The seller of the heavens

Jiang Chen and Yan Zhendong are not too familiar yet, so it is naturally impossible to say that he is going to rebel and destroy the Qing court as soon as he comes up.

Ideas cannot be changed in a day.

He plans to slowly test Yan Zhendong's political orientation in the future, and now he will first recruit Yan Zhendong into the martial arts hall.

Jiang Chen said:

"I plan to open a martial arts gym, and I hope Brother Yan can come and help me teach my disciples martial arts."

Yan Zhendong suddenly smiled:

"After talking so much, I thought what you wanted to do, but it turned out that it was just opening a martial arts gym."

After a pause, he asked again strangely:

"Don't you practice Tan's legs? You just want to open a martial arts gym and teach Tan's legs. What's the matter with asking me to teach martial arts? Are you planning to invite me to be a coach?"

"The same can be said."

Jiang Chen nodded, and set out his own conditions:

"If you help me for two years, I can give you two hundred taels of gold as a reward."

Yan Zhendong couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the generous reward. With these two hundred taels of gold, he can eat and drink for the rest of his life.

While being surprised by Jiang Chen's generosity, Yan Zhendong asked doubtfully:

"You can't earn a hundred taels of gold a year for opening a martial arts gym, right? Is it worth paying such a high price to invite me?"

Jiang Chen held up a sentence:

"A master like Brother Yan is certainly worth the price."

After hearing this, Yan Zhendong felt at ease and felt respected.

Jiang Chen continued:

"The martial arts school I want to run may be different from what you think.

I run a martial arts gym and teach boxing and martial arts, but I don’t charge apprenticeship fees, and even provide free accommodation and three meals for my disciples. "

Yan Zhendong thought he heard it wrong, and asked in astonishment:

"Isn't that a waste of money? How can anyone open a martial arts gym like this?"

"Yes, it is to pay back."

Jiang Chen nodded: "And I plan to recruit more disciples. In the first round, I will accept a hundred disciples. After two or three months of teaching, I will accept a few hundred more disciples, and then slowly increase."

Yan Zhendong was taken aback for a moment, he accepted so many disciples, if he didn't charge money to teach boxing for nothing, but also provided food and shelter, it would cost a lot of taels of silver.

This is not accepting disciples, it is clearly inviting ancestors.

Immediately, a flash of light flashed in Yan Zhendong's mind, and he thought of Jiang Chen's previous judgment on the situation, and then he realized:

"Are you raising private soldiers in disguise?"

Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head:

"Some things can be done but not said.

To the outside world, I can only say that this is only for the purpose of selecting the best from among the best, selecting a one-in-a-kind martial arts prodigy from among the many disciples, and imparting peerless martial arts. How can it be said that it is raising private soldiers? "

After Yan Zhendong's initial surprise, he quickly calmed down.

And, I don't think it's a big deal.

These days, there are too many local tyrants and dignitaries raising private soldiers, and the militias in various places are also local private soldiers in some sense.

Even the landlord will raise a group of servants who can fight.

Yan Zhendong was no stranger to it.

Jiang Chen's behavior has at least approved a layer of martial arts skin, and no one will go into it.

Yan Zhendong only cares about one question:

"Accepting so many disciples depends on you alone to support them. Do you have that much money?"

Jiang Chen said confidently:

"You don't have to worry about the money, I'm sure I can get it out."

The pearls he brought are more than enough to feed thousands of people.

In fact, the reason why Jiang Chen wants to waive tuition fees and provide board and lodging is mainly to recruit poor people as disciples.

After all, the proletariat is what he wants to unite with. If he recruits a group of children from noble landlord families, how will he beat the landlords to divide the land in the future?

Moreover, Jiang Chen didn't plan to keep his disciples forever, he would teach some skills to those who don't have the talent to learn martial arts, and send them out to make a living, as long as the training time is guaranteed and they can maintain their combat effectiveness.

The militia rarely trains around the clock.

Those who have a certain talent in martial arts can be supported and trained every day.

Jiang Chen also plans to select a group of talented disciples to form a special force to teach martial arts and marksmanship. By then, everyone in the team will be Yan Shuangying. It will be a very interesting thing to think about.

Such a team may not be of much use on the frontal battlefield, but it will definitely be the enemy's nightmare in the fields of reconnaissance, infiltration, assassination, and destruction.

Seeing Jiang Chen's swearing, Yan Zhendong stopped worrying about money, and said instead:

"If it is true as you said, the martial arts hall accepts thousands of disciples and selects the best, and it is indeed possible to select real martial arts wizards from among them.

I can help you teach your disciples, but when I meet a talented disciple, I will accept it as a true biography, and you can't compete with me. "

After a pause, he said again:

"As long as you promise me this one condition, I can charge a little less."

Yan Zhendong attaches great importance to the inheritance of martial arts. If he can accept a few martial arts prodigies as his disciples and carry forward the Yan family's martial arts in the future, he will be able to rest in peace even if he dies.

Jiang Chen didn't care about this, and directly agreed:

"Don't worry, I'm still young, and I don't value apprenticeship as much as you do. At that time, you have someone you like, just accept apprentices.

As for the remuneration, I will definitely not give less. "

Yan Zhendong was extremely satisfied with this: "Then it's settled."

Afterwards, the two began to discuss the matter of opening a martial arts gym.

First of all, of course, you have to buy a venue.

There are not many places in Foshan that can accommodate hundreds of people to practice martial arts together, and such venues are definitely not cheap.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen is not short of money, even if the money is really not enough, he can just sell a few pearls.

Soon, Jiang Chen bought a mansion on East Avenue.

It is said that this mansion was once the residence of a certain great eunuch who retired from old age and returned home.

After the death of the great eunuch, the descendants were extravagant and owed huge gambling debts, so they could only sell their houses to pay off the debts.

As for why a eunuch has descendants, of course it cannot be created out of nothing, it is just an adopted heir from a brother in the same family.

In this era, it is still very common for eunuchs to marry wives and recognize sons.

After owning a mansion, you need to recruit a group of support staff, whether it is cleaning, or eating and living, you need someone to take care of it. The main thing is to cook. In the future, hundreds of people will have to eat, and there must be several chefs.

Jiang Chen opened the way with money, and it didn't take much time to recruit all the support staff.

Next, there is the preparation for recruiting students in the martial arts school.

Jiang Chen asked Yan Zhendong to be responsible for writing dozens of small advertisements, and planned to paste them everywhere to promote the opening of the martial arts hall.

Yan Zhendong looks big and rough, but he can actually read and write very well, so he can be regarded as an intellectual.

This morning, when Jiang Chen and Yan Zhendong were studying the propaganda documents in the study of the newly bought mansion, the housekeeper Lao Qian brought a group of office servants to the door of the study.

Without waiting for Lao Qian to report, the leader of the head catcher Peng directly pushed open the door of the study, led a few catchers into the study, and then found a chair to sit down, looking at Jiang Chen and Yan Zhendong , asked in a deep voice:

"Who is Jiang Chen?"