How did the ancient heroes make money by walking in the Jianghu? Why do you have money if you don't work?

I watched a lot of martial arts TV when I was a child, and I had a martial arts dream, because I respected the heroic spirit of these heroes and the free and easy walking in the rivers and lakes. Flying as light as a swallow, superb martial arts, can't fight back those wicked people, but they are also attracted by their generosity and carefree in the Jianghu. So the question is, how did those heroes get the money? What exactly is their way of making money?

First of all, people who are called heroes must not be ordinary people. They are skilled in martial arts, detest evil, and like to rob the rich and help the poor. What do they do to walk the rivers and lakes? Nothing more than superb martial arts and loyalty. Of course, the most important thing is the travel expenses. Without enough financial resources to make a living, heroes can't move. The heroes in Jin Yong's novels have at least the following characteristics: 1, and it is not surprising that they are proficient in all kinds of advanced martial arts and have thousands of troops. 2, most of them are kind-hearted and like to fight for others for free. 3. Orthodoxy is also very patriotic, even if you don't have enough to eat at ordinary times, such as beggars. But let's think about it. Have you ever seen such a person in real life?

In fact, the real Jianghu, you may be disappointed. In the rivers and lakes of reality, there are rarely so many heroes who do nothing every day and travel all over the world. Occasionally there are a few, and those families are really rich or sponsored. And I can really tell you that there may be more literati who have nothing to do but wander around than Wulin people, such as Li Bai, who travels around. In fact, a little analysis shows that the income sources of these Wulin knights generally come from the following points.

The first type: I am a rich boy, and the money at home is enough to support all expenses. Like Master IP Man, he is a family, and his father is in business, so his family is well off. Because he was obsessed with martial arts, his father sent him to the master to study, so he didn't have to worry about money at all. It's just that the Japanese invaded China, and suddenly their wealth declined, and the business at home was occupied by the Japanese. In the summer, they encountered the problem of eating and fled to Hong Kong.

The second type: self-supporting sects and recruiting disciples. Such people generally have a high reputation in the Jianghu, but they also have a strong appeal, and they can start a gang by virtue of their fame. Zhang Sanfeng is typical. He founded Wudang, such as Huashan School and Songshan School. Even as the leader of the Beggars' Guild, Qiao Feng is not short of money. The Beggars' Guild is known as the biggest gang in the Jianghu. There are so many heads and disciples of these sects that any membership fee is a large sum of money, which is enough for him to squander.

The third type: robbing the family, robbing the rich and helping the poor. The ancient government has always been helpless to those who wander the rivers and lakes. When these so-called heroes have no money, they will think of local gentry and bullies and make some money under the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor. Because they have won the hearts of the people and the people generally support them, they will certainly not report them. There is also a kind of civil servant, who joins the government, works as a policeman and a cutter. All of them are paid by the state, enough for him to eat and drink.