Chapter 40 Reflection
"I have already sent all my men out to search for it urgently. Please be patient, we will definitely find clues to the Luoqi Pill."
"Okay." Ruan Xing ate another piece of iced watermelon with the help of the maid. She didn't expect that there were so many kinds of fruits in this era. "Come to see me as soon as you have any news."
"Yes."
After Hong Xi left, Hu San came.
"You've been busy all day. You haven't eaten yet? Sit down and eat together." Ruan Xing pointed at the dining table and motioned him to sit down, then waved her hand for the maids to leave.
She was just about to have dinner when she woke up, but Zhang Chenghui sent these maids to feed her snacks and fruits. She ate half full and didn't touch the food on the table. They also rubbed her shoulders, massaged her legs and fanned her. She was enjoying it so much that she didn't want to move.
Hu San was sent by her to collect donations in the morning. Except for the few people who spoke ill of her in person and bleed profusely, the other managers, after hearing about it, were afraid that if they did not donate, the little devil would remember and cause trouble for them, so they also donated hundreds or thousands of silver. Now, since everyone donated, the remaining few who felt it was none of their business had to donate as well.
It’s better to follow the crowd than to be a troublemaker.
The motto of life is nothing more than this: If you follow it honestly and seriously, you can avoid 80% of unnecessary troubles.
There were more than thirty managers in total. Even if Ruan Xing laid off a dozen of them, the remaining ones were enough for Hu San to take care of. Moreover, this was the first time he did such a thing and he had no experience.
"Thank you for your concern, Miss." Hu San bowed, sat down, and presented the account book he had sorted out.
People in gangs don't have the concept of hierarchy. When the big brother lets you sit at the same table to eat, it means he respects you. Ruan Xing has always trusted Hu San and would take him with him whenever he runs away. This makes Hu San a little proud, because he is the young lady's only confidant.
Ruan Xing flipped through the book and roughly scanned it. The records on it were quite organized and clear. She looked at Hu San and added, "I have never been involved in documents and accounts, so I don't know how to record and organize them. Master Qi sent his men to help me, and he also gave me some similar catalogs for reference."
"Well, you did a good job. But you are the deputy gang leader now, so you don't have to call him Seventh Master. If you are happy, call him Seventh Brother. If you are not happy, you can just call him Little Seven like me. With my protection, you can walk all over the Red Head Gang." Ruan Xing turned to the last page and saw the total amount of donations, which was a total of 13,700 taels. As Ruan Xing had instructed, it was all in cash.
Hehe, luckily I didn’t run away, otherwise I would have missed out on these ten thousand dollars.
She pointed at the words and asked, "Zhao Sanniang has already donated 500 taels, why is Wang Dongxing's name still on it? He is not the manager, how can he donate 300 taels?"
"Yes, Wang Dongxing donated it in his personal name." Hu San was also a little confused.
"How is he now? I was so busy these past two days that I forgot about him."
"His mother gave him some power. Now he owns several shops and has a lot more money. Among those managers you ordered to be killed, one was his cousin's uncle. Although his cousin does not have to observe mourning for her uncle, the marriage is put on hold for the time being. He is very happy and said that your divination is very effective, but he doesn't know when the last few sentences will come true." Hu San conveyed the message honestly.
Ruan Xing chuckled. She had originally planned to train Young Master Wang so that she could use him when she went to the cave to kill the Red-Headed Taoist Priest. However, she did not expect that the Red-Headed Taoist Priest would appear in the city, which directly disrupted her plan and she did not use Young Master Wang.
He took her calculations on male child psychology for him quite seriously, and he was aware that they were close and wanted power.
It just so happened that she didn't have any trustworthy subordinates in the Red Head Gang, and Hu San was a deputy leader without any experience or subordinates, so he was in need of people. "Take a piece of your territory out and give him a position as a manager, and let him work with you in the future. His mother taught him a lot of things, and he has experience. With his help, you can be much more relaxed."
Hu San didn't really want to accept Lu Youqi's help, so she felt relieved when she heard that and said happily, "Yes, Miss. Also, when I went to collect the donations, some managers gave me gifts, but I didn't accept any."
His expression looked like a big dog waiting for praise.
Ruan Xing rolled her eyes at him with amusement, "Are you stupid? Why don't you accept it? Just accept it if I give it to you. With the money, you can buy yourself a spacious private house and some nice clothes to dress yourself up. You are now the deputy gang leader and you represent my face, understand? And if you accept the gift, they will work with peace of mind and won't be worried that I will kill them every day, understand?"
But it seems normal, as Hu San is just like that. When he was poor, he refused to accept the few cents of bribe offered by Ruan Xing.
