Legend of the Knight

Chapter 245 People's hearts and ambitions

Axia was eating in the kitchen, when she heard the table being slapped and shouted loudly in the bedroom where the dining table was placed, she thought something happened, so she rushed over in a hurry.

After arriving in the room, Axia found that although the atmosphere here was indeed different from usual, she didn't want to look like a fight.

When Shang Jingzhong saw Axia coming, he quickly walked to the head of the bed and lifted the quilt, and then took out a cloth bag from under the pillow.

Shang Jingzhong handed the cloth bag to Ah Xia, and said stiffly: "Old He is stewing the meat, buy ten catties of cooked meat that has just been stewed."

A-Xia was shocked, she had been frugal for a long time, and she only saved this little money, why suddenly she was going to lose her fortune today.

Seeing that Axia was still in a daze, Shang Jingzhong said with a little complacency and impatience: "Go if you are told."

Although Ah Xia didn't know what was going on, she quickly took the bag and went to the stewed meat shop to buy meat while there was still some light outside.

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Why did Shang Jingzhong agree so readily when Huang Xiaoshi invited him? The answer is simple, because he has had enough.

Yes, Shang Jingzhong is indeed a person who has no desires and needs, but this kind of desires and needs does not mean that he likes to do hard work.

Many people pursue a life like a wild crane in the clouds, but there is a very important premise here, that is, they don't need to plan food by themselves to support the whole family.

There are many people living in the deep mountains, and no one has the leisure to appreciate the great rivers and mountains.

Shang Jingzhong's ability is indeed very high, and his martial arts are unrivaled, but in most cases, he is worthless.

The first thing to understand is what a warrior is.

It will be easier to understand if the word "person" is replaced with "device".

What is the weapon.

In the most primitive time, weapons were mainly used for fighting between humans and animals. When large animals were almost extinct by humans, weapons were mainly used for fighting between humans.

That is to say, the weapon is very powerful, but its role is limited to the struggle between people, and it is useless outside this special situation.

In terms of mowing grass, a knife is not as good as a sickle, and in terms of plowing land, a sword is not as good as a plowshare.

Many people say that cutting the grass with a knife and plowing the land with a sword is in itself an overkill.

However, in real life, it depends on whether you are a great talent or a small talent, a talent or a woodcutter, the key is that the user has the final say.

The value and use value of anything are two different things in themselves.

In order to practice martial arts, apart from talent and aptitude, warriors also need a lot of time. From teenagers to young adults, they are basically full-time practicing martial arts before they are successful in their studies.

This also led to a very high cost of raising a warrior, much higher than raising an idler.

Ordinary people simply cannot afford such a high cost, but people have actual needs, so Jianghu sect was born.

Jianghu sects are groups that specialize in providing military guarantees. They are divided into two categories according to their own status and strength in the arena.

The first category is similar to mercenary organizations. Anyway, they use money to do things, whether they take care of the house, take part in fighting with weapons, including doing black work and walking darts, they are all at this level.

The second category is the top level of martial arts, the existence of the six major factions.

Due to their extremely large combat power, the existence of the six major factions filled the gap in imperial power to a certain extent, and their deterrent power could even play a role in maintaining social order and stability in a region.

To put it simply, no matter what year the six major factions take root, the law and order is better than other areas, which has also led to many people willing to buy properties in the areas controlled by the six major factions.

As the population increases, the industry will naturally increase in value.

This is also one of the most important sources of income for the six factions besides the beggar gang.

In addition, the six major factions have their own other sources of income.

Not to mention religious sects such as Shaolin and Wudang, the incense fee is a large amount of income.

The biggest income of the Tianshan faction is selling flags in the Western Regions where there are turmoil and bandits like locusts.

As long as you plant the snow mountain flag of the Tianshan School, no matter whether it is a shop or a caravan, at least within a few hundred miles at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, no one will dare to touch you.

If someone pulls out the flag, or if they want to trouble you, someone will take care of him.

Although the Tianshan sect is the bottom of the six major sects, it is still one of the six major sects. Before the Tianlong sect entered the Western Regions, its force was powerful enough to shock one side.

There are two to three hundred disciples in the Tianshan School, most of them are at the second level, and a few have entered the third level, and He Weifeng is only at the third level.

You know, in the eyes of ordinary people, a warrior of level 2 is a remarkable figure, and a warrior of level 3 is already so powerful that he is invulnerable.

Facing ordinary people, Tier 3 fighters can really cut grass directly with Wushuang.

The Western Regions, because the competition is relatively less intense, generally maintain the martial arts ecology of a hundred years ago.

Of course, if you want to plant the white flag of the Tianshan faction, you must pay money.Different stores have different payment levels, and this money is called protection fee.

