C6

Master Zhang Xingzhi and Yue Ting had given him a total of five hundred taels of silver, and in addition to the one hundred taels returned from Old Man You's arrest, these were all that Zhang Zhou currently possessed. Although almost half of the money had been spent, Zhang Zhou was still very happy. He even felt like sleeping, as if someone was giving him a pillow. All the bad luck he had earlier was swept away.

In his previous life, he was neither a male god of science nor a hegemon of literature, and he had almost no skills or techniques that could be used freely and easily. Occasionally, he would think of some scattered and incomplete things, but he believed that as long as he could grab a few of them, it would be sufficient for him to enjoy them.

Under the guidance of Feng Xiaosu, the three of them visited a few houses in the northern part of the city. After all, they would have to stay in Hezhou for a long time, and there would be a place to live. At the beginning, You Nan and the others wanted Zhang Zhou to stay with them.

In addition, Lin Yemao's family would not be able to move here in a short period of time. Rather than staying in an inn with the two of them, it would be better to just buy a house. The main reason was because Feng Xiaoxi was knowledgeable about the various businesses in the northern part of the city. In the evening, he actually found a satisfactory house. Although it was a bit remote, it wasn't too far from the yamen, and there weren't many residents around. According to Feng Xiaosu, there were more and more people moving to the east side of the city from the west of the city. Therefore, the prices of the houses in these two places were not expensive. If it wasn't for Zhang Zhou stopping Feng Xiaoxi's haggling, they would have probably gotten a hundred and eighty taels of silver. Zhang Zhou had already felt that he had picked up a big bargain. On the other hand, Feng Xiaosu felt that the seller did not give him face, so she kept snorting in dissatisfaction. Since the owner was indeed in a hurry to use the money, she simply gritted her teeth and pretended not to see his discontent.

The courtyard was very spacious, and the walls were intact. There were five main rooms, three side rooms, and a large jujube tree in the middle of the courtyard. Zhang Zhou was very satisfied; after all, this would be his first home.

It was getting late, so they were in no hurry to clean up. They decided to find a nearby restaurant to fill their stomachs first.

It might have something to do with their previous experience. When the three of them entered the restaurant, their vigilant eyes made even Feng Xiaosu deeply affected. They thought they were going to capture someone in the face of a great enemy!

If their statuses were different, the treatment would be different. Not only did the boss treat them courteously, he even gifted them two jugs of wine.

Zhang Zhou looked at the wine pot and thought to himself, "Bro Jiu, you are my first step to becoming rich!"

… ….

Zhang Zhou specifically asked Feng Xiaosu about the matter regarding the wine making. Feng Xiaosu told him that there were several relatively large wineries outside Hezhou, and that the permission from the government was required to make the wine. That was not a small amount of silver. There were also some people who secretly made wine to earn a living. After all, their peers were enemies, and a proper winery hated these small workshops. They would definitely find one, report one, and even put it in prison to the death to clean up. Currently, there was even one locked up in the prison, and it was said that the informant had used money to send that fellow to the most desolate southern border.

Zhang Zhou felt that another "pillow" had arrived. How could he let go of such an opportunity? He wanted to know if it was possible to get the person out! Feng Xiaoxiao said, "It's not impossible. According to the rules, the crime of creating a personal wine is not a big one. How are we going to punish them? In the end, it's just a matter of a sentence from the yamen!" "But I must spend the silver!"

"Is the sentence at the yamen final?"

Zhang Zhou was a bit embarrassed. He had forgotten that the criminal yamen was the combination of the court and the Public Security Bureau!

According to Feng Xiaosu, right now the criminal yamen of Hezhou looked like they were hibernating, wishing that nothing would happen to them. However, the criminal officer of the yamen, Cao Yi, turned a deaf ear to this situation and did not ask about anything else! In this state, it wasn't a big problem to find a criminal in the prison.

To fish for people in the prison, such matters naturally had to be dealt with by Elder You. Elder You didn't like the way those wineries offered money and added punishment, so he patted his chest and guaranteed that it would be settled in a few silver coins. Besides, who would care as long as no one was watching?

Zhang Zhou had not fully recovered from his injuries, so he was in no hurry to be on duty. He would stroll around whenever he had free time. He needed to observe, understand, and master. Only in this way could the plan be carried out with greater certainty. Because Zhang Zhou's arm was injured and it was inconvenient for him to do anything, he needed You Nan and Lin Jiu to take turns to accompany him at home. As for this, Constable Ma, he didn't seem dissatisfied at all.

There were two main business districts in Hezhou City: the East City and the North City. The East City was of a higher class and the North City was even more chaotic. You can also think of it as a fine business, a farmers' market. The eastern city was more oily and had a deeper background, while the northern city was a mixture of dragons and snakes.

