Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

It was just getting light the next day when Li Tai woke up and got up.

Traveling to this ancient society, there are naturally many inconveniences in life, but at least the daily routine has become normal. Moreover, this young body is full of vitality, which is not comparable to the bodies of later generations that have long been weighed down by unhealthy lifestyle habits such as staying up late.

"Please, sir, do you want to wash up now?"

He had just put on his clothes and stood up, when a soft voice of inquiry sounded outside the curtain.

Li Tai turned around and saw a nervous young woman standing at a loss by the small window inside the door.

She is said to be a young woman, judging from her hair style. She looks like she is in her youth, her face and skin look a bit rough, her oval face shape, and her facial features are pretty good.

Wearing a plain cloth skirt with narrow sleeves, it can't be said to be exquisitely tailored, but it still outlines some graceful curves of a young age. Her slightly withered hair is tied into a thin bun on the top of her head. It doesn't look like In Li Tai's memory, the hair buns of the female relatives of the same clan were as dark, thick, shiny, delicate and beautiful.

"Who are you? Why did you come into my room?"

When he woke up and saw a strange woman standing in his room, Li Tai felt a little embarrassed and raised his hands to tighten his clothes.

"Yes, it's Master Six who summoned the slave. He came in last night and saw that Master Lang was asleep. He didn't dare to harass..."

Hearing what the young woman said, Li Tai remembered that Gao Zhongmi had made drunken remarks last night, blaming himself for bringing down his own father and son, and wanted Li Tai to breed heirs as soon as possible under his care.

The Sixth Duke in charge that the woman mentioned was an old family member of Gao Zhongmi. His name was Gao Bailing. He probably heard this drunken talk and chose a woman from the mansion to send it to him.

Thinking of this, Li Tai felt even more embarrassed. He waved his hand and said, "You can go out first. I am not used to being served by strangers here."

The woman was originally embarrassed and nervous, but when she heard Li Tai speak to expel her, her expression suddenly became panicked, and she knelt on the ground with a plop. Before she could speak, tears were already rolling down her face.

Li Tai ignored the strange woman's happiness and sorrow and walked out directly. When he looked up, he saw Li Zhusheng and Gao Bailing standing outside the corridor chatting.

"Thirteenth Lang got up so early?"

Gao Bailing was in his fifties, and his beard and hair were already gray. When he saw Li Tai walking out of the room, he quickly greeted him. He looked up and down and said with emotion: "It's great to be young!"

The thirteenth member of the Li Tai clan, after hearing this, said angrily: "Lao Liu, you are really a lao Liu! I went to sleep on the bed, who knows what you stuffed into my room! That woman's return to the original place is , my hands and feet are strong and I don’t need anyone else to attend to me!”

He knew his own family affairs, and even when he was in the Shayuan camp, he stayed separately from Li Zhusheng and the others, just for fear of saying something he shouldn't have said in his sleep. Before you completely assume your current identity, you will never have close daily contact with people of this era.

When Gao Bailing heard Li Tai's unkind tone, he felt embarrassed and embarrassed for a moment. He stamped his feet and said, "Is it because the maid is ugly and clumsy that Thirteenth Lang hates her? I'll teach her a lesson..."

"It has nothing to do with anyone else! I suddenly entered a strange situation, and I don't know if I am safe. I just have some leisure time. Uncle, he was imprudent in his speech after drinking, and you, an old man who should be stable, came to join in the fun and make me embarrassed."

Li Tai replied casually, then turned to Li Zhusheng and said, "Are those young men awake? Take advantage of the cold early in the morning to practice grabbing the palm."

"I'll call them over!"

After hearing this, Li Zhusheng smiled and made a teasing gesture to Gao Bailing, who was embarrassed, and then strode away.

Li Tai ignored how Gao Bailing arranged the woman in the room and walked to the vegetable garden nearby. There were several servants weeding in the ridges in the vegetable field. When they saw Li Tai approaching, they wanted to say hello, but Li Tai waved his hand to stop them.

He stood under the vines and waited for a while. Several young followers trotted over and brought several long hardwood poles with them. The long poles are soaked in water to add weight and toughness.

Li Tai didn't waste any time, he took a long pole and started stabbing it.

The horse spear originally referred to a spear used in horse fighting, and it would not be a spear without a horse. But as the name became more popular, the long-bladed spear used in infantry combat was also called a spear. Because it is longer and heavier than ordinary spears, Ma Shan requires higher arm strength and skills.

A training method derived from this, Seoju, has also become a popular fighting skill in the army. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was also a popular game called Zhishan, which was a gambling game similar to Shuanglu. Although there was only one word difference, it was not the same thing.

The biography of Yuchi Jingde in the Tang Dynasty records the competition between Yuchi Jingde and Qi King Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji jumped on the horse with a spear, while Yuchi Jingde grabbed his spear three times in an instant, showing Yuchi Jingde's superb martial arts.

However, Li Tai didn't have many war horses to use here, and the venue was not wide enough for him to perform. After shaking his jab for a moment and moving his muscles, he then simulated basic movements such as jab, poke, block, etc. on the flat ground.

After all, fighting skills are not as exciting and beautiful as martial arts performances. Killing the opponent with one move is the biggest goal. Doing too much will only consume your physical strength.

Therefore, the practice is mainly based on basic killing movements. Beginners need to practice to lay the foundation. After practicing an action tens of millions of times, you will naturally develop various techniques for using force but sparingly, leveraging force and offloading force.

