Chapter 107: New Year's Month
Out of the inner gate, riding a horse to the official road, Wen Chou rushed all the way north to Pingjian County, and it was no problem. It only takes an hour to come and go, and it is considered to have completed this form.
When Wen rushed back, the Wen people were still not ready.
The two Han people regarded death as life, and sacrifices prevailed. The ancient ancestor sacrifice is mostly a temple sacrifice, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the tomb sacrifice has gradually formed a custom. The so-called "tomb sacrifice" is the sacrifice made in front of the tombs of the ancestors.
According to the regular system, the children of the famous families and the children of the families who participated in the sacrifice gathered at the inner gate under the leadership of their parents, and then rushed to the cemetery together. After that, there are many kinds of offerings, recitations, and offerings. When you get home, you can't just go away, but you have to debate the scriptures, and of course these people need to be people who have been reading the scriptures for years. The custom of braiding the Zhengdan Sutra began after the revival of Guangwu in this dynasty. After that, it's time for the feast. Such a set is often scheduled until midnight on New Year's Day!
The Wen family is not an ordinary scholar, but a martial heirloom, so the 'ancestor worship' is much simpler than the 'ancestor worship' of those scholars. Just put the tribute on the tomb, and then the representative of the head of the family recited a sacrifice, and forget it, and the braided scriptures and family banquets in the back are all omitted. Of course, this sacrificial text is still read by the father of Wenba, after all, Wen Chou has not yet weakened the crown.
It only took three or four hours before and after the sacrificial ceremony was completed. When Wen Chou returned home, the sun had just set.
It is not only the people of Shahe Township who can celebrate the New Year smoothly, but also the prisoners guarded by Dong Jiang, Wen Chou also took care of them and provided a large number of New Year's items, which made these prisoners have a sense of belonging, and they are not as hostile to the people of Shahe Township as before.
In the blink of an eye, it was another decade, during which Wen Chou did not make any big moves, but let the villagers have a peaceful and stable New Year, and it is needless to say more about visiting relatives and friends.
On this day, just in the middle of the first month, after Wen Chou released the information of the third recruitment, Shahe Township also began to get busy. The opening of the school, the opening of the library, the departure of the caravan, the handling of the affairs of the households, etc., all kinds of departments operated in an orderly manner.
During this period, Wen Chou never forgot Zhao Yun, and had already sent a letter to send New Year's blessings, and once again mentioned the words of the shortage of soldiers and short generals, as well as the words of inviting him to come as a guest and learn from each other. Zhao Yunyu studied alone and practiced martial arts unremittingly, but it was difficult to find an opponent and could not verify the results. Now that Wen Chou is invited, there is no major event at the moment, and he is naturally happy. The letter said that as soon as the first lunar month passes, he will come to the door to disturb him, and he will not give up.
Wen Chou received the reply, he was pleasantly surprised, and said in his heart: "Such a letter exchange, every one or twenty times, there are three or four times to invite him to come, and finally get his letter!" As long as he is willing to come, it will not be in vain for me to put in such a effort! I hope I can impress him! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but show excitement on my face.
Although everything is on the right track, Wen Chou has never been idle, and every time he has a little time, he uses it to improve his own ability. The first is to practice martial arts every day, and the second is to read the works of the sages and sons.
The establishment of the library is also a great benefit to Wenchou itself! In the face of so many classical holy books, Wen Chou felt how few books he had studied in the more than two years of Ding Wei, and how lacking his own opinions were, which was simply not enough to face this troubled world.
In this small township, he may be able to win the respect and loyalty of some less knowledgeable rangers, if he really encounters those famous men and important ministers, he will not be able to take these opinions at all! The family of Jiang Cheng, the third elder of the township, is a living example. The reason why Jiang Cheng made his third son Jiang Xuan live under Wen Chou is probably mostly for the sake of exercise.
You don't see that he has no sense of loyalty, but he just sighs at the strangeness of Wen Chou's thinking and the novelty of his actions. If you really want to make them admire and admire, and even be loyal, I am afraid there is still a long way to go.
In terms of martial arts, even though Wen Chou has never slackened off because of the busyness of everything, after all, he is still not as good as Yan Liang who spends a considerable part of his time every day on his strength and martial arts. As a result, Wen Chou has been struggling with Yan Liang recently, and the tricks he can stick to are getting fewer and fewer.
There is really a gain and a loss! When Wen Chou and Yan Liang are in a period of rapid growth in martial arts, while Wen Chou can only maintain ordinary practice, Yan Liang often strengthens practice, and the gap is naturally slowly reflected. However, now that the problem has been discovered, Wen Chou will naturally take a little precaution and pay more attention to the practice of martial arts.
No, just after reading Zhao Yun's reply, Wen Chou sighed for a while and wanted to go to practice one or two. There are people who are responsible for everything, the military and political system of the entire Shahe Township is a little sound, and Wen Chou has much more free time than in the years! I don't think I will be too far away by Yan Liangchao.
