Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 194 Reward
“The younger family still has parents, brothers and sisters.

My family arranged a marriage for me when I was young, so I thought about coming to Guandong Mountain to earn some money, and then go back to my hometown to get married and live a good life."

Finally, Qu Shaoyang specifically emphasized that he already had an engaged fiancée in his hometown.

When saying this, Qu Shaoyang deliberately made an embarrassed expression, acting as if he had a good relationship with his fiancée.

When Jiang Chengan heard this, the doubts in his heart disappeared.

He had previously suspected whether someone’s sacrifice to save Liu Yatou was an accident or intentional.

After all, the reputation of the sixth girl for her talent and beauty had long spread throughout the area.

What if the other party is an ignorant kid who wants to blackmail you for repayment, this matter will be difficult to handle.

After all, the other party saved Liu Yatou's life and even hugged Liu Yatou in the process.

If this news gets out, Sixth Girl's reputation will be ruined and she won't be able to climb up the social ladder again.

But looking left and right, the young man in front of me doesn't seem to be such a scheming person.

Moreover, he already has a fiancée at home, so naturally he would not covet the sixth girl.

In this way, Jiang Chengan felt a lot more relieved.

"You saved the sixth girl today, which is a great achievement.

But Sixth Girl is still an unmarried girl after all. This matter will damage her reputation. I hope you won't talk nonsense when you go back.

Of course, meritorious service must be rewarded.

I heard from the housekeeper and the captain that you are a very strong kid. You must have some skills to be able to subdue a crazy horse.

How about this, from today on, you will be the bodyguard of our mansion.

From now on, you won’t have to do any heavy labor. You can just follow the patrols at night and go out with Yongzhang and his men on errands during the day.”

Ever since Yu Zhanshan left the Jiang family compound and went to the mountain field to be a leader, the Jiang family has lost a good thug.

Although there were many guards and gunners at home, none of them were as easy to use as Yu Zhanshan.

Jiang Chengan thought the young man in front of him was a good guy with a good heart. He would do whatever his boss asked him to do and he was quite strong.

As long as someone gives me some guidance and I practice my martial arts skills, I will definitely use them in the future.

After Jiang Chengan said this, he thought Qu Shaoyang would bow to him with tears of gratitude.

As a result, I saw the boy standing there stupidly with a bewildered look on his face.

It was the housekeeper next to him who was smart and quickly poked Qu Shaoyang in the waist, "Silly boy, the boss wants to promote and cultivate you, so he lets you be a guard.

Did you know that the salary of a security guard is several times higher than that of a farmhand? And the work is easy and does not require much effort? Come on, thank you masters."

After being instructed by the housekeeper, Qu Shaoyang showed a look of sudden realization, then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I thank Master for your cultivation. From today on, my life belongs to the Jiang family. I will do whatever Master tells me to do.

Even if I have to climb mountains of swords and plunge into boiling water, I won’t even blink an eye.”

Jiang Chengan and his brothers were very happy with this display of loyalty, so they asked the housekeeper to take the man away and arrange another place for him to stay.

At the same time, he also said that Qu Shaoyang would be rewarded with two hundred coins.

Qu Shaoyang thanked the housekeeper profusely and followed him out, and then was arranged to stay in the guard's residence.

This place is much better than where the farmhands lived. Four or five people share a kang. There are tables and cabinets in the room, and it is quite clean.

The housekeeper also arranged for someone to measure Qu Shaoyang's size and cut two new clothes for him.

Jiang Chengan had already said that Qu Shaoyang would be accompanying several masters in the mansion on errands in the future, so he naturally could not wear tattered clothes like before.

Just like that, because Qu Shaoyang saved the master of the mansion, in less than a month, he was promoted from a farmhand to a guard, and became the object of admiration of those new people. On the other hand, Jiang Chengan also issued an order that everyone in the family should keep their mouths shut, and no one was allowed to mention the incident of the sixth girl falling off the carriage.

If there are any rumors outside, they will be severely punished.

The Jiang family treats their servants harshly, and these people don't want to cause trouble.

In this way, the matter of the horse being frightened during the day was kept secret, and no one dared to spread it.

Qu Shaoyang was quite capable of handling things. On the second day after becoming a security guard, he took the reward money given by his employer, bought some wine, roast chicken, pork elbows and other cooked food, and treated all the security guards in the mansion to a drink.

Seeing that he was quite capable, everyone didn't make things difficult for him. The leader of the security guards even promised that he would find time to teach him how to box and shoot.

With this, Qu Shaoyang has completely established his foothold in the Jiang family.

During the day, he would either go out with a few masters to do errands, or practice martial arts with the guards. At night, he would take turns guarding the artillery tower in the compound.

April is the month when most bearded men end their hibernation and gather together to eat mooncakes.

The Jiang family was wealthy and powerful, and they hired many gunners and guards, and also bought a lot of quick-firing guns.

This can be considered a hard kiln. How could an ordinary gangster dare to provoke it?
Therefore, the patrol at night is just a formality.

In a blink of an eye, Qu Shaoyang had been working as a security guard in the Jiang family compound for a month.

In the past month, Qu Shaoyang learned some boxing and kicking skills from others, and his marksmanship has also improved quite well.

When I was a farmhand, I had to get up early and work late every day. When I came back at night, I could only move around in a fixed area and could not walk around randomly.

Now I have become a guard, and I can go anywhere in this compound except where my family lives.

Qu Shaoyang took the opportunity to get a thorough understanding of the defensive personnel and firepower arrangements inside and outside the Jiang family compound.

During this period, the maidservant beside the Sixth Miss Jiang came to Qu Shaoyang several times, saying that the Sixth Miss wanted to see him to thank him for saving her life.

Qu Shaoyang only said that the master of the Jiang family had already given him the reward and promoted him to be a security guard, so there was no need for the Sixth Miss to thank him separately.

After a few times, the maidservant beside the Sixth Miss stopped coming.

In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival was over and the crops in the fields began to grow rapidly, already half a person tall.

As the green gauze tents grew taller, these wealthy families rarely went out, for fear that there were bearded men hiding somewhere and they might be kidnapped by accident.

Although the Jiang family is powerful, what happened to the Tong family last year also sounded a wake-up call for them and they cannot be careless.

Therefore, strict orders were issued to the masters of each room not to go out at will.

Of course, this ban works well for others, but it has no effect at all on Jiang Yongzhang.

Jiang Yongzhang was a restless person and liked to seek pleasure from women. He was tired of the seven or eight concubines at home and always wanted to go out and find someone new.

Before, when he was in Kuandian City, Jiang Yongzhang met a stunning beauty while visiting Tianxiang Tower, who bewitched him completely.

These days since I returned home, I have been thinking about that beauty all the time.

Jiang Yongzhang couldn't bear it any longer, so he went to the county town under the pretext of visiting his elder sister's house to inquire about his sixth sister's marriage.

Jiang Chengan couldn't control his son, so he had no choice but to agree.

To be on the safe side, Jiang Chengan asked his son to bring a few servants to guard the house to prevent any accidents.

"Take Hu Zi with you. He is obedient and loyal to his masters.

I've noticed that he's made a lot of progress these days, so there's no problem for him to go out with you and protect your safety." Jiang Chengan warned.

In this way, Qu Shaoyang and five or six security guards were selected to accompany the old man to the county town.

Just in case, several people carried rifles and rode horses to guard Jiang Yongzhang. The group rode their horses straight to the county town.

(End of this chapter)