The middle-aged man had a stocky build and some sadness between his brows, but his overall facial features were still 70% similar to the middle-aged man with resentful eyes in Zhang Mingtu's memory.
And the 17-18-year-old Mei Yu who was dragging the fishing net and the middle-aged man were basically carved from the same mold.
If the time were pushed back more than ten years, the young man would have become what Zhang Mingtu remembered.
However, this young man now has no endless resentment between his brows, his hands and feet are quite strong, and his eyes are equally agile and shiny.
For a commoner with an ordinary background, if he was born with a disability, it would be difficult for him to live normally until adulthood. However, he is now quite normal.
Zhang Mingtu looked at it, slightly silent.
In this era, human life is like a piece of grass. In the future, Xiang Ji, who was born in Xiangjia Village, will live a miserable life, but he is already the best living person in the entire Xiangjia Village, and everyone else is basically dead.
Xiang Ji, this is his name.
He changed it later, and no one knows his original name.
"Yu'er, slow down, slow down, don't twist your waist, or you'll be in trouble."
The middle-aged man told his son with a smile and went over to help him. Today's fish catch was quite good. Grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp and the like were all quite big, and there were also quite a few carp.
Although they are all fish that cannot be sold at a high price, the fish are quite large and it is good for them to feed themselves. At least they can save a lot of food.
Moreover, there are also many large crucian carp in this mixed balance. Although crucian carp has a lot of fish bones, as long as it is lightly fried and added with a pot of soup, you can get a pot of thick white fish soup, which tastes quite delicious.
If you can add a few pieces of tofu, it will be a very delicious fish soup. For postpartum women, it is a good thing for breastfeeding.
Therefore, it is quite popular, and only these crucian carps are more active in winter.
The family happily put the caught fish in the fish guard at the stern of the boat.
His mother lit a fire at the stern of the boat and skillfully killed the fish to make soup. There were not many spices, so the fish was relatively fishy.
But their overall movements are quite fluent. The internal organs after killing the fish are not discarded directly, but are carried in a small net bag and hung in the fishing nets they fish in to attract fish and obtain more fish.
Compared to the characters living in Jiujiang City, the lives of many characters around the city can be considered quite difficult.
Well, relatively speaking, the further away from the city, the more difficult life is. After all, most of the output from the fields has to be taxed, and you are busy every day, just enough for food and clothing.
Even food and clothing is a problem. Many times the young and middle-aged labor force in the family needs to work everywhere to supplement the family income, so that the whole family can have enough food.
The more remote you are, the more difficult your life becomes. After all, the harvest from cultivated farmland in remote areas is lower, but the tax rate will not drop much.
"I heard that the prefect is checking out the nearby fields. It seems that he wants to reduce the tax. In the past, he had to pay 7 cents. In the future, it seems that he will only pay 6.5 cents. Do you think we should go home and try to open up some wasteland?"
"Don't think about it, these things haven't been written yet. Who knows whether it will be better in the future. Although the work on the fishing boat is a little more difficult now, and it will cause leg and back pain after a long time, but at least you can survive. If you really want to know when you get home,
No matter what, we can’t lose our craftsmanship.”
"But we can't throw away all the things from our hometown."
The couple were communicating in the cabin, and they were talking about Ruihai, the nearest prefect of Jiujiang County.
Ruihai is still determined to implement the policy of dividing land into acres. Of course, it has not yet been determined. He will just negotiate with large landowners in various places according to formal procedures, inventory the acres in various places, and at the same time reduce a little tax. These are the three things that the new official will do when he takes office.
Landlords and wealthy people everywhere are often willing to give newly appointed officials a little face, but of course the premise is that the fire cannot be burned too brightly.
Rui Hai has a very good sense of proportion, and many people can accept the rent for only half a floor.
Zhang Mingtu didn't know how to describe the related events. Some people tried their best to stay alive. Some people had good food and clothing, but wanted more, further compressing the living environment of some people.
Zhang Mingtu was on the shore, thinking about it, and the appearance on his face changed.
The hair on his head was wiped by his palm and all fell off, revealing a bald head.
As the Six Paths of Samsara Sutra circulates, all the other four sutras are compressed. Only the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra is revealed, and the whole person's temperament becomes deep and dark.
