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Xia people often call people they interact with on a daily basis by their first names. Only those who are more formal like Xiahou and Cangfeng will add a title after their name. Even Shen Gongbao, when asking for help from Wu Guangzhen, will

The word 'sir' will be added to the end of the name. But on weekdays, most people still call them by their first names, especially when the two parties have no friendship. Therefore, seeing Shang Tang leading the people in, Xiahou

He greeted him directly: "Shangtang, what a coincidence that I can meet you here."

Shang Tang was stunned for a moment, and saw Xiahou saluting him, and quickly returned the salute, with a smile on his face that always looked extremely kind and generous: "It turns out to be the Chihu Tyrannosaurus. No, now it is the Chihu Military Marquis.

Yesterday I heard from the king that you defeated 851 sea warriors by yourself, so I specially named you the Bronze Tiger Military Marquis. It is rare to be able to surpass the position of Zhu Junjun and directly rise to the Tiger Marquis.

." After saying that, Shang Tang extended his hand towards Xiahou enthusiastically.

Xia Hou understood that among the herdsmen or mountain tribes in the south, this was an act to show their good intentions. He spread his hands generously to prove that he had no weapons in his hands, and he did not make small moves such as sealing seals behind his back. So he also

He opened his hands, went up to meet Shang Tang, and shook hands with Shang Tang tightly.

Shang Tang's hands were soft, generous, and hot, like a refined diamond, with incomparable toughness inside. Xiahou's hands were hard, smooth, with protruding muscles, like the rocks on the mountain that had been beaten by countless winds and rains.

Pimples. The palm prints in both hands are deep and long, as if they were carved by knives, and they contain infinite vitality.

Shang Tang laughed loudly, retracted his hand and smiled at the accompanying guards behind him: "Come, you should also meet the heroes of Anyi. Commander Chihu, this is Yi Yin, a slave who was my wife's dowry. Now

He works by my side. I can't do without him for any chores, big or small, and he's the most convenient."

Xiahou was shocked. Yi Yin was another indescribably powerful person. It could be seen that Shang Tang really loved him to the extreme. Otherwise, Shang Tang would not have introduced a slave person next to him to him.

We just met each other not long ago, and we have no friendship, let alone outsiders with whom we have no connection. Yi Yin, is this Yi Yin who helped Shang Tang destroy Xia?

Yi Yin is a very clean and transparent person. He is not tall, a little shorter than the average height. He has a very ordinary build and does not appear to have much strength. After all, he is a slave. He is well groomed.

He was clean and tidy. Xiahou noticed that his nails were all neatly trimmed. It was obvious that he was an extremely strict person with his own rules. But Yi Yinna looked a bit bigger than ordinary people and stood out a little more.

His big eyes gave him a lot of aura out of thin air.

Standing behind the tall Shang Tang, Yi Yin is like a piece of transparent crystal. Anyone can see through this person at a glance. Isn't he just a slave in charge of chores next to Shang Tang? Oh, at most Shang Tang appreciates him and makes him his slave.

His identity has been eliminated, but he is still a servant after all. Only Xia Hou is secretly warning himself that if he thinks so, then he is really underestimating this person. It seems that there is no danger at all, and he looks like an ordinary person.

People.

However, limited to his current status, it is impossible for Xiahou to rush up to Yi Yin, a famous person in history, and cry bitterly to ask for his autograph, right? It is estimated that if Xiahou did this, he would also yell: "You He is the hero who destroyed Xia!" I am afraid that Shang Tang was the first to take action and cut Xiahou into pieces.

So, Xiahou, who was neither salty nor bland, not particularly affectionate but not too cold either, just like two ordinary people, said hello to Yiyin. Yiyin had a smile on his face, but he gave Xiahou a deep smile. After bowing, the pair of big eyes looked at Xiahou carefully from top to bottom. Xiahou felt that the hairs on his body stood up. This Yiyin's vision was so powerful, it was simply better than the laser scanner he had encountered before. A bit more aggressive.

After suppressing all the thoughts in his mind, Xiahou asked Shang Tang: "Shang Tang, why do you hire so many wizards and warriors?"

Shang Tang pointed at Yi Yin and said with a smile: "This is Yi Yin's idea. Our Shang clan cannot withstand the Dongyi people's invasion year after year. Instead of being harassed by them all the time, it is better to spend every year on them." They took out their money, grain and livestock, and hired a large number of shamans, warriors, and sorcerers to fight them. Although our Shang clan is weak, our output is abundant, enough to form a large army to teach those Dongyi people a lesson, and perhaps wipe out several of them. As a tribe, we can still get a lot of benefits. What do you think, the military commander?"

Xiahou quickly glanced at Yi Yin, who was standing there as if he was a virgin, without any dangerous aura, and was secretly stunned. He hired mercenaries to fight to the death with the Dongyi people, but retained the vitality of his tribe. What's the point of spending a little money and food? However, the Shang clan shouldn't have any objections now, right? According to Xia Hou's current understanding of Daxia, no vassal country can pose any threat to Daxia's rule. The nine states in the Central Plains of Daxia span hundreds of thousands of miles. With a huge territory and an astronomical population, the powerful Witch Palace is extremely loyal to the royal family of Daxia. Most of the leaders of the Witch Palace are members of the royal family. Who can threaten the rule of Daxia?

