Chapter 14

Returning home, Liang Qu poured out all the nine taels and three qian of silver he had saved so far, plus the one hundred and twenty-seven copper coins on his body, which was all his family property now.

The broken silver rolled on the hard bed, colliding and making a bone-rolling sound, the more he listened, the more addicted he became.

Coming to this world for twenty-six days, almost a month, he finally saved enough money to learn martial arts and could see the most mysterious corner of the world.

It's not easy, it's too hard.

Liang Qu kept rolling the broken silver, looking at the tempting white bright luster, and for a moment there was some resonance with Grandet.

But spending money now is for the purpose of earning money better in the future and living a better life.

Liang Qu took a deep breath, dialed out seven taels of broken silver, put them in the small money bag that Hu the martial artist gave him, and carefully tucked it into his arms.

Yixing City is a big city, not just one rascal like Zhang the Scabby. Among thousands of people, there are always some scum who are bad to the bone.

But now he is no longer the orphan who couldn't survive, which will always make people have scruples.

The remaining two taels and three qian and one hundred and twenty-seven copper coins were buried in the soil under the rice jar to cope with the taxes after autumn.

Great Shun has already realized the tax system of spreading the poll tax into the land, and there is no poll tax, so the tax collection is not so complicated to a certain extent, but there are also some messy local taxes. Adding them up is not small, so they must be prepared, otherwise, if they can't pay and are caught for corvee labor, it is undoubtedly a loss.

After paying taxes and entering the martial arts school, the hands will be much wider. At that time, he must first buy a bed mattress. This hard bed is really uncomfortable to sleep on.

Liang Qu fell asleep until the second half of the night with an excited mood.

The next morning, Liang Qu, who had slightly dark circles under his eyes, met Li Libo, who also had dark circles under his eyes.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"What time did you sleep last night?"

"About the Zi hour, what about you?"

"Chou hour."

Liang Qu mocked: "No wonder your dark circles are heavier than mine."

Li Libo snorted coldly, looked around, and whispered: "Is the money ready?"

"Hmm."

Liang Qu nodded. He came out early today, just wanting to pay the money to the martial arts school as soon as possible, to avoid long nights and dreams, and let some people have thoughts they shouldn't have.

After paying the money, even if the rascals have the courage of the sky, they dare not go to the martial artists to ask for it.

As for Li Libo, today is not his planned apprenticeship day, but seeing Liang Qu so anxious, he had to advance it, so that they could have a companion, and Li's father also expressed his agreement.

Along the road, the two went to the entrance of Yixing City together, spent ten wen, and took a flatbed cart to Pingyang Town in the neighboring town.

On the road that is not very flat, the trees are dense, which is a sunny day. If it were cloudy or at night, Liang Qu estimated that few people would dare to walk such a night road, and at the same time, he also had some expectations for the Pingyang Town he was about to reach.

The Liang Qu in his memory also walked more than ten miles with Liang's father like Chen Qingjiang, carrying a fish basket to Pingyang Town to sell fish in order to sell the fish at a high price.

That is a completely different scene from Yixing City.

"Fresh fried chestnuts, fresh fried chestnuts, freshly baked fresh fried chestnuts, fragrant and soft, sweet and delicious."

"Sheep blood soup, sheep blood soup, fresh sheep blood soup."

"Osmanthus buns, hot osmanthus buns."

The hawking sound filled the long street. The long street is also a bluestone slab, but it is much wider than the one in Yixing City, and even the small roads on both sides are paved, not yellow mud roads.

The shops on both sides of the long street are lined up, the eaves of the shops are connected, and the foot shops everywhere have set up colorful cloth awnings outside the shops to compete for business.

"Guest, come for two, it's very fragrant."

"Take two."

Liang Qu threw the copper coins, took the two osmanthus buns, and threw one to Li Libo.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hot, hot, hot." Li Libo tossed with both hands, and after cooling down slightly, he took a bite, only feeling full of fragrance.