On the surface, it was the criminal arrest who was in charge of governance. However, the criminal arrest manager, Zhang Xingzhi, did not seem to have any ulterior motives. Thus, the criminal arrest and those local tyrants were clearly separated from each other! I manage my surface. You control your underground. Forming an unspoken understanding.

Wherever there were people, there would be martial arts world. The North Market was very large and had a large number of merchants. Naturally, there were also many conflicts of interest in the underground market. The ones controlling the market could be said to be two forces: the big boss of the Drunken Moon Restaurant, nicknamed Old Qi, and the Winged Flood Dragon Gang, who dealt in water transport terminals! There were many quarrels, but the conflict was not too intense. As long as the bottom line of the yamen was not touched, the yamen would not meddle in other people's business.

You Nan Qi introduced a skinny kid named Flying Child to Zhang Zhou.

He had once stolen something from a large family. If it wasn't for the fact that he had caught someone off guard, he would have been beaten to death already. After that incident, this little brat would think of repaying Old Man You for his kindness. Even though he didn't have the chance to repay it, he had gotten acquainted with You Nan for a long time. You Nan seven admires the fly son is very loyal, so Zhang Zhou said that want to find a "mixed society" person, understand a few circumstances, You Nan seven thought of him. Although Fei Zi was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he was definitely an old martial artist. Zhang Zhou wanted to know more about the underground martial arts world in Hezhou. There was a high chance that he was capable of doing so.

Fei Zi felt both hatred and fear towards the people at the yamen as he would usually take a detour. Even the old man who had saved him was a coward. Although he had once tried to save an old man like Fei Zi, in his eyes, people like him were always treated like mud that could not support a wall. They were people who came and went as they were summoned. This was the first time that a government official who drank with Zhang Zhou and didn't despise him had done so. With his experience in the martial arts world, Fei Zi felt that there must be something strange going on, so he couldn't help but be more cautious. Zhang Zhou also treated him with the attitude of interacting with others from his previous life. He did not have a strong level concept, so he did not have much discrimination against Fei Zi, who had never committed any evil deeds before. However, he never would have thought that it would actually cause Feizi to feel nervous.

After two or three days of contact, it seemed that the person in front of him, who was the same age as him, did not have the intention to cook and eat with him, but he did not feel at ease at all.

"Milord, I've already told you everything that you need to know. What you shouldn't tell me, this little one cannot tell you either. Don't force this little one. Just treat this little one like a piece of sh * t, okay?"

The Flying Child scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Of course, of course. Milord, please don't take offense to my lousy mouth."

Zhang Zhou laughed, "You are a loyal person, and I am not a bastard who betrayed his friends!" Frankly, I'm not going to use you for nothing. I'm going to build a relationship that helps each other. "As far as I know, you have a competitor, Cheng Tuozi. I can help you get rid of him!"

As for the environment at the lowest level of the martial arts world, it was definitely a mix of filth, snakes and rats, thugs and scoundrels, petty thieves and beggars. However, these people were not considered official members of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang. If they wanted to obtain the formal appointment of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang, then they would have to compete. For example, in the North Market, the Flying Flood Dragon Gang had now vacated its position as spokesperson. Then, the gangsters below would compete for the position and whoever won would obtain the recognition of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang and let him become an official member of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang. The two most active gang leaders in the North Market were the kidnappers and the flyers. No matter who killed the opponent, they would be able to successfully ascend to the next rank. This temptation wasn't small at all.

"Then what does the lord want?"

"After I help you get to the top, you'll need to help me out."

Feizi lowered his head in thought. He understood Zhang Zhou's intention. Zhang Zhou could help him grow up, and he would also work for him in the future! He lived very casually. To be frank, even if he died accidentally one day, he wouldn't care if there was someone to collect his corpse for him. Naturally, there were vicious characters in his bones that dared to gamble with him. As the lowest level of people in the martial arts world, the struggle for survival was quite brutal. Other than the human type and speaking human language, it was almost no different from an animal's survival! He revered the law of the king, the loser, and the thief. No one cared about the corpses in the ditches. They would only see who stood at the back. The Flying Flood Dragon Gang only wanted to know who lived and didn't care about who died. The core strength in the Flying Son's hands was just a bunch of teenage orphans as their main body. They could have been thieves or ask for food to get together to survive. If it wasn't for the fact that two years ago, a small brother of his was kidnapped by a group of people, he wouldn't have been able to kill them, and the Flying Son wouldn't have clashed with the kidnappers. However, in terms of power, he was far from being a match for her. Cheng Tuozi had quite a few ruthless people under his command. To put it bluntly, this was a battle between the lowest class of gangsters in society. The government would never care about such things. They never thought that Zhang Zhou would offer such a straightforward and irresistible bait. Moreover, the competition had already reached its most critical moment. It was said that Cheng Tuozi showed signs of contacting Old Qi. Therefore, choosing between life and death was not difficult.

