Rebellious Contract Beast

In a blink of an eye, five days passed quickly. During these days, He Jian Chuyun was just like an ordinary lady from a wealthy family. She never went out of the house and stayed in Mingyan Courtyard to make pills and did not go anywhere else.

Shen Yi would go out to the Shen Mansion from time to time and take some Peiyuan Pills made by the old witch to give to Qu Xiangui and others, so that they could improve their strength and be qualified for the position of hall master as soon as possible.

After this period of hype, his image as the new gang leader from a mysterious powerful force has been established. A group of disobedient people in the White Tiger Hall have long been dealt with, and the turmoil in the Tiger Gang has temporarily calmed down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Yi began to prepare for the next plan. He established a new gang rule and ordered Qu Xiangui, Jian Zhanming and the few surviving flag owners to manage their subordinates well and not bully men and women again. Violators would be punished by chopping off their hands and feet at the lightest, or being thrown into the river to feed the fish at the worst.

The reason for doing this is that Shen Yi needs to restore the reputation of the Zhonghu Gang. With a good reputation in the hearts of the people, the following things will be easier. After all, if he wants to develop the Zhonghu Gang into a profitable and legal industry, the trust of the people is the only thing that cannot be lacking.

Apart from anything else, the Tiger Gang must at least be able to collect money from people and help them get rid of disasters.

All in all, the Tiger Gang is now undergoing rectification from top to bottom.

Finally, Shen Yi made a cloak out of shadow-covering gauze. It was very rough, but just enough to cover his entire body to prevent accidents.

Therefore, only the scraps of the shadow-concealing veil he got from the Qiu Mansion were left. Since he would not use them anyway, and thinking that it would not benefit others if he threw them away, he burned the remaining scraps of the shadow-concealing veil with a breath of dragon.

Tuk-tuk-tuk~
"Boss, are you there?"

"Come in."

"Yes."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Qu Xiangui's figure appeared outside the curtain.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say."

"Reporting to the gang leader, my subordinates have sent me news that Luoxiangzui Liquor Store has been successfully opened."

“How many shops?”

"Four shops, I think they should be open by now."

"What about our people?"

"According to your request, we are still promoting it in Jiangzhou City."

"Are you in any trouble?"

"Several of our brothers were beaten by the Blood Brotherhood on the road. They are now recovering from their injuries and are not fit to go out again. Also, our brothers had a conflict with the Pillow Sword Society yesterday, so some of our disciples died."

"How many people died?"

"Eleven people died, all of them were registered disciples."

Shen Yi fell silent, and when he spoke, his tone was a little cold: "Let our people work hard and promote it for another three days."

"Yes!"

"Send more propaganda teams to the south of the city. I can't swallow my anger, so don't forget to remind them to take their weapons. If you see someone from the Pillow Blade Society, beat them hard. Don't hold back. Remember, if someone owes us a life, we want two lives from them! Do you understand me?"

"Understood, Boss. I'll arrange it right away!"

"Wait, don't be anxious. Go tell those brothers who helped with the publicity that they have worked hard. Everyone who participated in this matter will be rewarded with five hundred yuan. Those brothers who died while working for the Tiger Gang must not be treated unfairly. Investigate their families and give them a pension of forty taels of silver as compensation."

"Please note that these are brothers who died while working for the Zhonghu Gang. Don't tell me that they are bad. I don't like to take lives in vain. The same goes for the Zhonghu Gang," Shen Yi said. For ordinary people, forty taels of silver is really a lot. For those with low monthly income, these forty taels of silver may take them ten years of work to earn.

If things go wrong, the members of the Tiger Gang might deliberately seek death because of this, so Shen Yi must make a patch in advance to cut off the unrealistic fantasies of those people.

Qu Xiangui was a little stunned. It took him several seconds to react and asked, "Boss, five taels of silver per person, plus forty taels of silver in pension, isn't this too much?"

"A lot? I don't think so. You are now a hall master. You should look further ahead and not be blinded by short-term gains and losses. We should look to the future. Doing so will be of great benefit to us in the future."

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I understand. I will definitely get this done and will never let you down!"

"Go."

