Chapter 17
Among the disciples of Lingxiao's generation, Pang Feiyang is extremely high in terms of knowledge and cultivation, otherwise he would not be qualified to be the first seat of the Eagle Hall. It's just that by mistake, when he went out to do errands, the disciples of the Eagle Hall were ambushed by the enemy, which made him so frustrated.
Pang Feiyang took a closer look at Zhang Zhao's Vajra training body, which seemed to be mysterious, but there was always something missing. So he whispered, "I'll see what you did just now." ”
Zhang Zhao did it again. Pang Feiyang thought for a moment and turned around and left without saying a word. Zhang Zhao was confused, and hurriedly ran down the mountain road to the back kitchen.
Today, he did one more physical exercise, and the old man Sha of the Baimu League also came earlier. The four young men had already cooperated with the fat master to hang up a few fat cattle. Zhang Zhao saw that he was late, so he didn't say much, and quickly picked up the knife to work.
After cleaning up the livestock, Zhang Zhao found that Old Man Sha did not say goodbye and leave, but talked to the fat master about something, and looked at him from time to time.
"Zhang Zhao, come here. Hearing the fat master's greeting, Zhang Zhao approached quickly.
"Lao Sha, you can talk to him. The fat master pointed at Zhang Zhao: "But let's talk about it, if you want to dig my people, I'm welcome." ”
"Little brother, how old are you today. Lao Sha asked kindly.
Zhang Zhao replied honestly: "I'm sixteen." Lao Sha listened and nodded again and again. "Good, good, just right. ”
The fat master laughed on the side: "Lao Sha, if you ask like this, I thought you were going to tell Zhang Zhao a daughter-in-law." ”
Lao Sha said with a smile: "If I had a daughter, I would be allowed to marry this little brother, but unfortunately I was not blessed, and I gave birth to a few boys." ”
After speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhao: "Little brother, I have something to ask for here, and the fat master said that he wanted to ask what you mean." I want my little brother to represent our tribe in the Hundred Husbandry Competition. ”
Hundreds of years ago, dozens of herdsman tribes on the Xuanmu Domain spontaneously formed an alliance to jointly fight against the beast tide, and now more and more herdsman tribes have joined more than 100 in Wuxuan, and Wuxuan calls it the Hundred Pastoral Alliance.
The Baimu League has contacts with all the major sects of the Five Xuan, mainly to transport the livestock needed for daily life, and also to supply furs for some sects. The most important thing for these herders is the quality of the pastures in the grazing areas, and there has never been a rule about which tribe owns the pastures. Everyone is constantly moving with the season.
After all, there are still two or more tribes at the same time to see a pasture, in order to unite to avoid disputes, the leaders of the tribes of the Hundred Pastoral League agreed to hold a competition every five years, according to the custom of the herdsmen, the winner can be preferred. Everyone allocates the grassland according to the ranking, and rotates every five years, so that everyone has a fair chance to compete.
The Hundred Pasture League has friendships with many sects, and also allows various tribes to invite sects that have business dealings on weekdays to watch the ceremony or participate in the competition instead. The original intention of this decision was just to enhance the relationship between each other, and when it came to the ability to ride horses and sheep, kill cattle and slaughter pigs, even those cultivators of the Upper Three Realms might not be able to beat an ordinary shepherd who made a living from it.
Lao Sha's clan is not too big, and it has always been in the middle and lower ranks in this five-year competition. People go to high places, who doesn't want to go further, every day to send livestock Lao Sha can see Zhang Zhao's methods, he secretly uses his own tribe to compare with Zhang Zhao also feels quite inferior, then I remembered the idea of letting Zhang Zhao replace the race, if you get a good ranking, not only the business of the entire tribe can go further, Lao Sha in the clan is naturally rising.
There is another rule of this competition that is another reason for Lao Sha's motivation, in order to ensure fairness, if the participants have similar results, the younger one will be awarded the winner. Lao Sha participated in the competition a lot of times, and the youngest of those winners was more than ten years older than Zhang Zhao. After he weighed it, he brought up the matter with the fat master.
The fat master didn't expect that there would be so many things to say in a shepherd's competition, he looked at Lao Sha and asked, "If we win, what good will we do to Lingxiao?"
