NovelsAlex Chapter 2629: Fame in the Capital
Chapter 2629: Fame in the Capital
Chapter 2629: Fame in the Capital
After obtaining household registration.
The senior one took the remaining three people, Wen Rensheng and another man and a woman, and they soon entered the capital again.
Then find a local powerful street tycoon and ask him about sumo.
Soon, after demonstrating his immense strength, the landlord became ecstatic.
Under the arrangement and leadership of the landlord, they came to a sumo arena to compete.
In the sumo arena, everyone from high-ranking officials to small vendors were watching enthusiastically.
It's just that everyone sits in different places.
Everyone shouted excitedly while placing bets and cheering for their favorite sumo wrestlers.
Wen Rensheng also shook his head when he saw this.
It's really a life of drunkenness and dream.
Who could have known that just a dozen years later, the prosperity here would fall under the iron hoof of barbarism.
Prosperity and strength had to develop until after the Industrial Revolution before they became commensurate with each other.
At this moment.
No matter how prosperous it is, it cannot be transformed into real battlefield strength.
The great Song Dynasty was entering a period of prosperous commodity circulation for the first time, but it was brutally interrupted.
As Wen Rensheng was sighing, the senior came down to the sumo ring to wrestle.
He understood the trick after just watching one show.
Sumo wrestling is nothing more than throwing another person to the ground.
Sumo was very developed in the Song Dynasty.
"Dongjing Menghualu" and "Menglianglu" record: The sumo wrestlers employed by the palace were the left and right soldiers of the imperial guard, named "neidengzi".
There are also professional sumo wrestlers in the market, and they all have their own names.
The winners were rewarded with banners, silver cups, colorful satin, brocade jackets, banknotes, horses, etc.
It is already very professional, and both ornamental and practical.
There are also famous female sumo wrestlers. Their names are recorded in "Menglianglu": Sai Guansuo, Xiao Sanniang, Hei Sijie, etc.
As long as you use your strength to suppress your opponent and prevent him from getting up, and hold on for a period of time, you will be able to win.
It’s such a simple process.
It's a simple, direct, violent confrontation of raw power and wrestling skills where the winner is as clear as a child's.
In addition, given the background of the times, there were thieves everywhere in the wild, and people had a primitive pursuit of force, so it was naturally easy for it to prosper.
The seniors soon started their first game.
"The sumo wrestlers competing next are masters from the Western Regions invited by Master Liu!"
"He is a descendant of the Western Han people who went on the Western Expedition. His name is Fang Gaoyi."
"I'm back home today, and I want to show off my talents!"
Following the host's call, Fang Gaoyi, a senior performer, officially left the stage.
He has gone through three missions, and in each mission, he killed and injured countless natives.
It can be said that a murderous aura naturally gathered around him.
It's just that he had been restrained before.
After all, they are new reincarnations and many of their psychological qualities have not yet adapted.
It will not do him any good if he scares the person right away.
But now, when it comes to the next fight, he will not restrain himself.
Opposite him was a sturdy man.
He is strong and has very flexible skills.
As soon as he came up, he started to imitate the movements of tigers and monkeys, jumping around.
Shouting from the mouth.
Fang Gaoyi's eyes turned cold and murderous intent burst out. He took a step forward, grabbed the opponent's body, and blocked it with his left leg.
Simply and directly throw it to the ground!
When his murderous intent burst out, his opponent was suppressed.
He was in a trance for a moment, and the next moment, he fell to the ground dizzy, being held down by someone!
"one two Three……"
As the host called out the numbers, the opponent was unable to turn around.
"very good!"
"Well done, another one!"
"What a pity, I bet on the wrong one!"
"This new sumo wrestler is really good!"
The citizens shouted.
And at this time, another round began.
"In the next match, Fang Gaoyi will play against Feiyanzi. The bottom bet is raised! At least 20 copper coins!"
Because the dealer only takes a commission, in order to ensure the enthusiasm of the bettors, opponents with similar strengths must be arranged.
If the gap in strength is too big and everyone is betting on one side to win, then it will be meaningless.
In the end, you will be betting all the time and only win one cent, which is not enough to cover the dealer's commission.
After a few rounds of this, no one placed any more bets.
"The betting methods are: Feiyanzi can hold on to five numbers, hold on to ten numbers... Fang Gao loses one hand, loses two hands..."
These are all different ways of betting.
Soon, the senior Fang Gaoyi won easily again.
Among the crowd, there are quite a few who are knowledgeable.
"This guy has a thousand pounds of strength!"
"I'm afraid only the strongest sumo wrestlers can take him on!"
"Press him!"
