Chapter 251 calm and peaceful
At the hour of Mao, the entire Hunshui Village was shrouded in a faint water vapor. Niuyu Bay was like a fairyland, with a shimmering mist and gauze. The soft morning breeze swept across the reeds in the distance, soothing the birds' dreams.
The sound of shouts soared into the sky, which made the birds on the trees next to the village flew away in panic. In the square in front of Juyi Hall, more than a hundred strong men were shirtless and followed Zhao Liangtie standing on the high place to punch.
This is a long fist that is widely circulated in the world. It is powerful when fighting and is very beneficial for strengthening muscles and bones. Jiang Anyi has never practiced it before. In the rules of the water village, newcomers must practice this set of boxing. When Jiang Anyi practiced with the newcomers, Zhao Liangtie happened to pick people. When he saw Jiang Anyi using his fist legs, he gave people a sense of smooth beauty.
If you are a master like Yang Yudong, you can naturally see at a glance that this is a qualitative change caused by a certain level of accumulation of skills. You must be able to control and exert force easily. You no longer stick to the moves themselves, and it is natural to reach out and lift your feet.
Therefore, Jiang Anyi and Hong Chun were honored to be selected by the three village masters and moved into the elite soldiers' house on the mountainside. The two of them were a lot cleaner. However, the elite soldiers got up every day at Mao hour and followed Zhao Liangtie to fist and legs. After an hour, the training was over early. Everyone went back to wash and eat. After half an hour, the second village master Zhao Lianghan taught swords, spears, sticks, archery, formation defense, etc., and went to the river in the afternoon to practice water properties, rowing, fishing, etc.
The morning mist dissipated. Standing on the top of the mountain, the river sails drifted, the smoke from cooking fires curled, and the sound of chickens and dogs was clearly the paradise pursued by scholars. Thinking that this paradise would soon turn into scorched earth, Jiang Anyi felt a little confused. Hong Chun beside him urged Jiang Anyi, "Cousin, hurry up, otherwise that group of boys would not have anything left."
The treatment of being able to enter the elite soldier series is much better than that of ordinary minions. Ordinary minions are just rough-faced brown rice mixed with beans. Apart from the fish in the water, they are different. In the morning, steamed buns with white flour and meat at noon, ordinary people cannot compare to their lives.
Practice is also a physical job, and everyone is born in hardship. When they see white-floured steamed buns, they are like starving ghosts. They will be served twenty bamboo baskets and eat them up without half a stick of incense. It is said that a person has four. Jiang Anyi didn't pay attention to the first time. He wanted to get them after he finished eating, but only the empty bamboo basket was left. The people around him picked their teeth and gave Jiang Anyi a nicknamed "Sculptor".
Before the steamed buns were served on the table, everyone was making jokes together. It was traditional where the old man bullied the newcomers. Jiang Anyi had a well-proportioned figure, did not look burly on the outside, and did not like to make sounds. He hugged in the corner, and soon became the target of teasing.
"Svener, were you full yesterday?" The person who spoke was a blacksmith with his muscles rising all over his body, and Kong Wu was strong.
Before Jiang Anyi could answer, Huang blacksmith walked over and patted Jiang Anyi on the shoulder and said, "The three masters praised you for your understanding. When scolding me, Lao Huang, only to die. I don't accept it. Why don't we compete and win the wrist?"
Huang Blacksmith's arms were as thick as Jiang Anyi's thighs. No one was optimistic about Jiang Anyi. He didn't prevent everyone from making a fuss. I don't know who proposed to bet on how long Jiang Anyi could last.
Seeing the people around him being excited, Jiang Anyi couldn't say anything about his suffering. He came to the Water Village as an undercover agent and wanted to be like everyone else. However, when he was practicing martial arts, he was obsessed with the three camp masters and became elite soldiers. Now Huang Blacksmith stepped forward to provoke him, and it was difficult not to attract attention.
It was impossible to leave. Everyone surrounded him and cheered him up, "As long as you support a little bit of fragrant skills, even if Huang Daren loses," "I will share the money that won with Brother Deng."
Hong Chun had seen Jiang Anyi’s greatness, and the audience was moved by the heat and he leaned over to Jiang Anyi’s ears and muttered: “Cousin, if you don’t show your skills, as long as you can support a little bit of fragrance, you will lose some of these kids.”
This kid is really immersed in the show and almost forgot what he is doing. Jiang Anyi glanced at Hong Chun and thought that there were so many things in the Water Village that he had to pretend to be against him, so he nodded. Hong Chun jumped up happily, took out a string of copper coins from his arms, and shouted loudly: "I'll bet on it, I'll bet on my cousin to win."
Countless hands slapped on the table, and you wrote five words. In a moment, a pile of copper coins were piled up on the table. Someone came out to calculate the odds, but not many people bet Jiang Anyi, one to five.
The blacksmith Huang rubbed his wrist and sat down proudly, and said with a smile: "Boy, if you can support ten numbers, Lao Huang will take your surname. In this water village, except for the three masters, who is more powerful than me, Lao Huang?"
Jiang Anyi didn't say much, stretched out his hand and was in one place, and the difference in thickness could be clearly seen. Someone marked the scale on the incense, ignited it, shouted, and the competition began.
