Chapter 12 Emei
It was not the first time that Lu Yu had heard the word "Emei faction", but every time he heard a similar name about the Jianghu sect, his head would hurt.
Since he was born here, Lu Yu has always firmly believed that he was reborn in the Great Song Dynasty, but when he was a child, when he heard others mention that there are still many martial arts sects in the rivers and lakes, he was directly blinded.
Lu Yu knows very well that the Song Dynasty in the historical sense should not have those Jianghu sects described in martial arts novels, unless, he was reborn not in the historical sense of the Great Song Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty with a martial arts background, which ......
Therefore, whenever someone mentions any Jianghu sect, Lu Yu feels a headache, and he has a headache because he can't figure out where he is, is it the Song Dynasty, or is it ......
Since Zhou Fang mentioned the Emei faction, then, Lu Yu, who was holding back the pain in his head, struck while the iron was hot and asked Zhou Fang: "Big brother, those Jianghu sects, divided into mountains and wilderness, have their own system, do not pay taxes, and do not serve labor, so the court will not care?" ”
"This ...... I can't control it......" Zhou Fang, who heard this question for the first time, was stunned for a moment after being asked, and replied: "The soldiers and horses in the world, nine times out of ten, are concentrated in the capital Tokyo Kaifeng, and the troops left in the various states are all old and weak van troops, you also know that with the combat effectiveness of the van army, it is still possible to catch thieves, and to deal with those Jianghu sects that are divided by force, it is estimated that they have more than enough heart but not enough strength......
"Besides, ten percent of the annual finance and taxes of each state road have to be handed over to the imperial court, and only half of the money is left, how can there be spare strength to recruit strong and strong soldiers, not to mention anything else, let's just say that we Guozhou, there are less than 400 soldiers in the Xiang Army......" Talking about this topic, Zhou Fang was really heartbroken.
"No, I heard that our Guozhou army is 1,000 people, how can you say that there are less than 400 people?" Although Lu Yu already had the answer in his heart, he still knowingly asked Zhou Fang.
Lu Yu knows that he is just a twelve-year-old child now, he should do anything at any age, he can't be too shrewd, once he does too much, he becomes a "celebrity" and a "focus", then no matter what he does in the future, he will be concerned, and even his privacy and freedom will be gone.
"A thousand! Ha ha! You're thinking too much, Shuwen! Let me tell you, our Guozhou Xiang Army is really only more than 300 people, and the reason why we reported the quota of 1,000 people is to eat empty salaries, and those generals and colonels in the Xiang Army are really greedy for 700 empty salaries...... "Zhou Fang replied without fighting anywhere.
"Oh, I see, it's no wonder that the imperial court can't help the sects in various places, I heard that the Emei faction alone has a scale of more than 100 people, with the old, weak, sick and disabled 300 van army, it is estimated that it really can't beat the Emei faction......" Lu Yu, who had already analyzed the answer, deliberately cooperated with Zhou Fang's resentment at this time in order to get some information from Zhou Fang, and answered him again.
"Humph!" After snorting coldly, Zhou Fang said to Lu Yu with a disdainful face: "Shuwen, you overestimate the combat power of the Xiang Army, let alone a hundred people, as long as the Emei faction sends three or four masters, it is enough to beat the three hundred Xiang army all over the ground, let alone the masters of the Emei faction, just me, it is enough to have a draw with twenty Xiang army!" ”
"Is the Emei faction so fierce, three to three hundred, isn't it too exaggerated?" Lu Yu, who was finally frightened by Zhou Fang's words, raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.
"Hey, I said Shuwen, you don't even know how powerful the Emei faction is, you really have to go out and socialize with friends more, how can you know the world at home, "first" after "educating" Lu Yu a sentence, Zhou Fang replied: "Don't look at the Emei faction There are only about 100 people, but it is definitely the top existence in our second-rate sect in Shudi, the reason why it has not become a first-class sect is because the Emei faction only accepts female disciples, after all, compared to men, women still suffer a little loss in using knives and guns." ”
"Didn't I tell you just now, I will ask Master Xuanyi, the head of Emei, to come down the mountain to teach you martial arts, and when the time comes, you have seen the martial arts of the head of Xuanyi, and you will know how powerful the Emei faction is......" After raising his eyebrows at Lu Yu, Zhou Fang added with a fluttering eyebrow.
From Zhou Fang's squinting eyes when he mentioned the Emei faction, Lu Yu guessed that the relationship between this guy in front of him and the Emei faction was definitely very deep, and maybe he had a leg with many female disciples in the Emei faction, after all, this guy in front of him and his second brother belonged to the evil ghost type of people in the color, like those young women with martial arts in the Emei faction, the attraction to him should be very strong.
"Brother Zhou, do you say that Master Xuanyi is too dignified and Emei is in charge, will he agree to go down the mountain to teach me such a child?" Lu Yu, who felt that Zhou Fang's words were a bit exaggerated, questioned him in a low voice.
"Of course I will agree, let's not talk about Master Xuanyi's friendship with my father, just say that she will definitely come when she hears that the person she wants to teach is you," without waiting for Lu Yu to ask why, Zhou Fang directly explained: "Since the Emei faction is full of women, it can't collect money like other sects, because it's afraid of trouble, so no caravan will hire women to be darts masters, or because they're afraid of trouble, and no one is willing to hire women as guards, so Emei people can't be darts masters and guards, besides, the Emei faction is a decent family after all, Even if the pie is full of women, but for the sake of face, they can't open a green building to make money, so they have no money, and their lives are very difficult, so in order to support that big family, Mrs. Xuan Yi will definitely not let you go, the son of a wealthy man in Guozhou, after all, you have money for her......"
"Makes sense......" After listening to Zhou Fang's explanation, Lu Yu nodded clearly.
When reading martial arts novels in the previous life, Lu Yu had a question in his heart, that is, those heroes with strong martial arts do not produce on weekdays, and should have no income, but how do they support themselves, and now, after listening to Zhou Fang's explanation, Lu Yu finally got a satisfactory answer.
"Brother Zhou, you say, will those sects that ignore the laws of the imperial court and occupy various mountains get involved with the rebellious mobs in various places and make chaos together?" Lu Yu, who solved the doubts in his heart, asked Zhou Fang again.
"Yes, this is exactly what I'm worried about, ordinary mobs have already messed up the world, if you add those ill-intentioned sects, then ......" After listening to Lu Yu's question, Zhou Fang frowned and sighed.
Just when Lu Yu wanted to ask Zhou Fang what famous sects there were in Shudi, suddenly, Lu Yu's afterglow swept to the purple ghost girl who could only be seen by him, one of the three purple ghosts from the mass grave in Zhennan, floated through the wall into his main room, and suspended beside Zhou Fang, staring straight at him......