Chapter 3 Bone Refinement
After drinking the broth and replenishing some food, Li Xin led the brigade to the road. Li Xin was still sitting in the carriage. Even the prisoners were dissatisfied, they were helpless under the surveillance of Yang Xiong and Jiang Yi and other yamen runners. What Li Xin did not expect was that Zhang Yifu followed closely behind, pulling the cloth of three carriages, and walking with Yang Xiong and others. According to his statement, he was able to take care of the officials. He even offered a ginseng to Li Xin for the purpose of nourishing his body. Yang Xiong looked at Zhang Yifu differently. He took care of him several times along the way.
Perhaps because of ginseng, Li Xin's health has been getting better and better, and the wild beasts he caught were also much rosy.
When he was in good health, Li Xin was unwilling to sit in the carriage all day long, but joined the prisoners. Although the more he looked north, the colder the weather became, Li Xin did not take this matter seriously. Although he did not wear wooden shackles or shackles, he still carried the wooden shackles on his body to exercise. Every time he was exhausted, Gao Meng was helped to rest by Gao Meng. Fortunately, this was the reputation left by his son Li Gu. Otherwise, a prisoner would not have such treatment.
"Young Master, why do you, a good scholar, do such a thing? There are no other people here, so why should you destroy yourself like this?" Yang Xiong asked curiously. A month later, Li Xin gradually got used to the wooden shackles on his body. This kind of wooden shackles was one of the torture instruments. During the Liu Jin period, the heaviest wooden shackles were as high as 150 kilograms. Basically, after wearing them, they would definitely die. After Liu Jin's death, some chaotic governments were abolished, but this heavy wooden shackles were not abolished. In addition, the world has not been peaceful in recent years, and local governments often used torture to replace benevolent governments. In Huaian Prefecture, there are also such wooden shackles of about 100 kilograms. Li Xin is different. With the help of everyone, the wooden shackles were very light, but there were also about 50 kilograms.
"Captain Yang, my health is so bad. I have been wasting a lot of time on the road. In addition, you treat me so favorably. If the court blames me, I, Li Xin, will only have a bad life, but the Crown has to have a lot to do with you brothers." Li Xin naturally would not train himself like this, just to save his life in the future.
"Young Master is serious. Who am I waiting for is not a great favor from Lord Li? Why should you take some small things to heart?" Yang Xiong waved his hand and said, "Young Master is a scholar. These things are all done by me, so why should you do this?"
"Sometimes I really admire you." Li Xin looked at Yang Xiong and suddenly said, "Since Captain Yang is the captain, he must be very skilled in martial arts. Why not teach me two tricks?" Li Xin didn't really want to take Yang Xiong as his teacher, but just wanted to see how the martial arts of this era are. It would also give himself a positioning.
"Young Master, stop joking." Yang Xiong was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, saying, "Young Master is a scholar, a scholar is superior, and you are even a Wenqu star who has descended to earth. Your future is unlimited. How can you learn these things that are useless?"
Li Xin shook his head. He did not tell Yang Xiong that the world was in chaos. Although scholars were superior, in troubled times, only force could ensure their safety. What's more, he was going to Jinzhou now, which was at the junction of the Later Jin Dynasty. There were constant wars. How could a literati protect himself? In troubled times, only his martial arts was the most important. Li Xin was the martial arts stand-in for those stars. If there were no three or three, how could so many people have liked him? I remember that his set of Bajiquan once won the championship of the National Martial Arts Conference.
"It's okay, I'm just curious." Li Xin finally stopped knowing about martial arts in this world from Yang Xiong, and he could only exercise himself.
"Young Master is very interesting. He actually wants to practice martial arts." Zhang Yifu's face was full of fat, and he jogged over with trembling body, making Li Xin worried that if this fat man could get up if he fell down.
"Brother Zhang has been walking in my Ming Dynasty over the years and has a lot of knowledge. He thought how is my Ming Dynasty now?" Li Xin stood up and asked with a smile.
