I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 55 Zhao Xingyang

On the official road to the county town.

Xie Yuan looked at Qin Hai who was walking forward, hesitated for a moment, and asked:

"Master Qin, what do I need to do after I enter the escort agency?"

To be honest, he was suddenly summoned to the Longteng Escort Agency. Apart from having a general impression of it, he knew nothing about it.

"What? Escorting, of course!"

Qin Hai smiled and said:

"From the chief escort chief and the escort chiefs down, not counting the other clerks and odd jobs, the escort agency is divided into escort masters and porters. You will start as a porter.

"A porter gets three taels of silver a month, plus additional rewards depending on how well he completes his mission. If he does a good job, it's no problem to get ten taels of silver a month."

Twelve?

Xie Yuan was a little surprised.

No wonder people say that Longteng Escort Agency is big and powerful, even the lowest-level porter can earn ten taels of silver a month.

He used to make a living by chopping wood, and he could earn so much by working hard for a month, but that was based on his unique abilities and the premise that he had discovered a precious forest and sales channels;
It will only be easier to make money once you form a logging team and become your own boss.

There are at least a hundred porters in the Longteng Escort Agency, plus so many escort masters and escort leaders. How much money does it make in this month?

This scale is truly astonishing.

"However, silver is secondary. The more valuable thing in our escort agency is 'merit'."

Qin Hai continued:

“Silver can be used to buy basic expenses, but the martial arts techniques, precious medicines and auxiliary materials in the escort agency require merits to exchange.

"As long as you complete the mission, you will get corresponding merits. The more missions you complete and the harder they are, the more merits you will get.

"With merits, you can exchange for most martial arts-related things in the sect. And our escort agency has a collection of martial arts treasures and various treasures that are unmatched in Yunzhao and not inferior to the sects, and there are not too many restrictions. If you get a lot of merits, your martial arts progress will naturally be fast.

"So any porters and escorts who have some ambitions in the escort agency value merit more than money, and they work hard every day. The escort agency can't help but have a channel for upward mobility, which is also the reason why we are so motivated."

Qin Hai patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder and said meaningfully:
"If you want to eat, drink and have fun with the escort agency, you'd better give up the idea as soon as possible. The escort agency doesn't keep idle people, especially those under Boss Zhao."

"I remember."

Xie Yuan is naturally not a person who is greedy for fun, and he is also very eager to become stronger.

After hearing this, Xie Yuan wished he could go in and complete daily missions to earn more merits to exchange for skills.

With his talent, if he learns more and practices more, his strength can be improved rapidly.

However, he also understood Qin Hai's meaning and asked:

"Master Qin, is Boss Zhao very strict with his subordinates? I will be following Boss Zhao when I go in?"

"Of course! You were recruited by Boss Zhao, so you should follow him. You are a member of the escort agency, but you are also Boss Zhao's soldier. You must remember this clearly.

"Anyway, we are brothers from now on, so I will explain it to you clearly.

“We are all members of the escort agency, there is no problem;
“But besides the chief escort, there are five other escort leaders in the escort agency, each with their own escort team. You must understand who you are following.

“Captain Wei Zhen and Captain Chu Sheng are both fourth-level masters. They have served the chief escort for many years and are highly respected. We naturally respect them. Captain Xu Mo is a third-level master. He has enough experience and has been at peace with us. We also respect him.

"But the other escort leader Lu Zhenyu, he..."

Qin Hai touched his chin and laughed:
"Captain Lu is young and promising. He is just over 30 and is already a third-level martial artist. Before our Captain Zhao came, he was hailed as the successor to the chief escort."

"Before Zhao Tou'er came..."

Xie Yuan silently pondered the deep meaning and asked:
"Tou'er Zhao is very young?"

"That's not just normal young age. He is only 24 years old this year, younger than most escorts in the escort agency, but he is already the escort leader. If you want to be the escort leader, there is only one hard indicator -"

Qin Hai raised three fingers:

"Practice three times, practice three times to achieve perfection."

Xie Yuan nodded and praised:

"Boss Zhao is indeed young and promising."

"Xiao Xie, you don't seem to understand the value of this?"

