Lin Fu and Qin Chengzu left Baiyuan by car and returned to Jiyunju.
"That sword strike of yours is really not easy. The strike is extremely fast and powerful. I don't think there are many people on Changshan Island who can confidently block your strike." Qin Chengzu still recalled Lin Fu splitting plum blossoms in the cypress garden.
After returning to Jiyunju, he asked Lin Fu, "By the way, what kind of sword skills did you learn? Direct slashing with a waist knife seems to be very rare."
"Mr. Qin is making a joke. How have I ever learned any sword skills?" Lin Fu said with a smile. He could only continue to lie about this matter to make it easier for others to accept. "I have liked to read some miscellaneous books and learn some since I was a child.
Regarding Zajutsu, when I was a teenager, I got a miscellaneous book called "The Practice Record of Chop Attack". It briefly talked about some methods of practicing hacking. I didn't take it seriously at the time and regarded it as a physical exercise.
I didn’t think it was anything, but after experiencing a lot in Changshan Island, I felt it was of some practical use. After I came back to Shiliang County, I wanted to find that book again and study it carefully, but I didn’t know where it had been thrown to me. This paragraph
I have sorted out some content based on my vague memory, but there are still many omissions. I was about to mention it to Mr. Qin and asked Mr. Qin to help see if there are any deficiencies..." Then he asked Liu Yue'er to enter the room.
Take out the manuscript he compiled explaining the technique of splitting and stabbing.
"You and Leopard are together all day long. He is an expert with knives. What shortcomings can I see?" Qin Chengzu laughed. He stood on the steps in front of the corridor and waited for Liu Yue'er to copy Lin Fu's words from memory.
He took over the "Cracking Practice Record", and he was curious about what kind of strange book allowed Lin Fu, a seemingly weak scholar, to use the sword with such great power.
The leopard mentioned by Qin Chengzu was Zhou Pu, the leopard in the forest. Among Qin Chengzu and his gang of rogue bandits, no one could defeat Zhou Pu with a sword.
The manuscript was very thin, with only six or seven pages. It was very different from the martial arts books that Qin Chengzu usually saw. Not to mention the illustrations of moves, it didn't even mention the routines at all. It was not so much a martial arts book as it was a book of martial arts.
It is said to be a record of the key points of practicing the hacking method.
Qin Chengzu flipped through the manuscript, pointed at the words with his finger, and read softly: "Before he can actually attack him, I must not move my body with my hands and let the enemy take advantage of me; I need to practice every day until the enemy's sword and gun can reach my body and then fight back, so that the enemy can be taken advantage of."
It's not as good as defense. A slash requires strong force and the wound must be heavy, otherwise the enemy will be injured easily. To hit someone, you need to hit the vital part. Those who are good at striking need to hit accurately and powerfully. Practice splitting with novices more often.
Increase courage and experience, and the changes in actual and actual splits are all experienced through actual splitting. The more experience in actual splitting, the more opportunities you have to take advantage of the situation. The basic method is to practice strength, virtual and actual changes, non-actual splitting cannot be subtle, and tricks and routines are useless. When doing actual splitting,
You must adopt a combo attack method, hit the enemy without dodging, take advantage of the momentum to hit with combos, do not jump or jump, advance and retreat continuously. Fighting is just for practice, do not give in, and do not show mercy..."
Qin Chengzu roughly read through the manuscript in his hand. There were only six pages written in small regular script. There were forty or fifty items listed in total. It was only three to four thousand words. It was not about martial arts in the ordinary sense, but about daily life.
The key points to pay attention to when practicing the art of slashing, and even explicitly denounce the tricks and routines of ordinary martial arts as useless.
If it were another martial artist, he might have argued with Lin Fu: What kind of bullshit swordsmanship is this! Qin Chengzu and the others joined the army in their early years, and then became bandits. Their skills have long since refined the useless tricks and routines they first learned.
, this "Hit Attack Practice Record" in Natural Knowledge directly points out the key points of martial arts and teaches the practice method.
Qin Chengzu had a deeper understanding. He was a scholar, and he abandoned literature and joined the army when he was thirty years old. Before, he could only be said to be physically strong. After joining the army, he learned a few basic boxing styles and sword techniques from the crowd in the military camp. When he was in the army, he also
He didn't need to grab a sword and fight in battle, but he only started practicing martial arts seriously after Luocao became a bandit. According to the traditional martial arts master, he didn't practice basic skills and muscles when he was young. If he delayed training hard until he was thirty, he would definitely be a waste. However, Qin Chengzu led the crowd to Luocao.
For ten years, although his skills were far behind those of Zhou Pu and Fu Qinghe, seven or eight ordinary strong men were still in his eyes, and he would not be left behind when he went into battle with a sword. If you think about it, he usually just practiced hard on those practical skills.