Huang Blacksmith was really strong. Jiang Anyi's hand gradually fell down, and the cheering sound of cheering for Huang Blacksmith resounded throughout the kitchen. Even the cook who steamed buns came out to watch the fun. Ten numbers had long passed, Huang Blacksmith's face began to turn red, how high his cheeks were biting, and he kept shouting, but the boy's hand in front of him could not press on the table.
Hong Chun looked at the fragrant head nervously, as he saw that it was getting closer and closer to the scale, everyone's emotions were fully mobilized, and healing the people who bet on their own. Huang Blacksmith used all the energy to eat, spit out all the saliva in his mouth, and the blue veins on his hands collapsed. Jiang Anyi's hands were about to touch the table. Hong Chun jumped up and shouted, "Time is up."
A sigh sounded, followed by Hong Chun's excited cry: "I've divided the money, I've divided the money."
Huang Blacksmith shook his sour hands and stared at Jiang Anyi and said, "Boy, it's not bad, I'll compete next time."
Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "Big Huang, what if you said you had supported ten numbers just now?"
Huang Blacksmith blushed and changed the topic: "The steamed buns are cooked, and it's time to eat."
The steaming steamed buns were served on the table, and everyone was like hungry tigers rushing to eat. This time, Jiang Anyi became smarter. He drew his bow from left to right, grabbed two of them, and then went to get a bowl of porridge. The old lady who scooped the porridge greeted enthusiastically: "Young man, what's your surname? Is there any woman? Old son's second daughter is fifteen years old this year. Oh, the young man is blushing, don't leave, Old son hasn't finished speaking yet."
Jiang Anyi fled in panic, and behind him, the roar of Hong Chun and others, "Where is Mantou, you guys who kill thousands of swords, please leave some for me." Then there was a "eat" laughter.
When practicing shooting skills in the morning, Jiang Anyi sensitively found that the second village leader Zhao Lianghan was paying attention from time to time. Jiang Anyi was secretly alert and did not dare to be careless. He deliberately showed serious but unfamiliar and clumsy appearance. After practicing archery skills and leaving seven out of ten arrows, Zhao Lianghan's attention no longer focused on him. Jiang Anyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In the afternoon, Xinding learned about water war. The boat was not a fishing boat that fished in the river, but a warship in the water village. The winter village was mostly a five-meter-long rushing boat. This kind of boat was narrow and long and fast, and covered with raw cowhide to resist flying stones and arrows. It was an aggressive warship.
The two-story cabins on the upper and lower sides of the boat are equipped with protective plates around them, and there are oar holes on both sides, so you can paddle and paddle windows in front, back and left and right to attack the enemy. A boat can accommodate twenty or thirty people and can hit the enemy. Under Lao Ding's command, Jiang Anyi learned to paddle and shoot arrows, and fought against the minions who played the enemy ship. After a busy journey, he was soaked in sweat.
The three Zhao brothers watched the battle on the boat in the middle of the river. Water battles were the foundation of the water village. The Zhao brothers all valued it very much. They would participate in every training, evaluate gains and losses, and improve their tactics. The captain of this tower is fifteen meters high and three floors high. It is a rare water weapon for long-distance and close combat. This ship was also given by Qingshan Shui Village. There are as many such warships as Qingshan Shui Village, which shows that the strength of the Hunshui Village and Qingshan Shui Village is far different.
The two warships were unable to escape and collided with each other. Jiang Anyi stood firm on the boat and rolled on the board with a few newcomers. Zhao Liangcai said: "The training of new minions must be stepped up. We will try to learn how to train boats before the New Year, learn how to fight ships and jump and fight with the help of hand-to-hand combat. Now the situation is urgent, and life and death are on the front line, so don't be careless."
Zhao Lianghan interjected: "Not only do you need to fight ships, but also someone should use the Red Horse Boat and the Lookout Boat. It is too rigid to rely on the rushing boats alone. The Red Horse Boat can attack sneak attacks, and the Lookout Boat can strengthen the patrol of the Water Village. Brother, I see that the Lookout Boat in the Water Village should be sent out more, and the patrol range should be wider. I am afraid that the government will launch a sudden attack."
"Yes, the second brother is right. Third brother, if you have time, take someone to re-arrange the waterway. If you have time, block the areas where you should be blocked, and get the fishing nets where you should be wrapped. I always feel uneasy in my heart this time. I guess it was because the matter was too big."
Zhao Lianghan thought for a moment and said, "The news is very important. Shuizhai will send people out to inquire about the news of the government. We must contact the fishing villages in four miles and eight villages. If there is any disturbance in the government, we can know in advance and deal with it. Don't wait until the government comes to the door and find out that it will be too late."
Zhao Liangtie smiled and said, "I will take people into the city after I have built the waterway tomorrow to find out the news."
"No, third brother, you are too frivolous in your work, so let Wang Mazi take a few people to explore." Zhao Liangcai ordered: "Also, people who have entered the water village recently also touch the details, don't let the spies from the government sneak in."
The exercise has ended. The sunset is slantingly illuminated by the beautiful Niuyu Bay. The sun shines red on the shimmering lake surface. Countless birds chirp towards the reed marsh in the distance. The fishermen on the riverside carried small boats and slid past the warships. A net fell, which was a heavy harvest.
Jiang Anyi stood by the boat, looking at the scene in front of him, remembering the scene of taking a bath in the river with An Yong, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!