Chapter 1003: The Patriarch's Erroneous Reasoning (Part II)

Cheng Lao Er couldn't hold back his words, he immediately skipped the evaluation of the clothes, and continued: "Also, when the teacher came, he carried a wooden bow on his body, and I secretly tried it later...... Tsk, what a bow! The bow is powerful and the arrow can penetrate the armor. I don't know what kind of animal tendon it is made of. ”

In fact, the "bow" that Cheng Lao Er talked about is just a simple bow made by Zhao Xing with the most rudimentary wood and adapted to local conditions. A bowstring is a cord band on a woman's dress.

However, this bow is made differently from traditional bows: it is not roasted by fire, but is bent directly from a single piece of hardwood.

There is skill in making such a bow, and the skills that Zhao Xing learned from books are naturally a hundred times stronger than the groping of the Song people. At the same time, after the exercise of surviving in the wild, Zhao Xing's arrows were certainly not bad. Because if he can't shoot his prey, he will starve, and he will starve to death. As a result, his survival skills are far beyond the reach of the mountain people, because he has both theoretical knowledge and practical experience.

And Cheng Lao Er relied on instinct to mix rice, he found Zhao Xing and begged to make a bow and arrow, Zhao Xing blurted out the point, which was equivalent to piercing a layer of window paper, which made Cheng Lao Er, who relied purely on instinct, shocked, so he admired it beyond measure.

In fact, since Zhao Xing entered the village, he has always appeared as a literati. But his height of 1.8 meters makes him extremely majestic wherever he stands, and living in the thousand-mile mountains where he strives to make a living by martial arts, the image of a warrior is more respected. So the more Cheng Lao Er said that everyone felt more regretful: such a teacher who can write and martial arts, Cheng Jiaao can't keep him - we offended him there!

Cheng Tong continued to recall: "The second time I found out that he was not simple, it was in that winter, heavy snow, cold weather, I invited the teacher to come and drink the Pansheng wine that Cheng Xia brought back from Fan County, but the master only drank it lightly and refused to taste it again. I tried to drink it again and again. But the Master only said: The taste is low, and it is difficult to eat!

Since then, I have known that the master is not raised by ordinary people - he is not used to drinking high-quality fragrant tea, and he does not eat the world's famous wine, this is not a child raised by ordinary people. ”

The patriarch's words were actually repeating Cheng Laoer's meaning, but his final addition was quite a bit of "not surprising and endless".

"Zhao Naiguo's surname!" In the shock of everyone, he glanced at the faces of the people by the fire pond and continued: "Zhao Naiguo's surname! …… This man is not dressed in an ordinary way - but this is not for us townspeople to talk about, so let's talk about my thoughts.

I heard that a year before the appearance of Mr. (the title of 'sir' in the Song Dynasty, which refers to Taoist priests, monks, and doctors), there was a severe drought in Qinfeng, and 200,000 displaced people were relocated to Huainan...... The gentleman refuses to talk about his origins, and simply says: Mr. may be a fugitive vanguard, but I guess he may be a 'vanity' - a ...... with a national surname."

The so-called "exile into the box" was a specific policy of the Song Dynasty. Whenever a disaster occurred in various places, the Song government selected the able-bodied people among the displaced people, organized them into the Xiang Army, and provided them with simple food, meager or no money, and let them serve or work, so as to control all the "sources of trouble" among the displaced people.

However, the soldiers were actually treated as slaves, who toiled to perform various kinds of labor, and were even used as domestic slaves by officials, and the income they received was only rations to support their families. As a result, there was often a mass exodus of the vanguards. This is especially true for those born into large families. They received a lot of education and were very active, so they were unwilling to become slaves, and sometimes even encouraged the whole army to flee.

The fleeing Xiang army was captured, and it was basically a dead end, so most of them fled into the mountains and became thieves. And if the subordinates flee completely, the "head of the box (box general)" who presides over the relocation of the chamber will also take the opportunity to flee and become a thief and thief.

What Cheng Tong is talking about is a speculation that is closest to the times - if Zhao Xing was indeed forced into the box, then he absconded into the mountains and forests during the migration...... When he returned to the world, he naturally refused to tell his history and identity.

On the bright side, perhaps Zhao Xing thinks that Cheng Jiaao's surname Cheng is not a wealthy family, and it is not enough to shelter a fugitive like him, in case he really tells his true identity, it will be difficult for the villagers to get along with themselves, so he prefers to remain mysterious.

After Cheng Tong said his guess, Cheng Lao Er, a leng, was still puzzled: "Big brother, how can you be sure that he is leaving?" ”

In fact, speaking of which, everyone already knows that since a civil and military all-rounder like Mr. can't even keep the Xiang army, how can he take root in Chengjiaao. But everyone can also see that Cheng Jiaao has received a lot of benefits in the past two years, all thanks to Zhao Xing's guidance, during this period, Zhao Xing has no selfish desires, and he does not take any money. Such a person, the villagers are really unwilling to let him go.

"A few days ago, the master came to ask about the nationality, and this time he is going to take the student to Huangzhou Mansion again, I guess he wants to register the child", Cheng Tong said with a calm face: "Maybe after the completion of the registration, the master will repay the life-saving grace of our clan." In the future, what will he do in Chengjiaao? ”

In fact, Cheng Tong misunderstood, Zhao Xing asked about "registration" to ask about his household registration. But Zhao Xing did not expect that the Song Dynasty was a patriarchal society, and the people did not have a "household registration" in the modern sense, and only scholars needed their place of origin - students who took the examination needed to be registered in the state capital, which was called "scholar registration".

Cheng Tong guessed according to his own ideas that Zhao Xing's plan changed Cheng Jiaao's appearance. Now he is anxious to help the village register the "scholar", if a poor rural place like Chengjiaao produces ten "scholars", this kindness is enough to repay the villagers. Since then, can Cheng Jiaao still leave such a figure with a broad sky?

Cheng Tong couldn't have imagined that his behavior today touched Zhao Xing's rights and interests...... But he can't be blamed, even in modern times, the clan can still deal with children's entrepreneurship in this way. Of course, from Cheng Jiaao's point of view, it can't be considered all wrong, after all, the rules are like this - Zhao Xing occupies other people's land, and he has no investment in these industries, and he has no investment, and it is inevitable to lose, which is why Zhao Xing finally gave up the dispute.

There was a sound of approval by the fire pit, Cheng Tong patted the chair next to him, and said resolutely: "This chair should have been sat by the master, and my Cheng clan has the master to get to where it is today." In this year, the master has developed alone for a hundred years - I see that there is still a hurdle in my Cheng family: there are now hundreds of households in our village, and the government can't hide it, so we need the master - the master must also sit on this chair!

Cheng Laoqi, the most beautiful girl of my Cheng clan is in your house, tomorrow, I will dress up your daughter and send her to serve the master. ”