It was precisely because they saw that Meng Zhao possessed extraordinary bones and an exceptional gift, and was likely highly talented in the martial path, that the two men had set their sights on the seemingly impoverished Meng Zhao and wanted to draw him into the Three Lions Gang to work for the Su Family.
As an old-established powerhouse in the county town, the Su Family naturally had its own internal system of rewards and punishments, one that had become customary. If they could recruit a martial arts prodigy into the Su Family, it would be enormously beneficial to them, with no shortage of rewards.
Otherwise, as stewards of the Three Lions Gang and servants of the Su Family at the same time, they would never have been so warm and enthusiastic toward a young man who had only just arrived.
Both men bore the surname Su. The one with the square face, an imposing air, and a cold expression was called Su Dingyu. The round-faced, amiable one was called Su Dinglun. Their names sounded similar, as though they were blood brothers, but in truth, they were merely servants born into the Su Family and happened to be close.
Meng Zhao knew a little about the Three Lions Merchant Guild and the Su Family as well, all of it learned from Zhou Zhihan.
The Su Family was also a long-rooted local household in the city. They excelled at business, and in their early years, they had established themselves as one of the city's powerful clans through commerce.
Later, the three brothers of the current Su Family generation all proved fairly gifted in martial arts. With their resources and respectable martial techniques, each cultivated a superior martial art. Only then did they establish the Three Lions Merchant Guild and dominate one