My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 116 The First Wulin Blind Date Conference

At noon half a month later, Li Tianxin and his party entered the south gate of Fenyang. In less than a month, they had put down the rebels who had been wreaking havoc in Jingxiang for a long time. It was extremely fast.

In the past three months, Li Tianxin had spent more than 500 million taels of silver to suppress bandits and quell the rebellion, which combined with more than [-] small goals for future generations, was a huge expense.

However, this is nothing compared to his net worth and income. Although it is not a drop in the bucket, it can only be said to be a little pocket money.

Nowadays, except for the coastal areas, the Ming Dynasty has basically calmed down. Even if there is still a little chaos, it is still a scabies disease, and the government can handle it by itself.

Over at the Ningxia border, the Ming army had won a complete victory and returned home in triumph, while the Maoli children were beaten to a pulp.

When they came, there was a mighty army of tens of thousands, but when they returned, a group of defeated soldiers fled back to the grassland in despair, fearing that they would soon be annexed by other tribes.

This time, the Ming Dynasty neatly quelled the internal strife and repulsed the foreign enemies, which greatly deterred some people with ulterior motives inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

It also allowed everyone in the world to see the terrifying cohesion and combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty.

In original history, after the Jingxiang Rebellion, the Guangxi Yao people also launched a rebellion, but they ceased their activities and did not dare to take the lead again.

After Zhu Yong and Yang Xin defeated the Maoli children with thunderous force, the Jianzhou Jurchens who repeatedly violated the border also stopped and returned to the bitter cold land of the Northeast, guarding their own three-acre land and living their hard life.

All in all, due to Li Tianxin, the Ming Dynasty, which was supposed to be troubled in the past few years after Zhu Jianshen took the throne, calmed down in advance and was able to develop steadily, gradually moving towards a peaceful and prosperous era where the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

The last time he came back from Beizhili, Li Tianxin had a long conversation with Zhu Fugui, which made Zhu Fugui determined to make more concessions to the court and increase the shares held by the court.

Although this move will drastically reduce his income, it will give the Zhu family the opportunity to rest with the country, prosper with the country, and be of the same age as the country.

The premise is that Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi, or Li Tianxin and Bai Feifei, are willing to have a son named Zhu in the future, otherwise the Zhu family will no longer be the Zhu family, but the Li family or the Shen family.

However, although there is a sharp drop in income, it is only in relative terms. The income after the sharp drop is still astronomical.

Therefore, he also donated half of his living money to the country in his own name, which amounted to more than one hundred thousand taels.

In recent years, Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue has only been between 700 million and 200 million taels.

The money donated by Zhu Fugui is almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for 50 years.

Of course he would not donate it directly to the Ministry of Revenue. Only a mentally retarded person would do this. He gave it to Zhu Jianshen.

As for whether to use it to subsidize the national finance, that is Zhu Jianshen's own business and has nothing to do with him.

At this point, Zhu Jianshen became the richest emperor in all dynasties, and became an emperor with more wealth in the inner treasury than in the national treasury.

50 years of tax revenue is enough to support Zhu Jianshen to do many things, especially in the military field. The Ming Dynasty can completely restore the atmosphere when Taizu became the ancestor.

You know, the current productivity of Ming Dynasty is not at the bottom. The tax revenue in the past 50 years has been quite strong. It is possible to buy physical objects worth so much money, and there is no problem of inflation.

The only thing that Ming Dynasty is slightly lacking now is still the problem of food. There is really no way to do this.

In this era where everything depends entirely on the weather, whether food is sufficient or not depends too much on "good weather".

Therefore, Li Tianxin felt that it was time to put it on the agenda to promote the development of Ming technology and set off to the American continent as soon as possible to obtain high-yielding crops such as potatoes and corn.

Set a small goal first, build the steam engine, and let the Ming Dynasty start the industrial revolution 300 years ahead of schedule.

This is also the reason why Li Tianxin previously told people that practicing martial arts can lead to immortality.

The industrial revolution and martial arts are closely related, and it can even be said that they have a great relationship.

Because the development of science and technology will inevitably promote the innovation of weapons and equipment.

When the imperial army is equipped with hot weapons that can easily deal with warriors on a large scale, then what is the point of spending more than ten or even decades practicing martial arts?
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't stop the cluster shooting of muskets, let alone the bombardment of artillery.

Even if the upper limit of the force value in this world can reach the level of the movie version of Dongfang Invincible, and is not afraid of muskets and muzzle-loading cannons, what about rifles?What about the machine gun?What about the breech-loading cannon?
Therefore, technology and martial arts are always in opposition. As technology develops, martial arts is destined to decline.

When fewer and fewer people practice martial arts, the martial arts community will naturally decline.

That's why Li Tianxin put forward the argument of "entering Taoism through martial arts", which allowed warriors to rediscover the meaning of practicing martial arts.

They can practice martial arts not to fight against hot weapons, but to pursue immortality, pursue martial arts to break through the void, and achieve enlightenment and soar.

