Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 168 Recruitment and the Magical Use of Insight Cards

The days in the town are gradually returning to the peace of the past through tinkering.

Now that the Weng and Shen families are in charge of Donglan Town again, there is one Shao family missing, and many rules have changed.

But fortunately, most people are still convinced of the Weng and Shen families, and they did not feel dissatisfied because of the loss of a Shao family.

With the arrival of the dry season, this year the Weng and Shen families have opened up granaries, and the relief efforts have been greater than in previous dry seasons.

In the first year in charge of the two families, the two patriarchs wanted to spend it peacefully and minimize incidents as much as possible.

A few months later, the dry season is drawing to a close.

The Martial Arts Academy seems to be free from all influences from the outside world. Students study and practice, and teachers preach and teach.

Having just spent the second dry season in the town, Xu Gu'an sat cross-legged on the futon.

A moment later, with a bone tremor, the eighth bone mark appeared on his back.

Bone Eight Layer Realm!

"It's much faster than expected." Xu Guan smiled a little.

Ever since the bone forging method exceeded the limit, this practice has not seemed so difficult for him.

A dry season breaks through to Gu Yachong, compared to Weng Yan and Shen Xi, he has already thrown away too much.

"It's only a matter of the last re-forging of bones to complete." Xu Gu'an clenched his fists.

He could feel the toughness of the bones, and the strong force continuously transmitted from the spine had increased a lot compared to before.

Continuing at this speed of cultivation, the consummation of the Bone Strengthening Realm is just around the corner, maybe it will be this year
Put a piece of fried meat on the side into the mouth to supplement the daily energy and blood consumption.

He got up and changed into a set of plain clothes, walked out of the courtyard, and headed towards the town.

His eyes fell on some corners of the busy city, and he could see many unkempt homeless people.

Most of them came from outside the town, or even wandered from further afield.

It was only after hearing that the Weng and Shen families in the town were doing charity work that they deliberately sneaked into the town to beg for food.

In previous years, many refugees also entered the town to escape the drought, but this year it seems that there are especially many.

For this reason, there were some disturbances in the town.

After all, among these victims, there are really poor people, and there are also bad people who are causing trouble.

Although the Weng and Shen families have tried to drive them away several times, they can't do it too aggressively and seem unreasonable.

Therefore, it is inexhaustible.

Xu Guan withdrew his gaze and continued on his way.

He is not wearing the student uniform of the martial arts academy now, but many people still recognize him.

The hottest talent in town right now is hard to ignore.

Previously, there were even gossip rumors that Xu An was appointed by the Patriarch of the Shen family and had already engaged Shen Xi.

This incident caused quite a commotion in the town at the beginning.

What kind of combination of gods and couples is this combination of two talented people with outstanding talents!
What's more, they are already imagining how good their offspring will be.

To this day, the rumors are true, and the Shen family has never publicly refuted the rumors, making this matter more and more true.

The eyes of everyone looking at Xu Gu'an also quietly changed.

Passing through Chunfeng Yayuan, this place was affected by the last incident, and it was closed for a long time for thorough investigation.

It was not until recently that it gradually opened up and started attracting business again.

However, it may be difficult for the popularity to return to its previous heyday.

Pass this street and turn into another street.

A three-story pavilion with an equally large scale appeared in front of my eyes.

Yuanxian·Department Store
This is Xu Gu'an's corrected name of the shop. Among the many shops in the town, it looks a bit weird and special.

Yuan Xian is the name of Xu Gu'an's mobile game, Department Store means that there are various types of goods in this store.

All kinds of items spawned in the dungeon, but he intends to throw them in this store and sell them as goods if he doesn't need them.

This also saves him from having to do it himself every time, going to other places to sell things in large and small boxes, and worrying about the source of the goods, which saves him a lot of trouble.

"Boss, you are here." At the door, a young man running errands saw Xu Gu'an and immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Yeah." Xu Gu'an nodded and walked in.

