"You're Uncle Chen's nephew?" Liu Mang looked at the very fair and clean looking young man in front of him. It was hard to believe that this person was a hoodlum. If it wasn't for the fact that he was wearing the wrong uniform, if he was wearing a long robe and holding a folding fan in his hand, he would definitely be a handsome and elegant young master.
"Why don't you kowtow to His Highness the King Of Shu?" Uncle Chen patted his nephew on the back. This nephew of his is simply too daring. Seeing Liu Mang, he did not kneel down and even looked at Liu Mang from head to toe. This can be considered as a great disrespect.
"This humble one, Chen Shen, greets His Highness the King Of Shu!" It was obvious that this nephew respected Uncle Chen. Otherwise, how could an old man like Uncle Chen make a young man bow his head?
"There's no need for that!" Liu Mang didn't like kneeling. He stepped forward and stopped Chen Shen from doing so.
"Thank you, Your Highness the King Of Shu!" Liu Mang did not know where Chen Shen learned to kowtow. Although he was serious, it was also comical. He replied to Liu Mang in a very strange manner.
"I believe that before you came, your uncle already told you what we need you to do!" Liu Mang said to Chen Shen.
"If this is done well, then you can follow me!" If Chen Shen could do this well, Liu Mang didn't mind keeping him by his side. After all, talents were hard to come by.
"Don't worry! Your Highness the King Of Shu, don't worry about me. I'll definitely do a good job! " Liu Mang had just praised Chen Shen for being polite, but now his true colors were revealed. How could he speak like this to his superiors?
"Speak properly!" Uncle Chen stepped forward and slapped Chen Shen again. Although Uncle Chen was old, he had done some hard work before. His strength wasn't light. He slapped Chen Shen on the back of his head. The sound was so loud that Liu Mang could feel Chen Shen's pain.
"Uncle, you can't beat him anymore. If you beat him again, you'll become like Buttface!" Chen Shen looked at his uncle with resentment. The Buttface he was referring to was one of his subordinates who only had strength but not brains.
"You still dare to talk back?!" Uncle Chen slapped Chen Shen again. Liu Mang's mouth twitched. He felt pain for Chen Shen.
"Chen Shen, I believe that Uncle Chen wouldn't mistake you for someone else. Don't disappoint Uncle Chen and me!" Liu Mang said to Chen Shen. Although delivering the invitation was a small matter, it was very important. Without Chen Shen, Liu Mang's plan wouldn't have succeeded.
"Understood!" Chen Shen might seem glib on the surface, but once he got serious, he wasn't bad at all.
"Then you can go!" Liu Mang waved Chen Shen away. Chen Shen nodded. As Liu Mang was about to leave, he saw Chen Shen still standing there. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is it difficult?! Is there not enough manpower? " Liu Mang frowned. There were many people in Xiangyang City who needed to send out invitations. Did Chen Shen have enough manpower?
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, I don't mean to brag, but I have nothing but brothers!" Chen Shen said proudly.
"Then why aren't you leaving? It's getting late. We need to finish this as soon as possible! "Liu Mang ordered Chen Shen.
"This, that, that!" Chen Shen looked at Liu Mang with a conflicted expression.
"What's wrong? Just tell me if you have any difficulties! " Liu Mang looked at Chen Shen, who was behaving like a woman. There must be some difficulties.
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, can you give me some money?" Chen Shen stretched out his hands and asked Liu Mang.
"Money?!" At the side, Uncle Chen was stunned for a moment before he flew into a rage. "Brat, His Highness the King of Shu thinks highly of you, and that's why he asked you to do this. You still want a reward? I'll beat you to death, you useless trash!" Uncle Chen knew that his nephew was not only a hooligan but also a gambling addict. He thought that Chen Shen wanted money from Liu Mang to gamble.
"No, no! Uncle, listen to me. Uncle, don't hit me, don't hit me! It hurts! "Although Chen Shen looked like a scholar, he had a good physique. Liu Mang did not see any signs of illness on Chen Shen's face. He was a strong young man. It would be easy for him to stop an old man like Uncle Chen. However, Chen Shen did not dare to do anything. He only dared to hide. He was a filial person.
"What's there to say? You're just a pile of mud that can't be helped up to a wall. You're the only one left in the Chen family. If it weren't for the sake of your dead parents, I would have beaten you to death!" The more Uncle Chen thought about it, the angrier he got. Uncle Chen did not want to listen to his explanation.
