Chapter 030 Wonderful ideas are at your fingertips
"Of course, there are eighteen kinds of weapons including swords, spears, halberds, halberds, axes, hooks and forks. The sword ranks first. Do you think it is powerful or not?"
It was strange that Peng Ziqi, who seemed to have been enemies with Xia Xun in the previous life, had a very bad temper with Xia Xun's personal maid Xiao Di. After only two days of getting along, the two were already very close. Early in the morning, Peng Ziqi was squatting in the yard.
As he rode up, he chatted and laughed with Xiaodi beside him.
"Well, I think Brother Peng cut off that master's spear with one strike that day. The sword was so fast that I couldn't even see clearly. Those masters all looked so powerful. Why was it so ineffective?"
"Haha, in the art of martial arts, if you are a master only if you are tall and strong, why would you need to learn skills from a master? A master teaches a disciple, not everything must be taught to him. What kind of people can be taught and what kind of people cannot be taught.
, what kind of skills can be taught, and what kind of skills cannot be taught, these are all explained. When it comes to accepting disciples, the first-class disciples are to be accepted as successors. Such disciples will not be able to do anything except life-saving tricks.
Those who were masters at that time were unwilling to teach them, and other skills must be carefully trained; as for the second-class apprentices, they were paid to earn tuition fees to train. Such apprentices also need to teach some real skills, but at a huge discount.
.
Most of the people who practice martial arts are poor, but most of those who can practice martial arts to a great level must have very wealthy families. Because practicing martial arts consumes money and time, you also need to be smart. You have not read a book for a day and have three meals a day.
It is impossible for a person who doesn't inherit the skills to practice excellent Kung Fu. If you really teach a person like that the best Kung Fu, it will harm him. Why not teach him some basic Kung Fu and let him practice it steadily and make a living?
Just eat it.
Most of these apprentices only teach moves but not their inner skills. Just like the few people you saw that day, it will certainly not help if you meet a real master. You have to know that kung fu is not just about Kung Fu, every move and every move has a heart.
Those who only practice moves and formulas but do not understand the mental formulas, and do not practice splitting moves and Sanshou training. In fact, they do not know how to use them at all. Their physical training is very good, but their kung fu looks like a tiger or a tiger.
, but it can only frighten laymen.”
Xiaodi suddenly said: "I see, I heard that many people in Brother Peng's family practice martial arts. After you practice martial arts, are you going to travel all over the world and do justice as people say?"
Peng Ziqi smiled and said: "Don't take what you hear from hearsay seriously. My brothers have all learned martial arts, but it's good that they don't fight bravely and go to the streets to cause trouble. Do you still expect them to be chivalrous and righteous? Hum.
! Let’s talk about my eldest cousin. My eldest cousin has mastered the flying needle skill. How do you think he uses it? "
Xiaodi asked curiously: "How to use it?"
Peng Ziqi curled his lips and said: "One time, he caused trouble outside, and my uncle was furious and wanted to bring him back to take advantage of the family. He was not there at the time, and all his cousins were kneeling with him in the hall, and no one sent him a message. I am in the lobby.
My brother's name is Peng Hanbo. In fact, he is not a bad person and he treats me very well. I happened to be outside at the time and wanted to send him a message. I found out that my eldest cousin was having a drink at the 'Yixiangyuan', so I hurriedly
I rushed over, but as soon as I entered the house, I saw..., hum! hum!"
Xiaodi felt itchy and said: "What did you see? Brother Peng, tell me quickly."
Peng Ziqi blushed and said: "I saw him throwing a hundred-cent treasure note in the air, and then used the flying needle trick to nail the treasure note to the wall or even the beam, and then let the people in the yard The girls went to pick it up, and whoever touched it had to pull out the needle and return it to him, and the money would belong to him. But he was not allowed to step on the stools to move the table, so the girls helped each other, climbing up the wall, stacking Arhats on top of each other..."
Xiaodi said in amazement: "A hundred yuan of treasure money is so generous. This method is fun and can make money. I want to play it after hearing it."
Peng Ziqi chuckled and said: "Go ahead, listen clearly, you are not allowed to wear clothes on your body, you have to pick it up with your buttocks bare."
"Ah!" Xiaodi's little face suddenly turned red, and she said shyly, "Why is your eldest cousin like this? It's too outrageous."
"Outrageous? There are even more outrageous things. But..."
Peng Ziqi glanced at Xiaodi, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I heard that your young master is not very reliable. He has no elders at home to watch him, so he doesn't just do what he wants?"
"You just do whatever you want?" Xiaodi said strangely: "What, why do you do whatever you want? My young master never does anything so ridiculous."
"Really?" Peng Ziqi looked at Xiaodi suspiciously: "Has he... touched you or taken advantage of you?"
Xiaodi blushed and said, "How is that possible? Brother Peng, please don't talk nonsense. Master... you have always treated me like your own sister."
