Domineering

About two hours later, Chu Xisheng came out of the lobby with a calm expression, accompanied by Lin Shi of 'Pine Wind Sword'.

In fact, the meeting ended half an hour ago, and many hall masters of the Iron Banner Gang also left.

The reason why Chu Xisheng stayed until now is to persuade the Tie brothers to think twice about the "young banner master".

Not only did he not want to be a young banner owner, he even wanted to push down the position of deputy banner owner.

Chu Xisheng expected that he would stay in Xiushui County for about half a year at most.

At that time, he can hand over the Xishan Hall to Li Shenshan and others to help take care of it, and he and Chu Yunyun can go to Wuxiang Benshan to concentrate on practicing without any worries.

The top priority of the two of them is to practice. Only by learning all the Yazi diagrams as soon as possible can Chu Xisheng have the ability to control his own destiny.

But after half an hour, instead of persuading Madman Tie, Chu Xi was persuaded by the brothers of the Tie family.

Tie Kuangren thinks that the current scale of Xishan Hall is too large, which has caused a lot of criticism within the Iron Banner Gang, making many elders in the gang uneasy.

There are even some people who think that Xishan Hall should be split up and a few hall masters should be promoted within the gang.

Among these people, some of them are indeed thinking about the gang, worrying about internal and external disorder, and the severity of the situation is upside down.But there are also some people who have ulterior motives.

Among them, there may even be shadows of Xiushui's aristocratic families, intending to drive a wedge between the top and bottom of the Iron Banner Gang.

If the disputes about Xishantang in the gang are allowed to be ignored, it will definitely affect the affection of the brothers in the gang and make the brothers feel alienated.

But if Chu Xisheng was established as the young banner owner, the situation would be different.

Sooner or later, the Young Banner Master will inherit the whole gang, and it is understandable that his subordinates are more powerful.

Moreover, their Tiejiamen's skills are incomplete, and there are many hidden dangers in them.

Even the secret medicine of the advanced fourth grade has not been adjusted for more than 100 years.

But the environment and aura of this world are changing all the time.

In particular, the secret medicine after the fourth rank echoes with the 'Day of Heaven', so it needs to be more cautious.

Tie Kuangren is already trying his best to perfect the secret medicine formula and deduce the follow-up exercises. He has a [-]% certainty of being promoted to the fourth rank, but at the same time, there is also a [-]% chance of failing in the promotion.

At that time, he will be seriously injured in the heart, and his body will be completely disabled, and the Iron Banner Gang will also fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

Iron Madman had to make preparations in advance and find a reliable pillar for the whole gang.

The Iron Banner Gang is not only owned by their brothers, but also the foundation of many brothers who risked their lives and fought bloody battles.

This is also the food and clothing of thousands of gang members, and the dependence of tens of thousands of boatmen and coolies. It cannot be destroyed like this.

Tie Xiaosheng was even more dissatisfied, asking Chu Xisheng if he still regarded himself as a member of the Iron Banner Gang?Do you still talk about brotherhood?
So far, how much has the Iron Banner Gang done for him?How many brothers were killed or injured?
Xiao Chu, you took shelter under the banner of the Iron Banner Gang, and you took so many benefits from the gang, but you only wanted to abandon the Iron Banner Gang. You think the affairs of the Iron Banner Gang are troublesome, isn't it too dishonest?
Songfeng Jianlin Shi smiled and persuaded Chu Xisheng to take over the position of Young Banner Master first.

Take it as an expedient policy to stabilize the hearts of the people in the gang.

If the situation in the gang improves in the future, and Chu Xisheng really doesn't want to be the leader of the Iron Banner Gang, then it's not too late to resign.

Chu Xisheng had no choice but to retreat.

"To be honest, if something happens to Mr. Banner Master this time, you are indeed the only young banner master in our Iron Banner Gang who can support the sect. Young Banner Master, your cultivation level is a little bit worse now, but you are relying on the invincible Xiangshenzong and Xishantang also have two half-demon fifth ranks to help them, enough to protect the Iron Banner Gang's thousands of gang members, at least not to fall apart overnight.

