Chapter 2 Dazzling Light
The sunset is setting, and the sunset reflects the sea in a gorgeous state. A group of seagulls flew slowly, leaving behind a string of "gurgling" sounds, and it is beginning to get into the night.
Steamers and sailboats were quietly berthing at the port at this time. Many sailors had already left the boat and went to the town for fun. The coolies who had sweated for a day also paid their wages and left in groups of three or five. The tired figures could not hide their expectations. The next stop was either a tavern or a home.
"Only twelve copper coins? Manager Jino, have you remembered it wrong?", "Old ghost, I have moved hundreds of times today, it is impossible that there is only such a small amount!", "Yes! And I."...
In front of the checkout counter at the door of Qingfeng warehouse, the coolies lined up in a long queue. Cha Jun and others in the front were making noises, performing tricks that came almost every day. Sure enough, Old Jino's roar immediately sounded: "Stop quarrel!" He didn't explain anything and continued to yell: "You are not satisfied, you can stop coming tomorrow, get out! Next!" For decades, when did "Qingfeng Warehouse Jino" miss the account?
"Okay, okay!" Cha Jun and others glared at Jino with resentment for a while, clenched their purse and turned around and left, and continued to curse: "That old guy must have deducted our money." "Sooner or later, feed him a bit of shit." "Old pig and dog, I'm immortal!" When they passed by Xin Lie, they slowed down and glanced at him several times. After walking for a while, they cursed again indignantly: "The goods have been moved by that kid, let's move eggs!" "The three packs will start at a time tomorrow." "That bastard is powerful."...
"Xin Lie, you moved 236 bags of rice and grain today."
Soon, there were not many people left in the team. Jino looked at the account book and grabbed a handful of copper coins from the money plate to count 23, and handed them to Xin Lie with a pleasant look, "Customize six packs and count them tomorrow. This is your salary today."
In recent years, we have experienced a round of inflation, and in recent years, we have encountered a good time when God is doing good. Dongrao's prices and currency are relatively stable. In terms of the most popular hard currency gold, silver and copper, seven hundred copper coins per silver, ten silver and one gold.
The rule of Qingfeng Warehouse for many years is to "100 packs per day during the peak season, 500 packs per day during the off-season, deduct money if you lose money, and add more money if you have more money." The same is true for 1 copper coin per 10 packs. Do more during the peak season and fill in the off-season. On average, if you complete 100 packs per day, a coolie can get about 3,600 copper coins per year, which is converted into 5 taels of silver. According to the price of 500 copper coins per stone in recent years, it can barely support a family of three.
If you pass the assessment, the admission fee for Juyan Warrior Academy is 1 tael of gold, plus the miscellaneous budget such as travel expenses and living expenses, it will cost about 2 taels of gold, that is, 14,000 copper coins.
For several years, Xin Lie has worked hard every day, worked many jobs, and was frugal and frugal. He picked some wild fruits to fill his stomach in his spare time. He was almost saving enough from this goal!
"Thank you." Under the envious gaze of several coolies, Xin Lie put the 23 copper coins into the coarse cloth purse, tightened the pocket mouth, threw it gently and caught it with it. The heavy feeling made him smile. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to that day, which was so good!
"Do you still have to go to the tavern to work?" Old Jino asked softly, Xin Lie looked up at the magnificent sunset, and disappeared gradually with fatigue, "Yes."
Although Gude Town is a port town, the most famous one is grains and vegetables. Of course, the coastal civilians in Dongrao like to farm and farm. Farmers eat when they see the weather, and they can still starve even if they lose their harvest. Fishermen are accompanied by the unpredictable sea every day, often go to sea in the morning and never come back at night. Therefore, Gude Town produces a lot of agricultural products, and "Gude Wine" is also well-known. Due to the trade, it has brought a lot of customers. There are many entertainment places such as taverns, gambling houses, brothels, etc.
"Wine - sell wine, our maize wine is delicious! All warriors love to drink it!"
When the lights are on, there are shouts of guests and shouts. The East Street, which is called "Grand Street" by the villagers, is very lively. Several high-end taverns are on the South Street, and the East Street is a bitter area.
"Kiss one, here! No, it's here..." The sailors hugged the charming woman and played in the street. The coolies walked into the bathhouse in shorts. Another drunken man was thrown out by the tavern and lay on the street. His eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he shouted madly: "I am rich, I am rich!" Not far away, a sloppy homeless man was sleeping among the miscellaneous things, muttering in his sleep: "I am a member of the Qi family. You are angering me, you are finished..."
"Wow, wow---", "Ahhh--!", "Bow him to death!"...
Peng, Peng! In Zhangkai’s tavern, the lights of the oil lamps flickered and dark, accompanied by the crazy shouts of everyone, the muffled sound of fists hitting the nose, and blood spurted everywhere on the walls, overlapping with the dark red old blood stains.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Everyone's roar became more and more fanatical, and the "Oh" screams came from a corner of the tavern, causing several guests drinking and chatting at the wooden table to turn their heads and look at it. There was a boxing match between the docks and the atmosphere in the entire tavern was already boiling.
"Die it!!" Another heavy punch, in the arena surrounded by the audience, a tall and thin coolie rolled to the floor. The person standing was full of fierce expressions. It was Cha Jun! "Wow!" Everyone who shouted blushed and shouted loudly again. Cha Jun quickly leaned over, grabbed the tall and thin coolie's hair and pulled it back hard, and the blue veins on his back appeared!