Therefore, the origin of the protection fee is really to protect you, not to find fault with you.

Afterwards, all the gangsters with brains knew to rob shop caravans without flags, and all shop caravans with brains knew to buy white flags and plant them there.

(In the middle and late period of the Republic of China, the Paoge organization in Sichuan also became like this. Without the Paoge organization, without paying protection fees, ordinary people would live in uneasy life)

The small white flags of the Tianshan sect are sold so widely, so to speak, even the caravans of Shennong Baicaomen bought white flags and planted them.

This is why the Tianshan faction is so rich without doing anything.

However, all this changed after the Tianlong Cult broke through the Tianshan Gate.

If a group that provides security protection for others is wiped out by another group of more ruthless people, then who will believe in your deterrent power.

This is also one of the reasons why He Weifeng felt that there was no need for the Tianshan School to survive.

Once the signboard that took a hundred years to erect was smashed, either He Weifeng would bring someone back to find the place, and he would teach Tianlong to Yang with his backhand.

Or, if you smash it, you smash it.

After thinking about it, He Weifeng still chose the latter.

The Tianshan School announced its disbandment, and most of the dozen or so disciples around He Weifeng chose to join the Wudang School, which is also the safest way.

However, Shang Jingzhong declined the invitations of He Weifeng and Fang Yunhua one after another.

On the one hand, although the Wudang School is also a great school, in terms of food and clothing, it is really inferior to the Tianshan School.

On the other hand, Shang Jingzhong considered the issue of marriage.

This is the second biggest problem faced by most sect disciples.

The disciples of each sect, when they reach a certain age, have to face "becoming a teacher", which is called "graduation" in fashionable words.

On the one hand, it is very troublesome for sect disciples to get married. Unless the head of the sect agrees, ordinary sect disciples are not allowed to bring their family members to live in the sect.

On the other hand, life is long, and after you have passed the prime of life, if you cannot climb up to the management team, the master will force you to leave the teacher by saying "you have achieved academic success, and you have nothing to teach as a teacher".

The sect needs new blood, young men who dare to rush, fight, and kill, not a group of old fritters, old Jianghu, and old men.

At this time, the advantages of Wudang and Shaolin come out. After all, Wudang is a Taoist priest, and Shaolin is a monk, which itself is a life-long occupation.

However, if you want to say how rich the Wudang faction is, it is absolutely impossible to talk about it.

Because, unlike the Tianshan School, which does not support idlers, the Wudang School has many old Taoist priests, and these are to be raised for a lifetime.

Therefore, if a disciple of a sect wants to consider long-term development, becoming a teacher is almost an inevitable result.

Now, taking advantage of the fact that He Weifeng has just sold the Tianshan faction's ancestral property and has a lot of money left in his hands, he can get a few hundred taels of silver for the severance pay at this time.

After being a poor Taoist priest in the Wudang sect for a few years, if I want to leave Wudang, I am afraid that I can only get a few taels of silver for security.

Therefore, Shang Jingzhong and Axia made some calculations and felt that it would be the most cost-effective for them to take the money and leave at this time, and Axia, who was careful in planning, also arranged their money clearly.

That being said, the retired life of the young couple is considered quite secure.

It's just that, from a majestic Tianshan School disciple to a self-reliant working people, the contrast is so great that ordinary people can't bear it.

In other words, in this world, it is not an easy task to survive.

Among all living beings, who is not suffering, who can live easily.

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Not long after, Ah Xia bought back the freshly marinated meat, and the three of them sat around the table to eat.

Although Ah Xia didn't know what happened, but there must be something good in this cheerful atmosphere.

After the three of them had a full meal, Huang Xiaoshi said goodbye to the two with a full belch. The owner of the tea shop ran the inn, and Huang Xiaoshi went back there to sleep.

As soon as Huang Xiaoshi left, Shang Jingzhong pulled Axia to sit on the bed, the two closed the door, and Shang Jingzhong told Axia everything about Huang Xiaoshi.

Upon hearing such good news, Ah Xia hugged Shang Jingzhong happily.

"Ah Zhong, you were originally a man of heaven and earth, you shouldn't be buried in the loess like this.

These days, you suffer. "

His wife's words turned the aggrievedness in Shang Jingzhong's heart into continuous comfort.

After all, who likes to promote soy milk and sell tofu?

If it was Shennong Baicaomen who recruited Shang Jingzhong at that time, Shang Jingzhong would have already nodded.

Unlike other sects, Shennong Baicaomen has a great guarantee for the disciples.

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Huang Xiaoshi only gave Shang Jingzhong ten taels of silver for a month, which is a bit small to be honest.

After all, a tenant farmer with food and lodging can get a full two taels of silver if he works from dawn to dusk and works as an ox and a horse for a whole year.