Shen Yi nodded and watched Qu Xiangui leave and walk out the door from behind the curtain, and his figure disappeared from his sight.

After being selected by Yang Bayuan, a total of more than 2,000 members of the Tiger Gang participated in this corporate publicity campaign, with more than 200 publicity teams formed into groups of ten.

Taking five hundred coins per person as the reward, a rough calculation shows that it would cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is indeed a lot.

But all this money was looted from those halls by Jian Zhanming and his men. It was the savings accumulated by the previous hall masters over more than ten years, and it was not earned by his own hard work, so naturally he could spend it as he pleased without feeling any regret.

Playing with the huge gold brick weighing fifty kilograms in his hand, thinking that nothing would happen today, he put away the scarecrow in front of him, opened the secret compartment at the back, crawled into the tunnel and left Peng Mansion.

Meanwhile, on the criss-crossing streets of Jiangzhou City, the so-called "corporate publicity" plan was still in full swing. Countless Tiger Gang disciples, dressed in festive attire, were beating gongs and drums, while the front and back disciples held up banners with clearly visible words on them. They walked through the streets and alleys, attracting countless people's attention.

"Take a look! Take a look! Luoxiangzui Liquor Store is having a grand opening sale! All liquor prices are 50% off!"

"Luoxiang is full! Fine wine!"

"An old shop just opened! Seven-day promotion, don't wait! Buy early and earn early!"

"Luozuixiang wine! It is a blend of forty-two kinds of herbs. It strengthens the body and prolongs life!"

Boom boom boom!
Clang clang!
Dangdang Dangdang!
"What's that noise outside? Why is it so noisy?"

"Is there a wealthy family holding a wedding?"

"Brother, you just came to Jiangzhou City and you don't know much about it. I don't know where those people came from. They come out like this from time to time. It's very noisy. I heard them say that this seems to be called propaganda."

"Luoxiangzui wine industry, drinking it can strengthen the body and prolong life? Is it really so magical?"

"I haven't tried it, so who knows if it's really that magical?"

"Brother, our father was born to love wine, but drinking too much ordinary wine can easily harm his body. If the wine of Luoxiangzui is really that magical, why not take a few kilograms back? Not only will it make our father happy, but we two sons will also worry less about his health."

"That's fine, but if the wine is really that magical, it's probably not cheap, right?"

"What's the big deal? I'm not short of money."

"Too."

……

"Luo Xiangzui, isn't this the store that had the accident before? Why is it open again?"

"I asked about it yesterday, and it seems that someone deliberately put drugs in the wine, which is why people died. I heard from those people that they have found the cause, and they will not let people die from drinking again in the future."

"I drank Luoxiangzui's wine before the accident. To be honest, the wine they brewed is pretty good. It's just a pity."

"The Xu family is also engaged in winemaking. Could it be that their business is so good that they are envied and they are being plotted against?" "It's possible."

"This Luo Xiang Zui is not just making a comeback."

"What do you mean?"

"Hmm? Haven't you heard that Luoxiangzui also brews Huopo wine, which is as clear as water and tastes exactly the same as Pingzhou Saishangchun?"

"Huo Po wine, is it true? How about we go and get some to try?"

"You're not afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? If there is a problem, you won't die from a drink."

"Well, I'll go with you!"

……

Many people in the city were attracted and came forward to inquire about the location of the store. Everyone in the publicity team had a standard smile on their face and answered people's questions enthusiastically. It was hard to associate them with the vicious Tiger Gang disciples.

However, unlike other places, in the southern area of ​​Jiangzhou City, the propaganda team, who were also dressed in festive attire, showed a completely different look. They all took out swords wrapped in cloth from their arms, and after taking out their weapons, they rushed into the alley without saying a word, with cold light flashing.

"They are from the Pillow Sword Society!"

"Brothers! Kill him!"

"Damn it! I knew these bastards were from the Tiger Gang! Run! There are too many of them!"

"Not good! There are also people from the Tiger Gang ahead!"

"They're coming!"

"day!"

……

While the propaganda teams of the Tiger Gang in the city were surrounded and could not move, the street where the Luoxiangzui Winery was located was deserted, with huge crowds of people and busy heads everywhere.

