Chapter 162 Write an article or get beaten, choose one

Zhou Tieyi talked about a bunch of preliminary ideas for the newspaper. Even though most of the information had been hidden, what was revealed was enough to make Yuchi Pojun, the third official, silent.

He tried to deduce the induction using his own Taoist tradition.

After all, this involves the dissemination of military strategists, so Yuchi Pojun quickly saw the vague picture of the future.

This method works!
It can indeed help spread the military tradition.

However, when he wanted to see more information, he was blocked by three falling words.

Tianjin News!
These three characters are written in a graceful and graceful manner, with the beauty of mountains and rivers.

He naturally knew who wrote this.

Queen!

Yuchi Pojun glanced at Zhou Tieyi and thought, this kid really knows how to use the opponent's force to his advantage.

He thought for a moment, took the paper, and wrote down the two powerful words "military" in a style as powerful as a dragon or a tiger.

"These two words were copied and printed on the Tianjing Newspaper!"

I cannot see more information through the Taoist tradition, and naturally the Queen of Heaven cannot do so either!

Zhou Tieyi smiled, took the two words, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, General Right, for the reward."

Checks and balances are always one of the most important parts of political strategy.

The same is true of using enemies to check allies.

Zhou Tieyi stood up. His purpose in the Right General's Mansion today had been achieved. If he stayed any longer, the Right General would test him with words and try to figure out what he had not finished saying.

The less you say, the less you will make mistakes, and the less you say, the better.

"Right General, this military strategy..."

Yuchi Pojun waved his hand and said, "I will have someone deliver it in two days."

Zhou Tieyi smiled, then patted Yuchi Jing's shoulder, who was still sitting, and said, "Brother Yuchi, please stay. We'll see you another day."

Yuchi Jing hadn't realized what was meant by this before he instinctively felt a chill in his spine. He stood up accurately and said to his grandfather, "Grandpa, I'll go see little brother Zhou off."

Last time, he was beaten up because he didn't send Zhou Tieyi off. This time, he didn't dare to stay.

But just as he half stood up, Yuchi Pojun shouted, "You stay here, Zhou has legs, he knows how to walk!"

After Zhou Tieyi and Mei Juncang left, Yuchi Pojun found a pen and paper and placed them in front of Yuchi Jing, "You heard what that kid just said, write it down for me!"

"Ah?" Yuchi Jing looked at the paper and pen and swallowed, "Grandpa, he said it was you..."

Yuchi Pojun interrupted and said, "Then I can take the blame!"

Yuchi Jing smiled and replied, "How can my article be worthy of your name? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that."

Yuchi Pojun picked up the teaching stick next to him and hit Yuchi Jing's thigh lightly, hitting the wound that had not healed from the past few days, causing him to groan.

My grandfather's stick can really make you feel heartbroken, but it will definitely not kill you!

"Get a beating or write this article. Choose one."

"Of course, if you send this article out and let that guy send it back, you still have to get beaten!"

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Shantong Prefecture, Ning'an County, Xiaoshi Town.

There are ravines crisscrossing here, and outside the foot of the mining area, there are rows of courtyards built by miners in a disorderly manner, but most of them are one courtyard for each family.

In the past, no one was willing to work in the coal mines. Only refugees, vagrants, criminals, and even captured slaves were forced to work in the mines by the mine owners with whips.

There are three reasons.

First, with a lamp on his head and a coat on his body, he entered the mountain mine to see the Lord of the Underworld.

In the mine, not only are there frequent landslides, but there are also ferocious beasts that roam around and kill people. There is also some invisible and odorless "miasma" that permeates the air. Even a ninth-grade warrior who has opened his Dantian Qi Sea cannot last long in such an environment.

Even if you get out of the mine safely, your life span will be shorter than that of ordinary people, and you will get tuberculosis. Once you get tuberculosis, you will definitely die.

Second, although the mined coal can be burned, it is mostly used to make steel and cannot be sold at a very good price.

Third, during the Five Dynasties of the North and the South, Shintoism experienced a brief period of recovery and prosperity. A mountain range like the Taihang Mountains, which stretches for 5,000 miles, was naturally coveted by gods. Miners who opened up the mountains and cut off the mountain veins would naturally incur the curse of the gods, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

The most serious one was called "Wei Wu's God Execution", in which a second-rank god wanted to use the Taihang Mountains to establish a divine court and achieve a first-rank honorable position. This caused more than 500,000 deaths and injuries, and one million exiles. This god was eventually executed by Emperor Wu of Wei on the God Execution Peak of Taihang Mountains.

