Counting the time, I have stayed at Mrs. Shen's house for six days.
Affected by the living environment, the father and son's schedules automatically adjusted.
I have a mobile phone, but it has no battery.
Even the oil lamp cannot be kept lit because it consumes too much oil.
There is a lack of entertainment activities in the evening, and I usually go to bed around ten o'clock.
The next day, I got up with the morning light, helped with some farm work, and had dinner around nine o'clock.
Work, read, tutor the children in their studies, and have dinner around five in the afternoon.
After taking a short rest, we started telling stories and ended at eight or nine in the evening.
Fulfilling?
No, it's boring!
Ju Ming decided to find something to do. He got up in the morning, washed up, and came to the courtyard with his sword.
The sword didn't need to be unsheathed, and the sweater it was wrapped in wasn't even removed.
He held the sword in both hands and stood empty-stepping.
Immediately, he dropped his feet to chop the sword, turned his empty step into a lunge, rotated his wrist, turned his body slightly to the left, lifted the sword out, then tilted it, then pointed it forward, and returned to his empty step when withdrawing the sword.
This goes on and on, one sword flower after another appears.
"What are you doing?" Zhu Guoxiang stood under the eaves.
Ju Ming replied: "Practice sword."
Zhu Guoxiang asked curiously: "Is this the only way to come and go?"
"I don't know anything else," Ju Ming explained carefully, "and this is not a sword move, it's more like a gun practitioner shaking a big gun, exercising the coordination of the muscles of the whole body and the basic control of the sword. This is
When I first bought the sword, the seller sent me a video to teach me. I never had time to practice, so I picked it up and gave it a try now."
"How do you feel?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.
Ju Ming played for a while, thought about it carefully and said: "It can indeed exercise the coordination of the muscles of the whole body. Every time you dance the sword flower, you need to cooperate from the feet to the waist, and then to the hands. Especially the waist. Don't look at the hands dancing with the sword.
In fact, waist strength is the key.”
Zhu Guoxiang commented: "It doesn't look good at all when dancing. It's not even as good as the swordsmanship of the old man in the park."
Ju Ming was speechless and said: "How can I compare with the old man from the park?"
"Then you practice slowly." Zhu Guoxiang helped Shen Yourong feed the silkworms.
Ju Ming was not practicing blindly there. Every time he swung the sword, he was realizing where the power came from.
The strength on the feet, the strength on the legs, the strength on the waist, the strength on the back, the strength on both arms, the strength on the wrists... all the forces need to be coordinated and combined, otherwise not only the movements will be awkward, but also the feeling of drawing the sword will be uncomfortable.
This is the most basic training method for sword wielders.
It's like those who practice kung fu are doing the horse step, those who practice spear are shaking the big gun, and those who play basketball are learning to dribble.
As for training some exquisite moves, I'm sorry, Ju Ming hasn't reached that level yet.
As I practice, my whole body becomes warm.
Even though the range of movement is very small, the muscles in the whole body are actually being mobilized. Even if you don't use the sword to kill people in the future, this thing can still be used for fitness.
After Silkworm's breakfast was done, Mrs. Yan stayed at home to do farm work, while Shen Yourong took Zhu Guoxiang into the mountains.
"This large tea farm belongs to Mr. Bai's family," Shen Yourong said while standing on the hillside. He continued walking for half an hour. After passing the tea farm, he added, "This forest also belongs to his family. Outsiders are not allowed to come in and cut down trees.
Chop wood.”
Zhu Guoxiang nodded and said: "No wonder we have to walk so far to chop wood."
In the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial court suppressed land annexation, and most of the mountains, forests and lakes were shared by the common people.
After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the tax-tax system completely collapsed and had to be replaced by the two-tax law.
The Song Dynasty also adopted the Two Taxes Law and completely liberalized land sales. Moreover, local infrastructure construction was left to the private sector, with local officials only playing a coordinating and guiding role.
As a result, local tyrants spent money on infrastructure and took advantage of the opportunity to wildly occupy mountains, forests and lakes. They built farmland around lakes and turned public lakes into private farmland. They built dams and dug canals to obtain nearby water rights, and people had to water their crops. Water supply fee.
Overall, the country's infrastructure has developed rapidly and agricultural productivity has also increased significantly. However, powerful powers have unprecedentedly strengthened their control over local areas.
