Dao Ye is washing the pot.

The three large iron pots that the one hundred and eighty people ate and drank were each larger than the bathtub, and Li Yuan washed it quite hard, lying on the edge of the pot, and half of his body leaned down to scrub.

Whoa!

A large bucket of water was poured into the pot, Li Yuan did the final cleaning, and none of the other apprentices could be idle.

Chopping wood, carrying water, preparing charcoal, carrying all kinds of iron ingots, wiping weapons, and cleaning......

"Alas, I'm so tired, I heard that Duyun and Lu Zhong in the front yard can rest before noon every day, and they can rest for two days in five days......"

"Well, who let us be weak and not be chosen? I heard that those in the front yard may be able to learn martial arts! ”

"Alas, stay up, stay up for three years......"

"I've got to take a day off tomorrow, I'm so tired...... Alas, I really want to eat meat! ”

……

Without Sun Fatzi by his side, the apprentices also talked to each other when they worked.

"Front Yard ......"

Li Yuan was stretching in the corner, listening to the apprentices chatting.

Naturally, there are not only seven or eight apprentices in the forging shop, but there are five or six who serve the shopkeeper in the backyard, and there are more than a dozen who help in the shop in the front yard and help the masters.

The apprentices in the front, middle and back courtyards are naturally treated as the worst in the middle courtyard, followed by the backyard, and the best in the front yard.

The group of apprentices in the front yard are not only not as hard as them, but they have a hundred and ten copper plates a month, and they also have the opportunity to practice martial arts.

However, he was frail, and he really couldn't compare to those calf-like apprentices in the front yard, and if he didn't know a few words, he might not be able to worship him.

"I'm afraid it's more difficult to learn martial arts...... But first, we have to see if the 'ritual' is useful......"

Li Yuan silently finished the work in his hand, and was ready to find Sun Fatzi to take a half-day off and withdraw the monthly money to prepare the things needed for the ceremony.

The apprentice of the Intermediate Court had a ten-day holiday, he had not returned home before, and he had saved three days of vacation, which could be withdrawn at any time.

When he had just finished washing, before he could go to find Sun Fatzi, he heard a commotion in the courtyard.

"Huh? How did they come to us? ”

An apprentice stood up.

More than a dozen young men of their same age, but quite strong, carried sledgehammers with wooden handles to the yellow mud clearing in front of the middle courtyard.

"The apprentice in the front yard? Are they all so strong? ”

Li Yuan slandered.

Compared with the chick-like apprentices in the middle yard, the apprentices in the front yard are as strong as calves.

In the past month or so, his body has also grown a lot, but compared to these calf-like apprentices in the front yard, the gap is quite visible to the naked eye.

It can be seen that the same apprentices, the apprentices in the front yard and the middle yard, in addition to the difference in treatment and roots in the shop, there is also a gap in family background.

However, these 'little calves' are nothing compared to the man behind them.

'This man is so strong!' ’

Li Yuan's eyelids jumped.

The middle-aged man is more than 1.9 meters tall, with thick arms, knotted muscles, a fierce face, and a stride with the wind, which is daunting.

"It's Escort Qin!"

Some apprentices exclaimed, and all the apprentices, including Li Yuan, had already stood up and went out with Sun Fatzi.

The forging shop is rooted in Hening County, but the trade has already done it in the neighboring counties and even in the Longfu City, and in addition to the master, there are also some guards in the shop.

The status is high and the treatment is good, it can be said that it is only under the shopkeeper.

For these guards, Li Yuan has a deep memory, and they all have a huge amount of food, and one is worth seven or eight apprentices.

"Brother Qin Xiong!"

Sun Fatzi, who was also like a meat ball, ejected from the room, and greeted him with a smiling face:

"Brother still has a jar of good wine, let's have two glasses in the evening?"

"Let's talk about it!"

Qin Xiong's rugged face was expressionless, and he turned to look at the apprentices in the middle courtyard who seemed to be lined up with quails on the side:

"All the people in the middle court are here? It's too thin......"

"A few of them went out to carry charcoal......

Sun Fatzi smiled, bowed low and made small: "I've been raised better these days, and I have to be thinner before." ”

"Hmm."

Qin Xiong responded coldly, and his unsmiling appearance made the apprentices in the front middle courtyard feel a little breathless.

Boom~

After a while, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the gate of the middle courtyard, and twenty or thirty apprentices hurried in from all over the place, both men and women.

"The apprentices from the backyard, the utility yard, and the foreign affairs institute are here?"

Li Yuan was slightly shocked in his heart.

Such a big battle?

"Okay, don't wait if you don't come!"

Qin Xiong's voice was very loud, and his eyes were also fierce, and the apprentices who were stared at by him were all short of breath and subconsciously retreated.

"What is Qin doing today, I think some of you have already guessed it."

Li Yuan lowered his head, and swept over the rest of the apprentices, and sure enough, he saw several of them with happy faces, and couldn't help but move slightly in his heart.

Could it be that if you are not assigned to the front yard, you will also have the opportunity to practice martial arts?

