Urban Sims

Chapter 16
In a blink of an eye, another six years have passed.

At this time, Zhou Ming was already 12 years old, but his physique after intentional exercise and his rapidly rising height made him look stronger than an 18-year-old adult.

The land of Baron Connor he rented and planted has increased from 10 hectares six years ago to 20 hectares.

Among them, 6 mu are still used for planting wheat, and the other 14 mu are used for planting peas and grass.

With the continuous proficiency of farming techniques, the efficacy of the strongest manure is constantly emerging. The average total yield of the 6 mu of wheat land Zhou Ming planted has increased from 70 talents six years ago to 100 talents.

In the wheat fields of other farmers, although they have also learned to apply manure and have increased their yields to a certain extent, the yields have only increased slightly, which is far less exaggerated than Zhou Ming's wheat fields.

The farmers in the town talked a lot and asked him for tips, but after looking at it, they still felt that Zhou Ming's farming method was too cumbersome, and it was not practical to extend it to hundreds of acres of land, so they gave him another nickname — "Lucky Little Lane."

As for the other 14 acres of grazing land, Zhou Ming used 20 talents of grain to exchange four lambs from the ranch steward Leioduo, and adopted a heifer at the annual rent of 2 talents of grain.

Zhou Ming asked his younger sister Alice to learn how to raise the cows and four sheep. Within three years, the cows and sheep had grown gratifyingly, and they gave birth to milk one after another. , brought a lot of meat and dairy products.

There are also hundreds of chicks that Zhou Ming raises to prevent pests and diseases in wheat fields and pastures, laying dozens of eggs every day, which not only improves the family conditions of the little siblings, but also grows much faster than their peers.

In addition, Zhou Ming is young, not yet 16 years old, and has not yet reached the age of voluntary work for the lord. The work in the wheat field is not heavy, and his sister Alice can also help herd chickens, cattle and sheep. There is a lot of time to exercise his body.

And during the training process, the object he was studying-the knight.

The knight is the ultimate representative of force in this era, and the solid cornerstone for the ruling class to maintain its rule. To become a noble and powerful knight is almost the dream of all low-level people in this era.

Zhou Ming naturally also went to find out how a humanoid tank like a knight was trained.

Taking advantage of several opportunities to give gifts to Madame Madeleine, Zhou Ming, who entered the castle, secretly observed the knights who were training in the training ground to see what was different about them.

Slashing, slashing, stabbing, shield hitting, sprinting, archery, ax throwing, javelins... that's all.

Zhou Ming felt that the fighting skills of these knights were basically not much different from the fighting methods in a game he had played called "Horse Riding and Blade".

It is nothing more than faster shooting speed, more accurate bow and arrow aim, stronger impact force... Practice makes perfect.

However, looking at those knights, a sword cut off the thick logs of the bowl; When the heads of the scarecrows fell off one after another like chopping melons and vegetables, they were secretly stunned. With this kind of terrifying force, in a field battlefield, it would probably take less than an hour to kill a hundred farmers holding sticks, right?

"It is absolutely impossible to face these knights with invincible defense and strong attack power head-on, unless you use a crossbow or longbow with strong armor-piercing ability to shoot with a hundred people, it is possible to defeat such a knight, or enter the heat. In the age of weapons, bombard them with matchlock guns..."

Many plans flashed in Zhou Ming's mind in an instant.

But... For him, these current plans are not realistic. Needless to say, black powder, the two raw materials of saltpeter and sulfur are resources that are difficult to collect in large quantities.The complex spring device inside the crossbow also requires highly skilled craftsmen to make it.

As for the longbow, the height requirement is more than 1.8 meters, and the bow string needs nearly 1 kilograms of pulling force to draw, and it is also necessary to ensure the accuracy of the head at a distance of 200 meters...

"I'll start with the most basic exercises. With a strong body, even if I can't beat these knights, it should be more than enough to protect myself."

So, from the age of eight, Zhou Ming started to do 500 push-ups, 100 leapfrogs, 2000m long-distance running.In the evening, I tied a few sandbags on my body, and in the backyard, I took a sharpened birch pole and pointed it at the five parts of the human-shaped wooden target, including the mouth, eyes, neck, chest, and heart, and rushed forward and backward in three steps. , and then slam it down, so that the cycle is 1500 times.

"Brother, why are you doing these things? Can't you come and play with me for a while?" One day, my younger sister Alice, who was sitting bored at the gate of the yard, pouted to Zhou Ming who was training.

My brother knows how to do these boring things all day long, and he doesn't know how to play with me for a while.

Hearing the sound, after Zhou Ming completed the last set of spear sprint training, he put the birch pole aside, wiped his face with a linen cloth, and then sat next to Alice, looking at her with tender eyes. meeting.

My only younger sister, although she is only 10 years old, is already a beauty. Perhaps it is because of the good genes inherited from her parents, or perhaps because her nutrition has improved over the past few years. She has crystal clear milky white skin and long hair. The golden wavy curly hair, and the delicate little nose like a jade shoot, the small cherry mouth with a little cuteness and a pair of charming big eyes, and the chest is starting to be small... Zhou Ming admits that his younger sister , Tingting Yuli, who will definitely come out in the future, will become a famous beauty far and wide.

Even the current her, walking on the road, can already attract the attention of some farmers and knights.

"Lian, I heard that your sister Alice is very beautiful. Tomorrow you bring Alice to the castle. I want her to be my little lover." His youngest son, Donnie, told him so.

Since ancient times, there have been many troubles for women, and my sister is so beautiful, she was targeted by people when she was only ten years old, and she didn't know what to do when she grew up.

"Alice, it's not that my brother doesn't want to play with you, it's that my brother must quickly become stronger and develop all his abilities! Only in this way can my brother protect you and protect you from being hurt by those bad guys." Kissed on Alice's forehead After taking a sip, Zhou Ming hugged her in his arms and said.

"Well, I see, brother, you are so kind to me." Alice nodded sensibly, she was brought up by this brother alone, and no one in this world is the best to her except her brother.

"Alice is so good. Let me tell you a story, brother. Once upon a time, there was a farmer's daughter. Her name was Cinderella..."

After telling seven or eight stories in a row, until Alice was resting on his arm with a smile on the corner of her mouth and fell into a sweet sleep, Zhou Ming hugged her on the bed and gently covered her with a blanket.

"Alice, even if my brother has nothing in the future, I won't let you get hurt at all!"

Looking at his sleeping sister, Zhou Ming swore secretly.

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(End of this chapter)