Today, the young flag master seriously injured Longheng on the river, which made the flag master and deputy flag master extremely happy.Everyone already admires your benevolence, righteousness and martial arts, and now they are even more admirable. Therefore, when the banner leader mentioned this matter today, no one objected. "

When Chu Xisheng heard Lin Shi say this, the corners of Chu Xisheng's lips twitched.

Those two half-demon fifth ranks in Xishan Hall may not be reliable.

Chu Yunyun's strength is as strong as the fourth rank, and if Lu Luanli's saber technique explodes to the extreme, he will also have the combat power of the fifth rank, but both of them have questionable identities and cannot be seen.

Chu Xisheng thought about this, and then squinted at Ji Qianqian who was waiting outside the door.

He has already used 22 'Near Mo Zhe Hei Shentong Cards' on this woman, and he doesn't know how black she is now?

If it is completely dyed black, it is a reliable arm.

However, judging from the results of the last few trials, she is still loyal to the force behind her.

Lin Shi looked serious again at this time: "Young Banner Master, you must pay attention to what the Banner Master told you just now. The Banner Master is currently improving the prescription and perfecting the Tiejiamen's exercises. It is expected that he will try to break through in one or two months. The time may be tomorrow, or it may be a month later.

At that time, the elite of our main rudder will be dispatched to protect the law for the banner master.The direction of Xiushui City and the east pier of the city can only be suppressed by you Xishantang. This is the foundation of my Iron Banner Gang, and there is no room for loss.Therefore, during this period of time, Xishantang still needs to improve its strength as much as possible, and save pills and arrows, etc., to prepare for the big battle. "

"Hall Master Lin, don't worry, after returning to West Mountain this time, I will definitely make all-out preparations. As long as the Banner Master gives an order, I can guarantee that none of the soldiers from the Xiushui County Army and those in the inner city will be able to leave the Xiushui City Gate. "

Chu Xisheng's voice paused at this moment, with a strange look on his face: "But is that all? Our Xishan Hall is the first hall of the Iron Banner Gang, but this time we can't help except guarding Xiushui County City. I'm sorry."

Lin Shi couldn't help laughing: "The Banner Master made such an arrangement because he considered that there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the Xishan Hall today, and the origins of many people are not clear. The Young Banner Master can control them and help contain the forces of those aristocratic families in the inner city. It is already very good. That's it. If the young banner master has spare energy, he might as well help contain a few more masters."

Chu Xisheng couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Thinking to Uncle Crazy, he has already seen through the true colors of his own "Erwutang".

It's no wonder that Tie Kuangren didn't let his Xishan Hall participate in the Dharma protection at this meeting.

There are many masters in Xishantang, but most of them are unreliable.

The brothers of the Tie family naturally trust him, but the subordinates of Xishantang are hard to say.

Chu Xisheng could only clenched his fists in embarrassment: "I will definitely do my best in this matter. As long as Chu is here for a day, there will be no loss in the East Wharf or Xishan Town."

"It's easy to say!" Lin Shi also immediately replied: "Who in the Iron Banner gang is worried about the character and martial arts of the young banner master? Who doesn't admire it?"

When he said this, from the corner of his eye, he saw Tie Niu Jia Dali was about to come out from behind the lobby door.

This person looked at Chu Xisheng's back with extra complicated eyes.

Lin Shi's eyes flickered slightly, and then he sighed slightly.

When he walked into the hall, he patted Jia Dali's arm specially.

This is the nephew of the brothers of the Tie family, and he was in charge of the ancient market in the outer hall, which was originally the largest of the Iron Banner Gang. He was considered by many people to be the successor of the Tie Madman, but now Chu Xisheng stepped in and took away the Shaoqi In the position of the Lord, there will inevitably be gaps in my heart.

However, Chu Xisheng's promotion to the post of Young Banner Master was already well-received.

At this time, not only the Banner Master brothers have to rely on his strength, but also many members of the Iron Banner Gang are looking forward to this young Banner Master.
This is the only good way to eliminate the division of the Iron Banner Gang.

No matter how unwilling Jia Dali was, it would not help.

I hope he can think about it for himself--

Chu Xisheng also noticed the figure of Tieniu Jia Dali.

He strode over immediately, clasped his fists sincerely and said, "Brother Dali, I don't know if I have some spare time tonight, so we brothers can talk about it?"

Jia Dali cupped his hands at Chu Xisheng with a calm and distant expression: "Next time, I have to go back to the ancient market to practice kung fu tonight, so farewell!"