The store owner and the clerks had never expected that there would be so many people, and they were extremely busy.

"Don't push! Don't push! Everyone has one!"

"Line up! Line up, one by one!"

"With so many people, how long will it take to sell this?"

"Don't just stand there, go get some wine for the people over there! Don't make a mistake in calculating the amount!"

"..."

Yang Bayuan from the winery was also shocked when he heard the news. He had no choice but to transfer workers from the winery to the store to help. But even so, there were still not enough people. In the end, he, the manager, had to go to the store himself to help.

He didn't know how he got through the day. After entering the store, he felt like he was floating.

The money collected soon reached a point where it could no longer fit on the counter, so it had to be piled up in the warehouse behind the store like drying grain, waiting to be counted when the shop had some free time.

In short, Yang Bayuan had a very fulfilling day, but it was a little too much. On the other hand, Shen Yi, as usual, had a very leisurely day. He fell asleep as soon as it got dark and did not wake up until almost noon the next day.

As usual, Shen Yi stretched himself and walked to the observation deck behind the house to take a look.

Sure enough, the old witch didn't make the elixir today. She was playing something in the pavilion out of boredom. When I got closer, I saw that she was playing Go with herself.

Shen Yi came to the opposite side and lay down. He raised his hand and took the box containing the black pieces and said, "I'll come too."

But when He Jianchuyun saw this, he put the chessboard into the storage space at lightning speed.

"Hey, you know you can't beat me so you won't play with me, right?"

He Jian Chuyun rolled her eyes at him. She knew Shen Yi very well. He was just a terrible chess player. Every time she played Go with him, the game would inexplicably turn into Gobang. The key was that her mood was easily affected by him.

Anyway, she would never play Go with anyone except Shen Yi, and if Shen Yi was not counted, there were only her and Zhu Hong in Mingyan Courtyard. Zhu Hong didn't know how to play Go, so He Jian Chu Yun could only entertain himself.

"Ancestor, are you finally awake?"

"Are you unhappy that I woke up?"

"No, you must have been exhausted yesterday, do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Shen Yi looked at her with a squinting eye and said in the same sarcastic tone: "You didn't learn any good qualities, but you learned to talk nonsense. You are a yin-yang person with a rotten ass!"

"You bully me like that at night, so what if I talk back to you during the day? Let's put things in perspective."

"Come on, I don't want to bother with you. How's Yang Bayuan doing?"

Hearing this, He Jian Chu Yun perked up a little, but shook her head: "I don't know." After a pause, she asked again: "Xuan Li, could it be that it has no effect? ​​After all, people can listen, but whether the business is good or not still depends on whether people are willing to buy it. If it were me..." As she spoke, she shook her head again, and the meaning was very clear.

If it were her, she certainly wouldn't listen to what the propaganda team said and then go buy some alcohol in a rush.

But Shen Yi said: "Don't underestimate the power of publicity."

As a 21st century citizen, no one in this world understands the power of advertising better than him. There are millions of people in Jiangzhou City. Even if most of them will not buy it, as long as one out of a hundred people takes action, it will bring incomparably huge profits!

If not for this, there wouldn’t be so many advertisements flying around on various apps on mobile phones in the past.

"Okay, as long as you're happy."

"Don't you want to see the result?"

"I don't want to." He Jian Chuyun shook his head, took out his guqin, and plucked the strings a few times with his slender fingers, making a crisp "ding ding dong dong" sound.

She doesn't care whether the winery can make money or not. As long as the winery is here, she has roots in this land.

Shen Yi didn't say anything. He listened to the melodious piano music and looked at the flying snow outside the pavilion. His heart slowly calmed down along with the music.

After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to have discovered something and said, "Old witch, there's someone outside."

Wen Yanhe saw Chu Yun called Zhu Hong and asked her to go to the front yard to open the door for the visitor. Not long after, five figures appeared from the corridor on the right side of the main building. One of them was Yang Bayuan. At this moment, his face was flushed, and the word "happy" was almost written on his face.

After ordering the four people behind him to stand still, he walked towards Tsurumi Hatsuun alone, his pace getting faster and faster, shouting as he walked: "Miss! Good start, good start!!"

"..." (End of this chapter)