Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 130 0125 [You are happy]

Early in the morning, the cottage becomes lively.

At the place where Zhang Guangdao went around and rushed, Chen Yuan and Xue Daoguang were meditating and making alchemy.

Near them, there were a few scholars sitting, holding scrolls in their hands and earnestly reading in the morning.

There was the vague sound of guns and sticks hitting, Zhang Guangdao, Bai Sheng, Deng Chun, Deng Xia, Shi Biao and others were all practicing martial arts on the other side of the cottage.

"Dole!"

An arrow shot out and hit the target, but it was a little far from the target.

Some time ago, Zhu Ming practiced the 15-meter target, but recently changed to the 30-meter target.The distance is only doubled, but the difficulty has been doubled several times. The negligible influencing factors near the distance become impossible to ignore.

Moreover, Zhang Guangdao, the archery teacher, is actually not very reliable.

Because he has only used homemade clay bows, Ju Ming has standard bows and arrows, and many details still need to be explored slowly.

Concentrating and holding his breath, Zhu Ming drew his bow to aim again.

The bow was like a full moon, and with a whoosh, the arrow flew out and was nailed hard into the target, getting closer to the target.

Repeatedly drawing the bow and shooting arrows until his shoulders became a little sore, Zhu Ming took off the bowstring and left.

Zhang Guangdao led two horses over. The mare had a big belly and was due to give birth in a month or two.His sister-in-law is also pregnant, and it is really hard for one person to serve two expectant mothers.

The cornucopia ran happily, circling around Zhu Ming, and rubbing his head around.

Zhu Ming got on his horse and began to practice riding.

All the harnesses were replaced with regular ones, and the horse's ID card was also obtained. The state government and the county government successively issued documents to prove that the horse was seized from the rebels.

Only the horseshoe is still unbuilt. With the amount of exercise in the cornucopia, there is no need for that thing for the time being.

However, Ju Ming has already learned how to repair horseshoes, basically once a month, and only scrapes off the irregularly worn areas.

Zhu Ming rode a cornucopia and ran all over the field, while the pregnant mare could only stroll slowly.

"Brother Zhu!"

When Zhu Ming slowed down his horse, Bai Sheng held up the mace.

A few bamboo poles were planted on the sidelines. Zhu Ming rode his horse galloping with an iron mace, leaned forward and swung it suddenly, and one of the bamboo poles was broken by the middle.

After practicing, Xue Daoguang also came.

The Taoist priest meditated for a while, and then came to exercise his muscles and bones, similar to things like Wuqinxi and Baduanjin.

Xue Daoguang didn't know the exact name, he only said that it was passed down by Master Ziyang.

Sometimes, Xue Daoguang will show his skills.He stood still, his internal organs gurgling and screaming loudly like thunder.

The theoretical basis of his inner alchemy cultivation method is not perfect yet.He had to wait until his apprentice, Bai Yuchan, with reference to the "Book of Changes" and Confucianism, to complete the cultivation system of essence, qi and spirit, that is, the set of refining essence to transform qi, refining qi to transform spirit, and refining spirit to return emptiness.

They belong to the dual cultivation of life and life, and they pay attention to the ascension of the physical body, and they don't do any corpse dissection to ascend to immortality.

"time to eat!"

Grandma Yan brought her grandson over to shout, she has adapted to the life here, and she is lively and lively all day long.

The entourage of the scholars came out with several tables and placed them under the big trees in the cottage.After breakfast, wipe the table clean, and sit around the table to listen to scriptures and write articles.

Breakfast is millet porridge, oatmeal, eggs and vegetables.

Scholars sit at one table, martial arts practitioners sit at another table, women and children sit at another table, and attendants sit at another table. They chat about topics of interest while eating.

"Dalang, in half a month, I will leave for Xingyuan Mansion." Li Hanzhang said as he peeled an egg.

Zhu Ming said, "Let's go together, the exam is almost here."

Everyone is taking the exam in Yangzhou, but Li Hanzhang is going to Xingyuan Mansion.Everyone took the state test, and Li Hanzhang took the water test, and the children of officials and eunuchs were treated differently.

Fatty Zheng said: "Dalang and Saburo, you can stay at my house during the exam, it's not convenient for the academy to go up and down the mountain."

"If that's the case, I'll bother you." Bai Chongyan cupped his hands and said.

Wang Chang said: "It's fine to live in our Wang's house."

