At the dinner, Li Xiaoli was very enthusiastic, while Zhou Jiada was relatively silent. He is not very good at socializing. He speaks straightforwardly and easily offends people, so he only eats with him. Li Xiaoli came to talk about the main issues, and Zhou Jiada was just proving it.
From Li Xiaoli's mouth, Zhang Yongsheng learned that there were many practitioners of traditional martial arts in Nanyang. They all fled with their families during the war to avoid the war. There are many such martial arts groups based on families, and there are many masters among them. There are several who can defeat Zhou Jiada.
Zhang Yongsheng was very interested in this and kept asking the question for a long time. Zhou Jiada has interacted with many Nanyang boxers and knows some things about the Chuanwu family, so he picked out the important ones. Zhang Yongsheng felt itchy after hearing this, and wanted to have a discussion with these masters right away.
Seeing Zhang Yongsheng's happy expression, Li Xiaoli explained: "It is not easy to introduce them to Jiangyuan, and the entry process is difficult. After all, underground boxing is a gray area, although after management, the higher-ups turned a blind eye. Only one eye, but officially it is still restricted.”
Zhang Yongsheng asked: "How long will it take to deal with these things? I heard Liu Yang said that there will be a celebration competition on New Year's Eve. It seems that it is only a few months away."
Li Xiaoli nodded and said: "New Year's Eve is the first show, so try to make it happen as soon as possible. The time is already very tight. We have to select boxers, negotiate various fee contracts, and also solve the issue of entry and stay. There are a lot of troubles. The first show is also There won’t be anyone better than Lao Zhou, I guess his level is about the same as your driver.”
Zhang Yongsheng knew that the driver she was talking about was Hu Dali, and nodded: "If he is of Lao Hu's level, he will be quite attractive in Jiangyuan. He has few opponents here. If there are players of similar level, he can indeed drive." It’s a big price, but it doesn’t appeal to me.”
Li Xiaoli smiled and said: "If you want to find a boxer who is attractive to you, you must first make Jiang Yuan's boxing matches famous in Nanyang. Only then will the masters be willing to take the initiative to come. I estimate that it will be the middle of next year at the earliest. I plan to Do you have any objection to the video of your match with Lao Zhou being sent over as a gimmick?"
Zhang Yongsheng shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. If we can attract a few really good players, I'd love it. It's best to let Lao Zhou test it before you come. It would be boring if you come with a parallel import."
Zhou Jiada nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, the person who challenges you will definitely get past me first. If they can get around easily, I won't be able to survive in the Nanyang boxing world."
After the dinner, the three of them returned to the living room to drink tea. Li Xiaoli asked someone to bring a delicate wooden box. The box is in the shape of a traditional dressing box and is quite well preserved, with a new paint finish and exquisite relief. The servant placed the box on the coffee table and exited, leaving the three of them talking in the living room.
Li Xiaoli opened the box, pushed it in front of Zhang Yongsheng, and said with a smile: "This is what I want to show you. They are all martial arts secrets that have been lost overseas. We don't know traditional martial arts, and we can't understand many of the things above. You are this Experts in this field should probably know its value."
Zhang Yongsheng had been feeling itchy for a long time, and now he was not too polite. He looked down at the box, which contained a pile of thread-bound books. From the cover of the first book, it can be seen that the book is quite old. The title of the book is written in small regular script on it, all written in traditional Chinese characters. The font is very neat.
The first book is a boxing manual with three words "Mizong Boxing" written on it. Mizong Quan is very famous among northern boxers, and it was difficult to find an opponent throughout the north. But it was lost after the war. Nowadays, there are many people who claim to know how to master Mizong Quan. Zhang Yongsheng can tell at a glance that it is just a show.
This boxing technique has been passed down for more than a thousand years and has produced many masters. In Zhang Yongsheng's previous life, he met a master who practiced Mizong Quan and admired his kung fu very much. This boxing method looks like a long boxing, but it also includes internal boxing, elephant boxing and other moves. It is both internal and external, flexible and changeable.
Zhang Yongsheng learned from the strengths of many martial arts experts in his previous world expo. Although he has not specifically studied this boxing method, he has a good understanding of its essence in actual combat. He flipped through a few pages of boxing manuals and knew that this boxing manual was not forged by future generations. He had seen many of the moves in it in his previous life.
Judging from the boxing records, there were far more moves recorded in it than Zhang Yongsheng knew. He guessed that they might have been developed and expanded by later generations. In his opinion, most of these moves are superfluous. Although there are many changes, they have lost the original concise and lively rhythm.
There are very few records of internal skills in the boxing manual, only some simple static skills. The above does not include the pile skills that lay the foundation for the lower body, nor does it lack the breathing and exhalation part that is consistent with the moves, which may have been lost during the transmission process. This situation is very common in troubled times, and many martial arts secrets are lost due to this reason.
Zhang Yongsheng put the boxing manual next to him and sighed: "It's not easy for Mr. Li to find such a complete Mizong Quan. Nowadays, the Mizong Quan in China is just a formality and has no actual combat capability."
Li Xiaoli smiled and said: "We also spent a lot of effort to collect it. The other party originally planned to ask for a high price, but later arranged for Lao Zhou to have a fight. The other party was willing to admit defeat, so he handed over the boxing records to us."
Zhang Yongsheng said to Zhou Jiada: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhou. Such good secrets are hard to find in China."
Zhou Jiada waved his hands and said: "I'm just a boxer, there's nothing hard to do. It's just that the moves above look flashy, and I don't think they have any merit. Why are so many people fighting for it?"
Zhang Yongsheng shook his head and said with a smile: "This is why you don't understand the secret of traditional martial arts. There are secrets in the inheritance of traditional martial arts, and only people in the sect can master them. People outside the sect are of little use with boxing manuals. This is The boxing manual is very useful to me, my sect is involved in many boxing techniques, and I know a little bit about Mizong Boxing."
Li Xiaoli said thoughtfully: "No wonder, many famous masters of traditional martial arts talk endlessly about theory, but are vulnerable in actual combat. They probably don't know the secrets of the sect and only practice by reading the boxing records."
Zhang Yongsheng nodded and focused on the second secret book. This book is not a boxing manual, but a sword manual. On the cover is an image of a woman dancing with a sword. The woman dances with two swords, her movements are ethereal, like a flying fairy soaring into the sky. Although it is just a few simple strokes, it is very expressive.
After flipping through a few pages, Zhang Yongsheng nodded, shook his head, frowned, relaxed, and his expression changed several times. Li Xiaoli and Zhou Jiada were confused, and they didn't know what was wrong with the sword manual, so they looked confused.
Nearly half an hour later, Zhang Yongsheng put down the sword manual and sighed: "This swordsmanship is a good thing, and the swordsmanship in it is profound. It is the only one I have seen in my life. It's a pity..."
"What's a pity? Is there anything wrong?" Li Xiaoli asked.
Zhang Yongsheng said with regret on his face: "There should be two books on swordsmanship, divided into upper and lower volumes. This is the first volume, which talks about the skills of using swords in fencing, upper body skills, mainly hand skills. There should be more The next book focuses on footwork, lower body kung fu, and contains the secrets of actual combat.”