The store has not yet opened, but the layout of the interior, shelves and other preparations have been almost done.

Just waiting for the goods to be placed, Xu Gu'an gave an order, and the door can be officially opened for business.

"Where's Mr. Zhang?" Xu Guan took a wide look, and in the store on the first floor, there were only three or two recruited young servants cleaning.

"According to your order, I'm already waiting for you above." The boy next to him hurriedly replied.

Xu Guan nodded and quickly went up to the second floor.

There are also shelves on the second floor, but they are not as dense as the first floor.

The vacated space is designed as a tea room, responsible for negotiating business with people.

Now on the second floor, there are two rows of people standing, both men and women, dozens of people of different ages.

The young ones looked like they were only eight or nine years old, while the older ones were in their 50s or [-]s.

They looked relatively reserved, facing a middle-aged man in his forties who was dressed in a pitch-colored scholar's uniform.

The man had two mustaches and serious eyes.

This person is the Mr. Zhang he was looking for, his full name is Zhang Yang.

He was responsible for a lot of matters in the store before, and he is currently the butler of his store for the time being.

Although his name is Zhang Yang, his personality is completely opposite. He is a bit dull on weekdays. He belongs to the type of person who talks less and does more.

And work rigorous, meticulous.

It was more in line with Xu Gu'an's observation for a while, so he was left behind.

Speaking of being able to recruit this person, it was also because Ji Yong of the Nancheng Chamber of Commerce heard that he was going to open a shop to recruit people, so he recommended several reliable butler talents.

This was Xu Gu'an's favorite at the time, and the two reached a cooperation.

"Boss." When Zhang Yang saw Xu Gu'an coming up, he immediately cupped his hands and saluted. There was no flattering look on his face, and he was still serious and dignified, neither humble nor overbearing.

He used to be a literati and scholar. It is said that he came from outside the border of Donglan Mountain. In order to earn a living, he worked as an accountant in a restaurant in the town for several years.

That day when the bird disease struck, the restaurant was crashed and collapsed, and he lost his job as a result.

After that, until Ji Yong came to the door and recommended him to come here and become Xu Gu'an's housekeeper.

"These are finally screened according to your instructions. Let's see who you want." Zhang Yang said.

"Well, it's hard work." Xu Gu'an nodded and said, his eyes fell on the group of people.

With the dry season upon us, there are too many people looking for a job in the town.

I don't want to be rich and powerful, I just want to be able to solve the problem of food and clothing and survive.

Therefore, when Xu Gu'an began to openly recruit people, many people came to apply every day.

These people are a mixed bag, with different personalities and origins.

And Zhang Yang is responsible for screening these people, keeping the good ones for Xu Gu'an to review.

Xu Gu'an glanced at it, and found that the body training skills present were not high, most of them were hard cortex, and they were just equivalent to ordinary people in this world.

The few strong men with a few layers of cowhide seem to be quite simple and honest, and they are not vicious or cunning.

Of course, Zhang Yang can only judge through his vision and speech skills in a short period of time, and it may not be all accurate.

Suddenly, Xu Gu'an noticed a slightly familiar woman among the crowd.

Thinking about it for a while, it was one of the women he rescued that night when he was in the town of Niaozi.

The young woman with two children.

Xu Gu'an didn't think too much about it, it was just a coincidence.

He has nothing to do with this woman, and saving her before was just a matter of chance.

Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Guan said.

"Among you, I will pick some people to work with me. The monthly salary is at least [-] copper coins, including food and lodging. If you perform well in the future, your salary will increase accordingly."

He first explained the treatment here, which is not bad compared to most other shops.

We must know that in today's troubled times, human life is actually not that valuable.

There are many people who die of starvation in the outside world, and it is even more chaotic in the disorderly land. It is common for people to change their children and eat.

Even in this Donglan town, it is considered good for ordinary people to find a job that includes food and lodging all year round, and the wages are very little, and most of them are generally dangerous jobs.