"Master, is that true? However, I will not do something that goes against the principles of the martial arts world! "

"Feizi, stop being an adult and just call me big brother. I won't force you to do anything that goes against morality. I really believe that you won't regret your decision today in the future."

"Lord, no, Big Brother, as long as Big Brother keeps his word, Flying Child's life is willing to go through fire and water for you."

If Zhang Zhou was in his previous life, he would definitely treat these words as drunken bullsh * t, and now that Feizi had said it out loud, he was willing to believe it. A man doesn't have an ancient heart. It is often said that he is not as loyal to his promises as the ancients.

"Also, those children of yours, don't let them continue with their covert activities. Sooner or later, they will fall. I will arrange a good living for you, don't worry about that."

With that, he took out a few silver ingots and placed it in front of Flying Seed.

"This is fifty taels of silver, it's enough for you two to live for a while. I'll plan things out for you two in the future."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Brother, we don't know anything else either! "

"It doesn't matter, just learn!"

"Is that easy to learn?"

"It's easy to not see yourselves, but you will definitely be safer and have a greater future!"

"Alright, I'll listen to big brother. I don't dare to accept this silver …"

"Take it. I know how much you have."

Fei Zi's eyes turned hot, but he did not say anything. Zhang Zhou poured him a cup of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Money was not easy to win, Zhang Zhou lamented.

Dong Da rubbed his nose and said in a rather slurred voice, "Mhmm, yes, my grandfather. My father is a wine maker!"

"Do you know what the yamen's punishment is?"

"I know, I know that the lord saved me. I don't know what can I do for the lord!"

"Of course it's to make wine!"

"I don't understand your thoughts, can you tell me!"

"Of course I'll tell you! But you need to hide your name for a few years! "

"Master, hiding your name is better than going to the southern border! Master, what do you need this lowly one to do?

Zhang Zhou thought about it and said, "First, help me build a winery!"

"This isn't a difficult matter. Just a day or two is sufficient!"

Zhang Zhou had also warned Dong Da, if he dared to reveal himself, be discovered by others, or reveal anything, he would just send him to the Southern Wilderness, and he would never have the chance to make a comeback for the rest of his life. Dong Tianleng knew how serious the situation was!

Zhang Zhou hired a few craftsmen, along with a few half-grown boys who were sent over by Fei Zi. After working with Dong University for two days, he finally managed to build a winery in the side room of his yard.

Zhang Zhou did not know much about wine making, but he knew one thing. Distillation. It could improve the purity and taste of wine. The wine in this world was still fermented from grains.

Logically speaking, what he needed to do was to finish the further processing on this basis. As for the whole set of wineries, their purpose was just to conceal a secret to the greatest extent.

In any case, everything was progressing well. Although the people around him were confused by his actions, they did not say anything when they saw how confident he was.

Now that Zhang Zhou had spent most of his silver taels, he could only make use of the fact that he had the face of a hunter, and take out the rest of the wine.

Although Zhang Zhou knew the basic principle and general process of cooking wine, he had never actually used it. After sending Wang Tieshou to a well-made distillation unit and stably assembling it, he impatiently began to make his move.

He told Lin Yemao and You Nan seven to guard the outside of the building. Then he brought Dong Da and used the three hundred catties of wine he had bought to start the experiment.

There were many things that were easier said than done. One of them didn't know what to do, while the other didn't know what to do. Just like that, they started to try distilling the wine. It was unknown how many times they tried. Lin Jiu and You Nan Seven were initially curious about what Zhang Zhou was doing inside the house, lighting fires and tormenting themselves. Later on, he also became numb. When he was drowsily smelling the fragrance of the alcohol, it was already the middle of the night.

Zhang Zhou, who was sweating profusely and had a sore back, carefully walked out with a bowl of wine in his hands. He looked excited as he repeatedly said, "Success!" "It's a success!" Walking up to the dazed Lin Laoxi, he grabbed his arm, handed over the wine bowl, and said, "Taste it!"

This bowl of clear and fragrant wine in front of him, how could he doubt the logic behind not drinking it? He took a big gulp, and then felt his throat burn, and before he could even scream, the heat had already entered into his stomach, rebounding to a higher level, surging with strength. He could not help but shout out, "This is great!"

After all, this was the first step of his' Great Divination '. Now that he had finally succeeded, how could he not be happy?

That night, four people got drunk in the yard. The first one to get drunk was Dong Hai, while Zhang Zhou and co. were discussing this matter excitedly outside, he had already gotten drunk.