After speaking, he looked at Zhou Jun's painful face, and felt a little unbearable in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "But the old man still has an unknown and inaccurate news, I heard that one of them, 'Bodhi Hand' Zang He, has a close relationship with the Taihu Lake water thieves, if Liu Gong can exterminate the Taihu Lake water thieves, he may be able to find some clues!" ”

It's Taihu Lake thieves again! Liu Xu sneered a little in his heart, these people first offended their own house, if it weren't for Chen Pei'er's cleverness, I am afraid that there is a fire in the backyard now, and now it is related to the apprentice's revenge for killing his father, this is "pigs and sheep walked into the slaughterhouse, and they killed themselves with one foot"! He immediately said: "Zhou Jun, since the Taihu Lake water thieves have something to do with this matter, I will give you a task, you listen!" ”

Zhou Jun immediately nodded and gave a military salute: "Zhou Jun is here!" ”

"After you go back, I will let you enter the army, you start as a squad leader, when the training results are good, I will let you be promoted to company commander, and when you become a company commander, I will allow you to crusade against the Taihu Lake water thieves, what do you think?"

"Yes!" Zhou Jun gave a military salute, and his eyes were a little red: "Shizun not only saved the lives of my mother and son, but also gave the apprentice a chance to avenge his father's revenge. ”

"Train well, take revenge, that's all I ask of you!" After speaking, Liu Xu said again: "I will avenge my own revenge, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, this is a good man!" Mr. Chen, let's ignore him, it's his blessing that he can take revenge, it can't be that he has no ability, you go on! ”

Chen Kong came back to his senses at this time, glanced at the determined Zhou Jun sympathetically, and continued: "Although this body forging technique is important, it is not as important as the root bone, although this bone is important, it is not as important as the diet!" ”

As soon as Liu Xu heard this, he immediately asked, "What about this?" ”

"Liu Gong doesn't know, the folk proverb says, 'poor literature and rich martial arts', that's what it means. www.biquge.info If you are from a poor family and want to get ahead, the best way is to be an official in the imperial examination, although you also have to study with a teacher in the imperial examination, buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, study the current literature, and go to Beijing to catch the exam, but after all, the cost is not too much, and a family can fund several talents with a few hundred taels of silver! If once you win the lift, you will be awarded the jinshi, then the rewards will be incalculable! ”

"But this martial arts is different, and the poor can't afford to learn it! For example, you need to practice martial arts as early as possible, a martial artist starts practicing martial arts at the age of ten, and if he wants to lay a good foundation, it is necessary to invite famous teachers all over the place, and most of the famous teachers ask for very high prices, and they have to take care of their food and housing, which is a hundred taels of silver a year. People who practice martial arts have a great appetite, and it is absolutely impossible to eat ordinary porridge and side dishes, and they must meat eggs and ducks every day, at least three catties of meat a day, according to the price of meat, three cents per catty, and this year is dozens of taels of silver! As for the cost of medicinal herbs, blades, travel expenses, and battle strategies, they are even more innumerable! Therefore, to train a decent samurai, the amount of silver consumed is about a few hundred taels, not counting the money he does not plow or delay! ”

"Therefore, the old man thinks that how to train the soldiers is secondary, the key is to feed them well and eat well, as long as the soldiers are full and well-fed, how to practice how to be good, how to practice how to fight!"

Liu Xu nodded, what he said was very right, martial arts practice is heavy physical labor, and there must be sufficient protein intake, and a simple intake of carbohydrates such as grains cannot build muscles. Muscle growth is a cycle of muscle fiber destruction and reconstruction, which requires a lot of protein. Therefore, if you want to cultivate an excellent cold weapon army, an adequate supply of protein is absolutely indispensable.

In addition, military training is not a production activity, it can only be consumed but not produced, and the opportunity cost generated is also a big problem, so at this time Western Europe was still dominated by mercenaries, and few kings could afford a standing army. It was only when the central financial and taxation system was gradually formed and the logistics system was gradually improved, starting with the Italian city-states, that there were more and more standing armies, and finally developed into the Prussian standing army and conscription parallel system.

Smart people can draw inferences from one another, Chen Kong entered the military from martial arts, from practicing martial arts to training soldiers, and he is indeed an excellent leader.