For Xu Gu'an's job, this kind of treatment is indeed quite rare.

When those dozens of people heard that the monthly money can have a hundred coppers, their eyes lit up instantly, and they even suspected that they had heard it wrong.

"My lord, I am very strong and can do a lot of heavy and tiring work. Please consider me more." A middle-aged strong man couldn't help it, and said first.

He is one of the few who has reached the cowhide level through physical training.

It looks really big and three rough, powerful.

When the other people heard about it, they became a little anxious and wanted to recommend themselves.

"Quiet!" Zhang Yang yelled coldly from the side, allowing the noisy atmosphere that was about to start to be suppressed in time, and calmed down instantly.

"I have summarized your situation, and there is no need to repeat it again."

When this group of people heard about it, they could only look at Xu Gu'an eagerly.

Xu Gu'an took the booklet in Zhang Yang's hand, which indeed recorded everyone's situation in detail.

Background, some specialty and so on.

Being able to do this, we can also see how thoughtful Zhang Yang is in this matter.

"Good job." Xu Gu'an smiled, recognizing Zhang Yang's ability, and now he can use this booklet to quickly select people.

But before that, he still had to try.

"Use the insight card." Xu Guan thought with a thought and issued the command.

He had been busy practicing before, but this time he had a whim, and wanted to try whether the insight card was usable in reality, and how effective it would be.

Insight into the unknown.

A simple description with many definitions.

What is the specific function of this item card, you need to try it to know.

[The insight card has been triggered, time: 60 seconds. 】

Accompanied by a message prompt, as far as Xu Guan's eyes could see, a miraculous scene appeared.

Seeing whoever his eyes fell on, a translucent frame interface quickly appeared on the side of that person.

On the interface, there is some information about this person.

Insight results.

Determined to be a human race, named Zhou Dagen, 34 years old from Zhoujia Village, cowhide realm, qualification level F+, simple and honest personality, hard-working, relatively loyal traits.
Ability: Farming, hunting, has a talent for making tools that needs to be developed
Defects: don't know how to adapt, act rough
Family situation: Wife died, son contracted lung disease
A lot of detailed information about this person is listed in front of Xu Gu'an.

From name and age, to qualifications and personality, to childhood experience, to life and death, all kinds of experiences and deeds are posted on this personal panel.

Even the status of his wife and children are clearly recorded.

"Is this the effect of the insight card?"

Before using it, Xu Gu'an really didn't expect to show the result of insight in this way.

I have to say, it's really fun to play.

Xu Gu'an moved his eyes to the other person beside him, and on the similar personal interface, a piece of character information was displayed.

Insight results.

Determined to be a human race, nameless, nine-year-old Fushan villager, tough-skinned, aptitude level E, tenacious personality, perseverance, high loyalty traits
Ability: There is a certain fighting talent to be developed
Flaws: inarticulate, dull, illiterate.
Family situation: Parents abandoned and adopted, now both dead
"This cultivation aptitude is pretty good, at least slightly better than ordinary people." Xu Gu'an thought to himself, taking a second look at the nine-year-old child.

Then quickly looked at the others.

The continuous insight time of an insight card is 1 minute.

With so many people, it is impossible for him to read all the information of everyone, so he picks out the key points to read, and picks out the ones that he thinks are not bad on the spot.

"This person's loyalty trait is too low, no."

"This person has cunning flaws, not good."

"This person is addicted to lying, and he can't do it."

"That's good. I have experience in tailoring, and I have a good talent for armor making to be developed."

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Soon there were only a few seconds left in the insight time, Xu Gu An suddenly looked at the newly recruited housekeeper.

Insight results.

