The Dominance of Martial Arts: Starting from the Tiger Roaring Golden Bell

Chapter 116 Waiting
In the early morning, the faint light and the cloudless sky add a bit of coolness to the county town.

On the long street, the shops on both sides of the street were open one after another. The shop assistants yawned and greeted each other with the neighbors around them.

Some of the vendors were quickly setting up their stalls, while others were walking quickly carrying loads that served as their stalls.

The strong men who patrolled last night looked a little tired.

After saying hello to their companions who came to take over their shift, they went their separate ways.

Some people want to go home and catch up on their sleep, while others stand in front of the stall, waiting for the stall owner to prepare food for the morning.

The branch compound and the temple.

The children who prayed last night rubbed their eyes and walked slowly towards the cafeteria in groups, led by four girls.

As soon as they stepped out of the temple threshold, the same number of children came in, burping, and behind them were four girls.

These girls are prostitutes from Wanhua Tower.

They were hired by Qin Zhiming to take care of the children day and night and to keep the temple open for prayers at all times.

They will constantly glance at the children who are praying, and judge whether they are praying sincerely by their expressions and movements.

If a person is sincere and is an orphan, he/she will be rewarded with toys or snacks. If he/she is not an orphan, his/her parents will be rewarded with food or toys.

Those who are not sincere will be punished accordingly, ranging from not being able to eat to being beaten.

As most people in the county are currently unable to get enough food, the treatment of these children is envied by many local residents.

They jointly asked Qin Zhiming to allow their children to enter the temple to pray.

Qin Zhiming did not refuse, but warned the people that their children should obey orders and not resist, just like the children who were taken back.

At this time, I was watching the strong men transporting goods in and out of the yard, the children eating voraciously with smiles on their faces in the cafeteria, and the lecturer standing under the tree explaining words seriously.

Qin Zhiming suddenly felt a little angry. It felt like a child's carefully constructed building blocks were kicked apart by an adult.

There is nothing I can do.

"Brother Hu?" Chen Youhuang looked at the dazed Qin Zhiming.

"What's wrong?" Qin Zhiming turned his head and asked.

"Nothing, I just want to tell you that according to my statistics over this period of time, as long as no one else enters our territory, the food we have saved will be enough for everyone to eat for two months."

Qin Zhiming nodded: "Where are the iron and medicinal materials?"

"The iron blocks and medicinal herbs we stockpiled are stored in the warehouse, and the iron blocks in the branch will be made into iron armor and powerful crossbows according to the instructions of the gang.

The medicinal materials stored in the branch have been delivered to Shiquan Hall as per your instructions." Chen Youhuang reported truthfully.

"How about this? Let's send someone to count the existing crossbows and armor in the territory today to prevent anyone from hiding them or embezzling them. How do you think?"

Chen Youhuang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to do it right away. But there are so many of those things..."

“If there are more people, send more brothers over, and send more brothers over for protection to avoid any accidents.

Tonight, finish the inventory before tonight.

It is best to send brothers who have been through life and death with us, so that we can use them with confidence."

Chen Youhuang was stunned: "Brother Hu, is he a little too hasty and cautious? If so, the brothers patrolling the streets might..."

Qin Zhiming interrupted Chen Youhuang's concerns again:
"If there aren't enough people patrolling the streets, ask the martial arts schools in the territory to send more warriors. It's not like we haven't paid them."

Having said this, Chen Youhuang didn't say much and quickly went to arrange personnel.

Although Qin Zhiming knew that he would be attacked tonight, he could not tell anyone.

The branch where he was located must have spies in the gang, and what if the news sent back made Blood Dragon suspicious.

Why did he know about the attack in advance? And then he linked it to Nie Hongshen.

If this happens, Qin Zhiming believes that Blood Dragon will personally kill himself and Fan Jiu.

Maybe, Hong Gong will also take action. He will not tolerate any variables in the plan.

Therefore, Qin Zhiming could only let his close brothers get closer to the armor and crossbows on the pretext of counting supplies.

Once the wolf ghost arrives, at least these brothers will not be attacked immediately, and they can even put on armor quickly.

Whether they can save their lives depends entirely on themselves.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Qin Zhiming walked out of the branch compound alone.

Not long after, he arrived at the largest Shiquan Hall in the local area.

Looking at the shopkeeper who was coming over, Qin Zhiming gestured to the two of them to go in and talk.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper immediately invited Qin Zhiming into the house.

"Brother Hu is very busy, how do you find time to come to my place?" Qin Zhiming took a sip of the good tea poured by the shopkeeper.

"Hasn't the gang recently sent a lot of medicinal herbs to Shiquan Hall to make medicine?"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded quickly:
"Yes, yes, yes, half of the herbs have been made into medicine according to your request, Brother Hu.

The types of medicine are also based on your requirements, Brother Hu, and are specially designed to treat knife wounds, internal injuries, bone setting, and life-saving treatments.

The quantities of the four medicines are comparable.”

"Thank you for your hard work, boss. The gang is just counting supplies today.

I would like to trouble the shopkeeper to send someone to deliver the prepared medicine to the newly opened blacksmith shop.

The remaining herbs can be refined slowly, there is no rush."

After Qin Zhiming finished speaking, he took out two large silver ingots from his arms.

The shopkeeper waved his hands quickly: "Brother Hu, you can't do that. When you delivered the herbs, you already gave us the money for making them."

Qin Zhiming smiled and said:
"The shopkeeper misunderstood. I was injured recently and I don't think I've fully recovered.

I want to go into your medicine storehouse and get some medicine according to the prescription my master gave me before.

I know that outsiders are generally not allowed to enter the medicine warehouse of your Shiquan Hall.

But my master repeatedly warned me not to reveal the prescription.

I hope the shopkeeper will be flexible for the sake of this money.

When I come out of the medicine warehouse, I will give you some more money."

The shopkeeper immediately stood up:

"Brother Hu, you are too polite, how can you be an outsider?

Come on, I'll take you there now.

You take back this money."

"In that case, this money should be considered as my medicine money. Please stop making excuses, boss."

The shopkeeper nodded, ignored the silver ingots on the table, and led Qin Zhiming straight into the room behind Shiquan Hall.

As he unlocked the door, he explained:
“We bought three houses behind the shop and used them as medicine warehouses.

All other doors were sealed, leaving only this one entrance and exit.

In the past in other places, medicine warehouses needed people to guard them day and night.

Since coming to your place, Brother Hu, there has never been any theft.

All this is thanks to you, Brother Tiger, and those brothers."

Squeak.

The shopkeeper opened the door:

“Brother Hu, please come in, I won’t go in.

The name of the medicine and the year are posted on the shelf, and Brother Hu can tell at a glance.

The further you go in, the better the medicinal materials are.

However... the individually locked boxes at the innermost part contain medicinal herbs that are very old and quite valuable.

If Brother Tiger wants it, he must take out the box. Please forgive me, Brother Tiger."

Looking at the shopkeeper who bowed his head and clasped his hands to apologize, Qin Zhiming patted him on the shoulder:

"Okay, I understand. Please wait for me here."

Qin Zhiming finished speaking and stepped into the medicine warehouse.

When the shopkeeper saw this, he immediately closed the door.

After a moment, he glanced at the various medicinal herbs on the wooden shelf.

Qin Zhiming took out from his arms two prescriptions that he had found in Nie Hongshen’s study last night.

Kaiming Decoction: Taken internally, it can refresh the mind and focus the mind in a short period of time.

Body Tempering Powder: Soak in it, for a short period of time, the internal energy will flow continuously and penetrate the marrow and muscles.

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