After dinner, Wu's mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhou Tiezhu returned to the blacksmith workshop to look at the stove and tools, Zhou Tiezhu also lived upstairs in the blacksmith workshop on weekdays, Yan Dechang said that he wanted to go out, changed his clothes, and went directly to the backyard to pull the rhinosaurus out, put on the saddle, and rode out of the door, and did not say what he was going to do, only Yan Liqiang was left at home, and Yan Liqiang was idle at home all of a sudden.

In the past, he had no time to spare, during the period from dinner to bed, except for the time to eat, he basically practiced in the backyard of his own house, Yan Dechang would stay aside, personally supervise Yan Liqiang, and never relaxed for a day.

Yan Liqiang's thin reputation among the teenagers in Liuhe Town was all obtained by him with sweat over the years, and there was no luck.

The front yard of Yan Liqiang's house is on the edge of the Liuhe River, and there is a water hammer machine tool powered by water in the blacksmith workshop, while the backyard of Yan Liqiang's house is opposite to the front yard, and outside the backyard, there is a bamboo forest, which is very quiet.

The stable and the hay room are under the two tiled houses on this side of the backyard, and there is a peach tree in the backyard, and under the peach tree, there is a weapon rack, on which are placed four weapons: swords, guns, swords, and sticks— The stick is the ancestor of a hundred soldiers, the sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, the knife is the courage of a hundred soldiers, and the gun is the king of a hundred soldiers, which are the four most common weapons, and they are also the most used and the four weapons that can kill people, for more than 90% of the people who study martial arts, the weapon they major in is basically one of these four, to put it more carefully, because the lethality of the stick is not great, there are not many people who use the stick, and most people major in weapons are knives, guns, and swords.

The so-called moon stick, year knife, and a lifetime of guns, guns are the most difficult to cultivate among these four weapons, so relatively speaking, there are fewer people who practice spear skills than those who practice swords.

But the weapon that Yan Liqiang majored in was the gun.

This is not Yan Liqiang's own choice, but when he first started practicing martial arts, Yan Dechang had already chosen it for him, Yan Liqiang didn't know why Yan Dechang, who didn't understand martial arts, chose such a difficult path for him, over the years, Yan Liqiang has been practicing guns, practicing the basic skills of guns.

Not far from the weapon rack, there is a shelf, and under a shelf of that shelf is tied a row of egg-sized iron beads with a rope, which is a prop for Yan Liqiang to practice guns, and the row of iron beads is coated with phosphor, so not only can it be seen during the day, but at night the row of iron beads is green in the moonlight, which is very eye-catching, and it can also be trained.

The basic skills of marksmanship are three words, block, take, pierce - block the gun, take the gun, pierce the gun, block is defense, take is hard, pierce is attack!

Three simple words, three basic movements, Yan Liqiang has been practicing for eight years, but he is not even a beginner.

Because Yan Liqiang has not yet built a foundation, he is not a real samurai, so practicing these things can only be regarded as practicing a frame and appearance, in this era, a person has not built a foundation, has not become a real samurai, no matter how hard he works, it is not considered to have really mastered a kung fu.

Like today he was beaten down from the ring by Hong Tao with an iron sand palm, to be honest, Yan Liqiang really didn't expect Hong Tao to practice iron sand palm at this time, because Hong Tao is the same as him, he has not yet built a foundation, and he is not a samurai, and the iron sand palm needs a lot of time to practice, at this time it is very unwise to spend a lot of time on these outer kung fu, as the saying goes, practice first, and then practice boxing, gong is in the fist first, practice martial arts without practice, to the first empty, fist is outside, gong is inside, to practice to build a foundation, if you don't build a foundation, although these external skills look powerful now, but only a temporary ability, in the end after all, it is a mirror and a moon, it is rare to be long, and it is impossible to enter the house。

And the time for a person to build a foundation is limited, God doesn't give you too much time to squander, basically, if a person has not built a foundation before the age of twenty-five, that person's hope of building a foundation in this life is very slim, that is, there is no hope for advancing to the samurai in a lifetime. Just like Yan Dechang's apprentice Zhou Tiezhu, he was still far from building a foundation after the age of twenty-five, and completely lost the possibility of building a foundation, so he came to learn a survival craft from Yan Dechang.

In the previous life on the earth, samurai seemed to be everywhere, and many people called themselves samurai as long as they practiced fighting for a few years, were stronger, had a knife hanging on their bodies, and dared to cut and kill people.

The standard for becoming a samurai in this world must be to build a foundation, and to build a foundation you have to pass three levels, these three levels are more difficult than one level, each level has a very objective and testable standard, only after these three levels, the person who completes the foundation building is qualified to call himself a samurai, and only a samurai can really cultivate all kinds of kung fu and combat skills to a high level.