Shang Jingzhong, as a man with the strongest book combat power in the world, his annual allowance is only 120 taels of silver.

However, Huang Xiaoshi also said that he would pay ten shares for a month.

This is great.

Living in this small town for a period of time, Shang Jingzhong also heard a lot of news. Among them, the Wang family held a banquet, saying that his son entered Shennong Baicaomen and became an official disciple to celebrate.

At the beginning, Shang Jingzhong, who was going to the banquet, didn't understand why a mere disciple of Shennong Baicaomen was worth holding a banquet.

But when Lao Wang blew violently, Shang Jingzhong realized that this was really serious.

If you do it for a year, you get one share.

Whether it is planting or pharmaceuticals, Shennong Baicaomen needs a large number of experienced old people, so there is no such thing as "graduation", you can work until you die.

40 years is [-] shares.

This stock is not only left to the old self, but also to the children and grandchildren.

In contrast, the reason why Shang Jingzhong looked down on Wudang was not because the Taoist priests in Wudang lived too poorly. Apart from being able to eat enough, they had nothing but clothes all year round.

Anyway, Shang Jingzhong also has a lot of strength, and he can't beat him to do heavy work, but being trapped in this kind of firewood, rice, oil and salt all day long, Shang Jingzhong feels like he is stuck in a quagmire.

Mr. Zhou said that if you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence.

Today, Shang Jingzhong finally broke out.

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"If we do this for a year, there will be a full 120 taels of silver, and 120 shares." Axia said happily to Shang Jingzhong.

After Shang Jingzhong supported his wife to lie down on her side, she also turned on the lamp and fell asleep. Axia chattered non-stop in his ear, and finally she fell asleep.

Shang Jingzhong's heart is far from being so peaceful at this time.

One is to get rid of the involvement of life, Shang Jingzhong is now full of excitement.

Second, since Huang Xiaoshi paid him a lot of money, he wouldn't just let him go to Shennong Baicaomen to bask in the sun and drink tea.

Shang Jingzhong had also heard about the growth history of Shennong Baicaomen, so he had also heard about Huang Xiaoshi's style of work.

It stands to reason that the former Shang Jingzhong hated people like Huang Xiaoshi very much, thinking that they liked franchise too much, were ruthless in doing things, and didn't know how to make people feel bad.

When he really reached the bottom of the society, Shang Jingzhong realized that the world is not as pure and kind as he thought before. For half a piece of tofu, an old woman can block his door and scold him for a long time.

It was at this time that Shang Jingzhong understood what it means for a tiger to fall into the sun and what it means for a dragon to be trapped in shallow water.

If you have a lot of effort, you can kill that old woman who scolded you for selling tofu with broken pieces in the middle?

Tofu, tofu.

Shang Jingzhong never wants to see this kind of white and tender little thing again in his life.

Following Huang Xiaoshi, regardless of whether he is a shadow of a sword, a mountain of corpses or a sea of ​​blood, is much more enjoyable than making tofu.

After lying down for a while, Shang Jingzhong couldn't fall asleep anymore. After turning over and sitting up, he meditated on the bed and began to exercise his inner strength seriously.

It is said that if you do not practice hand skills for three days, you will not be able to use your internal skills for several months, so you have to practice well.

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Early the next morning, people who came to buy soy milk and bean dregs cakes found that the Shangji Tofu shop was closed.

Huang Xiaoshi said to Shang Jingzhong: "Clean up first, I'll go to Wudang."

Huang Xiaoshi went to Wudang to talk to He Weifeng about how he recruited Shang Jingzhong.

Although Huang Xiaoshi had already told He Weifeng about this at Gu Yuexuan's wedding banquet that day, he still had to tell He Weifeng face to face today.

This is etiquette, after all He Weifeng is still Shang Jing's loyal master.

He Weifeng lived on Wudang Mountain. He moved out of Wudang School, but bought a big house nearby to live in.

Living on the mountain is more expensive for food and clothing, but He Weifeng doesn't care.

No matter how expensive it is, is it more expensive than Tianshan?

The reason why He Weifeng insisted on staying on Wudang Mountain was that he also considered the safety of himself and his family.

Relying on Wudang Mountain, surrounded by a son-in-law, at least you don't have to worry about another Tianlong sect suddenly coming and killing your whole family.

The older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous.

He Weifeng has not yet gotten out of the psychological shadow of the Tianshan faction being exterminated.

In the final analysis, He Weifeng is also an N-generation master. He has long lost the ambition of the first-generation master to forge ahead. The most important thing is to bring a family of wives and children to survive in peace and stability.

Tianshan faction, if it is gone, it will be gone.

(End of this chapter)