Martial arts.
Qin Chengzu frowned, looked at Zhou Pu who was sitting on the verandah under the eaves, and said: "This slashing technique can be called a sword technique, but it is a sharp sword technique specially used to kill people... There seems to be no way to practice it.
I am limited to using the waist knife, do you think it is possible to practice Mo Dao using this method?"
"This hacking technique must have been created by masters in the army. In addition to knives, with slight modifications, it can also be used to guide spear training..." Zhou Pu said with certainty. Lin Fu wanted to use the hacking and stabbing technique learned by later generations.
Integrating into the contemporary swordsmanship, it is natural to ask Zhou Pu for advice on many aspects. Zhou Pu has long been familiar with the thin six or seven page manuscript of the hacking technique, and he also uses the hacking technique as the same as the martial arts he has mastered.
Once confirmed, many suggestions for improvement were put forward. It can be said that this manuscript was jointly formulated by Lin Fu and Zhou Pu, but Lin Fu was given the name of an unknown ancestor. How did he know that the prototype of the hacking and stabbing technique was exactly the martial artist of later generations?
Drawing lessons from many fighting martial arts and creating them for the military?
Qin Chengzu read the manuscript carefully again. If he found something he couldn't understand, he asked Lin Fu and Zhou Pu. He also brought Wu Qi over, and they studied the "Cracking Practice Record" together under the eaves of the corridor in front of the hall.
, the more I thought about it, the more interesting it became. Before I knew it, it was getting dark. I picked up a lantern. Under the lantern, Zhou Pu and Wu Qi even used knives to practice slashing in the snow. Liu Yue'er came over twice and asked if he could open it.
After dinner, they didn't feel hungry.
"This chopping technique can be used to guide and train soldiers to become an elite force easily..." Qin Chengzu said with judgment, and then asked Lin Fu, "Can I make a copy and take it back to Changshan Island?"
"Of course, I spent all this time sorting it out, not just to practice using the sword for myself." Lin Fu said with a smile. The hacking technique is still the most basic training method, and persistent practice can only improve the soldier's personal endurance.
To train ordinary soldiers into elite divisions, the ability to fight with weapons is far from being fully explained in a thin six or seven-page manuscript. Lin Fu has some experience in later generations, but different combat situations, training methods and tactics have many differences.
Big difference. Many of the training methods and tactics he remembered in later generations required substantial adjustments and modifications. Fortunately, Zhou Pu was able to provide Lin Fu with enough experience in the cultivation of small-scale cold weapon tactics. He thought that it would be possible after the New Year
Lin Fu was still somewhat looking forward to officially taking up the post of warden of Jiangdao Prison. He could first use the nearly two hundred guards of Jiangdao Prison as a test field for his military training.
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After all, Qin Chengzu was not willing to stay in Jiangning for the New Year. He only stayed for one more day. Here, Lin Jingzhong directly used the money in the name of Jiyun Society to buy an old two-masted cargo ship filled with rice, flour, cotton cloth and a small amount of tea to be shipped to Chongzhou.
In the name of selling, Qin Chengzu and others were carried down the river.
This black-peng boat will go directly to sea and cannot use hired boatmen. Wu Qi directly took two of his men, Qin Chengzu and the person who escorted Qin Chengzu to Jiangning to leave Jiangning by boat, a total of five people.
It's hard to imagine how much hardship Wu Qi and the others had to endure to adapt to life in Zhouji so quickly after leaving the horseback. Lin Fu counted the time. Everything went well for Qin Chengzu and the others, and they would be able to go to Changshan Island after the Chinese New Year. Fortunately, it was winter.
The sea is relatively calm, otherwise the old two-masted Wupeng cargo ship, which is not considered a big ship on the Yangtze River, faces too great a risk of capsizing when it goes to sea. After all, Changshan Island is still a day and night's voyage from the Yangtze River estuary.
Although Qin Chengzu obtained several more ships from Xinpu County, they were all inland river ships that were not conducive to sea navigation. He even had two unmasted paddle boats, which were towed to Changshan Island. Navigating long distances in the vast sea was not a good idea.
Instead of relying on the force of the wind and using human oars, a whole boat of sailors may die from exhaustion in the sea. These inland river ships can sail within ten miles of the island. When the wind and waves are big, they have to return to the island in time to take shelter; Changshan Island
Now, the only thing that can be used for long-distance navigation at sea is still the three-masted pirate ship that Lin Fu and the others captured initially.
Although there are ready-made ships available for purchase in Jiangning, Lin Fu asked Lin Jingzhong to rent a few old ships to transport cargo first, considering that the offshore seas were very rough, especially in summer, and even considering using them as warships to fight against other pirate ships at sea.
, the new boat they buy must be strong enough to withstand the ravages of summer offshore wind and waves, even if it costs several times the price.
