swallow a dragon ball

Chapter 37: The dignity that belongs to practitioners
In this world, there are only a very small number of practitioners.

In the world of ordinary people, they eat and drink in the dew, sleep in the wind and sleep on the moon, and they don't eat the fireworks in the world.

As far as practitioners are concerned, the battle between them will not be easily known to ordinary people.

One is that the battle between practitioners is extremely destructive, and it is easy to accidentally injure innocent people; the other is that practitioners don't want to let ordinary people know easily, and they will be like gangsters, hacking and hacking with a watermelon knife.

Practitioners naturally don't bother to do such unqualified things!

That's why Zheng Xuancheng and Yu Youquan's visit to Zhao's Manor was really like a visit.

As soon as he arrived at the boundary of Zhao's manor, he was welcomed in by the Zhao family's steward, who served him delicious food and drinks without any disrespect or neglect.

The choice of words and sentences is even more refreshing. It is hard to believe that this old steward is receiving "evil guests" who come to the door.

Although these manors were newly purchased properties after the Zhao family moved to the south, the degree of affluence is not the same as the areas where ordinary people live.

The fields are almost all ripe fields, and even the fields are full of scenes of harvested crops.

For ordinary people, the farming season is the most important, and they dare not delay at all for fear that the crops will rot in the fields due to any accident.

After harvesting, the crops will be harvested as soon as possible, and there is very little real slack time.

Threshing mainly relies on flails, and windmills are used to remove husks and impurities.

But compared with farmers in other places, farmers belonging to Zhao's manor look obviously better.

The core reason is that these tenants mainly farm the land of the Zhao family, and they can avoid court taxes as long as they pay enough rent.

The burden was also heavy, but compared to the various exorbitant taxes and levies imposed by the imperial court, the Zhao family was quite benevolent and righteous!

This is the so-called "escape" and "population hiding".

For the imperial court, there will be endless troubles. After all, the tax that can be received is less, and it will be a matter of time before the finances are unsustainable.

But at least the people can survive!
As for the biggest winner, it is naturally a family like the Zhao family, and these methods are actually just entry-level methods to poach the corners of the imperial court.

Yu Youquan's expression did not change.

He has seen a lot of similar scenes recently, and he doesn't bother to think too much.

If there were no practitioners, he might still think about making a revolution and trampling all the bones of public ministers in the streets, but in a world where there are practitioners, such an idea is just a joke!

Join if you can't beat it!

Yu Youquan has already decided that when his life stabilizes, he will spend money to buy a few mountains, and then build a big manor himself.

The little nun and monk in the imperial court can't touch it for no reason, but my Taoist master can't touch it!
When I think about it badly, I suddenly feel that the world is wide.

After arriving at the core area of ​​Zhao's manor, the master and apprentice finally met the core members of the Zhao family.

Those who are a little older are fine, and their emotions and expressions are well managed. On the contrary, those young people, no matter how mature they pretend to be, they are still a little bit worse after all.

In a short time, Yu Youquan felt the hostility almost gushing out!
If eyes could kill, the master and apprentice probably wouldn't know how many times they died by now.

Yu Youquan didn't react much to this. After all, he was here to slap him in the face and cause trouble. How could he expect his enemy to greet him with a smile?

To be able to reach this point is already quite patient and well-educated!

As for Zheng Xuancheng, he didn't even bother with it!

Not long after, the master and apprentice met Zhao's patriarch and old grandpa.

Old Mrs. Zhao has gray hair and beard, and is very old. Even her back is a bit bent, and some turbidity and vicissitudes can even be seen in her eyes.

but.

Yu Youquan's sixth sense is always warning, the old man in front of him is extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, maybe he will die just by looking at him!
This made Yu Youquan alert, and he became more and more low-key, not daring to pry into anything.

The head of the Zhao family gave Yu Youquan another feeling - very icy, cold, and sharp, as if just looking at him would sting his spirit.

but.

He gave Yu Youquan the feeling that he was not as deadly as Mrs. Zhao!
Obviously, Mrs. Zhao has cultivated Yunqiang's spear intent to the point where it can be sent and received freely, while Patriarch Zhao's spear intent is sharp, but it is obviously not as good as it is in sending and receiving.

