Chapter 14: Joining the Martial Arts School

After returning home, Liang Qu poured out all the nine taels and three cents of silver he had saved, plus the one hundred and twenty-seven copper coins on his body, which were all his belongings now.

The broken silver rolled on the hard bed, making a tumbling sound, and the more he listened, the more he got excited.

After twenty-six days in this world, nearly a month, he finally saved enough money to learn martial arts and see the most mysterious corner of the world.

It was not easy, too difficult.

Liang Qu kept rolling the broken silver, looking at the attractive white and bright luster, and for a moment he resonated with Grandet's meaning.

But the purpose of spending money now is to make more money and live a better life in the future.

Liang Qu took a deep breath, took out seven taels of broken silver, put it in the small purse that Master Hu Wu gave him, and carefully put it in his arms.

Yixing City is considered a big city. There is not only the bald Zhang, but also some bad guys among thousands of people.

But now he is no longer the orphan who can't survive, so people will always be more cautious.

The remaining two taels and three coins and 127 copper coins were buried in the soil under the rice jar to deal with the tax after autumn.

Dashun has already realized the land tax, and there is no head tax. To a certain extent, the tax is not so complicated, but there are some messy local taxes, which add up to a lot. They must be prepared, otherwise they will not be paid and they will be arrested for corvée, which is undoubtedly not worth the loss.

After paying the tax and entering the martial arts hall, there will be much more money on hand. At that time, I must buy a mattress first. This hard bed is really uncomfortable to sleep on.

Liang Qu was excited and didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.

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

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"What time did you go to bed last night?"

"It was about midnight, how about you?"

"Chou hour."

Liang Qu laughed: "No wonder you have dark circles under your eyes more than me."

Li Libo snorted coldly, looked around, and whispered: "Have you brought all the money?"

"Yes."

Liang Qu nodded. He came out early this morning and just wanted to pay the money at the martial arts hall as soon as possible, so as not to have more dreams at night and let some people have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

After paying the money, no matter how brave the ruffians are, they dare not ask the martial arts masters for it.

As for Li Libo, today is not actually the day he planned to pay his apprenticeship, but seeing that Liang Qu was so anxious, he had to go ahead of time so that he could have a companion, and Li's father also agreed.

Following the road, the two of them went to Yixing City Gate together, spent ten coins, and took a cart to the next door Pingyang Town.

The uneven road was covered with dense trees. It was only on sunny days. If it was cloudy or at night, Liang Qu estimated that few people would dare to walk on such a night road. At the same time, he was looking forward to the Pingyang Town that he was about to arrive.

In his memory, Liang Qu was like Chen Qingjiang. In order to sell the fish at a high price, he followed Liang's father to walk more than ten miles and carried a fish basket to Pingyang Town to sell fish.

That was a completely different scene from Yixing City.

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

"Mutton blood soup, mutton blood soup, fresh mutton blood soup."

"Osmanthus buns, hot osmanthus buns."

The hawking filled the long street. The long street was also made of bluestone slabs, but it was much wider than that in Yixing City. Even the paths on both sides were paved, not yellow mud roads.

There were rows of shops on both sides of the long street, and the eaves of the shops were connected. In order to compete for business, various foot shops set up various cloth tents outside the shops.

"Guest, please give me two. They are so fragrant."

"Take two."

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

"Hiss, hiss, hot, hot." Li Libo tossed it with his hands, and after it cooled down a little, he took a bite and felt the fragrance in his mouth.

Liang Qu had tasted osmanthus cake,

but had not eaten osmanthus buns, but after taking a bite, it was not as delicious as he imagined, and the gap with modern industrial products was too big.

Pingyang Town was more prosperous than he imagined, with many pedestrians, just like Bianjing in the Qingming Shanghe Tu. It seems that the productivity of this world is more developed than he imagined. I wonder what the capital of Dashun looks like?

Liang Qu was thinking, and unknowingly he had come to the Yang's martial arts hall he had been thinking about under the leadership of Li Libo.

There were no carved beams and painted buildings, but the place was very large. It was on the edge of Pingyang Town, backed by a fir forest, with a stone wall backyard, and people could often be seen coming in and out. Perhaps it was a ten-liang-level accommodation.

There was a long table at the entrance of the martial arts hall, and a young man was sitting there. When he saw someone coming, he stood up to stop them and said with a fist: "My name is Xiang Changsong. I don't know you two. What can I do for you? Are you here to learn martial arts or to visit friends?"

Li Libo, who was older, stood up and saluted in a formal manner: "Hello, we are here to learn martial arts."

"Do you know how much it costs to learn martial arts?"

"I know a little bit. Seven taels is enough. Is that right?"

"That's right. Seven taels of silver does not include food and accommodation. Ten taels include accommodation and meals. Twenty taels include food and accommodation and medicinal soup. Fifty taels include food and accommodation, 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 skin barrier among the four barriers of skin, flesh, bones and blood, you must pay tuition again if you want to stay."

Liang Qu was shocked. Fifty taels is required to get a high-level medicinal bath. You have to catch ten ox-horned pomfret. Ordinary people can't save up for it in their lifetime.

As for the semester, it’s not surprising. If you don’t have talent, you can’t just stay there forever.

Speaking of which, Yang's martial arts school is well-equipped. There are professional guides at the door, and they are kind and friendly. They didn't show any abnormality because of the fishy smell on the two people.

It's not the same as in the novel. What happened to the pretentious face?

Li Libo nodded repeatedly: "I know, we only report seven taels."

Xiang Changsong's face did not show any contempt, and pointed to the long table where he was sitting: "In this case, please come here to register, state your name, age and place of origin, and pay the fee."

The two came up and reported the information. After Xiang Changsong finished writing, he read it to the two people.

The characters in this world are also pictographic, and surprisingly, they are not much different from the previous life. Liang Qu was also surprised when he first came, but he got used to it over time, and did not expose his ability to read. He just pretended to be the same as Li Libo and nodded in affirmation.

After confirming that everything was correct, Xiang Changsong took them into the martial arts school, walked through the corridor, came to the payment office, and handed in the paper with the information of the two people just written on it.

After weighing the silver and money correctly, Xiang Changsong received two wooden plaques and handed them to Liang Qu and Li Libo respectively.

The whole process of apprenticeship was familiar, and it seemed that the martial arts school had received quite a number of apprentices.

Liang Qu took the wooden plaque and looked at it. He found it very simple. It was just engraved with his own name and the date of joining. When March passed, the wooden plaque would be invalid.

There were not too many people in Yang's martial arts school. Whether they were apprentices or not mainly depended on facial memory, and there was no need for any anti-counterfeiting.

"Congratulations, both of you. From today on, you are disciples of Yang's martial arts school. You can call me Brother Xiang."

"Brother Xiang*2"

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

"Thank you, Brother Xiang."

Liang Qu was refreshed. The part he was most looking forward to was finally coming. After coming here for a month, wasn't he looking forward to this dry goods?