"Boy, you mean you want to change all this? Do you have the ability to do so?"
The old man's voice was calm and composed.
He was shocked by Chen Xuan's thoughts, but he was not the kind of young man who had just entered society, so it was impossible for Chen Xuan to impress him with just a few words.
"Why not?"
Chen Xuan smiled, confident and sunny.
As the chosen one with the system, is there anything he can't do?
"Old man, I still say the same thing. Follow me and I can give you the peaceful and prosperous world you want to see. If you are willing, I can treat you as a guest of honor. If you are not willing, it doesn't matter. I will send someone to escort you out of the city. As long as I am here, no one dares to stop you."
Chen Xuan spoke each word with a sonorous and powerful voice.
So much has been said already. If this old man really doesn't want to follow me, Chen Xuan will not force him anymore.
The old man's dozen or so disciples immediately looked at him eagerly.
Some people showed anticipation on their faces and hoped to stay, believing that Chen Xuan had the ability to confront the prefect.
Some people looked anxious and wanted to leave the Barbarian City right away. They were very worried that the old man would agree to stay.
The governor has eight thousand soldiers at his disposal!
Moreover, among the twenty-four cities on the border, many of the governors of other cities are friends of the governor of the Barbarian City. If they ask their friends to borrow some troops, how can Chen Xuan confront them head-on with the few people he has?
So don’t get involved in this muddy water!
Old man Li looked at Chen Xuan with admiration, and said playfully, "Boy, I will follow you for a month to see if you are really capable or if you are just talking big. If you can show me your achievements within this month, I will use all my life's knowledge to make any weapon you want."
"But I have to say this first. If I find out that you are just a talker, I will leave immediately with my disciples!"
This is a promise to stay.
Chen Xuan immediately smiled: "No problem."
"Master, think twice!"
Immediately, one of the older disciples felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. It would have been fine if he didn’t flee immediately, but why did he choose to stay?
Do you really want to confront that prefect head-on?
"Asshole, do I need you to teach me how to do this?"
The old man glared at the apprentice who was trying to persuade him, and the latter shrank his neck, lowered his head and dared not speak. It seemed that he was still very majestic in his daily life.
"Boy, my people can't follow you for nothing. I have more than a dozen disciples and offspring. You have to take care of their eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, right?" said the old man with his head held high.
Chen Xuan nodded: "Of course, I can support them and pay each of them ten taels of silver per month."
Hearing this, all of the old man's disciples' eyes lit up instantly.
Even the disciples who wanted to leave Barbarian City couldn't help but look up with expressions of surprise.
Ten taels per person per month is much more than what they earn by working as iron in this blacksmith shop.
After all, there is not business every day for blacksmiths, and the old man has more than a dozen people to support. It is good enough for each person to earn one or two taels of silver a month.
Chen Xuan gave them ten taels of silver right away, which was truly a act of conscience.
"Mr. Chen, you give us so much money. Apart from sleeping and eating, I will work as a blacksmith for you every day. Even if the hammer smokes, I will still work as a blacksmith for you every day!"
Someone immediately spoke excitedly.
After all, money is the most powerful thing. When they heard so much money, they all came back to life.
Chen Xuan immediately took advantage of the victory and continued, "Ten taels of silver per month is just your basic salary. As long as you forge a weapon, a small weapon, I will give you a subsidy of one hundred coins."
"For each medium-sized weapon, I will give you a subsidy of 500 coins."
"For each large weapon, you will be subsidized with 1,000 coins, which is the customary amount."
A customary fee is one or two taels of silver.
If they work hard every day, they might be able to earn dozens of taels of silver each in a month.
This is a price that is absolutely beyond conscience!
"Mr. Chen, are you serious?"
For a moment, some people couldn't believe it, because Chen Xuan was so kind and the price he offered was so tempting.
"Of course it's true, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the weapons you make must be of good quality. As long as the quality is good enough, I guarantee that the money will be enough!"
Chen Xuan smiled and spoke.
It’s just money. The thing he lacks least right now is money.
Even if he has no money in the future, he still has plenty of ways to make money.
"Thank you, Master Chen!"
Immediately, his disciples and followers could not help but express their gratitude.
"I say, kid, you want to poach all of my disciples and followers, right?" Old man Li immediately puffed his beard and glared.
Chen Xuan immediately smiled and said, "Old senior, not only do they have a salary of ten taels per month, you also have one, but yours is gold."
Old man Li was stunned. This boy is really generous.
He is really short of money now. After all, he has offended the prefect, and many people are afraid to ask him to do blacksmithing. Even if he wants to make a kitchen knife, he has to go to the blacksmith shop next door to find someone to make it. And he has so many people to support, so he doesn't have much money left in his pocket.
"Boy, I don't care about money, but since you insist on paying me for my work, I can't refuse your kindness."
The old man spoke carelessly.
Chen Xuan smiled and said, "That's what I should do."
Then, he looked at the various knives, iron blocks and the boiler in the blacksmith shop, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"These things are the result of my hard work in Mancheng. I have to find a way to move them away." Old man Li said seriously.
If you want to forge weapons, various tools in a blacksmith shop are indispensable, especially the boiler for burning molten iron.
But there were only a dozen people in their blacksmith shop, and even with two grown men, Chen Xuan and Liu Jinyu, it was definitely not enough, as there were too many things in the blacksmith shop.
"Okay, I'll have someone carry it away later."
Chen Xuan nodded.
Everyone in the blacksmith shop will definitely follow him to the outskirts of the city, so these tools must be taken away as well.
There is no other way. The city is still the territory of the prefect Zhang Tao. Chen Xuan can only develop in the suburbs of the city for now. When the time is right, he will rush into the city and take control of the entire barbarian city!
"Let's leave the city now."
Chen Xuan said that he didn't have the heart to go anywhere else now. He wanted to bring the people in the blacksmith shop to the outskirts of the city safely first. He needed more and more manpower and a stronger and stronger company.
Soon, they went straight out of the city. The soldiers guarding the city had learned their lesson. When they saw Chen Xuan, they would make way for fear of getting into trouble.
When they left the city, a soldier suddenly couldn't help saying, "The man surnamed Chen finally left, but why did they kidnap another person?"
"By the way, that tied-up guy looks familiar?"
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