Seeing that Xie Yuan was not as shocked as he had imagined, Qin Hai could not help but add:

"Twenty-four years old! Looking throughout Yunzhao, there is no one who has reached the third level of training so young! If nothing unexpected happens, Boss Zhao will definitely be able to reach or even surpass the level of the chief escort leader!" Xie Yuan nodded. He knew that this was a young master.

A martial artist of level 2 can open a school and recruit disciples in Panlong Town, and be a powerful figure in the area, but the three owners are at least middle-aged.

This Mr. Zhao is only twenty-four, but he has already reached the third level of training. In Yunzhao, he can be called a genius.

But Xie Yuan is only sixteen years old this year.

After practicing martial arts for three months, I have become a martial artist.

He still has eight years to go before he turns twenty-four.

After eight years, what realm will he be in?
Xie Yuan collected his thoughts and asked curiously:

"Master Qin, what kind of person is Zhao Tou'er?"

"Tou'er Zhao... Let me put it this way. If one day the escort agency takes on a life-or-death escort mission and needs someone to act as a face - that is, a fake escort or bait, Tou'er Zhao will definitely rush to go, even if it means dying."

Qin Hai smiled, revealing his yellowish teeth:

"We, Old Qin, are also willing to fight him."

Seeing the generous man smiling carefreely, Xie Yuan was somewhat touched.

What kind of young man is he who can make such a man follow him to death?
"If you want to know what kind of person Zhao Tou'er is, why don't you go and see for yourself?"

Qin Hai laughed and pointed to a large house in front:
"The escort agency has arrived."

Before they knew it, they had arrived at Yunzhao County.

The land in Yunzhao County is extremely expensive, but this house occupies almost half of the street near the center, just like a manor. It must have cost an unknown amount.

However, seeing the gold-plated plaque hanging on the main entrance of the mansion with the four large characters "Longteng Escort Agency" inscribed on it, passers-by were not surprised.

At this time, it was one of the side yards of the mansion.

A dozen strong men gathered here, the escort vehicle was ready, and the men and horses were strong. It was the escort team that was about to set off.

However, in front of the neat escort team, a tall young man in blue tights was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky from time to time, as if he was waiting for something.

"Boss, don't wait! The boy might not come, and even if he comes, he might not be able to catch up."

A strong man shouted.

The young man in blue stretched out his fingers, pinched them a few times, nodded and said:

"I calculated with my fingers that he should be here in a moment - if he's not here, we'll leave."

The dart team burst into laughter, and someone joked:

"Boss, when did you learn to tell fortunes? Why don't you tell me when I can get married?"

"You're still planning on getting married? Your face turns red when you talk to a decent girl, but you can chat and laugh happily with the girls in the brothels. I think you'll spend your whole life in the brothels!"

"Fuck you!"

The young man in blue smiled slightly and was about to reply when his eyes suddenly lit up and he pointed at the side door:

"Look, people are coming!"

Just as Xie Yuan followed Qin Hai into the side yard, his eyes suddenly blurred and a young man with sword-like eyebrows and eyes as bright as stars appeared in front of him.

The young man stretched out his hand as fast as lightning, and before Xie Yuan could react, he pinched his shoulders, arms, waist and legs. Then he nodded, took out a few books from his chest, looked at them, took out one, and threw it to Xie Yuan:

"You have broad shoulders and long arms, and a strong back. You are indeed suitable for the big and powerful moves. Take this book "Running Wolf Sword Art" to practice. Well, it's a bit against the rules to give you sword skills without any merit, but you can keep it for now and we'll talk about it later.

"I will come back to check the results in seven days. Now I accepted you into the sect half because of you, and the other half is because of the Vajra Sect. I hope that in seven days, it will be all because of you."

The young man patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder, and without waiting for him to speak, he got back on his horse and waved his hand vigorously:
"set off!"

He went out from the other side door first. The people behind him passed by Xie Yuan one by one. They looked at him with curiosity, friendliness, suspicion, and whispers that Xie Yuan could not understand:

"I said the boss didn't know how to calculate. Half plus a large half, isn't that twice and half more?"

"You talk too much!"

There was a laugh and a curse coming from the front. The young man turned around and reached out to take the flag held by the porter, unfurled it in the wind, and called out to the porter himself, his voice carrying throughout the long street:
"A dragon soars over Yunzhou. A dragon soars over Yunzhou!"

The escort team was huge and followed behind Zhao Xingyang like a long dragon.

(End of this chapter)