9: Chapter 9 Beast Meat

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan still largely agreed with Chen Hu's assessment.

Without any evidence, biting back at a Vice Hall Master's son-in-law would certainly not end well.

Even if Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao didn't do it personally, if he hired someone to kill a small leader like Chen Hu in secret, the Gang would not pursue the matter.

After all, they couldn't punish a Middle Stage Flesh Refining Realm Vice Hall Master for the sake of a small leader in the Skin Refining Realm.

"This matter ends here!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said in a deep voice, "However, I will order people to investigate secretly, and I will give you and Xu Gang justice then!"

"Thank you, Hall Master!"

Chen Hu immediately put on a look of gratitude and obedience.

Yang Shan acted cautiously, making it very difficult to catch him in a mistake.

But it was a fact that he colluded with the Venomous Snake Gang to traffic people.

However, Chen Hu was not prepared to expose him with this matter.

Since Yang Shan could hire people to assassinate him, he could naturally assassinate him as well; don't forget, he still had an invisibility card he could use.

Once he reached the Flesh Refining Realm, he would use the invisibility card to sneak into Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's home and kill them.

He returned to Widow Wang's home.

She had not gone to sleep yet.

After comforting her, Chen Hu held her as they slept; regardless, there was only one hour left until dawn, so there was no need to practice.

The next morning.

After Chen Hu arrived at the base's office.

Da Niu knocked on the door and entered.

"Brother Hu, according to your instructions, I have scouted three houses in the Slum Area!"

Afterwards, Da Niu explained the situation of those three houses in detail.

After listening.

Chen Hu decided to go take a look himself.

Soon, the two arrived at the Slum Area.

Compared to Changshou Ward, the environment here was truly terrible.

Even the air was filled with a foul stench.

After looking through all three houses.

Chen Hu selected the largest one.

Although this house was the most dilapidated, it had thirty-six rooms.

It would be no problem for four or five people to live in each room.

He called the landlord over, signed the rental agreement, and Chen Hu readily paid the six months' rent of 60 taels.

Afterwards, he gave instructions to find craftsmen to build large bunk beds in all the rooms.

Linjiang Prefecture was located in the south, so it wasn't cold even in winter.

Generally speaking, as long as there was shelter from the wind and rain, people wouldn't freeze to death.

Returning to the base, Chen Hu brought Er Niu and another subordinate, heading towards the West City Gate.

Some time ago, Sanjiang County suffered a flood.

Therefore, seven or eight thousand refugees gathered at the West City Gate.

For these refugees, the Prefecture City government had no special resettlement method.

They only sent people to give these refugees a bowl of thin porridge every day to keep them alive; as long as they didn't starve to death, it was enough.

"You two go to the shacks and find those orphans, ask them if they want to eat their fill, and if they do, bring them over!"

Chen Hu said to Er Niu and the other subordinate, "Right, if they are unwilling, don't force them!"

"Yes!"

Although they didn't understand what Chen Hu wanted to do, Er Niu and the other subordinate still followed the order and entered the shack area where the refugees gathered.

Less than an hour later.

Er Niu returned first, with fifteen children following behind him.

These children all shared a common characteristic: dirty and thin.

"Brother Hu, these brats all came back with me voluntarily!" Er Niu said with a chuckle.

Chen Hu nodded and looked at the group of children, saying, "Do you want to eat your fill?"

"Yes!"

Timid voices rang out.

"Good, as long as you are willing to acknowledge me as your Big Brother, I will let you eat your fill and dress warmly, how about it?" Chen Hu tempted them like a creepy uncle.

"Er Gou pays respects to Big Brother!"

A clever kid immediately knelt on the ground and shouted.

Seeing this, the other children also knelt one after another and shouted their respects to Big Brother.

With a thought, Chen Hu brought up the System panel.

He discovered that the number of subordinates had increased from 26 to 41.

Switching to the lottery interface, he found that there were two more Elementary lotteries.

"Good, everyone get up!"

Putting away the System interface, Chen Hu said to the group of children.