Therefore, in previous eras, the status of the Taihang Mountain miners was only slightly better than those mountain people who evaded taxes.

It was not until more than 300 years ago that the Mohist School developed the 'Moshi Mechanism Array Diagram'.

This is a method that can efficiently convert the most essential part of coal mines - graphite - into mechanical power.

It is precisely because of this method that the Mohist School, which is as rebellious as the Eclectic School and advocates "universal love and non-aggression", can firmly sit in the position of the upper nine classes and make the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty recognize the status of the Mohist School with a pinch of his nose.

This also brought prosperity to three major mining areas such as Taihang Mountains.

Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, after the salt tax, iron tax, capitation tax, autumn tax, tea tax, cloth tax and other taxes, there are inkstone tax, wood and steel tax.

Moreover, with the passage of time, inkstone and wood steel have become important national treasures, and their status is now even higher than that of iron ore. The people are strictly prohibited from trading in them. The imperial court has specially set up the Inkstone Department and the Wood Steel Department to manage these two materials in Daxia and prevent them from flowing into Yuanmeng and the hundreds of barbarian countries.

Even if wood and steel are planted in General Huwei's mansion, it needs to be reported, and someone will check the quantity and purpose every year.

For miners in the Taihang Mountains, the use of inkstone is both good and bad news.

The good news is that to mine inkstone, one needs at least a ninth-rank warrior, so the Moshi Division, the Mohist School, and the Gongshu School specially built a martial arts academy, the Mohist College, and the Gongshu College in the mining area.

Any child of a miner can go to Mo Academy to learn writing for free at the age of eight. At the age of twelve, children from well-off families who can afford meat can go to Wu Academy to learn martial arts.

These miners' children usually follow in their father's footsteps, and ordinary people without qualifications can only work as ordinary coal miners, or even as "human candles" exploring for blackstone mines.

Only warriors who have broken through the ninth level of martial arts, opened up the Qi Sea and Dantian, and are able to dig inkstone mines can become mine heads.

Li Jianhu's father is an excellent small miner. He has accumulated enough wealth and is about to enter the eighth level.

As for Li Jianhu himself, his biggest wish before was to break through the eighth level of martial arts and become a seventh level martial arts 'spirit planting' warrior. It was heard that such a warrior would be recruited by the big shots in the mansion. Even if he did not have to work in the mines, the monthly allowance and supplies would be enough for his practice.

But now it's different. With the strange mask found by 'Xiaobai' for himself, he can enter the fantasy world in the novels, and meet the old man like 'Panda'.

Yes, in Li Jianhu's mind, 'Panda' Zhou Tieyi is the old man in the storybooks. After all, if he is not an old man, how could he easily give him a wonderful body-building secret technique on credit?

It is precisely because of this that Li Jianhu feels that his goal can be a little higher.

First become a mid-level practitioner, then pick up the sword and go to the world of martial arts!
The martial arts academy in Xiaoshi Town recruited 300 people in its first phase. Led by a martial arts master, a group of young boys trained in the [Danshan Fist] on an open-air gravel ground. This is a basic boxing technique similar to the [Tiger Roar Fist].

However, compared to the [Tiger Roar Fist] which is more suitable for fighting and training the mind and will, the [Mountain Carrying Fist] focuses more on training people's endurance and upper limb strength.

This style of boxing was developed to help miners mine better.

In addition to the [Danshan Fist], the martial arts academy also teaches a basic body-building method, the [Turtle Breathing Technique]. The effect of this method on body building is minimal, but every miner must practice it seriously, and even most of the afternoon classes are spent practicing the [Turtle Breathing Technique].

Because once you master this method, you can save your life. This is the most important reason!
Xiaoshi Town is located in a mountainous area, and the clouds above it are extremely thick. Since a military strategist opened an iron smelting workshop here more than 20 years ago, the clouds have become even thicker, often with gray edges.

But this is good news for young boys who practice martial arts, at least they don’t have to be exposed to the sun.

Mo Tianheng, the martial arts master of the three hundred apprentices in this period, carefully checked the state of the apprentices' qi and blood, and said in a low voice, "It's done."

He was not afraid that the children in the mining area were not serious, but he was afraid that they were too serious.