"Yes, the Wang family's mansion is wider, and the guest rooms are larger, making it more comfortable to live in." Wang Wei said.

Zheng Hong said: "My home is closer to the examination room!"

Wang Chang laughed and said, "What is nearly two or three hundred steps?"

Zheng and Wang's family rushed to invite Zhu Ming to stay with them, and they quarreled as they talked.

Before the meal was finished, Tian San ran up the mountain: "Sir, there is a tea merchant from Xingyuan Mansion visiting, and they want to order fried tea from our village."

Zheng Hong immediately shut up and listened with his ears pricked up.

Zhu Guoxiang speeded up to stuff the meal into his belly, Shen Yourong got up to see him off, but Zhu Guoxiang held him down and said, "You've been vomiting for the past two days, I just happened to be going down the mountain, and I'm going to ask Mr. Zhao to get his pulse. Tired."

Zhu Ming heard clearly and turned his head to look.

This stepmother won't be pregnant, will she?
Whether she is pregnant or not, it means that Dean Zhu has not lost his ability to conceive after time travel.

Zhu Ming is very happy, he is also a time traveler, and his father is equivalent to doing an experiment for himself.

In the middle of the morning, when Zhu Guoxiang returned to the mountain, the tea merchants in Xingyuan Mansion had been dismissed, and Langzhong Zhao was also invited to check Shen Yourong's pulse.

"How?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I am worried that the Zheng family eats alone, and the tea merchants in Xingyuan Mansion must be dissatisfied. Most of them will ask the tea company to increase the tax on fried tea. After all, our fried tea has always been taxed as loose tea, which is very unreasonable. .It doesn’t matter if you just increase the tax, but I’m afraid that it will have to go through the tea horse.”

"That's a big problem." Zhu Ming nodded.

If you have to go to the tea horse company to fry tea, it is a trivial matter to levy a 20% tea tax, but it is a major matter to void the contract with the Zheng family!

The Tea Horse Department does not allow direct transactions between tea gardens and tea merchants, and must abide by the arrangements of official intermediaries.

At that time, the fried tea from Daming Village will be transported to the market, where they will be forcibly arranged to be sold to a certain tea merchant.The government, intermediaries, and tea merchants can also work together to lower prices, buy and sell by force, and the first-class tea will be designated as third-class tea for you, which can make the fried tea in Daming Village lose money in minutes.

Zhu Ming called Fatty Zheng over, and after explaining the situation, he asked, "Your family should have made preparations long ago, right?"

Zheng Hong nodded and said: "Delay time first, my family also has some contacts in the Tea Horse Department, at least it can delay next year. After next year, if we negotiate with the tea merchants in Xingyuan Mansion, we must give them some profits. If my family It will be easier if we can make fried tea next year, just sell our fried tea to them."

"That's good." Zhu Ming felt relieved.

In this situation, not only Daming Village is at a disadvantage, but also the Zheng family, which has invested heavily in the early stage, believes that the Zheng family has a way to settle it.

The father and son discussed it, and Mr. Zhao walked over with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Mr. Zhu, Madam is happy!"

Zhu Guoxiang was overjoyed, got up and left, and stopped talking to his son.

"Hey, if you have a baby boy, you don't need an older son." Zhu Ming sighed, and ran to join in the fun to congratulate him.

Shen Yourong sat in the main room, subconsciously protecting her lower abdomen with her hands, with a motherly smile on her face.

All the female family members came to watch and brought some gifts. Grandma Yan was busy boiling water and making tea to entertain the guests.

Zhu Ming was out of shape, squatting down and hooking shoulders with Bai Qi: "Oh, Brother Qi, we will be brothers and sisters from now on. Father doesn't hurt, mother doesn't love, little cabbage, Ye Erhuang, two or three years old... ..."

"You shut up!"

Zhu Guoxiang quickly reprimanded him, not allowing his son to sing the next line.

"Hahahaha," Zhu Ming laughed heartily, picked up Bai Qi and said, "Let's go, brother will teach you how to read."

Xue Daoguang also ran over when he heard the news, and said to Zhu Guoxiang: "There is a breathing method here in Pindao, which can nourish the body and is also good for pregnant women."

"You don't need to meditate, do you?" Zhu Guoxiang responded skeptically.

Xue Daoguang said: "You can sit, lie, stand, just adjust your breathing, and Mr. Zhu can also practice."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Then please teach it to me first, I will experience it first and then pass it on to Zhuojing."

