Advance the future and become a martial saint on earth!

Chapter 22 Buying cotton to make quilts, practicing martial arts to change nationality, Master Duan’s "acquaintance", Northern Pacification Division, Captain Gu!

The next day, morning dawned.

A big sun passed over the east, slowly rising and emitting light.

Ji Xiu had been used to a hard life, so even without his master's urging him, he still got up early and took a walk.

At this time, he was sitting on a wooden bench outside the fence, panting, his body covered with sweat. If he took off his clothes and twisted them, he could squeeze out a small basin of water.

But every drop of sweat shed is worth it and not in vain.

When he took off his coat, half of his body was bare-chested, he casually threw his clothes into the wooden basin.

The fragmented light sprinkled on the body.

At this moment, Ji Xiu was like an eagle about to fly out of the nest and soar into the sky.

Open your strong arms and just raise them slightly.
The bulging muscles float on the surface of the body.

It was like the tendons of a hibernating dragon, beginning to rise and fall slightly!
The originally rough and dull skin has become less rough after a period of care and training, and even looks shiny against the backdrop of the gold.

It is completely different from its previous appearance, which was skinny and sallow, and looked like it would fall down at the slightest breeze.

[Devoted to the sword, practiced hard, advance progress of 'Tianhe Sword Skill' +1]

[Tianhe Sword Skill: (4013/10000)]

"call"

"I have become much more skilled."

Ji Xiu, who was silently improving his 'Tianhe Swordsmanship', felt that the various swordsmanship skills in his mind were constantly improving, and he was getting closer and closer to the so-called 'great success' state.

I just feel more confident and have more faith to face this world.

He looked at the three taels of silver on the table.

It was yesterday evening that he was brought here by Lu Yu himself, and it was presented to him by the steward Qiao Jin, who had almost broken an arm due to the impact of his wooden sword.

Now it's been a night.

I remembered the look of 'seeing a ghost' on his face when he saw that I was acquainted with the young master of Huoyao yesterday.

Then he couldn't help but smile:
"Since ancient times, people have always respected the clothes first and then the person."

"What clothes you wear and what your status is, will always be different in the eyes of others."

"If your fists are not strong and your bones are soft, and you look easy to bully and manipulate, someone will come and step on you."

"There are so many such 'human indifferences' in this world that I cannot manage them all, nor do I have the heart to manage them."

He fumbled in his purse:

"But anyway."

"Harden your fists, and make yourself look like someone wearing a 'robe' in the eyes of others!"

"That's the truth!"

At Lin's house.

Lu Yu's timely rescue almost gave him the illusion that 'momentum' was stronger than 'fist'.

But at this moment, looking at the physique and swordsmanship that gave him a strong sense of security.
Ji Xiucai suddenly understood.

Where does the momentum come from?

But take it with your fist!
We must not put the cart before the horse!
Just as he was thinking about it, Ji Wei brought breakfast to him obediently, her eyes sparkling and full of admiration.

"Brother, are you tired from practicing swordsmanship? Come on and eat. I'll go wash your clothes!"

Ji Xiu hasn't spoken yet.

She trotted all the way, took the dirty clothes to the wooden basin and washed them.

Looking at her with her hair tied up, beads of sweat appeared on her small nose, she was squatting on the ground fetching water and washing clothes. In the freezing cold weather, she was still wearing thin and torn clothes.

Ji Xiu held his purse tightly and stood up:
"Little sister, stop washing."

The days of gritting our teeth and tightening our belts are over.

This made Ji Xiu's tone begin to become softer.

He touched Ji Wei's head:

"Go, the food is still hot, eat it."

"I'll give you a surprise when I come back in the evening."

As he said this, he stood up and changed into a clean cloth, hugged Ji Wei, and walked out thinking:
"It was late autumn, and the family had bedding, my younger sister's clothes, as well as rice, noodles, and meat."

"You need to add more."

"Brother Lu still has to wait for two days. So, Qiao Jin's money really arrived just in time."

"He knows what's going on."

While thinking about it.

Ji Xiu walked for half a quarter of an hour, crossed into the street, and found a cheap cotton shop nearby.

First, I fluffed seven pounds and six ounces of cotton, and asked the shop owner to sew the bed covers with needle and thread. The price was fifty coins per pound, and the quilt skin cost more than half a ounce of silver.

He made two more cotton-padded coats, and spent the money to buy more cloth and quilts, along with the bed and quilt, a total of more than one or two taels of silver, all gone just like that.

"This is cotton with some added fibers. If you use good materials,

"The little money I have is not enough!"

"In the days to come, we will have to endure hardships again."

After finishing the revision, I was secretly amazed.

No wonder farmers become worried when they hear the words "autumn and winter".

How many normal people can afford new clothes and thick quilts? Usually, they wear the same clothes for several years, and even if they are torn, they will still hang on to them and are reluctant to change them.

Not to mention the burning firewood and charcoal.

If you don't make a living in the winter.

It can freeze or starve people to death!
“You still have to make money!”

"It's hard to even afford the basics, let alone the money for me to practice martial arts!"

Ji Xiu's throat rolled.

I thought I would be free once I was free from slavery.

But now it seems that if I don't work as a groom and can't get into the business of making fine rice and flour, my life will become even more difficult.

"But it's all temporary."

"Senior Brother Lu said that as long as the 'guests' of Huoyao Lu Manor are approved by the old manor owner, the most basic thing they can do is to receive a monthly salary of ten silver coins, meat every day, and a private courtyard."

"If you can be valued and cultivated, not only will you have real power in this kiln, surpassing many shop owners, but you will also have a carriage to go in and out, and you can also get the 'weapons' smelted in the kiln!"

"That's a sword!"

“Ordinary people can’t even touch it or buy it!”