"My Ming?" Zhang Yifu was stunned, his eyes turned, and he immediately said with a smile: "My Ming Dynasty is now in power, with a peaceful and prosperous country, a peaceful and peaceful world, and a peaceful and peaceful era."
"Haha, I see that Brother Zhang's mouth can tell the dead as if they are alive, and the living as if they are dead." Li Xin pointed at the three huge carriages accompanying him disdainfully and said, "Brother Zhang, if the world is peaceful, Brother Zhang's followers will have so many followers. Among the hundred people, except for the real servants, most of them are powerful people of Kong Wu, and there are about 60 of them. Even if Brother Zhang is thinking about adding some items along the way, he probably doesn't need so many people!"
"Hehe, the young master is wise, the young master is wise." Zhang Yifu's face did not see any embarrassment, but said dryly: "The villain is not able to do anything. You must know that the road is not peaceful now, even near the capital. If I hadn't followed the young master this time, I would have lost a lot of unjustly before the way! Not to mention the bandits outside the pass are full of troubles. If there were no guards, I might not be able to reach Jinzhou and my money would have been taken away by others."
"Since Brother Zhang knows that it is not peaceful today, why don't you know why I practice martial arts?" Li Xin said lightly: "Brother Zhang has also gone to Liaodong. How about Liaodong now?"
"Liaodong? Alas!" Zhang Yifu thought about it and shook his head, saying, "There is no problem in Liaodong in a short period of time, but the key is that the court lacks soldiers and food, and the army is mostly tired of war, and there are many people who are vulnerable to empty salary. If it weren't for the Ning Tieqi in charge of Liaodong, Liaodong would probably not be a country. However, in a short period of time, there will be no problem. When the Central Plains are pacified, it will be no problem to just Liaodong."
Li Xin nodded. Perhaps Zhang Yifu's thoughts represent the thoughts of most people in the Ming Dynasty. Even Emperor Chongzhen thought so, that he would first settle the country before resisting foreign powers. If the rebellion within the Ming Dynasty was not resolved, it would be impossible to concentrate all his energy on dealing with the Later Jin Dynasty. Unfortunately, the rebellions in the country were repeatedly suppressed, and they were like sparks. The more they burned, they became more and more powerful, and finally subverted the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the means of the Ming Dynasty's thinking that the foreign powers would first settle the country before resisting foreign powers was not applicable at all.
"Do you also think those thieves will be wiped out?" Li Xin asked again.
"That's it." Zhang Yifu said proudly: "Who is Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, etc., who are not commanders with great military achievements. With them here, the world can naturally be pacified."
"Haha, it would be a good thing if that were the case." Li Xin nodded, but remained silent.
"Hehe, my husband just now, what is the soft boxing effect? Moreover, the villain has seen this kind of boxing technique in Wudang Mountain. Could it be that the young master learned it from them?" Zhang Yifu opened his eyes wide, but his face was full of fat and his eyes were not big. No matter how he opened it, it was only that big. Now it is like a goldfish, which is very fun.
"It's a bit like it!" Li Xin nodded. He just practiced Tai Chi, which was just used to regulate his body. Bajiquan is extremely strong. Although Li Xin's body has recovered, it has not been completely healed. It is not the best choice to practice Bajiquan suddenly. The so-called Tai Chi to stabilize the universe, and the Baji to maintain peace in the world with martial arts. This shows the power of Bajiquan.
After Li Xin and Zhang Yifu chatted again, Li Xin knew a lot. Although Zhang Yifu traveled around the world, he had a lot of knowledge, especially Liaodong's customs and cultures. He even secretly entered the grassland, but he was extremely bold.
"Hmph! Those Shanxi merchants are really hateful. They have occupied the transactions on the grassland, but they do not allow us to do business. Once they find out that we are doing business, they will inform the government, saying that we are foreign, but they often smuggle important items such as ironware, and even bows and crossbows are smuggling." Zhang Yifu suddenly said viciously: "Although we have also smuggled some things, most of them are private salt, tea bricks, etc., they dare not smuggle ironware. That is a beheading business."