Old Mrs. Zhao had a very keen sense. After looking at Yu Youquan, he said, "Who is this young man?"

Zheng Xuancheng said sternly, "Juli, why don't you hurry up and pay a visit to Senior White-headed Spear King!"

Old Mrs. Zhao shook his head, "There is only one gun king in the world, and that is the Lihen Gun. The white-headed gun king just puts makeup on his face. The old man just likes to play tricks. The future still belongs to young people like you." !”

This bad old man is very bad!

If you really believed him, you would really regard him as a dying old man, and you don't know how he died!

Yu Youquan didn't take Mr. Zhao's modest words seriously, but obediently saluted Mrs. Zhao, shouting "Senior Gun King" one after another, and even dropped the word "white head" in front of it.

This is like the word "vice" in front of leadership, just like Schrödinger's cat. It can be there or not. The magic of using it lies in one's mind.

Mrs. Zhao nodded with a smile, and praised, "If a famous teacher produces a high-level apprentice, the high-ranking apprentice has such a strong perception ability, but the nephews and nephews of my family who are ineffective in later generations are far inferior!"

This ability to draw hatred.
As soon as Old Madam Zhao finished speaking, many of the most outstanding young nephews and nephews of the Zhao family present looked at Yu Youquan with hostility.

I have to say, "other people's children", no matter which world they are in, they are extremely hateful!

Zheng Xuancheng laughed, and said modestly, "Senior Gun King is too famous, and everyone in the world doesn't know the name of Cloud Spear? But this junior doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and committed greed and hatred, so I ask Senior Gun King to give me some advice!"

Old Mrs. Zhao's arm on crutches wobbled slightly, like a bad old man who had a stroke, and fell down as soon as he pushed it, but Yu Youquan still keenly sensed that Mrs. Zhao became more dangerous.

As for his master Zheng Xuancheng, at this moment, his aura became more and more condensed, and his fighting spirit was high.

Zhao Zhiyuan took the initiative to stand up and said, "My father is already old, why don't you let me see Brother Pi Xian's clever tricks?"

Zheng Xuancheng nodded with a smile, "Brother Qingqu is willing to give me advice, so my younger brother will naturally ask for it, please!"

Zhao Zhiyuan was about to speak, but Mrs. Zhao stopped him, shook the crutch in his hand and cursed, "What? Do you think the old man can't dance with his gun anymore?"

Zhao Zhiyuan was shocked and quickly admitted his mistake and said he didn't dare.

As shrewd as he was, he also keenly realized that the old father might really think that he was not as good as Zheng Xuancheng, so he had to do it himself!

Zhao Zhiyuan felt a chill in his heart and immediately corrected his attitude.

After a small episode, Zheng Xuancheng and Mrs. Zhao walked slowly into the Fufeng Hall of the Zhao Family.

The competition was held behind closed doors, and neither Yu Youquan nor Zhao's nephews were allowed to watch.

Of course, when it comes to a battle at the level of the Venerable, it may not be a good thing for them to be forced to watch!

The only thing Yu Youquan could feel was the aura of Zhao's Fufengtang.

From the outside, the tiles are lined up in rows, like pieces of upside-down dragon scales.

As for the grooved water lines and various exquisitely carved eaves beasts, they all demonstrate the style and profound heritage of the Yunzhou Zhao family.

Of course, what surprised Yu Youquan the most was the height and size of Fufeng Hall.

It is still made of wood, but I don't know if it is because of the thousand-year-old wood used. The house is so tall that it reminded him of the reinforced concrete buildings in his previous life.

Only then did Yu Youquan realize that wooden houses and palaces can be built so tall and magnificent, provided the wood is old enough!

Or the old Mrs. Zhao has already left, and there is no one restraining him anymore, Yu Youquan can obviously feel the hostility towards him from Zhao's nephews around him has deepened a lot.

boom!
At this moment, Yu Youquan suddenly felt that two extremely powerful and sharp "wills" shot up into the sky.

Obviously he couldn't see anything, but Yu Youquan had a vague feeling that there were two more unreachable mountains in Fufeng Hall in front of him!

Is this what is meant?

Really majestic!

(End of this chapter)