Lao Sha did not hesitate: "Fat master, if this little brother can let our tribe choose a satisfactory pasture, we will only collect the capital every time we send the livestock, and we will not earn a penny." ”
This is a discount of 10,000 taels a day, the fat master and Zhang Zhao looked at each other and were about to blurt out a promise, and then heard Lao Sha say: "If you are lucky enough to get one of the top ten grasslands, we will not accept any of the livestock you need for Lingxiao within five years." ”
"Not really. The fat master asked in disbelief: "Lao Sha, how much benefit can you have to occupy a pasture, you only collect the capital and make less than 3 million taels a year, if you don't need money for five years, and even the tens of millions of taels with interest, where will you earn?"
Lao Sha didn't hide it: "Fat master, you don't know, there are many wealthy and powerful families on Wuxuan, and they attach great importance to the provenance of livestock, and the livestock from the top ten grasslands, no matter how much the price is raised, is in short supply." Moreover, the ten grasslands cover an extremely wide area, even if our small tribe can't digest it, and share it with any big tribe for five years, the benefits will be several times that of giving you Lingxiao.
Seeing that Lao Sha was unequivocally telling everything and everything, and there was nothing to lose by letting Zhang Zhao go to the competition, the fat master looked at Zhang Zhao and asked, "Zhang Zhao, do you want to go." ”
Zhang Zhao nodded again and again: "Of course I want to go, but this uncle, I will only bleed and peel my skin, I don't know what you guys will compare to." ”
Lao Sha was overjoyed when he heard this: "You can just promise to compete with this, and for the rest of the competition, our tribe will have another person." ”
Of course, the Shepherd's Games are not just about slaughtering and cutting meat. The tournament will be held for three days, with the first day being horse racing and the second day being wrestling. On the third day, the animals were slaughtered and the meat was cut.
The fat master was disappointed when he heard this: "I'll just say that Lao Sha, your benefits sound tempting, and there must be another way." If you lose in other competitions, Zhang Zhao will not toss in vain. ”
Seeing that Lao Sha didn't squeak, the fat master said again: "I don't think you are sure about those two items, otherwise you will never be able to get the pasture you like." It makes us rejoice with Bai. ”
Lao Sha smiled: "Fat master, except for those big tribes, the other tribes are not too much apart in horse racing and wrestling, depending on the performance on the spot, our tribe's strength is not weak every time in the first two days." The most important thing was the third day of competition. ”
He looked at Zhang Zhao: "The last few tribes that occupy the top ten grasslands every year are not very prominent in the first two days of the competition, and only on the last day did they show their strength. The people of those tribes are very skillful and extremely fast. Our tribe is far inferior every time. I think the little brother is quite talented in this, so I sincerely invite him. ”
Lao Sha looked at the fat master again: "No matter what the final result is, at least there is a chance." The worst thing to do is to go and see the excitement again. It's not a matter of life and death. ”
The fat master saw that Lao Sha and Zhang Zhao were full of expectation, and said with a smile: "Okay, let your kid open his eyes." It's just that in the days when you're away, I might have to take the knife myself. ”
Lao Sha listened to a stone in his heart: "Thank you two, the competition will be held in five months, and I will send more livestock up these days to practice for the little brother." ”
He looked at the fat master with a puzzled look on his face and hurriedly explained: "Those livestock are all given away by Lao Sha for free, not counting money." ”
The fat master laughed after hearing this, and reached out and patted Lao Sha's shoulder heavily: "Lao Sha, you went up the mountain today, and this sentence is the most pleasing to my ears." ”
Lao Sha was stumbled by him: "The fat master is merciful, my old bones can't withstand a few shots from you." ”
After the matter was successfully discussed, Lao Sha was also very happy and greeted Zhang Zhao: "Little brother, I will tell you in detail about the competition on the day of the competition, and let you be a little prepared these days." ”
Zhang Zhaoyi: "What else are you going to prepare? Isn't it just that I usually do these jobs?"
Lao Sha shook his head: "Of course it's different, the little brother's technique is fast enough now, but compared with the real fast knives of my Baimu League, there is still a bit of a gap, not to mention that we are much more careful in comparison." ”
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