7: Chapter 7 Opening Up New Channels for Subordinates

After the others left, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan called Chen Hu alone into the public room and gave him some kind instructions, even teaching him a few ways to manage subordinates.

In fact, this was also to win him over.

The Third Battle Hall controlled eight streets, so there were four Big Bosses.

Big Boss Cheng Hui was relatively close to Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming.

Another Big Boss, Big Boss Liu Chuang, had a relatively close relationship with Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao.

The third Big Boss, Big Boss Huang Liu, was personally promoted by Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan.

The original Xu Gang was also loyal to Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan.

Whether Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao or Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming seized the position left behind by Xu Gang, it would weaken Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan's control over the Third Battle Hall.

This was one of the reasons why Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan immediately agreed when Chen Hu proposed to compete for it.

If Chen Hu ascended to the position, he would be relatively easy to win over.

If Yang Shan or Tie Shan ascended to the position, he would have absolutely no opportunity to win them over.

Facing Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan's attempt to win him over, Chen Hu also expressed his loyalty, which made Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan quite satisfied.

Finally, when leaving, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan even took out a bottle of essence blood pill and gave it to Chen Hu.

This essence blood pill was also an auxiliary Medicinal Pill for Martial Artists in the Skin Refining Realm, and its effect was much more powerful than the qi and blood pill.

But the price was more expensive, selling for 5 taels of silver each.

Therefore, this bottle of essence blood pill was worth fifty taels.

It was already equivalent to about half a year's income for a small boss.

Walking out of the public room, Chen Hu couldn't wait to bring up the System panel.

System Type: Underling System

Host: Chen Hu

Age: 21

Talent: Yellow Grade High Rank

Realm: Late Skin Refining Stage

Cultivation Technique: Longevity Technique (Third Layer)

Martial Skills: Tiger Claw Technique (Minor Achievement), Three Talents Saber (Proficient), Flying Bird Crossing (Elementary)

Number of Underlings: 26 (Details can be viewed)

Seeing that the number of underlings had increased to 26, a smile couldn't help but appear on Chen Hu's face.

Afterwards, he clicked on the details to check and found that Sun Chao appeared on the list, and Yang Shan was also on the list.

Now, he could be completely certain that Sun Chao was a mole planted by Yang Shan under his command.

However, he was now a Big Boss.

Yang Shan had become his subordinate, and Sun Chao naturally became his subordinate as well.

"System, open the lottery interface!"

The screen changed, and a large turntable appeared.

Below the large turntable, there was an extra Elementary draw.

Obviously, because the number of underlings broke through 20, he obtained an Elementary draw.

"System, use Elementary draw!"

"Ding, Elementary draw activated!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining an invisibility card. The prize has been placed in the System space, please claim it yourself!"

When his consciousness entered the System space, Chen Hu indeed discovered an extra silver card.

After taking it out, the corresponding usage information appeared in his mind.

This invisibility card, like the bad luck card, could be used once a day, and each use could last for 30 minutes of invisibility.

During the invisibility period, even a powerhouse in the Bone Refining Realm would be unable to perceive his existence.

"Good stuff!"

Chen Hu narrowed his eyes and put the invisibility card into his Storage Ring.

When Chen Hu returned to the stronghold on Yuquan Street, he found that his underlings were already standing at the entrance of the stronghold waiting for him.

Upon seeing him, they immediately swarmed over.

They spoke words of congratulations.

After dealing with them simply, and stating that he would hold a celebratory banquet at Zui Xiang Lou tonight, he dismissed the other underlings.

However, he kept Da Niu and Er Niu separately and called them into the public room.

Chen Hu said: "After I was promoted to Big Boss, there was an extra position for a small boss. I hope you two brothers will take over my position, but your cultivation is a bit lacking. These two bottles of qi and blood pill are sponsored by me. Whoever achieves a Breakthrough first, I will recommend that person to be the small boss!"

Da Niu and Er Niu were both Chen Hu's confidants.

Naturally, they wouldn't hypocritically decline, and they accepted the qi and blood pill one after another, and their recognition and loyalty to Chen Hu also increased.

After chatting for a while longer.

Chen Hu let the two brothers go to Cultivate quickly.

Sitting on the chair, drinking tea, Chen Hu fell into deep thought.