Peng Ziqi narrowed his eyes and said in disbelief: "Really? That lecherous guy kept such a cute little girl like you by his side and didn't actually eat it? Cats don't steal food, I don't believe it."
Xiaodi blushed and said: "Really, I didn't lie to you. My young master is not as bad as you said. Someone must be telling you nonsense. Didn't Brother Peng just say that the things he heard from hearsay can't be true? You When have you seen my young master act so wildly?"
Peng Ziqi was stunned for a moment, and was really speechless by Xiaodi's question.
At this time, Xiaodi had changed the subject and said happily: "Brother Peng, you have to take care of my young master for three months. During this time, can you teach me kung fu?"
Peng Ziqi asked curiously: "Why are you learning Kung Fu?"
"Protect the young master!"
Xiaodi said confidently: "Besides, you can also protect yourself. My father often told me that our family is from a low background and cannot marry into a good family. Men will bully you, your mother-in-law will bully you, and your sister-in-law will bully you. If I learn this,一身好本事,将来嫁个粗鲁汉,他要敢欺负我,我就狠狠揍他.”
Peng Ziqi laughed and said: "You haven't married yet, but you want to beat yourself up first? In this case, I don't dare to teach you. Don't talk about you, my Peng family is a famous family in Qingzhou, right? So what, Once a girl gets married, she becomes a member of the family and must be obedient, otherwise she will really get into trouble. If my second aunt hadn't learned martial arts well, how could she have been divorced and returned home, and she almost hanged herself. "
Xiaodi was shocked: "Ah? What's wrong with your second aunt?"
Peng Ziqi stopped his horse and started to press his legs again. While pressing his legs, he sighed: "My second aunt is married to a local squire family. Her mother-in-law is very powerful. She often picks fights and causes troubles and punishes her in different ways. The second aunt tolerated it at first, but then she got really angry. After a few words, her man started to hit her. The second aunt was a person who had practiced kung fu, so she couldn't be hit by him. Instead, she knocked him down.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. Her husband's seventh aunt, eighth aunt, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law all went into battle. They copied all the household chores and beat her face to face. The second aunt was annoyed. Needless to say, they all let me go.
The second aunt was beaten to the ground, which was so bad that her husband sent her home as soon as he signed a divorce letter.
Anyone in the city or in the countryside who heard about this matter, no one spoke for her. No matter how cunning her mother-in-law was, no matter how careful she was when she took action, in short, if you, the wife, dare to speak against your mother-in-law or touch a man's hand,
There's nothing wrong with you. My grandpa regrets that he shouldn't have taught her kung fu in the first place, or else he would have let her get beaten up by a man, but he wouldn't have ended up like this.
Grandpa brought generous gifts to her husband's family to accomplice her, but all his good words were of no use. They wanted nothing more from such a daughter-in-law. My second aunt was so ashamed and angry that she hanged herself at home. Fortunately, she was discovered early and was rescued. However,
No matter how much she repented, it was useless. Later, she became a monk and became a sister-in-law. In the spring of this year, I went to see her in the nunnery. The second aunt was only fourteen years older than me. She used to be a famous beauty, but now she looks like
Just like a person who is almost fifty, with wrinkles on his face..."
Both of them fell silent, and Xiaodi thought in panic: "The Peng family is so powerful, and if a girl gets married, she has to be bullied by others. Dad is really right. I...will I do the same in the future?"
…”
Just as he was thinking about it, Xia Xun, dressed neatly, came out in groups of five and six: "Ahem! Mr. Peng, shall we go out for a walk again today?"
When Xiaodi saw Xia Xun, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Hey! I am destined to be the young master for the rest of my life. I will always be the young master's little maid. Isn't it okay if I don't get married?"
Xia Xun was puzzled by her look and couldn't help but ask: "Xiaodi, what's wrong with you?"
Xiaodi licked her lips, looked at her "long-term meal ticket" affectionately, and smiled guiltily: "It's nothing, good morning, young master."
Xia Xun looked at her suspiciously, always feeling that the way she stretched out her pink tongue and gently licked her tender lips was like a cat holding up a small fish and preparing to eat...
Miss Peng put on a pretty face and asked coldly: "Where are you going to attract bees and butterflies today?"
Xia Xun did not attract bees or butterflies today, but went to see his shop.
The first one he went to was "Lin Yang's Pawnshop" and met the shopkeeper Lin Beixia whom he had "admired for a long time". After the shopkeeper Lin held a gun and a stick and gave a warm reception, Xia Xun was
After flipping through the accounts and hearing about the recent business situation, he left dejectedly.
When leaving "Lin Yang's Pawn Shop", Lin Beixia's suspicion in Xia Xun's mind was greatly reduced. Because Lin Beixia's behavior did not look like someone who had murderous intentions towards him and had already taken action.
