Daxiangguo Temple is full of people and is not a suitable place to place two monks. Moreover, there are many officials and nobles who come and go here, Zhao Ji is neither at ease nor inconvenient to be overly disturbed, so he transferred the two monks to the lecture hall under construction outside the city.

The location of the lecture hall is near Bianliang City, and the manpower, material and financial resources are sufficient, and Zhou Dong does his best to supervise here every day, so the speed of construction is very fast, but after more than a month, the general framework has been built, and part of the main building has been completed, and even some disciples have begun to practice martial arts.

Walking on the noisy construction site, seeing that buildings are about to rise from the ground, Zhao Ji's mood is quite uneasy. Although the establishment of the martial arts hall does not mean that he will have no worries from now on, it marks that he is beginning to influence the world, what will the future become, Zhao Ji does not dare to assert, only have no distractions and go all the way.

Knowing that Zhao Ji was coming, Zhou Tong hurriedly came to greet him, and said from afar: "Lord Wang, you are not presiding over the Taoist temple in Yuntai Mountain, why did you come back to Bianliang City?"

"I have some personal matters to deal with, and I have to rush back when it is resolved. ”

Zhao Ji stepped forward with a smile, and found that Zhou Tong was quite tired between his eyebrows, and he also looked a little thinner, obviously working hard for the construction of the martial arts hall, and did not dare to slack off. However, the gloomy look on his face when they met for the first time was gone, and his spirit was also very uplifted, which shows that whether he is as strong as a martial arts master or a rising fighter, he must have a heart after all, and he will live a fulfilling life.

Zhou Tong was enthusiastic and told Zhao Ji about the process of building the martial arts hall, but he didn't notice the carriage in which the two monks were riding.

"According to the current progress, the foundation of the entire lecture hall can be compacted and completed before the frost and snow come, but some of the attached courtyards will not be finished until the spring of the next year. I asked the craftsmen to build the school building and lecture hall first, and put aside the rest of the work first, so that they could recruit protégés to teach before the beginning of the year. ”

Zhou Tong looked full of interest, and then sighed: "It's just that the project is too fast, and the cost of manual materials will inevitably rise by about 20%......"

Zhao Ji waved his hand and said: "Money is a trivial matter, the most important thing is to be able to get on the right track as soon as possible, Mr. Zhou, you will be in charge of guarding this place with peace of mind, and as for the rest, I will leave it to Xiao Wang to plan." What he said was extremely tough, because the Taoist priests who had gathered in Yuntai Mountain had been in contact with Liang Shicheng recently, hoping to use the construction of Taoist temples in Yuntai Mountain to fish and hunt some benefits, Zhao Ji himself was not very interested in the affairs of gods and Buddhas, and he would naturally not be soft when he counted these Sanqing disciples.

Hearing this, Zhou Tong couldn't help but be grateful: "If it weren't for the help of the prince Duan, the old man's long-cherished wish would be difficult to fulfill after all." Lord Duan, you are willing to be criticized for preparing for the establishment of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, regardless of the damage to your name, this is the real wisdom!"

"Don't talk about kind words, I'm just a rich idler, and my reputation can't hurt me at all. However, Mr. Zhou, you still have a few teachers, in order to train the truly usable tiger elite for the Great Song Dynasty, you are willing to give up your official position, regardless of fame and fortune, this dedication to the country is really admirable. Zhao Ji sighed.

The Great Song Dynasty has always treated officials very well, even if it is a serious crime, it is just a place of demotion and exile to the border, and there is no punishment for directly depriving the official. It can be said that he became an official for a day, and he held an iron rice bowl for the rest of his life. Of course, this preferential treatment is only for civilian officials, and military attaches like Zhou Dong can only resign from their official positions if they want to make a living in the private sector, so they can only resign from their official positions and become civilians in vain. Therefore, in order to open a martial arts hall, Zhou Tong's sacrifice was the greatest.

"Being an official is also for the sake of doing things, and the court raises soldiers, and you must be loyal to the country. If you just do nothing every day with an empty official position, eat a vegetarian meal, and waste the court's money, food, and public money, it is a shameful crime. ”

Zhou Tong said: "At present, there are still six teachers in the martial arts hall besides me, all of whom are the teachers and protégés of the original Imperial Boxing Hall. Several colleagues also said that although they could not stay in the lecture hall on a permanent basis, they would come here to teach the disciples on the day of the holiday. In addition, some old friends in the eunuch residence are also dealing with the affairs at hand, and they have agreed to come to the martial arts hall after the beginning of the new year next year. In this way, there are nearly twenty people in the Lecture Martial Arts Hall at present, which is enough. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile, and at the same time sighed at the simple feelings of the ancients for love and righteousness and for the country. These people knew that as soon as they entered the martial arts hall, they would no longer be able to enjoy the official positions and power in the past, but just because of a letter from Zhou Tong, they gave up everything they had now and devoted themselves to this martial arts hall with an uncertain future and even a martial arts hall that had not yet been built, just to be able to do their part for the country and the nation.

Although Zhao Ji was grateful in his heart, he couldn't directly say how he would compensate these people in the future, but he just said to Zhou Tong: "These loyal and courageous teachers must be treated more kindly. Although the lecture hall is not a government institution, it cannot give these teachers official ranks, so they must not be short in terms of salary. These things, Mr. Zhou, you can make up your own minds, if there is urgency in the money, I will find a way to subsidize the use. ”

Zhou Tong nodded to show that he understood, and his old friends and colleagues were willing to bend to talk about martial arts, naturally not for the sake of wealth. But no matter how hard you want to serve the country, you always need to support your family and eat, if you make those colleagues eat porridge with their families and lose their flesh, Zhou Tong himself will not be happy. It's just that this will inevitably increase the cost burden of the martial arts hall, although Duan Wang Ye raised hundreds of thousands of yuan in the early days, but it is not a long-term solution. Therefore, Zhou Tong was also secretly worried about the way to maintain the way to make money in the future, but Zhao Ji was worried again, and these worries were only in his heart.