Thinking of this, Liu Xu couldn't help but smile and said, "Well said, well said!" Listening to Mr. today's words is better than Liu Xu reading for ten years! ”

Chen Kong hurriedly humbled himself and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the old man saw Liu Gong's guards, all of them were fierce and strong, and he knew that Liu Gong already knew the trick of military training, and the old man was just chattering!" Although these soldiers' martial arts are still young, as long as they are trained a little and practice a few killing moves, they will be able to cross the battlefield and be invincible! ”

Liu Xu nodded, quite complacent about his soldier in his heart, and asked, "But although Sir is proficient in the way of refining the body, can you know why this human body is strong, and how to be stronger?" ”

"This ......" Chen Kong just listened to the master's lessons, ate more meat, ate more, exercised more, and his talent was very good, so he practiced martial arts, but he didn't know the specific reason, so he asked respectfully: "Please let Liu publicize it!" ”

"The human body is strong because it has muscles! If bones are the backbone of the human body, muscles are the center. The muscles rest on the bones and use the bone as the axis, so they can carry the body and output power. Therefore, those with more muscles have more strength, and those with fewer muscles cannot bind chickens. Of course, muscles and muscles are different, there are red and white muscles, and there is also muscle density, but in general, the more muscles, the stronger people are. ”

"That being the case, the key to exercise is to increase muscle mass, so what can increase muscle? In addition, soybeans, tofu, pork, beef, duck are also available, and ordinary rice noodles are also available, but the quantity is very small, and it is better than nothing. ”

When Chen Kong heard this, his heart was stirred, this is the key to refining the body of the martial arts, just this knowledge is enough to support a sect. He made up his mind to learn more as a foundation to pass on to his children and grandchildren in the future, so he immediately said: "Liu Gong is really talented, but if tofu and beef are rich in protein, it is better to eat tofu, after all, the price of meat is much higher than tofu!" ”

"No, that's not going to work!" Liu Xu immediately said: "Protein must be converted into amino acids in order to be absorbed and utilized, and amino acids are divided into essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids. In addition, beef and mutton are rich in creatine, which is a good medicine for increasing physical strength and improving durability, but it is not found in soybeans, which is why it is easier to get stronger by eating beef and mutton than by eating tofu! Saying that, Liu Xu sighed: "Although the land of the Central Plains is extremely rich, ordinary farmers are yellow and thin, no better than Mongolian herdsmen, although they are short and fat, they are all stocky, and they will naturally suffer losses when fighting!" When I take power, I will inevitably open up border trade, buy all the cattle and sheep of the Mongols, and let the people of the Central Plains eat fat and strong! ”

"I see!" Chen Kong admired it at this moment: "The sage has been used by the world, and Liu Gong starts from the skill of muscle growth and body refining, and has the world in mind, and he can be called a sage!" ”

"Mr. doesn't have to be like this, you and I are incompatible, work together to plan for peace, this is my wish!" As he spoke, Liu Xu asked Bolong again: "Bolong, do you see that my first batch of soldiers may go into battle now?" ”

Bolong has been listening to the conversation between the two, this cold man does not say much, does not interject, always seems to be listening and waiting, but when you need him, you will find that he will always be waiting there early, and you will definitely not let you down.

Bo Long thought for a moment and nodded: "If you talk about basic physical fitness, it may be a little worse than the men in the rivers and lakes who have been fighting for many years, but the ability to train and march long distances is definitely not bad, if you travel lightly, it is not difficult to travel eighty miles a day, and you can immediately enter the battle after a little rest after the march!" The personal martial arts skills are still a little worse, slightly inferior to those brothers of mine, but they practice the technique of super long spear phalanx and short spear assassination, if they fight in formation, they are definitely not inferior to the good players in the rivers and lakes! ”

He is an old Jianghu, an old oilman who rolled out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and he doesn't easily praise it, if he says it all, then this army is indeed enough to go into battle. Thinking like this, Liu Xu couldn't help but smile and said, "In that case, how do you think they compare to Jiannu?" ”

Bo Long frowned and thought for a while, and said slowly: "With all due respect to his subordinates, if you face the Ming border army, this army can not fall behind, and even surpass it, but if you face the elite of Jiannu, I am afraid that it will not be able to match." ”

"Why?"

"The soldiers of Jiannu are all veterans of many years of war, crawling out of the pile of dead, not only skilled in combat, but also killed people, seen blood, and will not be impacted by blood. And Liu Gong's troops, the elite are elite, but they have never seen blood, just like the sword has never been bladed, although the texture is excellent, it cannot kill! If it is like to rival Jiannu, each soldier must kill several people, and see blood, so that such a force can dominate the world and be fearless! ”

When Liu Xu heard this, he immediately realized that he was still too confident, the army in the era of cold weapons was bound to see blood, and even if the troops that did not see blood were well equipped, tightly organized, and well led, it was difficult to have a murderous aura, let alone fight against the best troops in East Asia in this era. Therefore, he immediately asked, "Then according to you, how can this army see blood and kill people?" ”

Bo Long pondered for a moment and said: "This training is best to start with the weak brigade first, gradually exercise, and then use the method of Liu Gong to bring the new and teach the martial arts hall to cultivate and exercise, so as to create a strong soldier in the world." Although the business and travel in the south of the Yangtze River are prosperous, and it is much better than the northwest, there are still many water thieves and road bandits. If you can practice with them, as long as you see blood, and then match it with Liu Gong's firearms, even if you are against the elite of Shangjiannu, you will definitely not fall behind! (To be continued.) )