As Fang Gaoyi won every battle, everyone soon chose to bet on Fang Gaoyi.
The result is that the winner doesn't make any money.
Soon no one was betting anymore.
The dealer is not afraid of someone winning money, but is afraid of the market being deserted and no one playing.
So someone found Fang Gaoyi.
"You have to lose the next game."
"It's dark, really dark!" Fang Gaoyi said, "Okay, I agree."
"Very good. Here are ten taels of silver. Please keep them first and I will give you another 20 taels later." The man was very happy.
That's right, as long as it involves betting, it is absolutely impossible to be clean.
The snow-white silver was won away by others. What a sin.
So Fang Gaoyi exposed a flaw and was knocked down by the opponent, but he quickly got up again.
"Hahaha, I bet right, I can earn 10 coins!"
"Damn it, why don't you have the same enthusiasm as at the beginning?"
"Nonsense, he's won 10 games in a row. No matter how strong he is, he's running out of energy."
When everyone saw this, they started betting on his opponent again.
Wen Rensheng couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.
It turns out that the tricks used by later generations, as long as they are not related to science and technology but to these unorthodox ways, the ancients had already mastered them.
Many scams in later generations were already formed in ancient times.
Because people’s hearts have not changed.
Compared to changes in technology, human nature has remained almost fixed since 2000 years ago.
In Wen Rensheng's opinion, this senior's physical fitness is at least above 40.
This is equivalent to 8 times the physical fitness of an ordinary person.
Much stronger than ordinary people.
It’s just that because of the body’s protection mechanism, the body strength is 8 times, but it cannot exert 8 times the power.
However, Fang Gaoyi obviously still had some reservations.
This is natural.
If you stand out too much, people will think you are a god or a monster.
Then we have to play.
In this way, whenever Fang Gaoyi could win, he would only use slightly more strength than his opponent and win quickly and cleanly.
In the eyes of others, he is strong and has great skills.
Once the strength comes up, skills can no longer sustain it.
The so-called “a little force can move a great object” requires that you have the strength of a great object.
This is the only way to move the other party.
The purpose of "four ounces to move a thousand pounds" is to fight against multiple people, to fight a protracted war, and to avoid getting hurt. It is a skill developed on the basis of equal strength. If you only have four ounces of strength, you will die of exhaustion and still not be able to move a thousand pounds. This is against the laws of physics.
Once he caught the opponent, he could easily push him down.
Once pushed down, the opponent is doomed to fail.
Then a powerful person took a fancy to Fang Gaoyi.
After all, the powerful and wealthy naturally know the ins and outs of it.
Unless they are those dandies who are new to this business and have money but no power.
Those who are powerful don’t worry about being cheated by the banker.
The dealer will also release some information.
So they knew that Fang Gaoyi was fully capable of winning every battle.
And this person is prone to bowing his head.
Naturally, they were attracted by it.
Fang Gaoyi thus became a sumo wrestler recruited by a powerful family and was asked to perform sumo at their house.
This powerful person was the prime minister at that time.
This is normal.
Not to mention the prime minister, even the emperor had watched sumo wrestling.
As a result, he was reprimanded by his ministers and the emperor felt ashamed.
It must be said that during the Song Dynasty, the emperor's authority was severely suppressed.
It is impossible to have absolute power over the world like the Qing Dynasty did.
Fang Gaoyi soon made a lot of money.
He used money to collude with some heroes and gangsters.
He also bribed some servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Then he asked the servants to do only one thing.
That is to write to him regularly.
The shipping address will be told to the other party when the time comes.
"Oh, it would be great if there was someone with extraordinary mental power who could directly transmit information across thousands of miles." Fang Gaoyi turned around and said to Wen Rensheng and the other three.
"If one only has physical and mental strength and the mental strength is strengthened to an extremely high level, then one cannot use special abilities?" Wen Rensheng asked.
"No, the spirit is strengthened to a very high level, which only gives a great advantage when fighting against worlds like Cthulhu and ghosts." Fang Gao shook his head.
"But we don't have the skills to defeat them. If we want to defeat them, we can only rely on the natives and the existing methods in the world."
Hearing this, the other man and woman frowned.
“This is too frustrating.”
"Yeah, can't the ability to kill ghosts be strengthened with the Lord God?"
"No, it can only strengthen your physical and mental fitness, making you run faster and have stronger resistance." Fang Gaoyi emphasized again.
"Okay, let's prepare for the main mission. I got the news that there is already an unstable trend in the southeast." Wen Rensheng shook his head.
"Yeah, I've heard about it too. When the emperor collected the flower and stone tax, the officials took the opportunity to rob people. The citizens rose up in resistance, and many people lost their families." The novice man also said excitedly.