Standing quietly on the shore, it was as if he was connected to the entire world. The endless darkness submerged into his body, while at the same time endless light bloomed, which seemed extremely contradictory.
He waved to the fishing boat not far away and said with a smile: "Boatman, I wanted to come over to beg someone for stuttering, but I don't know..."
"If you want to eat it, just take a bite. Just don't mind if it's too fishy."
The stout man on the bow chuckled lightly, and with a few strokes of the oars, the boat approached the shore. Zhang Mingtu was not polite and boarded the small boat in two steps.
He speaks the local dialect, so people who stutter in the local area can usually go smoothly without too much trouble.
"I have some spices here, which are great for removing the fishy smell. Plus, I bought two pieces of tofu in the city before and stewed a bowl of fish soup. It's not like I'm eating you in vain."
Zhang Mingtu took out two pieces of tofu and a small amount of pepper from his arms with a smile on his face.
The boatman wasn't too polite either, he was quite generous.
The woman took it quickly, chopped the tofu into pieces and put it into the fish soup. She also sprinkled a little pepper before the fish soup was ready to be served. The whole fish soup was white and fragrant.
"Master, where are you going?"
After eating, the middle-aged man was not afraid of life while chatting.
Da Xia has been in peace for many years, and the related Jinyiwei and Liumenmen are still working near Jiujiang County, so the security level is still very good.
Apart from chatting, neither of us is too worried about each other.
"I happened to pass by this place and saw that the donor was destined to be my Buddha!"
"Um?"
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, a little wary.
Zhang Mingtu smiled and said nothing, just stretched out his hand and picked it in the river.
Dots of light bloomed in the river, and a large group of fish immediately followed Zhang Mingtu's fingertips and jumped into the fishing nets placed at the stern of the boat one by one.
One of them, a tortoise weighing several kilograms, fluttered around and was stuck at the fish guard's door for a long time. He collected four of them into its body and then got inside.
This magical scene stunned the middle-aged fisherman and his wife. Next to them, the seventeen-year-old boy with crystal eyes knelt down in front of Zhang Mingtu with a plop.
Zhang Mingtu was stunned for a moment, but thinking of this young man's future experiences, the special bloodline fragment in his body, and the Diamond Sutra that was about to be handed over to this young man, he remained silent for a moment without rejecting it.
He came here originally to find a supporter for this young man and to teach him the Diamond Sutra.
"Master, please teach me?"
The middle-aged couple were also standing on one side, their faces full of excitement. Now they followed, also kowtow.
When martial arts appeared in the world, all kinds of strange people and strange things happened, and they heard about them.
Now, there really was a strange person in front of them, and he might accept their son as their disciple. They immediately seized this opportunity.
"No need to be like this, I have always believed that everyone is equal, there is no distinction between high and low, and there is no need to kneel down to me."
With one hand dragging, without seeing Zhang Mingtu's exertion, the three of them stood up together. Not only did this hand not disappoint the three of them, but it actually made them more and more surprised.
"I have a fate with everyone in the world, and I should be considered a fate with you..."
Zhang Mingtu turned sideways and looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy. The boy immediately fell to his knees again. Zhang Mingtu waved his hand.
With one hand, he pressed his hand on the young man's shoulder, and the rich true energy flowed through the young man's body in an instant.
The corresponding Tyrant Bloodline Map that I had written down in my memory had corresponding points in my mind, and then followed a specific trajectory to stimulate several hidden bloodline areas in the young man's body.
The young man felt hot all over, as if there was a fire burning in his body, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
In his feelings, his heart and internal organs seemed to be on fire, there was a bone-chilling pain between his waist and ribs, and his bones seemed to be growing.
Zhang Mingtu felt the subtle changes and couldn't help being surprised and sighed.
The Overlord bloodline in this young man's body is extremely hidden. If he uses the method he later deduced and guides it properly, after several generations, this young man alone may give birth to a child with a body close to that of a Overlord.
Bloodline genetic maps are not only useful for plants, but also for people.
You don't even need to wait for this young man's future. If you have the corresponding magical skills, you can automatically stimulate the blood in your body and gradually intensify his hidden blood map to the explicit level.
