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Chapter 99: Spoils of War, Setting the Rules

"Squeak-"

With a slight sound, an old woman with a hunched back came out of the room holding a wooden basin and gently closed the door.

Walk down the steps and go to the courtyard door on the left that leads to the kitchen.

At this moment, a stone broke through the void and hit her on the back of the head with a force that was neither light nor heavy.

"Clang-"

The old woman fainted immediately, and the wooden basin in her hand fell to the ground, with the water in the basin spilling all over the floor.

Geng Xuan and several others walked out from another gate. One of them, who had just joined the Giant Bear Gang and wanted to show off, walked quickly to the old woman and found that she was just unconscious and not seriously injured. He then raised the long sword in his hand and wanted to clear the way for his gang leader.

But before he could chop down with his sword, a stone hit his wrist. He felt his wrist go numb and he could not hold the sword in his hand anymore, so it fell to the ground with a clang.

"Gang leader?" The man covered his wrist with his other hand and looked at Geng Xuan, somewhat confused and a little scared.

Geng Xuan frowned and said, "Do you have any brains? If I really want to kill her, do I need you to finish her off?"

Having said that, he did not explain any further and waved his hand for him, Luo Qing and the others to take action.

Luo Qing, Ding Yong and Teng Yu have already dispersed, taking one or two people with them, and entering one room after another.

Geng Xuan walked into the room that the old woman had just come out of.

This is a bedroom, and the room is filled with a strong smell of herbs and a faint smell of decay.

Geng Xuan came to the bedside, where a man was lying unconscious.

His open chest should have just been wiped by the old woman, but at this moment yellow pus was already flowing out of the wound.

Geng Xuan thought to himself that this person must be the unlucky guy who was slashed by the knife that was soaked in urine and smeared with feces.

"It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Let me help you get rid of it."

Geng Xuan had already stabbed a dagger into this man's heart.

After doing this, Geng Xuan did not stay in the room for long, but turned around and walked out.

As soon as he walked out of the door, the benefits of refining this person's remaining energy had already been credited to his account.

【Twenty-three points of good fortune】

Since then, Geng Xuan's good luck points have increased to "452" points and his bad luck points to "131" points.

After leaving the room, Geng Xuan did not go anywhere else, but waited in the empty courtyard connected to the underground tunnel.

Luo Qing, Ding Yong, Teng Yu and five other people went in and out of the courtyards. Like gluttons, they piled all the supplies that were of some value and could be moved around next to Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan saw that the various things around him were piling up more and more, which was even more "excessive" than when he looted the Dingxingtang stronghold in Wuyou Palace.

It would have been fine if they hadn't taken away all the silver, money, weapons, precious ornaments, etc., but they had almost emptied the kitchen, and there were also large amounts of clothing, quilts, and sheets. What was even more outrageous was that they had even removed the door and bed boards.

Geng Xuan felt that if they were not stopped, they would really empty out the place - in the physical sense.

"It's almost done." Geng Xuan said to Ding Yong, who led two people to move a lot of things.

Ding Yong nodded, as if he had thought of something. He waved his hand and asked the other two to go to other people to help first. He came to Geng Xuan and said, "Boss, there is a situation."

"You said."

“While we were searching the various courtyards, we captured a few more people.

We followed your approach and didn't kill them directly, but knocked them out. What should we do with these people now?"

"Take me to see it."

Soon, Ding Yong led Geng Xuan to a courtyard.

As soon as they arrived, Luo Qing and Teng Yu also rushed over.

The three men led Geng Xuan to a stone pavilion.

There were seven or eight people lying in the stone pavilion, and it looked like they were thrown there at random.

Among these people, there was an old man about sixty years old, and the rest were all women.

The oldest was an old woman who looked at least sixty years old, and the youngest was a little girl less than ten years old with two buns on her head. The others were all around twenty years old at the youngest and less than forty years old at the oldest.

Just looking at her figure and face, she was much more outstanding than the women of the same age in the market and the neighborhood, especially one of them. When Geng Xuan saw her, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

When the three men saw this, they were even more grateful that they did not kill these people at will.

