Chapter 715: The Trouble-Making Duo

The master of cold-faced comedy, Mr. Zhou, was something Bai Lang had seen on a black-and-white TV when he was a child. Later, after watching some traditional comedy plays, he also had a deep impression of this old gentleman. His face was definitely not the kind that made people laugh at first sight, but rather looked like a cultured old gentleman. He was also good at making jokes, just like Master Ma in the north.

Being serious and telling jokes with a straight face was this person's specialty. This seemed quite suitable for Feng Qingyang... At least Bai Lang felt that this Feng Qingyang was definitely better than the one he had seen on TV, although Linghu Chong looked exactly like Lu Songxian, but Feng Qingyang was much more suitable than the black fat man Guo's CaoCao.

"Martial Uncle." Bai Lang also called out, not caring whether Feng Qingyang could afford it or not. "Coming to see me with Senior Brother, do you want to return to Mount Hua? That's right, Senior Brother. Master is about to give birth. I will definitely rush back to Huayin County when the baby is a full month old." Feng Qingyang looked at this big man in front of him and nodded slightly. "You are very good, although you are not a Mount Hua swordsman..."

Bai Lang smiled. "I don't practice sword techniques, and now the Mount Hua Sect has long since become the Mount Hua Academy. Practicing literature and martial arts to fight for a future is the right path." Bai Lang was a high official, so what he said was right. Except for Bai Lang, the Mount Hua Sect only had Sect Leader Yue who said it right. Even Feng Qingyang had to admit that the Mount Hua Sect was carried forward in Yue Buqun's generation.

Although Yue Buqun's sword techniques were rotten in his eyes, he was a Juren, a person of status in Huayin County, not to mention that he had a disciple like Bai Lang who was a Jinshi high official and had peerless martial arts. So Yue Buqun was stronger than his master, and not just by a little bit.

However, Linghu Chong and Feng Qingyang didn't come to find Bai Lang to return to Mount Hua. "You want to go overseas to make a fortune? Why are you looking for me for this? Just find a boat. If you go to sea, you can sell cotton cloth to Japan to buy silver and copper, and if you go south, you can buy spices and sell silk and porcelain. You can make a fortune everywhere."

"And looking for me? I don't have any ships in my hand. You don't think I can mobilize the ships of the Wenzhou Guard to lend to you with one word, right?" Bai Lang looked at the combination of this old man and young man. "Or do you want me to introduce you to take a share in the shipowner's business? Just wait for the dividends?" Bai Lang felt that if these two proposed this, he could handle it for them.

The problem was that these two still wanted to go to sea. Bai Lang couldn't understand why Feng Qingyang, who had lived in seclusion on Mount Hua for so many years, suddenly wanted to go to sea for adventure at this age? Could it be that he was actually a late-blooming adventure king? It was quite normal for Linghu Chong, this brother, to run out to wander, although looking at it, this guy didn't seem to be very keen on adventure, but seemed to have a love for seclusion.

Maybe it was because he couldn't accept that Junior Sister didn't want to marry him, so he wanted to find a place where he couldn't hear the news to live in seclusion.

As for Feng Qingyang, Bai Lang thought that maybe the old man felt that the Sword Sect had failed to the extreme, and now he couldn't see any possibility of rising again, and even the Mount Hua Sect might not exist in the future. He couldn't accept it and had no thoughts, so he wanted to go to sea to wander.

"Still want a ship..." Bai Lang tapped the table with his fingers. "Let's put it this way, how much money do you have?" Neither of these two looked like they had money. Sure enough, it was just as Bai Lang expected; the two of them together didn't have a hundred taels of silver. "No money, no money's way to play. This way, if you must go to sea, I will introduce you to be guards on a merchant ship. When you meet pirates, you can help. Not only can you go to sea for free, but you can also get a commission."

If they did this, Ning Zhongze and Yue Buqun might be sad. Thinking carefully, this was unfilial. Thinking again, this was Linghu Chong following Feng Qingyang, which was understandable—no matter what, Feng Qingyang was an elder, and it seemed to make sense. Introducing two guards was no problem. Not to mention that one of them was an Innate expert, and the other's martial arts had already entered the room.

These two were just afraid that their brains wouldn't be clear, and they would reach an understanding with the Japanese pirates on the sea or reach an understanding with some gangs on the sea. That would be troublesome—fortunately, even the Jin Yi Guard couldn't check so carefully in this era, so it shouldn't involve Bai Lang or Yue Buqun.

Qi Jiguang's recruitment of Yiwu soldiers almost all used miners and simple rural children. Bai Lang thought this was not bad. The combat effectiveness certainly couldn't be compared with the good family children and rangers of the late Han and early Tang dynasties—those were at least self-farming farmers, and most of them were small landlords, who brought their own weapons and horses to join the army, fighting for the country and for their own fame.

Since ancient times, the strong troops of China were almost all self-farming farmers and small landlords joining the army. Of course, the professional soldiers in the late Tang and Five Dynasties were also very powerful, but compared to the troops of good family children joining the army, it was not a good thing for the country. Arrogant and domineering, killing military masters was their tradition, and they realized the inheritance system of the Roman Praetorian Guard hundreds of years later...

Among the soldiers Bai Lang had commanded, the army transformed from the good family children and rangers of the late Han and Three Kingdoms was the most powerful. That was the army that could really follow him to charge ten thousand troops with a hundred cavalry without being thrown off.

It was a pity that such a strong army had long been buried in history with his Cloud Water Spear. "I remember the last time I went, my tomb was excavated. It was a pity that things happened quickly, otherwise, I would have to let that guy find a way to send me back to see it, which would be interesting." Bai Lang thought about this, and he was quite interested.

In the official residence, the Saintess and Blue Phoenix also sensed the amazing sword intent—following Bai Lang as maids, they didn't have anything else, but their martial arts made great progress. Bai Lang didn't do much, just gave a few pointers on martial arts. Feeling this sword intent, these two also wanted to come out to see, but Bai Lang's presence made them feel very relieved.

Bai Lang told the two who it was. Blue Phoenix didn't know, but Ren Yingying knew Feng Qingyang. "Back then, Feng Qingyang of Mount Hua had a great reputation. I thought he died in the sword-Qi struggle back then. I didn't expect him to be alive, and he broke through to the Innate realm." Bai Lang heard this and didn't tell the dark history of Martial Uncle Feng...

If he really said that Feng Qingyang was cheated into marriage, then this old man would probably lose his reputation in his later years.

After entering, Lady Bai Xu talked to Bai Lang about his recent career—besides this, what else could she talk to Bai Lang about? Talk about martial arts? Lady Bai Xu didn't understand martial arts. A scholarly official's daughter. "Not bad, Qi Nantang just recruited enough soldiers. I see that with his training method, it is estimated that one-tenth of the government soldiers will be beheaded by military law." ===== CHAPTER 716 =====

After going inside, Bai Xu Shi talked to Bai Lang about how his recent career was going—what else could she talk to Bai Lang about besides that? Talk about martial arts? Bai Xu Shi did not understand martial arts; she was a young lady from an official family that passed down poetry and books. "It's not bad. Qi Nantang has just finished recruiting soldiers. Looking at his method of training troops, I suspect that ten percent of the officers and soldiers might end up being beheaded according to military law."