Wang Dongxing should understand this, as he is very good at giving gifts. When the time comes, let him talk to Hu San more and give him some advice.
Hu San suddenly understood and showed an expression of having learned something. "Yes, I understand."
"There is one more thing..." Ruan Xing hesitated, not knowing whether she should continue. Before, she had temporarily dealt with the scumbag father and let him lie at home to recuperate. After that, she was very busy every day, and it was also very dangerous. If she was not careful, she would die hundreds of times. If it weren't for the simulator, she would have died hundreds of times. This morning she was still thinking about running away.
Her identity is not a secret and can be found out with a little effort. However, people like the city lord Liu Gongzi now believe that she has a mysterious master and that her identity as the daughter of the Ruan family is just a superficial cover. Therefore, even if she runs away, the city lord will not cause trouble for the Ruan family because they do not think she is really Ruan Xing.
If she gets involved with the Ruan family now, and she wants to run away when she encounters an unsolvable danger in the future, wouldn't she be harming her sister and mother?
She is still a somewhat selfish egoist at heart, and she will not put herself in danger for Ruan Tao.
But her sister was so good to her. She was not used to it when she first came here. It was Ruan Tao who held her to sleep at night, took care of her every day, and protected her from the persecution of her scumbag father.
She couldn't bring her sister to live with her because it was too dangerous around her. Moreover, this would add another variable to her simulation. Ruan Tao was an ordinary girl. Her dream was to find a good husband and take her sister away from her original family.
"Forget it." Ruan Xing said dejectedly, "Hu San, go and give my sister... ten taels of silver in person. Just say that I was appreciated by the nobleman here at the Seventh Master. Be discreet and don't let anyone find out. Go and give it directly to my sister during the day. Don't let my mother know that she will spend the money on a man. By the way, secretly observe whether my father bullies my sister."
Mother Ruan has always had the illusion that her father has turned over a new leaf, so she must not be allowed to get the money to cure her father's leg.
If she thought about it carefully, it would be quite difficult for Ruan Tao to be caught between those two people. She had to help Ruan Tao escape from the sea of suffering.
Having made up her mind, she continued, "If he still hasn't repented, you can dissolve this powder and add it to his medicine."
Ruan Xing dug out a bottle of medicine powder from the drawer and handed it to Hu San. This was one of the finished products developed by the Red-Headed Taoist. After taking it, it could cause people to die suddenly in their sleep, commonly known as myocardial infarction.
Madam Liu was a pretty nice person. She was often called in the middle of the night to see doctors and get medicine. Dr. Liu would not blame her if she did not have enough money for the consultation. She would just pay her back when she had the money in the future. She could not use some strong poisons to undermine the medical ethics of Dr. Liu, so she just let her scumbag father die suddenly in his sleep.
Hu San replied yes, took the medicine bottle and put it away.
Ruan Xing was not the kind of entrepreneur who would just let people work without paying them. After talking about work, she asked, "How is your martial arts training going? Have you developed your internal strength? Do you have enough medicine?"
Hu San showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, "No... I still have two bottles of liquid medicine. I am ashamed."
Ruan Xing was just about to say something heartfelt like if you don't work hard in practicing martial arts, you can only be a little brother, but he suddenly realized that it had only been two days since Hu San had made some progress in internal energy, and his schedule was full of things to do, so he had no time to practice martial arts... Ruan Xing had caught up on some sleep, but Hu San had driven the carriage all night and collected a day's rent.
She suddenly felt ashamed, as she still thought she was a good leader who was lenient and loved by others.
In modern times, if one makes his employees work a whole day and a night continuously, they would have been cyber-bullied online long ago.
After reflecting on himself, Ruan Xing said with a lack of confidence: "It's okay, it's okay... Well, go back to sleep after dinner. There's no rush for other things. I'll find a way to solve the problem of the medicine."
Hu San was touched and said, "Thank you for your concern, Miss. I will practice hard."
Damn it! Ruan Xing lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed to look at the dark circles under Hu San’s eyes.
After the two of them finished their meal, Ruan Xing quickly asked Hu San to go and rest. She herself was not sleepy because she had just had a good sleep. She called the housekeeper to get the key to the inner storehouse and decided to deal with the issue of the medicine first.
She gave all the medicine she had obtained from the simulation to Hu San. She did get a few more bottles when she went to the cave last night, but it was not enough. Ruan Xing remembered that it took her nearly a hundred bottles to cultivate her internal strength to perfection.
Of course, it could also be because her qualifications are too poor.