"Alright, alright. Uncle Chen, I believe that Chen Shen used to gamble, but he won't in the future!" Liu Mang could see that Chen Shen was not a fool. Liu Mang had already told him his identity. How could he not guess it? How could he not know that if he grasped this path of his, he could change his identity and even change his life? How could he not see such an opportunity?
How could he give it up for a mere reward?
After hearing Liu Mang's words and knowing that Uncle Chen was tired of beating him, he let Chen Shen go.
"Alright, Chen Shen, tell me. How much money do you want? What do you want it for?" Liu Mang asked Chen Shen.
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, I want ten, no, five, three gold. Three gold is enough! "Chen Shen held out three fingers and looked at Liu Mang.
"Three gold?!" Liu Mang was stunned for a moment. Three pieces of gold to a commoner's family may be a year or even several years of wealth. But to Liu Mang, it was only a negligible amount. Did this Chen Shen want three gold coins just for money?
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, you know that my brothers are all rangers. To put it bluntly, they are gangsters. Gangsters naturally don't have the money to buy clothes. Their clothes are all tattered!" Chen Shen was afraid that Liu Mang would not believe him, so he pulled out his clothes and showed them to Liu Mang. "Your Highness, King Of Shu, this is the best clothes I have! I wore it just to see you! " Although Chen Shen's clothes were made of silk, Liu Mang could see that it was the cheapest kind of silk. Many parts of it were yellowed, and there were even a few holes. However, Chen Shen was not stupid. He covered up the holes.
"You want to buy clothes for your brothers?!" Liu Mang asked.
"Yes!" Chen Shen nodded. "We are gangsters. Although we have Master Chu's invitation, those masters and young masters look down on us. We can't even meet them. How can we send the invitation?" Chen Shen explained to Liu Mang. "Your Highness, King Of Shu, don't worry. I, Chen Shen, am a gambler, but I will never gamble with this money!"
"Haha!" Liu Mang smiled and shook his head. He was really relieved. Even if Chen Shen gambled with the money, it would not be a problem. Liu Mang came from the modern world and knew better than Chen Shen what it meant to be a person with clothes and bark. Appearance was also a form of public relations. If you dress well, people will naturally look at you more favorably. In the modern world, the bosses of small shell companies did not have many assets but they would still drive Mercedes-Benz and wear Armani. If you talk about business like this, people will naturally get closer to you. To put it nicely, it was called appearance public relations. To put it bluntly, it was called looking down on people.
If Chen Shen's gangsters were dressed sloppily, they would not even be able to enter the inner city, let alone send the invitation. If they were dressed in silk, they would naturally be invited as guests.
Seeing Liu Mang shake his head, Chen Shen also lowered his head and gnashed his teeth. "Your Highness King of Shu, one gold is fine. I will gather my brothers to gather the money. We will definitely gather the money!"
"Idiot, how can His Highness, King Of Shu, be short of a few gold?" Uncle Chen slapped Liu Mang again. Liu Mang had spent hundreds of gold for the Kuai Family's banquet. How could he care about a few gold?
"But His Highness, King Of Shu, shook his head?" Chen Shen was a little dumbfounded. This was also true. Only people of the same class would think about things of the same class. If you were a billionaire, you would naturally not care about the Apple 6. You could buy it whenever you wanted, but some short and poor people would have to sell their kidneys to buy it.
"I shook my head because I think three gold is not enough!" Liu Mang looked at Chen Shen and laughed. This Chen Shen was really funny. Liu Mang had not even said that he would accept him, but he was already trying to save money for Liu Mang.
"I will give you 30 gold!" Liu Mang took out ten times the amount.
"Ah ah ah?" Chen Shen was stunned. Liu Mang was very efficient. The 30 gold was quickly sent over by Jia Xu. 30 shiny gold ingots were placed in front of Chen Shen. Chen Shen's eyes were dazed.
"This, this!" Chen Shen had been in the underworld for a long time. Although he boasted that money was nothing, he was still a little confused when he saw the 30 gold ingots in front of him. He took a deep breath and swallowed his saliva. It was as if an ordinary person had suddenly received five million.
"You good-for-nothing!" Chen Shen was exasperated. He went up and kicked Chen Shen. Finally, Chen Shen calmed down.
"These are all for me? Chen Shen looked at Liu Mang suspiciously.
