The second land auction was not as fierce as the first, and the Zhou family finally won three pieces of land at a price of 200,000 taels of silver, becoming the biggest winner of the auction. Although the Huang family escaped a catastrophe in the last auction, they did not dare to be too high-profile, and only used 80,000 taels of silver to auction one of the land, and the remaining five were auctioned away by other merchants in the city, which was a happy result.

In addition, the Yu family's other properties in Kokura City, Taishou Song Xun also gave carte blanche to the Zhou family to operate, but half of the annual profits had to be handed over to the government.

The biggest beneficiary of these two auctions is, of course, Taishou Song Xun, taking the first time as an example, he didn't pay anything, but just lent 200,000 taels of silver to Zhou Yun, and Zhou Yun helped him earn 800,000 taels of silver and all the properties of the Yu family in the city. In return, Song Xun also gave the right to operate these industries to the Zhou family, and at the same time, through the collapse of the Yu family, it also sent a signal to all the wealthy merchants in the city, that is, no matter how rich you are now, as long as you dare to disobey the rules and dare to challenge the authority of the government, the government has a way to make you bankrupt in an instant. After that, the wealthy merchants in the city, led by Zhou Yun, converged a lot, and they were more in awe of Song Xun.

The second beneficiary of the auction was Zhou Yun, who not only retreated from the seemingly losing auction, but also defeated their biggest competitor in one fell swoop, while also intimidating other potential competitors. Through this auction, Zhou Yun successfully replaced Yu Zhen as the new richest man in the city, and at the same time, Zhou Yun also learned the lesson of Yu Zhen, everything is based on Song Xun's horse, Song Xun saw that Zhou Yun was so "empathetic", and he was happy to provide convenience for him in many places.

On the night of the end of the auction, Zhou Yun hosted a banquet in the mansion to entertain Shi Luosheng, the biggest hero behind the scenes. After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Yun took out a few pieces of paper and said to Shi Luosheng with a smile: "Nephew Shi Xian, I won't say much if I thank you, Zhou Moutuo shouted at you as a virtuous nephew, and you will also call me Uncle Zhou in the future." I really admire that you can come up with such a powerful plan at such a young age, if I didn't tell Yu Zhen, he would never have thought that he was defeated at the hands of a child who was only fourteen years old. In this auction, I auctioned three plots of land, one of which was given to you, and I also gave you two other shops, these are title deeds. Don't worry, I will send someone to take care of it for you, and the monthly income will be sent to the house, so that your mother will not have to work so hard in the future, and then go to the market to sell vegetables, you can also concentrate on your studies, and you want to do something after graduation, and you also have some capital in your hands. ”

Shi Luosheng wanted to refuse at first, but as soon as Zhou Yun mentioned his mother, he no longer shirked: "Thank you, Uncle Zhou, that little nephew is not welcome, I am young, and my mother doesn't know much about business, so I will ask my uncle to worry more about this aspect of management in the future." ”

Zhou Yun said with a smile: "This is natural, everyone has already been arranged, you can rest assured that you can rest assured." ”

The Yu family left Kokura City in a gloomy manner, the auction was over, there was no new topic in the city for a while, and the days returned to calm, and Shi Luosheng still went to school every day. The only difference is that after Shi Mu recovered from her illness, she did not go to the market to sell vegetables again, and began to learn how to run her two shops.

On this day, Shi Yu called Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan to his side: "You two have come to me to study art since you were seven years old, and it has been seven years since I came to study art, and there is not much I can teach you, the rest depends on how you practice, have you all thought about what you want to do in the future?" ”

Shi Luosheng already had an answer to this question, and said without thinking: "Sir, I originally studied just to gain a reputation and make my mother respected and live a good life, but since the last time my mother was beaten by Yu Shaoshang in the market, I have changed my mind. That day, I looked at my mother on the hospital bed, and felt that I was very incompetent, and I wanted to take revenge, but I had no strength, and in the end, I could only take revenge with the help of the strength of the Zhou family. This feeling of powerlessness that I can't even protect my loved ones scares me, and I need to have my own strength. When Emperor Taizu took advantage of the civil strife in Chu to establish the Great Song Dynasty by breaking away from Chu State, Chu State's national strength was also surpassed by Qi State and lost the position of the world's first power. In the decades after Emperor Taizu, the national strength of Chu has gradually recovered to the level before the civil strife, although it is not as good as that of Qi, but the gap is not too big. On the contrary, in order to cope with the retaliation of the Chu State, the Great Song Dynasty has been in constant war and chaos since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the people's livelihood has withered. In the past ten years, there have been thieves in the country, and the people have struggled to make a living. If it weren't for the geographical location of Ogura Castle, where would the war not spread here for the time being, where would we be able to enjoy this rare peace. But how long can this peaceful life last? I don't want to experience a sense of powerlessness that I can't even protect my loved ones in the future wars, so instead of passively changing, it is better to take the initiative to change, so I plan to join the army. In troubled times, people like me without any background have only one way to join the army, and my husband also said that fame can only be taken immediately. Originally, I was worried that my mother would have no one to take care of me after I left, but now that the family finally has some property, as long as the war does not spread to Kokura Castle, my mother's life will always be fine. ”

Shi Yu nodded, noncommittal, turned around and asked Liu Zixuan again: "Zixuan, what about you?" Do you also want to join the army like Luosheng? ”