Li Tai's body has been worked hard since he was young, which saves him the boring practice of starting from scratch, but the growth of arm strength and skills still requires continuous practice. Once you put it down for a long time, the feel of your arms and the skills of exerting force and power will become unfamiliar.

The few young people who practiced with him were all loyal servants who had been with him since childhood, and they had a tacit understanding with each other. Some of them raised poles to interfere, and some grabbed the poles with their bare hands, simulating various possible fighting situations on the battlefield.

Because of the length of the horse's pole, it will suffer more interference and require more skills on the battlefield. Especially without the high-speed mobility brought by the horse, the advantage of the long weapon will turn into a disadvantage.

The most basic fighting skill is to beat the opponent ten feet away. Although it is simple to say, it is difficult to implement. Li Tai and the others practiced against each other for more than a quarter of an hour, and everyone was sweating profusely.

"Yan Tou has the strongest arms, and Xiao Yong has the strongest jump. He has the ability to remove both diseases, and his methods are precise. If you really want to mount a horse and fight, I am no match for you."

Li Tai wiped the sweat from his face and commented with a smile while walking around the vines.

These young people all took the surname of their master. The oldest, Li Yan, had a protruding forehead and a protruding mouth, and his name was quite vivid. He had just turned twenty. After hearing this, he was surprised and said: "Alang is willing to admit defeat? He usually calculates his strength." You are also very tenacious!”

Li Tai knew that his personality and habits must be different from his predecessor. After hearing this, he smiled and said: "In the past, winning or losing didn't matter in the village fights, so we strived for the best. Only after the real experience of entering the battle did we realize that within a small area, life and death can be the same. Don’t overdo it if you are full of enthusiasm. We are in Kansai now, and there is no familiar sight anywhere. Whatever bad habits you have in the past, you should restrain yourself. "

"Alang is really much more stable, as if he has grown up overnight. In the past, even if the elders of the clan gave this advice, they would just refuse to respond..."

Li Quji, who was most favored by Li Tai for his martial arts, was somewhat endowed with both civil and military skills. He not only studied Confucianism and Confucianism with the head of the family, Li Xiao, but his martial arts skills were also among the best among his companions. Although he was a servant, he was actually no different from an adopted son.

If they had not followed Gao Zhongmi and rebelled into the Western Wei Dynasty, Li Tai and his father would have planned to find a position in the county for Li Quji as the leader of the township army next year.

At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the aristocratic family established itself as a wealthy family. The direct descendants of the wealthy family would rather live in seclusion than serve as county officials. However, if they wanted to ensure the stability of the family business, the necessary force was unavoidable. Therefore, adopting a fake son to seek employment in the county is also a flexible method.

A few people rested here for a while, and a servant hurriedly came to report that breakfast was ready. So they washed themselves with running water from the ditch in the vegetable garden, and then walked side by side to the dining hall.

"Uncle, have you woken up yet?"

Seeing Gao Bailing standing in front of the corridor, Li Tai asked.

"My lord is still sleeping, please leave Thirteenth Prince alone and don't wait."

Gao Bailing leaned over and smiled, and then said: "He Lan, the official of the Duke's office, is waiting in the front hall. Please handle the naturalization matters for Alang."

Li Tai nodded and walked into the dining hall. He saw seven or eight maids standing in the dining hall, ranging from girls in their teens to forty or fifty years old. They were plump, thin, beautiful and ugly, creating a striking scene of their own.

After a brief look, Li Tai guessed that the old guy Gao Bailing wanted to test his XP, and glared at the old servant.

Gao Bailing leaned over and laughed dryly and said: "In the past, the big family did not give Young Master maidservants, because they were afraid that Young Lord would lose control of his sexual nature and make slaves disturb Young Yang. Thirteenth Young Master has already grown up, so naturally he can be exempted from restraints and serve in daily life. After all, he is a considerate female. , well balanced.”

Li Tai knew this rule. In his memory, there were no women accompanying him when he was growing up. Even if he was cleaning the house, he had to wait for him to go out before entering the room. This is naturally because they are worried that adolescent boys will become addicted to pornographic arts before their bodies are fully developed.

From this, we can conclude that in ancient times, Long Yang was regarded as the most elegant person, probably because he was suppressed during adolescence, resulting in distorted physiological interests.

"Then there's no need for so much service. Just keep two of them and leave the rest."

Li Tai casually clicked on two little girls with sallow skin standing on the side, while the others waved their hands and retreated.

His original intention was to think that children were weak and difficult to use for other purposes, and for fear of being rejected and abused, he arranged for him to do something easy like cleaning the room, but seeing Gao Bailing's surprised and understanding expression, he knew that this old guy didn't have any good intentions. , but I didn’t bother to explain anymore, so I sat down to eat.

Breakfast is a mutton bone soup with a dozen lychee-sized pieces of dough soaked in it. When you bite into the dough, you will find soup and meat filling, which is full of flavor. This kind of glutinous rice balls stuffed with meat is called Lao Wan, which can be steamed or steamed.

Li Tai woke up early in the morning and exercised a lot. He ate two large bowls of pills and soup without any leftover, and then he felt full. Turning around, he saw the two little girls hanging their heads and holding the corners of their clothes, swallowing secretly, so he ordered another bowl.

"After eating, go into the dormitory and lie down on your bunk to dry out the sun."

Li Tai stood up, pointed at the bowl of prison pills and said to the two little girls, and then walked towards the front hall.