This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 36

In the Northern Song Dynasty, if poor people could study, it would be a good thing.

But the issue needs to be looked at separately.

For Hei Zhu, he was a cheap family member, he was not too young, and it would be useless to go to school, and it was a waste of time.

But for Xiao Ringo, she still doesn't feel safe enough, and she doesn't want to leave this yard at all.

Going to study outside or something is a little scary to her.

So both of them are not very interested in reading.

Looking at the depressed expressions of the two, Lu Sen shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not that you can read the imperial examination to be a scholar, it's that you can read and write, understand arithmetic, and it will be much easier to do things in the future."

"Lang Jun, how long does it take to learn?" Hei Zhu asked.

"Be diligent for a year or two, and be lazy for about four or five years."

The two breathed a sigh of relief. They both considered themselves very diligent, and it was estimated that they would learn it in a year or two.

Seeing that they had no opinion, Lu Sen settled the matter.

After waiting for three days, Lu Sen personally carried a bundle of vegetables and went to the foot of the mountain to run through the door.

Old Master Chang was sitting on the rocking chair in the yard basking in the sun. Lu Sen knocked on the wooden door outside and said with a smile, "Mr. Chang, the boy is here to visit you."

When Old Master Chang heard Lu Sen's voice, he immediately opened his eyes and saw the bundle of green vegetables in the latter's hand. He immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Lu Xiaolang, it's rare for you to come in as a guest and come in."

He took the initiative to step forward, took the vegetables from Lu Sen's hand, and then pulled Lu Sen's hand into the house.

After the two sat down, a middle-aged man who looked like a servant soon served two cups of green tea on a plate, and then took the bundle of green vegetables away.

Old Master Chang had gray hair. He looked at Lu Sen with a smile and said, "This old man and Lu Xiaolang have known each other for a while. I know that you are upright and honest. This time, I must have something to ask for this old man. Please speak up."

Here in the Northern Song Dynasty, the elderly are privileged.

Especially old people who have read books.

They can ignore the cumbersome customs and say whatever they want.

Lu Sen clasped his hands and said, "It's true that I have asked Mr. Chang. I heard that the old man wants to open a clan school. I want to send two of them to school, is it possible?"

"The old man runs a school, and there is no distinction." The old man smiled happily: "If you want to send someone in, of course I welcome. It's just that I don't care about the training of ordinary students, but Lu Xiaolang, the people you send will be handed over to them. The beam repair, I want to talk to you."

"What kind of beams do you want? Money, or Lagan?" Lu Sen asked with clasped fists.

"These are all vulgar things." Old Master Chang held his white beard captive and smiled proudly: "I want you to bring over the raw vegetables grown by yourself."

After Lu Sen said this, he smiled.

Dare to Qing, this old master Chang is knowledgeable.If you know that your vegetables are rich, you may not be able to buy them.

He asked, "How much is the Master going to ask for?"

The old master thought for a while and said, "Provide ten catties every month. I know that there is a vegetable season for growing raw vegetables, so you don't need to send them for a full month at a time, just send some every few days. After half a month, it will be the day of frost, and it will be freezing cold for four months in the next four months, and the repairs at that time will be temporarily owed, and will be made up slowly when the next spring begins."

With that said, the saliva in Old Master Chang's mouth began to increase.

He likes eating raw vegetables grown in Lu Sen's yard very much, almost to the point of addiction.

"Yes." Lu Sen nodded.

Ten pounds a month is not much.He stood up and asked, "When will school start?"

"October [-]." Mr. Chang took a sip of green tea and smiled extremely happily.

Thinking that there will be a lot of green vegetables to eat in the future, he is so beautiful in his heart.

Then Lu Sen came out of Chang's house and met Chang Wei who was returning from the city at the door.

This little scholar's hair towel was a little messy, and there was a pink lip print on the neck.

The two sides met, folded their fists and saluted at the same time, and then staggered past.

Without waiting for Lu Sen to go far, he heard the old master's roar in the Chang's house in the back: "You wicked beast, go to find flowers and ask willows again, and ruin the family style! Laifu, bring the old man's cane."

Lu Sen laughed when he heard it, and after returning home, he led Hei Zhu to the city to buy two people's pen, ink, paper and inkstone and came back.

The last time the Cao family asked for wooden armor, they sent a lot of gold and silver treasures. As long as they don't spend it randomly, with Lu Sen's self-sufficiency level in the yard now, it is estimated that it will not be spent in a lifetime.

In fact, there is nowhere to spend.

Therefore, although the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are expensive, Lu Sen does not feel heartbroken to buy it.

The days that followed flew by, and more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

Kurozhu and Ko Ringo started to learn to read in the school at the foot of the mountain.

At first, Ringo didn't dare to go to the school, nor did he want to go.

But after a few days, she fell in love with going to school every day.

The school is divided into male and female classes, and Mr. Chang is a decent person, and it is absolutely impossible to mix male and female students.

In addition to literacy, the women's class also invited the embroidered mother from the Chang family to teach the girl red and some simple home-cooked dishes.

It can be said that the female class opened by Master Chang is mainly based on 'practicality'.

