In the eleventh year of Ming Chongzhen, December 10, Henan, Qi County.

Early in the morning, Li Xin heard the crow of a rooster and slowly woke up.

He sat on the bed in a daze, there was a charcoal basin on the ground, and the servants served it very well, and the good white charcoal burned red, which made the room very warm.

He dreamed of those strange things again, and there were carts of all colors on the straight and wide roads, but there were no mules and horses to drag them, and they were running very fast. The boxy high-rise building can make people fall down when you look up. The moving pictures and pictures are as if they were real, and you can see and hear clearly what the characters say and do. The most common thing to dream of is a small board, and if you slide your fingers around on it, a lot of things will appear, such as words, paintings, silk and bamboo, everything.

His name is Li Xin, the word is Yan, and he is a native of Hanoi County, Huaiqing Prefecture, Henan. He and his second brother Li Zhong, Zifeng, accompanied their cousin Chen Zuoting to take the martial arts examination, but they were harassed by the target reporter, so Chen Zuoting, who was dissatisfied, beat people to death. Therefore, as the guarantors, the two brothers also became the targets of the government's pursuit, so they had to flee to Qixian County for temporary refuge.

Since Li Xin succeeded his uncle Li Chunyu as his heir, and Li Chunyu had a grain store in Qi County, he entered the grain store and worked as an accountant. And his second brother Li Zhong hid in his aunt's house and taught his cousins boxing. As for Chen Zuoting, who killed someone by mistake, he didn't know where he was hiding, and he didn't hear the news of being caught anyway.

Li Xin is a tribute student. His second brother Li Zhong is a lifter, and he also has the position of teaching. But their Li family is a civil and military heirloom, not only to study and take scientific examinations, but also to practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, and they have a good family heritage. And they also learned martial arts, boxing, and spearmanship in the Thousand Years Temple. The cousin Chen Zuoting, who studied art with them, is very good at archery, and can shoot the phoenix back to the nest (that is, the arrow in the back is shot at the position of the arrow in front) when riding and archery, so he also learned great archery.

After coming to Qixian, he fell seriously ill, on the one hand, he was sad about the ruined future, and on the other hand, he was also afraid of the future. He was very sick, with a high fever that would not go away, and he almost couldn't be saved. Fortunately, he has been practicing martial arts all year round, and his body is far stronger than ordinary people, and he finally turned the corner. But since he got better, he always had those strange dreams, and after telling people, everyone thought he was crazy, even he himself felt that he was abnormal, and then he stopped telling others about his dreams.

But those strange dreams continued, and as time went on, they became more and more frequent. But fortunately, it was just a dream and didn't affect his life.

After Li Xin got up, he ate breakfast quickly and went out with a bow and arrow. He has been practicing archery for most of the year, and it seems that there is a voice in his heart that always reminds him - fists and feet are self-defense, and bows, arrows, guns and sticks are more practical in troubled times.

"Li Gongzi, it's early." The soldiers guarding the gate warmly greeted Li Xin who walked out of the city gate. Archery is a big field, and now bandits are rampant outside the city, and some of the net worth have tried to move to the city, so Li Xin can only come to the city wall outside the city every day to practice archery.

Li Xin nodded slightly, and walked over without stopping. But the soldier chased him out, and he didn't dare to catch it, so he only dared to follow behind him.

"Li Gongzi, can you give the villain some more food on credit?" The soldier asked in a whisper.

Li Xin's father is called Li Chunyu, the word is crystal white, and the number is fine white, so the grain number of Qixian County is called Jingbai Grain, which is a big deal in Qixian County.

Li Xin stopped, frowned, and said, "Old Wang, you haven't paid back the grain money on credit for the first two times." ”

Lao Wang still smiled and said: "My Lian'er will send it to the son." I'm also going to be a cheap old man. ”

"Go, go!" Li Xin waved his hand to drive Lao Wang away, and said impatiently: "What can a ten-year-old yellow-haired girl do?" This son is not a person who likes to lose. ”

Lao Wang glanced back, saw that no one was paying attention to this, and said in a low voice: "Li Gongzi, I have found a way for you to report the matter, this can finally be settled, right?" ”

As soon as Li Xin heard that he could get the report from the palace, he nodded and said, "Okay, your account is waived, go back to the grain store to get a bucket of wheat." ”

"Thank you, Gongzi Li!" Lao Wang smiled and arched his hands, and then continued: "But people don't give it in vain, every time he copies a newspaper from his son's house, he asks for a stone of grain." ”

Li Xin turned his head and left, saying as he walked, "You still owe your account." ”

"Eh, Li Gongzi, don't go, it's easy to discuss, let's discuss." Lao Wang immediately chased after him and continued to entangle.

Li Xin said impatiently: "No matter who you are looking for, at this price, I can't afford it." The imperial court's mansion report will be available in ten days and half a month, or a few times, my grain number will change hands! You tell him, if there are too many of them, I might as well go to Kaifeng Mansion to get them. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely bring the words." Lao Wang hurriedly agreed. Nowadays, food is expensive, and it is already very good to have a bucket.

Li Xin is not without sympathy, there are too many people who can't eat enough, and he can't help. If he helps one person and other people come to hear the news, then even if he hollows out the grain number, he won't be able to help many people, and in the end people will be blamed and resented, why bother?!

Sent away the old king, who was guarding the city gate, he set up the arrow target a hundred steps away (one step, one meter, five or six), and prepared to start practicing. He took out his own barrel-shaped wrench polished from camel bone and put it on his thumb, and pressed the groove at the end of the shaft to the bowstring, and with a snap of his thumb, the bowstring could be pulled apart, which was much more convenient than the original slope wrench.

He didn't know what was going on, anyway, he had such a thought in his subconscious, which made him make this barrel wrench, to be honest, he had never seen such a wrench before. There is also a groove at the end of the arrow shaft, the same is true, with this groove, there is no need to clamp the arrow shaft from the tiger's mouth, and the speed of archery is much faster. In addition, the flange of the wrench is relatively smooth, so there is no band when the bowstring is released, making it more accurate.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", the tense sound of the bowstring was released, and in just a few breaths, he had shot five arrows, each in the center of the target, and the carved feathers gathered together were like plum blossoms.

"Boom", "boom", "boom", the sound of the bowstring tightening continued to sound, this time it didn't start so fast, after all, he used a hard bow of one hundred and forty catties, even if he practiced the luck exercise every day, he couldn't keep releasing the arrow quickly. If you pull the bow in a row, you won't be able to move your arm for a few days.

"Knock", "knock", "knock", with the sound of feathered arrows shooting into the target, the snow-white eagle feathers near the center of the target continued to expand, slowly forming a large mass of white flowers.

Li Xin took a deep breath, exhaled a long ball of white air, relaxed his shoulders, walked over slowly, pulled out the thirty arrows one by one, and reloaded them in the quiver.

He had now mastered the use of this barrel wrench, and he took off the wrench in a bit of confusion, and after looking at it for a while, he put it away, shaking his head and laughing. He didn't know what it was all about, but he could make something he had never seen before. But after thinking about it for so long, there was no answer, so he could only go with the flow.

After packing up the arrow target and other items, Li Xin turned around and returned to the city in the winter sun. He still has to go back to read the book of soldiers, no matter how good his kung fu is, he is only ten enemies, a hundred enemies, and those who can arrange troops and lead the army are ten thousand enemies.