Well, maybe I was overthinking it. Yi Yin's behavior was probably just to deal with the harassment from the Dongyi people, right? It was just the weird feeling in Xiahou's heart that never went away.

At that moment, Xiahou nodded with a smile: "Yi Yin has a good idea. It is much better to use a batch of money and materials in exchange for a large army to deal with the Dongyi people than to be beaten passively. However, if they all hire high-level witches, Wu, sorcerer, isn’t this too expensive?”

Shang Tang laughed: "No matter how much it costs, it is still better than being robbed by the Dongyi people. Besides, if we can wipe out a few small tribes of Dongyi people, I am afraid there will be a lot more money and goods. Well, what are the military commanders doing here? Do they also need to hire people?"

Shang Tang glanced at the skinny old man standing aside with a smile on his face, and smiled at Xia Hou: "Could it be that the military commander wants to hire people to join Daxia's army?"

Xia Hou understood that Shang Tang's last words were purely a joke. Daxia was not so poor that he asked his generals and officers to recruit their own soldiers, right? He shook his head and said calmly: "I hire people as guards. This is Cangfeng Sir, they are overseas Qi practitioners. They open a dojo in Anyi and they always need guards to handle some things."

Cangfeng nodded slightly towards Shangtang. Shangtang smiled at Cangfeng and said in surprise: "Qi Refiner? Open a Taoist temple? It's interesting." He asked with great interest: "It is said that the so-called Tao of Qi Refiner is Inhaling wind and drinking dew, can you also develop witchcraft power?"

Xiahou was stunned. The Wu Clan used the Yuan Power that was everywhere in the world, and the Qi Refiner used the Yuan Power of the Heaven and Earth to a very high level. The two methods were different but similar in essence. How could Shang Tang ask this question?

Such a ridiculous question? Breathe the wind and drink the dew? Why do you want to be a Qi practitioner? Are you a cicada?

However, it can also be seen that the understanding of Qi Refiners by the higher-ups of the Wu Clan is really at a very primitive stage. The princes of the Shang Clan only heard about it, let alone others.

Cangfeng was almost choked to death by Shangtang's question. Inhaling the wind and drinking the dew? Is this how the Qi practitioners practice in the minds of the great witches? He smiled bitterly and shook his head. Cangfeng just spoke vaguely.

He said: "It is not necessary to inhale the wind and drink the dew. What we practice is naturally not witchcraft. What we pursue is the supreme way of the unity of nature and man."

Shang Tang was an extremely calm person. When he heard what Cang Feng said, he shook his head repeatedly: "Heaven and man are one? This statement is too broad. We pursue our own tyranny. This is the most fundamental truth." He looked again.

After looking at Cang Feng, he really couldn't bring up the interest to communicate with a Qi practitioner. Shang Tang could only smile apologetically and said to Xia Hou: "In this case, how many people do you need to hire for the military? Wait until the military candidates are selected.

, I am afraid that the remaining Wuwu in this company will be hired by me."

The black man also looked at Xia Hou without blinking, and shouted loudly: "Yes, yes, you are right. How many people do you want? I have several brothers who came out of the mountains and forests with me, why not

Just hire them together."

Xiahou smiled slightly at Shang Tang, turned to look at the skinny old man and said: "Since Shang Tang wants a lot of people, spirits are not suitable for serving in the army. Then, choose a hundred spirits for me, none of them can be worse than this one."

The big man is too weak, so how about adding ten people to make a total of one hundred and ten people?"

The skinny old man's thin lips trembled, and he immediately said: "One hundred and ten Wuwu? It's easy to say, we can recruit thousands of people for you today just by saying hello. However, since you don't want so many, but this

Master Shangtang wants it. Well, we charge five copper bear coins for each introduction to the spirits, and ten copper bear coins for each introduction to the wizards and wizards, a total of six hundred copper bear coins. If you want to sign

For each contract, there is a cost of one copper bear coin."

The old man pointed to the door again and said with a strange smile: "This door is cheaper. You can give me ten coins."

Xia Hou's eyes widened and he shouted: "It's just two stones, why do you offer such a high price?"

The old man stood on tiptoes without showing any signs of weakness, and exchanged a big eye with Xia Hou: "This stone door has been in our company for more than a hundred years, and it was damaged by you today. In addition to paying for this door,

Money, don't you want to take care of our mood? I cleaned this door every day when I was young, but you ruined it today! For ten dollars, or we can go to the Sheriff for review."

Shangtang just laughed beside him, shaking his head repeatedly as he looked at the stone door that was damaged by Cangfeng's palm.

Xiahou and Cangfeng blushed for a while. Cangfeng knew that he had done something wrong, but Xiahou never bargained. Although he knew that these two stone gates could be built and installed for a sum of money at most, he still couldn't argue.