Chu Xisheng frowned immediately, and he stared at Jia Dali's back until Jia Dali disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Chu Xisheng then rubbed his forehead with a headache.

He had already guessed what Jia Dali was thinking, and he wanted to ask Jia Dali to open up and have a talk.

But now it seems that Jia Dali's heart knot is far heavier than he imagined.

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When Chu Xisheng came out of the conference hall, he realized that the altar masters of the Xishan Hall, headed by Li Shenshan, Wei Yang, and Zhou Liangchen, had rushed to the main helm more than an hour ago and had been waiting at the door of his guest room outside.

The first is to welcome Chu Xisheng, the head of the hall, back to Xiushui, and the second is to participate in the Xiangtang Conference held by the leader of the Iron Banner Gang tomorrow.

At this moment, Chu Xisheng's mental strength was extremely exhausted.

He was already tired from the long boat ride, and after returning to Xiushui, he had a big fight with Longheng, followed by drinking and discussing business, his tired eyelids could hardly be opened.

However, he still tried his best to pull himself together, pulled Li Shenshan and others, and asked about the situation in Xishan Hall.

To Chu Xisheng's surprise, the progress of the small canal was extremely fast.

In particular, the section from Xishan Town to Shenxiu River will be open for operation in at most seven days, and it will be time to collect money.

The remaining parts will be completed gradually by the end of April.

This is because of the battle a month ago, they captured many county soldiers and Xishan bandits, the total number was nearly 2000.

Xishantang used these captives as coolies, and the local wealthy families also "generously" donated their money and donated enthusiastically.Not only greatly saved the number of workers employed in the small canal, but also shortened the construction period by nearly one month.

In addition, everything in the hall is also running as usual.

Chu Yunyun usually doesn't care about things, but just supervises each sub-forum to perform their duties, and occasionally shows up to ask some important matters that the people below have no right to handle.

All the affairs in the hall are in order, like a greased wheel, very smooth, without any mistakes.

There is also the training of the gang members in the hall. Li Shenshan thinks that there are already six branch altars in the hall, which have initially reached the battle formation level of the Jizhou Army.

——Jizhou is on the rear of Youzhou, adjacent to Dongzhou, and there are very few wars. The Jizhou army is also the weakest frontier army.
The remaining eight divisions can compete with the Xiushui Army.

Especially in Zhou Liangchen's "Liangzitan", all members can use the "Secret Method of the Emperor's Way", and the combat power is the highest in Xishantang.

Chu Xisheng didn't think so.

It's not that they want to rebel, what's the use of practicing the battle formation method and the secret method of the emperor's way?

Most of the fighting with weapons in the rivers and lakes takes place in the streets, so personal force and bravery are the most important.

Of course there must be a battle formation method, but there is really no need to follow the frontier army.

They only need to master small-scale battle formation coordination, which is enough to deal with ordinary gang fights.

However, both Li Shenshan and Wei Yang were from the Shence Army, and it would be uncomfortable if they didn't train their subordinates to look like the Shence Army.

Zhou Liangchen is a hot-blooded young man with a dream of a general in his head.

There is also Chu Yunyun, secretly conniving.

Chu Xisheng can only let it go, as long as these three people don't train his subordinates until the hearts of the people are scattered, he doesn't bother to take care of it.

To Chu Xisheng's relief, in the past two months, more than 40 people in Xishan Hall have been promoted to the eighth rank, and 12 people have been promoted to the eighth rank.

This is because the many weapons and ordnance seized in the first battle a month ago made everyone a windfall, and they had money to buy the secret medicine.

Although Chu Xisheng wanted to increase the salary of these brothers who had been promoted to Yuan Gong, he was happy to do so.

These people can be regarded as the elites cultivated in their Xishantang, they are not comparable.

And inside Xishan, recently there are three Orion villages located at the western foot of Xishan. When they heard about Xishan Town, they have sent people to contact them, and they want to move to the southern foot of Xishan Town as a whole.

Chu Yunyun has sent Liu Ruoxi to contact them to help the three villages relocate.

There are more than [-] households in these three villages, and there are [-] bows and knives together.

In short, after the great battle, Xishantang went smoothly in all aspects, and it was full of vigor and vitality like the rising sun.

