Where is the sword of the reborn eagle

But the five-year-old boy who retorted with him was Guo Mo's eldest son, little Guo Yi.

Of course, the boys who were playing on the beach not far away were Guo Ping, Ye Feng, Lu Bing, Zhao Simo and others who were studying together in the "Yu Ying Tang".

This summer, it was surprisingly hot. Jiangnan was better, after all, it was a place with well-developed water systems. Other places, such as Guanzhong, Huaibei, Henan, and Hebei, were in trouble.

From May to now, it has been almost two months without a drop of rain. If there is still no rain in a few months, I am afraid that this year will be a drought year.

Since last year, Guo Yi had just turned four years old, and Zhao Kuo, who was in the Lin'an Palace, sent two experienced maids to serve Guo Yi specially.

Accompanying him was a doctor of literature specially appointed by the government. He was an old scholar in his 50s. It is said that he also had a high status among the Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty.

He came to teach Guo Yi, not to grab Zhu Cong's job, this old scholar mainly taught "ritual" and "filial piety".

Is this going to be grabbed from a doll?

Still feel that little Guo Yi cannot be allowed to grow into a "loose" person like his father?

Since the officials have sent people here, Peach Blossom Island is naturally not easy to refuse. Anyway, it shows that the officials attach great importance to little Guo Yi. Who made him Guo Mo's eldest son?

This is Zhao Kuo's eldest grandson, maybe he will have a heavy responsibility in the future?

Zhu Cong simply adjusted the teaching time and included all the children, a total of six people.

The old pedant will teach in the morning, and it is his turn in the afternoon.

Zhu Cong's teaching methods are varied. No, today is too hot and stuffy, so he took the children directly to the beach.

Needless to say, among these children, the oldest Guo Ping is eight years old, and the youngest Guo Yi is five years old. They have already learned how to swim, but Yang Guo is the best at swimming.

Perhaps it should be said that, except for reading, Yang Guo is the best no matter what he does.

Beginning this year, Zhu Cong has officially taught the children martial arts. According to Guo Mo's request, everyone should practice the "Eight Techniques of the Desert", which has been improved and upgraded by Guo Mo later.

Over the years, Zhu Cong, the "scholar with wonderful hands", still stays on the sixth floor of "Flowing Clouds to Catch the Sun", but after practicing Guo Mo's new version, the internal strength that has not entered the country for a long time has somewhat loosened.

Half a year has passed, and there are only two people who have already started, one is Guo Ping and the other is Yang Guo.

Guo Ping's appearance followed Hua Zheng's, but his temperament was as honest as Guo Jing's, and he was the most diligent and assiduous one in practicing kung fu.

Yang Guo is not the case, he is the first to learn it among all the people.

"Desert dust", the wind suddenly picked up, and there was smoke all the way.

A month ago, Zhu Cong personally inspected Yang Guo's entry, and found that this kid had already mastered the first level of "Eight Motes in the Desert", and there were faint signs of a breakthrough.

This discovery immediately stunned the "Miaoshou Scholar", and he has never encountered such a situation. How can a child who is less than seven years old advance so quickly in the cultivation of internal strength?

You must know that in the practice of internal strength, the most taboo is to seek speed, especially when laying the foundation.

In fact, Yang Guo's situation, apart from his own extraordinary talent, is mainly due to Guo Mo's tricks on him back then.

Zhu Cong didn't dare to be self-confident, so he went to see "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi in person with the "Eight Techniques of the Desert".

Huang Yaoshi had been very happy in the past six months. Feng Heng took little Guo Xiang to Luoyang, and even his seventh apprentice, Jin Yufeng, who had been teaching for almost two years, also went with him.

Huang Yaoshi spends most of his time in "Tingyuxuan", reading, practicing calligraphy, playing chess, playing the piano, blowing flute...

He has stabilized the "half-step innate" realm, but the road ahead seems to be unclear at all.

He also asked Guo Mo, and Guo Mo even shared with Huang Yaoshi the "Guiyuan Sword Art" he had obtained from the secret cave in Zhongnan Mountain.

Seeing that Huang Yaoshi was at a loss, of course he could understand the sword skills, and he could also practice them completely according to the sword manual.

However, compared with Guo Mo's power, it is completely different.

Huang Yaoshi only knew that "the acquired path has traces to follow, and the innate path depends on fate", which is not just talk.

It seems that his innate path can only be explored by himself.

Maybe ten years, maybe 20 years, maybe it will be difficult to achieve in a lifetime, who knows?

After giving up the obsession in his heart, Huang Yaoshi quietly did what he liked to do.

It's a pity that the children on the island are too young, and it's better to leave the work of laying the foundation for them to the "scholar" Zhu Cong.

As for the fact that the official Zhao Kuo sent a doctor of literature to teach Guo Yi, Huang Yaoshi was surprisingly in favor.

