Wulin martial arts hegemony record

Chapter 171 Inspecting the Branch
Now the Xiaoyao Sect is one of the fifteen Bashu sects registered by the Chengdu Martial Arts Inspection Division. As the head of the sect, Xue Chang has a good reputation in the entire Bashu martial arts. His presence will certainly add luster to Xia Houba's glory.

And on this day, Lin Lei's Iron Fist School also opened at the same time, but the scene was relatively deserted. Most of the bodyguards and Jianghu people ran to the Pingyuan Bodyguard Bureau, and Lin Lei was so angry that he smashed another table.

One of the main reasons for so many bodyguards and people from the rivers and lakes to attend the opening ceremony of the God's Leg Gate was to meet Xue Chang, because many of them had been to the Xiaoyao School to compete and compete, and under Xue Chang's instructions, they followed Xue Chang's instructions. According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, this can be regarded as a half-teacher friendship.

Therefore, at the banquet held by the Pingyuan Escort Bureau, many martial arts people respectfully toasted Xue Chang, making Xue Chang seem to be half the protagonist of the banquet. proud.

In the second day of junior high school, Xue Chang had to take his apprentices to attend the opening ceremony of Wang Jingwu's Iron Spear School.

Wang Jingwu originally planned to hold the party on the first day of the new year, but Xue Chang might not be able to attend. In order to be able to invite Xue Chang, he actually postponed such an important celebration for one day, which shows how much he attaches importance to it, so Xue Chang Can't escape.

In the third year of junior high school, Xue Chang can finally do what he wants to do.

"Master, I heard that sects are being established everywhere in Bashu to snatch people from the rivers and lakes. There is some chaos on the road, so you must be careful!"

"Chang'er, after arriving at the Goddess Palace, you must first offer the dowry, and beg the elders well, if you don't fight, don't fight. After all, if you marry someone in the future, we will be a family with the Goddess Palace. If so What should your daughter-in-law do if there is a conflict? So be cautious!"

"I heard that Luo Lanmeng from the Goddess Palace is the number one beauty in my Bashu martial arts. I didn't expect her to be my younger brother and sister! Ah Chang, you are so blessed! When the Goddess Palace accepts your betrothal gift, you must bring your younger siblings back home. Chengdu, let us all take a look."

"Master, don't worry, with Brother Mu and I here, no one dares to come and make trouble for the Xiaoyao faction!"

"Master, I will supervise my juniors and sisters practicing martial arts! Fan Mastiff, Qiu Di, you two must take good care of Master!"

"Brother is the worst, don't let me go to see my sister-in-law with you, and I don't want to talk to you either!"

"Master (head) take care all the way!..."

"Ow! Ow!..."

……

In the sound of farewell, the two cargo ships left the simple pier of Xue Mansion and went down the river.

"Master Xue, in fact, I can take you all the way to Wushan County, it's faster, and there is no need to go by land at all." Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Laoliu was holding a penny, while carefully avoiding the oncoming Ship, while suggesting to Xue Chang.

Xue Chang stood in the middle of the boat, with his mount on his left and the green mule carrying the dowry on his right. He lightly pressed the backs of the two animals with both hands. The horse and the mule didn't even dare to move. Gently arching Xue Chang's legs, he hummed very low, as if trying to please him.

Xue Chang held his breath and endured the strong fishy smell from the boat. Now he regretted that he shouldn't have left Xue's mansion by boat.The reason why this decision was made at the beginning was mainly to avoid being seen by the neighbors on Escort Street and causing unnecessary speculation.

In order to be able to accommodate people and horses, Yu Shangshi specially transferred two larger cargo ships, but these cargo ships usually transport more fish, so the smell is very strong. With this fishy smell, it can't go away even in the Goddess Palace.

Hearing what the boatman said, Xue Chang said calmly: "It's hard to come out, and I have to take a good look at the new changes in the Bashu martial arts. The boat is still too fast."

"Master Xue, you are right. After the announcement of this new edict by the imperial court, the Bashu Wulin is very lively now!" Liu Laoliu sighed and said, "I heard that in Jiazhou in the south Established a Yuyu Gate, threatening to break the Flying Fish Gang's monopoly on Shu River shipping."

Fish door? ... Xue Chang wanted to laugh when he heard this name, it was too vulgar and straightforward: "This... who is the head of the Yumen?"

"I don't know too well. I heard that he used to be a leader of the Flying Fish Gang. Later, he had a conflict with the leader of the Flying Fish Gang and was kicked out of the Flying Fish Gang. So he has an enmity with the Flying Fish Gang—" Seeing that there was no boat ahead, Liu The sixth child pushed the penny to the bottom of the river and let the cargo ship go faster: "It seems that there may be troubles in the lower reaches of the Shu River in the near future. Fortunately, the branch of our Xiaoyao Sect is not far from Chengdu. People dare to come here to make trouble... From this point of view, it is right for you to choose to go by land, Sect Leader."

"The shipping of the Shu River is very important to the Bashu Plain. If this Yuyumen dares to mess around, the Military Patrol Division will never let it go." Xue Chang said.

