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Chapter 679: Chapter 196 Rewarding Subordinates, Willing to Die for the Gang Leader (10,000 Characters for Subscription)_4
"If you are not willing to strive, you can gradually advance from a new disciple to an excellent disciple, and then to an elite disciple over the years."
"If you are willing to strive and make contributions, you can rapidly ascend in rank, then even earn points, exchange them for Cultivation Techniques, become stronger, earn more silver, and enjoy better treatment."
"With such a transparent system, will you strive or not?"
"Then there’s your family. If there’s a significant burden at home, just by becoming an official disciple, we can immediately arrange for someone from your family to find a job in the shops and earn a wage."
"This greatly reduces the pressure of daily life."
"Next is your children—free schooling, guaranteed jobs upon growing up, and possibly even becoming direct disciples of the Gang Leader, promising a bright future. With such a hopeful future, would you be willing to change your Gang Leader for the sake of your children?"
"It can be said that by doing so, Chen Jie has solidified his foundation."
"Although Chen Jie has just taken over, his prestige now far exceeds that of all previous Gang Leaders."
"People never go against their interests; everyone seeks benefits and avoids harm, and Chen Jie has bound them with interests, making the cost of their betrayal incredibly high. Only then can he truly employ these disciples for himself."
"Chen Jie is aiming for great things. Although I don’t know whether the Old blind man, Yuan Sanjia, is right or wrong, Chen Jie indeed wants to become the Master Jiu Wu."
"Chen Jie has always believed in the saying: ’Princes and generals have no foreordained roots; if others can sit on high, why can’t I?’ One day, I too will add a long line and sit as the Master Jiu Wu!"
"So Chen Jie has laid out all his plans neatly and has not kept them hidden from the Commandery Princess."
"After seeing the series of reforms from Chen Jie, the Commandery Princess’s eyes twinkled with stars; if her father could implement such reforms, their rule could become much more stable!"
"It can be said that this policy has truly ignited the ambition of the Fishing Guild Disciples. If anyone now says that Chen Jiusi should no longer serve as Gang Leader, these disciples would surely be the first to object."
"Because they have placed all their hopes and lives on Chen Jie."
"White Tiger Academy finished its recruitment on the fourth day, and after a day of learning, the children took their schoolbooks home."
"They arrived home to find their Fishing Guild Disciple fathers waiting for them."
"Then the fathers would ask them, ’What did you learn today?’"
"The children answered, ’Dean Su first talked about Student Rules, then our teacher taught us the Three Character Classic, and our Martial Arts teacher taught us the horse stance!’"
"Having shared the day’s learnings with their father, the father, filled with emotion, said, ’Son, you are so fortunate. You must study hard, do you understand?’"
"’You shouldn’t let our family down. Whether or not our family can rise in society depends on you. This opportunity is a blessing that we couldn’t have asked for in eight lifetimes.’"
"’You must work hard in your studies, understand?’"
"’Understood, Father!’"
"The child nodded sensibly; at this time, the wife had prepared the meal, and today they were eating mixed-grain rice, something they couldn’t afford before. They could eat this today because the Fishing Guild provided welfare."
"Hearing her husband educating their son, the wife also said, ’Husband, you also need to work hard in the guild. You’re now an official disciple, and if you keep striving, in two years you could become an excellent disciple, then our monthly salary could rise to one tael and two maces. I can also help out in the tailor’s shop, earning seven or eight maces of silver a month. With two taels of silver a month, our life will keep improving.’"
"’Later, you save up some points, and when our son is a bit older, you can exchange them for a better Martial Arts book for him. Our son might even become a Refining Body Realm or even a Willow Tendon Realm Martial Artist and become a manager; then our days will truly be better.’"
"Hearing this, the disciple nodded and said, ’Yes, I never thought we could one day live such a life. These days have a future. Why didn’t we live this way in the past years?’"
"The wife responded, ’How could you not know? In earlier years, it was because the Gang Leader hadn’t taken over. In my opinion, the Fishing Guild should have been handed over to the Gang Leader earlier. Look at the life we used to live.’"
"’Every day at home, we ate sorghum rice mixed with coarse bran, not even tasting meat all year round. The son just knew how to play wildly at home; those days had no future.’"
"’Look at us now: eating mixed-grain rice, eating meat, you even have a little drink, and our son has a promising future. Now when I go out and say I am a family member of the Fishing Guild, guess how many people envy us. Those who looked down on us now all smile when they see us.’"
"Hearing this, a smile appeared on the disciple’s face too, ’Yes, we must thank the Gang Leader; if not for the Gang Leader, we would still be living like dogs."
"As he spoke, the disciple opened a dish of meat and green vegetables at home; saliva dripped down, but he still picked a large piece of meat for his son."
"Seeing the meat, the son immediately started eating greedily, with oil around his mouth, ’Thank you, Dad.’"
"’Naughty boy, eat slowly.’"
"After saying this, he looked up and saw a new hairpin his wife had in her hair, showing off a bit."
"The disciple’s face was filled with a content smile; a man should indeed let his children and wife live a good life—that is what a true man should be like."
"Thinking this, the disciple poured himself a drink, and seeing this, the wife sneakily brought over a small bowl containing fried peanuts."
"Husband, have some peanuts with your drink."
"The disciple immediately smiled, ’Thank you, wife.’"