Luo Qing asked in a low voice: "Boss, we have almost finished searching for the things, what should we do with these people?"

"What's your opinion?"

Luo Qing glanced at the woman whom Geng Xuan had just looked at for a few more times, and said:
"We can take one or two away, but it's better to just get rid of the others."

"Why?"

Luo Qing was a little embarrassed, pointed at one of the women and said:
"She has some skills. Before she was knocked unconscious, she saw the faces of several brothers clearly and even called out the name of one of them. The others should have heard it."

"Are you worried that we will be exposed?"

"Ah."

Geng Xuan shook his head and said, "There's nothing to worry about... For us, this is just a small problem."

But I thought to myself, this is great, this way you will have no more worries and can walk the same path with me till the end.

Geng Xuan waved his hand to let the three of them leave, saying, "You go and finish the rest of the work, I'll handle this."

The three hesitated for a moment, knowing that the soft-hearted leader would most likely not listen to their advice, but they finally obeyed the order and turned away.

Geng Xuan's eyes swept over the people on the ground again, and he saw the long sword at his waist unsheathed, and the sharp tip of the sword touched the chest of two of them.

Blood gushed out from the wound that pierced the heart, quickly soaking a large area.

The two people he picked out, one was the old woman who was over sixty years old and looked quite ferocious, and the other was the most beautiful one, the pretty beauty who made him couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The reason is very simple. Among this group of people, the red names above their heads are the most intense, even many times more intense than those of other people.

And so it turned out.

The old woman brought him twenty-four points of good luck, while the young beauty brought him nineteen points of good luck and four points of bad luck.

Because of the four additional points of bad luck, Geng Xuan took another look at the woman on the ground and began to make some guesses about her identity.

After dealing with the two men, Geng Xuan turned and left Shiting to reunite with Luo Qing and others.

Soon, they moved all the looted materials into the tunnel like ants moving house.

……

On the ground, a stone pavilion.

Geng Xuan and others had been gone for about two or three hours.

The little girl, who was less than ten years old, groaned twice and opened her eyes when she woke up. When she saw the scene in the pavilion clearly, she screamed in fright.

Soon, she covered her mouth with her hands, and then crawled to a woman in her forties, rocking her gently and whispering:

"Madame, madam..."

As she shook and called out, the woman slowly woke up. She rubbed her still aching head and asked, "Xiao Tao, what happened?"

The little girl called Xiaotao did not answer, but stretched out her trembling hand, first pointing at the old woman who had turned into a corpse, and then pointing at the woman with a bright red chest and a bloodless face.

When the woman saw this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.

About half an hour later, an old man ran out of the mansion which was cleaner than if it had been chewed by a dog.

About half an hour later, an aggressive and murderous team entered the mansion.

……

"Is Zhong Yuanba's brother-in-law Zang Zigao from the pharmacy?" Geng Xuan asked.

"Yes." Luo Qing replied.

Geng Xuan nodded, indicating that he already knew.

At this moment, Luo Qing, Ding Yong and others had already moved all the supplies looted from Zhong Yuanba's mansion to their hiding place.

Due to limited space, and in order to avoid being too cramped and affecting everyone's normal activities, many supplies were piled up inside the tunnel.

In order to avoid leaving too obvious traces, Geng Xuan also deliberately cleaned up the mess.

Geng Xuan guessed that the woman who contributed 19 points of good luck and 4 points of bad luck to him was most likely Zhong Yuanba's sister, the president of Kangleji Pharmacy and the wife of Zang Zigao, the owner.

Luo Qingdao:
"Boss, you must be careful when you are out in the wild in the future. Zang Zigao's cultivation may not be as good as Duan Tianpeng's, but his energy is greater than Duan Tianpeng's.

Not only does he have connections in Kangleji, he also has extensive connections outside of Kangleji. It is said that if he is willing to invest, he can even summon many powerful people in the Marrow Refining Realm to fight for him!"

Geng Xuan nodded. As he was the president of a pharmacy, he could understand.

After all, he was a person who controlled the inflow and outflow of cultivation resources such as medicinal wine, blood-replenishing pills, and essence pills within the scope of Kangleji. Kangleji, which was backed by Chiwu Mountain, was the origin of many precious cultivation resources.

