The Heavens Start to Reverse Fate from Martial Arts

Chapter 20 What is the purpose?

Seeing that the people around him had been silent for a long time, Yan Zhendong could no longer hold his temper and clasped his fists again and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I can answer them for you."

The people around him came back to their senses after hearing this, and immediately a noisy conversation could be heard from the crowd:

"Do you think that Limin Commercial Bank will cheat us? The treatment is too good... I am unsure and don't dare to believe it..."

"They must be scammers... These businesses are notoriously black-hearted, how could they be willing to do this? It's good enough that they don't squeeze us to death."

"But what if it's true? With such good treatment, I'm afraid Limin Trading Company won't hire too many people... If we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid we will regret it."

……

Everyone looked cautious, and it was no wonder they were like that. The treatment was indeed too generous and too much to trust.

At this time, a man in decent clothes at the back of the crowd pushed through the crowd and came to the table. He bowed politely and said, "My name is Wu Meng, nice to meet you, elder. May I take a look at this contract document?"

Zhang Shan chuckled and gestured with his hand, "Please go ahead. Limin Trading Company is upright and honest, so there is nothing to be shy about."

"Thank you." Wu Meng thanked him, walked to the side of the table, bent down and carefully looked at the documents on the table.

After confirming it again and again, he retracted his gaze and clasped his fists in admiration: "Your company is worthy of the name of benefiting the people. I admire you. To join your company, do I just need to leave my fingerprints on this document?"

Before his family fell into poverty, they were in business, so he could naturally tell at a glance whether the contract document was genuine.

Zhang Shan smiled, pointed to the writing brush and ink beside him, and kindly reminded: "The company is in need of people. If you can read, the boss will look at you differently."

Wu Meng's heart moved, and with a grateful look on his face, he picked up the brush and wrote his name neatly on the document. Then he put down the brush, reached out and pressed it on the ink pad, and solemnly left his fingerprints on the name.

He stood up straight and clasped his fists respectfully: "I will take my leave now without delaying the old man's work." Then he prepared to step aside and wait.

"Wait." Zhang Shan called out to the other party with a smile and waved his hand to signal Chang Wei who was standing beside him.

Chang Wei nodded, picked up a large box from under the table and put it on the table. He opened the box and took out a hundred yuan from it, and handed it to Wu Meng, who was a little confused:
"Here is your signing fee. Go back and take a good rest for three days. Then you can start work at the West Warehouse at the dock in three days. Remember not to come to the dock during this period. If you violate this rule, we will never hire you."

"This..." Wu Meng looked hesitant, stroking his fingers, not sure whether he should reach out to take it.

"Here, according to the young master's requirements, this signing fee must be handed over to everyone, and every laborer must be allowed to rest at home for three days." Chang Wei said as he stretched out his hand and stuffed the money into the other party's hand.

"Your young master? The boss? He's a good man."

Wu Meng held the copper coins in his hand, with genuine gratitude on his face. He was really in need of money, otherwise with his knowledge he would not have thought of coming to the dock to work as a laborer.

If he could enter this Limin Trading Company, it would greatly alleviate his current predicament.

"The young master is naturally a good man. Take the money and go back to rest early. Don't come to the dock in the next three days, otherwise you will be cleared out by Liming Commercial Bank." Chang Wei reminded again in a gentle tone.

He didn't understand why the young master asked these laborers to rest for three days, but it didn't matter. He just had to do as he was told.

"Okay, I will keep it in mind." Wu Meng bowed solemnly, turned around and came to the front of the crowd, shook a hundred dollars in his hand, and said loudly: "If you trust me, please sign and seal it." With a smile on his face, he squeezed through the crowd and walked away.

"It's Wu Meng. He's a cultured man. This document shouldn't be fake..." "Then let's try it? I saw that he got a hundred bucks just for signing. I wonder if we have it?"

"Then let's give it a try. No matter how bold the Limin Company is, it wouldn't dare to deceive so many of us."

……

With the first person trying it out, things became much simpler afterwards. Soon the notice board was filled with people, and as time went by, more and more people came after hearing the news.

Fortunately, there are more than a dozen burly men in black clothes maintaining order, so everything seems to be in order in the chaos.

……

Under the eaves not far from the bulletin board.

Wang Yi and Li Yuan sat leisurely on a bench, surrounded by seven burly, alert-looking men in black clothes, who surrounded them like iron towers.

"My friend, what is your purpose? I don't quite understand your action... If you paralyze the dock for three days, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble."

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze from the crowded crowd in the distance and tilted his head with a puzzled look on his face.

Giving generous treatment to the laborers is a move to win over people's hearts and minds and open up the situation, but paralyzing the dock for three days is unwise.

Businessmen believe in making money through harmony, and this action looks like someone is deliberately looking for trouble with foreigners.

Wang Yi tilted his head to look at the many foreign merchant ships docked at the port and smiled: "If there is trouble, solve it. Most of the foreigners at this dock are businessmen, and businessmen are looking for profit. As long as you understand this, many seemingly troublesome things will become simple."

"Foreigners fear power rather than virtue. When dealing with these foreigners, you have to compare this with them." As he said this, he raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist and shook it.

"My friend, what you said makes sense. The White Lotus Sect has been making a lot of trouble in the provincial capital recently. Many foreigners have died, but we haven't seen them do anything radical."

Li Yuan nodded in agreement. He knew that most foreigners came for profit. As long as he could understand their interests, he could easily solve many problems.

Of course, this is just a minor incident. If the matter gets out of hand, the government will definitely make a big fuss about it.

"White Lotus Sect? These guys are so mysterious and have no bottom line. It's only a matter of time before they fall."

Wang Yi shook his head with disdain. He really looked down upon the White Lotus Sect. These guys had too extreme ideas. The only thing they deserved praise was the killing of foreigners.

If they really continued to make trouble like this, the White Lotus Sect would definitely be encircled and suppressed by the Qing government and foreigners. Even if they were not destroyed, their decline would be inevitable. This is foreseeable.

"Hahaha... my friend sees it clearly. The Qing court still has its roots. If you join in now, you will often end up in a bad way. The White Lotus Sect's methods are ultimately not worthy of being on the table, so it's only natural that they will decline."

Mr. Li smiled heartily, and his words showed much disdain for the White Lotus Sect.

Wang Yi smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Most of those who join the game are forced to do so. In this respect, the White Lotus Sect is really not as good as the Hongmen Sect."

The fact that the Hongmen sect could continue to exist in later generations and even develop well must be due to its extraordinary features, which makes it much better than the White Lotus Sect.

(End of this chapter)