Wen Chou's martial arts practice is nothing more than boiling strength, familiarizing himself with tricks, studying routines, etc., all of which have been handed down from ancient times and have their own reasons. It's even better if you have one or two sparring partners, so you can test your ideas at any time.
Wen Chou was a college student from a peasant family before the crossing, and he didn't have any research on martial arts, so naturally there was no outstanding improvement in the martial arts that inherited 'Wen Chou'! At most, I watched some fancy movies in my previous life, but they didn't have any practical effect! It's a blessing that the martial arts don't regress too much.
The growth of martial arts in the future depends on the degree of hard work, normally speaking, it will not be weaker than the average first-class general, and it may be slightly weaker than the peak in its history, but it will not be much weaker. Of course, this is an ideal situation, and Wen Chou is diligent and practiced. If Wen Chou neglects martial arts for some reason, he will definitely not reach the height of history again!
If you see Wen Chou practicing diligently on a small school field on the plug, a large school field not far from it is the training place of Sergeant Taolin.
At present, more than 1,000 soldiers are also in serious training. The sound of 'hey' and 'ha' from time to time marks every attack of the soldiers, or stab, or slash, or split! The voice is majestic and imposing.
In a few days, a new group of soldiers will be stationed, and they will inevitably be tortured by them, so as to relieve them of their painful history. These are about to become the 'traditions' of the Taolin Army, and the usual training is as cruel and strict as a battlefield fight. Only in this way can these soldiers have a better chance of surviving on the battlefield. This is the ideology and training guidelines that Wen Chou has been implementing since the establishment of the Taolin Army! That's why there is the current elite army that can be used as ten.
Lifting stone locks, resisting logs, shooting and practicing horsemanship, going hand in hand, relying on each other, splitting knives and bayonets, raising shields for protection, advancing when listening to drums, and retreating with gold are all things that these sergeants need to practice. A mature army system will inevitably have exercises in strength, martial arts, battle formations, etc., and the current Taolinsai can be said to be mature.
As long as you provide enough personnel and enough food and grass, you will definitely be able to train a usable army in three months; Train an elite division within half a year; Build a hundred battles within a year; Within three years, the full potential of this team can be realized. Of course, the latter is also Wen Chou's inference, but according to the current situation, it is a responsible inference.
"Diligence is a good discipline to make up for shortcomings." This is a criterion that Wen Chou kept in mind in his previous life. After he crossed over, he practiced this word for a while. For the personnel under his command, it is also required in this way.
Obeying the "Wen's Marksmanship", Wen Chou swayed out one after another, moving and moving under his feet, and the silver gun in his hand was like a dragon; Sometimes I see the heavy gun smashing down magnificently, sometimes I hear the mixed iron silver gun stirring the wind and brushing, and there are more silver light dots of pear blossoms blooming all over, as if a spring breeze was born in front of you!
With Wen Chou's more and more skillful and fast gun display, the prestige of it is also more and more revealed. Even the military academies that were watching the training of the soldiers also came to watch and admire. Among them, Yan Liang held a long-handled broadsword in his hand and had a blazing fire in his eyes; Wenba also carried an iron gun, showing excitement; Even Dong Jiang also pressed the first knife of the hundred refining ring on his waist with his hand, and he was moved. --- Dong Jiang had been replaced by Liu Qing from the thief camp a few days ago.
All the generals and officers here have the intention of competing skills, and Jiang Xuan, Chen Ning and other civil officials and soldiers also came to watch the excitement. Of course, the current civil officials do not practice martial arts like the civil officials of later generations, and they usually have some martial arts to defend themselves, most of which are sword fighting. It's just that it can't be compared with the rangers and generals who are based on martial arts. But it didn't prevent them from coming to watch Zang Wei, and talking and debating was their strength.
In a moment, the first to play was Wenba, who also made an iron gun. I saw Wen Ba seeing an opportunity, burst into the circle, and jumped into the circle. Wen Chou had already looked at the edge of the school field, and everyone was watching, and when he saw Wen Ba coming to attack with a gun, he changed his move from sweeping to oblique, which really made Wen Ba startled. Because when he entered, he saw Wen Chou's experience, and he couldn't change his moves, but he didn't expect Wen Chou to have spare strength and be able to change the number of moves slightly!
Of course, Wenba is not easy to get along with, and he is also very familiar with the same root and origin marksmanship. At the moment, it is a vertical gun, smashing the head with the tail, and the momentum comes out all of a sudden, which is really a wonderful way to deal with it. Seeing that one blow could not be achieved, and there was the danger of being hit by a heavy gun, Wen Chou hurriedly drew his gun to defend himself, and then turned his gun and shook his tail, sweeping towards Wen Ba
Wen Chou and Wen Ba practice the same martial arts, and they often practice together, which can be said to know the roots. In the blink of an eye, fifty or sixty times passed, and Wenba began to clumsy from side to side, and the defeat was only in an instant. This is still the result of Wen Chou's hard training for a while and a lot of physical strength. If it were normal times, Wen Ba would be able to hold up forty times under Wen Chou's hands.