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Chapter 18 What is coming will eventually come
When Geng Xuan arrived at the gate of Changpingfang, he found many people walking out with things on their shoulders and backs.

It has been more than ten days since the tragic "traffic accident" occurred on the main street of the market and the ban was issued in the market.

This has already affected the lives of many people in the neighborhood. The ban was just lifted today, and so many people came to the gate.

As he followed the flow of people out, Geng Xuan looked around casually and found that most of the people carrying on their shoulders and backs were various daily necessities, or fresh vegetables, or hand-woven rattan baskets, bamboo baskets, wooden stools, bamboo fans and the like.

There are also some items such as straw sandals, cloth shoes, sachets and pillowcases.

Of course, there are more people like Geng Xuan who have nothing in their hands.

After leaving the gate of Changpingfang, a new change that he had never encountered before attracted Geng Xuan's attention.

However, on the road leading to the market from Changpingfang, there was a simple wooden fence with only a hole wide enough for one person to pass through.

Behind the wooden fence, there were three men in black clothes guarding there.

They just stood there silently, giving people a feeling of being sturdy, strong and ferocious, making everyone afraid to act rashly and queue up honestly to pass through.

At the entrance of the passage, there was a man in his early twenties sitting on a chair with a smile on his face. He was holding a wooden box in his hands, which was filled with veneers of uniform specifications. Everyone who passed by him would take a piece of veneer in his hand.

"Everyone has to take it. Someone will check it when the time comes. If you don't have it, it will be troublesome."

"Behave yourself when you enter the market. Do what you are supposed to do. If you start a fight or cause trouble, you are asking for trouble!"

"...each person gets one, keep them carefully... Bang, you are so naughty, these wooden signs are all numbered, give them in order..."

The man explained over and over again. When someone wanted to ask for more details, he just impatiently refuted.

"Just take it if you ask me to. I don't want you to pay a penny. Do you think I'm just playing house with you guys because I'm bored?"

"If you don't believe it, feel free to give it a try. We can all have some fun watching it."

After he said this, those who were originally doubtful became even more nervous and carefully put the wood chips they received into their arms.

When Geng Xuan passed by, he also took a piece according to the order.

Walk forward and look around.

The material of the wood chips themselves is very ordinary, even a little rough.

There are words on both sides, one side has the three characters "Changpingfang" written on it, and the other side has a number.

"Five twenty-seven."

Apart from this, there is no other information.

Geng Xuan put the wooden sign in his arms and kept thinking about this matter.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this seemingly simple move actually involves some fundamental changes.

As soon as he entered the market, Geng Xuan saw new changes.

Those small vendors would follow the old practice and just find a popular and unoccupied location to start their business.

But this time, they were stopped while they were still looking for a suitable location.

Just when these vendors were at a loss, several figures were seen walking towards them quickly.

What surprised Geng Xuan was that one of them was actually Chen Rongshan, and the other two looked very familiar. After thinking carefully, he discovered from his previous life's memories that they were also from Changpingfang.

These men first tried to comfort the vendors, who looked at a loss, and signaled them not to panic. At the same time, they called them together. When the number of vendors gathered reached 20 to 30, Chen Rongshan asked one of the men, who also came from Changpingfang, to wait here for the later vendors, and then called the other vendors to leave with them.

Because Chen Rongshan, who was giving the orders, also came from Changpingfang and was one of them, although the vendors still had many doubts, they all followed his guidance and followed silently.

There were the largest number of people, but no one paid any attention to people like Geng Xuan who had nothing in their hands. However, everyone followed Chen Rongshan and the other vendors tacitly, wanting to see what was going on.

Led by Chen Rongshan and his men, a large group of people came to an open space and said to everyone:

“I think you all heard about the previous incident.

Having learned from that incident, Kangle Market will no longer allow street vendors to be set up. "

As soon as he said this, all the vendors were excited.

"It was obviously those playboys who brought trouble upon themselves. We are the victims. Why is the whip falling on our heads?" someone complained.

"Is this for better horse racing on the long street?" someone asked sarcastically.

"If that's the case, why did you call us here?"

"Let's go, I'm not welcome here. I'm going back to the neighborhood. I don't believe Li Qian would dare to ask someone to kick my stall out!"

"..."

A group of vendors from Changpingfang complained in unison.

But no one actually turned away.

Chen Rongshan waited until everyone had vented their anger and calmed down before pointing to the empty space around him.

“In the future, all the scattered businesses in Kangle Center will be concentrated here.

...And this large area was all assigned to our Changpingfang, and thefang will arrange people to guard it.

From now on, you just need to focus on running your business, and the rest will be solved by the guild!"

His words were like a fire, igniting the hearts of the vendors present. Their eyes became bright as if burning with flames.

Chen Rongshan continued:
“Time is tight, and we have only done preliminary leveling here.

There will be a roof in the future. We are now preparing materials and recruiting workers. It will be put up before winter. Then everyone will have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It will be better than setting up stalls along the street..."

Chen Rongshan was still there explaining the new changes. Some people who had come to watch the fun saw that the topics they were talking about were becoming more and more specific, so they lost interest in listening and left one after another.