Then they will discover that when their martial arts are high enough, even in the era of hot weapons, they can still be superior to ordinary people.

A martial arts master holding a gun is definitely different from an ordinary person holding a gun.

In this way, Li Tianxin can guarantee to the greatest extent that martial arts will not completely decline.

Martial arts and technology go hand in hand and develop together, which is what he pursues.

Driving the Dragon God mecha and executing the Thirteen Deadly Swordsmanship was the deepest dream in Li Tianxin's heart.

Let a small number of people inherit martial arts and let the majority of people develop science and technology. This is the most ideal development state of the world.

For the common people, knights are needed in any era. A world without knights is sad.

Of course the powerful do not want knights to exist, but the existence of knights is the best deterrent to the powerful, preventing them from acting too wantonly.

When you look at the injustices on the Internet, have you ever hoped in your heart that a knight will stand up and bring some justice to the world?
For this reason, although Li Tianxin himself belongs to the powerful class, he still does not want the existence of chivalrous people to disappear completely, let alone the inheritance of the chivalrous spirit.

It's not like Li Tianxin has never considered not developing technology and letting the world develop naturally.

But in the end, he discovered that not developing technology would do more harm than good, and that would be even more irresponsible to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Because if you fall behind, you will be beaten. The Ming Dynasty did not develop science and technology, but the Western powers wanted to develop.

You know, in this era, Leonardo da Vinci was already in his teens, and Copernicus was about to be born soon. If the Ming Dynasty did not develop technology, it would not be able to catch up.

……

Night, Li Tianxin's bedroom.

Bai Feifei rested her head on Li Tianxin's chest and said softly: "Tianxin, a few days ago the imperial envoy came to deliver the decree, making Qiqi the happy princess and me the first-grade imperial concubine."

"At the same time, the imperial envoy conveyed the emperor's oral instructions, asking you to go to the capital to see him immediately after you return from the chaos. He has important matters to discuss with you."

Li Tianxin sighed helplessly: "This guy won't leave me idle at all. He probably wants to talk to me about the issues along the southeastern coast. For the time being, this is the only issue that Ming Dynasty has."

Zhu Jianshen already knew that many Japanese pirates were members of powerful organizations of coastal gentry, so how could he let them go?

He probably wanted to cleanse the southeast coast with blood.

But it’s not easy for the court to take action directly on this kind of thing, so what should we do?

Isn't this what the Jianghu forces are used for?

Someone takes care of things and someone takes the blame. This is the greatest use of the power of the Jianghu.

Bai Feifei asked: "What should I do? Are you going out again just after you came back?"

Li Tianxin said: "You still have to go. The issue along the southeast coast must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the Ming Dynasty Salt Industry and make it a problem for ordinary people to eat salt."

"But there's no need to rush. After I finish the Iron Cavalry blind date meeting, it won't be too late to leave for Beijing, within the next few days." Bai Feifei said softly, "Hmm," and said, "After you finish talking to the emperor, you can go to Beijing as soon as possible." Come back, brother Shen and Qiqi’s wedding, you, the brother-in-law, cannot be absent.”

Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi's wedding was scheduled for two months later. There was enough time this time, so Zhu Fugui naturally had to do enough etiquette.

All the invitations that should be sent must be delivered. Their wedding is destined to be more grand and lively than the one between Li Tianxin and Bai Feifei.

Li Tianxin smiled and said: "Of course, I will come back as soon as this matter is dealt with. I won't go anywhere. I will stay with you every day until our child is born."

"You are pregnant this year. I can only say sorry to the Emperor on his birthday. The meal will be made up for when he is crowned next year."

A happy smile appeared on Bai Feifei's face and she hugged his waist tightly.

……

Three days later, the back garden of Zhu Mansion was bustling with activity.

Li Tianxin informed the Iron Cavalry two days in advance and asked them to prepare a set of handsome clothes and dress up properly.

At this time, they had changed into their iron cavalry uniforms, and each of them made themselves smart and elegant.

Since the ghost maids had not arrived yet, they gathered in twos and threes in the back garden to chat. It could be seen that these young men were a little excited.

Li Tianxin and his wife and a group of good friends were also here chatting with everyone in a friendly and easy-going manner.

Ruyi Huancui and the four ladies of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter are not here. They are over there with the ghost palace maids.

The girls, like the cavalry, were also ready to leave two days in advance. After all, it was a lifelong event, and she took it seriously.

In the pavilion, Zhu Fugui, Leng Da, Leng Er, and Leng San were sitting around the stone table, looking happily at the young men under them.

Leng Da, who always had a stern face and rarely expressed any expression, could not help but have a faint smile on his face at this time.

These iron cavalry were all orphans with good qualifications that the three brothers had found from all over the country. It could be said that watching them grow up day by day, they were no different from their children.

Leng Da said to Zhu Fugui: "Tianxin is really thoughtful. These children have become a family, and the Iron Cavalry will have a legacy. Renyi Villa is no longer in danger of decline."