"Among the hundreds of industries in Hening County, the work calculation of our forging shop is one of the hardest and most tiring, but every time we recruit apprentices, there is no shortage of people who come to sign up? There is even no shortage of people who stuff money to be our apprentice? ”

Qin Xiong said and glanced at Li Yuan, who lowered his eyebrows and was also a little surprised in his heart.

'Second brother stuffed money? No wonder my sister-in-law looks at me unpleasantly......

Li Yuan was a little stunned, but he couldn't help but be depressed.

When I was an apprentice, I didn't come in because I stuffed money?!

He really didn't know that......

"Because, among the families in Hening County, only the Four Seasons Medicine Hall, the Sanhe Gang, the Chai Gang, the Yizi Inn, the Fishing Gang, and our forging shop will teach apprentices martial arts!

Even if you are an apprentice in the middle court, if you work for a year or two, you will normally have this opportunity! ”

Teach martial arts in advance?

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he felt suddenly.

The second brother has to send himself in because of this?

The apprentices were very excited, and a few of them couldn't help but clench their fists, including the apprentice who had been broken by Sun Fatzi before, Liu Qing, and Niu Gui, who came to the middle courtyard with his front and back feet.

However, everyone is sensible, and no one dares to make a noise.

"You apprentices are either poor or in the middle of the family, if you don't join the forging shop, at most one or two out of ten miles have the opportunity to learn martial arts, today, I will pass on your martial arts on behalf of the master's family, remember the grace of the master's family in the future, and do things well!"

Qin Xiong's voice was loud and full of energy, and the next few sentences were even more deafening.

'That's a bit too much......

Li Yuan only felt that his eardrums were buzzing, and he was a little shocked in his heart, and he was also a little angry.

This last sentence is definitely not for them......

"Today, I will teach you the 'White Ape Cloak Hammer', little cubs, this is your only chance to join the inner courtyard, whether you can change your life or not depends on yourself!"

Learn martial arts!

White Ape Cloak Hammer!

Qin Xiong's voice resounded in the martial arts arena, and all the apprentices were short of breath, as if the fatigue of a hard day disappeared in an instant.

The children of poor families are in charge of the family at an early age, and who can be sent as an apprentice, who does not know the importance of a craft?

Not to mention martial arts, this is something that can really change lives!

As for joining the Inner Courtyard, most of the apprentices seemed calm, knowing that it was not something they could covet at all.

"No wonder you carry so many sledgehammers......"

Li Yuan's heart was suddenly, the afterglow swept by, and all the apprentices were tense, and Niu Gui, who had been smashed by Sun Fatzi earlier, clenched his fists and breathed rapidly.

"Lu Zhong, you first familiarize them with the standing pile!"

After saying this, Qin Xiong casually pointed to an apprentice in the front yard to stay, and turned around to leave.

"Yes!"

As soon as Qin Xiong left, the other apprentices in the front yard also dispersed, leaving only the hammer he was carrying.

Only a strong black boy walked to the center of the platform with a calm face, standing slowly on the pile, half-squatting, swinging his arms, like a gibbon.

"No wonder it's called the White Ape Stake!"

Li Yuan concentrated on recording Lu Zhong's movements and tried to learn, but he was a little disappointed in his heart.

This is martial arts?

"Learn from me to stand on the pile!"

Lu Zhong didn't seem to be a patient person who pointed them out one by one, but just stood on his own for half an hour.

During the period, after instructing Niu Gui and a few other apprentices, he shook his hand and left.

As soon as he left, someone immediately dispersed, not because he was lazy, but because he was tired for a day, and he didn't have the physical strength to stand on this physically demanding pile again.

"Write it down first, then practice it slowly......"

Li Yuan also loosened his posture, and he was already out of breath.

His body was thinner than most of the people present, and he really couldn't hold on.

It's not impossible to grit your teeth and persevere, but you are only afraid that it will be useless and hurt your body.

"O inner court! I had heard that there was an inner courtyard in the shop, and the apprentices in it not only did not need to work, but the monthly income was very high! ”

"Don't think about it in the inner courtyard, it's already a great luck to be able to learn martial arts in advance!"

"I don't know how long it will take for us to practice this white ape pile? Listen to the old apprentice who was sent to the mine, but it takes two or three years to get started? ”

Back in the middle courtyard, several apprentices were excited.

"So tired, how can you practice martial arts? If you want to join the inner courtyard, I'm afraid it's impossible to ......"

Li Yuan wiped his face again and sighed in his heart.

The apprentices in the front yard are well fed, and they work half a day and practice boxing for half a day, and they can rest for two days in five days, while they can only rest one day in ten days, not to mention, they are not idle for a day.

How do they compare?

This martial art may not be practiced, but I don't know if it's been a few years or more than ten years......

When he entered the house, he glanced back, only Niu Gui, who had come to the middle courtyard with him in front and back, gritted his teeth and stood on his stakes in the night, sweating profusely.

"This kid is working so hard......"