Afterwards, he tossed Er Niu a tael of broken silver: "Go, buy all of this in steamed buns and bring them here!"

Hearing this, the fifteen children who had just stood up all had their eyes light up, revealing expressions of longing, and some even couldn't help but lick their lips.

Not long after.

The other subordinate also returned with a group of children.

The number was even higher, a full 24 of them.

In the same way, Chen Hu had this group of children acknowledge him as Big Brother.

The number of subordinates increased to 65.

As for the Elementary lotteries, there were two more.

Waiting here for a while.

Er Niu came back carrying a bag of steamed buns.

These children were too weak; if he didn't give them something to eat, it would be difficult for them to follow him to the Slum Area.

After distributing the steamed buns, the group of children devoured them ravenously.

After they finished eating.

Chen Hu took them into the city.

"What are you doing?"

When entering the city, the soldiers guarding the gate shouted loudly.

Chen Hu first stated his identity, then stuffed two taels of silver into the hands of the leading soldier, and he successfully entered the city with these thirty-nine children.

However, these children lacked stamina.

It took a full hour and a half to reach the house in the Slum Area.

It had to be said.

Da Niu's efficiency was very high.

In just this short while, he had already found craftsmen to build large bunk beds in the rooms.

Afterwards, Chen Hu sent Er Niu off to buy rice, flour, firewood, and oil.

The other subordinate found two women nearby who knew how to cook.

Soon, the other subordinate arrived with two middle-aged women.

However, when looking at Chen Hu, their eyes showed a hint of fear.

After some communication, Chen Hu promised that if they stayed here to take care of and cook for these children, he would pay them five hundred copper coins each month.

Both middle-aged women were overjoyed.

In order to put them at ease, Chen Hu even paid them one month's wages in advance.

However, seeing those ragged children, Chen Hu felt a touch of compassion.

He arranged for someone to go buy cloth.

Then, he instructed one of the women to boil water so these children could bathe.

He then had the other middle-aged woman go gather a group of women who knew how to make clothes.

Near evening.

These children were all settled in by him.

He then left with his people.

After instructing Da Niu, Er Niu, and that subordinate to keep it a secret, and rewarding each of them with one tael of silver, he dismissed them, and he headed straight towards Widow Wang's home.

At night.

Chen Hu sat by the bed, enjoying Widow Wang's foot-washing service.

After washing his feet, the two moved together onto the bed.

More than an hour later.

After satisfying Widow Wang.

Chen Hu got up and went to the main hall.

With a thought.

The lottery wheel appeared.

"System, use four Elementary lotteries!"

"Ding, Elementary lottery activated!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one wealth gathering card; the prize has been stored in the System space, please retrieve it yourself!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one pill card; the prize has been deposited into the System space, please retrieve it yourself!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one medical card; the prize has been deposited into the System space, please retrieve it yourself!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one meat field card; the prize has been deposited into the System space, please retrieve it yourself!"

With a thought, Chen Hu took out the four cards.

First was the wealth gathering card, which allowed him to receive 10 taels of silver every day.

Ten taels a day, three hundred taels a month.

This was already a considerable sum; one had to know that the monthly salary of a Fierce Tiger Gang Hall Master was only 30 taels.

Including gray income, it was only about 100 taels.

In other words, the wealth gathering card was worth the monthly income of three Hall Masters.

Next was the pill card, which could randomly produce one Medicinal Pill every day.

The medical card could be used once a day for a treatment opportunity; it could be used on himself or on others. As long as there was a breath left, using the medical card would result in a full recovery. The key was that he could freely control the time for this recovery.

It could be an instant recovery, or it could take a few days.

Finally, there was the meat field card, which could randomly provide 10 jin of different types of meat every day.

After choosing to claim it, Chen Hu found 10 taels of silver, one qi and blood pill, and 10 jin of unknown cooked meat in his hand.

Smelling the meaty aroma wafting from the cooked meat, Chen Hu discovered that a sense of craving had arisen within his body.

"Could this be exotic beast meat?"

Chen Hu whispered in some disbelief.