Chapter 131 The situation in the Western Frontier(1/2)
"Check the pot?"
Zhao Langjiang asked.
Tang Xie said impatiently, "In two days of martial arts competition, there are many people coming to participate. The manager is afraid that there will be insufficient food in the village, so he makes a few pots and cooks a big pot of rice when the time comes."
"What, the competition is so good at recruiting brides?"
"Nonsense, after all, our Tang family is the number one family in Shu. This time, there are so many people coming from the martial arts competition. Three-day flowing table is inevitable. Otherwise, if you say it, you won't let people laugh out loud?"
This is true. When Xiao Jinyan was in Suzhou's ruined temple, his favorite thing was the auspicious day of the zodiac. Whenever there were weddings and white things at home, he would eat and drink freely. The food was not good or bad. The key was to be able to eat enough. If he was thick-skinned, he could still pack it.
Zhao Langjiang nodded, "Okay, I understand."
I immediately picked up the tea cup and slowly drank the tea, which annoyed Tang Xie, "I came to ask you to work, not to report to you work. Do you have any brain problems?"
Li Qingcheng glared, "Then first you have to have a brain."
The several beaten servants at the door hurriedly approached and said, "Boss Tang, otherwise we will go, anyway, I'll be idle."
"No!" Tang Xie answered firmly. His subordinates could not be instructed. Then how could he stay in the Tang Mansion from now on? Even if there is a major manager, he would be a wooden mailbox, not a VIP invited.
"They must have three of them go today. If they don't go, I will report to the great manager and expel them from the Tang Mansion."
Zhao Langjiang heard it and kicked him out of the door with one kick. Tang Xie grinned in pain and walked in again, "You will go or not."
Zhao Langjiang said, "Don't go!" He kicked out of the door again.
The rest of the family said, "Boss, we'll go there without any worries! We were beaten just now, much heavier than this one."
When Tang Xie heard this, he said to everyone, "What do you know? This is the rule of the mansion and the dignity of the Tang family. How can the three of them be trampled on by the three of them? Today, they have to go even if they don't go even if they don't. Look at me!" As he said that, he walked in and closed the door.
Zhao Langjiang smiled and said, "Why, those two feet are not enough?"
Tang Xie blew and knelt on the ground, "Three brothers, give me some face. After all, I am the servitude chief here. You three do this, making it difficult for me to manage people in the house in the future. My family's life is miserable. My father died of tuberculosis when he was nine years old. Now I have an old mother above and a three-year-old son below and are still waiting for my salary to buy rice."
After hearing this, Zhao Langjiang laughed, "Your mother can really give birth to her."
Tang Xie said, "We are also suffering from miserable life. Three elder brothers. Anyway, you can't work in the Tang Mansion for long, so just act like a kind heart."
"Then the public expenses of our salary of ten taels?"
"Absolutely one is indispensable!"
Zhao Langjiang looked at Xiao and Li, but they had no objection, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just treat it as helping you!"
Tang Xielian kowtowed and thanked him, stepped forward to help the three of them up, came to the door, opened the door, and shouted, "You three, you can't take the lead and retreat, and you must take out the rules of the Tang Mansion to teach you a lesson, and you won't go to work!"
The three of them smiled and followed him obediently. Tang Xie looked at the servants with a proud look. The servants looked admiring, "The boss is worthy of being the boss, and even the three of them have been dealt with."
Ding from a family said: "What do you know? Our boss has learned Tangmen Kung Fu from Master Tang Qi at least. If you show two moves, why don't the three of them submit to you?"
Tang Xie's face turned red with shame when he heard it. Fortunately, the three of them didn't make any noise and breathed a sigh of relief.
When I arrived outside the yard, there were three huge iron pots on the car, about half a meter in size. It is said that they were customized by the Li family, the blacksmith of Shuzhong. One was a red oil pot, the other was a clear soup pot, and the other was a double pot.
The groom rushed to the front yard martial arts performance venue.
Three days later, the competition will be held in the martial arts field. The martial arts field is about a hundred feet in size and is divided into a competitive area and a ritual area. In the middle is a competition ring. The ring is square, one meter tall and ten feet long. They are all made of golden nanmu, painted with golden paint and carved dragon painting style, which is very grand.