When Chu Xisheng heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore.He swung everyone away and fell asleep with his head covered.

However, he only had time to sleep for two hours before getting up early again, taking a bath, fasting vegetarian food, and then leading a group of people under his command to a Linhewubao on the north side of the east pier in the city.

The main rudder of the Iron Banner Gang is a big ship with 2000 materials. It is magnificent on the river, but it can't accommodate more than [-] people to hold the incense hall meeting inside.

Therefore, the places where they open the incense hall are all placed on the north side of the east pier in the city.

The Iron Banner Gang bought a piece of land covering an area of ​​more than 120 mu and built a strong dock here.

The brothers of the Tie family believed very early on that the "chief rudder" of the Iron Banner Gang could not always be placed on the ship, and that they would have no roots and no prosperity, so they invested heavily in making this fort into the future chief rudder of the Iron Banner Gang.

The Iron Banner Gang not only built a hall that can accommodate thousands of people, but also built twenty double-story Huima Buildings to accommodate thousands of disciples of the chief rudder.

The fort wall of Wubao is six feet high and three feet wide, with a magic circle embedded in it, and its defense power directly matches the city wall of Xiushui County.

However, due to the huge project, the Iron Banner Gang has been fighting for years since its establishment, and the funds are insufficient.Therefore, after three years of repairing the Wubao, only a magnificent lobby and a small section of the fort wall were built.

Chu Xisheng and the Tie brothers first greeted the many guests who came to watch the ceremony.

The noodles here are much bigger than the incense hall he opened in Xishan Town.Not only the prefect of the county came in person, but even many high-ranking officials in the city also sent people to congratulate him.

However, what Iron Maniac valued the most was the long-term allies of the Iron Banner Gang, who personally introduced Chu Xisheng.

They are either big local merchants in Dongzhou, or aristocratic families and powers from neighboring states.The characteristics are that there is no conflict of interest with the Iron Banner Gang, and they have long-term cooperation in freight and trade.

There are also some official figures who have been fed with money by the Iron Banner Gang.

It was the first time Chu Xisheng knew that the official background of the Iron Banner Gang was extremely strong.

This time the Tie Banner gang opened the incense hall, not only three seventh-rank inspectors came, but also a fourth-rank red-clothed chief arrester with six doors.

In addition, the chief envoy of Dongzhou also sent his eldest son here.

Although these relationships are not comparable to those of the aristocratic families in Xiushui County, they will not allow the Iron Banner Gang to be crushed officially.

Chu Xisheng was quite helpless.

Tie Kuangren really regarded him as an heir, and the purpose of introducing these guests to him was obviously for the sake of future considerations.

If something happens to Iron Madman, Chu Xisheng can immediately take over all the resources run by the Iron Banner Gang.

Next, Chu Xisheng followed the Iron Banner gang to chop off the phoenix, burn the yellow paper, and worship the 'Loyalty and Longevity Emperor'.

The Emperor of Loyalty and Longevity is a god generally respected by people in the world.

During his life, he was a first-rank general under the command of King Wulie. He was unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness all his life. He followed King Wulie to fight against the alien race of the northern giant gods.

This person is not only superb in military strength, but also has a masterful art of war, and he is also famous for his righteousness and thinness.

The key point is that he is very good at making money. When he governed Hezhou, he supported millions of troops under the command of King Wulie with only one state.It can also maintain the livelihood of the people in the state. It is said that the people of Hezhou were as wealthy as the southern states at that time.

Therefore, after his death, he was not only regarded as the God of Martial Arts by the people all over the world, but also the God of Wealth.

This is extra attractive, loyal, able to fight, and able to make money.

Isn't it just for making money and making a living?
Therefore, in today's world, not only warriors enshrine the Loyalty and Longevity Emperor, and regard him as a martial saint; those merchants also respect this emperor extremely, offering incense every day, and praying for protection.

Even the imperial court liked it very much. Not only did they enshrine the throne of the "Loyalty and Longevity Emperor" in Chaotian Palace, but they also conferred the title of God repeatedly.

Everyone offered incense to the emperor together, and after paying respects to the emperor, he was appointed.

Chu Xisheng, the Young Banner Master, and the six new Outer Hall Masters from Xunyang County all stepped forward one after another to worship the Loyalty and Longevity Emperor.