Normally, it is to mutate its bloodline and reveal its hidden abilities.
For most people in the world, this step is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but for Zhang Mingtu, this step is not too difficult.
He originally didn't have a trace of true dragon blood in his body, but he was able to create a true dragon body out of thin air. However, the young man in front of him really had the blood of the Overlord flowing in his body. If there were normal activation methods, this young man's body could be created.
The blood vessels are activated little by little.
After confirming this, Zhang Mingtu nodded slightly and said to the middle-aged couple who were both surprised and worried: "He and I are destined. If I don't interfere, I owe him a disaster, and I owe you a disaster."
"I will teach him how to start practicing, and I will also teach him a bloodline map. Anyone in your family can practice it, but remember to keep it as secret as possible..."
With Zhang Mingtu's fingertips, the blood map related to the Overlord's body that he had memorized flowed into the eyebrows of the three of them.
They are more or less the inheritors of the Overlord's bloodline, but most of the bloodline in their bodies is hidden and too thin.
But this is not a big problem, at least it is much easier than practicing in thin air.
"As for you..."
Zhang Mingtu lowered his head and looked at Xiang Yu, who looked anxious and excited.
"I want you to deliver the letter for me, and also send this sutra to Donglin Temple. As long as you go and say that you are going to Donglin Temple to see Zen Master Kurong, show the guards at the door the first half of the sutra and they will
agree……"
Zhang Mingtu took out the Ksitigarbha Diamond Sutra in his hand, and the young man placed it solemnly in his arms and hugged it tightly, as if he was hugging the whole future.
Zhang Mingtu easily understood that the person in front of him was a peerless expert, and if possible, he should firmly seize this opportunity.
Zhang Mingtu smiled and said nothing, not really caring.
"As for later, you can tell the old monk who has half of his face a skeleton and half of his face in a young state about the relevant bloodline map that you have memorized in your mind..."
This is Zhang Mingtu's method of breaking the situation.
In the future, all the characters of the Overlord's lineage will die due to the Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake. It is not difficult to change their fate.
Back then, they were killed randomly because they had no backers and were just a group of civilians, so anyone dared to do it and anyone could do it.
But if there are people in this lineage who are in Donglin Temple, the largest sect in Jiangnan West Road, and are relatively special disciples of Donglin Temple, not many people would dare to touch them.
The young man nodded ignorantly. He didn't recognize the monk who was half a skeleton and half a young man, but he firmly remembered Zhang Mingtu's words.
"As for this scripture, you can read it every day. By the time you get to Donglin Temple, you will almost be able to get started."
The road to Donglin Temple is quite far, and it is quite unsafe for a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy to set foot on this road.
However, when Zhang Mingtu checked the boy's bloodline just now, he also partially activated his bloodline.
His ribs are really growing, and they will grow into one body, and the ribs will be knotted.
One of the manifestations of the overlord physique.
The young man nodded seriously, then smiled a little shyly and said: "Master, I don't know the words. Even if you ask me to read this scripture, I can't understand it!"
Zhang Mingtu patted his head with one hand and wondered whether he had overlooked it. Most people in this era were illiterate.
Even though the government has corresponding liberal arts education and has greatly lowered the threshold for admission, it still requires a certain amount of money at home to enable people to study and become literate.
A half-year-old is also a labor force, and most people will let him work around him, which at least can reduce the burden on his parents.
"No problem!"
Zhang Mingtu smiled softly and placed his fingertips on the young man's eyebrows. The corresponding commentaries on the Diamond Sutra and the practice map were reflected in the young man's heart.
The boy's parents were watching, not daring to say anything.
But there is inexplicable joy in my heart. The bald monk... no, the Buddhist master is sitting on the bow of the boat. At other times, he is invisible and looks like a wandering monk walking around.
But when he sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the Buddha's seal with his hand, and placing it on their son's eyebrows, his whole body seemed to be glowing.
The sacred temperament flows in this area, and the majestic temperament at that moment is really like the Buddha statue in the temple, even taller than that Buddha statue.
When they came to their senses again, the young monk had disappeared like light and shadow, and only the boiling fish soup on the boat was still tumbling.