Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 110: The Country of the Maomin People, Fighting the Sea Ice Kill
Under the influence of the sound of the blessing of true Qi, these uneasy and hostile people gradually calmed down, and their attitude towards Qiu Chuji was no longer obviously resistant.

"What can you give us?" the elder asked.

Qiu Chuji took out a gold ingot from his arms. This was something he had taken out from the Jin Kingdom's treasury. Although most of it was still buried in the mountains, he still carried some with him for daily expenses.

Holding the gold ingot in his hand, Qiu Chuji stretched it like plasticine, then broke off a small part and handed it to the elder. Then, under the greedy gaze of the crowd, he stuffed the rest of the gold back into his arms.

"These should be enough!"

A small amount of money may not mean anything to Qiu Chuji, but when paying people, it is still necessary to be appropriate.

Seeing Qiu Chuji show off this skill, the Jin people who had originally relaxed their vigilance became nervous again.

However, after the elders took the small gold nugget handed over by Qiu Chuji and confirmed that it was real, their greed overcame their fear, and their eyes were always on Qiu Chuji's chest.

"Give us the whole piece, and we will take you with us!" said a younger man next to the elder man. He spoke in Jurchen. Qiu Chuji could understand but pretended not to know.

The older man glanced at the young man, pushed him away, and then gestured to Qiu Chuji to follow him.

There were three ox carts and six deer carts in the entire migrating team. As for the horses, even the slow horses that could only pull things were temporarily requisitioned and said to be sent to the front line.

Qiu Chuji was arranged to sit on the front of a deer cart, with two children around five or six years old beside him. They all looked at Qiu Chuji carefully, with uneasiness in their eyes. Their bodies looked a little thin, and they leaned against each other, appearing a little weak.

As Qiu Chuji traveled along the way, he heard that many Jin people intentionally gave less food to children in order to make them look thin and weak. In this way, even if the rebels really came to kill them, they would spare their lives because of their young age and frailty.

When seeing such children, Qiu Chuji did not think that their migration and suffering were due to his "fault".

How many children in the Central Plains have no chance to grow up. If we sympathize with them, then who will sympathize with those children who have no chance to live?
Moreover, based on Qiu Chuji's understanding of the rebel army, they might stop moving northward after capturing Shangjing, and might not even occupy Shangjing City.

For the vast majority of Han people, Liaodong is still too cold and harsh. If there is really no way to make a living, they would not be willing to live in such a cold place. Even if they are nominally ruling, they will not spend too much manpower and material resources. They will probably only care about it in the early stages of conquest and occupation, and will become more relaxed as time goes by.

The migration team did not move very fast, and there were always people joining along the way.

After walking for about half a month, the team had expanded to a hundred people, with seven ox carts and more than a dozen deer carts.

Such a team became a "fat sheep" in the eyes of other people. The Jurchen tribes passing by during the migration would exploit the migrating team.

Qiu Chuji did not interfere and chose to watch from the sidelines.

When they finally reached the vicinity of the Tatar Strait, Qiu Chuji had already figured out the survival model of this country...or this nation.

Perhaps their civilization is barbaric, even ignorant.

But they have extremely strong vitality. They do not pursue justice and morality like the people in the Central Plains. Instead, they are like weeds that can still grow wildly in spring after being covered by heavy snow for several months. They are full of resilience and strength.

If Qiu Chuji wanted to cut off their dragon veins, what he should do was not to bring them more suffering.

On the contrary, he needs to remove their aggressiveness and brutality and keep them in a more comfortable environment.

When a barbaric nomadic civilization transforms into a relatively docile agricultural civilization, and when enterprising spirit turns into conservatism, a new civilization will be born, while the old civilization will be covered up.

Qiu Chuji gradually realized that it was impossible for him to actually kill an entire nation unless he could be completely inhumane and kill every single person on this land.

However, if he really did so, he would be betraying his own heart. He is indeed not a soft-hearted person, nor does he have too much sympathy, but he is definitely not a cruel and inhumane devil who can completely destroy and end a nation without any bottom line just for his own selfish reasons.

Therefore, if he wanted to strike the last sword, he had to cover the original civilization information. Sakhalin Island...maybe it was a good place, a treasure land for striking the last sword.

Mingling with the migrating crowd, Qiu Chuji gradually gained a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of Sakhalin Island.

The island was very large. Through communication with the Jin people, Qiu Chuji estimated that it was probably larger than two Taiwans.

Although the climate is extremely cold, there are abundant fisheries and forestry to meet their daily needs. However, the island is not prosperous at all. There are only a few small cities inhabited by some hairy natives.

Qiu Chuji suspected that this island was the country of the Mao people recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

On the coast of Tatarstan, a migrating group of hundreds of thousands of people were cutting down trees and building boats, preparing to cross the sea to Sakhalin Island.

