My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 102: My friend, you are still watching women’s videos!
Time passed quickly and several days passed.

Li Bailong and his master Jiang Lishu arranged the handover of sect affairs and set off north without bringing any disciples with them. The two chartered a ferry from Jinchuan Ferry, went east along the river, and finally arrived in Huazhou.

Huazhou is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, straddling the Yunjiang River. It is bustling with boats and sampans, creating a prosperous scene with busy shipping.

At the freight terminal, laborers from the canal gangs come and go, carrying heavy cargo on their shoulders and backs, unloading heavy goods like worker ants. At the passenger terminal, there are many passengers disembarking, and the place is crowded with people.

Li and Jiang's ferry docked at a pier.

The location here is excellent, the river is wide, and the pier avenue is even cleaner, but it is sparsely populated. Many ferries in the distance are still waiting in line, and passengers getting off the boats and going ashore are pushing and shoving. But even so, no boats come here to dock... because there are insurmountable boundaries between warriors.

The captain put the plank in place, politely and respectfully extended his hand to invite him in, almost kneeling to see him off.

He had long known that the two guests who chartered the boat were of extraordinary status, but when the inspector from the river and port office boarded the boat for inspection, he realized that the boat was actually carrying the province's top scholar.

According to the law, he benefited from Jie Yuanlang's help, so all the donations and fees for this trip in and out of Huazhou could be exempted. So after seeing Jie Yuanlang off, he had to quickly go to the guild to report the good news and load a large amount of stuff onto the ship as quickly as possible to ship it out.

As long as he leaves Huazhou within one day, all checkpoint fees will be waived and he can make a huge commission.

"Excuse me."

Seeing that he was grateful and excited, Li Bailong knew what he was thinking and did not make things difficult for him.

After expressing his thanks, he walked straight ashore. He turned around and extended his hand to his master who was still on the boat with a gentlemanly smile. His posture, movements and facial expressions were all in line with Brother Jing's.

Jiang Lishu was still wearing her purple dress, with the ribbon fluttering in the river breeze. She wore a veil that covered her face, revealing only her bright eyes like autumn water and cold stars. Seeing Li Bailong acting so hypocritically, she just rolled her eyes, and the anger she revealed for a moment stunned the captain of the boat beside her.

She jumped lightly and flew ashore, throwing a piece of silver into Li Bailong's outstretched hand.

Got the money, brothers.

Li Bailong shrugged at the captain, took the two boxes from him, said goodbye, and quickly followed his master, sighing, "It's just the two of us, the end of the world."

When they were alone, Sister was a driving expert who was on par with him, but in public, Master was extremely shy, fearing that others would hear their affair.

Hearing this, she looked around guiltily. Fortunately, this was a fast lane for warriors, and not many people stayed here. So she stepped on Li Bailong unnoticed: "Don't think that no one in Huazhou knows you! Also, you, the traitor, have been increasingly disrespectful to your teachers recently! If you rebel again and plot something bad..."

The more serious she acted in public, the more Li Bailong wanted to bully her.

So he lowered his voice and slowly approached with ill intentions: "What are you doing?"

Jiang Lishu elbowed him in the chest: "I'll call your second uncle over!"

Grass.

Li Bailong was stunned. Jiang Lishu was stunned. Her autumn eyes narrowed slightly behind her veil, revealing her charm. She smiled and said with her hands behind her back, "You laborer, why don't you keep up!"

As the two of them left the passenger area and the dock through the warrior-only passage, people who had been waiting at the door swarmed over.

All of them were strong, with bright eyes, good complexion, clean face and clothes, calm voice, and proper smile. They asked politely, "Does your Excellency need sedan chair drivers? We are all local experts, good at running errands, and can also provide tourist introductions."

Their rickshaws, sedan chairs, horse-drawn carriages and other means of transportation were parked on the roadside.

Everything is clean, tidy and exquisite.

Li Bailong stepped forward and said politely, "My family will come to pick you up. Sorry to bother you guys with your work."

When those people heard this, they did not look disappointed. After bowing, they quickly retreated, always smiling and looking straight ahead. They did not even glance at the charming Jiang Lishu. It was obvious that they had received special training.

Li Bailong and his master walked for a while before turning back.

The coachmen and sedan chair bearers were still standing in front of the door, their postures straight as pine trees, their eyes not looking away, waiting for the guests.

Jiang Lishu asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Bailong sighed: "Life is not easy... We all practiced martial arts."

"You came from Earth, so you have always had unrealistic fantasies about martial arts."

Jiang Lishu shrugged, always paying attention to whether anyone was eavesdropping, and said: "The education and majors that the college students in your family have received are simply heavenly and shocking in Da Qi. If I saw them wearing yellow robes with my own eyes, I would also be shocked."

