Although I agreed to Ruihai's invitation, the current working methods and models have not changed much.
Even without any special treatment, Ruihai still arranged the work as before, and even had higher requirements for work than usual, only for Zhang Mingtu.
Choosing to fight side by side with Rui Hai, not only did he not receive preferential treatment, but he was even more harshly criticized. Zhang Mingtu was not surprised. Rui Hai himself was such a person.
If you want to stand with Rui Hai, you must have as few flaws as possible and hold yourself to extremely high standards, otherwise you may very well end up dead.
Fortunately, Zhang Mingtu did not pursue much pursuit of personal enjoyment. He mainly used reasonable and legal means. Zhang Mingtu had more than 100,000 acres of land under his name.
Even though Zhang Mingtu basically doesn't need much rent, these properties can make him live quite richly, instead of living like an ascetic.
To accomplish great things, you don't have to dress simply and act like an ascetic every day.
As long as things can be done well and the majority of people can make life better for all the people they want to save, in fact, not many people will care about how Rui Hai and Zhang Mingtu are doing.
Even if you live a luxurious life, it doesn't matter as long as you earned it through your own hard work, without breaking the law or committing any crime, and with a clear conscience.
At least Zhang Mingtu thinks so, and all of his current property was not obtained through plunder. Most of the more than 100,000 acres of land was obtained by inheriting uninherited inheritance from various places in Jianyi.
As for the Zhang family, he also obtained a lot of silver by improving the method of wine making, and his life was quite prosperous.
Zhang Mingtu ate better elixirs and food for daily practice than many people. Ruihai also knew about it, but never interfered.
Rui Hai is quite open-minded in this regard. It does not mean that people eat rice bran and eat the first meal but not the next meal. He should do the same.
If you ask for it in this way, you won't even be able to find a fellow traveler.
Why should I not use something that I have obtained through hard work? Why not use it?
The days passed peacefully and fulfillingly, so peacefully that Zhang Mingtu felt unreal.
But whenever the string in his heart was about to relax, he would take a look at the demonic rune from the Land of the Rising Sun in the county government office, which had faded and lost its corresponding functions.
The daily work was tense and busy, but Zhang Mingtu took the time to raise his energy to the realm of true energy, and he also carried a long knife around his waist.
With the help of the future master-level brother and by sorting out the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra and the Taishang Three Lives Explanation of Wrongs, a strange balance was achieved. The physical body does not need to be one level higher than its own true energy realm to practice.
Without any scruples, Zhang Mingtu quickly reached the True Yuan level.
In terms of spiritual practice, Zhang Mingtu thinks that his spiritual talent is not very high. He practices diligently every day, swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon, and at the same time constantly practicing the body-protecting sword skills.
I feel that the true energy is extremely powerful and the physical body is invincible at the same level, but it lacks the corresponding attack methods.
When Zhang Mingtu was in the Fifth Academy of Longxing, he deliberately chose a sword technique suitable for fighting on the battlefield, the Blood Combat Sword Technique.
It is a sword technique commonly used by high-ranking generals in the army. The sword technique can be used in a wide range of ways, and it can also cooperate with Zhou Shen's soldiers. It is an advanced version of the ten sword techniques practiced by soldiers.
After more than ten years at the border, Zhang Mingtu has practiced this sword technique to its peak.
After I came back, I practiced non-stop every day.
It is to better control one's own conditions and better exert the power of sword skills.
As for the more complicated bows and arrows, horse riding, swordsmanship, etc. that he learned during those long years, Zhang Mingtu just practiced them hastily to get his body under control, and then did not continue.
This does not mean that all these martial arts are wasted. If there is a corresponding environment in the future, Zhang Mingtu will be able to master them in a short period of time as long as he is in the corresponding environment. It is more like turning into some kind of talent.
As long as he puts his mind to learning, whether it is swordsmanship, archery, horseback riding or anything else, as long as his future brother has been exposed to it and mastered it well, he can quickly reach his future physical level by learning.
He may not have reached the peak, but seven or eight achievements are already outstanding enough and can be regarded as a gift. After all, that is the memory that it took his future brothers more than ten years to hone, and he achieved it in a short time.
No matter how you look at it, he is considered a gifted person.
"Alas, if an ordinary person like me wants to rise, the only thing he can rely on is hard work. Even the talent is obtained by the hard work of the future brothers."
Zhang Mingtu shook his head and sighed.
In front of him were wooden blocks that were evenly divided into dozens of pieces by his knife, and what he held in his hand was just a wooden knife.
This is the limit of what he can do without using his true energy and powerful physical strength.
Even though he had achieved such a level, he still felt inferior when thinking back to Qi Guangji, who was invincible at the northern border and led him to charge against the northern barbarian commanders many times.
The combined efforts of several lifetimes could not compare with the talent of that military general.
He believed that in terms of swordsmanship, finding fighter opportunities, and arranging troops, he was still only about 70% as good as the general.
His swordsmanship is about 70% to 80% of that of the general, but his troop formation is only 50% to 60%.
"There are always many people whose talents are disappointing, and it is difficult to catch up with them through hard work."
Zhang Mingtu sighed softly.
Today, the situation related to the county government has been settled for a long time. Many things are being arranged for follow-up and finishing work, and he does not need to be responsible for it.
He rarely has a little free time, so he practices martial arts at home.
He originally planned to just relax at home for a day and have a complete rest, but the county government soon received another message. It was Rui Hai who sent it to him specially, asking him to find him.
"It's urgent, come quickly."
The message was very short, but Zhang Mingtu felt something was wrong when he heard it.
Rui Hai has a very stable temperament and usually would not send such a message. Once Rui Hai said he was anxious, he was indeed very anxious. Zhang Mingtu rushed over quickly.
After arriving at the scene, I observed Ruihai carefully and found that he had a rosy complexion and a good complexion, and there was nothing major wrong with him.
Rui Hai didn't say much. After giving instructions on the work at hand, Zhang Mingtu was left alone. After entering Rui Hai's study room at the county government office, Rui Hai's expression became serious.
"I have a big problem here, my wife, something is wrong with her."
Zhang Mingtu was shocked, but quickly calmed down.
He was too busy before, so he forgot about this. A brother reminded him before.
Rui Hai's daughters were born successfully every time, but none of her sons survived.
In ancient times, this was quite criticized during this period, and it also made Ruihai's mother very upset.
Zhang Mingtu thought it was an accident before, but subsequent investigation revealed that someone was causing trouble, so he wrote a letter to Rui Hai.
There were so many things that followed, and I never thought that this would happen just now.
Ruihai raised his hand and gestured to the recently opened letter on the table.
Although his face was solemn, he said to Zhang Mingtu with a smile: "This is the news sent to me by another person with the same path. It is absolutely credible."