Yan Liqiang has been practicing since he was a child, and he sweats like rain in this small courtyard every day, but he has not even passed the first level of these three levels.

And the first level of these three levels is Zama Bu, which is the basic skill that any martial artist must pass.

Zamabu seems simple, everyone can, but in fact, there may not be one in a hundred people who can pass this level.

What is considered to be a pass? It is necessary to achieve the unity of waist and horse, and the whole body strength is from the feet, and to be able to tie a horse under oneself to pass the test. And as long as you pass this level, if you really want to fight with fists and feet, one person can throw most people away with a gear ten.

In order to let Yan Liqiang pass this hurdle, Yan Dechang spent a lot of money to buy a rhinosaurus horse, which was kept at home, not only to let Yan Liqiang learn to ride, but also to let Yan Liqiang experience the great power brought by the unity of man and horse when he punched and shot on the horse when he galloped up.

And the person who really passes the horse step, when he punches, is like riding a horse under him, the power under his feet, the power on the thighs, the strength of the waist and back, can be transmitted to the fist, such a punch, it is easy to crush ordinary people. There is a saying that the arm can't twist the thigh, think about the comparison of the strength of the muscles in a person's arm and thigh, you can know how big the difference in strength between the two is.

Ordinary people punch people, using the power of the arm, and further, you can use the strength of the chest muscles and back muscles, the professional boxers on the earth, can use part of the waist power, and the sign of the success of the horse step, but you can even use the power of the toes, which is why all martial arts practitioners regard the horse step as the basic skill, the horse step is tied, the body is equal to the strength of a horse, even if the person is standing on the ground, it is like riding a horse, not moving.

Yan Liqiang didn't understand these truths on the earth before, but in this world, everyone knows these truths.

But knowing is not the same as being able to do it, just like almost every high school student on the earth knows that the atomic bomb comes from Einstein's mass-energy equation, but even if you know the mass-energy equation, not everyone can build an atomic bomb.

If you want to pass the level of horse step, in addition to will, heart and sweat, there may be some unknown tricks, and Yan Dechang as an ordinary blacksmith, he can only do his best to help Yan Liqiang pass this level, in the case that he doesn't know the mystery and can't afford to teach Yan Liqiang from a famous teacher, like most parents who want their son Jackie Chan, Yan Dechang can only buy a rhinosaurus horse for Yan Liqiang according to those experiences that have been circulated, so that Yan Liqiang can experience the mystery of horse steps after learning to ride.

In this world, those real skills, those mystical secrets and knowledge related to kung fu and martial arts, are very, very expensive, those knowledge and skills, just like the high-value patents of the commercial society on the earth, are not ordinary people can have, that is the exclusive use of a few people, only the real wealthy families, only have the confidence and wealth to invite famous teachers, not to mention anything else, with the strength of the Hong family in Liuhe Town, the Hong family does not have the confidence and resources to invite any famous teachers.

The real famous teachers are at least the cultivation of samurai, and they still have the ability and secrets and are willing to teach others.

Yan Liqiang knows, there are almost no such people in Qinghe County, there are two in Pingxi County, and one lives in the county town of Pingxi County, surnamed Song, and teaches people to step a horse, and worships him as a teacher.

Yan Liqiang's father naturally wanted to send Yan Liqiang to study, but he couldn't afford to apprentice Xie Yi, so he wanted to worship the person surnamed Song as a master, at least one hundred taels of gold, and never bargained. And all the property of the Yan family, including the blacksmith's workshop, is worth twenty taels of gold at most.

If there is no gold and silver on the ground, where can you learn the real skill?

The kind of thing that carries a basket of eggs, cuts a little pork, and takes two bottles of wine to learn from a teacher can only be seen in the earth's film and television dramas, as for the kind of film and television dramas on the earth, the master worships the master and still raises you, teaches you the secret method of martial arts for free, and lets you eat and drink for nothing in the master's house, you are responsible for practicing the martial arts skills, and the master and the master also give birth to a beautiful little sister to soak you, which is a plot that cannot be dreamed of, Yue Buqun in Jin Yong's novel is going to be born in the Silver Continent, and he can simply become a cult Lei Feng-level character。

And the reason why this Guoshu county exam is so important is because the leaders of the county exam can have the opportunity to enter the county-level Guoshu Pavilion to learn skills, and the apprenticeship qualification of the county-level Guoshu Pavilion is almost the only way for ordinary people to hope to learn a little real ability, so as to advance to the samurai, and its gold content is naturally self-evident.