Li Bailong shook his head, knowing that his master was telling the truth.

The population of Da Qi is large, and martial arts are prevalent. Every household regards martial arts as a way to change their destiny. However, from the child examination to the palace examination, there are six levels of martial arts examinations. A warrior must fight his way out of thousands of troops to have a chance to serve the court and the six major factions. Each level of the examination will eliminate most of those who are not talented enough.

After all, the seven major sects only want the best.

The eliminated warriors still have a natural violent nature. After they have no hope of passing the imperial examination, they become a destabilizing factor in society. Only a small number of people can pass the imperial examination, which is not a problem. The most critical issue is how to place the vast majority of failures.

Beining chose the farming-war system, and Southern Qi established a Jianghu.

With the carefully designed and huge commodity economy environment, many jobs created by active production and economic activities will provide places for these frustrated fail candidates.

These sedan chair bearers and coachmen who solicited passengers were the early failures on the road to the imperial examination.

They don't need to eat martial arts food for the time being, but their appetite is already higher than that of ordinary people. Only the wages and job opportunities in big cities can better support themselves and give back to their families. Otherwise, they can only accept themselves as ordinary people, starving to death, and eventually being lost in the crowd, wasting away in the dullness of day after day in small places.

"What?" Jiang Lishu saw him lost in thought, "Are you still thinking about this?"

"No."

Li Bailong came out of his thoughts and replied, "I was thinking about the job at the Tongwen Bureau..."

"You see, a big city like Huazhou is very different from a small place like Linxian. There are many unwilling martial arts failures in big cities. Their future in martial arts has been cut off for various reasons. However, they are well educated, obedient, and have higher thinking ability, understanding, and physical fitness than ordinary people. They also have an urgent desire to change the status quo and are unwilling to fall into the mundane world, just like those coachmen and sedan chair bearers."

"But the job saturation and oversupply of talent have swept them into the dust..."

He pondered and said, "I was wondering if there is any use for them in the Tongwen Bureau or even the Jiaohua Department... After all, we really need people right now."

Jiang Lishu looked back a few times after hearing this and shook his head: "No, these people were probably eliminated in the prefectural exam or even the student exam. They haven't even cultivated a trace of internal energy. They only rely on the foundation they built when practicing martial arts and the looks given by their parents to do some work that serves martial artists. What do you need them for? If you hire them as a team to kill traitors, I'm afraid they can't beat the guards of pirated merchants." Li Bailong heard this and just thought: "--Then what are their uses besides fighting?"

At this moment, Jiang Lishu smiled and said, "Don't think about it for now, the person is there."

Hearing this, Li Bailong looked up and saw a carriage parked on the side of the road with several women waiting there. The girl in the lead was waving at them vigorously with a bright smile on her face.

After Baihua Valley was promoted to a Class A sect, it was eligible to open offices in prefectures and counties. Huazhou was a thoroughfare and an important economic center of the province, with huge material needs. Every year, more than 70% of Baihua Valley's weaving products had to be transferred from Huazhou and transported to various parts of Da Qi, and a part of them were consumed locally in Huazhou.

In this case, Baihua Valley attaches great importance to the management of Huazhou.

The third uncle, the master, and even the seventh uncle often came to Huazhou to take charge and handle affairs. Baihua Valley also managed its local industries in Huazhou very well, opening many branches of cloth shops and clothing stores, and occupying a place in the cloth shop guild.

The person who has been in charge of Huazhou all year round is a disciple who was sent out to study. His surname is Xu. He joined the sect late, but he is a few years older than Li Bailong. His name is Xu Wangyu.

She practiced in the valley for several years and was judged to have limited martial arts talent and it would be difficult for her to achieve success in the martial arts exams. However, she was quite talented in business, so she interned under her third uncle-master.

He finished his apprenticeship a year ago and was sent to Huazhou to take charge of local affairs and receive training.

Her situation is common among all the sects in the world.

The strictness of the martial arts examination means that only a small number of core disciples in a sect will take the examination as their sole goal and devote all their efforts to it. Most disciples, after training, who are found to be not talented, will eventually turn to other positions. At this point, the relationship between the disciples and the sect gradually turns into a labor relationship.

Junior Sister Xu Wangyu was a depressed little girl when she first entered the sect, so the head master gave her this name. She did not disappoint the master's expectations. After a few years, she gradually forgot her past troubles and her personality became cheerful.

When he gave up the martial arts examination and turned to a management position, and came to Huazhou, he came into contact with people from all walks of life. Even if he didn't forget Yu, he couldn't do it anymore. Now he is warm, cheerful and generous.

She invited Uncle Jiang Lishu to get on the carriage, and then she drove the carriage herself. Li Bailong sat in the co-pilot seat. Junior Sister Xu was not at all reserved and put her left arm directly on her brother's shoulder, showing great affection.