"Of course! These are all for you, Chen Shen. Go and buy a set of silk clothes for each of your brothers. If it is not enough, you can come to me for more! "Liu Mang said to Chen Shen.
"Enough, enough, enough!" 30 gold ingots. This was more than 30 years of income for an ordinary family. A governor's salary was only 50 gold ingots. 30 gold ingots was not a small number.
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, aren't you afraid that I will run away with this money?" Chen Shen asked Liu Mang carefully.
"These?" Liu Mang pointed at the gold ingots on the table.
Chen Shen nodded. Liu Mang then made an expression that would leave a deep impression on Chen Shen even decades later. At that time, Chen Shen was already Liu Mang's lackey. It was that expression that allowed Chen Shen to get rid of his narrow-minded self. It was also that expression that changed Chen Shen's character. From a person who muddled along, he became someone who knew how to fight.
What was Liu Mang's expression? It was a kind of indifference. It was as if the 30 gold ingots did not exist in front of him. It was this expression that completely captivated Chen Shen.
"Go, it's getting late! Finish the task as soon as possible. I might need you at night! "Liu Mang said to Chen Shen.
"Yes, yes." Chen Shen was almost incoherent. He nodded at Liu Mang. The 30 gold ingots were not small. Chen Shen took two people with him and took the gold ingots away.
"Uncle Chen, your nephew is not bad!" Liu Mang smiled and floated away.
"Your Highness, King Of Shu, you're too kind!"
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"Wow, boss, you're rich! You're rich! Which noble did you meet? Or did Uncle Chen find his conscience and start giving you money because he knows that he can't take it away even if he dies? " Chen Shen had a lot of subordinates. There were at least a hundred of them. However, Chen Shen only had a few right-hand men. When Chen Shen received the money from Liu Mang, he immediately called them over.
"Damn fatty, don't touch it!" A chubby ranger was about to touch the gold ingots when Chen Shen interrupted him.
"Boss, this gold ingots is enough for us to gamble for half a year!" The fatty was drooling. "I can also take care of Little Peach!"
"Hmph!" Chen Shen coldly snorted at his subordinates. "Shallow!"
"Shallow? Hey, boss, we don't like to hear that. What do you mean by shallow? We treat money like dirt! " “
"Oh my, you're panting just because I said you're fat!" Although Chen Shen and his subordinates didn't respect each other, he still had some prestige among the hundred people.
"Let me tell you, this gold ingots are just a drop in the ocean. You should know that your boss is someone who wants to make a lot of money. As long as I succeed this time, I will enjoy endless glory and wealth!" Chen Shen gestured to his subordinates. Even if he opened his entire body, it would only be a few hundred gold ingots. This amount of money could not be considered as glory and wealth. However, such a stroke made the underlings look at it one by one. They were all people at the bottom of society. They were inferior compared to the common people. They only bullied the weak, but not many of them had seen the world.
"Boss, who is the benefactor you met this time?" Someone was puzzled. They wanted to know who this benefactor was. He was so generous to give out thirty gold ingots just like that.
"I can't tell you." Chen Shen pretended to be mysterious.
"Boss, we know. Isn't it Master Kuai?" They all knew that their boss's uncle was the housekeeper of Master Kuai's house. Sometimes, when there was a shortage, Uncle Chen would come to help them. In their opinion, their boss had gone to the Kuai family for Master Kuai.
Chen Shen did not bother to explain. Liu Mang had told him before he left that he could not reveal his identity. Otherwise, he would not be able to bear the consequences, let alone glory, splendor, wealth, and rank.
"Brothers, you can have a share of this money!" Chen Shen shouted to his subordinates.
"Oh, oh, oh! Boss is mighty!" The subordinates were also excited. They said that they treated money like dirt because they could not get it. It was just like how people hated the rich. Now that there was an opportunity to get rich, how could they give it up?
"Boss is the best to us!" Fatty Jin directly opened his hand and prepared to take a piece of gold. There were a hundred of them, and there were thirty gold ingots here. Each of them would get a few thousand gold ingots.
"Damn fatty, you're so fast!" Chen Shen slapped the back of Fatty Jin's head. If Liu Mang was here, he would have noticed this action. Liu Mang was very familiar with this action. Wasn't it the same action that Chen Shen used when Chen Shen was slapped by Uncle Chen? It was exactly the same. Chen Shen was a studious person. The student had surpassed the master.