Xiao Jinyan said, "It is worthy of being the number one family in Shu. This arena is much more impressive than the one in Yujian Villa."
Zhao Langjiang said, "Nonsense, can iron-smithing compare with those selling arms?"
"I don't like to hear what you said. What about Li Qingcheng's family? What does his family sell?"
Li Qingcheng said disdainfully, "I can't tell you what you sell. You have to ask, what I don't sell."
For a family like the Li family that has existed for hundreds of years, its industry has long extended to all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, and even the Northern Zhou and Western Chu have their industries.
The carriage was parked in front of the three-seater brackets, and Xiao Jinyan asked, "How do you need to cook such a big pot?"
Zhao Langjiang said, "This is hot pot, just throw the ingredients in it. Whoever eats it will take it to yourself."
Tang Xie pointed at Sankouguo, "I'm here to help three brothers. If there is insufficient staff, I'll find a few more people."
"There's no need." Zhao Langjiang walked to the carriage, raised his hands, shouted "up", and a sip of the iron pot was lifted and placed on the bracket, then hugged his hands in front of his chest, looking at Li Qingcheng and Xiao Jinyan.
Tang Xie took a breath of air conditioning. The pot would cost at least a few hundred kilograms. Zhao Langjiang settled it without any effort. Fortunately, it was a wise choice to kowtow and beg for mercy just now. Otherwise, just slap him in the head and he would not have become a meat pie.
Li Qingcheng came to the second pot, sank his shoulders slightly, wielded his internal force, suddenly exerted his feet, kicked the pot with one foot, pushed it with both hands, settled the pot, and looked at Xiao Jinyan for a long time.
Xiao Jinyan thought to myself, why are you two showing off in front of me? Do you think my unparalleled magic fist is just a waste of time, and I will get it for you in minutes. He came to the third pot, found a good angle, sank shoulders, kicked the ground, punched, and finished it in one go.
when!
Xiao Jinyan punched the iron pot into a hole the size of a bowl. Then, the cracks on the iron pot were horizontal and horizontal. He pushed them hard and broke them into three or four pieces.
Xiao Jinyan looked dark, "The quality of this pot is not good. Is there something wrong with the shipment?"
The groom waved his hand, "Don't frame me, I won't take the blame."
"Boss Tang, won't let us lose money, right?"
Tang Xie was bleeding. This time, he begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and he could only get a purchase of three big pots with the second manager. He spent more than 100 taels of silver to order three pots. It was inevitable to cut corners, but after three days of water mats, the pot was useless. Who cares about this? Unexpectedly, before he could use it, he was ruined by Xiao Jinyan. Even if he re-customized, there would be no time.
But, however, these three people know martial arts again and have to admit that they are unlucky, "No, no. There are two left left. It really doesn't work. Then, add more salt and more spicy food in one bite, and you can deal with it."
Xiao Jinyan looked grateful, "Boss Tang, you are so nice to us."
Don Xiexin said, it was your fists that were so good to me.
Zhao Langjiang shook his head at this moment, "With your current strength, I will smash a pot with one punch. I have a deep doubt on the quality of the pot."
After saying that, he stepped forward and knocked on another pot.
Bang.
Another iron pot was broken, "Look, I said it was a quality problem."
Li Qingcheng said I would try my mouth too.
Tang Xiehui's intestines were all green. He had known that there were so many idle people in the Servant House, so he just called a few people to come over. Now, the inspection was revealed. Thinking of this, he saved Li Qingcheng, "Brother, spare me. If I ruined the matter in the mansion, I can't afford to sell it."
"I've already smashed the pot for you, you can go and sell the iron."
Not far away, someone said, "The big manager is here."
Tang Niubing appeared in the martial arts field with two caltrops on his shoulders. The families saluted one after another, but he ignored it and rushed over to the three of them.
"What's going on?"
Tang Xie's face turned pale and his whole body was trembling. He wanted to push the blame to Xiao Jinyan and the other two, but he didn't dare to stand there, stammering and unable to say anything about Ding Mao.
