Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 23 023, the dragon and the tiger are born to clash
After leaving the sword shop, Shen Lang first went to the money shop to exchange some coins——

Don't look at him throwing a few or dozens of silver dollars, but if it's just for daily life, the purchasing power of silver dollars is still very strong.

In a small county like Changsheng County where prices are relatively low, one silver dollar can buy 200 catties of pork and more than [-] catties of rice.

Therefore, when buying vegetables and eating daily, you must exchange some coppers first.

One silver dollar, excluding the exchange fee, can be exchanged for nine hundred and ninety copper coins. It is packed in a bag, which is a big bag.

After the copper was exchanged, Shen Lang went to the vegetable market to buy food for Xiao Yu and Xiao Zhao.

Bought a fresh big carp for Xiao Zhao, he went to the butcher shop and said to the butcher:

"Cut three catties of lean meat, and finely chop it into mincemeat."

"Okay!"

The butcher cut off a large piece of lean meat with a knife, and weighed it with a scale, which was exactly three catties and one tael.

For the sake of Shen Lang's yamen uniform, the butcher didn't cut off the extra piece of meat. He waved his two knives and chopped it randomly. Then he wrapped it in lotus leaves and handed it to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang paid for the meat with copper coins, took the big fish and lotus leaf bags out of the vegetable market, and when he turned the corner of the street, with a thought, he put the fish and meat into the Dian Jingbi space.

Going back to the sword shop to retrieve the long sword with a sharpened blade and a rosewood scabbard. Before leaving, Shen Lang asked the shopkeeper of the sword shop another question:
"Shopkeeper, what's your opinion on the young master of the Zhao family in the north of the city?"

The shopkeeper of the sword shop turned pale, and said with trembling lips:

"My lord, my lord, I have been wronged! I, I have never said anything bad about Young Master Zhao, I am so wronged..."

Shen Lang was speechless for a while, too lazy to say much, turned around and left the sword shop, and walked away.

The shopkeeper of the knife and sword shop trembled with both legs, and sat down on the chair, feeling fearful and contemptuous at the same time:

"Look at that boy who looks like a heroic young man. He thought he was a serious person, but he didn't expect to be the dog of the Zhao family! Damn, I got drunk a few days ago and accidentally said a few words in front of my apprentices. There are too many things, things are too strange, how did this word get out? Which dog who bullied the master and killed the ancestors betrayed me?"

Not to mention that the shopkeeper of the sword shop is suspicious.

After Shen Lang took the sword, he randomly found a beggar on the street corner and asked:
"If someone dies with no one to rely on, no relatives and no reason, where will they be buried?"

"Did you mean the beggar? When our beggar dies, he will naturally be wrapped in a straw mat and buried in a mass grave in the north of the city!"

"Thank you."

Throwing a handful of copper coins into the beggar's broken bowl, Shen Lang wandered to the west of the city like an idler with nothing to do.

There is a small barracks in the west of the city, where thirty county soldiers are stationed.

That's right, in the entire Changsheng County, there are only thirty soldiers on regular pay.

However, if you really want to recruit large soldiers to suppress bandits, you can use the thirty county soldiers as the backbone at any time to pull out two or three hundred militiamen who can use flintlock muskets and form a square formation in the county town.

If more time is given to expand the scope of conscription to the countryside, then there will be no problem in pulling out one or two thousand militiamen in the entire Changsheng County.

These days, it is too easy to train a musketeer.

During the slack season, practice casually for a month, and a soldier who can form an array and shoot a gun is considered to have been trained.

It may not be possible to fight a big battle, but it is more than enough to wipe out ordinary bandits and bandits.

In other words, when Wangjiazhuang was wiped out before, [-] militiamen went there.

After returning to the county seat, the militiamen were disbanded on the spot, and they went back to their homes with rewards.Thirty regular soldiers returned to the barracks in the west of the city to station.

It was noon at this moment, the sun was shining, the county soldiers were not junior soldiers, and their military discipline was mediocre, so it was not easy not to disturb the people. It was impossible to practice under the sun under the sun, and they all hid back in the barracks to escape the summer heat.

So Shen Lang was wearing a government uniform, stood opposite the barracks and looked around for a long time, even climbed to the roof across the street, and poked his head into the barracks for a while, but no one noticed.

After watching for a while, Shen Lang jumped off the roof, stopped wandering, and went back to his residence.

He heard the courtyard door open.

The cat, who was lying on the edge of the pond, under the shade of the big mulberry tree, was drooling at the fish while enjoying the shade, immediately put on a soft and cute look, and turned around and meowed sweetly at Shen Lang.

With telepathy, the cat knows that Shen Lang is back even without looking at it with eyes.