In the girls' class, Xiao Ringo also made a lot of friends of the same age, and gradually he was no longer so afraid of life, and his face became a little more confident.

By the way, Xiao Ringo is much whiter now, and it is not much different from the skin color of ordinary girls.

After all, for the past three months, she ate well and slept well every day, and was raised with vegetables and honey that increased her health. Even if she was a real black man, she would probably start to turn white.

At the end of October, the city of Bianjing finally cooled down, and it was also the first frost of the year.

Lu Sen's yard is still as warm as spring.

Flowers are blooming on the grass, butterflies are flying, and jade bees are busy.

But all this is invisible to outsiders.

The elm tree planted by Lu Sen before has grown to a height of more than two meters, and the forest farm is in a U-shaped shape, wrapping two acres of grass in it.

And the wooden building was built at the entrance of the U. Lu Sen also planted some holly trees at the entrance of the U, without pruning them. The green and crispy trees can block the excess space.

Now no matter who it is, the two acres of magical grass can no longer be seen from outside the yard, only the wooden building and a growing elm forest, and the mountain spring water stream beside the tree.

Only by entering the yard and walking to the right side of the wooden building can one see what is in a unique place, a fairyland on earth.

It was also on this day that Lu Sen woke up and found that his character panel had changed.

There used to be only red and yellow status bars, but now there is a blue bar.

And on the character panel, there is an extra skill bar.

Taiyi Hunyuan Gong: 2.

He practiced this recipe for a month and finally got started.

After washing up, Lu Sen said to Hei Zhu and Xiao Ringo at breakfast: "You guys will continue to study in the school later, I'll go to the city by myself, if I don't come back at noon, you can eat first, understand? ?"

The two nodded in succession.

In fact, Hei Zhu really wanted to accompany Lu Sen into the city, but when it comes to studying, his own Langjun has never had any room to change his words. If there is no special matter, he will never let the two of them ask for leave.

Sometimes they even take the initiative to help the two of them make up lessons!
After eating breakfast, Heizhu and Xiao Ringo went to the school at the foot of the mountain.

And Lu Sen put a bundle of vegetables in the system backpack and went into the city.

After leaving the yard, it was a little cold outside. Lu Sen wore two thick cloth clothes, but he still felt a little chilly. He even wanted to remove the stone armor in the equipment column and put on cloth clothes that could provide 'warmth', but Think about it or forget it.

This world is not very safe, it doesn't matter if it's cold, when a person dies, there really is nothing left.

After walking for nearly half an hour, Lu Sen finally entered the city and came to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

Although Zhan Zhao also had a house in Bianjing City, he lived in the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion most of the time, mainly because he was too busy with official business, so he just stayed and was too lazy to go home.

There were two arresters there, and Lu Sen walked over, clasped his fists, and said, "Lu Sen, who is in the low mountain outside the lower city, can you inform Zhan arrester and say that a friend is visiting."

One of the catchers saw that Lu Sen's temperament was dusty, and he was obviously not like an ordinary person, so he nodded and said, "Xiao Lang, please take a moment, the villain will go in and talk to Zhan Caotou."

"It's work." Lu Sen clasped his fists.

After a while, Zhan Zhao, who was wearing a sky blue uniform, came out. As soon as he went out, he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Lu Xiaolang, I haven't seen you for a while, you came just in time, and the official business will be handed over now, and I will be off for a few days. Go home to recuperate, why don't you sit at Zhan's house? The two of you will cook some wine and eat together."

"That's a coincidence." Lu Sen put his right hand behind his back, took out the bundle of vegetables from the system backpack, and said, "I just happened to bring some green vegetables here."

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up: "That's great, Zhan has been so busy these days that he couldn't find any green vegetables he wanted to eat. Now he can satisfy his cravings."

At the end of October, the city of Bianjing began to turn cold, and there were not many green vegetables planted. Even if they were sold on the market, they were ridiculously expensive.

Ordinary people can't afford it.

The two walked together.

Zhan Zhao's house was not far from Fengfu, and it took about a stick of incense.

The two entered the house, and the old butler who stayed behind heard the sound and came over to serve his master.

Soon the charcoal stove turned red, and the yellow plum wine was boiled on it.

The aroma of the wine was overflowing, and the old butler washed the lettuce, put it on a plate, and brought it in.

At the same time, there was also a pot of thinly sliced ​​bacon.

When the yellow plum wine boiled, Zhan Zhao poured a glass for each of them, then put a piece of bacon in his wine glass, warmed it with boiling wine, and finally wrapped it in lettuce and put it into his mouth.

The aroma of wine, meat, and crisp lettuce, Zhan Zhao closed his eyes and chewed slowly, sighing, "It's delicious in this world."

Lu Sen tried the same and found that it really tasted very good.

Both are people who don't pay much attention to etiquette.Although Zhan Zhao is now an official, he is still a man in the rivers and lakes in essence, and is used to eating meat and drinking in large bowls.

As a modern person, Lu Sen acts more casually without affecting others.

So the two didn't have any etiquette nonsense on the scene, and they chatted quickly.