Determined to be a human race, named Zhang Yang, 42 years old, a resident of Qingshui Town, Yanqiu Mountain District, with a cowhide level, qualification level E-, introverted personality, self-discipline, upright, serious, and high loyalty traits.
Abilities: lobbyist, calculation, layout, have a certain talent for writing poems and books to be developed, and a good talent for strategists to be developed.
Defects: a little stubborn, a little indifferent
Family situation: Parents are deceased, no children, no worries.
The position of housekeeper, when Xu Guan is not around, has many management rights in the store, which can be said to be a very important position.

It is not an exaggeration to call him an acting store manager.

Therefore, the situation of the housekeeper must be checked.

"It's okay." After watching Xu Gu'an secretly said.

Facts have proved that his vision is still good.

The butler he liked was pretty good in every way.

Higher loyalty traits, calculations, arrangements, and strategies as strategists need to be developed.

It is not a problem for such a talent to help him run such a store.

The flaws are not bad, and they are not major flaws. It is a very good choice for a housekeeper.

There is nothing wrong with the previous experience, which corresponds to what he said, from a scholar to an accountant later, to the current position of a store manager.

In this way, Xu Guan was relieved a lot.

As the time limit of the insight card expires, his eyes also disappear from the insight state.

The information interface in front of him that only he could see also disappeared.

"The people I selected just now stay, and the rest will take twenty copper coins and disperse later." Xu Gu'an said.

Although there were twenty copper coins to take, those who were not selected were full of regret, and at the same time envied those who remained.

From now on, if these people stay here, they may no longer have to worry about survival.

There is food and drink, some housing, and monthly money.

Such a beautiful thing, I really don't know where to find it.

In fact, there are not many people left in Xu Gu'an's election.

Among the dozens of people Zhang Yang picked out, he only found nine of them.

These nine people are considered to be the best among the best. Although they don't have any excellent qualifications, at least they have guaranteed character and morality.

First look at character, and second look at ability.

He didn't want the bad incident of his own backstabbing to happen in the future.

Among the nine people were the big man named Dagen Zhoujiacun, and the unnamed nine-year-old child.

The young woman who had met once was also in the ranks. She had seen many years of tailoring experience and had a talent for making clothes and armor to be developed.

The advantage is loyalty, and the disadvantage is relative weakness.

"They will be handed over to you to manage. The first batch of goods will be delivered soon. When the time comes, the people and goods will be ready." Xu Gu'an said to Zhang Yang.

"Okay, don't worry." Zhang Yang nodded.

"In addition, in addition to the goods I gave, the store also needs to develop other purchase channels to collect as many good things as possible. This also requires you to worry about it." Xu Gu'an continued.

Zhang Yang straightened his face and responded again.

He knows in his heart that if the daily operation of the store and personnel management can only be regarded as quite satisfactory requirements, this development of business channels from scratch is the real test of Xu Gu'an's ability.

It embodies his value as a steward, which is different from others.

Xu Gu'an thought for a while, and then waved to the youngest nine-year-old boy.

The little boy has rough skin, long hair tied in a bun, wearing a set of plain clothes, neat and clean.

This was Zhang Yang's prior care of the group of them.

Before Xu Gu'an's arrival, he asked those who were unkempt and smelly to wash up with him before making a selection.

The purpose is to avoid making Xu Guan bored.

This little boy has wandered here, and his appearance was no different from that of a little savage before, which is not very good.

"What's your name?" Xu Guan asked.

The little boy looked at Xu Gu'an, shook his head and said nothing.

"no name?"

The little boy nodded.

Zhang Yang frowned slightly as he watched from the side, "Open your mouth and answer."

Xu Guan smiled and patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder.

Zhang Yang understood, stopped talking, and took a step back.

Xu Gu'an knew the details of the little boy, but he knew it. In reality, he had to communicate with him.

"Why is there no name?" Xu Guan then asked.

The little boy didn't have many expressions on his face, his personality was really dull, his eyes were gray, not as bright as a teenager.

"They lost me, because they couldn't afford it, and now I have forgotten it."

The little boy's voice was still immature, but his speech was stumbling and not fluent.

