Chapter 887 The Imperial Court Opens
Chapter 887 The Imperial Court Opens
“That’s the taste!”
Hu Qi and Xiang Changsong pointed at their junior brother and laughed unrestrainedly.
The night wind was blowing, the flags on the walls were fluttering, and the orange and yellow lanterns under the buildings were swaying and flickering.
Liang Qu laughed heartily at each other.
The apprentices other than the three of them were confused as to why. They found it unreal that the usually strict Senior Brother Hu and his fellow apprentices were so happy, and they also grinned due to the infection.
Moonlight and lights interweave.
There were crowds of people.
There is a longing in the longing.
Xiang Changsong tightly held Liang Qu's neck and said, "Only when you, my junior brother, tell me about sudden enlightenment will it sound like a common meal!"
"Let's wait another six years, no, five years." Hu Qi suggested seriously, "Let's ask Master to move the martial arts academy again, spend some money, and let Junior Brother Liang have another enlightenment. I think this deal is worth it."
"That makes sense!" Xiang Changsong raised both hands in support.
"Another ten years will be useless." Liang Qu stopped smiling and looked up at the moon. "Flowers may bloom again, but people will never be young again. I have never stood on a stake in Huaiyin Martial Arts Academy, nor have I learned martial arts from my senior brothers. What's the use of moving?"
"Indeed."
Release Liangqu to Changsong.
The three of them suddenly felt a little bored.
sad?
Not sad.
Maybe it's just remembrance?
One year spent similar, each year is different.
"Let's go! This is my first time here. I'll take some time to bring you to see our new martial arts academy! I was the one who brought you back then."
"Brother, are you still leading it?"
"I won't accept it anymore." Xiang Changsong shook his head. "In the past, there were about 30 to 40 people in each session. No new people came in two or three days. I had nothing to do but accepted it. Now, there are more than a dozen people signing up every day. The martial arts academy is so big that I don't have time. Only you, my junior brother, can have this treatment."
"I'm flattered." Liang Qu looked back at the apprentice who had taken root under his feet and refused to leave. "It's getting late. Let's stop standing here. Let's go eat. Those who want to go home can go home. Those who want to stay can stay. Don't worry, I'll be here for the next three days. Don't worry."
"Three days?" The apprentice in front was excited, "Are you serious, Lord Xingyi?"
"really!"
"Wuhu!"
There was a lot of cheering.
Sure that they would have a chance to meet again, the bustling crowd dispersed.
Hu Qi and Xiang Changsong laughed and shook their heads, grabbed the cloth bag with spikes on the ground, led Liang Qu along the corridor around the martial arts academy, and gave instructions.
"Our martial arts academy is very different from the martial arts hall. Now we have everything. For example, there are five large stables and one small one, a total of six, which can accommodate more than a hundred horses. There are also five martial arts arenas in front and back, two large and three small.
There are nearly forty square courtyards behind the martial arts academy, reserved for students to stay in. Each courtyard has four wings, with bunk beds accommodating fifty people at most and sixteen at least. There are twenty-five cooks and twenty-five handymen in the cafeteria, and five meals a day, which adds up to fifty people.
You don't know, all of them are half-grown boys, they can eat and poop. There are not enough toilets in each room in the yard, there are ten public toilets nearby. The manure collector has to come three times a day, if he doesn't come, it will overflow in three days."
"Hahaha."
Liang Qu couldn't help laughing.
There are more than a thousand people, with seven or eight hundred of them living permanently. Managing their food, drink, defecation, urination, and logistical supplies is definitely not an easy task.
Hundreds of people were needed to do the rough work of cooking, boiling water, delivering firewood, cleaning, and washing clothes. The monthly wages and food consumption were no less than a thousand taels. In addition, there were also expenses for medicinal baths, meals, and injuries...
If we change it to Yixing City, which used to have a population of a thousand or so, and assume half of them are able-bodied men, there would only be 500 of them, and the employment problems of the entire township could be solved.
"Hey, there is a medicine hall in our courtyard?"
Liang Qu pointed to the small house in the martial arts academy.
On the left side of the hut hung a vertical plaque with the words Changchun Medical Clinic, and two cloth-clad servants were busy working with scales.
"Yes, the Changchun Hospital's shop is right inside our house. It has many common blood-activating herbs. Some apprentices can't use enough from our martial arts school, so they have to cook their own. This year, many of the black-spotted frogs and golden-thread leeches you raise were sent to us.
Normally, if there are weak apprentices who catch a cold, they will all get medicine from here. In addition, if the fellows in the martial arts academy have any minor illnesses, they don’t need to go outside to see a doctor. We will charge the cost price here.”