Xue Daoguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's just the breathing method, which is used for health preservation. It is really harmless. Mr. Zhu doesn't need to practice it if he doesn't believe it."

"Try to practice first." Zhu Guoxiang said.

In the blink of an eye, half a month later, Zhu Ming and the other scholars went down the mountain to go to the state capital ahead of time to wait for the exam.

Zhu Guoxiang also went down the mountain. He was going to the county government office to revise the account post, increase the number of customers under his name, and deal with the new master Zhang by the way.

Chen Yuan and Xue Daoguang stayed on the mountain and continued to practice both physics and Taoism.

Several children were also taught by them. Chen Yuan taught them Chinese and mathematics, and Xue Daoguang taught them gymnastics.

Grandma Yan watched the famous Confucian "lecturing" to her grandson, and smiled from ear to ear. She could never have dreamed of such a good thing.

When she has a little free time every day, Grandma Yan sits by and watches. Although Chen Yuan is only teaching elementary school, she just feels that this gentleman speaks well.

Everyone separated at the confluence of rivers, Zhu Ming crossed Huangjinxia to Yangzhou, and Zhu Guoxiang headed west to the county government office.

"Your Majesty, we have been wronged!"

The archers knelt in the lobby of the county government office, weeping loudly at the county magistrate.

Zhang Su sneered: "Injustice? How dare you call for injustice with solid evidence! You bullied men and women in the county town and harassed the people, and in the countryside, you randomly sent Yaqian, forcing many good people to break up their homes and flee. I have to deal with each case. It has been secretly investigated!"

"What happened in the countryside...was instigated by Hu Tiesi!" Li Maotian couldn't help but confess the mastermind.

"Ok?"

Xiang Zhixian thought that these archers were all his cronies, but when he heard that they were getting mixed up with the subordinates, he felt as disgusted as if he had eaten flies.

Xiang Zhixian said angrily: "Come here, beat this man twenty sticks first!"

Originally, the magistrate of Xiang County wanted to save, but now there is no need to save, the capital head Li Maotian and the deputy capital head Zhang Fu all ransacked their homes and distributed them, and the rest of the shooters were fined and punished with sticks and dismissed on the spot.

After dealing with the archers, Zhang Su said: "Xiangzhi County, I also recruited 22 archers, all of whom were successfully trained by Nazhu. They know how to fight, and they are honest and honest."

Xiang magistrate didn't dare to offend this master, so he lay flat and said: "Your Excellency is also the county captain, and the archer is under the county captain's department, you can handle it yourself."

"Yes!"

Zhang Su smiled and cupped his hands, he finally pulled out his power.

"Master, Mr. Zhu is visiting."

"Which Mr. Zhu?"

"He is the father of the Eight Elements."

"Hurry up please."

Zhu Guoxiang reported his name at the meeting, and then went straight to the subject: "The master book is in person, and I'm here to offer improved seeds and agricultural books."

"But the corn and sweet potato? I've heard about it." Zhang Su asked.

"Exactly, these two kinds of grains can yield several stones per mu." Zhu Guoxiang took out the agricultural book again, "Please correct the master."

The manuscripts of agricultural books produced today are richer than those given to Lu Tixue. They also involve the planting management of wheat, sorghum, etc., and many maps of agricultural tools have been added.

Zhang Su was so overjoyed that he didn't ask about the situation in Daming Village, but only discussed farming and water conservancy with Zhu Guoxiang.

Flicker, can be flickering!

That afternoon, Zhang Su personally sent Zhu Guoxiang out of the county government office, bowed and said, "Sir, you are truly a virtuous person who has never been born, and you can't wait to ask for advice every morning and evening. The water conservancy in the suburbs of this county has been in disrepair for a long time. I plan to dredge the canals next year, and then give the irrigation canals to the public." Extend it a bit, and I will invite my husband to help with the planning at that time. Also, I will introduce corn and sweet potatoes next year, and please give me your advice."

"It's an honor." Zhu Guoxiang bowed his hands and said goodbye.

Zhang Su watched Dean Zhu go away, and said to himself: "His father is so virtuous, Zhu Chenggong must also have both ability and political integrity."

Xiang Zhixian was drinking in the backyard of the county government office, so he didn't want to care about anything else.

He can't afford to offend the master, and he can't fight the subordinates. He just drinks and plays every day, just waiting to be transferred to another place next year or the year after.

(End of this chapter)