Practicing martial arts requires food supplements, medicine for injuries, and restoration of the loss of Qi and blood, otherwise it will only hurt the body and lose its energy.

But the fact that these children can eat meat is already a very good family condition, so where do they get the food supplements? The children of those big families were able to successfully open up the sea in a very short period of time, all with the help of elixirs. This is even more unattainable for the children of the miners.

After hearing the martial artist shout "stop", many of the boys began to restrain their boxing and regulate their breathing, even though they felt they still had strength.

It’s not that there are people who don’t care and think they can practice for twelve hours a day, but these hard-working people, without exception, cough up blood and urinate blood, and some even lose their lives.

Although Li Jianhu had an adventure, he also knew the principle of not showing off one's wealth, so like his classmates, he carefully regulated his internal energy.

A quarter of an hour later, seeing that the apprentices had adjusted their internal breath, Mo Tianheng said again, "Go find a water tank and start practicing the [Turtle Breathing Technique]."

This method is simple, and most people have practiced it for a year or two, so naturally they don't need him to teach them anymore.

Hearing about practicing the [Turtle Breathing Technique], Li Jianhu thought about it and walked in front of Mo Tianheng.

Mo Tianheng was about thirty years old, quite handsome, tall, and dressed in a light blue suit. His only shortcoming was that he coughed frequently.

Li Jianhu had heard from his father that his teacher used to be a student of a large martial arts academy in Shantong Prefecture, and was already a seventh-rank "spiritual cultivation" martial artist. Even in a place like Tianjing where there were many hidden talents, he could be called a genius.

Unfortunately, the teacher was young and hot-tempered, and he had a quarrel with a large family in the mansion. He ended up on the gambling stage, and was replaced by another genius, which interrupted his martial arts foundation and also caused him to suffer from lung disease.

Although the big martial arts academy finally saved the teacher's life, it was impossible to waste resources on a student whose foundation had been cut off. They could only arrange for the teacher to teach in Xiaoshi Town, and wait until the big family had forgotten about the teacher, and then find a way to transfer him back to Shantong Mansion.

After telling this story, at the end, my father seriously reminded me not to make enemies with those big families. I can't afford to provoke them, but I can afford to avoid them. This world belongs to the emperor and the aristocratic families.

Li Jianhu didn't understand the last sentence, but he understood the previous one.

Li Jianhu thought about it carefully. In the area where he was, the only family that could be called a "aristocratic family" was the Wu family. It was rumored that several generations ago, their family had followed General Hu Wei to fight, and for this they were rewarded. They then settled in Ning'an County, and even the iron smelting workshop of the military strategist belonged to them.

The reason why this matter is well-known is that the Wu family tells everyone about it, for fear that others do not know that their ancestors once fought in wars with General Huwei. However, when asked about the deeds of their ancestors, they hesitate and are vague.

"Teacher, I have something to do today, so I have to go home early."

Li Jianhu walked up to Mo Tianheng and respectfully asked for leave.

Mo Tianheng looked at Li Jianhu. He remembered this student. His family had a foundation in martial arts, and his nutrition was good. He worked hard on weekdays. If he was seventeen or eighteen years old and his qi and blood were fully developed, he would be a good candidate to start his career in the sea.

Mo Tianheng coughed and said, "Since you have something to do, then you should go back first. But don't waste your time. Although this [Turtle Breathing Technique] is slow to practice and not effective on weekdays, it is a good Taoist remedy that can save lives at critical moments!"

Li Jianhu could tell that his teacher was giving him good advice, but now that he had mastered better body-building techniques, he naturally could not waste the same amount of training time on the Turtle Breathing Technique.

After taking the leave, Li Jianhu ran back home, picked up the medicinal herbs he had bought in the past few days, a machete, a small piece of meat, said something to his mother, and then went out.

Li Jianhu jogged all the way to the forest in front of the Goddess Peak, found a small cave, and whistled into it.

After a while, a snow-white animal suddenly jumped to Li Jianhu's trouser leg like a flash of lightning, and then climbed onto his neck before Li Jianhu could react, clinging to him with its soft fur.

"Okay, Xiaobai."

Li Jianhu felt a slight itch on his neck, so he put down what he was holding and rubbed Xiaobai's big head.

It is a creature the size of a puppy and looks like a fox, but it is a completely different creature from a fox.