"Is there a fight?"
"Yes! Of course I have my period several times a month, and nine out of ten times I bleed. I can't control it at all." When Xiang Changsong mentioned this, his head started to swell.
"I guess so." "Fighting is no big deal." Hu Qi said.
"It's a small matter? Did someone get killed?"
"Hey, Junior Brother, you guessed it right, but it almost caused a death! Last month, a male apprentice dragged a female apprentice to his courtyard. One was sixteen and the other fifteen. If someone hadn't come to tip them off, they would have been almost naked. I was almost scared to death that time!"
Xiang Changsong looked terrified.
Liang Qu almost choked on his saliva: "What happened next?"
There is definitely no saying in the martial arts academy that prohibits premature love, but you can be in love and you must not do anything out of the ordinary before you get engaged.
"Later, we didn't dare let them continue their studies, so our parents took them back. I don't know what happened to them. I heard they were planning to get engaged..."
"Weird."
He talked about a lot of trivial things.
As the saying goes, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, especially when young people are restless, the gossip there is much more exciting than that in the small martial arts school before.
It's eye-opening.
"When I came here, I saw plum blossom piles in the middle of the lake. Could they be practicing water battles?"
"Do you remember what we taught before?"
"Remember, there are three types of boxing: ape boxing, tiger boxing, and crane boxing. Li Bo and I both learned ape boxing, and Chen Jiechang learned tiger boxing."
"Back then, we only provided enlightenment, and at most trained them to the second or third level. Now it is different. Our martial arts school teaches all four levels and even running horses. The three introductory boxing techniques have been expanded to seven, covering a wider range.
In addition to the old three, there are four more, namely snake, mantis, bear and horse, followed by the whale's breath qigong method, etc. Underwater training has miraculous effects. In addition to the exercises, it includes eighth and ninth grade martial arts, which is the inferior and middle grades of the lower level, and the whole teaching.
Nearly half of the martial arts are about water combat, which is why the martial arts academy is moving to Sturgeon Cave. The lake is small and it is less likely to cause an accident."
Liang Qu understood.
People from different places definitely have different tendencies in practicing martial arts.
There are many openings and closings in the north, a typical example is Cangzhou, while there are many water battles in the south.
With two underwater skills at your disposal, it will be easier to "apply" for a job at a river or lake.
"Are you busy enough to come here?"
"I'm too busy and exhausted every day. There are so many things to deal with with the accommodation for hundreds of people. This needs to be changed, that needs to be modified. Now Senior Sister Zhuo and Senior Brother Cao are planning to come and help. Our martial arts school has a lot of money now. There are people donating money for the martial arts competition held every six months. It's almost December, the second competition of the year."
"Where's Senior Brother Xu? Isn't he very free?"
"Senior Brother Xu has been here for a long time."
"what?"
"When you came, Senior Brother Hu and I were not at a very high level either. We had only studied for two years. At that time, Senior Brother Xu was the only one leading the martial arts school. After we two reached the fourth level, Senior Brother Xu just became a hands-off manager. Wasn't your spear skills taught by Senior Brother Xu?"
Liang Qu pinched his eyebrows.
"I just thought it was because we were close brothers, and Senior Brother Xu can use a gun..."
"Hahaha, that's partly because Senior Brother Xu is the fourth senior brother, and up to him, Master didn't teach much more, just passing on the Dharma, either superior martial arts or Wansheng Baoyuan.
On weekdays, when it comes to training moves and sparring, the senior brothers in the front lead the junior brothers behind. The master is the head of the academy, Senior Brother Xu is the head of the hall, and Senior Brother Hu and I are the instructors and the lecturers..."
Chatting under the moon, people's shadows overlap and intertwine.
The three of them talked a lot.
Liang Qu stepped on the training ground made of compacted loess. It was on such a field that Hu Qi had practiced with him in the past. It was then that he first learned the "essence" of a warrior.
Now the martial arts arena is bigger and wider.
The toe of his shoe twisted the sand and kicked up the gravel.
"Brother, can you write down the development model of the martial arts academy on a leaflet and give it to me?"
"Brother, bring it here..."
"I have an idea in my head. If I report it, I might be able to get some credit."
Liang Qu briefly explained his ideas.
"Let the court open a martial arts academy?" Xiang Changsong frowned. "It's not very practical, right? Not to mention the local government funding, where would they get so many people? What's the benefit?"
“So we don’t do small things, we do big things.”
(End of this chapter)