Wulin martial arts hegemony record

Chapter 157 The Benefits of Establishing a School (Continued)
Xue Chang couldn't help asking: "Will the sect at the bottom be punished?"

"No." Jiang Shijia's tone was mixed with a trace of regret: "It is said that when the first emperor discussed with the heads of the various sects, he proposed to punish the backward sects in order to encourage the various sects to make progress, but everyone strongly opposed it. In the end, I had to give up."

Xue Chang nodded thoughtfully.

"The second part is the personal competition. Each faction selects the strongest disciples of martial arts, including the master himself, to compete with each other, and finally the winner will go to Luoyang on behalf of the Bashu martial arts to participate in a discussion hosted by the emperor. In the Dharma Conference, exchange martial arts with martial arts experts from other regions. If you win the championship and pass the final assessment, you may be named a country protector by the emperor. If he is a monk, he will be worshiped as a Zen master of the country, and if he is a layman, he will be granted the title of marquis by the emperor.

Once this title is obtained, the recipient will not only get the fief and a lot of rewards to glorify the sect, but also have the right to directly enter the imperial court and meet the emperor, gain the respect of all Dazhou officials, and the entire sect will benefit from it.The only warrior who protects the country in our Bashu martial arts is Dugu Changhui, the head of the Qingcheng faction. She has dominated the first throne of the Bashu martial arts for more than ten years. "

"Thank you Master Jiang for your encouragement!" Jiang Shijia's proposal moved Xue Chang's heart: if he can win the first place in the Bashu martial arts, and win the title of the country protector, when he marries Lanmeng in the future, he will not be honored by her master, Uncle's eyes.

So, he asked: "How many sects are there in our Bashu martial arts?"

"Counting your Xiaoyao faction, there are fifteen sects in total." Jiang Shijia replied quickly.

"There are only fifteen sects!" Xue Chang was a little surprised. When he went south to fight the rebellion, he saw that the martial arts army he was in was mighty, with hundreds of thousands of people, and he thought that there were many sects in Bashu martial arts.

"There are already a lot of fifteen sects!" Jiang Shijia saw Xue Chang's thoughts, and explained seriously: "You have to know that the imperial court will provide these fifteen sects with a large area of ​​donated land and a lot of money. Salary, the annual cost is not a small amount, if there are too many sects, the cost will be huge, how can the court officials agree.

Now that Master Xue has passed the assessment, let me tell you the truth here. Why hasn’t a new sect emerged in the Bashu martial arts for so many years? Although there are reasons for the domination of various sects and their reluctance to share benefits, the imperial court also has such expectations , since it takes a lot of money to cultivate, of course we must choose the best from the best. "

Xue Chang was stunned, and couldn't help asking again: "Master Jiang, I would like to take the liberty to ask, what is the number of disciples of the Qingcheng Sect?"

"250 people." Jiang Shijia thought for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "Although the Qingcheng faction is completely full-staffed, and every member of the Qingcheng faction registered in the register does have martial arts, it is a group after all. With a history of hundreds of years, the profound background also means that there are more intricate relationships in the sect, and many of the sects occupying these places are also superstitious.

For example, Taoism is good at health preservation. There are nearly 70 Taoists in the previous generation and even the previous generation of Dugu Zhenren and others. Most of these old people can no longer work, but they have to be given quotas; The descendants of the Taoist priests of the Qingcheng School no longer want to practice Taoism, and their martial arts are average, but they can rely on the kindness of their fathers and grandparents to occupy the places among them as lay disciples. The combined number of the two exceeds a hundred people , and... Don't look at Dugu Daoist, who is decisive in his external actions, but internally he is very emotional, so seriously, there are only six or seventy people in the Qingcheng faction who are really capable and can work for the court.In fact, not only Qingcheng is like this, Emei, Tangmen, Yindu, Meishan... all have such problems. "

"Even so, it's much stronger than my Xiaoyao faction." Xue Chang murmured.

"The Xiaoyao faction has just been established, and it still needs time to develop. Don't worry too much about the head of Xue." Jiang Shijia comforted, while taking two thick booklets from Zhou Chengyu, and handing them to Xue Chang: "You take this , is for the Peripatetic Sect.”

Xue Chang took a look and saw that one had "Weapons and Ore Spectrum" written on the cover, and the other had "Elixir Herb Book" written on the cover: "This is it?" He looked at Jiang Shijia suspiciously.