Not to mention this, Ruan Xing was planning to train Hu San to the acquired realm, and she would not be as stingy as the old man if other capable managers did their jobs as she asked, so refining the medicine was imperative. She had the recipe for the medicine, and the old man often asked Hong Xi to collect the medicinal materials for the medicine, so they were all ready and could be taken out from the inner warehouse.
The only problem is that she doesn't know how to make medicine.
……
But this is not a big problem, just use the simulator.
The housekeeper asked the servants to move all the medicine furnace, medicine cauldron, stirring spoons, long-handled medicinal materials and other things to the small courtyard in front of Ruan Xing's room, and then left.
Everything is available, and the next step is to increase the success rate by increasing the number of times.
Ruan Xing took a deep breath, filled with the fragrance of medicinal herbs, and began the simulation.
[Simulating]
At the age of six, you started to make medicine according to the recipe, but you failed after several attempts. All you made was a sour and astringent medicine that had lost its medicinal properties.
A few days later, the city lord returned to the capital to report on his work. You did not go to see him off, but continued to stay in your room to make medicine.
Your father also passed away, and your mother wanted you to go back to attend the funeral and observe mourning, but you ignored her and continued to concentrate on refining medicine.
Half a month later, a young new city lord came to Jiangning City. He made drastic reforms. You consolidated the Red Head Gang's sphere of influence, restrained the behavior of the gang members, and continued to refine medicine.
The new city lord was very satisfied with your tact. He had no intention of touching the Red Head Gang, but instead rectified all the state-owned industries and agricultural fields under the name of the Household Tax Bureau. Many people in the weaving workshop were convicted and imprisoned. Your mother was also implicated and lost her job. She came to the Seventh Master's Hall to ask you for help. After you sent someone to deliver the silver, you continued to concentrate on refining the medicine, and finally succeeded in refining a qualified medicine liquid.
At the age of seven, you concentrated on refining medicine and gained experience. Your mother married again with your sister, but you did not attend the wedding.
At the age of eight, you focused on refining medicine, and the quality of the medicine improved.
At the age of nine, you concentrated on refining medicine. The people in the gang were dissatisfied with your concessions all the time and complained about them. You ignored them and they became even more arrogant.
At the age of ten, you concentrated on refining medicine. The middle and high-level leaders in the gang had begun to disobey you, but you ignored them. Hu San tried to integrate and manage them, but he was unable to do so and could not convince them.
At the age of eleven, your medicine refining skills have improved. Your gang has split into several small forces. Only Hu San, Zhao Sanniang, Wang Dongxing, and Lu Youqi have always supported you. The other forces are ready to resist the suppression of the new city lord.
At the age of twelve, you were not very satisfied with the success rate and efficiency of the medicine. You continued to refine the medicine, wanting to simplify the techniques and raw materials while maintaining the medicinal properties. On the road to rebel against the new city lord, they failed, and you were also implicated, but under the mediation of the patrol officer and the left commander, the new city lord did not vent his anger on you. You lost a large area of territory, Lu Youqi and Zhao Sanniang set up their own factions, and Jiangning City had a new gang dispute. The new city director's term expired and left Jiangning City.
At the age of thirteen, you continued to study the liquid medicine. The emerging gangs coveted your remaining territory, not only causing several gang frictions, but also trying to assassinate you, but the masters they sent were no match for you.
At the age of fourteen, you continued to study the liquid medicine. The Red Head Gang had been infiltrated by other forces, and they poisoned your food and you died.
Please select the reward for this simulation:
1. Memories of when I was fourteen.
2. A random item that was on me when I was fourteen.
3. A random skill acquired at age fourteen.
4. The realm of cultivation reached at the age of fourteen.
Ruan Xing chose three.
[Congratulations on gaining the experience of refining medicine at the age of fourteen. ]
The words "Introduction to Alchemy" appeared on the panel, and a large number of successful or failed techniques, skills, and experiences suddenly appeared in Ruan Xing's mind. In the past few years in the simulation, she only studied the medicinal liquid needed for practicing internal strength.
So although her success rate is not low, her skill level is not high.
In fact, the difficulty of refining this medicine liquid is not complicated. It's just that she has been studying to simplify the medicine liquid in the past few years, just to find a way to eliminate the boy's heart blood in the prescription. God helps those who work hard, and she finally found something that can replace the boy's heart blood. Although the efficacy is reduced by 30%, it is not a big problem. As long as her alchemy level is improved and the medicine liquid is mass-produced, quantity can make up for quality.
But why do I always feel like I was tricked by the old city lord...
Never mind. She still needs to refine the Luoqi Pill in the future anyway, so she might as well gain experience with the other prescriptions and raise her alchemy level first.
Thanks to albyxi for the monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)
