Pig Killer

Chapter 243

"I'll take care of the rattan armor." Huang Zhongchang smiled and nodded, "It's just right that there is no shortage of rattan in this season."

The two of them talked about what they were going to do next as they walked, and it was really tense and stressful.

"Huh..." In the dark, Huang Zhongchang was waving his knife in his room, panting. "My God, I've only swung it 300 times, and I feel like my arms aren't my own anymore." He snorted and muttered to himself, "I can't let that woman look down on me."

The result of practicing secretly is that I can’t lift my arms and my hands can’t even hold chopsticks.

While eating together, Zhang Jixian watched him grab the wild vegetable dumpling, which was very awkward. He placed the wild vegetable dumpling in the center of his palm and held it to his mouth. "What's wrong with your hand?"

"Nothing?" Huang Zhongchang said casually.

"It's obvious that something is wrong. How can it be okay?" Zhang Jixian stared at his hand and asked, "Did you swing the knife?"

"How did you know?" Huang Zhongchang asked him with his eyes wide open.

"You hold the vegetable dumplings the same way as the others." Zhang Jixian looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "They hold the bowls with their little arms."

"This is because of the hard training. It will be fine in two days." Huang Zhongchang whispered, "Don't tell anyone!"

"What's wrong with that? It's the same for everyone." Zhang Jixian looked at him with amusement and said, "You are afraid that your sister-in-law will know."

"Is it necessary to explain it so clearly?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him unhappily.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you!" Zhang Jixian said with a smile on his face, "You are so afraid that my sister-in-law will know!"

"It's a matter of a man's reputation, so of course I don't want her to know." Huang Zhongchang said, avoiding his gaze.

Zhang Jixian nodded in understanding, thought for a moment and said, "Speaking of which, my sister-in-law is too capable, a little..." He stopped there.

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with confusion.

"Estrangement does not mean separation between you and your spouse. I will not separate you two as a couple." Zhang Jixian hesitated for a moment and said to him.

Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips when he heard this and looked at him and said, "Now everything is for survival."

OK! Just understand it in your heart.

"After getting married, women will stick by their husbands, so there's no need to worry." Zhang Jixian looked at him with his dark eyes and said, "It seems like everything my sister-in-law does is not selfish." He's just afraid that she's too prestigious.

"I know." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes and said, there was no one else available now, and she was the only one left.

Now she just hopes that she can really train some talents, so that she can find an excuse to retire.

"Eat, eat!" Huang Zhongchang said with a smile, holding the bowl in his left hand.

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After half a month, the training was completely on track.

The soldiers' mental outlook was completely renewed.

"Stop him, stop him!"

"Outflank, Master, outflank!"

"Oh my! You are so stupid. There was no way the two of them could stop him. How did you let him get around?"

"If we lose the game, we won't be able to eat the chicken leg!"

"One person watching another! I don't believe I can't keep an eye on them."

Huang Zhongchang looked at the two teams playing sepak takraw on the field and said, "This is already using simple techniques and tactics."

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes and said, "When applied on the battlefield, it means expanding the original individual target to a group target."

"This way we can learn faster and develop tacit understanding." Zhang Jixian nodded slightly when he heard this.

"During the intense period of military training, it's good to make some occasional adjustments." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at the young men running on the field with her bright dark eyes.

"We are commanding soldiers. You are too relaxed! It's like you are just playing." Zhang Jixian said a little worriedly.

"Does the imperial army also train all the time?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Jixian and said, "Is there no other training?"

Zhang Jixian turned his eyes to look at her and said, "You mean hunting? That also revolves around military training."

"We also have hunting!" Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with sparkling eyes.

"That's different. Hunting is done on horseback, by the emperor, princes and nobles." Zhang Jixian tilted his head slightly and looked at him and said.

"Is this also called commanding troops?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him in confusion.

"We can't let the nobles forget about riding and shooting and only pursue pleasure." Zhang Jixian looked at him gently and said.

"What a shame." Shen Hui'e rolled her eyes gracefully and said, "Before we could let our horses go to the mountains and put our weapons into storage, the Second Emperor had already ruined us."

Zhang Jixian was stunned when he heard this, blinked and said, "This is very dangerous."

"Plus, the military equipment is in disrepair, and we can't draw the bow or mount the horse. The country is in danger!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and said, "This foreign invasion is really adding insult to injury. Sometimes, we don't even need foreign enemies, but our own people kill each other, and it's all over."

"Then how can we change it?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his dark eyes.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings." Shen Hui'e said to him directly.