The skinny old man could only survive being stabbed.

Angrily, he took out a large amount of money from his wallet and threw it to the old man. Xiahou shouted angrily: "One hundred spirits that are strong enough, I will give each spirit ten copper bear coins every month.

It doesn’t matter if you have enough food and drink, you can also ask for a girl. Ten shamans or sorcerers will be priced according to their witchcraft strength.”

The skinny old man squinted his eyes and smiled: "Okay, just wait. There are ten wizards. If the wizard takes a little time, there are a hundred monsters in the company now. These monsters are so poor that they don't even have a pair of pants.

Those who are allowed to eat and drink here live in the company. You will also have to pay for all the expenses they spent on eating and drinking here later. I don’t need to explain this rule, right?"

Mr.

As they stepped on and kicked them, the big black man yelled: "Get up, get up, brothers, get up. Finally, someone has come to hire us. We don't have to drink cold water and eat corn cakes every day. We can also eat and drink in large quantities of wine and meat."

Soon, a hundred monsters with thick arms and thick legs, although occasionally some of them still retained some traces of beasts, but had transformed into human forms, stood behind Xia Hou happily. They crossed their arms across their chests

, put on a loyal look, but there was a long glistening line of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.

Bai lay on the ground, glanced disdainfully at the hungry monsters in their bellies, clicked his mouth, and actually let out a few "hum" sneers from his nostrils.

Shang Tang took a few steps forward, smiled at the old man and said, "I would also like to ask the old man to select ten more capable people for the military commander. Then, we can start talking about the deal between us. I wonder if you can hire me?"

How many people can be gathered within twenty days? If the price is reasonable, my merchant family will take them all. Hmm, I wonder if you can give us a discount on the cost of introduction? After all, we are recruiting so many people at one time.

"

The skinny old man laughed a few times, nodded heavily, and waved his hand vigorously: "Don't worry, Lord Shangtang, twenty days is enough for us to gather 20,000 witches who can fight and fight hard. But, we have to

They are going to fight the Dongyi people, and you have to negotiate the terms with them yourself. Well, come on, didn't there happen to be ten witches who came to register yesterday and said they were looking for work? Go to the backyard guest room and call them out.

Hey, Commander Chihu, here, let me sign the contract for you."

The skinny old man led a large group of people including Xiahou and Shangtang to the room where the contract was signed. There were more than a dozen people from the employment agency starting to work. The old man said with a nagging smile: "Marquis Chihu will tell you at a glance.

He is a careful person. It is true that these monsters are difficult to control, and they often cause trouble when they are drunk. But they can also worry about it. If there is any accident, they can just dig a hole in the wild and bury it. There will be no orphans or widowers coming to complain.

Money is the most worry-free thing."

Xiahou, Shangtang, Yiyin, and Cangfeng all broke into cold sweats at the same time. This old guy really had evil intentions. However, it was true that he had no father, no mother, and no relatives. He was really dead.

Just dig a hole and bury them, and save a lot of pension. If they hadn't eaten too much, drank too much, and had really bad tempers, I'm afraid all the employers would rather boss them around than ask them to.

Those witches who charge high prices are hard to deal with.

After busying for a while, he finally completed all the procedures, and was brutally stabbed by the people at the employment agency. Even the corn cakes eaten by the monsters were sold for more than ten times the market price. Xiahou finally succeeded in carrying

Carrying the empty money bag, he said goodbye to Shang Tang and left the door of the employment office angrily.

Cangfeng, who had no feeling for money, shouted angrily: "A bowl of water can be sold for a small penny? This, this is simply a black, black, black shop!" Perhaps, Cangfeng is history.

Be the first person to use the term "black shop".

Xiahou is also very angry. Could it be that he is honest and honest, so he will be slaughtered by profiteers? What is the truth? But it seems that others are right. The people you hired ate and drank in their employing place.

I went to bed. Although I ate the worst corn cakes, drank pure water, and slept on the flagstones in the hall, corridors, and courtyards, after all, you must pay for your accommodation and food, right? It’s just that the price is really real.

It's a little too high.

"God bless Comrade Shang Tang! He will hire tens of thousands of people at a time?"

If you have anger in your heart, you must vent it. As Xiahou walked, he kept turning his head to teach the one hundred spirits and eight wizards and two wizards: "I hired you just to beat people up. You will be divided every day."

The third class is guarding the front door. For other people who come to the dojo, if they cause trouble, I will beat them; if they make trouble, they will be beaten severely; if they insult others, they will be beaten to death; if they dare to set fire, I will beat them for the rest of their lives.

All I can do is lie in bed."

The black bear spirit's eyes shone brightly, and he roared: "Don't worry, our brothers will make sure to beat him until his mother-in-law won't even recognize him." As soon as his tone changed, the black bear spirit's eyes started to spin.

: "But, boss, look at it, now we have been signed by you on a long-term contract for several years, why don't you find us some clothes to wear first? Also, we don't have weapons, why don't you make them custom-made for us first?"
To be continued...