Although Sakhalin Island is not directly connected to the mainland, the straits separating it from some places are not very wide. As long as the ship is built sturdily, it is not difficult to pass through it when the wind and waves are not too strong.

Looking at the big island in the distance, Qiu Chuji had a plan in mind and found the most prestigious leader in the entire migration team. "Respected wizard, what can I do for you?" The chieftain from a small tribe asked Qiu Chuji in Jurchen with a thick accent.

During this period, Qiu Chuji had demonstrated that he could speak Jurchen. He also changed out of his Taoist robes and pretended to be a wizard, blending in with the group of Jin people. There was nothing unusual about him.

“Life became difficult after we arrived on the island, and I couldn’t bear it.”

"So I will take out my treasured book and teach the most precious martial arts in it to the warriors among you to help you obtain food and protect your people!" Qiu Chuji said to the leader.

Hearing Qiu Chuji's words, the leader was overjoyed.

He immediately summoned all the people who could take charge to listen to Qiu Chuji's "teaching".

When Qiu Chuji and the others gathered, he began to patiently teach them the "Bo Hai Bing Sha" method he had created during this period.

This is a martial art with extremely serious bias, integrating the inside and the outside, and working from the outside to the inside.

First of all, it is a naval martial art, suitable for use in the sea and on ships, but not suitable for use on land.

Secondly, if you want to practice it well and unleash its greater power, you need to stay in a very cold place and absorb the icy energy between heaven and earth. If you leave the environment suitable for it, the true energy generated in your body will immediately melt away, and you may even go astray.

Not only that, Qiu Chuji also secretly set checkpoints in this martial art. When there are hundreds of people practicing this martial art, there will be mutual interference and confusion, and the meridians of some people will be randomly exploded.

This also means that this martial art is not suitable for promotion in the military.

Of course, Qiu Chuji only told these Jin people the first two points.

The Jin people were very happy to hear Qiu Chuji's explanation. They were not completely ignorant of martial arts. Some tribes also had a small number of simple martial arts moves circulating, which were usually fierce and dangerous killing moves and did not form any system.

When they heard that Qiu Chuji was willing to teach them how to make a living, they were naturally very happy.

"I teach you martial arts not for you to bully others, nor for you to treat it as a private teaching. You need to teach it to anyone who needs it, and I will urge you to do so." Qiu Chuji instructed these people, and swept his eyes over them. Most of them did not dare to look him in the eye, which meant that they had selfish intentions in their hearts. Qiu Chuji hit the nail on the head on their minds.

Qiu Chuji did not say much about this. He would teach more people later to ensure that this martial art could be widely spread in Sakhalin Island.

With the "help" of this martial art, the Jin people who migrated to Sakhalin Island would have a much better life.

But he will also be restricted and constrained by this martial art to this island, making a living by fishing and fighting against the sea.

If they ever intend to return to the Central Plains, this martial arts, which is closely related to their lives, will become a deadly poison.

It is a life-saving treasure, but also a restrictive cage. Qiu Chuji drew a line on the ground to make it his prison, forcing the Jin people to abandon their war horses, dismount, board their boats, and fight the icy waves.

From then on, the vast ocean became the future direction of their civilization, and the vaster land was no longer an option for them.

As for whether there will be a genius who can adapt Qiu Chuji's "Bo Hai Bing Sha" so that it can adapt to other environments and no longer backfire, Qiu Chuji will not deny this possibility.

But if you really care about this, nothing in this world can be accomplished.

Because when anything is initially formulated, it is impossible to predict what it will look like many years later. Just like when Xiao Feng helped Wanyan Aguda, he did not do so to wait for many years until the Jin invaded the south and committed countless murders. He just wanted to give the Jurchens, who lived like slaves and prey, a chance to survive.

The advantage Qiu Chuji has over Xiao Feng is that he will become stronger and stronger, and will live a very, very long life, long enough to ensure that the rules he sets will not be shaken or disrupted by others.

The martial art of Bo Hai Bing Sha spread quickly among the Jin people. Because of the suitable environment, even those with low talent could get started quickly. Basically, they could learn it within three to seven days. After mastering the basic boxing and standing meditation, they just had to comprehend the true meaning and cultivate true Qi in the waves and ice and snow.

Once you really start practicing it, you can never let it go or give it up.

After another half a month, the migrating people built small boats to cross the sea and prepared to cross the sea to the island.

With Qiu Chuji's "guidance", the originally confused people now have a lot of hope for the future.

Qiu Chuji also called Yinrui, and under people's longing gazes as if they were looking at a mountain god, he rode on a tiger and stepped directly over the waves, heading for Sakhalin Island on the other side of the sea.

Now that all the martial arts have been taught, Qiu Chuji doesn't mind showing off his power to strengthen some things.

When strength and faith are combined, it is not only the prototype of civilization, but will also form a conservative resistance on the other side of time. Anyone who attempts to change will be severely hit.

(End of this chapter)