The mountain forest that Shen Yourong pointed to actually belongs to the common property of the villagers, and the Bai family has no relevant land deeds at all.
However, the forest belongs to the Bai family. Anyone who dares to go in and cut it will be responsible for all the consequences!
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Are there no streams or springs on the mountain?"
The father and son decided to reclaim wasteland and build houses there. Whether they were farming or living, they needed a stable water source. After all, the mountain was too far away from the river bank.
Shen Yourong said: "There are streams, waterfalls and pools. It is also occupied by the Bai family. There are many tea farmers living nearby, who grow and make tea for the old Bai family."
This is a bit embarrassing. The places suitable for human life and production either belong to the Bai family or have been occupied by villagers. The father and son want to open up wasteland, but they can't find a suitable land at all!
Think about it, if there is a good place, it will be your turn?
The locals are not stupid.
If you want to find good land to open up wasteland, you have to go back to the lower reaches of the bandit village. But it is too far from the market town, even further from the county seat, and there is also a bandit den nearby.
Zhu Guoxiang asked again: "What is the price of buying land?"
Shen Yourong said: "Paddy fields that can grow rice cost about two or three guans per mu. Some extremely fertile paddy fields can be sold for three or four guans per acre. Dry fields that can grow wheat cost one or two guans per mu. Only one or two guans per acre. Mountain land for growing millet, millet, and hemp can be purchased for up to a thousand dollars per acre, or even a few hundred dollars. Forest firewood is even cheaper, and one acre can be purchased for one or two hundred dollars."
It was quite cheap, so Zhu Guoxiang decided to sell the brush and buy a piece of land.
You don’t need to buy that kind of good land, as the landowner probably won’t want to sell it, so you can just buy mountainous land or forest.
Shen Yourong added: "The prices just mentioned are not higher than those from the government."
"Private sale!" Zhu Guoxiang said in surprise.
In the Song Dynasty, a lot of land was hidden and did not pay taxes to the government. This was true for large households, and it was the same for small people. What's more, when buying and selling land, taxes were still levied when the government transferred ownership.
Therefore, they often buy and sell privately, only signing white deeds (illegal sales contracts) that are not recognized by the government.
This kind of white contract can be overturned at any time, and the transaction depends entirely on credit and mutual strength.
Take the more than 20 acres of land owned by Shen Yourong's family, for example, nearly a quarter of it belongs to hidden land. Although there is no land deed and it is not recognized by the government, the villagers only need to recognize it, and everyone will know whose land it is.
When Cai Jing ordered the country to clean up farmland, the magistrate of Xixiang County cleared a large number of hidden farmland for political achievements.
Unfortunately, it went too far, and the barren hills were registered as fertile farmland. At that time, it caused chaos across the country, and there was also a peasant rebellion in Xixiang County. Xinzhi County took over the mess and tacitly collected taxes according to the previous records of clearing the land.
As a result, there are more private hidden fields!
"Hey, there's a pavilion over there." Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the distance and said.
Shen Erniang said: "It was built by Sanlang Jun of the Bai family. There is a spring next to the pavilion. Sanlang Jun named it 'Lingquan' and often made tea and drank tea in the pavilion with his friends."
Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said: "It's quite leisurely."
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After only half an hour, Ju Ming completely mastered the sword practice method.
The stiffness is gradually gone, I am on the right track, and my speed is getting faster and faster.
After all, this was just basic training. After practicing for an hour, Ju Ming decided to change his approach.
There is no teacher's guidance at this moment, Zhu Ming must explore on his own.
He used the mulberry tree in the vegetable patch as an imaginary target and repeatedly swung his sword to make false strikes, coming and going in one slashing motion.
There are also things to pay attention to in chopping. How to mobilize the strength of your feet, legs, waist, back, arms, and wrists to make the sword draw faster, make the sword draw the least effort, and make the landing point most accurate. These must be explored during training. .There is even an advanced version, which allows you to draw the sword like an arm and use your fingers, control the force, and retract and release it freely.
There are no shortcuts, just keep training every day.
After practicing so hard that he was sweating all over, Ju Ming finally stopped to rest and led his horse for a walk in the yard.
This skinny horse was too weak, and even after recovering for several days, it still couldn't run fast. He could only take a walk every day, which was equivalent to a step-by-step rehabilitation training after a serious illness.