The whole set of ceremonies was complicated and solemn, grand in momentum, majestic and majestic, and did not end until evening.

Then there is the banquet.

The Iron Banner gang set up a large number of floating seats, setting up more than 4000 tables, emptying all the coolies and boatmen in the east pier of Xiushui City.

Chu Xisheng originally planned to leave after the banquet and return to Xishan overnight.

As a result, that night, he was drunk again and could only rest at the helm for another night.

But when he woke up the next day and opened his eyes, he saw Lu Luanli stretching his scorpion's head on it, staring at him intently.

But for some reason, those black and white eyes were a little dazed.

The two looked at each other for a while, before Lu Luanli came to his senses, and hurriedly retracted his head: "Yunyun, he's awake!"

Only then did Chu Xisheng realize that Chu Yunyun was also in the room.

She was sitting at the round table in the house, holding an account book in her hand.

The girl turned her head, and looked over softly with a pair of blue eyes: "I heard that you drank a lot of wine yesterday? I gave you some anti-alcoholic medicine, does your head still hurt?"

Chu Xisheng touched his head, and found that he still had a terrible headache, and his whole head was buzzing, as if it was about to explode.

He couldn't help smiling bitterly and said: "It seems useless, you don't know how much wine I drank yesterday, there are probably three big tanks!"

It caused him to continuously circulate his true energy, trying to force out the water vapor in his body, otherwise his bladder would explode if he couldn't bear it.

Lu Luanli was taken aback: "You drank so much? But I heard people say that you Chu Shaoban is benevolent and righteous, but drinking is not sincere. They even nicknamed you Chu Colander."

Chu Xisheng became angry immediately. He likes to leak half of his drinking, but it's not as serious as a colander.

What's more, there were so many people yesterday, with a total of [-] seats. He was very sincere to be able to go all the way to the end.

He wasn't the only one who was dishonest in drinking. Tie Kuangren and Tie Xiaosheng brothers also cheated, but their cultivation was higher and their methods were more subtle.

Chu Xisheng secretly kept this matter in his heart.

If you are going to turn around, ask Lu Pingyuan to check and see who is spreading rumors and causing trouble.

When the time comes in the future, he must drive these people into unconsciousness and regret it.

Chu Xisheng then looked at the two with a smile: "Why are you here? Could it be that you miss me?"

"Who misses you?"

Lu Luanli's face suddenly became a little unnatural. She crossed her arms and explained with disdain: "Little sister Chu is worried about you. Yesterday you sent people to say that you would come back at night, but you disappeared all night. Little sister Chu is worried. , I want to come over to see what happened.

I thought about the battle a month ago, both the Shangguan family and the Shen family regarded Yunyun as a thorn in their side, so they went together to escort her to the east pier of the city. "

Chu Yunyun heard the words, but squinted at Lu Luanli.

That was not the case last night.

Obviously this girl was fidgeting, and then she said that Chu Xisheng fought Long Heng, was she hurt?How is the injury?After a while, he asked whether Chu Xisheng would be plotted against by those inner city families on the way back to Xishan?
In fact, Chu Xisheng has already returned to Xiushui County, and he is in the head of the Iron Banner Gang, not only accompanied by Li Shenshan and others, but also people from Lu Pingyuan staring at him. What is there to worry about?
In the end, she was so annoyed that she reluctantly agreed to come and have a look.

In the end, in Lu Luanli's mouth, it turned out that she was worried about Chu Xisheng and wanted to come to the east pier to see what happened?
Chu Yunyun didn't bother to explain, she smiled and said calmly, "I'm really not used to you being away from home for more than a month."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Chu Xisheng's expression of flattery and suspicion.

For some reason, Chu Yunyun suddenly felt a little stuffy in her heart.

However, she suppressed the anomaly in her heart: "Besides this, there is another important matter. The Zhou family sent a letter yesterday, saying that the item has arrived, and it will arrive in Xiushui County today."

Chu Xisheng didn't react at first, but then his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and surprise appeared on his face.

The thing Chu Yunyun mentioned should refer to the "God's Intention" that he asked Zhou Xiongba to buy for him.

That is the battle map specially created by Lord Xue Yadao for the "Shenyi Touching the Death Knife".