As mentioned earlier, Ni Hu's family background is not bad, and he made a noble friend. His starting point in martial arts was very high, and he attended a high-quality private martial arts school.
This top-notch private martial arts school is Jing’s Martial Arts School!
When Jia Yun and Ni Er were drinking before, they specifically asked Ni Hu about his private martial arts. Ni Er introduced some information about Jing's martial arts to Jia Yun, giving Jia Yun some understanding.
Although Jing's martial arts is a little worse than Niu's martial arts, it's not much different. Both are top-notch private martial arts and both have big backers.
Niu's martial arts is a private martial arts school opened by the Niu family in Zhenguofu, while Jing's martial arts is a private martial arts school opened by Jing Zhanyao.
Jing Zhanyao once passed the martial arts examination and served as a fourth-grade second-class bodyguard for one year. However, he only served for one year before he was dismissed by the emperor for "unruly behavior."
In fact, the emperor originally planned to keep Jing Zhanyao in cold storage for only one or two years, and then resurrect and grant Jing Zhanyao a new military attaché position, because Jing Zhanyao himself was very talented and had a brother who was a high-ranking official.
As a result, after Jing Zhanyao was deposed, he actually opened Jing's martial arts school and became a teacher. He also indulged in drinking and sex. In the eyes of the emperor, he was not doing his job properly, so he was not revived.
Yes, Jing Zhanyao had a brother who was a high-ranking official, and his name was Jing Zhanrong.
This Jing Zhanrong is even more remarkable!
Jing Zhanrong studied since childhood and was quite talented. He passed the Jinshi examination, was promoted to a commoner, and was appointed to the Hanlin Academy for review.
Later, Jing Zhanrong served as a rural examination examiner in Sichuan and Guangdong, and later moved to the cabinet as a bachelor.
Later, Jing Zhanrong, who was less than thirty years old, became a feudal official and governor of Sichuan, and is now the governor of Sichuan.
Although Jing Zhanrong was a civilian official, he had made many military exploits in the west. Now as the governor of Sichuan, he was already an important minister in the west of the Qing Dynasty.
With the brothers Jing Zhanrong and Jing Zhanyao as their great backers, Jing's martial arts is naturally not simple.
Most of the martial arts students in Jing's martial arts school are of extraordinary status, either noble or wealthy.
If Jia Yun could attend Jing's martial arts school, she would probably have laid a good foundation for martial arts just like Ni Hu did. In the early stages of martial arts, she would have entered a high-level martial arts circle and made friends with noble people.
It's just that the tuition for Jing's martial arts is also expensive, costing forty taels of silver per year, which is only ten taels less than that of Niu's martial arts.
Niu's martial arts school has strict admissions requirements. You don't have to be rich to get in. You need to pass an exam.
Jing's martial arts is different. There are two ways to recruit students. One is to have connections and pass an exam, and the other is to spend a lot of money to get in.
Ni Hu entered through the first method, had connections and passed the exam.
Now Ni Hu wants to introduce Jia Yun to Jing's Martial Arts School, which means that the "relationship" clause is already there. As long as Jia Yun passes the exam, she can go to Jing's Martial Arts School.
How could Jia Yun be unwilling? She immediately expressed her gratitude to Ni Hu: "Thank you Ni Shou Bei!"
Jia Yun sighed in her heart, and he thought of a poem: The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, but there is no way out, and the willows are dark, the flowers are bright, and there is another village!
When he went to Jia Zheng for help, he originally only expected to borrow one hundred taels of silver, but Jia Zheng wanted to give him two hundred taels, and also arranged for him to go to Niu's martial arts school to help him pay for the tuition.
Then the two hundred taels turned into a hundred taels, and then the hundred taels were gone, and Niu's martial arts could not be improved.
Jia Yun didn't expect that because she accidentally helped Ni Er and made friends with Ni Er, he would now have the opportunity to study Jing's martial arts. Oh, by the way, Ni Er also lent him ten taels of silver.