Huang Zhongchang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, "Hey, hey! What are you saying?"

"The truth is usually not pleasant to hear." Shen Hui'e looked at him calmly and said, "By that time, I will have been buried in peace. How can you really care about it?"

These words left Huang Zhongchang speechless.

"Can't you just avoid it?" Zhang Jixian suddenly asked.

"You can't hide from it. You can only face the problem head on. The key is whether you have the determination and means to solve the problem." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhang Jixian and said, "Mr. Zhang has a profound family background. Don't the king and the prime minister know about the problems of his homeland?"

Zhang Jixian bit his lips tightly and looked at her. After a long while, he said, "I know!" He took a deep breath and said, "I even know a way, but I can't do it."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e said, stroking her index finger across her brow, "Just like the corruption of the bureaucracy, corrupt officials were rampant. At the beginning of the country, there was no mercy for killing. Later, there were corrupt officials everywhere and they could not be killed. In the end, they became corrupt, and even the court was more ruthless than anyone else in making money by selling official positions and titles." After a pause, she said, "The original intention of the policy was good, but the enforcement became more and more relaxed, and finally the law became a decoration."

"Enforcement strength?" Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at him with his black eyes flashing.

"Just like military discipline is as strong as iron, but what about a hundred years later! Military discipline is lax, and the consequence is that we can't expect them to fight in the war, and we should be thankful if they don't turn into bandits." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a cold gaze.

"It's unavoidable according to what you said." Huang Zhongchang looked at her unwillingly and said.

"I've told you that children and grandchildren will have their own blessings." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her dark eyes and said, "There are some things we can't control. We can only rely on their own understanding and growth." She pursed her lips and said, "This little tree can still grow crooked!"

"Young trees won't grow taller unless they are pruned." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking.

"Hmm!" Shen Hui'e smiled and nodded, "It's just that you are willing to do it, since we are close relatives."

"Uh..." Huang Zhongchang was speechless and couldn't find his voice for a long time.

"Parents can be very worried about the issue of raising children," Shen Hui'e said with deep emotion.

"I thought you were thinking about Wanshi?" Huang Zhongchang raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her and said.

"I am very realistic and won't dream unrealistically." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and sneered, "Ten thousand generations? Even ten generations may be difficult!" She raised her eyebrows and said, "It's impossible to shout: Are kings, princes, generals and ministers of different species? " She looked at them with clear eyes and said, "The people who can't live will rise up in rebellion."

"Then let them live on and live and work in peace and contentment." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his bright black eyes and said.

"Huh..." Shen Hui'e looked at him in astonishment and said, "You really dare to think so."

"Why be afraid of that? Just do your best!" Huang Zhongchang said to her with his bright eyes.

"People's moods change." Shen Hui'e ran her index finger across her chin and said, "When you are in a different position, you will think in a different direction."

"How is it different?" Huang Zhongchang blinked his dark eyes and looked at her.

"If you step on a high position, your butt will be crooked." Shen Hui'e snorted.

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhongchang touched his butt and asked.

"In the eyes of those in power, common people are nothing." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"You...you...how can you say that!" Huang Zhongchang stared at her with eyes as big as copper bells and said, "You forgot that you are a commoner."

"I haven't forgotten, but I'm afraid that some people will forget by then." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "Has this mischievous Second Emperor ever left the palace? Has he ever seen the common people in the city?"

"I don't think so!" Zhang Jixian hesitated and said, "We haven't heard of him leaving the palace. We only heard that he was in the harem."

"Even if you go to court and face the civil and military officials, you have no idea how the common people make a living." Shen Hui'e said with cold eyes, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have raised taxes again and again. It's obviously a good year, but every household is eating tree roots and digging wild vegetables."

"All he sees are nobles. What about the common people? He has no idea." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with dark eyes and said.

"Mencius said: The people are the most important, the country is second, and the emperor is the least important." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "What does this people refer to?"

"We are all civilians!" Huang Zhongchang said without thinking, "That's right, scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans..." He looked at Zhang Jixian and said, "Is that right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Jixian nodded when he heard it.

"Then scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are all part of the people." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with his bright dark eyes.

"The emperor sees the most scholars, and in his eyes there are even more people." Shen Hui'e said bluntly.

"So you said his butt is crooked." Huang Zhongchang looked at her in surprise.

"What do you think?" Shen Hui'e looked at him coldly and asked, "When you were fighting for the throne, you were the poor peasants who fought with you." She snorted and said, "But after you took over the throne, you are all nobles!"