Although his thoughts and concepts have always been deviant, he stubbornly believes that little Guo Yi needs to learn all kinds of etiquette one by one.

As for his son-in-law Guo Mo, he is no longer in the scope of Huang Yaoshi's "discipline".

When Zhu Cong found Huang Yaoshi, he was studying the formation.

Not all disciples and grandchildren under his sect can excel. He imagined that Chongyang Daoist would leave a set of combined attack formations for his disciples in case of emergency.

"Island Master Huang—"

"Second Hero Zhu? What's the matter?"

After so many years of getting along, Zhu Cong has always regarded Huang Yaoshi as an elder, although he is only more than ten years older than himself.

Zhu Cong told about Yang Guo, and handed the "Eight Ways of the Desert" sent by Guo Mo to Huang Yaoshi.

In front of a master like "Dong Xie", Zhu Cong certainly wouldn't cherish himself, not to mention that this improved exercise was still made by his son-in-law.

He also heard from Guo Mo that the "Eight Techniques of the Desert" has been practiced to the extreme and is extremely promising, while Huang Yaoshi is already "half-step innate".

"Mo'er is an unrivaled genius in martial arts. After he improves and upgrades this set of 'Eight Desert Techniques', the risk of breaking through each layer is greatly reduced."

In a quarter of an hour, Huang Yaoshi carefully read the "Eight Ways of the Desert" handed over by Zhu Cong, full of praise.

"I have also noticed that child in the past. He is indeed very good. At a young age, he has revealed a intelligence that is beyond the reach of ordinary people. I really don't know how Mo'er has such good luck?"

The old "Dongxie" had a taste, he had a total of seven disciples, and the most spiritual one should be the dead Qu Lingfeng.

Even so, Qu Lingfeng's aptitude is not as good as his daughter Huang Rong's.

Like Guo Mo, Huang Yaoshi already "disdains" to talk about him, but he didn't expect that Yang Guo would be so heaven-defying?

"Mo'er said that this little Yang Guo will be his successor in the future. I never thought that before he was seven years old, his talent would show up. I'm afraid that except for little Xiang'er, there is no other child who can compare to him."

Little Xianger?

Well, that is also Guo Mo's daughter, it seems that all geniuses must be touched by that kid.

"How about this, Mo'er won't come back for a while, and we as elders can't delay his precious apprentice."

"You should keep this 'Eight Laws of the Desert' with me first, and when the sun goes down the next day, you will bring kid Yang Guo to me, and I will protect him."

With the affirmation of "Dongxie", Zhu Cong was completely relieved.

If a child with talent like Yang Guo were to be wasted in his own hands, Zhu Cong would not know how to face his apprentice.

It seems that I have to work hard to practice.

The current "Seven Monsters of the South of the Yangtze River" rarely get together for several years, but the letters between them have never been broken.

The second child Zhu Cong taught these children for Guo Mo on Taohua Island, the third child Han Baoju helped Guo Mo lead troops to garrison in Guanzhong, and the fourth child Nan Xiren guarded the base camp for Guo Mo in Lin'an.

The fifth child, Zhang Asheng, and the seventh child, Han Xiaoying, have always lived in the "Yuanyang Villa" in Jiaxing, accompanying their elder brother Ke Zhen'e.

The sixth son... Let's not say that the kid is good, he actually got together with Hu Yanfeng, had a low-key wedding, and lived a shameless life.

The martial arts of these seven people have also expanded their levels over the years.

"Flying Bat" Ke Zhen'e, completely behind closed doors, has the deepest internal strength, but due to physical defects, his actual combat power may be weaker than Nan Xiren's.

Nan Xiren is the person who supports Guo Mo the most. In these years, he has been in charge of the "Imperial City Department". Apart from handling official duties, he is constantly practicing martial arts.

He was already good at palms, and with Guo Mo's final version of "Rising Sun and Setting Sun Palm", his understanding and application of this set of palms, I am afraid he is second only to Guo Mo.

These two are undoubtedly the first among the "Seven Monsters of the South of the Yangtze River". Han Xiaoying, who was originally on par with Nan Xiren, has been slack in recent years.

Seemingly tired of the life in the rivers and lakes, in the "Yuanyang Villa", he lived with Zhang Asheng in a down-to-earth manner.

The current Han Xiaoying is probably one step ahead of Zhu Cong, and these two are in the second tier.

Han Baoju completely changed himself from a martial artist to a general in the army, his martial arts progressed slowly, and fell into the third rank with the sixth child Quan Jinfa and the fifth child Zhang Asheng.

This is also their classification of first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate realms, and the three in the third rank, as they grow older, may have little hope of breaking through.

"Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi is more than just a combination of medicine and martial arts?

With his full protection, although Xiao Yang Guo was only seven years old, he was only going to break through the first level of the "Eight Laws of the Desert", so he survived without any danger.

However, Huang Yaoshi reminded Yang Guo that he had to settle down for at least two months before he could continue to practice the second level of "Wind Passing and Jingqi".