"The last time Senior Brother came was during the Autumn Examination last year. He ranked third in the swordsmanship and weaponry list, a unique figure in Jiangbei. The streets were really deserted at that time. Senior Brother's white clothes were whiter than snow, his sword was as sharp as a fairy, and his heroic figure is still vivid in my mind. A few days ago, when I went on a spring outing with my close friends, there were even girls in the boudoir who shyly asked if you were married."

There was a slight noise in the carriage.

Xu Wangyu's master, the head master, laughed inwardly when he heard the sound.

——Okay, Master is going to praise me again.

Before Master and Apprentice Jiang and Li arrived, Xu Wangyu received a secret letter from her master, teaching her this and that.

Junior Sister Xu is Yang Ying's disciple, and from what she has learned through words and deeds, she knows that she is not a decent person either. Since she came to Huazhou and became an agent for a capitalist, she has seen many dirty secrets of big cities, and is afraid of comparison in everything. She turned around and looked at Senior Brother Li and Uncle Jiang, and did not feel anything unusual, and even felt that it was pure love.

What surprised her was that Li Bailong was actually very knowledgeable.

Hearing this, Senior Brother Li also glanced at the carriage and said, "It's useless to ask. Everyone in Baihua Valley knows that I respect teachers the most in my life. For such an important matter as marriage, I must get Master's approval."

——Good guy!

If Hero Guo had been as smart as you when he was a child, he wouldn't have had to break his arm!
Jiang Lishu's cold voice came from the carriage: "I suddenly remembered that there are still some things in the valley that I haven't figured out. How about I call Second Senior Sister to take over for me for a few days, and I'll go back."

Li Bailong immediately sat up straight and stopped talking.

Don’t be afraid, brother!
——With Master here, Second Uncle-Master definitely can’t come!

Xu Wangyu was eager to eat melons, and she kept winking at him to encourage him to continue. Unexpectedly, Li Bailong rolled his eyes at her and snapped his fingers, making her scream in pain, and then she stopped obediently.

She was quiet for a while, but unwilling to give up, she whispered: "This time, my uncle and my brother are going to stay for a long time, so I specially cleaned up a quiet courtyard, which is remote and quiet, and no one will disturb us..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Lishu said calmly, "I'll live in the usual room, and this one will be given to him. When he starts working, if any popular actresses or brothel bosses come to him to discuss work, it will be easy to arrange for them."

Junior Sister Xu’s level of fun-loving person is far behind that of the head master!

Li Bailong stared at her, signaling her to put the melon away and not eat it too obviously. After thinking for a while, he changed the subject and began to ask Junior Sister Xu, who had been in Huazhou for a long time, about the local cultural and creative situation.

"Ah? I don't really listen to operas, and I'm not very interested in folk art."

Xu Wangyu smiled and said, "However, Huazhou is an important place for literary and musical performances. There are many kinds of operas and countless troupes. Many of them are well-known even to an amateur like me..."

She briefly explained the situation, glanced at the carriage, and gave her habitual smirk.

Then she whispered, "But when it comes to stories, I'm not sleepy anymore. Huazhou is big, with a large population and many literate people. There are many bookstores and many stories for sale on the market... However, Huazhou is different from other big cities. The atmosphere here is open-minded and it is common for women to show their faces in public. There are many stores that specialize in women's business and make more profits. The same is true for the storybook industry."

"Many years ago, stories written by women were popular in Huazhou. Many people bought them. Originally, only women bought them to read. Later, courtesans and famous actors in opera troupes all followed them. The stories written by women were heartfelt and touching, and they were very suitable for adaptation and singing. They were sung by famous actors and courtesans and became famous in the province. Later, even men began to buy, read and appreciate the stories..."

When Li Bailong heard this, he felt something was wrong.

Shet.

I have arrived at the ０ River!
And have all the male readers here been alienated! ?

"To be honest, I've also been quite addicted to it recently..." Xu Wangyu said mysteriously, "In fact, it's not just me. Every time Sixth Uncle comes to Huazhou, he buys a lot..."

Murderous aura emanated from the gaps in the carriage.

"Xu! Wang! Yu!"

The junior sister held her head and cried, "Uncle Master, spare me! Senior Brother, help me!"

Li Bailong had already understood the implication of his junior sister's words. He turned around jokingly and looked at Jiang Lishu, his smile gradually becoming more and more presumptuous.

——My fellow countryman, you are still watching women’s channels!
New content, a little stuck... Today's update is 8,500.

I am seeing that I am entering the work and rest hell again. I will try my best to adjust it. At least I will update the words. But I still want it to be more stable.

The main reason is that I can’t save any drafts. I write so much every day, how can I save any drafts?

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