Chapter 14

"Junior Brother, why did you choose to be in Liaodong? That is a bitter and cold place. Establishing a Huashan branch here is useless, right? It has no effect on our Huashan Sect?" On the ancient road full of yellow sand, more than a dozen horses were galloping, each holding a long sword. Their dress looked like people in the pugilistic world.

"Senior Brother, although Liaodong is a bitter and cold place, there are very few pugilistic forces here. Except for a few evil people, there are no other forces."

"And there are Changbai Mountain and Daxinganling here, which contain many medicinal herbs. We martial artists practice martial arts, besides needing a lot of meat, we need more medicinal herbs."

"So I chose here, and I also have this consideration. Senior Brothers, do you know why I practice so fast? It's entirely because in these few years, I have taken a lot of medicinal soup, all of which are configured with precious medicinal herbs."

"In the future, as long as we stand firm there, organize a ginseng-picking team, we can obtain many medicinal herbs, and everyone's cultivation will also speed up."

Su Fan looked at the outer sect senior brothers beside him and said with a smile.

There were a full twelve people who came with him this time, most of whom were in their thirties or forties, and their strength was second-class, and two of them had reached the peak of second-class.

These two were also brought over by Su Fan after his cheap master took action.

Twelve people, plus thirteen second-class experts including him, were not afraid even if they encountered ordinary first-class martial artists.

Placed in Liaodong, it was even safer.

After all, to tell the truth, this place was not the Central Plains, and the population itself was sparse, and there were even fewer pugilistic people.

It was absolutely suitable for his development. As for whether he could develop the Huashan branch, Su Fan was quite confident.

As long as there was money, establishing a Huashan branch, wasn't recruiting people easy?

And the current Liaodong area was still within the scope of the Ming Dynasty.

This was also what he finally decided after thinking for a few days. Originally, he thought the south was the best, because the south's commerce was developed, and for a person like him from later generations, making money would definitely be more convenient.

But there were many forces in the south, which would be more troublesome.

"So that's how it is?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They had never thought of these things, and they didn't expect such a good thing.

They naturally knew the benefits of using medicinal soup for cultivation. As for them, most of them were not from high backgrounds and did not have this financial power.

Looking at everyone's hesitant appearance, Su Fan immediately understood everyone's thoughts and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brothers. Since I chose you to come over, of course I won't forget you after making a profit in the future. If you break through to the first-class level, then maybe we can build this place into the second base of the Huashan Sect in the future."

"So I will definitely not be stingy then."

"Haha! We know Junior Brother won't treat us badly."

Many senior brothers heard this, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Su Fan and the others arrived in Shenyang City half a month later. Of course, they were delayed for a few days.

When choosing Liaodong, Su Fan had already let the Su family's caravan arrive in Liaodong in advance to establish an outpost.

Because he wanted to establish a Huashan branch, Su Fan could not establish it in Shenyang City.

So he chose Qipan Mountain. This Qipan Mountain had some origins. It was said that it came from Luzu playing chess with Tieguaili.

It was not so easy to establish a branch on a mountain peak, and it cost a lot. After all, even if Qipan Mountain was not high, the mountain road was not accessible, and transporting many materials up was also a problem.

Fortunately, there were many wood and stone materials in the mountain, and the labor required, for Su Fan to perform the Great Money Technique, was naturally not a problem.

And they were investigating to open up a mountain road, otherwise, it would be very difficult to develop in the future.

This was not a small project. It was simple in later generations, but now, even with them, these martial arts experts.

Establishing this Huashan branch took a full three months, and as for the silver, it was even more.

At least ten thousand taels, but fortunately Su Fan was not short of silver.

Having laid the foundation, in the future, he could rely on this Huashan branch to continuously obtain silver.

This was the difference between him and those people in the Huashan Sect. With the knowledge of later generations and money, making money was still very easy.

In the branch, a group of senior and junior brothers were discussing what to do next.

Having arrived in Liaodong for four months, the Huashan branch had been established on the hillside of Qipan Mountain, with only a dozen branches and a main hall of Sanqing Guan.

"Junior Brother, what should we do next?"

Fan Ming was the oldest and had the highest cultivation. Eating and drinking for a few months here, he had seen with his own eyes that Su Fan spent money like water.

The Huashan Sect gave them only three thousand taels of silver as capital for infrastructure, but Su Fan spent more than ten thousand taels.

This also made everyone understand that this junior brother's wealth was absolutely extraordinary.

"Next?"

"Naturally, it's recruiting people to expand the Huashan branch. First of all, it's recruiting people."

"Recruiting people, but there are very few people here, it's very difficult to recruit."

A short, fat senior brother said.

Indeed, Liaodong was originally sparsely populated, and the Han people here were even fewer.

As for other Jurchen or Mongolians, they were not in everyone's consideration. The Huashan Sect was a Central Plains sect, and its disciples could only be Han people, even the outer sect.

Going down Qipan Mountain, were there Han people? Naturally. However, within a hundred miles, there were only a few villages, totaling less than three thousand people.

"In this way, Senior Brother Fan, you take two senior brothers to Shenyang City to open a martial arts hall. Now the martial arts hall in Shenyang City is recruiting people. First recruit some people with martial arts foundation, and then recruit newcomers."

"When the time is ripe, bring them back here."

"Open a martial arts hall?"

Everyone had not thought of it.

"Not bad. It's best if Senior Brother Fan can make a name for himself. There are no pugilistic forces in Liaodong, so there are no experts, except for some powerful figures in the army, but this has nothing to do with us."

"This is also okay."

Fan Ming understood Su Fan's meaning soon after hearing this. Opening a martial arts hall, in fact, the Huashan Sect also had many martial arts halls in the Shaanxi boundary.

Most of the outer sect disciples were in these martial arts halls. Martial arts halls were still very profitable. One was recruiting apprentices, and the other was acting as a protective umbrella for the local area to make money.

Otherwise, where would the Huashan Sect get the ten thousand taels of silver needed every year?

As the largest city in Liaodong, Shenyang City also had tens of thousands of Han people, so if you open a martial arts hall, there is absolutely no problem.

Especially in the northern region, the style of martial arts is very strong, and the outer sect martial arts of the Huashan Sect are more profound than many rotten martial arts.

At that time, there will definitely be people willing to enter the martial arts hall. As for the government.

Su Fan had already handled it, especially spending more than ten thousand taels of silver on the eunuch in charge. Naturally, in this Liaodong area, as long as you don't rebel, the government rarely cares about you.

As for those guards, they also handled some, because Su Fan would still use them in the future.

After all, as a local snake, many things are more understood by them than Su Fan. Su Fan established a Huashan branch here and also wanted to open up new businesses.

The leather business in the north is absolutely profitable. Once transported to the southeast, there is no need to say.

Since he came, he naturally would not let it go.

How did the eight great Shanxi merchants get rich? Isn't it by relying on these?