Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 435 Martial Arts (3)

Xu Qing began to think about it, he didn't expect the local officials to pay so little attention to martial arts, even the notice was only issued on the notice, and the township chief Li Zheng was not allowed to go door-to-door to tell it.That being the case, how can the selected people guarantee the quality?
Seeing Xu Qing's expression, those few people understood Xu Qing's meaning in their hearts, and explained: "Brother, you can see that there are few people who signed up, so you can look down on me. Although the popularity of the registration is not high, but Generally speaking, there are still a lot of people. In a county, there are still [-] people who sign up. Just the three of us, we have defeated seven or eight people before we got here."

Xu Qing hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no, I was thinking, what is it that you select Gong Shibi for?"

The young master said with an oh: "So you were thinking about this, hehehe, I don't know about other counties, but in our county, it is first one-on-one, and then there are layers of competitions, and the remaining ten or so will be selected from among them." Selection. If selection, it depends on who has more weapons, who can shoot arrows accurately, etc., and also depends on whether a person has untouchables in his family, virtue, etc. In the end, there are only a few left, and it depends on us All three of them can read and write, and their families are well-off, so the lack of a strong man is not a serious problem, so we are sent to Chang'an."

As he spoke, he laughed at himself again: "We came here and brought some things to the county magistrate to his relatives along the way. We should act as a messenger. If it is successful this time, it is not successful. I I won’t go back either, I don’t believe that if I can’t be a general, no one wants me to be a soldier.”

Xu Qing nodded and said: "Where there is a will, there is a way. Brothers have the blood of serving the country this time, and they will surely achieve great things. In the future, they will be named Marquis, just around the corner."

"Thanks for the prize, thanks to this brother, I'll have another drink later!"

But at this time, a person came down from upstairs, and only the lower half of his body was exposed, and he had already heard his disdainful voice: "Hahahahaha, a few ordinary people from the head of Guizhou can talk about being a marquis in this wine shop." , I still don’t know how they will be crushed and killed as ants when they come to the battlefield in the future.”

The people at Xu Qing's table were all sullen.Although Fenghou is too far away, it’s okay to talk about it, but now that we haven’t served as soldiers, you curse us to die early on the battlefield, isn’t this a bit vicious?The people around all looked over, as if they had regarded themselves as the audience, Xu Qing and the others were the protagonists, and they were just waiting for the pros and cons to meet.

But seeing that man wearing a round-neck gown made of Sichuan brocade, a hewn crown, and a gold branch and leather belt, he looked like a son of a wealthy family.He stepped down gracefully, glanced at the people present, his eyes fell on Xu Qing, and said with a smile: "You are here to talk about whether to be a marquis or not, you are so brave!"

Xu Qing originally wanted to say a few auspicious words and left, but he didn't expect that if I didn't cause trouble, it would be very annoying if it happened to me.Xu Qing didn't put on a good face, and returned coldly: "That's what I said, how about it?"

"Hahaha, you dare to admit it, how brave you are." The man smiled and said: "But, this martial arts event is really not something you can wait for the head of Guizhou to participate in. If you are poor and rich in martial arts, you can't."

The man pointed at Xu Qing, shook his finger, and seemed to think of something and said to Xu Qing: "Oh, by the way, you are not a tribute. Look at your body, how can you participate in martial arts, haha..."

Xu Qing was not angry, but several people at the same table slapped the table and stood up and cursed: "What kind of bird are you, how dare you be so arrogant, dare to compete with me?!"

The man smiled and said: "Who am I, you are not worthy to know, and you are not worthy to compete with me. But, if you give up your seat to me now, maybe I can still be on the martial field, forgive you Disrespect."

"You!" The few people didn't care so much, and they grabbed the man's collar, and the man was not afraid. He took the hands of several people, pushed forward, and took a step back. Then he took over the siege of these people.

This workshop is not a good place to make troubles. People on both sides know that once the troubles come to the government, it will be empty talk whether to use martial arts or not.

The man left angrily, and it turned out that they returned to Xu Qing's table and apologized: "Brother, we have caused you trouble."

Xu Qing chuckled lightly, and said it's okay, anyway, you are candidates and I am the chief examiner, and when the day of the martial arts exam comes, you will all have to compete in front of me.At that time, if I don't want to punish you, I will punish you.It's just that the man just now was a bit crazy, but he is not small. He can save the few people just now, maybe he is Lian Jiazi.

Judging from his tone, could it be that he is still the son of some general or general?He wears Shu brocade, but speaks Tang Yayin, that is, Shaanxi dialect, which makes his identity even more complicated.

Xu Qing bid farewell to several people and went shopping again.He was thinking in his heart that there is a quota for this tribute. Although it is a chance to be elected as a general, he is an official anyway. If he can become an official, he will be different from those ordinary people.If there is interest, it must be distributed. The state will naturally deduct some, and then distribute it to the county. The county will also want to deduct one or two, and then announce it for selection.There will be 800 people who will come to Beijing this time, and many of them think that the rich and well-to-do families I met today must have a certain general soldier, or some bastard who can't read.

Good and evil are mixed, and they need to be carefully screened.

Xu Shiji didn't come back from Yingzhou, so lawyer Pei, Luo Tong, Xu Zhen and Xu Qing were left to preside over the martial arts.In the grand ceremony of the imperial court, no veteran came out to preside over the overall situation, and the biggest official was Xu Qing.Xuan Pinghou's town is actually enough, especially Xu Qing made a lot of contributions in the battle against Xue Yantuo, and his prestige in the army is increasing day by day.

Xu Qing had previously proposed to Li Yuan that he should select generals from among the ranks of the various armies. If he was not careful, there would be three to four thousand people in this martial arts examination.With such a big martial arts move, Xu Qing thought, why not die of exhaustion?
No, no, the glorious tradition of throwing away the shopkeeper cannot be lost today, and the belief of letting go of the shopkeeper cannot be betrayed today!Xu Qing was thinking about who to throw his hand on the head, but someone bumped his shoulder, it must be someone passing by.

However, after Xu Qing practiced his health-preserving skills these days, Xu Qing's lower body is already very stable, and Xu Qing is not biased at all if he bumps easily.But with Xu Qing's quality, he subconsciously apologized first: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Hey, it's you, it's not that friends don't meet, they didn't clean you up just now, and now you want to run again?"

Xu Qing looked up, and it turned out to be the young man in Shu brocade clothes that he met in the wine shop. He had a fierce look in his eyes, and he bowed down, as if he was going to fight Xu Qing on the street.Compared with before, there were a few more people around him, and they were all staring at Xu Qing.Xu Qing looked at the young man in brocade clothes in front of him, and couldn't help laughing, why?Because he was still rubbing his shoulders, it hurt from being hit by Xu Qing.

(End of this chapter)