Therefore, these days, Yang Guo has to read books boringly, or practice the familiar set of Nanshan palms that he can no longer be familiar with.

......

Luoyang City, Yanwang Mansion.

Zhao Rushu and Cheng Yi once again went to the back house of Prince Yan's mansion hand in hand.

Guo Mo, Huang Rong, Li Mochou, little Guo Xiang and Xiao Longnv were having dinner in the "Red Rain Pavilion".

"Why are you two here at this time? I just came back from the Hall of Heroes. It seems that there is nothing special?"

Guo Mo had just sat down and hadn't eaten half of the meal when the two elders came to the door.

"Haha, I'm really sorry to disturb His Royal Highness and the princess's meal—"

While saying "excuse me", Cheng Yi didn't show any sign of apology, and kept looking at the food on the table from time to time.

"The two of you haven't eaten yet, have you? Tingxiang will bring over some food, and I'll have dinner with the two gentlemen."

Old Cheng Yi did a lot of things in Guo Mo's back house. Zhao Rushu stayed in Yanwang's mansion for so many years longer than him, and the number of times he spent more than a fraction of what old Cheng did.

"Haha, why bother His Highness again? Ask Miss Fu, let someone put the table here, it's closer to the door, and it's cooler."

Old Cheng Yi was rude, so he directed Wenfu to set up another table outside Guo Mo's original dining table.

Of course Guo Mo was embarrassed to eat with his wife and daughter again, so he got up and sat down with the two elders.

"Let's talk, what's the matter for you two busy people to come to my place for dinner at this time."

Seeing Lao Cheng's familiarity, Guo Mo still felt a little annoyed for no reason, and directly pointed out that the other party was here for dinner.

"Your Highness, there are indeed two difficult things."

Zhao Rushu finally spoke. No matter what he said, he was the chief executive of Yan Wangfu, but he couldn't be as familiar as old Cheng Yu.

"The old man came from Du Gao just now, and he also went out for a day. The situation is not optimistic."

Zhao Rushu has been frowning since he entered the door.

"What? Is the situation serious?"

Of course Guo Mo knew what he was talking about.

Since May, the entire Henan Province and Ruzhou, including Dengzhou and Tangzhou in the south, have not received a drop of rain. Drought has also appeared in other areas, but it is not as serious as these four places.

Of course, as Guo Mo's close neighbor, in the territory of the Dajin Kingdom, things are not much better, and even worse.

After Dajin Kingdom lost two-thirds of its land, except for the sea to the east, it was surrounded by Dasong on three sides.

In the narrow land of several state capitals, it is necessary to feed the 10,000+ Jin army, and it has been rumored that the opponent's food is not enough since the beginning of the year.

Now, there are various indications that this year is likely to be a year of severe drought. If the autumn grain is not harvested, how will Dajin Congress deal with itself?

"Your Highness, originally our four prefectures could still be self-sufficient, but after sending military rations to Xixia twice, if the autumn rations are not harvested, I'm afraid we can only transfer rations from the south of the Yangtze River."

"Our four places are easy to handle. As long as we can survive for half a year, the problem shouldn't be too big. It's just that if there is a famine in the territory of Dajin Kingdom, I'm afraid there will be a large influx of victims..."

Zhao Ru made it very clear that this must be done in advance.

Although the Dajin Kingdom is not big now, it has a large population. It can be regarded as the central and eastern part of Henan, the southwestern part of Shanxi and the northeastern part of Ahh in later generations. Most of them are plains, and they are all densely populated places.

Wen Fu commanded the servants, and they had already re-served meals for the three of them, but Guo Mo and Zhao Rushu didn't have much of a mind to eat and drink, and old Cheng Sui ate a few quick meals in a serious manner.

"Zhao Changshi, if the worst happens and a large number of victims flood in, how much food do you think we need to prepare?"

When Guo Mo asked this question, he never thought about keeping the hungry people out.

"Your Highness, this gap is very big. We must not only ensure the support of the people and the army in the four places, but also set aside a certain amount of food for war preparations, although the supply from Xixia is now less."

"According to all these miscellaneous things, if millions of hungry people flood in, at least one million shi of grain must be prepared."

100 shi?

Guo Mo didn't even know if there would be so much grain stored in the official warehouses in the south of the Yangtze River. Especially this time, the drought affected a wide range of people. In addition to dealing with the hungry, he might also have to prevent food prices from rising.

"Zhao Changshi, we have to prepare for the worst. Tell Du Gao tomorrow and ask him to draw up a notice that this year's autumn grain can be paid for by corvée."

"Let him be young and strong, and make sure that every inhabited village has two wells, and each village digs a large pond for daily storage of water."

"Let Yue Ao take [-] 'Yue Family Army' to dig ten large pools by the Yellow River and store the water in the Yellow River. If it doesn't rain in a few months, the Yellow River will stop flowing. .”