bestfiction Chapter 479 This is outrageous!
Chapter 479 This is outrageous!
“In the past, people in Taiping County who wanted to find a job to make a living often had to go to the county seat.”
Manager Wang continued, "Nowadays, the county town is no longer the best choice for people to find work; Chenjia Village is!"
A large number of people flocked to Chenjia Village to work. After successfully finding jobs, they would rent houses and live in Chenjia Village. As a result, the population of Chenjia Village naturally increased rapidly. Today, the population of Chenjia Village is about 12,000, and this number is still growing rapidly.
Perhaps the current population of Chenjia Village is not enough to support Zheng Baolou's consumption, but that may change in the future.
Zheng Qing nodded repeatedly as he listened.
Indeed, given the current population growth rate of Chenjia Village, it is possible that the population could reach 20,000 or even 30,000 in the future. Such a population would be enough to support the existence of Zheng Baolou.
After all, although the total population of Chenjia Village is far less than that of a typical county town, its population density is much higher. With 30,000 people living in this small village, and Zhengbaolou located in the most prosperous and busiest area of Chenjia Village, it naturally becomes the best choice for the villagers to shop.
only……
Zheng Qing paused for a moment and said, "You're only talking about ordinary people, but the majority of Zheng Baolou's profits come from martial artists."
While this statement may seem disrespectful to ordinary people, it is indeed the truth.
The profit margin on goods sold to ordinary people is meager. Although it is possible to win by volume, for Zheng Baolou, the profit from selling these goods to ordinary people is far less than that from doing business with martial artists.
After all... in the land of Kyushu, martial artists are the true wealthy class, and the purchasing power of ordinary people is far inferior to that of martial artists.
Even in terms of essential goods like food, martial artists have a much stronger purchasing power than the working class. A martial artist consumes at least five times the amount of food an ordinary person consumes in a day.
"Does the patriarch know how many martial artists Chen Family Village has today?"
Manager Wang countered with a question.
"This...I don't know!"
Zheng Qing shook his head. When Zheng Qiuyan mentioned Chenjia Village to him before, she had mentioned the village's guard team. Therefore, Zheng Qing roughly knew that there should be dozens of martial artists in Chenjia Village.
However... judging from Manager Wang's expression, this number is probably incorrect.
"Nearly four hundred people!"
Manager Wang held up four fingers and announced an astonishing number.
"400 people?"
Zheng Qing and Zheng Qiuyan exchanged a glance, their expressions shocked.
What does four hundred martial artists mean?
Because of their business, the Zheng family could be considered the wealthiest family in Taicang County, but even the Zheng family couldn't support 400 martial artists!
Let alone the Zheng family, even the former Wang family, most of their retainers were ordinary people, or rather, strong ordinary people. Four hundred martial artists were simply unthinkable.
"That's right, 400 people!"
Shopkeeper Wang nodded solemnly: "A few days ago, the Chen family army expanded its recruitment from more than 30 people to more than 300 people. Now these more than 300 people have been trained into martial artists by Chen family village."
"hiss!"
Zheng Qing couldn't help but gasp. To train more than three hundred people into martial artists was... insane!
Zheng Qiuyan's beautiful eyes widened as well. When she first came to Chenjia Village, the more than thirty martial artists in the village's guard team had already shocked her greatly, but she never expected...
Thirty-odd martial artists are not the limit for Chen Family Village; more than three hundred would be.
“Li can testify to this matter.”
Li Qingyun chimed in from the side, "Chenjia Village does indeed have a great many martial artists."
"Oh?"
Zheng Qing glanced at Li Qingyun: "Does Magistrate Li seem to know some inside information?"
Li Qingyun nodded and said, "The Prefect should remember my request for help a few days ago?"
"remember."
Zheng Qing nodded. A few days ago, Li Qingyun had sent him a letter requesting assistance, hoping that the county could send some manpower to help him suppress the rebellious troops within its borders. However, due to the county's insufficient military strength, Zheng Qing had no choice but to refuse Li Qingyun's request for assistance.
After all... even if Zheng Qing sent out all the warriors in his household and the entire city guard, he would probably still have a hard time defeating thousands of defeated soldiers.
"Could it be that the Chen family army helped you, Magistrate Li, deal with those several thousand defeated soldiers?"
Suddenly realizing something, Zheng Qing asked, "Logically speaking, Ding'an County, which is occupied by thousands of defeated soldiers, should be in great chaos. However, when he passed through Ding'an County yesterday, he did not see any defeated soldiers or any chaos."
"Not bad!"
Li Qingyun nodded: "Because we could not get any assistance from the county seat and the prefecture, I could only ask Chenjia Village for help. Young friend Chen did not refuse me, but sent 300 Chenjia soldiers to return to the county seat with me to wipe out the defeated army!"
"How is the result?"
Zheng Qiuyan, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but ask.
"A resounding victory indeed!"
Li Qingyun laughed and said, "The 300 Chen family soldiers each had the strength of a ninth-grade martial artist or above, and were extremely brave. They were not at a disadvantage against the three thousand defeated soldiers, and finally defeated the three thousand defeated soldiers, restoring peace to Ding'an County."
"hiss!"
Zheng Qing, Zheng Qiuyan, and Manager Wang all gasped in shock.
To fight three hundred against three thousand, and still manage to win against an enemy ten times one's own strength, is truly an outrageous feat.
However, considering that all three hundred members of the Chen family army were martial artists, the three of them felt relieved.
A martial artist's strength far surpasses that of an ordinary person, and it's not difficult for them to take on ten opponents at once. It doesn't seem so hard to believe that three hundred members of the Chen family army could defeat three thousand routed soldiers... What a load of rubbish!
Even if all the members of the Chen family army were martial artists, the fact that one could fight ten opponents is still quite exaggerated, isn't it?
On the battlefield, swords and spears have no eyes. Even if a martial artist is caught in the enemy's formation, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be injured. After all, the battlefield is different from fighting alone. There is limited room to maneuver, and it is difficult for a martial artist to guarantee that he can avoid all attacks.
While martial artists possess strong physical bodies, they are not invulnerable to blades and spears. They can still be injured if they are cut by a blade. The three of them found it hard to imagine how the Chen family army managed to defeat 3000 against 300.
What is the casualty situation of Chen Jiajun's army?
Zheng Qing asked curiously.
“No casualties.”
Li Qingyun shook his head: "Only a few soldiers of the Chen family army were injured, and the death toll was zero."
Zheng Qing: "..."
Zheng Qiuyan: "..."
Shopkeeper Wang: "..."
The three of them stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with astonishment.
Three hundred defeating three thousand was already shocking enough, but they never expected that... the Chen family army's casualties were still zero!
To defeat three thousand men with only three hundred men and suffer zero casualties is an absurd feat. It's utterly outrageous!
Even the most elite and powerful Great Wall Army of the Xia Kingdom probably couldn't fight ten against one without suffering any casualties.