Real Cthulhu Running Game

   So, Liu Xing and others rubbed the three Big Brother Zhang a meal.

   "By the way, Brother Zhang, why did your Zhang family only recruit apprentices with the surname Zhang?" Yin En couldn't help asking.

Zhang Ran shrugged and said with a smile, "I actually don't know much about this, because it's all decades ago, so I only know a general idea, but now I'm idle, so I'm idle. Let’s talk about this story with you; the founder of Zhang’s family was not actually named Zhang, but called Xu Laosi, because you also know that the wars were constant in those years, and many people were displaced because of this. The family is separated! So our grandfather has been adopted by a family with the surname Zhang since he could remember."

"The reason why the patriarch is called Xu Laosi is because the Zhang family who adopted him actually knew his parents, so they knew that the patriarch's surname was Xu, and he was the fourth oldest in the family, so they didn't think about changing his name. , let alone Xu Laosi; but this family treats my grandfather as if it were their own, so after discovering that the grandfather was talented in boxing and kicking, they specially paid for the grandfather to hire a teacher, Therefore, the patriarch had the ability to set up Zhangjiamen, of course, Zhangjiamen at that time was actually called the Eighteen Ways."

"The so-called eighteen-way fists actually refer to the eighteen types of martial arts that are most common in the arena. As long as you are willing to go shopping in a big city for these martial arts, you can basically collect all the copies of these martial arts. Therefore, what my grandfather founded in those days was not so much a martial art, but rather a venue for people to practice fists and feet, because these martial arts are really not difficult, and many people simply go to teach art investment teachers, the purpose is to Let yourself have the identity of a real martial artist! After all, there were a lot of miscellaneous soldiers who learned boxing and kung fu back then, so these people became martial artists with great power, and a step back was a group of ruffians who could fight."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but interject: "Yes, our **** skills are actually quite embarrassing, because before you have a little success, this fight is really not as cool as a sword, so in recent years, it has been rare. Talented newcomers will choose to join a martial art that focuses on boxing and kicking. After all, who doesn’t want to be a sword-wielding young man in white clothes fluttering? And our group of boxing and kicking kung fu practitioners can only wear some in order to be able to perform well. Bunt casual clothes."

Zhang Ran smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, our boxing skills are indeed a little bit different from those who play with weapons, and they will be weaker in the early stage, and it will only be possible after the skills are great. Erase the disadvantage of not having weapons, but we will also teach some common weapon routines now; back to the topic, we Zhangjiamen were also one of the largest sects in Boyang City, because there were no sects at that time, so As long as you are willing to apprentice and learn the arts, and give a little apprenticeship, then you can directly join the sect and start learning martial arts."

"And this is also one of the main reasons why the patriarch changed the name of the sect, that is, Lin Zi is big enough to have all kinds of birds, so some apprentices want to find trouble with the master after learning, so there are several times in the middle. In the end, the ancestors simply changed the name of the sect to Zhangjiamen, and only recruited apprentices with the surname Zhang! Of course, our ancestors also moved some careful thoughts here, because there are several Zhangjiazhuang near Boyang City. , Zhangjia Village or something, so even so, there is no shortage of apprentices.  …

   But after the door disc appeared, Zhangjiamen began to decline a little bit. "

Zhang Ran took a long sigh, shook his head and said, "To be honest, I heard from my master that the main purpose of the founder of the sect was to make some money, because after the establishment of the world, only some people had it. Qualified to establish a sect, and Patriarch is one of them; as far as I know, in addition to those common boxing skills, Patriarch actually mastered a lot of advanced boxing skills, but the problem is that if you teach this type of martial arts, then , it is bound to not be able to recruit so many apprentices, so he can only retreat to teach those martial arts that can be said to be less popular."

"However, this is enough for Grandpa, because he did earn a lot of money and gave it to his adoptive parents, but this is also what those who commit crimes coveted! I believe you should be able to too. Do you understand this? At that time, our Zhang family's annual income might have been several thousand taels of silver, not to mention some other messy incomes. In short, this wealth is moving people's hearts, so there are people who want to replace the patriarch's position.

   To put it in a bad way, our patriarch is an orphan without a family, so his position seems to be that anyone has a chance to sit. "

   Hearing this, Liu Xing has a certain understanding of the world of this martial arts mod, especially for these martial arts schools.

From a certain point of view, these martial arts sects that appeared after the establishment of the New Dragon Empire are essentially the new Dragon Emperor to give those who follow him a bite to eat, so they are qualified to set up a new "company", And it also prevented other martial arts people from coming to compete with them for jobs; therefore, there were two choices in front of Xu Laosi and others at that time - fame or profit.

   If you want to be famous, you will naturally have to make your "company" bigger and stronger, so you need to come up with attractive martial arts and mental methods to attract those talented young people to invest in your own door! It’s just that there are not many talented young people, and there are many peers who are eyeing them, especially those schools that have existed for many years. They are inherently more attractive to these young people. After all, unless the startups are very promising, Otherwise, how could it be possible to rob those old-fashioned companies? So people who take this path cannot do it unless they already have enough cards.

   Of course, if the head is iron, it is not impossible.

Therefore, more people will definitely choose another way - profit, which is to make a fortune by relying on the opportunity of His Majesty's kindness, so they simply define their "company" as a "tutorial class", with a low threshold The advantage attracts more people to join it, or it can be said that if you give me money, I will give you a certificate representing martial arts practitioners, so that it is good for you and me.

   In a sense, today's martial arts practitioners are equivalent to ordinary people in the real world who have passed the nutritionist and other licenses. Although they may not have any practical effect, sometimes they can still use these licenses to get people.

