The earliest source of chivalry is chivalry in pre-Qin period. As the saying goes, "Confucianism violates the law by writing, and chivalrous people use force to prohibit it." Violation of law and discipline is the earliest source of income for Wulin chivalrous men. After the first bucket of gold, they used it as capital to buy land to develop agriculture or business, and successfully washed it; Wulinmen Sect can also absorb folk tributes, accept rewards from the court, and get paid for working for rich families. Wulin people who walk in the Jianghu are all prominent people. Business, agricultural production and financial management are all done by relevant people in the sect, who generally don't show their faces. Therefore, it gives people the impression that Wulinmen Sect is not engaged in proper business or production, but it has inexhaustible money.

Chivalrous men are skilled in martial arts. They can often do things that ordinary people can't do, such as assassinating others and deterring others. After killing someone, the employer naturally pays the bill, usually by a single Wulin person or founder. Nie Zheng, one of the pre-Qin The Four Assassins, assassinated South Korean Prime Minister Xia Lei for Yan Zhongzi, but Yan Zhongzi spent a huge sum of money. In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, several martial arts experts around Yang Kang were employed by Hong Yan Lie, the monarch of the Great Jin State. According to Wulin legend, Mo Taichong, the founder of Hengshan Sect, killed eight mountain thieves, and the court rewarded him with eight taels of silver. He used the money to establish the Hengshan Sect, and then bought land extensively and recruited apprentices, so he had a fixed income.

Shaolin Temple, as a sacred place of Buddhism for thousands of years, has countless incomes, in addition to the fixed land property given by the court, as well as incense money given by the court and the people. Shaolin Temple has an official background since the temple was built. It has acquired some beautiful houses around Songshan Mountain and rented them to the people, which is more than enough for one day's rent. Thirteen stick monks saved Queen Tang, and Shaolin Temple was even blessed by the government. In addition to a large amount of rewards from the imperial court, others came to burn incense and worship Buddha for money. Shaolin Temple, as the Taishan Beidou of Wulin in the Central Plains, is not only strong in martial arts, fair in handling affairs, but also rich in economic strength.

As a beggar, the beggar's gang should be very poor, but the beggar's gang has a special money messenger who is responsible for raising money and food for beggars to use. Many rich families send money to beggars, one for charity and the other for protection. It turns out that beggars' gangs are like clouds and often uphold justice for local people, so they get everyone's support. Ouyang Ke likes to collect beautiful women. He took a fancy to Cheng Yaojia, a female disciple of Quanzhen Sect in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Beggars sent experts to crusade against Ouyang Ke. It can be seen that Cheng Yaojia's father must be one of the patrons of the Beggars' Sect, otherwise the Beggars' Sect would not send experts to help him rob his daughter. Songshan Sword Sect has a large number of fields for rent, and many disciples, and the tuition fee is huge. With great influence in the Jianghu, there is no shortage of gold and silver.