18: Chapter 18 Elders and Their Descendants

The next day, early morning.

After finishing breakfast at a street stall, Chen Hu arrived at the office and sat down.

He claimed the rewards from the three cards.

He received 10 taels of silver, ten catties of pig head meat, and an essence blood pill.

After stuffing these items into his Storage Ring, he prepared to Cultivate.

However, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan sent someone to summon him to the hall for a meeting.

Soon.

Chen Hu arrived at the meeting hall.

He discovered that the other three Big Bosses—Big Boss Liu Chuang, Big Boss Cheng Hui, and Big Boss Huang Liu—had already arrived.

However, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan had not yet appeared.

Chen Hu greeted the three of them cordially.

Big Boss Huang Liu and Big Boss Cheng Hui had no conflict of interest with Chen Hu, so they were quite amicable.

But Big Boss Liu Chuang acted quite coldly.

He was originally one of Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's men.

Before long.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan appeared at the entrance of the meeting hall, and Chen Hu and the others immediately stood up.

The man stepped into the hall, sat down in the main seat, and waved his hand downward: "Brothers, no need for formalities, everyone sit!"

Only then did Chen Hu and the others sit down.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan picked up the tea on the table beside him, took a sip, and then continued: "I have summoned the four of you today because the Gang has assigned an escort mission to transport a batch of supplies to Fulong Prefecture!"

As for what the supplies were, everyone present knew clearly.

The Fierce Tiger Gang dealt in smuggling private salt; what else could it be besides escorting private salt?

"Boss, didn't the people from the General Hall usually handle the escorting of goods?"

At this moment, Big Boss Huang Liu, who was a trusted aide of Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan, couldn't help but ask.

The profits from smuggling private salt were extremely high.

Even if the lion's share of the profits was taken by the noble family behind the Fierce Tiger Gang.

But even a small portion was enough for the Fierce Tiger Gang to make a fortune.

Therefore, the General Hall didn't look down on the meager income from its own territory.

Besides, isn't the point of joining a Gang for money?

As long as Leader Gao Zhan could control the profits from private salt, he could make most of the higher-ups pledge allegiance to him.

Therefore, this private salt business was always controlled by the General Hall.

The three Battle Halls were completely uninvolved.

But today, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said he wanted them to help escort private salt, which was clearly suspicious.

That was why Big Boss Huang Liu asked.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan was not a scheming or calculating person.

Therefore, upon hearing Big Boss Huang Liu's question, he pondered slightly and said: "Recently, the General Hall has opened up a new source of wealth and has transferred quite a few men away. It is inevitable that they are short-handed, so we have to use men from the three Battle Halls to fill in for a while.

However, although it is a bit hard work, the remuneration is quite good. Successfully escorting the supplies to Fulong Prefecture will earn each Big Boss 100 taels, each small leader 30 taels, and each ordinary member 10 taels of silver!"

"Damn, the people from the General Hall eat so well?"

Hearing that escorting a batch of supplies could earn 100 taels of silver, Big Boss Cheng Hui's eyes lit up.

The distance between the Prefecture City and Fulong Prefecture was less than 200 li.

A round trip would take at most three to five days.

Earning 100 taels of silver in three to five days—if they could make three trips in a month, that would be three hundred taels.

One must know that the total monthly income for Big Bosses like them was only around 100 taels.

"Enough!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan waved his hand: "That is the matter. Which of you four is willing to take on this task?"

"Hall Master, I am willing to go!" Big Boss Cheng Hui said immediately.

"Hall Master, I am also willing to go!" Big Boss Liu Chuang followed, as his former backer was Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao. Now that Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao was dead, he had no backer.

If he could use this mission to curry favor with the people from the General Hall.

And then find a way to transfer to the General Hall, he wouldn't have to suffer under Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan anymore.

Chen Hu subconsciously glanced at Big Boss Huang Liu.

He discovered that the other man had not volunteered.

Was he confident?

Or was there something fishy about this matter?

"What about you two?"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan scanned Big Boss Huang Liu and Chen Hu with his eyes: "Do you want to volunteer?"

"I will follow your arrangements, Boss!" Big Boss Huang Liu said with an honest smile.