However, before Xiao Zhao could move over to act cute, Xiao Yu jumped out of the water and complained to Shen Lang:

Shen Lang, the cat hit me with bad ideas just now, and wanted to catch me again!You teach it a lesson!
Miu~ It’s not like this, the fish is complaining, people just want to play with it...

Hmph, you obviously want to eat me!
Miu~~ not at all...

During telepathy, the two little demons were arguing fiercely, and Shen Lang could only helplessly shake his head:
"Okay, stop arguing, I brought food back for you guys, save your energy for eating."

After finishing speaking, he took out the big fish from the Dianjingbi space and put it into the cat bowl, took out the lotus leaf bag and unwrapped it, and threw the meat sausage into the pond.

Cat and Yu, who also love cooking, immediately ignored the dispute and ate their respective delicacies happily.

Speaking of cats and fish, they are all small things that weigh only a little over a catty.

But the stomachs of the two of them are simply bottomless pits. The cat can eat four to five catties of fresh fish with its belly open.The fish's appetite is slightly smaller, but it can also kill more than three catties of various foods in one go.

However, no matter how much they eat, their bellies will not swell.And only half a day later, you can eat the same amount of food again.

When the cat and the fish were cooking their meals, Shen Lang sat by the pond, stroking the cat's soft and white fur, and said with a low smile:

"Xiao Zhao, you have been eating very happily all day, but why haven't you seen your head grow? The little fish has grown to a foot, but you are still the same as a few days ago, such a small one."

Miu~ People will grow up.One day, I will grow into a big tiger.Shen Lang, why do you have a sword in your hand?

"Of course it's because I want to practice swordsmanship. The martial arts I practice is 'ten steps, one kill'... As for me, when I was young, I dreamed of becoming a hero, alone, with a horse, with a pot of wine, fighting violence and keeping the good, wielding a sword End of the world."

Shen Lang said with a smile, and hummed another song: I once dreamed of walking the world with a sword, and being a chic swordsman...

The cat also hummed a song in a childish voice in its heart: "Rampaging the world, full of courage and courage, disturbing the dreams of the world..."

Shen Lang was slightly stunned, his face full of surprise: "Xiao Zhao, how do you know this song?"

You taught me!

"I taught?"

That's right, when you enlightened me, and when you were learning "Baidi Xuan Gong", a lot of strange things passed into people's minds...

"..."

Shen Lang was speechless, he really didn't know this happened.

In fact, a touch of fine brushwork can certainly open up the little demon's wisdom, but simply opening up the wisdom does not mean that the little demon has knowledge.

Just like a human being born with normal intelligence, if he is isolated from the world since he was a baby and no one teaches him to learn, he will only be mentally retarded when he grows up, and he can't even speak human words.

Therefore, the enlightenment of Dian Jingbi not only enlightened the little demon, but also instilled part of the knowledge and information of Shen Lang, the master, into the little demon.

In addition, when Shen Lang touched the "monster taming tactic" little moon, part of his knowledge was also left in the little moon.

When the little demon merges with the exercises they have cultivated, that part of the knowledge information will be copied and instilled into the little demon's mind.

Because of this, when he was first enlightened, he was still a little ignorant, only Xiao Yu and Xiao Zhao, who were like human infants, could develop their intelligence by leaps and bounds in just a few days.

Even if he can't speak yet, he can still express his "heart" to Shen Lang in complete sentences.

Wanting to understand this section, Shen Lang couldn't help shaking his head and laughing:

"It seems that no matter what earth stalks come out of Xiaozhao and Xiaoyu's mouth in the future, there is no need to make a fuss."

At this time, Xiaoyu suddenly asked him: Why did you go home so early today?Are you fishing at work?

"I don't call it fishing at work, I call it leaving early and absenteeism."

what!Leaving early and absent from work?Wouldn't that deduct wages?
"No, I asked for leave verbally. My boss also agreed."

That's good that's good.I'm afraid that you won't be able to earn money in the future, and you won't be able to support us anymore.After all, cats are so edible...

Hey, fish, how dare you talk about me?Even if Shen Lang doesn't support me, I can hunt by myself, okay?You can even feed him in reverse, can you do it?
Heh, ask Shen Lang to put me in the river, and see if I can support him.

Seeing that the two little guys were about to quarrel again, Shen Lang quickly smoothed things over:
"Okay, okay, we're all family, what's there to argue about? Be harmonious and friendly, don't quarrel every now and then. Well, I'm back early today because I have business to do. In the afternoon, hurry up and practice. In the evening, Xiao Zhao, I will take you to a place, give you some fine pens, and you help me bring something out..."

【Ask for a ticket~~】

(End of this chapter)