As soon as the town hall left, several hangers-on and thugs followed. These people were all poor people in the town. They just followed the bully to make some money. Don't underestimate this. In Cixi, there are really few people who dare to show off their power on the street. Think about Li Ji. He just came here a few years ago. He didn't understand the ways of the world, nor did he have strong military force. He was arrogant and conceited. As a result, he was beaten up in less than a month, and Wei Guoguang got the advantage for nothing. In the past year, the new Li Ji has done several remarkable things. Six months ago, he captured the cross-border thief Huadao Kou Shanfeng alone. Three months ago, he led the villagers to resist the bandits of Zuotou Mountain and killed 19 thieves. There was also the highlight performance of fighting for water with Wanghou Township yesterday. This made his status truly worthy of the word "upstream". Of course, for someone with such experience, he doesn't need to be taught to be generous and be a man of the world.
Going north from the town hall, there is a flower alley not far away. Several flower houses in Cixi are mostly concentrated here with their doors half-closed. Several people walked over leisurely, but unexpectedly a basin of foot washing water was poured down from the air. Fortunately, Li Ji was agile and dodged it, but there were still some water stains on his trouser legs.
"I'm mad at you, you pickled butchers, do you have eyes on your buttocks... You almost splashed my face..." Before Li Ji could speak, several of his hangers-on started to curse at the window. The perpetrator upstairs had already closed the window and didn't say a word. Several hangers-on rolled up their sleeves and rushed up to arrest people. This kind of thing is their favorite. Not only can they eat and drink well, but they may also get some bargains. Li Ji waved his hand to stop him, which made several poor people feel itchy.
Li Ji is not a good person without temper. He knows his own business. This basin of water is probably really aimed at him. He even guessed who splashed the water - Xiao Taoxian of Zhongxianglou. This was a bad debt left by the original owner. He had been in Cixi for only a few days, and the situation had not been improved. Instead, he hooked up with the dusty girl Xiao Taoxian. The two lived together and were as sweet as honey. Later, Li Ji also saw Xiao Taoxian. She was about ten years old, short and thin, and the makeup on her face was thicker than the soles of shoes. Although she was quite pretty, she looked like a minor, which made him lose interest. It was not that he pretended to be a saint, but he really didn't like her. What if she got sick in such a place with all kinds of people? So he distanced himself from her, but Xiao Taoxian had another story. She cried to everyone she met and complained that Li Ji didn't care about their old relationship anymore after he became successful, which made Li Ji speechless. They were all miserable people, weak women, could he really beat her up? He could only swallow his anger and not provoke her.
Not far from Huaxiang, there is a large house with an old tree in front of the door. It is very steep. There are bursts of children reading inside. The hangers-on all know the temperament of their own guards, so they all sing and leave. Li Ji straightened his clothes and slipped in from the corner door. He also came here to read, of course, not with the children.
In terms of the rich collection of books in Cixi Town, there are three choices: Qiang Laoxu Jihai, the richest man Wang Dahu, and Mingshitang in front of us. Books are very precious in this world. Ordinary people are busy all day long for life, so how can they have spare money and leisure to buy books. Among the three families, Qiang Laoxu Jihai has many books, but most of them are about the imperial examination, which is useless to read. Wang Dahu Li Ji can't curry favor with him, but he won't lower his head. Only this Mingshitang, whose owner, Mr. Zhu, is upright and rigorous, knowledgeable, and has a good reputation in Cixi.
In order to enter Mingshitang to read books, Li Ji had to work hard. The Zhu family was not short of money, so Li Ji took on all the physical work in Mingshitang, such as carrying water, chopping wood, cleaning, and changing tiles. After working for a full month, Mr. Zhu allowed him to read for two hours a day. Just reading books is not accepting disciples. In Mr. Zhu's opinion, Li Ji is too vulgar and a rotten wood...
Li Ji reads a lot of books, except for the imperial examination books. He especially likes to read miscellaneous books such as mountains and rivers, geography, local customs, biographies, and historical dynasties. In Mr. Zhu's words, he is a fool who doesn't read anything except serious books. He doesn't understand Li Ji. For Li Ji, these miscellaneous books are the best window to understand the world.
After more than half a year of reading and constantly integrating his own memories, Li Ji also roughly understood the general situation of this world. This continent is called Beiyu Hanzhou, which is one of the seven continents in this world. Beiyu Hanzhou is divided by Yunhan Tianling, roughly dividing the entire continent into two areas, north and south. There are 43 countries in the northern region and 58 countries in the southern region. Nanli, to which Cixi belongs, is one of the 58 countries in the south. Through a lot of reading, Li Ji learned a lot of things, but at the same time, he also had many questions, such as...
The national dynasties on this continent are very stable. In Li Ji's previous life history, a dynasty would end after a few hundred years, but here, there are thousands of dynasties everywhere, and the longest even reached 3,000 years, which is simply unimaginable... There are few wars between countries. Hundreds of countries on a continent get along very well. Are they all pacifists?
People's lives are relatively stable. Maybe they can't be called rich, but at least it seems that no one has starved to death anywhere. How is this managed? What about treacherous officials? What about black-hearted businessmen? What about land annexation? What about those rebels who said, "I can replace them"? What about those heroes who said, "Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different species?"
Perhaps Li Ji did not see everything. After all, what he saw on paper was shallow. He had not had the opportunity to go out and really see the world, but many things really confused him. It seemed that he had missed something very important...
Two hours passed quickly in the sea of books. After a quick bite at noon, Li Ji went straight to the next destination-Qianji Pharmacy, the largest pharmacy in Cixi. He was not there to buy medicine, but to learn the distribution of acupuncture points in the human body from the doctor. If the morning is for learning literature, then the afternoon is for learning martial arts. Qianji Pharmacy has the best doctor in Cixi. It is said that he is a medical master who returned home from Shuangcheng when he was old. It is no problem for him to teach some knowledge of acupuncture points.
In the online articles of the previous life, acupuncture point knowledge seemed to be something that was not worth mentioning and should be known by nature, but the actual situation is not that simple. At least Li Ji was confused about this. Where are the hundreds of acupuncture points in the human body and what are their functions? Without mastering these, there is no way to talk about profound internal skills. These things cannot be solved by giving you a map of acupuncture points. People are different. For example, Guanyuan acupuncture point is three inches below the navel. This may be for people of normal height. If someone is 8 feet tall, then 3 inches below the navel may not reach Guanyuan acupuncture point. If it is a 3-foot dwarf, then 3 inches below his navel may have reached that indescribable place. Li Ji learned acupuncture points by finding out the specific locations of hundreds of acupuncture points in the body one by one with the help of a doctor. This is not easy and requires constant exploration. Fortunately, after persisting for one hour every day for half a year, Li Ji has basically mastered these basic things.
At the end of the day, Li Ji's life is very fulfilling. It is not the exhaustion of running around for cars and houses in his previous life. This kind of fulfillment makes him feel that he is making progress every day. The sword is getting faster and faster, the internal strength is getting more and more abundant, and his understanding of the world and the body is getting deeper and deeper... He is preparing... preparing to explore the world fearlessly one day.