Chapter 21 The children of the aristocratic family do not practice bowing and horses
"However, your store has just suffered a lot of losses, so you should give less, and you can make up for it as much as possible." Liu Yu said affectionately.
This is true. Liu Yu is somewhat responsible for He Mai suffering such a big loss. If he had taken action earlier and not just watched the excitement, at least he could have saved a few more pieces of cloth.
He unloaded part of the money and handed him all the remaining money on the leather rope. He Mai firmly refused to take it and pushed the money back.
"Brother Jinu, are you looking down on me? Although the shop was smashed today, I can still bear the loss."
"The most important thing in doing business is to clear both money and goods. No matter how much I give you, I won't owe you a single copper."
Now that the words have come to this point, it would seem a bit pretentious to return the money.
"Well, if you have difficulties in the future, I will definitely help you!"
"You have been very helpful today. If it weren't for you, Wuji would not have agreed to let me join the army!"
"Hey, you're overthinking." Liu Yu comforted him and said, "I think Wuji just said it casually. Doesn't he also regret that you are wasting your skills in doing business?"
"We are all a family, he will not dislike you."
He Mai chuckled. He didn't expect that Brother Jinu, who was tall and muscular, could actually have such a delicate mind. Is this the so-called tenderness of a tough man?
"Although we are a family, it is precisely because of our family that he dislikes me even more!"
He Wuji stopped what he was doing and drank a cup of tea.
"Brother Jinu doesn't know. Although Wuji is a doctor of Taixue, he has never been interested in studying. He grew up with General Ying Yang. What he is best at is archery, horseback riding and archery."
"Despite his fair complexion, he is actually a ruthless character!"
"And I," he stretched out a finger and poked himself, quite self-deprecatingly: "I am a pure scholar!"
"I don't know how to do martial arts or archery. At best, I can't fall off a horse."
Liu Yu Dahai: What's going on with this guy?
He can still laugh?
Liu Yu never expected that he had no martial arts skills at all, it was impossible.
He asked suspiciously: "Boss He, are you kidding me? You are a member of a noble family, how could you not learn bowing, horse riding, and archery?"
He Mai blinked his eyes, looking particularly innocent: "How can I, a man from a noble family, learn these things?"
Liu Yu was speechless. It seemed that this was indeed the case.
There is a misunderstanding here. Skills such as archery, horse riding, and archery are indeed essential skills that need to be learned by noble children of all dynasties.
Aristocratic families attach great importance to educating their children, and their family education is prosperous, with reading and writing naturally being the focus. However, families that are particular and have the conditions will also train their children in riding and archery skills.
Whether you use it to kill enemies in battle or use it as a recreational skill, it is excellent.
At least, this is what the children of aristocratic families during the Han Dynasty did.
Strong man...
A strong man's...
You also know that it belongs to a strong man.
As a strong man, martial arts are very popular. The wandering knights in Chang'an City are definitely the targets of girls. A man who has no strength to tie a chicken will be ridiculed.
No one looked at him seriously and disliked him very much. However, time has changed and we are now in the Jin Dynasty.
This era, after all, is an anomaly from ancient times.
Men in the Jin Dynasty were never good at martial arts. The men here were most interested in sitting and talking, and they didn't care about anything else.
Although the nobles of the Jin Dynasty were very proud of this, in fact, it was a last resort to whitewash Taiping.
Why do you say that?
At this time of the Jin Dynasty, the separation of the north and the south was quite stable. In comparison, the Jin Dynasty, which was weak in martial arts, was naturally unable to compete with the ferocious barbarians of the Northern Dynasty in terms of fighting.
Even if he practices and practices every day, he still can't do anything.
The Hu people grew up on horses, and they were all born warriors. They were good at bowing, riding, riding, and shooting. The children of the Jin Dynasty's aristocratic families couldn't catch up even if they took off their pants and chased after them.
All the old rivers and mountains were occupied by the barbarians, but they did nothing on their side. Such shame gave rise to another completely opposite emotion.
If you can't catch up, then just don't chase.
You are good at bow and horse, that's because you are barbaric and only use your strength. We are different. We are civilized people, full of knowledge, and we look down on you at all.
So, since the war is not going well, we just make do with it, and even the soldiers will look down upon them.
Generally speaking, if it is a unified and powerful dynasty that is tough on foreign affairs and expands its territory, it will definitely treat soldiers well.
It can be seen from this that it was precisely because of the situation that they were trapped in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River that could not be changed that the aristocratic families of the Jin Dynasty completely abandoned their martial spirit, let alone riding a horse and whipping their whips.
Knocking on the five stones is like practicing the way of the Heavenly Master. You are too lazy to walk. When you go out and ask for help, the enemy is chasing you and you can't run fast.
Therefore, it was normal for the Jin Dynasty to have children from aristocratic families like He Mai who were not good at bow and horse.
"If that's the case, why do you still want to join the army?"
"I thought you were just not good at it, but you are somewhat good at it!" After thinking about these things, Liu Yu was even more surprised.
He Mai disagreed: "If you don't know the bow and horse, you can't join the army?"
"Didn't you just say that I only need to go to the military camp to be the chief clerk?"
This rhetorical question is really hard to refute.
"Yes, yes, but you obviously have many better choices. For a child of a family like you, joining the army is not a good way out at all. On the contrary, it will only lower your worth."
Although Liu Yu is unwilling to point this out, it is a fact. Although Liu Yu's ancestors were also officials, and it is said that their family is a serious descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family.
But so what?
That was all hundreds of years ago. Who cares now? Today's Liu Yu is just the most insignificant member of the poor family.
Not only does he not have a prestigious official position, but if he wants to improve his life, he can only become a soldier who is looked down upon. Although this kind of discrimination is certainly unreasonable, he must endure this unfairness before he can become famous.
This is the limitation of the times. Liu Yu was complaining about himself here, but He Mai didn't listen at all.
"So what if I don't know how to bow and horse?"
"I didn't join the army for glory and wealth. I wanted to restore the Central Plains. How could I achieve my goal if I just sat in my study and talked about mysteries?"
Unexpectedly, this round-faced, sharp-tongued man could have such magnanimity, and Liu Yu suddenly felt ashamed.
"I was overly worried. I didn't expect that Boss He would have such an ambition. In that case, I hope we can get on the battlefield as soon as possible and show our ambition!"
He Mai smiled happily and said: "Definitely!"
The two shook hands affectionately and were full of unlimited expectations for the future.