To the east of Moling Lake, on the bank of Long Jiang Lake connected to Moling Lake, there is the Long Jiang Shipyard under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry. It was the largest official shipbuilding base in the Dai Viet Dynasty. It was once capable of building eight-masted ships with a load of 20,000 or even 30,000 stone.
Large ships.
Longjiang Shipyard not only built ships for the government, but also for private businesses and private individuals. When it was prosperous, Longjiang Shipyard claimed that the sails of its newly built boats could cover the entire Longjiang Lake with a radius of more than ten miles.
Since the rebellion of the She family, the imperial court certainly has no intention or ability to dispatch water camp warships to remotely raid the hinterland of the She family from the East China Sea. Naturally, the shipbuilding funds allocated to the Longjiang shipyard will be directly used as military pay for the East Minping rebels. In addition,
In recent years, the southeastern tax grain has been mainly used for the southeast war. The water transportation to Yanjing has been weak. From the eight million stone grain each year at its peak, it has plummeted to less than one-third. Jiangdong, Liangzhe and other counties have
A large amount of shipping capacity has been idle, and Longjiang Shipyard has hardly received a single order for new ships in recent years. Not only Longjiang Shipyard, but also government-run and private shipyards in other parts of Jiangdong have been in dire straits in recent years.
The government-run shipyards can still hold on, but the owners of the private shipyards have no choice but to leave.
In these shipyards, there have always been several or even dozens of new ships that have been built or are about to be built over the years, and they have been lost to themselves because the sellers have withdrawn from the order or are unable to pay the purchase price. One of Lin Jingzhong’s tasks during this period is to replace Lin Jingzhong.
I went to various government-run or private shipyards in Jiangning Prefecture to inspect. In addition to choosing new ships that will use sea navigation in the future, another important thing is that these new ships are in the hands of various shipyards and they cannot get rid of them. Lin Jingzhong also wants to
Take the opportunity to lower the purchase price.
These days, the tea shop managed by Gu Tianqiao sells nearly two thousand kilograms of old tea provided by the Gu family and Lin Mengde in Jiangning City. Lin Fu established a name for Jiyun Society in the feudal building, and Zuo Sikou of Jiangning Prefecture
Zhang Yubo, who joined the army, took extra care of him. The tea shop did not encounter any other big resistance. Even the regular money given to the patrol officers of the Bingma Division was half that of other shops. However, the daily profit these days is only two handfuls of silver.
Jiangning is already considered a very well-run tea shop.
The tea shop will have to wait until Gujia's new tea is launched next year in order to make a large-scale profit. However, even if Gujia's new tea is successfully sold next year, the net profit Jiyunshe can make in a year will only be two thousand taels at most. Even if Lin Jingzhong still has nearly seven thousand taels in hand now
He had two taels of silver to spend, so how could he dare to spend it casually?
A few days after the New Year's Eve, the people in the streets and alleys of Jiangning City were preparing for the New Year. Lin Fu personally went to Zhao Shuhan's house to deliver New Year's gifts. Gu Wuchen was too busy with party disputes to use Zhao Shuhan, which made Lin Fu feel a little ashamed to see Zhao Shuhan.
Zhao Shuhan suddenly let go, and he knew that Lin Fu had done his best for him. Besides, he had seen through some things in the past few years, and his mood was not affected at all. He would stay in the house to write books before and after the New Year.
Or he would go to Jiyunju to meet Lin Fu for a drink, and he rarely went to the Jiangning Penal Department Yamen.
On New Year's Eve, Lin Mengde also came to invite Lin Fu to the Dongyang Guild Hall to attend the party of the township party who stayed in Jiangning. Lin Fu first drank at Gu Wuchen's house, then went to Dongyang Guild Hall to drink, and returned to Jiyun drunk.
It is already late at night and early in the morning, listening to the sound of gongs and drums, and the people in the streets cheering, the new year, the 9th year of Chongguan, has arrived.
The New Year's Day, also known as the Spring Festival in later generations, is the most important festival for the people of the world. There are many important festivals in the first few days of the first lunar month. The fifth day of the first lunar month welcomes the God of Wealth, the eighth day of the first lunar month for the Grains Festival, the 13th day of the first lunar month for lighting up the lanterns, and the first lunar month.
On the 15th day of the Lantern Festival, the atmosphere of the festival does not subside until the lanterns fall on the 18th day of the first lunar month. Government offices in Jiangning City resume normal sittings, and only those who should go out to work go out to work, and those who need to go out to work do not leave until they go to other places.
Zhou drove to a foreign country. For both officials and ordinary people who lived a healthy life, the long vacation that lasted for almost twenty days to a month still came to an end. It was also the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. He was appointed as Jiangdong's envoy, Jiangdao Prison.
The official letter from the prison chief was officially delivered to Lin Fu.