Chapter 10 The Calm Before the Storm

The establishment of the Beggar Gang affected the pattern of all corners of the country and even attracted the attention of the royal families of various countries.

The establishment of any gang usually required the efforts of several generations to develop and grow to a certain size.

But the Beggar Gang grew so fast. It had been a large gang when it was established. Thus, whether in view of the number or strength, it was vaguely the largest gang in the world.

This situation was unprecedented.

Faced with the threat, other gangs could do nothing but witness its sudden rise.

And for all countries, they naturally wanted to incorporate such a gang into their own sphere of influence. That should be great assistance!

At that night, it was inside the imperial study room in the imperial palace of the Dongqin Kingdom.

A young man with a handsome face in a yellow robe, sitting at a desk, possessed an aura of stateliness.

He was Qin Siyong, a young emperor of the Dongqin Kingdom, who had just succeeded to the throne for three years.

In front of the desk stood two sixty- or seventy-year-old ministers, the prime minister Wei Xiaohan and the less government Yan Wansong.

The elegant and handsome Dongqin Emperor handed the secret report from his hand to Wei Xiaohan. After waiting for the two officials to pass around to read it, he asked with a calm face,

"What are your opinions about it?"

"I think the appearance of the Beggar Gang will certainly have an impact on the pattern of the whole continent. According to the secret report, the court doesn’t infiltrate the Beggar Gang. If it’s true, we can carry out our plan as usual, and just pay proper attention to their movements!" The gentle and elegant old prime minister Wei Xiaohan said in a slow voice.

Yan Wansong, who had a serious and slightly imposing face, then spoke in a deep voice,

"In my opinion, it is best to subdue them for our use. The Beggar Gang disciples spread throughout the continent, and its power cannot be underestimated. Their headquarters are built in Beihan. If Beihan gets ahead of us to subdue them, it will be a big obstacle to our plan!"

Thus, three of them discussed this matter in the imperial study room until late.

At the same time, a similar scene was staged in different palaces. During this pre-storm time, all the countries were also interested in the Beggar Gang, a rising group.

However, the result was all about a wait-and-see attitude.

The next day.

In Beggar Gang headquarters, the guests said goodbye one by one and then left.

Finally, when only the Beggar Gang senior managers were left, Feng Tianyu summoned everyone to the Loyalty Hall to hold a senior management meeting. They eventually made the following three decisions.

First, they mustn’t attach themselves to any countries or gangs.

Second, it was necessary to seek projects to accumulate funds.

Third, it was necessary to improve the fighting power of the gang as quickly as possible, especially the force of the gang members.

After the meeting ended, everyone took up their own duties and went to their positions.

When only Feng Tianyu, Ouyang Bo and Mu Qianmei were left in the room, they started to discuss the development of the Beggar Gang again.

It would be hard for a huge gang, without its own industry and rich income supporting, to move forward.

The two old guys habitually looked at Mu Qianmei as if this little girl were the omnipotent one.

Mu Qianmei, a businesswoman in her previous life, was adept at making money.

After a little consideration, she put forward her idea with a smile.

"There are so many ways to earn money, but we have to consider it on the basis our actual situations."

"We have neither big investments nor enough people familiar with business, so it's better to start with small trades!"

"Our strongest feature is to have many people, wide distribution and multiple eyes and ears, so we are good at collecting information. In the future, collecting, buying and selling intelligence will be our first point."

The two old guys were incredible. How could this a way to earn money? And did you still have the nerve to charge for money when people asked for messages?

As a high-level student who graduated from journalism, Mu Qianmei knew the importance of information, so she patiently explained it for a while before the two old guys uncertainly accepted the plan.

"The second one is that the women in our gang should also be mobilized. It should be good in making clothes, and I will be the one to design them, so we can definitely make a lot of money." Mu Qianmei continued.

"There is nothing special about it! There are many tailor stores for clothes-making, so will anyone be willing to buy clothes made by beggars?" The old man had doubts again. How come even the little girl did not have a better idea?

"If the clothes made by us are better than others’, we can earn money. Don’t worry! People will buy the clothes designed by me, and they even will sell them to rich ladies and wives, hehe!"

Mu Qianmei said with chuckling.

Suddenly thinking of the KFC opened worldwide in a previous life, Mu Qianmei then said,

"I will also invent another peculiar fried chicken leg, and it's called Beggar Chicken. A part of the beggar brothers who are in good health can operate this business. It will definitely be popular throughout the entire Yugu Continent."

The old Taoist priest looked at Mu Qianmei with a smile and asked curiously, "How did you suddenly think of so many ways to earn money?"

"Huh. Secret!" Mu Qianmei did not help making a cute look and answered mysteriously.

It seemed that the young age of the little girl influenced her temperament!