"That's right. Fang La should feel that the opportunity has come now. He must be preparing to revolt." Fang Gao nodded.
At this time, the novice girl shook her head and said, "Fang La is just an idiot."
"Oh, does he think that relying on such civil unrest will bring about the destruction of the Song Dynasty?"
“In fact, the real unrest is when there are big problems among the peasants at the bottom, because there are the largest number of peasants, and only a large number of peasants can really stir up the world.”
"And Jiangnan has always had plenty of rain, a land of fish and rice. Even if the people are exploited severely, they can still survive on lakes and swamps."
“The livelihood issues for farmers are not that big yet.”
Wen Rensheng also nodded and glanced at the novice female supervisor.
It’s good that the other party can see the essence of it.
Wen Rensheng continued, "That's right. As for the Flower and Stone Gang, it did not cause widespread harm to the poor peasants at the bottom."
"Because those who have flowers and stones at home are at least well-off families."
"It is difficult for the poorest peasants to have a few pieces of clothing, so how can they find any rare stones?"
"Their house is just a shabby thatched hut, not a broken home."
"The poorest farmers always account for more than 70%. If they are in chaos, then there will be real chaos."
"If they weren't messy, nothing would really be messy."
“Once they become chaotic, everything will really get chaotic, just like the late Ming Dynasty, when poor peasants went bankrupt and had no choice but to rebel to survive.”
"Then the rich peasants, landlords and big landowners will go bankrupt."
Everyone nodded.
Then Wen Rensheng told everyone some profound things.
He said that the Flower and Stone Gang was far less harmful than raising taxes on farmers.
After all, many people have certain hopes for the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty also had a way to deal with these rebellious refugees, which was to incorporate them all into the wing army.
Then they gave the Xiang army a bite to eat.
A large part of the Song Dynasty's redundant soldiers were recruited in this way, in order to prevent them from causing chaos.
As for where the money comes from?
Because the Song Dynasty had little territory, they vigorously developed maritime trade and commodity economy, and used these commodity economies to encourage the upper class to consume more, allowing the people below to share their wealth.
It can be said that although the Song Dynasty suffered repeated defeats in foreign wars and lost a lot of land.
However, he has begun to find a feasible way to resolve internal conflicts between farmers and land.
The Song Dynasty never prohibited land annexation, and land transfer was complicated.
Maritime trade was not prohibited either, so trade was well developed and the import of grain was convenient.
For farmers, the skin of the field and the bones of the field have long been separated.
Usage rights and ownership rights.
Sometimes, the rind and bones of a piece of field have been exchanged countless times.
It’s a pity that the Mongolian foreign enemy is so powerful.
The whole world couldn't hold on, and he, who was standing next to them, couldn't hold on either.
Originally, the Song Dynasty had the potential to be the first to resolve the problem of peasant uprisings.
However, he did not die in the peasant uprising, but in the invasion of foreign enemies.
Suddenly the novice asked: "Why didn't later generations learn from the experience of the Song Dynasty?"
"Especially the Ming Dynasty, which was only a hundred years away from the Song Dynasty."
Wen Rensheng shook his head and said, "It's normal that I didn't study later."
"Because later on the emperor's power increased greatly."
"The imperial power naturally hates the commodity economy and the uncontrolled movement of the people."
"The Song Dynasty was able to vigorously develop a commodity economy precisely because the imperial power was greatly restricted."
"You can tell by looking at it. The emperors of the Song Dynasty came to power illegitimately, and they had to control the military commanders, which resulted in a weak military force. They were overly dependent on the civil officials and lacked control."
"Since the imperial power is not that strong, his suppression of the flow of goods and people will not be very strong."
“Because the movement of people and goods also belongs to the interests of civil servants.”
"All those civil servants have to run businesses at home."
"They also need the flow of people and goods. After all, there are not many officials of the big landlords. The land in the world is limited, but the officials are unlimited."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.
Fang Gaoyi looked at Wen Rensheng with admiration.
This newcomer is still at a very high level.
Plus his physique is also very impressive.
It seems that he must be a powerful person in real life.
"In this case, I have to say that although the Song Dynasty was cowardly, it still had its merits."
After some discussion, the four of them took the boat on their journey.
It took them more than a month to reach the southeast where Fang La was.
Then they began to deploy new means.
Naturally, they did not immediately surrender to Fang La.
A business that is done by rushing to do something is not called a business.
They followed the example of the capital and decided to create a local celebrity with great reputation.
This reputation is the reputation of divination.
Because the ancients were very superstitious.
Moreover, Fang La was able to gather people and rebel with the help of private organizations.
(End of this chapter)