Zhan Zhao is a very talkative person, and he always tells some interesting things about the rivers and lakes.What swordsmen fight against three murderers, what Thunderbolt knife kills fifty thieves in a row to repay the kindness, and finally die of exhaustion.

And Lu Sen talked about some anecdotes, such as the aurora in the northern cold land, the big kun in the sea is ten feet long, and it eats thousands of pounds of sea shrimp every day.

On a continent in the west, there is a yellow-spotted deer with a neck two feet long, which can compete with male lions and so on.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback when he heard it.

"Lu Xiaolang, you have seen these before."

"I've seen it, but I haven't really seen it before." Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "Zhan Zhaotou, you are in my house, have you heard the musical organs."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"My master once made an organ that can see the picture scroll." Lu Sen explained in words that Zhan Zhao could understand: "But the things that the master and his old man have seen are recorded in the organ, just like in front of him. .I grew up watching those things, so I know a bunch of chores that are useful and useless."

"Can Lu Xiaolang create something that can be seen on the screen?" Zhan Zhao looked at Lu Sen eagerly.

Zhan Zhao is not very interested in music.

But if he can see thousands of miles away, or the customs of the world thousands of miles away, he really feels amazing and very interested.

Lu Sen thought about it and said, "Not now, but not necessarily in the future."

In fact, among the tens of thousands of recipes, there are not only TVs, but also projectors.

But the problem is that the recipe is cumbersome.

Transistors, circuit boards and other accessories are subdivided, and there are a lot of synthetic materials.

The real trouble is that those two things need to be powered up, unlike a jukebox that can be cranked by hand.

There are many types of generators, such as diesel generators, wind turbines and so on.

Among them, wind turbines are the best, and Lusen can solve the materials and accessories now.

But the problem is, this thing is higher grade and is in a 'grey' state in the recipe.

Lu Sen is not qualified to make it.

Zhan Zhao said with great anticipation: "If it is built in the future, I must ask Zhan to come to the mansion to see it."

"It's easy to say." Seeing that the two of them had almost eaten and drank, and the atmosphere was hot, he said, "This time I came to Zhan Shoutou, in fact, I wanted to ask about the secrets of qi training."

"Oh, if you have any doubts, please say so." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Yesterday, I was a beginner in Taiyi Hunyuan Gong."

"Getting started? Normal people need at least half a year to get started."

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then said that he was offended, grabbed Lu Sen's right hand, and lost a qi into Lu Sen's body.

After counting his breaths, his expression became quite shocked.

"Lu Xiaolang, your body has no hidden injuries at all, it is full of vitality, and the meridians are naturally smooth! No wonder you can practice Qi within a month with this extraordinary body."

After being shocked, Zhan Zhao took it for granted again.

This Lu Xiaolang has a magical body, and he can even practice real magic techniques. What is strange about practicing the secrets of qi training in the world.

Lu Sen didn't find it strange. He was wearing a golden finger, eating vegetables from the yard every day, and drinking honey from time to time.

He asked, "I just want to ask Zhan Cao Tou how these inner qi should function after they are trained, and if there is anything to say."

In Taiyi Hunyuan Gong's secrets, it only describes how to practice qi, not how to use qi.

"Of course there is." Zhan Zhao nodded, and said rather embarrassedly, "But this is a secret that each family does not share, so it's hard to explain it below."

Understood!
No wonder the qi training recipe handed to the late emperor did not include the use of 'inner qi'. It turned out that the Taoists of Zhongnanshan still hid it after all.

But it can also be seen from this matter, how to use 'inner qi' is the core of all sects and all family martial arts.

Having said that, that's almost it, and then the two chatted for a while. About noon, Lu Sen, who was a little drunk and dizzy, left Zhan Zhao's house.

Zhan Zhao stood at the door of the house and sighed unhappily when he saw Lu Sen's retreating back.

In fact, he really wanted to give the essence of his martial arts to Lu Sen, but before he learned martial arts when he was a child, he knelt in front of the portrait of his ancestors and swore a poisonous oath, and Zhan's martial arts must not be passed on.

Unlike Zhan Zhao, who was depressed because he couldn't help his friends, Lu Sen was in a happy mood.

Although I couldn't get what I wanted from Zhan Zhao, it was enough to solve the puzzle for myself.

He is not in a hurry... If there is no way to stimulate the inner qi, there is no way, he will practice the qi first, and put the 'quantity' on it.

Anyway, I have a lot of special resources in my hands, and there will always be 'chivaliers' who will be in trouble. When the time comes, I will exchange special materials with them. For example, if someone in the arena is injured and dying, I will use the golden apple to exchange their inner strength with him. Law, do you think it is possible?

That is naturally possible.

So Lu Sen is in no hurry.

He slowly walked in the direction of the city gate, and when he passed a brothel, he saw a lot of people surrounded the door.

A lot of people are pointing.

Lu Sen didn't want to watch, but he accidentally saw an acquaintance standing among the melon eaters.

He walked over, patted the other's shoulder, and asked, "Brother Cao, why are you here?"

Cao Yu turned around, his face was pale, and his body was shaking slightly.

(End of this chapter)