Feng Tianyu heard for a long time but only got some usual suggestions. He was a little disappointed, but he thought that Mu Qianmei was only a twelve-year-old girl, so how much could he expect her to think of?

Take a try of her ideas!

After saying this, the older man suddenly said, "Little girl, I have more things in the future. There is not much time to take you around. You will stay in the Beggar Gang headquarters, practicing the Internal Magic Citta and Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks that I have taught you. If there is anything you don't understand, when I come back, you can ask me. What do you think?"

Unknowingly, Feng Tianyu had completely treated Mu Qianmei as a little child who knew nothing.

"Okay! I will temporarily stay in the Beggar Gang headquarters, seriously practicing the kung fu you have taught me. Also, I have to implement a few things that I have said above as soon as possible firstly so that the Beggar Gang can operate normally." Mu Qianmei thought for a while and replied.

"I'm just curious. According to your advice development, the people of the Beggar Gang all have something to do. Should we still call the Beggar Gang? Hehe." the old Taoist priest said with a laugh.

"The world has so many beggars. How can everyone have things to do? The old, the weak, the sick, the demented, the disabled children, there are so many like them, and they still have to beg for a living. But if the Beggar Gang has enough economic strength, we can always help these brothers and sisters in need. If it really develops to the time when we have food and drink, isn’t it better to have no beggars? Just this is almost impossible." Mu Qianmei lamented.

In the following period, Mu Qianmei spent her time developing the several industries that she had proposed while doubling her efforts to practice the martial arts that Feng Tianyu had taught her.

For one thing, the intelligence of Mu Qianmei herself was very high. For another thing, she had the good foundation that the old beggar had cultivated from her childhood. Thus, she learned martial arts simply with half the effort.

However, the cultivation of internal magic was not urgent but could only be improved slowly and step by step.

Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks was a set of masculine stick techniques. Although Mu Qianmei had a strong ability to comprehend, she was ultimately a little girl, so she always learned only its form, not its spirit, and never played to its strengths in sparring.

When Feng Tianyu instructed her, he also discovered the inherent flaws of Mu Qianmei's practice in this stick technique, so he had been thinking of a solution.

The good thing was that although she could not get its essence, because this stick technique was subtle and incomparable at best, Mu Qianmei performed it with all her might and still had some power. If she encountered ordinary martial arts experts, even if she could not beat them, the ability to escape and defend herself was still enough.

And with the foundation of dance, when Mu Qianmei performed this stick technique, it was a delight to the eyes and very beautiful. Even Ouyang Bo and Feng Tianyu could not stop praising when they looked at it. Martial arts could also be practiced in this way!

For some time thereafter, Mu Qianmei put things in order and then practised martial arts at ease.

Feng TianYu and Ouyang Bo were busy with affairs of the gang while thinking about improving this stick technique so that it could be transformed into a more suitable martial art for the little girl to practice.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, a random event triggered the beginning of a war.

It ignited the fuse of the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms.

Early morning of the second day in June.

Lanjing, the capital of Dongqin Kingdom.

If Luoya City in the Beihan was a commercial metropolis, Lanjing could be a more culturally rich ancient capital.

The entire city had horizontal and vertical roads, and the four-level ring road was squared off, circling the palace in a circle in the middle of the city.

Especially the wide Lanling Avenue, which crossed from west to east, in the middle of Lanjing, was clean, neat and spotless. It made people feel extremely quiet and fresh under the backdrop of two rows of ancient trees on the roadside.

By the side of the two rows with ancient trees were two rows of exquisite buildings with almost identical planning, classical and elegant, carved beams, looking beautiful and atmospheric.

But at this time, the city, which should be quiet and secluded, was filled with the sound of urgent horses' hooves and clutter of noise!

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

The tough cavalrymen on horseback, each wielding a whip, kept smacking their horses, shouting as they sped along.

The pedestrians on the road originally walked by the sides of the road. When they saw such a situation, they hid behind the ancient trees, fearing that they would be affected by getting into trouble in a disturbance.

Some of the small birds that stood on the branches also scared to flap their wings in panic, and flew away.

"What's going on here? Why has even the royal escort come out?" Someone whispered and asked.

"I just came from the side of the Lanjing Royal Academy. There were many soldiers gathering there. I heard that the young princess had eloped with someone, which made the emperor furious. He not only sent soldiers to investigate the cause but also asked them to hurry forward to chase them. That was the reason why there was such a huge array! Shh! Don't talk. Someone is coming." Another person also replied in a whisper with quite a bit of smugness in his tone, but when he saw someone approaching, he hurriedly pressed his lips gently with his index finger, signaling in a whisper not to speak again.

People who loved to watch the hustle and bustle were curious and rushed to the Lanjing Royal Academy to find out what was going on.