As a result, Liu Xing and others enjoyed a meal from the three elder brothers Zhang.
"By the way, Brother Zhang, by the way, why does your Zhang family only recruit disciples named Zhang?" Yin En couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Ran shrugged and said with a smile: "I actually don't know much about this, because this happened decades ago, so I only know a rough idea, but now I am idle, so I
Let me talk to you about this story; in those days, the founder of our Zhang family was not actually named Zhang, but was called Xu Laosi, because you also know that wars continued in those years, and many people were displaced and separated from others.
The family is separated! So our ancestor has been adopted by a family named Zhang since he can remember."
"The reason why Grandmaster is called Xu Laosi is because the Zhang family who adopted him actually knew his parents, so they knew that Grandmaster's surname was Xu and that he was the fourth oldest child in the family, so they didn't think of changing his name.
, forget about Xu Laosi directly; but this family regards my ancestor as their own, so after discovering that my ancestor was talented in boxing and kicking, they specially spent money to hire a teacher for my ancestor.
That’s why the founder was able to establish the Zhangjiamen. Of course, the Zhangjiamen at that time was actually called the Eighteen-Road Fist and Foot Sect.”
"The so-called Eighteen Ways of Fist and Kick actually refers to the eighteen most common martial arts in martial arts. As long as these martial artists are willing to go shopping in big cities, they can basically collect all the copies of these martial arts.
Therefore, what my ancestor founded back then was not so much a sect, but a venue specifically for people to practice boxing and kicking. Because these martial arts are really not difficult, many people simply went to teach martial arts for the purpose of
Let yourself have the status of a genuine martial arts person! After all, there were a lot of miscellaneous fighters who learned boxing and kung fu in those days, so these people went one step further to become majestic martial arts people, and at the end they were just a group of hooligans who knew how to fight."
Speaking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but interjected: "Yeah, our boxing and kicking skills are actually quite embarrassing, because before you have some success, it's not as cool as swords and swords, so it's been rare in recent years.
Talented newcomers will choose to join a sect that focuses on boxing and kicking. After all, who doesn’t want to be a sword-wielding swordsman in fluttering white clothes? And those of us who practice boxing and kicking kung fu can only wear some in order to be able to perform well.
Short casual clothes.”
Zhang Ran smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, our boxing and kicking skills are indeed a bit inferior compared to those who play with weapons, and they will be weaker in the early stages. We can only do this after our skills are fully developed.
Eliminate the disadvantage of not having weapons, but now we will also teach some common weapon routines; back to the topic, our Zhangjiamen was also one of the largest sects in Boyang City back then, because there was no ultimatum at that time, so
As long as you are willing to learn martial arts from a master and give me a little apprenticeship ceremony, you can directly join the sect and start learning martial arts."
"And this is also one of the main reasons why the ancestor changed the name of the sect, that is, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, so some apprentices want to cause trouble to the master after they learn it, so the following happened several times during this period
In the end, the Grandmaster simply changed the name of the sect to Zhangjiamen, and from now on he would only recruit disciples named Zhang! Of course, our Grandmaster also had some careful thoughts here, because there are several Zhangjiazhuangs near Boyang City.
, Zhangjia Village and so on, so even so, there is no shortage of apprentices... But after the appearance of Mendai, Zhangjiamen began to decline little by little."
Zhang Ran sighed, shook his head and said: "To be honest, I heard from my master that the main purpose of establishing the sect was to make some money, because after the world was first established, only certain people could
Qualified to establish a sect, and Grandmaster is one of them; as far as I know, Grandmaster has actually mastered many advanced boxing techniques in addition to the common boxing and kicking skills, but the problem is that if he is teaching this type of martial arts
, it is bound to be impossible to recruit so many apprentices, so he can only settle down and teach those martial arts that can be said to be not very popular."
"But this is enough for the ancestor, because he did make a lot of money and gave it to his adoptive parents, but this is what those below are coveted! I believe you should be able to do the same.
Do you understand this? At that time, our Zhangjiamen's annual income might have been several thousand taels of silver, not to mention some other random income. In short, this wealth is so attractive that some people want to replace the ancestor's position...
To put it bluntly, our ancestor is an orphan without a family, so his position seems to be accessible to anyone."
After hearing this, Liu Xing gained a certain understanding of the world of martial arts modules, especially about these martial arts sects.
From a certain point of view, these martial arts sects that only appeared after the establishment of the New Dragon Empire are essentially the New Dragon Emperor giving a meal to those martial arts people who follow him, so that they are qualified to establish a new "company".
And they also prevented other martial arts people from competing with them for jobs; therefore, Xu Laosi and others had two choices at that time - fame or profit.
If you want to be famous, you must naturally make your "company" bigger and stronger, so you need to come up with attractive martial arts and mental methods to attract those talented young people to join your sect! It's just that there are
There are not many talented young people, and there are many peers who are eyeing them, especially those sects that have existed for many years. They are inherently more attractive to these young people. After all, unless a start-up company is very promising, how can it be possible?
Can you rob those established companies? Therefore, unless those who take this path already have enough cards, it is impossible to do so... Of course, it is not impossible if you are stubborn.
Therefore, more people will definitely choose another path - profit, that is, relying on the opportunity of His Majesty's mercy to make a fortune, so they simply define their "company" as a "cram school", with a low threshold
The advantages attract more people to join it, or it can be said that if you give me money, I will give you a certification representing a martial arts person. In this way, it is good for you and me.
In a sense, today's martial arts practitioners are equivalent to ordinary people in the real world who have obtained nutritionist and other licenses. Although they may not be of any practical use, they can sometimes use these licenses to fool people.