In fact, this time Jia Yun asked Ni Er for help and asked Ni Hu to introduce him to a private martial arts school. Jia Yun thought there was little hope of success and did not think Ni Hu would think highly of him or be willing to help.
Now there is another village where Liu Yin Hua Ming Ming, and there is no chance to study the Niu family's martial arts, but Jia Yun has the opportunity to study the Jing family's martial arts.
This is the benefit of making friends with Ni Er and cultivating a circle.
A single tree cannot make a forest, a single string cannot make a sound, and the power of an individual is indeed very limited. If you want to do great things, you need the help of a group of people.
Now Jia Yun not only made friends with Ni Er, but also made friends with Ni Hu, and her circle expanded again.
…
…
Although Ni Hu is a rough-looking man, he is a man who works vigorously and resolutely. In addition, he will return to Tianjin Wei tomorrow, so he decided to take Jia Yun to Jingshi Martial Arts School in person this afternoon.
Ni Hu is not only a martial arts student from Jing's martial arts school, but also a highly regarded student of Jing Zhanyao, the head teacher of Jing's martial arts, and has a close relationship with Jing Zhanyao.
At noon that day, Jia Yun wanted to invite Ni Hu to be a host, but Ni Hu refused. Ni Hu heard Ni Er talk about Jia Yun's situation and knew that Jia Yun was poor, so Ni Hu asked Ni Er and Jia Yun to have lunch at his house.
.
After lunch, Ni Hu took Ni Er and Jia Yun to Jingshi Martial Arts School.
Jing's martial arts school is located in the south city of Shenjing City, which is far away from Ni Hu's Erjin Residence.
Ni Hu rode his own horse. Ni Er and Jia Yun both had no horses, so Ni Hu arranged a horse for Ni Er and Jia Yun to ride together. Ni Er knew how to ride a horse.
Jia Yun, who was riding the same horse as Ni Er, looked down at the horse he was sitting on, and sighed awkwardly: "I wonder if Jing's Martial Arts School can rent horses?"
Horses have been a very important strategic reserve resource for the country in the history of China's feudal dynasties for many years, and the same is true for the current Qing Dynasty.
Folks in the Qing Dynasty could sell horses, but not many people could afford them because the price was very expensive. A horse cost about fifty taels of silver, and good horses were even more expensive.
On the streets of Qing Dynasty, someone riding a horse was equivalent to someone driving a luxury car on the streets of Jia Yun's previous life.
As for the martial arts examination of archery and horsemanship, the first test is on horseback archery. The horse must gallop three times and fire nine arrows. If three arrows hit the target, the person is qualified. Those who fail to reach the three arrows will not be allowed to participate in the second test.
Jia Yun now only has a total of sixty taels of silver. After deducting the forty taels of one year's tuition, there are only twenty taels left. How can she still afford a horse?
Ning Rong's second residence had some horses, but Jia Yun couldn't get one. Jia Zheng asked Lin Zhixiao to tell him to diligently take the martial arts exam. If he succeeds in the martial arts exam in the future, Jia Zheng will see him again. What's more, if he is jealous
Go to Jia Zheng. Even if Jia Zheng is willing to give him a horse, he may be blocked.
And Ni Hu has already helped recommend Jia Yun to Jingshi Martial Arts this time. If Jia Yun asks Ni Hu again to ask for or borrow a horse, she will have to push her boundaries.
Jia Yun placed her hopes on Jing's Martial Arts. In his opinion, a high-quality private martial arts school like Jing's Martial Arts would probably be able to rent horses.
Land prices in Nancheng are generally cheaper than in Xicheng. Jing's martial arts school occupies a large mansion in Nancheng. Horseback riding and archery are available in the mansion, and the gate of the mansion is also impressive.
At this time, Jia Yun followed Ni Hu and Ni Er on horseback and entered the gate of Jing's martial arts school.
He was confident about the exam, and now he had a strong premonition that he would spend a long period of his life in Jing's martial arts school...