"Master, you are right."

Not long after the cargo ship left Nancheng slowly, the Jinshui River merged into the Shu River. The wide river surface allowed ships to sail freely. In just half an hour, the cargo ship docked at the simple wharf of the Xiaoyao School Branch.

Xue Chang led the horse and green mule to the shore, and Fan Mastiff and Hu Qiudi each led the horse and disembarked from another cargo ship.

As soon as Fan Mastiff saw Xue Chang, he began to complain: "Master, the fishy smell on this boat is too strong, it makes me want to vomit."

"I see that you usually eat fish the most, and I haven't seen you say that it smells bad."

"The hot pot fish is delicious, but the fishy smell on this boat..." Fan Mastiff shook his head, with a look of lingering fear: "Master, let's just buy a large passenger boat, and it will be responsible for picking up guests in the future, so we don't have to suffer from this crime again .”

What Fan Mastiff said was exactly what Xue Chang thought, but he didn't want to spoil his apprentice so much, so he deliberately put on a straight face and said, "Do you know how expensive a ship is? It's a big passenger ship! It seems that you are in the mansion. I'm used to enjoying it, and I can't smell any fishy smell, so how can I travel in the rivers and lakes in the future! Learn from your junior sister, she hasn't complained until now."

As soon as Xue Chang finished speaking, Hu Qiudi bent down and vomited on the floor with a "wow".

Fan Mastiff laughed out loud.

Xue Chang glared at him, and he swallowed his laughter immediately.

"Qiu Di, are you okay?" Xue Chang asked with concern.

"Master, I'm better, maybe I ate too much this morning." Hu Qiudi said apologetically, took a handful of river water with his hands, rinsed his mouth, and rubbed his face vigorously.

"It seems that we really have to buy a large passenger ship!" Xue Chang said with a sigh.

"Master, you're so biased—" Fan Mastiff was about to complain, but when he saw Xue Chang staring at him, he immediately changed his mouth and said, "Master, you are so kind!"

"Yes." Xue Chang accepted it calmly.

At this moment, a middle-aged man standing not far away greeted him, saluted respectfully and said, "Master!"

"Steward Wang, long time no see!" From Uncle Fu's words, you've done a great job here! "Xue Chang said with a smile.

This middle-aged man was Wang Nan, a servant recruited by Xue Fu at the end of the previous year, and a relative of the bodyguard who died in the battle of the Jincheng Bodyguard Bureau. Because he was diligent and capable, Xue Fu asked him to share a lot of work for him. All done well.After the Xiaoyao faction was established, Xue Fu suggested to Xue Chang that he be responsible for managing the farmland and the house of the branch.

"This is all cultivated by you, master!" Wang Nan said respectfully.

Xue Chang looked up at the warm sun hanging in the middle of the sky, then turned his head to look at the two apprentices with uneasy faces, and said, "Take us to the branch courtyard to rest."

"Yes." Steward Wang led his men to lead Xue Chang and his mules, and the group left the pier and walked up to the embankment. What they saw was a large flat and fertile field with criss-crossing paths.

The farmers held the plow in one hand and raised the whip in the other, shouting in their mouths, driving the buffaloes with one foot deep and one foot shallow to plow the paddy fields, their thin clothes were all stained with mud; the peasant women stood with baskets in their hands On the edge of the field that has turned green, waiting for the exhausted husband to come to the edge of the field to drink a mouthful of hot water and eat a bite of wheat cake to replenish his strength; the children obviously do not understand the hardships of their parents. Running happily in the middle of the day, chasing groups of ducks pecking at fish and shrimps in the paddy fields from time to time, of course, there were also angry geese attacking them in turn, and the egrets circling in the sky uttered crisp calls, as if mocking them that they deserved it... …a vibrant scene of early spring country fields.

Seeing that Xue Chang was fascinated, Wang Guanshi introduced: "These are farmers hired by our Xiaoyao Sect. There are 9 households in total. Counting the children, there are [-] people in total. They are all loyal and hardworking families. These fields were only allocated to us in July last year. After they were hired, they urgently began to replant winter rice. By the end of the year, they had harvested [-] Shimi. Without my urging, they started plowing the paddy fields, ready to plant spring rice."

Xue Chang nodded, remembered something, and asked, "We charge [-]% of the rent now, will it affect the life of farmers?"

Steward Wang knew what Xue Chang was worried about, because he had heard the manager of Xue's mansion say that "this young and kind master once proposed to charge only [-]% of the rent", so he thought for a while and said, "Master, the farmers just They were a little worried at first, but when they saw that we really only charged [-]%, they felt relieved. After all, the tax collected by the government is one stone per mu, which is a bit more than ours. Moreover, our farmers only need to pay land tax, not Then bear other taxes, so with so much grain, they all had a happy New Year a few days ago, which made the nearby farmers envious when they knew it. ——I don’t think our land tax can be lowered any further, otherwise there will be too much commotion.”

Xue Chang understood what he meant, and said noncommittally: "No matter what, as long as these farmers are farming hard for me, we can't let them live poorly, and we must also ensure their health."

(End of this chapter)