practice. If you don't spend a lot of time polishing them, you won't be able to improve."
"To put it more bluntly, you people have complex thoughts. You want power and profit, but you also want to be highly skilled in martial arts. It's not like there aren't people like that in the world, but it's not you."
"If you want martial arts, put aside your worldly affairs and concentrate on your studies. Otherwise, don't think your martial arts are not high enough."
Yu Rui saluted, "We understand what you said, sir. It's just that someone has to take care of the common things."
Yamazaki waved his hand and said: "This is not a reason. In short, the martial arts that are enough to reach the first level have been passed on to you. How to practice it is your business. Don't bother me about this in the future."
Yu Rui gritted his teeth and raised his hand, "Sir, otherwise, we will worship you as our teacher."
Yamazaki was funny, "Don't force it. Let me tell you the truth that you don't want to hear and stimulate you."
"If I want to take on a disciple, it can't be you."
"In this city, since the Mountain Breaking Strength, Tiger Shape Fist, and Tiger Leap Steps were passed down, at least five innates have appeared in the past six months."
"At least two of them can rely on the explosive power of the Tiger Leaping Step, combined with at least a third-grade Tiger-shaped Fist, and with the assistance of an innate master's spiritual sense, they can kill the poisonous young master with only a third-grade inner energy within three moves."
"In terms of talent and diligence, you are both far behind."
Everyone's expressions were ugly, even with a look of resentment.
Yamazaki gave up and walked away. These remnants of the Soaring Snake Gang thought they were good, but in fact they were just handymen.
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As soon as Yamazaki left, the side hall suddenly became noisy. They all accused Yamazaki of being self-righteous. Without them, how would he care about Soaring Snake City.
Even after arguing for a long time, there was nothing they could do. The only way they tacitly agreed was to betray Yamazaki, but it was hard to figure out how to do it.
Yamazaki has a grudge against Feihuafang, and Feihuafang will deal with Yamazaki, but then, what benefits can they get?
money? reputation? status? Martial arts secrets?
Thinking of martial arts secrets, I decided to do it. Anyway, they didn't need to come forward. They just had to sell Yamazaki to Feihuafang.
Everyone hesitantly tested everyone's plans. It felt that everyone had similar intentions, and some people couldn't help but speak out.
Everyone thought about it together and sent someone to contact the Yan family of Feihuafang.
Soon after, the Yan family's reply left them stunned.
The Yan family said that if they let them take Yamazaki's head, the Yan family would put in a good word for them.
Who wants revenge? If they dare to take action, what kind of foreign enemies can they have?
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The tangle of the Crouching Tiger Alliance lasted until the end of March.
Wu Yunsou, the new leader of the southeastern Green Forest Alliance, the boss of Wufeng Village, gathered thousands of troops to kill them, but he still appeared in the east of the city.
It was a huge, dark area with hundreds of horses.
As the alarm bells rang wildly, the people in the city were frightened. The Jianghu people came to the city to take a look and evacuated the city one after another to show that they were watching the fun.
The Crouching Tiger Alliance notified Yamazaki while passing news to each other. This time they only pretended to let Yamazaki deal with it alone.
After both Yamazaki and those outside are harmed, they will reap the benefits.
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Yamazaki was a little worried when he got his reward, but when he saw the ragtag crowd outside the city, he immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"My son Yamazaki is here, please give my third brother his life!" The person who spoke was Wu Yunsou, an old man with a black face.
"There are two lives from the Alien Wolf Club." The speaker was the tenth wolf of the Alien Wolf Club, a capable man with iron claws.
Next to him are the eleventh wolf, the ninth wolf, and three other wolves.
One is a strong man with a whip, and the other is a bald man with a flat-headed machete.
Yamazaki didn't ask them to sign up anymore, and just handed over the broken city, "Xia Yamazaki, everyone has come from afar, please listen to what I have to say, and it's not too late to fight."
"I am now in charge of Soaring Snake City. There are several flower houses, a dozen restaurants, and hundreds of restaurants in the city."
"There is no commercial tax, no head tax, no land tax or local tax."
"There are no coolie camps, and no people are forced to work."
"I killed the poisonous young master with three moves before I went down, and even gave him a hand."
"I killed hundreds of bandits before, so I think my martial arts skills are pretty good."
"I have 8,000 bushels of fine grains and 3,000 jins of bacon of all kinds."
"There are six to seven hundred acres of fields. The grain fields are harvested three times a year. Each acre can yield more than twenty bushels of fine grain. One acre of field earns 600 taels of silver."
"The food for long-term workers is three meals a day, with oil at each meal and meat at night."
"Look at you guys, it's really unbearable for you to be so busy."
"Forget it, just recruit tenants with ten taels of silver per month, including food and accommodation."
"We'll share the food we get in half. After all, I'm paying Yue Yin for food, housing and accommodation. I have to earn it back, right?"
"And tenants can raise chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, and they can earn hundreds of taels of silver a year, right?"
"Anyway, anyone who is interested can come and sign up. If anyone wants to stop you, just let him challenge me."
Everyone didn't understand what Yamazaki meant at first, but then they understood and were stunned.
The Jianghu people laughed loudly. This scene was really interesting. Bandits were coming here and tenants were being recruited there.
Let the robbers put down their swords and farm the fields. It's a shame this guy can think of it.
The bandits had other things in mind. They had to pay more than thirty dou of fine grain every year, which was equivalent to three hundred and dozens of taels of silver. They also had another one hundred and twenty taels of silver, including food and accommodation.
Well, after careful calculation, this transaction is not a loss.
Not to mention more than 400 taels of silver a year, plus chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, it's more than a thousand taels of silver a year, which is much better than robbery.
One robbery only took away a few hundred taels of silver, and then spent it all the way away.
Then come again, and you may not know where you will die next time.
How good this is, safe and sound.
The strange behavior of the robbers made everyone stunned, and they were really moved.
The place was quiet for a moment, and Yamazaki flew down to the city and strolled towards the bandits.
"Everyone, what's the point of fighting and killing!"
"Think about it carefully. After you die, whose money belongs to you?"
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