It is impossible that he does not have great energy, otherwise, it would not be his turn to sit in this position.

However, Geng Xuan didn't take it seriously.

Every grievance has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. The Giant Bear Gang killed your brother-in-law and your wife. You should go find the Giant Bear Gang. Otherwise, there is the gang leader Su Ruiliang. What does this have to do with an orphan from Changpingfang?

Compared to this, Geng Xuan was curious about another thing.

"How was the harvest this time? ... Let's not talk about clothes, door panels, vegetable leaves, etc."

Luo Qing, Ding Yong and Teng Yu all had happy smiles on their faces.

“I really didn’t expect that Zhong Yuanba, who doesn’t seem to have any serious family business, actually has such a huge fortune.

It's no wonder. With a brother-in-law who is the president of a pharmacy, there's no way we could be short of supplies and money. Now they're all going to our Giant Bear Gang."

"The biggest gain is cultivation resources, including 60 kilograms of high-quality medicinal wine and 200 kilograms of ordinary-quality medicinal wine, worth 3,200 taels.

Fifty blood-replenishing pills and ten essence pills, worth eight hundred taels.

There are also some other pills and powders that can be used for detoxification, hemostasis, and accelerated wound healing, worth about three hundred taels.

I estimate the total value of the gold, silver and some precious ornaments to be no less than one thousand two hundred taels.

There are more than a dozen weapons of various types, worth about five hundred taels.

In addition, there are four body-tempering techniques and five cultivation techniques.

...There are many other things, but these are the most valuable."

After they finished speaking, several people looked at Geng Xuan with eager anticipation in their eyes.

Geng Xuan knew what they were expecting.

Strictly speaking, these things are still the spoils of the Giant Bear Gang. Before everyone starts to "eat" them, there is a very important step.

distribute.

As a formal and qualified gang, this is a very serious matter.

Geng Xuan, who came from his previous life, understood the heavy weight of these things even more clearly. He would never treat them casually and frivolously just because these gains were not a surprise to him.

That would only make the already frivolous Giant Bear Gang even more frivolous.

This is the Giant Bear Gang's first action, and it is most appropriate to take this opportunity to establish the rules.

This was originally the reason why Geng Xuan finally agreed to Luo Qing and others' request and took everyone to take a tour of Zhong Yuanba's mansion on the ground.

Geng Xuan did not make a decision directly, but asked: "What do you think?"

Ding Yong said:
"According to the more common rules, reusable resources such as martial arts secrets are the best to dispose of.

We only need to set the corresponding threshold, and anyone who meets the standard can read and practice."

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "We can do the same. You can discuss what kind of threshold is more appropriate.

My opinion is that we should not set the threshold too high, so that those in need can obtain it relatively easily.

Just don’t let people think they can use the gang’s resources at will.”

"Yes." Ding Yong, Luo Qing and Teng Yu responded.

The gang members who were listening nearby looked at Geng Xuan with gratitude in their eyes.

Teng Yu took over Luo Qing's words and continued:
"Then there is the distribution of other supplies.

According to the prevailing rules, all harvests will be divided into two parts after being discounted.

Part of it will be put into the public treasury as gang property or guild income, and how it will be used specifically will be decided by the gang leader or president.

A portion of it will be distributed as a reward to all the brothers who participated in the operation."

Upon hearing this, Geng Xuan nodded slightly, thinking that this allocation was reasonable.

Then he asked: "What is the specific distribution ratio?"

Luo Qingdao:
“Generally speaking, the larger the power, and the longer it has been established, the higher the proportion of funds that will be incorporated into the public treasury.

Conversely, the less money goes into the public treasury, the greater the share that is distributed to individuals.”

Geng Xuan nodded again, this also made sense.

A group of robbers who are living on the edge of life, they are eager to divide up the last ounce of silver immediately and put it in their pockets. How can they consider the long-term development of the group?

Geng Xuan asked again: "Then what do you think the Giant Bear Gang should do now?"

Luo Qing and the others looked at each other, then bowed respectfully to Geng Xuan.