What the Leng brothers are most satisfied with about Li Tianxin is that this time he went out to suppress the bandits and put down the chaos. He took out the iron cavalry intact and brought them back intact, not a single one was missing.

Even the injured people received good treatment. In order to take care of them when he came back, Li Tianxin deliberately slowed down and walked for [-] or [-] days on the seven-day journey.

As a result, when they got home, the injured person's injuries were basically healed, and it did not affect their ability to participate in the blind date conference.

The Iron Cavalry is fully armored, and the most heavily guarded part is the head, face, and neck.

They have iron helmets on their heads and grid-shaped iron masks on their faces, so no matter how badly their torsos are injured, their faces will not be damaged and their appearance will be disfigured.

Zhu Fugui stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Tianxin has always been sincere to others, especially to his own people, and he is even more caring. He regards the iron cavalry as his brothers, and it is normal to plan for them."

Leng Er also smiled and said: "Now it has been spread all over the world that Tianxin killed [-] rebels with a single sword in Nanzhang City, and people in the world call him the 'Sword God'."

"With his golden brand name, it will not be easy for Renyi Villa to decline."

Leng Da nodded happily and said: "Yes, recently many famous masters have expressed their desire to join Renyi Villa. From then on, Renyi Villa will only become more and more prosperous."

In the former Renyi Villa, there were naturally people willing to join, and there were quite a few of them.

But those who are willing to join either have mediocre martial arts skills, poor character, or insufficient qualifications.

The masters who are qualified to join basically have their own power.

They were very happy to accept the call from Renyi Villa and obey the orders of Renyi Villa. After all, they would get benefits.

However, they were not willing to join Renyi Villa and directly become the subordinates of the Leng brothers, because after all, the Leng brothers' martial arts were not enough to convince the public.

Unless Shen Tianjun, the founder of Renyi Villa and the "King of Kyushu", is still alive, that's pretty much it.

But now that Renyi Villa has Li Tianxin, a swordsman whose martial arts is much better than Shen Tianjun, the situation is completely different.

At present, only the top players who have confirmed to join Renyi Villa and have good reputations include the "Lion" Qiao Wu of Changbai Mountain and Hua Sigu, the "Skilled Lan Xin Girl" Hua Sigu.

They are all among the seven new masters in the martial arts world, so there is no need to talk about their martial arts skills.

You must know that these "seven masters in the world" are not just masters in a certain area, but are the seven recognized masters in the entire world.

For example, Qiao Wu and Hua Sigu came from the martial arts world of Guandong.

Xu Ruoyu and Liu Yuru were born in the martial arts world of the Central Plains.

Master Tianfa of Tianlong Temple in Wutai Mountain, Taoist Priest Guan Duanhong of Xuandu in Qingcheng, and Jin Buhuan, the leader of Xiaoyao Sect, were born in the southern martial arts world.

Regardless of southwest, southeast or due south, they are all within the scope of southern martial arts.

The martial arts outside the Great Wall and the martial arts in the desert of the Western Region have little contact with the middle-earth, so even if there are masters, they are not known.

Now with the rise of Li Tianxin, Shen Lang and others, the northern martial arts world has finally been filled. The names of the seven masters in the world may soon disappear.

"Here they come, brothers, show your best."

Following Li Tianxin's reminder, everyone's eyes lit up and they turned their attention to the Moon Gate.

Then I saw a group of beautiful girls, each with their own unique characteristics, walking through the moon gate and walking into the garden under the leadership of Ruyi Huancui.

Xu Ruoyu and Ma Zhaoming looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Are all the women participating in this blind date meeting of such high quality?

The two exchanged a look, turned around and walked quickly towards the pavilion.

Seeing the two people walking over in a hurry, Zhu Fugui asked in surprise: "Xu Shaoxia, Mr. Ma, what are you two?"

Ma Zhaoming was older, and Xu Ruoyu had never had any opinions, so he let him speak: "Master Zhu, the three masters Leng, brothers Xu and I are planning to join Renyi Villa. I wonder if it's too late now?"

The Leng brothers' eyes lit up, and Leng Er opened his mouth and said with a smile: "The door of Renyi Villa is open for you two at any time. You can join whenever you want. Why don't you say it's too late?"

Ma Zhaoming's usually upright and steady face also showed a look of embarrassment, and he said with a shy smile: "I mean, we have just joined Renyi Villa now, do we have a chance to participate in this blind date conference?"

Zhu Fugui and the three Leng brothers looked at each other, and then they all laughed.

Leng Daodao: "Why not? Since you have joined Renyi Villa, you are your own brother, so of course you can participate in the blind date meeting."

Ma Zhaoming and Xu Ruoyu were overjoyed. They clasped their fists and bowed, "My subordinates pay their respects to Mr. Zhu, the first villa master, the second villa master, and the third villa master."

Leng Er shook the folding fan and said with a smile: "Okay, you two don't need to be polite, go ahead. Whether you can win the favor of the girls depends on your own abilities."

"We are only responsible for making connections. We don't give you a wife as soon as you join the villa."

"Hehehe..."

(End of this chapter)