69. Taigong Liutao

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In April, the river is surging and flowing eastward.

Dozens of dusty men stood on the shore, looking at the boiling Yellow River and worried, holding a lot of equipment in their hands, some were long swords, some were axes, and there were all kinds of ring-headed knives and hardwood bows. Not far behind them were nearly two hundred ragged old and young women and children, and a few mules pulling carts and carrying some substances.

"No ferry?"

A young man in a short shirt couldn't help but ask again.

Someone in the team said: "In this world, the belly is not full, and there are strong people everywhere, who has the heart to ferry?" ”

The young man who asked him before was about twenty years old, seven feet five tall, and strong enough, and his face was vaguely similar to Deng Jiyi, but there was an extra circle of beard on his face, and he said angrily at this time: "Damn, there is not much food to eat, and if you can't cross the river, can you drink the wind here?" ”

"It seems that the only way to build a raft is to build it!" A middle-aged man in the team said a word and asked, "I said Deng Kuo'er, are you only twenty years old this year?" Is that Deng Lei Gong, who robbed grain, really your fourth brother? Who can allow such a kid to be a Qu Shuai? ”

My own words have been doubted again, how many times have I been along the way? The young man suddenly became angry: "Lao Tzu said, that is the fourth child of my family, Ah Ji, who is nicknamed Pimple, and Lei Gong estimated that he was newly picked up after going over there!" ”

An old man said: "Don't worry about Deng Kuo'er, we know that you are a bold person, but there are so many old and weak people following, even if Lei Gong is really your fourth brother, he will treat it like you?" Can we eat and drink? ”

"That's it," the middle-aged man just now picked up again: "Boss Wang is not bad, we are so old and weak, and we are afraid that the ugly ghost and the foodie will scare people!" Don't run all the way around, people don't accept it, but it's a joke! ”

There are also people next to him who agreed: "That is, I am waiting for Ren Xia (note) Quartet, it is not refreshing there, why bother to look up to people and snort?" ”

"Phew! Even if you are a hero, you have to be able to fill your belly! The young man looked disdainful: "Didn't you hear that my brother robbed 700,000 stone grain?" Can you do such a big thing, and you and I can eat and drink for a short time? Besides, it's my brother, if he dares not to take him in, see if I don't smoke him! ”

Last year, although the disaster in the land of Yanyu was not big, the price of food had also risen sharply, and these people had become difficult to mix, and they had been cutting back on food recently, and they didn't refute it when they heard the young man's words, but some people laughed and said:

"People are already handsome, if you Deng Kuoer really dare to draw it, Lao Tzu will obey you from now on!"

"Why don't you dare?" The young man who said this was also a little weak-hearted, but he didn't die with others on this, and after saying a word, he rushed to the tall ugly man who had been standing at the end and had been silent: "Don't worry, ugly ghost, go to my brother, and let you eat enough!" ”

Seeing that he had changed the topic and lacked confidence, he laughed when he spoke just now.

When the ugly man heard his words, he immediately grinned, and did not answer, but went straight to a thick tree by the side of the road, picked up the axe, and cut it, and in a short time overturned it.

The young man immediately jumped up and shouted, "Build a raft! ”

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"That's how you cut it, don't let the tips grow too tall!"

At this time, Deng Ji is teaching two old men to prune peach trees, this peach forest is outside the county of Shehou County, it was left by the people before the plague, the age of the tree is already a little old, now the peach tree has been covered with small peaches with green fur, pruning peach trees are only in summer, autumn and winter, now is not the time, Deng Ji can not wait for the field to teach, and did not really cut down.

A few days ago, Deng Ji had led people to graft a lot of peach branches from here to the valley, and it would take at least three or four years for them to grow up and bear fruit, but he only led two old farmers to learn pruning first, so that they could be responsible for managing the fruit trees in the future.

In his previous life, there were many fruit trees in his hometown, and Deng Ji's family also planted them, and when the township invited a technician to teach fruit tree cultivation techniques, he had gone to hear it with his father, although the grades in the school were not good, he was still familiar with this part.

"Peaches are easy to insects, but unfortunately we don't have paper in the valley, otherwise we can use kraft paper to make some insect-proof bags to avoid insects, but now it is not done, if it is made of leather, it is afraid that the light will affect the harvest."

"Make bags out of paper? How expensive is that? What Deng Ji said was unheard of, and now although he has a lot of trust in this young man Qu Shuai, the two old farmers still can't help but doubt, if it weren't for what he said, the old farmers would have to shave their ears up.

There is no paper in the school, so this kind of insect control technology can only be talked about first, and Deng Ji does not argue, and talks about other things with a smile.

Over there, Xie Yun had already found a foal.