The coolie's face was distorted in pain, and tears, nose, and saliva sprayed out. He cried and begged for mercy: "I lost, let me go! I lost!"
Although this villain couldn't do his best to live and had to live another day, he moved a day from morning to night. He still had such physical strength and strength now. It's not easy. This is why he was able to be the gangster in Qingfeng Warehouse.
"Waste!" Before he finished speaking, Cha Jun grabbed Kuli's head and knocked hard to the floor. He was so thin that he fainted. Cha Jun took the purse from his waist and kicked him. Kuli was kicked to the corner and groaned in pain.
"Ahhh--", "Okay!" Everyone waved their arms and cheered, and several minions from Qingfengcang walked up with even more grin and spitted on Gaoshou Kuli. Cha Jun was simply a god of war!
Dingding Ding, Cha Jun poured more than a dozen copper coins into his own purse, and his evil eyes glanced back and forth between several tables, shouting: "Who will fight?"
No one responded for a moment, and the sailors turned a deaf ear to drink. Cha Jun turned around and looked at the bar, his eyes closed, and said in a deep voice: "Xin Lie, little girl, do you dare to come?"
Now everyone's eyes were on the bartender boy. He silently wiped the wine bowl and said without raising his head: "Save it." Cha Jun clenched his fists and crackled, and several minions and coolies laughed and shouted: "He doesn't even dare to touch a woman's butt, how dare he punch!", "That's not necessarily. I think he just likes men, Cha Jun, you have to be careful!", "No, he just likes being fucked by someone's ass.", "Hahaha!"
Everyone kept saying harshly and provoking and insulting, but to their disappointment, Xin Lie never paid attention to them.
Xin Lie didn't want to participate in boxing and betting, and Manager Keno's words were still in his ears, "If you want to be a warrior, if you want to be stronger than them, then you have to be different from them." He took a deep breath and continued his work.
"Xin Lie, let's do it!" Cha Jun thought for a while and shouted, "I'll put all the money on, more than one hundred copper coins! You only need to press ten copper coins. If you win, it's all yours; if you lose, mine." As he said that, he threw the bulging wallet to the ground and a clang.
Cha Jun knew that in Xin Lie's ears, the muffled sound of money was a better sound than that of a woman; during the day, he lost face in the warehouse, and he wanted to find it back, beating Xin Lie was the best way! Boxing is not something you can win with great strength, and Xin Lie moved the goods with all his strength, so he would have been exhausted long ago... If it weren't for the many rules on the dock, if it weren't for the old ghost's injustice, he would have beaten this kid to death long ago!
However, Xin Lie still ignored his temptation and just wiped the wine bowl as usual. The pub immediately booed in the tavern, and everyone gave thumbs up and provoked and insulted again.
"He wants to be a warrior!", "Oh, a warrior who dares not fight, haha!"
"Are you considered a warrior too?" Under the ridicule of everyone, Cha Jun yelled loudly, but he couldn't relieve the depression in his chest and shouted: "Xin Lie, please take it down! Has anyone ever heard of coolie becoming a warrior? Ah?"
Of course, there is no. In fact, they don’t know what warriors look like. There are several warriors who are stationed or stayed in the town’s official residence area all year round. Those warriors on the big ships can only be seen from afar. Occasionally, you can hear a few words from a sailor who are only a little sensible, such as civilian warriors, and famous warriors... Anyway, warriors will not come to visit the East Street; and here, warriors are not a topic that people like to talk about, and are far less popular than prostitutes.
But they knew that everyone in the dock gave the Jino Manager of Qingfeng Warehouse a little face, but the old man was not in front of the warriors. It was another world, a world completely different from them.
"Warrior? The fucking warrior is here, I will beat him to the ground too!" Cha Jun raised his arms and looked around and shouted, everyone shouted wildly: "Cha Jun! Cha Jun! Cha Jun!..." These words said in front of the warrior that there would be trouble; who cares now? Cha Jun, who was so excited that his hair was upright, pointed at Xin Lie and shouted again: "He is just a trash, a fool, he is left with death-!"
His fists were clenched suddenly, Xin Lie looked up and glared at him, and a burst of anger quickly swallowed up his rapidly beating heart. He slowly put down the wine bowl and was about to step out his foot.
"Interesting." At this moment, a sudden and soft voice sounded in the tavern. The words were very light, but almost covered all the shouts. Everyone looked around and saw the only guest at the wine table in the corner laughing. He was wearing a huge black cloak, hiding his whole body, his tall figure hooked up with tough lines, and under his refreshing short hair, his young face was full of energy. He raised the wine bowl and took a sip and said, "You are so interesting, just a little noisy."
"Which green onion are you?" Cha Jun's voice was cold, and everyone looked fierce. A foreigner who looked in his early twenties was probably the shit sailor of a boat. I'm just counting it!
"I am just a passing person, but you have affected my mood of drinking." After saying that, the man stood up slowly, and the black cloak separated and a corner was exposed. Suddenly everyone was stunned. A silver sword hilt appeared from the man's waist, and a flowing white light appeared. Warrior, he is a warrior!
Wu, Wu... Martial Artist!? Cha Jun was stunned, Duke, coolie, sailor... Everyone was stunned, and they didn't dare to breathe for a moment, and their faces began to turn pale.
Xin Lie on the other side was also stunned. Warrior, a real warrior! His blood was burning, and that man was just a few meters away!
"Who said just now that he wanted to knock the warrior down?"
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