Chapter 152: A Man of Action

Three hundred people stood quietly in the empty square.

A gigantic martial arts statue radiates a ruby-like glow under the scorching sun, like a rare treasure in the world.

Hao Ren's joy at Zhou Tieyi's praise just now disappeared, and now his mind was also shocked by this huge martial arts vision.

The bigger problem is that he has no idea what this martial arts phenomenon is called!
Although Hao Ren was not considered to be knowledgeable, as a descendant of an imperial merchant, he did not even know the name of a martial arts phenomenon. This proved that this martial arts phenomenon was almost unprecedented!
If Hao Ren had not seen the Wu family's fourth-grade 'Dharma Image', he would even have thought that Zhou Tieyi had broken through from the eighth grade to the fourth grade in just a few days!

This is impossible.

Hao Ren lowered his head. Since it was impossible for Zhou Tieyi to break through to the fourth level of martial arts in a short period of time, he could only say that his first guess was correct.

The General Flag has witnessed an unprecedented martial arts miracle!

Although martial arts phenomena cannot represent one’s strength, they can represent one’s talent.

Based on this martial arts vision alone, Hao Ren had no idea who could defeat Zhou Tieyi at the eighth level. Moreover, as rumored in Kyoto today, the reason Zhou Tieyi was able to defeat Che Wenyuan, a doctor of the Five Classics, was because he was able to use his eighth-level cultivation to draw a heavenly thunder talisman and cause spring thunder to fall from the sky!
Hao Ren really couldn't imagine the scene of Zhou Tieyi holding a spear in one hand and a thunder talisman in the other. Let alone an eighth-grade one, who could beat him even if he was a middle-grade one?

The general flag's rapid progress has put too much pressure on himself.

Hao Ren smiled bitterly in his heart. He originally thought that he had done a good job, but there would be no gap without comparison.

Now I don’t need the general flag to criticize me, I already know the gap.

It is extremely stressful to work under such an unprecedented general leader.

Then he had another thought. He realized that he indeed had no talent in martial arts, but as long as he had many sons, there would always be one with outstanding talent.

The general said that he wanted to accept the son of a first-class technician as his apprentice, and this was definitely not a lie.

Since he is willing to accept even the son of a technician as his apprentice, if he works hard, he will always get the opportunity to protect his sons!
Thinking of this, even the son of a royal merchant like Hao Ren was moved, not to mention these teenagers who were about fourteen or fifteen years old in front of him.

Zhou Tieyi took two steps, and the martial arts vision behind him gradually dissipated. He looked more relaxed, "Of course, this is your long-term goal. Let me tell you something more realistic. As long as you become a seventh-grade technician, my Zhou Mansion will provide resources to help you join the Gongshu family!"

Although the various schools of thought had already screened out those who were precocious, their methods were too crude.

In fact, for children, the second development is complete at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so it is possible that they will be late in intelligence.

This kind of talent is exactly what Zhou Tieyi needs.

Being able to become a seventh-grade technician means that this person is both talented and hardworking. Giving him the resources to train him to become a disciple of Gongshu would be a much easier task.

Zhou Tieyi looked at his second uncle Gong Shusheng.

Gongshu Sheng immediately understood. His masked face was expressionless. He took two steps forward and moved his hand. The electric arc almost turned into a laser, and then in an instant, a huge mechanical model that was ten feet tall was condensed.

If Zhou Tieyi accepting a disciple is everyone's highest dream, then receiving a monthly salary is everyone's lowest dream.

Then becoming a seventh-rank technician and joining the Gongshu family is the most realistic dream.

With these three approaches, every dream has an audience. Anyway, Zhou Tieyi looked at the people around him and saw that, except for one person, they were already suffocating for their own dreams.

After that, you only need to increase the difficulty of promoting technicians from grade nine to grade one. Anyway, the right to interpret the technician rating is in your hands, and it is too easy to adjust. You only accept one apprentice every year to create a gimmick, and then everyone will work hard.

What a wonderful world.

After giving the three hundred young men present a boost, they became the core backbone of the "Production Department" of their own Railway Chamber of Commerce.

Zhou Tieyi asked them to disperse and collect the reward of 300 coins, and he didn't want to say any more nonsense.

The young men were still immersed in the shock they had just experienced. Now that they could collect the reward money and discuss the matter with their companions, they naturally dispersed. Only one person was still standing there.

Hao Ren sighed in his heart, trouble is coming.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the man, but did not blame Hao Ren at all. With the other party's means and resources, if he really wanted to squeeze into the Chamber of Commerce, Hao Ren would not be able to stop him. Showing this trouble to himself on the first day was also a solution.

"What? You want to play a round with me now?"

Zhou Tieyi said to this man.

Wang Mingyi straightened his clothes, walked up to Zhou Tieyi, and said meticulously, "I heard that the Railway Chamber of Commerce is recruiting apprentices. I meet the requirements, so I came here. I hope General Zhou will not blame Manager Hao for this."

When Hao Ren heard Wang Mingyi say this, his face turned purple and he cursed Wang Mingyi's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

However, the other party's teacher Che Wenyuan has passed away, and now Zhang Shizhong, the chief priest of Taixue Academy, has accepted him as his disciple. This person is really not someone that I can afford to mess with.

Moreover, the other party is in the right this time. Since your Railway Chamber of Commerce is publicly recruiting people, I, Wang Mingyi, meet the requirements, so naturally I can come.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said to Hao Ren directly, "Does this guy still want to sow discord between us?"

Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "General, you are right. I will send him back right away."

Zhou Tieyi held out his hand to stop him. "No need. Our Chamber of Commerce is open to the public. There is nothing shameful about it. Without Wang Mingyi, the Confucianists will send another Li Mingyi or Zhou Mingyi. You have done a good job. We are open to business in an upright manner. Whoever meets the requirements can come. We must have the word 'trust'."

Then Zhou Tieyi looked at Wang Mingyi and said with a smile, "Come here as a laborer, aren't you afraid that it will delay your Confucian studies and be a disgrace to society?"

Being teased by Zhou Tieyi in public, Wang Mingyi remained calm and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "The teacher said that I have learned most of the principles in the book, but I want to do practical things, and I am just starting now."

Zhou Tieyi looked at Wang Mingyi. He dared to come here and say such words. He must have great achievements in the future. He looked at the word "Yi" on the back of his left hand, smiled and pointed at the long sleeves of Wang Mingyi's bachelor's robe, "You make a good point, but you don't look like someone who can do practical things."

Wang Mingyi frowned slightly, then he actually took action and tore off two sections of his long sleeves, revealing his strong and powerful arms. This time he clasped his fists towards Zhou Tieyi and asked, "General Zhou, am I doing something practical?"

Since he was going to work in the Railway Chamber of Commerce, he naturally had to learn to address people like Hao Ren, otherwise his name would be wrong and his words would not flow.

Zhou Tieyi clapped his hands and smiled, "Very good, you are a man who gets things done!"

(End of this chapter)