Chen Hu said: "Big Boss Cheng and Big Boss Liu are both veterans. I have just been promoted, so I won't compete with them!"

He was not short of silver.

What he lacked was time.

Rather than wasting these three to five days to earn that 100 taels of silver, it was better to stay in the city and Cultivate in peace.

"That also makes sense!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan nodded, looking at Big Boss Cheng Hui and Big Boss Liu Chuang: "Which of you two will go, discuss it yourselves. I will give you half a quarter of an hour!"

Soon.

Big Boss Cheng Hui and Big Boss Liu Chuang huddled together and started whispering.

After a while, Big Boss Cheng Hui voluntarily stepped down and let Big Boss Liu Chuang take on the escort mission.

The meeting ended.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan kept Chen Hu behind alone.

"Little Chen, the other small leader under your command has been decided. He will come to take office tomorrow."

Chen Hu asked: "Hall Master, who is this person?"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said with some displeasure: "He is a descendant of Elder Song."

"A descendant of Elder Song?"

Chen Hu was somewhat surprised: "Since he is an Elder's descendant, wouldn't it be better for him to be assigned any job in the General Hall rather than coming here to be a small leader?"

Being a small leader also required fighting.

Since he had an Elder as a backer, why come here to suffer?

It is worth mentioning.

The Fierce Tiger Gang had four Great Elders.

Each Elder possessed the strength of the Early Stage of the Tendon Refining Realm.

They were absolute high-level figures.

"I don't understand Elder Song's thinking either!" Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan shook his head: "I specifically kept you behind so that when he arrives, you can take care of him a bit."

"Alright, I understand!" Chen Hu nodded.

After saying goodbye to Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan, Chen Hu returned to the stronghold.

As for the matter of Elder Song's descendant, he didn't take it too much to heart.

Although Elder Song was in the Tendon Refining Realm, with his current rate of improvement, it wouldn't be long before he could also step into the Tendon Refining Realm.

Time flew by, and it was evening again.

After Chen Hu got off work, he didn't go home, but instead took some pig head meat and braised meat from his Storage Ring and headed towards Widow Wang's house.

For the past few days, Shen Hongdou had been recuperating in the cellar at his place, so it wasn't convenient for him to go to Widow Wang's house.

Now that Shen Hongdou had left.

He naturally had to go and comfort Widow Wang.

"Big Brother Hu, you're here!"

Seeing Chen Hu arrive, the heart that Widow Wang had been holding up finally settled.

Chen Hu hadn't shown his face for a few days, which really made her worry whether Chen Hu had gotten tired of her and didn't want her anymore.

After all, Chen Hu's status was now a Big Boss of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

His status and position were no longer the same, so his standards would naturally be higher, and it would be normal for him to look down on a widow like her.

Stepping into the courtyard, he closed the courtyard door behind him.

Chen Hu handed the meat in his hand to Widow Wang, patted her back, and then put his arm around Widow Wang's waist and walked inside.

After dinner, a day.

Chen Hu felt refreshed all over.

Suddenly, Chen Hu's heart stirred.

Today, he had used a copy card to check the talents of all his subordinates.

None of them had any grade.

Looking at Widow Wang, who was tired and asleep.

Chen Hu took out a copy card and locked onto her.

Then Chen Hu was surprised to find.

Widow Wang actually possessed Yellow Grade mid-tier talent.

In other words, as long as there was a Cultivation Technique and sufficient Cultivation resources provided, Widow Wang might be able to become a Tendon Refining Martial Artist in the future.

It just so happened that Shen Hongdou had left him a Cultivation Technique.

Why not give it to Widow Wang to Cultivate?

The next morning.

Chen Hu was eating breakfast at Widow Wang's house.

After finishing.

She was about to clean up, but Chen Hu stopped her: "Xiangyue, let me ask you, are you literate?"

Widow Wang was stunned, then said gloomily: "Big Brother Hu, I know a few characters, but not many!"

Chen Hu pondered slightly: "How about this, you go and buy a book for children's enlightenment today. When I come over tonight, I will teach you how to read. Once you have learned to read, I have a benefit for you!"