That's right, Liu Xing took several certificates when he was in college, including nutritionists and masseuses. As a result, these certificates did not play a role after graduation, but they may be mentioned when bragging with others. . …

Then again, the "tutorial class" opened by Xu Laosi must have been very profitable back then, because as Zhang Ran said, the title of "Wulin person" can make you instantly become As you grow taller, there will definitely be many people who choose to join the cram school. In addition to the most basic apprenticeship ceremony, you also have to give some meat, eggs, etc. during the New Year and festivals. The right chicken that lays golden eggs!

  The most important thing is that the owner of this chicken is an orphan, so if something happens to him, then whoever grabs the chicken will be his!

Therefore, some of Xu Laosi's disciples will definitely have crooked thoughts and want to let their master abdicate and let the virtuous to give him. Not much, so they did some diabolical things.

   Fortunately, Xu Lao Si was well prepared, and was not given the following punishment by his apprentice, but this is not a problem, after all, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves? So it's better to directly turn the "tutorial class" into "Zhang's private school", so that you can not only repay the kindness you owe the Zhang family, but also let the Zhang family be your backing, so as to ensure that you can enter the soil in a hundred years. For security.

   So this is not a martial arts, but a business war!

   But what makes Liu Xing more concerned now is that Zhang Ran mentioned that Xu Laosi actually knows some more advanced kung fu, so are there any secrets to these kung fu? Are you still in Zhangjiamen?

   If so, does Zhang Jingxu have a chance to study?

   If Zhang Jingxu has the opportunity to learn these martial arts, it means that his group also has the opportunity to learn these exercises, because the difficulty of getting started in boxing is much lower than those weapons.

"Although the Zhang family seems to be a lot weaker now, we still have many uncles with foreign surnames outside, that is, the apprentices that the ancestors accepted before changing the name of the sect, and many of them understand the ancestors very well. Master's practice, so the relationship with us is not bad now; for example, your master Ye Feng's father is our ancestor's apprentice, so he has such a good relationship with us."

Zhang Yu took out a pipe from his package and said, "In Boyang City today, we Zhang family don't dare to say anything else, that is, it's not an errand in terms of connections, so you don't have to worry about meeting after you arrive in Boyang City. If you get lost, you can find our Zhangjiamen when you get off the carriage and ask anyone.

  Er, I almost forgot, this little brother should still remember where the Zhang family is? "

   Zhang Jingxu was about to speak when he noticed the pipe in Zhang Yu's hand.

   Pipe?

At this time, Liu Xing also frowned slightly, because in the background introduction of the martial arts module, it can be seen that the background setting of the new dragon empire should be based on the Qin and Han Dynasties, because the chess pieces in the martial arts board game are all The costumes of the Qin and Han dynasties were worn, and the surrounding tribal kingdoms that bowed down to the Xinlong Empire had their settings corresponding to those of the foreign tribes that appeared in the Qin and Han dynasties.

   So the question is, when was the tobacco used in the pipe introduced?

Ming dynasty.

   So before the Ming Dynasty, there were no pipes, because there was nothing that could use pipes in China at that time. …

Then the problem comes again. The origin of this tobacco is in the American continent, so although this martial arts module has not released a big map, it can be seen from the maps of Xinlong Empire and its surrounding areas that the big map of this martial arts module should be consistent with reality. The world is basically the same! Therefore, as long as the Cthulhu Running Group game hall does not deliberately modify the origin of tobacco in the martial arts module, it means that now someone can send tobacco from the other side of the earth!

   This is a bit interesting!

At this time, Zhang Yu also noticed Zhang Jingxu's gaze, so he smiled and waved the pipe in his hand, "This is a very popular pipe in Boyang City recently. It needs to be used with something called tobacco."

   As Zhang Yu said, he took out a small jar from the package, which contained some prepared tobacco.

   Obviously, the Maka Empire in Zhang Yu's mouth refers to the combination of Mayan tribes and Inca tribes, but this also means that Liu Xing's conjecture is correct.

   In the martial arts mod, someone may have been able to cross the Pacific Ocean and open up the sea trade route between the two continents.

   This reminded Liu Xing once again of the so-called sidelines of being expelled from the Zhuzi Academy. Perhaps one of them was named Navigator!

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing recalled a book he once read. The main content of this book is that if the people who discovered the New World were Chinese, what would the world look like today?

   Perhaps among the many modders who built this martial arts world, someone has read this book.

   "Let's draw less, we're going to use this thing to exchange for azure jade."

Zhang Ran rolled his eyes at Zhang Yu, and continued: "This thing can't do anything else, but it's quite refreshing, so it's very suitable for people who do physical work to take a bite after getting tired, so we thought about taking it. Change some azure jade; I have now regarded you little brothers as my own, so I will tell the truth here, this thing is now somewhat famous in big cities like Boyang City, you guys There shouldn't be many people in Shanxian County, so we plan to use this to exchange for more azure jade."

  Zhang Jingxu nodded and said immediately: "Yes, I really haven't heard of this kind of thing in Heshan County."

   Liu Xing and the three of them immediately nodded in agreement.

   "That's good, so Zhang Yu, don't touch these things, I'll buy them for you later."

   Hearing what Zhang Ran said, Zhang Yu could only put away the pipe and tobacco in a bit of depression.

   At this moment, Zhang Jingxu also took the opportunity to ask: "Brother Zhang, I haven't heard of the Maga Empire before, so what are they doing? They can call themselves an empire like us?"

   "Uh, I don't know much about these things, so you'd better go to Boyang City to see it yourself."