coobybook Chapter 150 Reorganizing the Gangs
Chapter 150 Reorganizing the Gangs
Yunyi spent about an hour explaining what needed to be done next. Then she instructed the various hall masters to compile their respective lists, and selected some literate and arithmetic-skilled individuals to re-establish the Taotie Hall, also known as the Business Hall, primarily to conduct business with Master Xiao.
It's not easy to support so many people; it requires a lot of money.
A young man named Haozi volunteered to be the head of the hall. It is said that he had worked as a镖师 (bodyguard/escort), a商行 (trading business), and a庮店 (grocery store clerk). He could read and do accounting, and he also liked doing business.
"Since you've been through so much, why are you staying here?"
"Reporting to the leader, I stayed here three years ago. At that time, the caravan I was in was doing business in the Western Regions. Unfortunately, we encountered bandits at the border, and everyone died. I was also seriously injured. They thought I was dead. But later I woke up, crawled out of the pile of corpses, and then met the officials escorting prisoners. I followed them here, but I was penniless and injured, so I had no choice but to stay here."
Yunyi nodded: "I believe what you're saying is true. Since you want to do it, then do it well. I'll assign you a mentor, who is my third grandfather..."
"Yiyi, you did very well." The three Xiao brothers had been listening to Yunyi's story from inside the room. After everyone left, they couldn't help but nod. Grand Tutor Xiao even praised her, saying, "Well-organized, with a good balance of tension and relaxation, and the arrangements were appropriate..."
"You flatter me. I'll have to rely on you in the future."
“Since we’ve agreed to your terms and joined your group, we naturally won’t refuse.” Xiao Tai’an nodded. “Give us a few days, and we’ll get to know everyone’s temperament.”
"Let Uncle Quan assist you. He'll help if anything comes up."
"it is good."
After that, Yunyi became a hands-off manager.
The gang currently has a total of forty-eight members, which isn't a large number.
The Xiao family is skilled at teaching; Grand Tutor Xiao even taught the current emperor, and several of the princes have also listened to his lectures.
The Xiao family did not refuse, and after meeting with everyone once, they immediately produced a schedule.
Every morning at the beginning of the hour of Mao (5-7 AM), Xiao Muhua, the eldest son of the Grand Tutor and the Empress's twin brother, and his wife Li Mengrui would lead everyone in morning exercises. They would return at the hour of Chen (7-9 AM) to wash up and have breakfast. At the middle of the hour of Chen, they would begin reading for an hour, followed by a half-hour break. Then, Xiao Linshan from the second branch of the family and his father Xiao Muyan would teach everyone martial arts for an hour.
The afternoons are for extracurricular classes.
Regardless of gender, all members of the Xiao family begin their formal education at the age of three, excelling in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, literature, and martial arts. Therefore, their afternoon extracurricular classes are quite diverse, including training in survival skills such as cooking, embroidery, mathematics, and medicine, as well as interest-based training in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and other arts.
In the evening, before going to bed, half an hour is set aside for everyone to summarize what they have accomplished that day, identify their shortcomings, and continue to work hard the next day.
Yunyi couldn't help but sigh that she had gotten a good deal. With the guidance of the Xiao family, she even felt that with the group of people under her command, it would be easy for them to become officials in the imperial court in the future.
At first, everyone was a little unaccustomed to it, and some even complained. But after Yunyi punished two people, everyone quieted down.
"To tell you the truth, the Xiao family is the maternal family of the former crown prince. Although they have fallen on hard times, they still retain their integrity. If it weren't for my sake, you people wouldn't even be able to get a glimpse of them, let alone be taught by them. My great-grandfather was the Imperial Tutor. Do you understand what an Imperial Tutor is? My second grandfather was the headmaster of Shengshi Academy, the largest academy in Jiangnan. My third grandfather was once the number one Confucian merchant in the Great Zhou Dynasty..."
"Now I'm telling you clearly, if you don't want to learn, get out. I don't keep unambitious people here. My Fengyun Gang doesn't value quantity, but quality."
"Let me make it clear to you, the goal of my Fengyun Gang is the whole world. I want to become the number one gang in the world. That doesn't require brutes. Those of you who don't want to stay, come and get the antidote and get out of here."
Upon hearing this, everyone knelt down without prior arrangement.
“Boss, we were just hoping to have enough to eat before. We never imagined we'd be able to read and write, or even learn martial arts.” Mudfish glanced at the crowd, then crawled forward two steps. “It’s not that we don’t want to learn, we just… we just don’t know how to learn, and we’re afraid that if we don’t learn, what if…”
Everyone nodded hurriedly; what Brother Mudfish said was exactly what they wanted to say.
Yunyi smiled and said, "Since you put it that way, I can give you a chance. Whether you can learn it or not is a matter of your intelligence, but whether you can study well is a matter of your attitude. If you can't study, then practice martial arts. If you don't like martial arts, you can learn to cook. Is that not allowed?"
Everyone nodded again and said they would definitely work harder in the future.
Over the next two days, everyone gradually began to adapt to this learning and training lifestyle. Of course, no one forgot their respective responsibilities.
Yunyi stopped worrying about things here and instead thought about returning the favor to Bai Wu.
In the backyard of the Black Cloud Inn, Black Cloud looked at Yun Yi with a helpless expression: "Brother Yun, I was just trying to survive. I offended you a lot back then, please forgive me." He paused for a moment, "From now on, Black Cloud will definitely follow Brother Yun's lead."
Ever since the death of the eldest brother, she had been uneasy, thinking that she had to find an opportunity to show her loyalty, but she had not been able to find a suitable person to introduce her. Unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to come to her.
"Okay," Yunyi nodded. "So, what do you want to do?"
"I..." Hei Yun was taken aback, "Can I do it the same way as when Boss Chu was here?"
"Boss Chu? He can sleep with you whenever he wants, but I don't have that kind of fetish."
Hei Yun's face flushed slightly: "What does Boss Yun mean?"
“I don’t discriminate against you. In this Black City, women, especially beautiful women, can only survive if they have a family to protect them or find a powerful backer. Since you run an inn here, it’s impossible for you to remain unaffected.”
Hei Yun's eyes began to redden.
"Now that I've taken over everything here, if you want to continue living here, I need your surrender."
"Brother Yun, you said it, as long as I can do it."
"I need you to get White Five."
“Huh? This…” Hei Yun frowned, “But Master Bai doesn’t even look at me.”
"If you don't like me, do you look down on others?"
Hei Yun was taken aback: "You... what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that I want to kill Bai Wu, but I don't want to get involved, so I'm leaving it to you." Yun Yi patted Hei Yun's shoulder. "As long as Bai Wu is dead, I'll protect you from now on. Think it over, and once you've made up your mind, have someone send me a message." After saying that, she left.