And the reason why everyone in this world wants to build a foundation and successfully become a samurai is because samurai is not only a title, but also a privileged class that can completely override the ordinary class.

In ancient China, there was a saying that everything is inferior only to study, but in this world, everything is inferior only to practice martial arts.

The only reason why the Hong family in Liuhe Town is awesome is that Hong Tao's great-grandfather, that is, Hong Tao's father's grandfather, was the only samurai in the entire Liuhe Town, and with this, Hong Tao's great-grandfather earned a huge family property for the Hong family in Liuhe Town - dozens of shop fronts in Liuhe Town, seven or eight oil and rice workshops, and thousands of acres of fertile land in the town, all of which are the property of the Hong family, the work of one person, and the blessing of three generations of descendants......

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration flashed in Yan Liqiang's head, and he suddenly understood and completely understood the situation of the Hong family.

The Hong family has not produced a samurai for three generations, the ancient saying of the Silver Continent - the third generation of the samurai, the Hong family seems to be beautiful now, but the heart of the head of the Hong family, that is, Hong Tao's grandfather, I am afraid that it has already been full of a sense of crisis, Hong Tao is the only candidate among the younger generation of the Hong family who still has hope of advancing to the samurai, so this time, the Hong family spared no effort in the county examination, and was in a hurry.

Hong Tao becoming a samurai is naturally the most ideal result for the Hong family, but even if Hong Tao can't become a samurai, then as long as no one in Liuhe Town can become a samurai in Hong Tao's generation, the Hong family's status in Liuhe Town is still unbreakable, and no one can challenge it, and the Hong family can still continue to survive and pin their hopes on the future.

Therefore, making Hong Tao a warrior is the primary goal of the Hong family now, and making himself unable to become a warrior is the minimum goal of the Hong family.

Thinking of everything he encountered in the ring today, thinking of the ice ant, and thinking of Qi Dong's nervous look when he came to see him, Yan Liqiang figured everything out at once.

Qi Donglai's family is also an ordinary family in Liuhe Town.

Despicable enough!

The experience of the previous life made Yan Liqiang understand a truth very early, when facing a problem, you have no possibility of escaping, those problems that come at you are what you are destined to face, if you evade and retreat, the problems that come at you will not disappear, it will only continue to target you in a different face, and you will finally find that your space will become smaller and narrower, until there is no way to retreat.

In the face of a problem, either you overcome it or you are overcome by it, there is never a third way.

Anyway, since God has allowed himself to be human in two lives, and in this life he has arranged for himself to be born in such a magical world and choose such a path for himself, then he will live vigorously and resolutely along this road, see what difference the scenery along the road is, and see where he can go in the end.

suddenly understood the Hong family's plan, and thinking of the injuries on his body, Yan Liqiang's heart suddenly swelled with endless fighting spirit, and the whole person was completely integrated into his current role.

"If you don't struggle, what's the difference between being a man and a salted fish......"

Under the moonlight, looking at this quiet backyard, Yan Liqiang said something to himself, with a smile on his face......

......

Yan Dechang rode out on a rhinosaurus horse and returned home in the early hours of the morning.

Hearing the sound of the backyard, Yan Liqiang hurriedly came out of the house, and what he saw was Yan Dechang with a tired face, and a rhinosaurus horse with a sweaty nose, Yan Liqiang hurriedly stepped forward to remove the saddle horse lamp of the rhinosaurus horse and put it away, moved the rhinosaurus horse to the stable, and added the essence mixed with distiller's grains to the stable, and then returned to the room to see Yan Dechang.

"You will leave Liuhe Town tomorrow and leave Qinghe County!" Yan Dechang sat on the wooden chair, wiping his face with the basin of water and wet towels sent by Wu's mother, and said to Yan Liqiang seriously.

Yan Liqiang was a little surprised, "Ah, I don't know where my father wants me to go?"

"Go to Huanglong County, I have a friend in Huanglong County, you go to Huanglong County, he will take care of you, don't worry, there, you can recuperate with peace of mind, everything will be said when you are healed......"

As soon as Yan Dechang said this, Yan Liqiang understood that his father Yan Dechang also saw the threat of the Hong family to him, especially today when he was injured by Hong Tao's heavy hand in the ring, he was worried that the Hong family would do something to him, just in case, so he didn't want to let himself stay in Liuhe Town, Liuhe Town is almost the territory of the Hong family, and he wants to go out and leave Liuhe Town temporarily, which is called recuperation, but in fact, it is to avoid trouble.

Yan Liqiang was silent for a moment and nodded, "Everything is up to your father!"

"Well, it's not too early, let's go rest after putting incense on your mother's spiritual seat......"

"Hmm!"