After the first batch of halberds were made, Deng Ji asked the carpenters and blacksmiths to make bilateral stirrups, which were simple and did not need to be refined, and ordinary blacksmiths could do it, without delaying the work of making iron shields.

As soon as this thing came out, it was immediately loved by the knights, but Deng Ji once announced that only those who have passed the riding skill in the valley can match the mount with stirrups, and now there are many horses vacated, Xie Yun is determined to become a famous halberd in the future, and he has recently practiced riding hard, and loves to ride horses out to wander around.

"Brother Pimple, you're matching horses today, aren't you going to watch?"

Deng Ji stopped teaching here, turned his head and replied to him: "Don't go, I'm not familiar with that thing, and if I go, it's also a mess, let Chang Lao lead them to get it!" ”

There are so many livestock, if you don't reproduce and reproduce, you are a fool, spring breeding is naturally important, but this Deng Ji is not as familiar as the old man of Changde, but he doesn't dare to command blindly.

The good horses taken from the officers and soldiers of Xiaquyang should be Xiliang horses, which are called Hequ horses in later generations, although the stallions have been castrated, the mare can still live, Deng Ji expects this year's Liaodong high-class horses to be matched with good breeds, and specially explained that Changde should pay attention to breeding, and then put it away.

After Deng Ji explained the peach tree cultivation technology, the two old farmers were left to take care of the peach forest, and then they drove their horses and returned side by side with Xie Yun.

"After practicing the halberd, Brother Pimple, where are we going now?"

"After this period, I will be fine today. Why don't we race horses? Lose for the winner for three days? ”

The work of cooking and laundry at home is taken care of by Wu Jiao's two women, and only the matter of pouring the toilet into the toilet belongs to Deng Ji, and the lazy family is responsible for Xie Yun, the two families are next door, and the brothers and sisters are going to go together when they dump the toilet.

Xie Yun's foal was less than two years old, it was produced by the horses of the Bingzhou Minfu team the year before last, he looked at his own mount, and then looked at Deng Ji's high-headed war horse, and said with a smile: "Brother Pimple, you are really unkind!" ”

This kid was not fooled, Deng Ji had to think of other methods: "That's strength, seeing how hard you have been practicing recently, it is estimated that your strength is greater than mine!" ”

"Not comparable!" Xie Yun shook his head, and his little eyes rolled: "It's better to compare to us than to climb a tree and dig out birds' eggs, and lose a bag for a month!" ”

Deng Ji is now nearly eight feet tall, and he has a round waist and thick arms, do you really want to climb to the top of the tree without crushing the twigs? This time, it was his turn to quit: "In the early years, I was also a good climber at trees, so I don't take advantage of you!" ”

"Then who is the farther pee?"

Xie Yun came up with the topic again, it's hard to win or lose, Deng Ji is quite moved, but think about how he says it now, he also has an identity, and it's not good to do this shameful thing, so he has to give up.

The two laughed at each other's problems for a while, and Xie Yun said: "Brother Pimple, I don't know why Master Tian is today, we were still learning "Zhou Li" before, and we stopped today, and suddenly changed to talk about "Taigong Liutao", isn't it strange?" ”

"Huh?"

Since the literacy has passed a stage, Tian Feng and other masters in the school began to explain the deep meaning of the text, and the schoolwork has changed, Deng Ji's previous life advantage has been lost, he only wants to be able to read and hyphenate words, and when he feels that it is enough, he no longer has the heart to continue to accompany him, but now he has not gone to the school for more than a month.

"Taigong Liutao"?"

"Well, I'll read a paragraph for you."

"Okay!"

"King Wu asked the prince, 'I want to attack the many with the few, and the strong with the weak, what can I do?' Taigong said: 'Whoever strikes the crowd with less will lie down in the deep grass in the twilight of the sun, and ask for the narrow road; Whoever strikes the strong with the weak will win the help of the great power and the help of the neighbor. ’”

"That's what I said yesterday?"

"Well, the master said that Liutao is divided into six volumes: Wen, Wu, Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, and Dog, and we are not good at what we have learned, so we will not talk about "Wentao Volume" first, and directly talk about "Leopard Tao"!"

"And this?" Deng Ji scratched his head: "Then I'll take a look tomorrow!" ”

Note: Chivalry is divided into three categories: Moxia, Renxia, and Yixia. A branch of the Moxia Mo family, which forms the Mo family with Mo Xian, and the representative figures include Mo Zhai, Mrs. Xu, etc.; Ren Xia, a general term for rangers, is represented by Jing Ke and others; Yixia is another name for the chivalrous family in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it is rumored that it was founded by the descendants of Su Qin, with the doctrine of "chivalry and love for the people", one of the hundred schools of thought, and then gradually evolved into a chivalrous warrior who does righteousness and eliminates violence.