Ji Xiu licked his lips, his eyes fiery.

Isn't that much more useful than the wooden sword he uses?!
"But before that,"

"I have to change my 'native place'."

Anning County Government Office.

Relying on his reputation as a "warrior", Ji Xiu had no obstacles along the way.

结果
But in the 'household room', I encountered difficulties.

The clerk in charge of 'household registration changes' was surprised to hear that Ji Xiu had become a warrior and wanted to tear up his slave contract, but he had seen it a lot, so he didn't say much and changed it for him.

however,
When he found the wooden plaque with the last month's household registration written on it, he took a closer look and his eyes narrowed:
"Lin's House, Nuqi, Ji's son" He murmured the name and frowned for a while:
"I've heard of your reputation."

Have you heard of me?
Ji Xiu was stunned.

As a result, the clerk looked at him with a hint of displeasure in his eyes:

"You just became a warrior, you whipped your superiors, and you have a violent temper. The owner of the Lin family wanted to take you in as his 'adopted son', but you refused and slammed the door and walked out."

"Ji Family"

"You don't know what good fortune you have missed!"

"Just yesterday, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, who had not returned for nine years and had once been a disciple of a Qigong master, happened to come back."

"If you can get close to such a person, you will benefit a lot in your life."

"Unfortunately"

He shook his head, leaned back in his chair, and held out five fingers:
"For an ordinary family, if you become a warrior, the bond can be dissolved, it's nothing."

"Danlin House"

"The government office must return this money to them."

"Plus the hard work fee for going back and forth."

"Five taels."

"Pay the money."

Miss, you joined the sect and became a master of Qigong?
Unconsciously, Ji Xiu's eyes narrowed, and he remembered the woman he had seen yesterday, with a sword on her waist and a veil on her face, and he couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring.

Is it her?

only.
How could this news spread so widely and smear him so badly?
Hearing the clerk's blunt words, Ji Xiu felt a pang of pain in his teeth.

A warrior who enters Aojin can change his "household registration" without any conditions, even if he is a slave.

But this little official
But it is obvious that they want to make extra money by eating up the people's money!

The king of hell is easy to see, but the devil is difficult to deal with.

If he had it, he would have paid it, but
Just when Ji Xiu was in a dilemma.

A faint voice came:
"Since the Great Xuan Ding Dynasty, there have been rules and ancestral teachings."

"Anyone who becomes a 'warrior' should be able to break free from the shackles and be included in the military register, above the common people and the lower classes, be exempted from the spring and autumn taxes, no longer be bound by the local prefectures and counties, and can freely enter and leave other places."

"Somewhere else, that's fine."

“There is still a lot of sneakiness here.”

"If you do this again, I will punish you!"

The bland words fell.

Outside the household, a tall and dignified figure in black uniform, with his hands behind his back, stood at the threshold and happened to pass by, looking at the household official.

Immediately, he was frightened and jumped up:
"My lord!"

"Yes!"

"I, I was wrong. I will change the nationality of this Ji family member right now!"

Whoosh, whoosh!

He didn't complain at all, completely different from his previous laziness, and quickly changed his registered residence.

In less than an incense stick of time, a brand new wooden sign was handed to Ji Xiu.

The speed was so fast that Ji Xiu was silent.

[Jiangyin Prefecture, Anning County, Huoyao Street Ji Xiu, entered the military register and was recorded in the "Military Register".]

[From now on, they can be exempted from spring and autumn taxes, can leave the county, and have the qualifications to go to other prefectures and counties.]

Holding this wooden identity card represents freedom from the shackles.

Looking at the flattering and frightened eyes in front of me, looking at the black-clad doorkeeper at the threshold
Ji Xiu didn't even look at this bully who only feared the strong. He walked to the door and hesitated:
"Thank you, sir, for your righteous words."

"you"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Then I saw this person looking back.

A pair of eagle eyes then pierced straight into his sight:

"You are Duan Chenzhou's disciple?"

Ji Xiu was startled, then he remembered that Master Duan had worked as a "Du Tou" in the government office for a period of time, and thought that this was his colleague, so he bowed and replied:

"I can't be considered as Master Duan's disciple, but he did teach me how to use the sword."

"Sir, are you Master Duan's colleague in the government office?"

Colleague.

The man in black raised his lips.

"My name is 'Gu Baichuan'."

"He is considered an old friend of Duan Chenzhou."

"I have investigated some things about you, so I know."

"Go ahead and give my regards to your master."

Gu Baichuan nodded, which was considered as his agreement.

Even though Ji Xiu had some doubts in his heart, seeing his appearance, he didn't want to keep him any longer. He just agreed and left.

Only the clerk was left trembling with fear, his calves shaking.

He looked at him with an indifferent look, and a trace of the "Goshawk" pattern was inadvertently revealed under the hem of his black clothes.

After Ji Xiu walked away.

His knees went weak and he fell to his knees with a thump.

"Master Baibaihu!"

"I, I was really wrong, I!"

The official was trembling even as he spoke.

The Goshawk brand represents the "Northern Pacification Division".

This institution has the responsibility to monitor the whole country and patrol the "outside sects".

And the person in front of him is not just a Tiqi or a flag officer.

It is no exaggeration to say
If you want his life.

Just nod here, and no one dares to say no when they come!
However, Gu Baichuan didn’t pay any attention to this petty official at all.

He just looked at Ji Xiu's receding back, raised his eyebrows, and smiled:
"Duan, Chen, Zhou."

"He also teaches others how to use the knife?"

"It seems that he has really lost his temper."

"It's a pity that his lineage's 'secret martial arts' may be cut off here."

"But that kid"

"It's quite interesting."

"Perhaps you could try to absorb it?"

(End of this chapter)