Martial arts crossing begins with the story of looking for Qin

Chapter 523 Tianlong Begins

(Based on the triptych version, I haven’t read the latest revised version.)
Huang Shang himself turned out to be Huang Shang, the author of "Nine Yin Manual", a character who exists in the narration.

In Huangjia Village, Yanping, Fujian, 16-year-old Huang Shang's soul was wandering to the sky amid the sound of reading in the book club.

He really doesn't like to sit here and study. There is nothing to learn. Even if he is very talented, he does not want to enter officialdom in this life.

He has martial arts and skills. In this era, just one of them is enough to be popular.

But my father is so sad.

“Half of the Dragon Gate lies in Minchuan.” With the southward shift of the economic center, Fujian is no longer a barren land.Sufficient labor force and developed economy result in the prosperity of education.

In this era when "everything is of low quality, only reading is high", and the Song Dynasty was still known for "preferential treatment of scholar-bureaucrats", academies emerged one after another, and reading penetrated into every corner.

Huang is a common surname in Fujian, and the branch to which Huang Shang belongs is just a side branch.The patriarch is Huang Shang's father. He is striving to make this family a high official, so he attaches great importance to education. All men named Huang in the village must go to school.

It was not bad at first. Everything was according to the vision of Patriarch Huang. Regardless of whether he had talent or not, he could study with peace of mind until Huang Shang was born.

Huang Shang was keenly aware of the atmosphere of studying here when he was very young. The only way he didn't want to pursue an official career was to hide his clumsiness.

He will not show off his weirdness in any unconventional way. If he wants his father to let him go, he can only show his mediocrity.

At any time and in any matter, he is at the middle level, neither arrogant nor lagging behind. Among the many children of the Huang family, he will always be the least conspicuous.

Fortunately, Patriarch Huang not only has this son, but also has other sons who are smart and willing to learn. It doesn't matter if he is mediocre, it is normal.

The bad thing is that Huang Shang can only study and practice martial arts, but he has to practice martial arts.As the author of "Nine Yin Manual", Huang Shang has been practicing "Nine Yin Manual" since he was a child.

Being mediocre in studying is not conspicuous here, and he is from a scholarly family, but practicing martial arts cannot be hidden, and he has no intention of hiding it.

In the eyes of a group of literati and adults, children's martial arts training is just to strengthen their bodies. It is not a bad thing. Without a good body, how can they study well?They did not understand that Huang Shang practiced peerless martial arts, and in their eyes there was no peerless martial arts, only peerless high officials.

However, many children who played with Huang Shang also followed suit. They were all from the same clan and had the same surname. Huang Shang did not begrudge them. If they wanted to learn, Huang Shang also taught them with great care.

If you just punch and kick every day, it won't take much effort, but Huang Shang is a great master. Even if he mentions a few words casually, many people can study it for a lifetime.Some children are so immersed in martial arts that they neglect studying.

It would be fine if there were just one or two, but the problem is that there are many such people.After all, studying is actually very boring. For some people, the hard work is even worse than practicing martial arts.When I had no choice, I could only study. Now that I have a choice, I naturally want to find another way out.There are even many people older than Huang Shang who are learning from him.

This set off a trend of martial arts practice in Huangjia Village, which in the eyes of the Huang clan leader was not doing his job properly.

After class, Huang Shang returned to his home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his father sitting in the hall.

Huang Shang said hello and wanted to run away, but his father stopped him: "Stop!"

Huang Shang immediately stopped and asked in a very respectful tone: "What's the matter? Dad."

Patriarch Huang said: "You have been registered for this trial again. Go back and prepare."

Huang Shang frowned after hearing this and said, "Dad, I'm not ready yet. I'm afraid it won't work."

After hearing this, the Huang clan became very angry.

Patriarch Huang said angrily: "You are such an adult, you can't even pass the exam, and you are not doing your job all day long." In fact, it is normal to fail to pass the exam, but in a scholarly family like the Huang family, it is a bit bad.

Huang Shang immediately begged for mercy: "Okay, Daddy, I'll go get ready."

After speaking, he ran away.

Seeing him like this, Patriarch Huang was even more angry.Signing up is not a simple matter and requires someone to vouch for it.Although this is not difficult with the Huang family's status, it still requires some favors.

Huang Shang returned to his room, and a woman came out to greet the guests and said, "Young Master, you are back."

Huang Shang nodded and said: "Sister Li, go and call the third brother. I have something to ask him."

Sister Li nodded and left the yard.

This Sister Li came to Huangjiacun two years ago. She is in her 30s. She said that she is a widow and her husband died and she lives here.

In fact, Sister Li's appearance is above average, and she is very slim and slim. There are still people in Huangjiacun who don't care about her status as a widow and want to marry her.

But she didn't agree to any of it. Instead, she became Huang Shang's servant with peace of mind, taking care of his food and daily life.

There is no need to do any heavy work. Specific people do specific things. Sister Li is like a housekeeper and secretary who only serve Huang Shang.

Huang Shang took out a huge stack of drawings from the bookcase, spread them out on his desk and started writing and drawing again.

Sister Li led a man through the door, but Huang Shang did not raise his head.

As soon as the man entered the door, he asked: "Ninth brother, what do you want from me?"

The person who came in was Huang Shang's cousin Huang Jinyuan. Although he was of the same generation, he was about twenty years older than Huang Sang.

Huang Shang said: "Third brother, come and see."

Huang Jinyuan took a closer look and saw that Huang Shang's drawing showed a huge sailing ship. The hull was carved into the shape of a giant whale. The bow and hull were surrounded by giant divine bows and ballistas. The hull was curved. The stern of the ship is like the tail of a whale. It is a super-large ship that has never been seen before.

Huang Jinyuan asked: "This is..."

Huang Shang said: "This is a sailboat I designed that can support the ocean. If you want to do business, of course you should do big business. Even if you want to buy and sell, you should go farther away."

Although the Huang family is a scholarly family, it is not possible for everyone to pursue an official career. Depending on the prosperous economy here, they can still do some business.

Huang Jinyuan was the person in charge of the Huang family's business. He was really shocked when he looked at Huang Shang's drawings.

He is much older than Huang Sang, but he has a good relationship with Huang Sang and also learns martial arts from Huang Sang.Although his age is no longer suitable for martial arts training, he was lucky enough to meet Huang Shang. Unfortunately, he himself didn't know how lucky he was.

Because of the many contacts, Huang Jinyuan knew Huang Shang better than the clan leader. Huang Shang was mediocre in reading, but in other aspects, in addition to martial arts, he also had some strange and obscene skills, but they were not very revealing.

But the drawings of the big ship in front of me are still amazing.

Huang Shang said: "Third brother, dad gave me another exam. Before I leave, I will give you these drawings. If you build this kind of ship, the money will naturally come in a steady stream."

(End of this chapter)