The manager looked at it and said unhappily, "Who told you to make such a big fuss? Let's say that the Tang Mansion is not the village head, Old Man Li, married. If you make this happen, what kind of style? You will all change it to a small kitchen!"
After hearing this, Tang Xie nodded repeatedly, ran away.
Tang Niubing looked at the pot, and the more I looked, the more angry I felt. I stepped forward and kicked it. With a sound of slap, the third pot broke. Tang Niubing said in his heart, when did my martial arts skills become so high?
The three of them hurriedly saluted, "Good manager."
Tang Niubing looked at them and said, "Why, I've been in the mansion for a long time, but I'm still adapting?"
Xiao Jinyan said, "It's great. The Tang Mansion treats the servants like the spring flowers. The three of us must follow us to the death and give our all."
The manager frowned, "What a mess? I'm doing it well these days. If the old man is satisfied, you will be rewarded in terms of merit and merit."
"Thank you, the manager."
"The competition in three days will be held. You will come to me. I have a task assigned." After that, he would not leave.
The three brothers stood there, looking at each other in front of each other.
"It's not that we were letting us poison in the pot, right?" Zhao Langjiang said, "Are we guessed wrongly before? Your poison is not for the people in the Tang Mansion, but for the guests who came to watch the ceremony?"
Li Qingcheng said proudly, "How do I know that no matter who it is for, we are taking the blame anyway."
The next day, before dawn, Xiao Jinyan got up very early and practiced boxing in the yard. Ten thousand punches a day are not difficult. Each punch is meticulously crafted and studied the strength, angle, speed, etc. of the punch, and you need to slowly understand it.
Li Chuntie once said that the method of boxing is familiar with one's skills and is divided into three stages.
In the first stage, you will memorize the routine moves in your heart. In between each routine, the boxing will reach the mind and the boxing will follow the will.
In the second stage, the punches will be changed from conscious moves to unconscious natural reactions, so that during the battle, save time to think and strive for a slight difference. Don’t underestimate this short time difference. When you take action, you can change from passive to active and from defensive to offensive.
In the third stage, forget all moves and only take the intention of boxing. This is also the highest level of boxing. The moves are not important. The key is to predict the opponent's moves and thus use punches to resolve them in advance.
After practicing 250,000 fists, Xiao Jinyan has mastered the second stage. Although the acupoints have not been opened and the intention of fists can also be brought out in the boxing technique, it is not easy to be able to judge the opponent's moves in advance when fighting. First, it requires a lot of battles, and second, it is possible to grasp the opponent's routines without internal force. In the martial arts path, it is just an outsider, and can barely respond to the warriors in the Wen realm. Once they encounter Zhixuan realm, they can only get beaten.
He tried to use the string force in his body to drive the true essence of heaven and earth for his own use. It is one thing to sense the string force of heaven and earth, and it is another thing to use it for himself.
Li Qingcheng also got up to practice martial arts. When he saw Xiao Jinyan practicing boxing, he accompanied him to dismantle it. After dozens of moves, Li Qingcheng was secretly surprised. In less than a month, Xiao Jinyan's boxing technique had greatly improved in terms of accuracy and speed. If he did not use internal strength, it would be difficult for him to be his opponent, so he pressed his realm to the realm of hearing and fought against him.
Sure enough, after Li Qingcheng used his internal strength, Xiao Jinyan struggled a little. His string power could not mobilize his internal strength, but he could sense the fluctuations of Li Qingcheng's internal strength. Even though his boxing was exquisite, he could not ignore the gap in his realm.
After more than ten moves were dismantled, Xiao Jinyan was beaten to the point of being embarrassed and retreated repeatedly. Suddenly, a thought arose from his mind.
Since my string power cannot mobilize the true essence of heaven and earth for your own use, then try to mobilize your true essence.
Thinking of this, Li Qingcheng had already stabbed him with a sword, and the true energy of the sword was flowing, shining with a dark luster.
Xiao Jinyan released the string force and used the string force to capture the true energy of Li Qingchengjian's body, causing resonance and pulling it around.
Li Qingcheng felt that his true energy was stagnant, and Xiao Jinyan punched the sword, and the sword was stumbled.
To be continued...