Geng Xuan also returned to the long street and walked straight to the cross street in the center of the market, ready to do the main business first. He placed orders at several blacksmith shops with ease, paid some silver in advance, and agreed to pick it up in the afternoon when the market was closed.

The high-intensity excavation these days has also shown the continuous strengthening of the physical fitness through tidal breathing in all aspects.

Geng Xuan could feel that his strength was becoming stronger and stronger. Originally, he was unable to pull three carts full of waste soil at the same time, but yesterday it became quite easy.

Last night, the tidal breathing method was upgraded from entry level to minor success. The body tempering effect will continue to increase, and my physical fitness will be greatly improved in the short term.

In order to improve efficiency, increase the single carrying capacity, and strive to exert your strength as much as possible every time, it is undoubtedly necessary.

It happened that the ban in the city was lifted today and the market was reopened, so Geng Xuan decided to order four more vehicles according to the original specifications.

If Geng Xuan had been rich, he would have wanted to order more.

The silver money left by the previous life's father, plus the ten taels obtained from Wu Youren, totaled sixty taels of silver, which was a considerable amount of wealth for ordinary people.

Geng Xuan went to the market specifically to learn about the prices of many daily necessities and other daily items, and found that the purchasing power of one or two taels of silver was very strong, almost equivalent to five hundred yuan in his previous life.

If sixty taels of silver were just to meet his living needs, it would be enough for him to get by for a long time.

But Geng Xuan's grip was too loose, and only two bubbles appeared, and there was basically nothing left.

Just a pair of iron gloves that were well-made, made of fine materials and carefully forged cost twenty taels of silver.

Each cart is custom-made with each component hammered out by highly skilled craftsmen, and the investment is about four or five taels.

Adding to that other miscellaneous expenses, even if Geng Xuan wanted more, he was unable to afford it.

“Now I’m really poor.”

After deducting the balance that had to be paid when picking up the goods, Geng Xuan found that he had less than one or two taels of silver left in his hand, and he felt very sad.

While walking on the road, Geng Xuan was thinking about how to get some money without delaying his work.

Suddenly, I heard a crisp cracking sound. I looked up and saw a figure with blood gushing from the mouth and nose about 30 meters ahead. He smashed the tightly closed stained glass window, fell headfirst onto the bluestone road with a bang.

The moment his head touched the stone slab, Geng Xuan seemed to hear a crisp cracking sound.

The little light that was still in his eyes quickly dimmed.

Just when everyone was stunned by this scene, another figure jumped out from the broken window. As it fell, it seemed to transform into a light feather and landed gently next to the corpse whose blood was already all over the ground.

The man first looked down at the corpse on the ground, then raised his eyes and glanced at the crowd around him. His eyes were not sharp, and there was even a faint smile on his face.

But at this moment, everyone felt a cold and solemn atmosphere.

“My dear friends, the current Kangleji is not the Kangleji of the past.

We welcome you to be our guests. You can also come here to ask for a meal, but you have to abide by the rules of our Kangleji.

If they think that my Kang Le Ji is a fat sheep, we will take it too!"

As he said this, there was still a smile on his face, but it was cold and fake. He glanced at the crowd and his eyes fell on the corpse on the ground.

The meaning is self-evident.

Having said that, he simply bowed to everyone and walked away.

As he left, the stagnant air seemed to become active again.

"Who... who is this? He speaks so harshly. Does he think he is the head of the hall?"

"You're right, he is the new headmaster of Kang Le Ji!"

"Ah... I haven't heard of it before. Where did it come from?"

“It fell from the sky!”

"where?"

"hey-hey."

"..."

While listening to what others were saying, Geng Xuan's mind was still immersed in the shock that only he could see.

Of all the people Geng Xuan had come into contact with before today, the one with the most eye-catching red aura on his head was the old man in Changpingfang, whose teeth and hair had mostly fallen out and who was half-jokingly called "Old Killer" by the people in the neighborhood.

Now, Geng Xuan truly understood what it meant that "there are always people better than you and there are always mountains better than you."

……

In the blink of an eye, it was already noon. As he was short of money, Geng Xuan dared not go to high-end places like Hongyue Building. He just walked into a popular small shop, chose a table by the window, ordered a basket of large meat buns and a bowl of egg drop soup with no eggs or eggs, only a light salty taste, and began to eat it, taking bites of the bun and sips of the soup.

While eating, I suddenly saw a man appear opposite me and sit down directly.

Geng Xuan was startled. He looked at the plain-looking middle-aged man sitting opposite him, then at the two empty tables next to him. He frowned and said, "Uncle, I don't want to share a table with others."

The middle-aged man stared at him with a calm expression.

"Don't worry, you just need to answer two questions and I'll leave right away."

Geng Xuan frowned and asked unhappily, "Who are you? Do we know each other?"

The middle-aged man stared at Geng Xuan carefully, nodded, and said:

“My appearance is indeed a little hard to describe.”

As he spoke, he bent down and opened the lid of a basket at his feet, then took out a puppy from it. The puppy was covered in white fur and had a pink nose.

He held the dog in his arms and gently stroked its fur. He didn't care about Geng Xuan who seemed to be completely frozen opposite him, and said with a smile:
"Very cute, right? Your neighbor's little girl loves her so much."

(End of this chapter)