Li Xin nodded after hearing this. The reason why the Shanxi merchants developed into the most important business history in ancient China was mostly the rise of the late Ming Dynasty. They not only smuggled armies, but also conveyed intelligence. When filming TV, a historical consultant invited once said: "It is precisely because of the existence of these Shanxi merchants that the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty was announced to the Later Jin Dynasty, so that the Later Jin could know the reality of the country. Therefore, whenever the rebel army was about to fail, the Later Jin army would enter the pass and force the dynasty to wipe out the rebel army.
The court army retreated to rescue the capital. When the rebel army reached the highest level, the Later Jin retreated its troops back to Liaodong, allowing the Ming Dynasty to mobilize elite troops to destroy the rebel army. As a result, the strength of the Ming Dynasty's army was constantly weakened, and the government's government was declining, and in the end there was no military pay." It can be said that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was destroyed was that the Shanxi merchants played an important role. However, Zhang Yifu in front of him said that he had never smuggled important items, but Li Xin believed it. The so-called merchants value profit, so how could Zhang Yifu give up such an opportunity to kill him?
"Will we pass by Zhangjiakou this time?" Li Xin frowned. He vaguely remembered that the current base camp of Shanxi merchants was in Zhangjiakou.
"It shouldn't be." Zhang Yifu thought for a while and said, "Young Master is a prisoner. He should have passed the capital, walked to Shanhaiguan, and then arrived in Jinzhou."
"That's a pity." Li Xin nodded and stopped talking. Zhang Yifu seemed to see Li Xin's impatience and retreated.
In the following days, Li Xin seized the time to exercise. Although he was just carrying weights and running, he could feel that his own strength was getting stronger and stronger. His originally thin body also produced a trace of muscles, which made Yang Xiong, who followed him, extremely curious. When Li Xin used the Bajiquan, Yang Xiong was even more shocked. At Li Xin's strong request, he had also fought against Li Xin for several moves, from the original one hundred moves to the last few moves, and Li Xin's power was getting bigger and bigger. In just two or three months, he surpassed the peak of his previous life, and even Li Xin himself was amazed.
Along the way, Zhang Yifu also got along with everyone, and Li Xin gradually became familiar with everything about the Ming Dynasty, familiar with the customs and customs here, used to brushing his teeth with clean water in the morning, using toilets to go to the toilet, and liked it and chatting with people, etc., which was no different from the natives of the Ming Dynasty.
Unfortunately, Li Xin did not pass through the capital this time, but passed by the capital and headed towards Shanhaiguan. Although he had seen the majesty of Shanhaiguan, he just passed by in a hurry. After all, Li Xin was still a prisoner. As far as he reached the north, Yang Xiong became extremely serious. Even if he even put the wooden shackles on Li Xin, the weight was very small. He still took it off when there was no one. After Zhang Yifu bought a batch of tea bricks in the capital, he caught up with Li Xin and others, and everyone set out on the road together.
"It's really cold outside the pass!" After arriving outside the pass, I found that outside the pass was not of the same level as inside the pass. Even in April, there were still ice and snow outside the pass. Among the prisoners accompanying him, there were even a few elderly and weak people who were sick with cold. Even if there was a doctor Xin taking care of him along the way, unfortunately, outside the pass was outside the pass, and the few elderly and weak people still did not escape the invasion of the cold and died on the way.
"That's right, when the young master arrives in Jinzhou, he will find that Jinzhou is even colder." Zhang Yifu wrapped his body tightly, with only a cold and red nose exposed outside. Even so, he still hid in the car all day long, causing charcoal fires, for fear of freezing himself.
"As such a thing, no one should come out to rob!" Gao Meng next to Li Xin said, looking at Zhang Yifu. Along the way, Zhang Yifu talked a lot about the power of beards outside the pass, and those who were murderous without blinking. Anyone who passes by will end up losing both their own and wealth. Gao Meng was strong and had martial arts, and after hearing Zhang Yifu's words, he wished he could immediately appear on the beards outside so that he could see them.
Chapter completed!