Chapter 57

Poison Spider thought for a while and added: "To be precise, the Spider Stronghold is like this. I don't know about the other four strongholds, but I think they should be about the same as me!"

Jiang Jinshi kept thinking about Poison Spider's purpose for coming to find him to say these things, and he chatted with Poison Spider until the sun was in the sky before ending this conversation.

And he also understood Poison Spider's thoughts in the subsequent exchanges. To put it bluntly, he came to be a lobbyist.

Because Li City and Jiang City were not far apart, there was usually communication between the two cities, so there were only a few active big families.

The Tang family in Li City mainly did business in escort agencies and pawnshops.

And the Qin family, which supported the Spider Stronghold, dealt in grain, oil, restaurants, and other businesses.

Another Bai family's business was the most extensive. They had shops belonging to the Bai family in both cities, involving everything from blacksmith shops to restaurants.

Among them, the county magistrates of the two cities were also involved, which made up the five top forces in the two cities.

Of course, these were just things on the surface; the cake in the dark was even more heart-moving.

From gambling houses to lending, slave markets, and brothels, these were the real big earners!

At first, with the existence of the Menghu Stronghold, everyone shared a common hatred, and they could still sit together and chat at that time.

With the end of the Menghu Stronghold, several forces began to tear their faces apart to compete for the cake, and there was even a trend of intensifying.

When bandits kidnapped people, they would send them into the city. They could be sent to the slave market to be sold, and those with good looks would be sent to the brothel.

In terms of lending, once someone didn't pay back the money, the bandits would directly take action to demand it.

As for why they supported the bandits? The answer was self-evident.

The bandits became the best group to take the blame. They did all the dirty and tiring work. Once things were exposed, in the case of the prefect's accountability.

These things were all done by the bandits; we are all good citizens.

And with the existence of bandits, merchants from other places couldn't even think of intervening. Maybe you couldn't even enter the city.

Jiang Jinshi suddenly thought of a term he had heard in his previous life—County Town Brahmins.

Even if several families had some disputes for the sake of profit, their attitude toward outsiders was definitely consistent.

Originally, five forces corresponded to five strongholds. Now that this incident had happened, the deadlock had been broken.

In the reshuffling, everyone wanted to get the most profit. For example, Poison Spider came here this time representing the Qin family, wanting to take the opportunity to win over the Yangguang Stronghold and take the opportunity to kick the other two families out of the game.

After figuring out the ins and outs, Jiang Jinshi decided to ignore it for now. He wasn't in a hurry, others were.

Calling the core backbone of the Yangguang Stronghold to the main hall, Jiang Jinshi didn't tell them the content of his chat with Poison Spider.

Taking some silver from the warehouse and exchanging it for points, this time he prepared to experiment with the system's function of recruiting martial soul.

Recruitment had five levels, from low to high: B, A, S, SS, SSR (the level division was based on comprehensive strength, including command, military use, etc., not just martial arts).

The corresponding points required were 10, 50, 100, 1000, 10000.

According to one point per tael of silver, even the lowest level B required 10 taels of silver.

After thinking about it, Jiang Jinshi chose an S-level recruitment for 100 taels of silver to try it out for Luo Feng.

Clicking the recruitment button, a name flashed on the blue screen that only Jiang Jinshi could see.

Cold-Faced Cold Spear—Luo Cheng!

(Note: There is no Luo Cheng in history. The character prototype is Luo Shixin. Luo Cheng is a re-creation of historical figures. To avoid misleading real history, it is specially noted here, and there will be no further prompts!)

Immediately, Jiang Jinshi said mysteriously to everyone: "Ahem! Actually, my creation of the Yangguang Stronghold was guided by heaven. Anyone loyal to the Yangguang Stronghold can obtain power from the God of Sunshine."

For a time, the main hall fell into silence. Just when Jiang Jinshi secretly thought his excuse was too clumsy, Luo Feng stood up excitedly.

"Big Boss, is this true?"

Hiss! They... actually believed it?

Jiang Jinshi, who was desperately suppressing the corners of his mouth, felt that his face must be twitching at this moment. In order not to laugh out loud, he could only nod pretentiously.

Finding some fresh food and wine as offerings, Jiang Jinshi stood up with a serious face. God knows how many sad things from his previous life he thought of to successfully suppress the corners of his mouth.

"Luo Feng, come here!"

Hearing this, Luo Feng immediately straightened his body, walked up piously, and knelt on the pillow placed in advance.

Looking at the pious Luo Feng, Jiang Jinshi almost couldn't help it again, and hurriedly chose to use the soul of Luo Cheng for Luo Feng.

With a flash of golden light that only Jiang Jinshi could see, the fusion was completed!

Luo Feng looked at his palms, clenched his fists hard, and an excited expression appeared on his face.

"It... it really exists!"

Seeing that the others were full of interest, Jiang Jinshi hurriedly interrupted.

"Listen to me first! The divine power you obtained, Luo Feng, is far more than this. Strengthening training will make you stronger. I have something to go down the mountain for a few days."

"During the few days I'm gone, don't go down the mountain to rob the road first, just arrange daily training."

"If anyone comes to find me, just say my wife is about to give birth, and I'm temporarily not in the stronghold."

"Most importantly, don't be lazy in daily patrols. If there is a situation, hide in the mountains, don't fight hard! Wait until I come back before talking."

The four captains nodded in agreement. Only Tang Lin was scrambling to gesture there. Seeing that everyone didn't understand his meaning, he ran out in a flash.

Jiang Jinshi supported his forehead, wishing the system could open a divine medicine to let Tang Lin's tongue grow back.

A moment later, Tang Lin ran in with a piece of paper in a hurry. Jiang Jinshi took it and saw it was actually a portrait.

Although the portrait wasn't finished, the facial features were particularly clear, and it was a great beauty at a glance.

Looking at the tears flashing in Tang Lin's eyes, how could Jiang Jinshi not understand what this meant!

Thinking about how Tang Lin said it when Jiang Jinshi met him?

He was the one whose tongue was cut off by the brothel and whose limbs were broken and thrown out!

In this way, the woman on Tang Lin's painting...

Must be his enemy!

That's right! It must be like this!

Jiang Jinshi nodded, secretly giving a thumbs up to his own intelligence.

Tang Lin was still gesturing on the side, pointing at the woman on the portrait from time to time, fearing Jiang Jinshi wouldn't understand his meaning, turning around and preparing to run to get paper to write.

Jiang Jinshi grabbed Tang Lin: "No need, I understand everything!"

Tang Lin still wanted to write to tell Jiang Jinshi his meaning, but the next moment Jiang Jinshi pointed confidently at the woman on the portrait.

"This person, in the Jiang City brothel, right?"

Tang Lin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, looking at the woman on the portrait and couldn't help but redden his eyes again!

Jiang Jinshi immediately patted his chest to guarantee: "Don't worry! I will definitely handle this matter for you!"

In his heart, a raging fire was ignited, automatically filling in a picture.

His good brother Tang Lin was fascinated by this brothel woman on the portrait, willing to be cheated of money and color. When Tang Lin had no use value and went to beg, he was broken in his limbs and thrown out.

Seeing Jiang Jinshi understood his meaning, Tang Lin wiped a tear while couldn't help but pray secretly.

Sister!

Brother has no ability, but the Big Boss will definitely be able to save you. You just wait a little longer!