"Father, the child has arrived." Zhou An walked to the hall and said with a bow.
"Well, you sit down." After Zhou Dacai said something, he said to Zhou Wen: "This year the time has come for the two villages to compete for the Xiaoqing River. Who should we send to fight this time?"
"This is the master I invited from the county. His name is Zhen Wuyong. His martial arts is also one of the best in the county. He was born in the Mujian Martial Arts School. He should be the one to compete for the spot in Xiaoqinghe."
Zhou Wen just introduced the person wearing a long gown next to him.
"Oh! He turned out to be a master of the Wooden Sword Martial Arts School. Thank you for fighting for Zhoujiazhuang this time." Zhou Dacai said gratefully to Zhen Wuyong.
"You're welcome, I'm just using people's money to eliminate disasters for others." Zhen Wuyong said calmly.
Use money to eliminate disasters? Zhou Dacai glanced at Zhou Wen vaguely. Zhou Wen blinked at Zhou Dacai. Zhou Dacai nodded understandingly and said to Zhou Wen: "The first quota is confirmed, and there are two more quotas.
Who, please tell me clearly."
Hearing this, Zhou An already understood that what Zhou Dacai and Zhou Wen were discussing was the annual river dispute between Zhoujiazhuang and Lutou Village.
The so-called fight over the river is nothing more than a fight over the water source. If there is no water, people in a village will not be able to drink water from nearby within a year and will have to buy water from outside.
This river is called Xiaoqing River and flows between Zhoujiazhuang and Lutou Village. The area between the two villages is known as the River of Life.
And because in the past three years, it was Zhoujiazhuang who won the victory and obtained the ownership of Xiaoqing River, Zhoujiazhuang prospered in the past three years, while Lutou Village became increasingly depressed because it cost a lot of money to buy water.
This year Zhou An heard rumors that Lutou Village invited a master to participate in the competition, so Village Chief Zhou Wen also went to the county to invite a master.
All this information was obtained after he came to Zhou Mansion, some from books, and some from the mouths of servants.
While Zhou An was thinking about it, Zhou Wen spoke up: "For the remaining places, I recommend Wang Jiaoxi from the Zhou family, and Zhou Qiang from the village."
"Needless to say, Wang Jiaoxi is known as the master of both swords and swords in the world, and his force is extraordinary. As for Zhou Qiang, I discovered him a year ago. He has brute force, and with my year of training, even
I can fight dozens of moves with Wang Jiaoxi without falling behind."
Zhou Wen has been working for Zhoujiazhuang for decades. He works hard and takes care of everything. He is careful and considerate, and everything is arranged well. Therefore, Zhou Wen is reliable in his work. After Zhou Dacai heard this, he nodded involuntarily and was very satisfied with Zhou Wen.
Arrangement: "Just do as you say."
Zhou An was a little confused when he heard these three people. Except for Wang Jiaoxi who he had contact with in Zhou Mansion, he had never heard of the other two people.
However, Zhou An still remembered the Mujian Martial Arts School. After all, he was learning swordsmanship. He might go to the county town to learn swordsmanship at the Mujian Martial Arts School in the future. Of course, he was too young now and planned to grow stronger in another two years.
Go again.
"Have you sent someone to find out who the person invited by Lutou Village is? Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle." Zhou Wen took a sip of tea and said to Zhou Dacai again.
"Not yet, they are too strict about keeping secrets." Zhou Dacai shook his head and said, "But I think the person they hired is not simple, otherwise his news will not be leaked at all."
"This is going to be difficult. I don't know who they invited. This is a variable. We have to be careful." Zhou Wen thought for a while and said: "It seems that we can't compete like in previous years. We need to change the rules. Just
The best of three games shall prevail, otherwise it will be bad if we lose according to the previous practice."
"Yeah, okay, you can discuss it with Lutou Village later." Zhou Dacai talked to Zhou Wen for a while, and then Zhou Wen left.
After Zhou Wen left, Zhou Dacai called a maid, massaged his shoulders, and said to Zhou An: "What do you think about this fight with Lutou Village for the river?"
"I don't have any opinion." Zhou An shook his head and said.
Although Zhou An understood what was going on, he had just traveled through time after all and did not dare to say anything for fear of making any mistakes. Besides, Zhou Wen had arranged everything well.
Seeing Zhou An just say a simple sentence, Zhou Dacai narrowed his eyes: "It seems that after this kidnapping, you have changed a lot and matured a lot. You have a little bit of the temperament of the second young master of my Zhou family."
Zhou Dacai was very happy about Zhou An's change. In the past, Zhou An only studied at home. Although he was a genius, he was too dull. Now he speaks with reason and evidence, which is beyond his expectation.
"I want you to come this time. The first thing I want you to know about the fight for the river is to let you know a little bit about the fight over the river. I don't think I will go. You represent the Zhou Mansion and bring some people with you." The main leader, Zhou Dacai, asked Zhou An to go because he wanted to test Zhou An.
Ability, look at how much he has changed after the kidnapping.
Zhou An was startled when he heard this and asked him to go. What did it mean? But it was just what he wanted. He also wanted to see what fighting between warriors looked like.
"Second, you go to Zhou Wang's house and have a look. I heard that all four members of Dongwang's family died. Investigate the reason."
There was a murder in Zhoujiazhuang, but there was no news about it. It seems that the news about Zhou Wen and Zhou Dacai's blockade was very good.
"Okay, I'll go now." After saying that, Zhou An left.
Zhou An came to the martial arts training ground and planned to find two servants to go to Zhou Wang's house with him. As a result, he saw that Friday and Saturday were also practicing martial arts with swords in the martial arts training ground. Zhou An was stunned when he saw it. Didn't he send Zhou
Are you looking for some tips on Thursday, Friday and Saturday? Why are you still practicing martial arts in the martial arts field on Friday and Saturday?
Then Zhou An asked about Friday and Saturday, but Friday and Saturday knew nothing. Zhou An immediately knew that Thursday did not tell them, and Thursday wanted to monopolize the benefits of finding the secret.
But now Zhou An doesn't say much. Let's see how he goes on Thursday. If he goes well, he won't say anything. If he goes badly, he will be severely punished.
Since he didn't go there on Friday and Saturday, he asked him to go to Zhou Wang's house last Friday and Saturday.
On the way to the village, I saw women washing clothes on the street, children playing, old people sitting on chairs and snoring, but the men were not there. They must have gone to work.
There was only a salesman pulling a donkey cart, selling things. On the cart, there were rouge and gouache, as well as various sundries, such as water basins, kitchen knives, bamboo baskets, etc.
Zhou An just looked at it and didn't buy it. They were just some ordinary things that were only useful to the villagers, but not of much use to rich households like him.
Zhou An brought Friday and Saturday to Zhou Wang's house.
Zhou Wang's home is in the southwest, surrounded by watermelon fields. His family is the only one living here. It is very remote. There is an old man in his sixties guarding the door.