"This is the benefit given by the imperial court to each sect." Jiang Shijia said a little complacently: "The Xiaoyao Sect can order weapons and elixir from the Patrol Division, as long as the weapons and pills listed in these two booklets, the Patrol Division It can be provided, they are all made by the best craftsmen of the Imperial Weapons Supervision and the best doctors of the Royal Pharmacy, the quality is so high that ordinary martial arts people can't buy it even if they want to buy it.

In addition, if you have special requirements, Head Xue, you can also make a request and make a special order, but you need to provide the blueprint of the weapon or the prescription of the elixir, and the price will of course be more expensive. "

Hearing this, Xue Chang hurriedly opened the booklet "Weapon and Ore Spectrum". There are shields, Wu hooks, silver gloves, crutches, flails... and other odd-shaped weapons, and there are some rare ores at the back of the book, such as cold iron, black iron, black gold, red copper...

Xue Chang looked at Jiang Shijia in surprise, pointed to the name of the ore in the brochure, and asked, "Are these ores also sold?"

"These ores are not sold separately." Jiang Shijia explained: "They were collected by the imperial court with great difficulty and a lot of manpower. Wu Si submits an application, and the imperial court will decide whether to sell the ore to you and let the weapon supervisor make weapons based on the meritorious service made by the Xiaoyao faction.

Feng Yanhao from the Yindu faction who fought with you before, the Yan Wangling he used was the cold iron purchased from the inspector and made by the weapon supervisor. The black iron is extremely hard. Without the blast furnace of the weapon supervisor, it cannot be melted at all. ..."

"So that's how it is." Xue Chang turned to the first page of the brochure again, and sighed: "The imperial court has thoughtfully planned for our martial arts, but the price is too expensive."

Jiang Shijia glanced at the place where he pressed his hand (the long sword, priced at one hundred taels), and explained seriously: "The long sword on this booklet is not an ordinary long sword, but a hundred-steel sword specially made by the Weapons Supervisor for martial arts practitioners. Its sharpness is not inferior to those swords circulated in the rivers and lakes in the past, and the price is of course several times that of ordinary long swords. I remember that you seem to have got the thunder sword that rebelled against Jin Anran from the Iron Sword Gate. The Patrol Division customized it based on the long sword made by the weapon supervisor, and added some special ores to make it."

Xue Chang understood what he heard, but he still felt that the Great Zhou court took advantage of its iron-making technology and its monopoly on ore to earn wealth from various schools of martial arts at high prices, which in fact greatly compensated for the price the court paid for cultivating martial arts schools.

Thinking to himself, Xue Chang opened another booklet. As Jiang Shijia said, this booklet sells all kinds of elixirs: some for internal injuries, some for external injuries, some for detoxification, and even medicines for detoxification. There are many kinds of scars to improve the beauty, and the scope of treatment basically covers all the injuries that martial arts people may encounter.

At the back of the brochure are all kinds of medicinal herb seeds, but most of them are common, and the types are relatively complete, but there are no such treasures as Tianshan Ganoderma lucidum and vermilion fruit.

Jiang Shijia explained at the side: "These herb seeds are different from ores. They can be sold directly to the sect, and the sect can take them to plant them. If there is any surplus in the harvest, they can also be sold back to the military inspector. The price will never let the sect Suffer."

Xue Chang wondered why the imperial court took different measures on ores and elixir, and soon he figured it out: because the martial arts sect is indeed completely incomparable with the imperial court in terms of weapon making and ore collection, so the patrol division can be very useful. However, many martial arts sects have their own unique secret recipes for alchemy and pharmaceuticals, especially some martial arts sects with deep foundations may not even be able to match the pharmaceutical level of the imperial pharmacy in a certain aspect.Moreover, the cultivation of medicinal herbs takes time, requires manpower, and requires different environments to grow. The imperial court is definitely unwilling to invest a lot in this area, so it is willing to share resources with various martial arts factions...

"The imperial court is really considerate! With these two booklets, I have more confidence in the development of the Xiaoyao Sect!" Xue Chang said with some emotion: "However, I also deeply feel that the money is not enough!"

Jiang Shijia laughed and said: "With the support of the imperial court, so far the other sects in Bashu have not had any headaches about money. What's more, the head of Xue not only paid off the debts in the past six months, but also built a restaurant. It is said that You make a lot of money every month, so it seems that you are a genius in business, how could you be short of money!"