Liu Zixuan touched his head and said a little shyly: "Originally, I really didn't think about what I was going to do in the future, but I think what Luosheng said makes sense, the fame can only be taken immediately, if Luosheng decides to join the army, then I will go too." I have an older brother at home, and my parents are also taken care of, so I have no worries. ”

Shi thought for a while and said: "That's okay, now that the world is in turmoil, joining the army is not a good way out, and next year you will be fifteen years old and can join the army." There is still half a year to go, I have to prepare well, I have a good friend, originally a general under the command of the general Deng Yuanjue, he was proficient in martial arts and the art of war, and later was forced to leave the barracks because of changes in his family. A few years ago, he found out that I was teaching in Kokura City, so he also moved here to live in seclusion, and the blacksmith shop you pass by every day, Master Ling in it is him. Tomorrow morning after school, I will take you to meet him, and then continue to study the art of war with me every morning and martial arts with him in the afternoon. Later, when I arrived at the barracks, I didn't know how to make a career if I didn't know how to do martial arts. ”

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan were overjoyed to hear it, especially Liu Zixuan, who was born with brute strength, and usually loves to practice martial arts. Liu Zixuan was also young at the time, and he could not remember much. Later, he moved to Ogura Castle with his family and became neighbors with Ishiraku. Although Ogura Castle was peaceful, there were no martial artists who specialized in teaching martial arts, so they could only practice the tricks taught by the walking monks repeatedly. At this time, I heard that Master Ling, the blacksmith in the city, was a master, and I could learn martial arts with him tomorrow, and my heart was suddenly full of anticipation.

As soon as school was out the next morning, Shi Yu took Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan to the blacksmith shop. Ling Zhen saw the three of them and asked lightly, "Here, are they two boys?" Shi Yu nodded.

Ling Zhen looked the two of them up and down, and said after a while: "Okay, I'll take the two of them, from today onwards, they will come to me every afternoon, and I will teach them martial arts." ”

Shi pre-arched his hand and said, "Then it's troublesome Brother Ling, I'll go back to the school first, and the two of them will be handed over to you." After speaking, he turned to the two children and said, "You two stay here and study hard, Brother Ling is not only a first-class master in the rivers and lakes, but also a rare general on the battlefield." ”

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan hurriedly bowed down in front of Ling Zhen and said, "Apprentice to meet Master." ”

Ling Zhen helped the two of them up: "You all get up, it's only half a year before you join the army, and the time is a little tight, and I don't have time to teach you too many things, so I don't plan to take you as apprentices, you can just call me a teacher." Come with me to the backyard now, and I'll start teaching you the first lesson. After speaking, Chong Shizhen nodded slightly, and took the two to the backyard.

Ling Zhen said: "Brother Shi values the two of you very much, there are so many students in the school, he only brought the two of you to me, I hope you will not live up to Brother Shi's expectations." Now that you are learning from me. There are some things you still have to know, I am from the Heavenly Sword Sect of the Great Song Dynasty, although you are now my students, but you cannot be regarded as a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Gate, the Heavenly Sword Gate accepts disciples very strictly, and only with the approval of the head of the sect can you become an official disciple of the Heavenly Sword Gate. Even other disciples who were accepted by the same sect could only be regarded as registered disciples. But the Heavenly Sword Sect has always been very open to the way of martial arts, unlike other sects that have too many portals, and we Ding Zhangmen still wish that everyone in the world would learn the kung fu of the Heavenly Sword Gate, so you don't have to worry that you can't learn superior martial arts if you are not a formal disciple, I will teach you these. ”

"Disciple understands, thank you, teacher," the two of them said happily.

Ling Zhen took down a knife from the wall and said, "Heavenly Sword Gate, as the name suggests, the main kung fu of my sect is the sword technique. ”

After speaking, he drew the knife out of the sheath, only to see Ling Zhen's wrist wave slightly, and a gust of wind blew over the heads of the two of them, followed by a rustling sound, and the apricot tree behind the two had been cut into two pieces.

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan were dumbfounded, they originally thought that the master in Shi Xuan's mouth was just putting gold on his friend's face, how good can a blacksmith's kung fu be, but now when they saw Ling Zhenlu's hand, they were all convinced.

Ling Zhen is also an old Jianghu, knowing that the disciple he just received, if he doesn't come up first to show his hand, the two of them will really think of themselves as iron-strikers. Ling Zhen looked at the surprised expressions of the two and said with satisfaction: "Now I will pass on the internal strength of your own sect, you can memorize it first, and then I will explain it to you sentence by sentence." In the future, every morning and evening, half an hour should be set aside to practice, internal strength is the foundation of all martial arts, and you must not slack off. ”

Liu Zixuan hurriedly said: "Teacher, don't worry, the disciple will definitely take an hour to practice sooner or later, how long do I need to practice before I can use the trick that the teacher made just now?" ”

Ling Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Learning kung fu is not overnight, how long it takes to learn it depends not on me, but on how much hard work you can put in." ”

Liu Zixuan said if he had some enlightenment: "The disciple understands, and the disciple will definitely work hard to practice." ”

Two hours later, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan memorized the mental method, and Ling Zhen explained them one by one, and only after confirming that Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan understood it, did he end the first day of teaching.