Yes, Liu Xing took several certificates when he was in college, including nutritionist and masseur. As a result, these certificates did not play any role after graduation, and they were only mentioned when bragging to others.
arrive.
Then again, "cram-school classes" like the one run by Xu Laosi must have been very profitable back then, because as Zhang Ran said, the title of "martial arts person" can make you instantly become a
As people get older, there will definitely be many people who choose to join cram schools. In addition to the most basic apprenticeship ceremony, in addition to the annual income, they also have to give some meat, eggs and so on during the holidays, so this "cram school" is suitable
A true chicken that lays golden eggs!
The most important thing is that the owner of this chicken is an orphan, so if something happens to him, the chicken will belong to whoever grabs it!
Therefore, some of Xu Laosi's disciples will definitely have their own tricks and want their master to abdicate in favor of them. After all, this "cram-school" cannot be opened just by asking, and a soft persimmon like his own master can't be opened.
Not much, so they did some treacherous things.
Fortunately, Xu Laosi was well prepared and was not defeated by his apprentice, but this was not a problem. After all, there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days? So it is better to just turn "cram school" into "
"Private school of the Zhang family", in this way he can not only repay his debt to the Zhang family, but also let the Zhang family be his backer to ensure that he can rest in peace after a hundred years.
So this is not martial arts, but business war!
But what makes Liu Xing more concerned now is that Zhang Ranyou mentioned that Xu Laosi actually knows some more advanced kung fu, so is there any secret book for these kung fu? Are you still in the Zhang family now?
If so, would Zhang Jingxu have the opportunity to learn?
If Zhang Jingxu has the opportunity to learn these fist and kick martial arts, it means that he and his group will also have the opportunity to learn these skills, because the difficulty of getting started with fist and kick is much lower than those of weapons.
"Although the Zhang family seems to be much weaker now, we still have many uncles with other surnames outside, that is, the disciples that the ancestor accepted before he changed the name of the sect. Many of them understand the ancestor very well.
Master’s approach, so our relationship with us is pretty good now; for example, your master Ye Feng’s father was the apprentice of our ancestor, that’s why he has such a good relationship with us.”
Zhang Yu took out a pipe from his package and said: "In today's Boyang City, our Zhang family doesn't dare to say anything else, but we are not bad in terms of connections, so you don't have to worry about it after arriving in Boyang City.
If you get lost, you can find our Zhangjiamen after getting off the carriage and asking anyone... Uh, I almost forgot, this little brother should still remember where the Zhangjiamen is, right?"
Just as Zhang Jingxu was about to speak, he noticed the pipe in Zhang Yu's hand.
pipe?
At this time, Liu Xing also frowned slightly, because in the background introduction of the martial arts module, it can actually be seen that the background setting of the New Dragon Empire should be based on the Qin and Han Dynasties, because the chess pieces in the martial arts board game are all
The costumes worn in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the settings of the surrounding tribal kingdoms that bowed to the New Dragon Empire correspond to those of the foreign races that appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties.
So the question is, when was the tobacco used in pipes introduced?
Ming dynasty.
Therefore, there were no pipes before the Ming Dynasty, because there were no things that could use pipes in China at that time.
Then the question comes again. The origin of this tobacco is in the American continent, so although this martial arts module has not announced a big map, it can be seen from the map of the New Dragon Empire and its surroundings that the big map of this martial arts module should be consistent with reality.
The world is basically the same! Therefore, as long as the Cthulhu Run Game Hall does not deliberately modify the origin of tobacco in the martial arts module, it means that someone can now send tobacco from the other end of the earth!
This is a bit interesting!
At this time, Zhang Yu also noticed Zhang Jingxu's gaze, so he smiled and waved the pipe in his hand, "This is a pipe that is very popular in Boyang City recently. It is said that it was passed down from an empire called Maga. It
Needs to be used with something called tobacco.”
As Zhang Yu spoke, he took out a small jar from the package with some prepared tobacco in it.
Obviously, the Maga Empire mentioned by Zhang Yu refers to the combination of the Maya tribe and the Inca tribe, but this also means that Liu Xing's conjecture is correct.
In the martial arts module, someone may have been able to cross the Pacific and open a maritime trade route between the two continents.
This reminded Liu Xing again of the so-called heretics who were expelled from Zhuzi Academy. Perhaps one of them was named Navigator!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing recalled a book he had read. The main content of this book was that if the people who discovered the New World were Chinese, what would the world be like today?
Perhaps among the many modders who built this martial arts world, someone has read this book.
"Smoke less, we have to exchange this stuff for azure jade."
Zhang Ran rolled his eyes at Zhang Yu and continued: "This thing is not good for anything else, but it is quite refreshing, so it is very suitable for people who do physical work to take a sip after they are tired, so we thought about taking it.
Exchange some azure jade; I have now regarded you little brothers as one of my own, so I will tell you the truth here. This thing is now somewhat famous in big cities like Boyang City.
There probably aren’t many people here in Shan County who know each other, so we plan to take advantage of this to exchange for more azure jades.”
Zhang Jingxu nodded and said immediately: "Yes, I have indeed never heard of such a thing in Heshan County."
Liu Xing and the other three immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
"That's good, so Zhang Yu, don't touch these things. I'll buy them for you later."
Hearing what Zhang Ran said, Zhang Yu could only put away his pipe and tobacco with some depression.
At this moment, Zhang Jingxu also took the opportunity to ask: "Brother Zhang, I haven't heard of the Maga Empire before, so where do they come from? Can they call themselves an empire like us?"
"Well, I don't know much about these things, so you'd better go to Boyang City and see for yourself later."