"No matter how much money you earn, you don't need to spend it." Xue Chang said helplessly, patting the two booklets.

The two discussed some matters related to the construction of the sect, and at Jiang Shijia's suggestion, they selected a land gift that originally belonged to Tiejianmen.

When Xue Chang left, the sun had already started to set. He looked back at the plaque of the Martial Arts Patroller in the afterglow, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart: No wonder countless Jianghu people wanted to establish or join a sect. After joining the sect, you will have power, money, resources, and connections... Both yourself and the sect will develop rapidly and quickly widen the gap with others. "

"Boy Xue, I heard that you are amazing, and you actually passed the examination for opening the faction!"

"Can you speak? You should be called Master Xue now. Master Xue, congratulations!"

"Master Xue, your father and I have been friends for decades, can you accept my Xiaoliu as your apprentice? He is very talented in learning martial arts!"

"Xue Chang, I'm your Uncle Xue. I hugged you when you were young! My family's stone is considered your distant nephew according to seniority. Can I receive it under your family? It's a family, so it's better than outsiders, right?" , don’t worry about using it!”

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When Xue Chang returned to Jinhe North Street, the neighbors flocked to him one after another. The respect in their eyes and the flattery in their mouths were something he had never encountered before. The demands also overwhelmed him.

Fortunately, Yin Bin arrived in time with a group of bodyguards and rescued him from the crowd.

"Master Xue is back!" Accompanied by Yin Bin's shout, gongs, drums and firecrackers rang in front of the gate of Xue's mansion, and the apprentices cheered excitedly. Mrs. Zhang and Xue Fu wept with joy. ... a lively scene of joy and excitement.

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On this day, Lin Lei stayed in the escort agency and did not go out.In the morning, he practiced Iron Arm Fist against sandbags and wooden stakes alone, and after lunch, he practiced against the bodyguards in the training ground.

He was instructing the escorts who had just practiced with him, when suddenly there was loud cheers from outside the courtyard.

"I'd like to tell everyone a piece of good news. The head of the Jincheng Escort Bureau, Xue Shao, has passed the examination and is about to create a sect!"

"This is the glory of our Escort Street! Cheers, folks!"

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When Lin Lei heard this, his mind went blank as if struck by lightning, and he murmured, "Little Xue passed the examination of opening the faction? How is this possible?!"

The surroundings were quiet, and the bodyguards were equally shocked, but no one spoke.

After a while, Lin Shitou (Lin Yan's servant) ran in with a panicked face: "Master! Master!..."

"What do you look like in a panic!" Lin Lei roared angrily, causing Lin Shitou to stand still in fright.

"What's the matter, tell me!"

"My lord, I was outside just now, and I heard from those bodyguards who went to the Military Patrol Division to watch the inspection of the faction... They said..." Lin Shitou lowered his head and said cautiously: "I said that Xue Chang from the Jincheng Bodyguard Bureau After defeating Feng Yanhao, Tang Fangzhi, and Zhen Youli one after another, and passed the assessment for opening a sect, Master Jiang Shijia not only announced that he had obtained the qualification to establish a sect, but also called him... Headmaster Xue..."

"Xue...Young Escort's martial arts has really improved a lot." A bodyguard said in surprise. The bodyguards of the Four Seas Bodyguard Bureau have always called Xue Chang "Xue's little brat" or "that fart". Consciously used the honorific title: "The martial arts evaluation before the expedition defeated Jiang Yifeng, and it is not impossible to defeat Feng Yanhao this time. Although Tang Fangzhi is an elder of the Tang Sect, he is born with a disability. Elder, it all depends on his good brains and his ability to flatter Mrs. Qiu, so it is understandable that he lost to Young Guard Xue.

But Daoist Zhen Youli, what a formidable person that is, I heard that even the head of Yindu faction Feng, the head of Meishanzhai Jiangzhai...these prominent figures in Bashu martial arts are not his opponents, how could the head of Xue Shao's escort be his? opponent? ! "

"I don't know the little one, I just heard that the bodyguards who came back said so, and they also said that Xue... Young bodyguard Xue fought hundreds of rounds with Daoist Zhen Youli, and even had a competition of internal strength... In the end it was Daoist Zhen The boss took the initiative to admit defeat..." Lin Shitou defended, while stealing glances at Lin Lei.

(End of this chapter)