"Let me tell you, don't even think about taking a single gold ingot!" Chen Shen warned his subordinates.
"Boss, if we don't take it, we can have a share of it!" Fatty Jin had a big head and thick skin. He was not afraid of pain, but looking at the gold ingots in front of him was uncomfortable. It was fine if they did not have it, but now that they saw it and could not take it, it was really uncomfortable.
"This money is for you to buy clothes!" Chen Shen explained the purpose of the money.
"Buy clothes? Fatty Jin, I have clothes at home. I don't need to trouble you! "Fatty Jin reached out his hand again. Of course, what he got was another slap.
"This money is for each of you to buy a set of silk clothes! Don't say that I didn't take care of you in the past! Thirty gold ingots for a set of silk clothes. These are clothes that only the masters of aristocratic families would wear! "Chen Shen said to his subordinates.
"We can wear silk clothes too? He's going to become a master?! "The hoodlums below were all shocked as they discussed. Silks and satins were something that only the nobles could wear. They were exclusive to the masters and the young masters.
"Boss, is that what you're wearing?" someone asked. Chen Shen was also wearing a silk robe.
"Yes and no!" Chen Shen shook his head with a smile.
"Boss, what do you mean by yes and no?" The one who spoke was a big guy called Er Danzi. He was not smart since he was young. All he had was a body full of strength.
"I'm wearing silk clothes, but they're not clothes that I'm going to buy for you! Chen Shen explained.
"Ah! You can't wear the boss's silk clothes! " The gangsters below were a little disappointed.
"My clothes are not good, not good! The clothes you're going to buy are all made of good silk! " Chen Shen shouted to his subordinates.
"Boss, are you really going to buy us clothes with the gold?! Isn't it too much? " Fatty Jin finally frowned. He thought that Chen Shen was joking, but now it seemed that Chen Shen was not lying. The money was really for them to buy clothes. When Chen Shen wore silk clothes in the past, although Fatty Jin knew that his boss wore the cheapest silk clothes and his boss wore them until they turned yellow, Chen Shen would definitely fall out with anyone who said that. But now that Chen Shen said it himself, Fatty Jin knew that this was no longer a joke.
"Nonsense! If I don't buy clothes for you, who will I buy clothes for? Do you think I'm the only one who wears it for fun? " Chen Shen said angrily.
"Boss, these silk clothes are too expensive. Wouldn't it be a waste for us to wear them? Let's not buy them!" Fatty Jin said awkwardly.
"Why, Fatty Jin, are you scared?!" They used to wear coarse clothes all day long and couldn't even bear to wear a new one. Now that they suddenly changed to silk clothes, it was like changing from Alto to Audi. How could they bear it?
"Let me tell you, Fatty Jin, if this money was mine, I wouldn't be willing to buy clothes for you. Look at your cowardly appearance, it's useless no matter what you wear. But this money is a reward from a noble. It's to buy clothes for us so that we can serve the noble. Let me tell you, Fatty Jin, you have to wear these clothes whether you want to or not. If you mess up that noble's matter, I, Chen Shen, will make you suffer!" Chen Shen also knew that his subordinates didn't have it easy. Every family had a difficult scripture. Otherwise, they wouldn't have become thugs. They really couldn't afford to wear silk clothes. Even if they could, they wouldn't be willing to wear them. Chen Shen was willing to bet that if Chen Shen didn't threaten them, they would immediately hide the silk clothes or sell them for money to support their family.
Although they were thugs, they weren't the kind of people who didn't have parents. Their loyalty was like that.
So Chen Shen had to make it clear. He didn't care what would happen to the silk clothes in the future, but they had to wear them today. Only then could they work for that noble.
Fatty Jin took a deep breath after hearing Chen Shen's explanation. He cupped his fists together and said, "Boss, I understand!" Fatty Jin wasn't alone. He had an old mother and a wife at home. If he really had such silk clothes, he would definitely let his old mother, wife, and son try it first. Then he would use the silk clothes to exchange for food, salt, and sugar to support his family. Little Fatty Jin at home hadn't eaten meat for almost half a month!
"Okay! Take this money and let's go buy clothes! "Chen Shen patted Fatty Jin's shoulder. Chen Shen also knew about Fatty Jin's family. He would help if he could. He planned to buy some food for his brothers if he had any money left.
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