The two of them walked to the place where the disciples were practicing while talking, Zhao Ji stood on the side and watched for a moment, only to see that there were about thirty disciples on the field, ranging in age, from teenagers to early twenties, and even a strong man in his thirties. These disciples did not practice as neatly and uniformly as in the military, but scattered out on this open flat square to practice some routines of their own swords and fists, and there were teachings and occasional guidance next to them.

Among these disciples, the most outstanding were Lin Chong and Xu Ning, these two teenagers withdrew from the forbidden army at the beginning of the planning of the martial arts hall and came to the martial arts hall to be the first disciples. A famous teacher taught, a family history, the strength of the body is obviously a step higher than other disciples, each standing in a corner, is the most dazzling existence on the field, there is no shortage of disciples watching from the sidelines, even the eyes of the teachers are not lacking in appreciation.

Zhou Tong followed Zhao Ji's eyes, glanced at Lin Chong and Xu Ning's body movements, and said with a smile: "These two boys have a good foundation endowment, and their understanding is also good, and their hard skills in the outer door are already very solid, so now they are directly taught some methods of polishing and forging internal breath, and the progress is also good." If you judge it according to the vision of the rivers and lakes, and practice for more than a year, you can already release yourself to travel and wander in the mountain gate, and you will not lose face to the master. ”

Zhao Ji listened while observing the marksmanship practiced by the two teenagers, a little less exposed and cold, but more contemplative and clumsy, a shot is no longer a clear landing point for Ming Huanghuang to take people's lives, the entire gun body is trembling rhythmically, it seems that at any time it can change its move and turn the opponent in the shadow of the gun, it is indeed already entered the threshold of turning from external strength to internal strength. Although it is only a slight change, it is the difference from "technique" to "technique", two completely different realms.

In addition to this, there was another teenager on the field who had a very eye-catching performance. The young man used a long bamboo stick, and he waved it to hunt and hunt, and the shadow of the stick was so loud that no one even dared to approach the young man's body several feet around.

Zhou Tong said again: "The young man who made the stick is also good among this cadre's disciples, this young man's name is Lu Junyi, a native of Hebei Daimyofu, who was introduced by an old friend of mine. This Lu Junyi's comprehension in martial arts is even higher than that of the apprentice Lin Chong, but when he was young, he learned kung fu with the nursing home at home, and his foundation was not very solid, and he learned to be a fancy one. At present, I first taught him a few ways of the stick method to wash the fancy qi of the action, and after the problem Zhou has changed, let him start from the internal skills of meditation and pranayama. ”

When Zhou Tong was explaining, a teacher approached Lu Junyi, slapped the stick from Lu Junyi's hand, and then scolded him harshly. Lu Junyi was taught a lesson, and when he picked up the stick again, he became slow and serious, but after practicing for a while, the moves gradually drifted again.

When Zhou Tong saw this, he couldn't help but sigh, this young man had made a wrong foundation, and it was not possible to reverse it overnight. Then he said to Zhao Ji: "Among this group of disciples, the best endowment is not the three teenagers, can the prince see the disciple who is the easternmost stone lock?"

Zhao Ji followed the prestige and saw that Zhou Tong was referring to the oldest man in his thirties in the field, different from other teenagers who practiced martial arts, this strong man was holding a stone lock in each hand, standing on the sidelines, although it was late autumn and October, he was bareheaded, revealing a strong and suffocated muscle, and the sweat on his chest and back gathered into a stream, sweating profusely. Next to him stood a teacher, holding a stick with a copper ball on the front end, occasionally knocking on the acupuncture points around the man's body. Once hit, the strong man couldn't help frowning in pain, and his body trembled.

Zhao Ji looked at it for a moment, but he didn't see any mystery in this strong man.

Zhou Tong explained: "This man is born with great strength, and his roots and bones are surprisingly good, but one thing is that he is older, and the recuperation of meridians and internal breath has stabilized. The Zheng Jiaoxi next to him was unwilling to let such an excellent jade material be wasted, so he devoted his whole life to breaking down the solid foundation of this man and reshaping his qi vein. If it is done, the future of this man is limitless!"

Hearing Zhou Tong's evaluation, Zhao Ji couldn't help but pay attention to this strong man, so he asked, "What is this man's name?

"This man's name is Yu Shui, he was originally a splash outside the city, and the reason why he came into the lecture hall was indeed a tortuous and interesting incident. In order to raise money for medical treatment, Yu took the old mother of the family to steal some materials to sell, injured the craftsmen who kept vigil, and was caught by the instructors, so that he was seen to have an amazing endowment. ”

Zhou Tong said with a smile: "Right now, he is the most valued disciple in the martial arts hall, if he can reshape the foundation, those advanced outer martial arts in the Royal Boxing Gym, such as the beggar gang's dragon palm, some Shaolin stunts, can all be learned." ”

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Thanks to the book friend Time and Space Randian for providing the character materials...... Regarding the original characters, I also considered whether there was a need to add them for a long time, and I sorted out the follow-up story line, and found that adding one or two also had some effect on the cohesion of the plot. Limited to just one or two, of course.