He had just become a Big Boss, and he could be certain that in the next year or two, there would be no way to be promoted again.

And even if he was promoted, the number of underlings probably wouldn't increase.

Because a Vice Hall Master only assists the Hall Master in managing a Battle Hall.

Even if he was promoted to Vice Hall Master, the System might not necessarily give a reward.

If he wanted to increase the number of underlings, it was still most reliable to directly become a Hall Master.

However, the matter of taking Widow Wang as an underling gave him inspiration.

He could completely recruit underlings outside of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

But recruiting adults as underlings would definitely require paying huge benefits.

And if the matter was exposed, it might even attract the suspicion of the Fierce Tiger Gang, thinking that he had ulterior motives.

"Since I can't recruit adults, can I recruit children?"

The country he was in was called the Great Yong Kingdom, and it had been founded for over eight hundred years.

The national strength had long passed its Peak period.

It had already shown signs of a dying nation.

The Great Yong Kingdom possessed a huge territory of ten provinces and one hundred and twenty prefectures.

Today's Linjiang Prefecture was one of the nine prefectures under the jurisdiction of Hai Province, one of the ten provinces.

And Linjiang Prefecture governed five counties, and each county had four to eight county towns underneath it.

Therefore, the territory of Great Yong was still very huge.

Linjiang Prefecture alone was much larger than the area of the large provinces in the country where Chen Hu lived in his previous life.

That night, Chen Hu hosted a banquet for his underlings at Zui Xiang Lou.

After the banquet ended.

Chen Hu refused the two brothers, Da Niu and Er Niu, who wanted to see him off.

He walked towards Widow Wang's home.

With his current strength, unless he encountered a powerhouse in the Bone Refining Realm.

Otherwise, even against three, five, seven, or eight people at the Late Skin Refining Stage, even if he couldn't beat them, escaping would still be very easy.

The Flying Bird Crossing movement Martial Skill was really fast, allowing his speed to soar by two times.

This was still at the Elementary Realm; if he cultivated it to the Proficient or Minor Achievement Realm, perhaps the speed of an average Bone Refining Realm powerhouse would not be as fast as his.

After drinking the hangover soup specially prepared by Widow Wang.

And after a simple wash, the two of them returned to the room together.

More than an hour later.

Glancing at the sleeping Widow Wang.

Chen Hu got up and came to the adjacent room.

He took out an essence blood pill and swallowed it, then started to Cultivate.

It had to be said, you get what you pay for.

The Longevity Technique combined with the essence blood pill had a truly excellent Cultivation effect.

Originally, using qi and blood pills to Cultivate would take at least ten days or half a month for his Qi to reach saturation.

But now, it was estimated that it would only take five or six days for his Qi to reach saturation.

However, he needed to have enough essence blood pills.

He was not short of silver now, so he could go directly to the Medicinal Pill Pavilion to buy them.

But his status was only that of the lower-middle level of the Fierce Tiger Gang, and if he suddenly took out too much gold and silver, he was afraid it would arouse the suspicion of others.

Therefore, there were only two ways to buy essence blood pills.

Either go to the black market to buy them, or go to the Medicinal Pill Pavilion in other areas to buy them.

The next morning.

After eating breakfast made by Widow Wang, Chen Hu threw a five-tael ingot of silver to Widow Wang and set off to go out.

"Brother Hu, why are you giving so much?"

Chen Hu was not the type to take advantage of others; ever since he got together with Widow Wang, he had given her two taels of silver for household expenses every month.

Otherwise, even if he could provide protection to Widow Wang, eating, living, and playing for free at her place would inevitably cause her to harbor resentment in her heart.

"I just became a Big Boss, the extra three taels of silver are a reward for you, take it to buy some clothes and rouge and powder!" Chen Hu waved his hand indifferently, then strode out the door.

Watching Chen Hu's back, a layer of mist appeared in Widow Wang's eyes.

Arriving at the stronghold.

Chen Hu called Da Niu over and ordered in a low voice: "Go to the Slum Area and help me rent a bigger house. Anything else doesn't matter, but there must be many rooms!"

The housing prices in the Prefecture City were extremely expensive, and even houses in the Slum Area were not cheap.

Therefore, it was more cost-effective to rent one.