"Little scholar, where are you walking your horse?"
A farmer came home from work and deliberately walked around here with a hoe on his back.
Ju Ming patted the horse's neck and let it go by itself. He turned around and said with a smile: "Hey, it's Brother Ang. Come home for breakfast?"
The farmer said: "There is not much work in the fields today, so we have to finish work early."
"Brother Angkor is really good at his work." Zhu Ming also learned to say flattery.
After talking a lot of nonsense like this, the farmer finally explained his purpose: "Little scholar, is your throat feeling better? Last night we didn't talk for long before we left. Today we have to talk for a long time."
He actually took out a bamboo tube and said: "This is the loose tea saved by my family. I steamed it myself. Zhu Xiucai took it to nourish his throat."
"Thank you Brother Ang for your concern." Zhu Ming smiled and went to pick up the tea.
The storytelling has been going on for several days, and Havoc in Heaven has long been finished.
Ju Ming's "Journey to the West" belongs to a combination of TV series and novels, and he will tell whichever one is pleasing to his eyes.
During the riot in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor was not so frightened that he got into the table because Ju Ming thought that was too intellectual. What could a table hide behind? Therefore, it was changed to the Jade Emperor hiding behind the Queen Mother. A grown man wanted to hide behind the table. Women protect.
It's very outrageous to scare the Jade Emperor like this, but it's so cool!
It is a feeling of contempt for authority, and it contains a deep meaning. For example, the villagers are Sun Wukong, who overthrew the Bai family's rule in the village, and even overthrew the corrupt officials in the county.
Of course the villagers don't understand, or even think about it, but they can empathize with Sun Wukong.
And during the Jingkang period, if "Journey to the West" can be spread, people all over the world will know who the Jade Emperor is alluding to.
After telling the story about Havoc in Heaven, the villagers listened to the story more enthusiastically, and the number of people was increasing. Those who came early could still enter the small courtyard, but those who came late could only stand outside the courtyard, listening to Sun Wukong show off his power in the dark.
The farmer left after delivering the tea, and Ju Ming continued to walk his horse.
He also went to Grandma Yan, who was cooking, and borrowed some salt and beans to supplement the horse's nutrition and condition its body.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Zhu Guoxiang and Shen Yourong finally returned.
While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were setting out the dishes, Zhu Guoxiang gave a general explanation of the situation: "The places with water sources have long been occupied, so we can only buy land. Forests and mountains are very cheap, but only if others are willing to sell."
"We have to trouble that Third Young Master Bai and trick him into selling a few acres of land." Zhu Ming thought seriously.
"This is the only way." Zhu Guoxiang said.
Zhu Ming suddenly winked and murmured in Shen Yourong's direction: "There is another way. Dean Zhu, sacrifice your appearance and marry Mrs. Shen directly. We don't want her family's property either. We just open up the land as a test field. This It’s much easier than buying land from the Bai family.”
Zhu Guoxiang said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense. The rumors haven't been completely suppressed. If I marry Mrs. Shen, won't the rumors be confirmed?"
Zhu Ming said: "Whatever the rumors are, do you think the two of us will live in the ravine for the rest of our lives? When we become prosperous, the villagers will only envy Mrs. Shen and say that she is lucky enough to marry a good man."
Zhu Guoxiang didn't say anything anymore and actually considered the matter seriously.
Ju Ming laughed and said: "Dean Zhu, you really have a thief's heart!"
"Get out!"
Zhu Guoxiang finally found out that he was being fucked by his son.
After everyone had breakfast, Zhu Guoxiang went to teach the children the "Three Character Classic".
Seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law taking out several bamboo baskets to clean and dry, Zhu Ming couldn't help but ask: "What are these bamboo baskets for?"
Grandma Yan explained: "The vernal equinox is coming soon, and we have to rush to pick vernal equinox tea. The tea farmers on the mountain are short of manpower, and the village neighbors down the mountain have to help."
"Will I be paid?" Zhu Ming asked.
Grandma Yan said: "You give me money and take care of the food. Those who are nimble can earn twenty or thirty cents a day. Those who are clumsy can earn ten or eight cents a day."
For farmers in the mountains, there are not many opportunities to make money.
If you earn thirty cents per day, you can buy seven or eight kilograms of rice, and it is the most expensive white rice.
If we replace it with brown rice and grains, how many days of rations will it take?