Lin Beixia was indeed full of resentment towards him, but if Lin Beixia was the murderer behind the scenes, he would never express his dissatisfaction and resentment so vividly when he met Xia Xun. From the perspective of criminal psychology, regardless of
Shopkeeper Lin is a man with deep knowledge and good at disguise. He is also a rough man with no sense of knowledge and an expression of anger and anger. As long as he planned the assassination of Yang Wenxuan, he will never show such strong hostility towards Yang Wenxuan again.
.
If he is good at disguising, he will hide his hatred, which will make it easier for him to achieve his goals and avoid exposing himself; if he is not good at disguising, his hatred will have found an outlet to vent his hatred - buying murderers to kill, thus
Empathy occurs. His attention will be on the assassination he planned, which will have a soothing effect on his own emotions, and hostility will not be so obvious. He can only hate a person, but he does not have any real feelings towards that person.
When taking action, this person will use his words to vent his grievances. Therefore, Yuan Geng became the first suspect in Xia Xun's mind.
After leaving Lin Yang's pawnshop, Xia Xun went to several shops, including an oil shop and a grain and rice shop, and finally came to the Yang's Workshop. This workshop is located on the outskirts of the city and mainly produces daily ironware, such as iron pots, saws, hammers, and kitchen knives.
Embroidery needles, horseshoes, etc. Don’t underestimate these businesses. Ordinary blacksmith shops can only produce some simple tools such as kitchen knives. They can’t make two in a day. They can only meet the living needs of the same small number of people, like rust flowers.
They can't produce such delicate gadgets as needles.
The Yang family workshop is mass-produced. It can not only supply grocery stores across Shandong, but also be exported to North Korea and Ryukyu. For a needle, the cost is extremely small, but the technical content is not small. Without the corresponding hammer forging technology, you can
Take an iron pestle and grind it. So if you sell a needle to a place like Korea and Ryukyu, you can earn at least five cents of silver. The needle is very small and easy to carry, even if it is a small businessman carrying a bag, it will be exchanged for it.
It is also ten times the weight of silver. This is a long-term and stable source of wealth, so it can be regarded as an important industry of the Yang family. He is in Qingzhou City, and it would be unreasonable not to go there once.
When he arrived at Yang's workshop, Xia Xun listened carefully to Shopkeeper Wang's report. While looking at the various accounts of income, sales and expenditure, he asked some questions casually. He was not just dealing with things as they happened, but was really trying to understand himself.
Businesses in his name, because if he can really realize his plan, these industries will truly belong to him.
After having a comprehensive understanding of the entire workshop, he, accompanied by shopkeeper Wang, personally went down to each work shed to inspect the production conditions. Here, Xia Xun saw the needle-making process for the first time.
The needles at this time used wire drawing and carburizing heat treatment techniques. Craftsmen forged fine wrought iron into thin strips, heated them and used a perforated iron mold to draw them into wires. Then they cut the thin wires, smoothed them and then threaded them.
The eyes become needle-shaped, stir-fry slowly in an iron pot to anneal them, and finally use pine wood, charcoal, and tempeh as a carburizing agent, mix them with fine mud, cover the needles and heat them for carburization, and finally harden the needles in water.
This needle was something Xia Xun was used to seeing in life, but he never knew how to make these things. Unexpectedly, the needle at this time actually involved pulling out soft and tough steel wire, and then frying and carburizing it.
Hard. Witnessing the entire operation process, Xia Xun couldn't help but marvel. Watching the red-hot wrought iron being drawn into thin, long, flexible and shiny wires, an idea flashed through Xia Xun's mind, and he caught it in time.
I pondered the idea for a long time, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of my mouth.
After looking at it thoughtfully for a while, Xia Xun asked Master Jiang who was drawing wire: "Master Jiang, can this wire only be drawn two feet long?"
When Master Jiang saw his boss asking, he hurriedly put down his belongings and stood up and replied: "Master, this wire can't only be stretched two feet, but for making needles, each wrought iron rod needs to be pulled out two feet long, cut off, and then pierced.
No need to stretch it too long.”
Xia Xun pinched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Well, can a wire that is almost ten feet long be pulled out?"
Master Jiang nodded and said: "You can pull out a whole piece of silk that is more than ten feet long, but you need to use high-quality steel. To make a needle, you don't need such good steel, and you don't need to pull out such a long silk.
.”
Xia Xun nodded and said: "Okay, as long as you can make it, Master Jiang, please use the best steel, plus your Jiang family's secret method, to make five steel wires for me. The higher the flexibility, the better. Finally,
They will be built tomorrow. Shopkeeper Wang, after Master Jiang has finished building them, you can personally deliver them to my house immediately. I will be of use. This month... give Master Jiang two more wages."
"Strange, what does this guy want to do again?" Peng Ziqi looked at Xia Xun curiously, with a strange light shining in his eyes, which was terrifying.