"It all depends on the leader's decision!"

Geng Xuan nodded, and instead of continuing to delegate power generously, he began to think carefully.

Everyone in the field held their breath, and a solemn atmosphere permeated this small underground space.

Excluding those that were not counted, the gains reported by Luo Qing and others alone, after being converted into silver, amounted to a full six thousand taels.

This is a huge sum of money that everyone present has to look up to.

Although most of them were resources such as medicinal liquor and pills, as the brother-in-law of Zhong Yuanba's medicine president, he got these resources much cheaper than the market price, and he didn't even pay a tael of silver. But this did not prevent Luo Qing and others from estimating their value based on the market price when they counted them.

For such a huge fortune, a 10% fluctuation would mean a difference of 600 taels.

……

Although Zhong Yuanba's words were harsh, his assessment that the gang members Geng Xuan recruited were all "waste" was to the point.

Although there are many people, those with the highest cultivation level have only stopped at the third level of body tempering, and they are generally older. Even if they are given more resources, their room for improvement is quite limited.

Therefore, according to Geng Xuan's idea, he would rather devote more resources to those younger "brothers" who have greater room for improvement, so as to enhance the overall strength of the Giant Bear Gang.

However, he could not simply bypass Luo Qing and others and give more resources to those he thought were more suitable.

This will fundamentally undermine the existing organizational structure, and after this incident, it will be difficult to create an effective organization in a short period of time.

Since he himself cannot spare much time and energy, Luo Qing and his group are indispensable. He cannot achieve his goal by ignoring or undermining their authority.

Thinking of this, Geng Xuan gradually made a decision in his heart.

"Let's set it at 80:20. 80% will go to the government, and 20% will be used as rewards."

When Geng Xuan said this, almost everyone's expression changed.

The only difference is that some manage their expressions better, while others just put on a sour face.

It seemed that no one had expected that Boss Su, who seemed kind and merciful on weekdays, would be so cruel when it came to dividing the meat.

The Giant Bear Gang is just a newly established group, and it's still a makeshift team. But when it comes to profit distribution, it has to be on par with those century-old brands. How can this inspire morale and attract talent?
Geng Xuan, however, seemed not to notice these disturbances and continued:
"The reason why I set this number is that I took into account that the development of our Giant Bear Gang must be very rapid. If the reward ratio is set too high now, it will soon become unreasonable. So I decided to do it in one go."

His explanation caused a lot of criticism from people.

You're still hungry, but you're thinking about what will happen after you're full. Aren't you thinking too highly of yourself?
"Moreover, even if the reward ratio is higher, according to the principle that the 'key person' can take at least half, the amount that can actually fall into your hands will not be much."

Everyone was silent.

The “key person” does not refer to just one person, but can also refer to many individuals. He or she is the dominant force that determines the success or failure of an action.

There is no doubt that in this crisis facing Zhong Yuanba, the gang leader "Su Ruiliang" is the well-deserved "key person". Not to mention half, even if he gets 60% or even 80%, no one would raise any objection.

Geng Xuan continued:
"This set of heavy armor stripped from Zhong Yuanba is very valuable. You didn't include it in your haul, so I'm not being polite.

However, after taking this set of heavy armor, I will not participate in the distribution of other spoils."

As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions relaxed a lot.

“Also, although 80% of the resources have gone into the public treasury, given our current situation, it is naturally impossible to store them.

I mean, the sooner we get rid of them, the better! "

As soon as he said this, Luo Qing and others who reacted the fastest all looked at Geng Xuan.

"Boss, are you talking about those medicinal liquors?"

Geng Xuan nodded:

“Not only medicinal wine, but also blood-replenishing pills and essence pills. In my opinion, it is most reasonable to maximize their effectiveness in the shortest possible time and transform them into real cultivation and strength.

I hope that next time we encounter this situation, I will no longer be the only one to shoulder the responsibility, and you can play a greater role. "

Luo Qing and the other two nodded seriously. They all thought of Zhong Yuanba's comment that he was "waste".

A feeling of shame and courage arose in my heart.

(End of this chapter)