Chapter 1 Getting Started
The tenth year of Taisho in the new dynasty.
At the entrance of a rural village in Ping County, Bianzhou, Mingnan Road, a boy dressed in thick brown and looked only thirteen or fourteen years old was squatting on a huge rock, holding a reed pole in his mouth, looking around, and moaning and waiting for something.
The sound of the boy was rolling... Suddenly, a sound came, and the boy's ears moved. He looked up at the source of the sound. He saw a black carriage swaying towards him. There was a tooth flag that moved lightly in the wind on the top of the carriage. The word "Changhe" was embroidered on the black background and white stitch on it.
Finally came! The boy stood up from the boulder with excitement, and the carriage slowly stopped.
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About half an hour passed, several young men in black walked out of the entrance of the village, and behind them were a few ignorant teenagers who appeared in their ten years.
"Senior Brother!" A man in black-clothed square face jumped out of the carriage and clasped his fists to the group.
The group of people led the way and waved their hands and said, "Let's go." A group of men climbed onto the carriage in a row, and the square-faced man who jumped out of the carriage sat back in front of the carriage. When everyone got on the carriage, they raised their whip in their hands and "Hold!" They shouted, and the horses on the front of the carriage raised their heads and raised their hooves and walked.
Zhang Ming in the carriage swung his body gently as the carriage swayed left and right. He was the boy who was just waiting for the carriage to arrive at the entrance of the village. He was different from the children around him who got on the carriage with him. He didn't feel much panic about the future, but was full of excitement.
The soul of this body was replaced when Zhang Ming was six years old, and was replaced by a senior otaku from the earth. Like his countless seniors, he also took advantage of the opportunity when the original owner of this body was infected with wind and cold and weak to achieve the great achievement of occupying the magpie's nest.
Zhang Ming, who came to this world, did not live a good life of getting promoted and getting a raise to marry a rich and rich beauty to the peak of his life, nor did he have any golden fingers. Instead, he had to work in the smelly chicken and duck circles and robber fly fields all day long. This is simply torture for a modern city person who is pampered all year round.
After just six years, when Zhang Ming was never able to bear the habit of being forced and living in despair, he finally saw a little hope that came into the cracks in the gray sky. That year, a team of young people from unknown sources came to the village and explained to the villagers that they wanted to recruit disciples - to explore the world!
Zhang Ming's parents were not willing to let Zhang Ming, who thought he had finally found the right way to open the world, participate in the selection because his family lacked labor to do farm work, and he was his only son. Of course, more importantly, the years told Zhang's father and mother that these bloody people in the world did not live a stable life, and they did not want their children to live that kind of life. Although doing so would allow them to obtain the ten taels of silver left by the young people, which was almost equivalent to a precious ox.
So that year, Zhang Ming was unable to participate in the selection under the obstruction of Zhang's father's dark and gloomy face. Fortunately, the young people left a message before leaving, and they would come every year at the same time in the future.
What Zhang’s father and mother did not expect was that Zhang Ming’s attitude would be so firm this time, and he kept asking for it strongly for the year after that - in the end they could only agree; for the farmers, the children could still be reborn, and they were less than thirty years old. Since Zhang Ming was so stubborn and even showed a bit of rogue momentum and was unwilling to do farm work well, it would be better to do it. The ten taels of silver were not completely tempting.
So, the day of leaving by Zhang Ming counting on his fingers finally came.
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The carriage stopped in several villages halfway through, and a few children got on the car. The air in the carriage gradually became turbid and a little crowded.
Zhang Ming took a deep breath and squeezed into the corner again. The people who took them into the car sat in front of the car with a cold face. Without saying a word to them, Zhang Ming did not dare to take the initiative to chat with him. He could only hold on to his infinite longing for the martial arts world in the future and endure it for a little patience.
After a while, when Zhang Ming felt a little nauseous and wanted to vomit, the carriage finally stopped slowly. After the black men went down this time, they did not bring anyone with them, but shouted one by one: "Come out! Come out!"
The teenagers did not dare to delay, and one after another came out of the carriage. The moment they left the carriage, Zhang Ming felt his mind became much more awake, and the breeze in the mountains blew on his cheeks. The climate in early autumn was neither lukewarm nor hot, and it made people feel comfortable all over.
A few whispers soon came around. The teenagers who got off the bus divided the places to discuss each other. A child from the same village came to Zhang Ming and wanted to say something to him. At this moment,
"Stand up!"
The man who looked like the leader of the group of blacks stood up and shouted loudly. Zhang Ming was startled and his back was straightened. The child who wanted to talk to him immediately stopped talking, and the field suddenly became quiet.
“Is there anyone who knows literacy?”
The black-clad neck looked around for a while and asked, with a majestic tone. Zhang Ming hesitated for a moment, raised his hand directly, and looked particularly outstanding among the children looking at each other.
Zhang Ming, who also came from a poor family, dared to raise this hand because this world also uses simplified Chinese. In fact, the fonts of the two worlds are quite different.
It is because he knew the importance of knowledge from the earth. In the past six years, Zhang Ming tried every means to learn a little knowledge that can be used in this world from the elderly who had experienced a lot of words in the village, and learned not many commonly used words. Finally, after asking for the consent of his parents, he successfully changed his name to Zhang Ming now. Before that, he was called Zhang Dadan.
Seeing someone raising his hand, the black-clothed neck was a little surprised. Then he pointed at the tooth flag on the roof of the carriage when he came and asked Zhang Ming: "What is it written on it?"
"Long...he..." Zhang Ming hesitated.
The black-clad leader nodded and said to the children: "No, right! We are the famous Changhe Gang on Mingnan Road! The Wujiang Cao Transportation in the southeast of Daxin used to be ours. It was only because of a villain's plot that he was trapped in Bianzhou. Now it is the time for us to lie on firewood and taste gall. However, we have to recruit disciples in a difficult and hard way to start a business!"
"Today, you have made a contract with you in black and white. You can't regret it, but please don't worry. Listen to the arrangements to have a good rest later. I will open the mountain gate to choose disciples tomorrow. Those who are selected will naturally be able to start practicing martial arts. The future is broad. Those who are not selected must work hard and do things well. We will never lose money to you! When you make a comeback in the future, you will definitely benefit you!"
Although the children didn't understand the meaning of the black-robed head, the passionate tone and moving promise made them all excited. Zhang Ming's eyes shone brightly and his mind spread:
Chapter completed!