In fact, he has now forgotten whether he originally had a name, and he can't even remember the appearance of his parents.

All I can remember is that his parents lost him a few years ago
To Xu Gu'an, it was a miracle that he could survive all the way at such a young age.

Perhaps this is also related to his qualifications.

In Xu Gu'an's opinion, the qualifications of grade E are really not that good.

But among the vast majority of ordinary people, this cultivation qualification is definitely not bad.

Among the nine, the remaining eight were all grade F, but this little boy was grade E.

It means that it has better understanding and spirituality than ordinary people, and its learning ability is stronger.

"Then do you remember where you came from?"

The little boy shook his head again.

Xu Gu'an's eyes fell on the little boy's body, and he could see that his small body was covered with many scars and wounds.

Some of them looked like old wounds, while others were fresh wounds, which looked like they were beaten out not long ago.

According to Zhang Yang's brochure, these new wounds were all caused by him fighting for food with other victims.

"It's your luck that you met me. From now on, you will be called Ah Fu." Xu Gu'an touched the little boy's head and said with a faint smile.

He admired the resolute temperament in the little boy.

Compared with him, this little boy is the real beginning of hell. He has been sharpened since he was a child, and he may grow to a level that no one can predict in the future.

After all, he knows that if he lacks natural aptitude, he can make up for it the day after tomorrow, and change his fate against the sky.

The key depends on whether he has enough luck and opportunity, and whether he can grasp it.

The little boy lowered his eyelids, but when Xu Guan touched his head, he raised his head involuntarily.

There are some different colors in the gray pupils.

He himself didn't remember how long it had been since he was treated so gently.

"Take him to the clinic to treat his wounds, and teach him how to read. In addition, he has a certain talent for fighting. You will need to work hard to cultivate him in the future. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can let me know."

In the end, Xu Gu'an gave Zhang Yang an extra order.

Zhang Yang nodded in response.

He also saw that Xu Gu'an paid more attention to the little boy.

After explaining the matter, Xu Gu'an went back after staying in the store for a while.

In the afternoon, he packed all the colored and non-colored items in the inventory.

I was stunned to pack twenty or thirty large boxes.

From weapons and equipment, medicine pills and jewelry, valuables, to beast materials in the Donglan Mountains dungeon, everything is available.

Of course, Xu Gu'an will also pay attention, there are some things that can be recognized as belongings of the Weng and Shen families at a glance, and he will not sell them.

Otherwise, it will really cause trouble, and the explanation will not be clear.

Zhang Yang hired a few trucks and asked Zhou Dagen to come and load the goods.

He didn't know Zhou Dagen before, but Xu Gu'an was actually no stranger to the Zhou Family Village where this person was.

It was the Zhou family village in the eastern suburbs.

At that time, because of the double oppression of the Yellow Turban Village and the Kuangfeng Gang, those villagers couldn't bear it and chose to relocate with their clan and gave up the ancestral land of the village.

But unfortunately, judging from Zhou Dagen's personal experience, this relocation team is not so lucky.

After that, it was attacked by herds of beasts several times, and wild bandits made things difficult.

In the end, the team fell apart and dispersed. Zhou Dagen was lucky and arrived in Donglan Town with his son who was infected with lung disease on the way.

Others may not be so lucky.

Now, that Zhou family villager can be said to exist in name only.

Regarding this, Xu Gu'an didn't have much emotion, and he didn't want to talk to Zhou Dagen about these bad things in the past.

It doesn't make sense, the world is like this, killing and bullying are happening almost every moment.

This kind of thing is not unusual.

Compared to the disappearing Zhou Family Village, Xu Gu'an cared more about his Xu Family Village and the well-being of his family.

With his ability, he can only take care of those who are important to him around him, and he can't take care of more.

After dealing with the business of the store, Xu Gu'an will still focus on training in the martial arts academy, and strive to complete the entire bone strengthening stage of body training as soon as possible!
(End of this chapter)