Liang Qu had tasted osmanthus cake, but hadn't eaten osmanthus buns. But after taking a bite, it wasn't as delicious as he imagined, and there was a big gap from the industrial products of the later generations.

The prosperity of Pingyang Town exceeded imagination. There were many pedestrians, which was comparable to Bianjing in the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. It seems that the productivity of this world is more developed than imagined. I don't know what the capital of Great Shun looks like?

Liang Qu was thinking, and unknowingly arrived at the Yang Family Martial Arts School he was thinking about under Li Libo's leadership.

There is no carved beam and painted building, but the place is very large, on the edge of Pingyang Town, backed by a cedar forest, with a stone wall backyard, and people can often be seen coming in and out, perhaps the accommodation place of the ten-tael grade.

There is a long table at the entrance of the martial arts school, sitting a young man. Seeing visitors, he got up to block, and hugged his fist: "Xiang Changsong, the two are strangers, I don't know what you are doing? Learning martial arts or visiting friends?"

Li Libo was older and stood out, also hugging his fist and saluting: "Hello, we are here to learn martial arts."

"Do the two know the cost of learning martial arts?"

"Know some, seven taels is enough, is that so?"

"That's right, seven taels of silver without food and lodging, ten taels with food and lodging, twenty taels with food, lodging, and medicinal soup, and fifty taels with food, lodging, medicinal soup, and medicinal bath. At the same time, the semester is only three months. Of course, the teaching is the same. How much you can learn depends on yourself."

"After three months, if you still can't break through the four barriers of skin, flesh, bone, and blood, if you want to stay, you must pay tuition again."

Liang Qu was stunned. Fifty taels for advanced medicinal baths, that would require catching ten horn-pomfrets. Ordinary people can't save it in a lifetime.

It's not surprising that the semester is not long. If you don't have talent, you can't stay here all the time.

Speaking of which, the Yang Family Martial Arts School is well-equipped. There is a professional guide at the door, and the attitude is kind, without any abnormality because of the fishy smell on the two of them.

It's not the same as in the novel. What about the face-slapping?

Li Libo nodded repeatedly: "Know, know, we only report the seven-tael one."

Xiang Changsong's face didn't have the slightest disdain. He pointed to the long table he was sitting on before: "In that case, please register here, state your name, age, and native place, and pay the fee."

The two came to the front, reported the information, and Xiang Changsong read it to the two after writing it.

The characters of this world are also pictographs, and they are unexpectedly similar to the previous life. Liang Qu was also very surprised when he first arrived, but he got used to it over time, and he didn't expose his ability to read, just pretending to be like Li Libo, nodding in affirmation.

After confirming that it was correct, Xiang Changsong took them into the martial arts school, walked through the corridor, and came to the payment office to submit the paper with the information of the two.

The weighing of silver money was correct. Xiang Changsong received two wooden plaques and handed them to Liang Qu and Li Libo respectively.

The whole apprenticeship process was familiar, and I think the martial arts school had already received quite a lot of apprentices.

After Liang Qu took the wooden plaque, he looked at it and found it was very simple. It was just his name and the date of joining. When the three months passed, the wooden plaque would be invalid.

There are not too many people in the Yang Family Martial Arts School. Whether they are apprentices mainly relies on face memory, and there is no need for any anti-counterfeiting.

"Congratulations to the two. From today on, the two are disciples of the Yang Family Martial Arts School. You can call me Cao Shixiong Xiang."

"Cao Shixiong Xiang*2"

Xiang Changsong smiled: "I will take you around to familiarize yourself with the environment, and then briefly introduce some martial arts knowledge, so that you can have some understanding of the martial arts path."

"Thank you, Cao Shixiong Xiang."

Liang Qu's spirit was lifted. The link he was looking forward to most was finally coming. Coming here for a month, isn't he looking forward to this dry goods?