Xiaobai has a head that is much larger than that of ordinary animals, which almost accounts for half of its body, making its limbs look short. With a pair of big eyes and flapping snow-white ears, it is hard not to arouse humans' desire to protect it.

At the beginning, Li Jianhu saw a mountain eagle trying to capture Xiaobai, so he drove the eagle away with a wooden stick, and also treated Xiaobai's wounds and fed him. This is how the friendship between man and beast was established.

After Xiaobai recovered from his illness, the first thing he did was to find the mask that could allow him to enter the illusory world of Taixu. This made Li Jianhu even more aware of Xiaobai's magical powers, so he didn't even tell his parents.

Li Jianhu took Xiaobai off his shoulders, took the small piece of meat and handed it to Xiaobai's mouth.

Xiaobai sniffed hard with his black nose.

Li Jianhu laughed and scolded, "You're still disgusted by this? I know you don't eat stale meat."

There are not so many particulars in the small town. Meat is already a rare commodity. Even if the meat has been left for a day or two and has gone rancid in the hot weather, people are reluctant to throw it away. They just stew it with bitter melon and it becomes a delicious meal.

Smelling that it was fresh meat, Xiaobai ignored Li Jianhu's laughter and scolding and ate the meat in two or three bites. Then he used his little paws to tidy up the fur around his mouth.

"Okay, now that we've eaten the meat, it's time to take me to practice."

Xiaobai seemed to understand what people said. He jumped off Li Jianhu's hand and led the way forward. Li Jianhu hurriedly followed.

After about a cup of tea, the surrounding trees gradually became lush, and in some places one even had to use a machete to chop the vines before moving forward.

Suddenly, Xiaobai stopped in front of a cave covered by vines.

Although it was not the first time he came to this cave, Li Jianhu still looked back at the way he came. The path he had cut with the machete had disappeared without a trace before he knew it.

If Xiaobai hadn't led me, I would probably have walked a hundred times and still not found the way.

Li Jianhu was just thinking about it when Xiaobai made a clear bird call.

Li Jianhu quickly came to his senses and followed Xiaobai into the cave.

The cave was very narrow at first, but then it suddenly became bright. Clusters of stone crystals shone with their own light, illuminating the several-meter-high cave. After walking a few dozen steps inside, I turned into the corridor on the left.

After a while, they arrived in front of a huge warm spring pool with boiling water.

What’s peculiar is that there is another cold pool next to it, and the spring water is icy cold.

Li Jianhu has dug a small pool nearby in the past few days to drain cold and hot water to form a hot spring with moderate temperature.

The warm spring water has excellent therapeutic effects. After several attempts, no matter how tired I am from practicing, or even if I hurt my muscles, as long as I soak in the spring water, I will be back to normal the next day.

Li Jianhu scooped warm spring water from the pot he brought in a few days ago, then fixed the pot above the warm spring with a rope, kept it boiling, and then poured the medicinal materials in to boil.

[Arhat Golden Body] The medicinal materials on the first layer are mainly used to accelerate the recovery of qi and blood and treat skin injuries, so they can be applied externally when used. Li Jianhu had carefully inquired about this when he bought the medicine.

After processing the herbs, Li Jianhu began to practice according to the method of [Arhat Golden Body], and began to exercise in extremely strange postures. These postures were not simple, and some of the movements even made the little boy Li Jianhu feel that his tendons were pulled and hurt.

Fortunately, after practicing all 108 movements, Li Jianhu could clearly feel a warm current flowing through his body, which began to strengthen his qi and blood.

With this feeling, Li Jianhu hurriedly brought the boiled medicine ashore. After the medicine cooled down a little, he immediately followed the training method of [Arhat Golden Body], covering his palms with the thick medicine juice, and repeatedly smeared and rubbed all over the body, not missing a single part, not even the eyelids.

Half an hour later, the burning sensation subsided and a cool feeling spread throughout the body. With the alternation of heat and cool, Li Jianhu could clearly feel that his skin became tighter and his blood was much more vigorous.

Am I practicing this correctly?
[Golden Body of Arhat] is related to the Grandview Realm of Illusion. From the announcement of the Grandview Realm of Illusion, Li Jianhu also knew what that place was. Naturally, he did not dare to tell others. He thought about it, took out the Grandpa Taixu Mask and entered the dream, wanting to see if he could meet the old man 'Panda' again and ask him in detail.

(End of this chapter)