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Chapter 399 Fighting the Tiger
After spending some money, making some arrangements, and passing a test by the teacher at the county school, Lu Cheng was enrolled in the county school.
If the normal imperial examination system still existed, with Lu Cheng's mental strength of 28 points, he would only need to study hard and spend some time researching the examination questions and answers of past dynasties, and he would be able to pass all the tests and have no problem becoming a Jinshi.
But the current system of promoting tribute from school actually restricts the full development of talent.
Song Huizong might be fine as a calligraphy and painting artist, but being an emperor would only lead to his own destruction. No wonder the Jingkang Incident happened later.
In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed. The construction of Lujiazhuang outside Yuncheng County has been basically completed, and the new crops planted in the land on the village have begun to yield harvests one after another.
When the crops were about to mature, Lu Cheng moved from the city to the farm and paid attention to the growth of the crops.
Fortunately, there were no accidents. Every corn plant, every corn cob, every sweet potato and peanut was harvested smoothly.
Although there were no fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, with Lu Cheng's personal supervision and the tenants' careful care, the yields were very good.
From less than half an acre of land, we harvested about 200 kilograms of corn, and even more sweet potatoes and potatoes, as well as a lot of peanuts and even a lot of pepper seeds.
With these seeds, more land can be planted next year.
However, Lu Cheng is not planning to plant on a large scale for the time being, so as not to attract too much attention.
After the grains were harvested, Lu Cheng took out some high-quality winter wheat seeds and continued to sow them in the fields.
At the same time, Huichuntang's business has been growing bigger and bigger in the past two months. Jinqiang Pills and Longhu Pills have been sold to Bian Jing, and there are a large number of orders every month. In more than two months, Lu Cheng's wealth has doubled.
Lu Cheng's rapid rise naturally attracted the attention of some people. Before that, two or three groups of petty thieves had sneaked into Lu Cheng's house, but they were all beaten half to death by Lu Cheng and thrown to the government. This also frightened some people.
Moreover, most of Lu Cheng's family property was stored in his storage space, leaving only some money for daily expenses.
After coming to this world for a few months and managing everything at home, Lu Cheng is ready to go out for a walk, meet masters from all sides, and explore some secrets he wants.
This time, Lu Cheng brought Lai Fu and Lai Wang with him. The three of them and three horses went out of the north gate of Yuncheng County and headed north.
Shortly after leaving the city gate, a long-tailed parrot with a green, gray head and red beak landed on Lu Cheng's shoulder.
"Master, you brought Gray Brother with you. Will it fly away?"
"Laiwang, why are you worrying so much? Hui Ge'er is much smarter than you. This bird has no worries about food and clothing when he follows the young master, and his freedom is not restricted. How could he be so stupid as to leave?"
"That's right."
"Okay, let's hurry up and get going."
Lu Cheng took out some grains and fed them to the little parrot on his shoulder, then touched its little head and continued on his way.
Now that he has the skill to tame animals, Lu Cheng naturally will not use it.
When he first came to this world, Lu Cheng tried to use his animal taming skills to tame some insects such as ants and bees, and found that the effect was quite good. After a period of taming, he could make these insects obey his commands and perform simple movements such as moving forward, backward, and attacking.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng tried to train small animals such as chickens, ducks, cats, and dogs, but found that the first-level taming skill was somewhat insufficient and the taming effect was not ideal. So Lu Cheng directly spent his destiny points, exchanged them for some experience points, and upgraded his taming level.
To upgrade a skill from level one to level two, 200 experience points are required, to upgrade a skill from level two to level three, 400 experience points are required, and so on.
To upgrade a skill from level 1 to level 8, you need some experience points, and one fate point can be exchanged for 5000 experience points.
Lu Cheng also spent 6 fate points to upgrade his beast taming skill to level 8. When he wanted to upgrade it to level 9, the system prompted that his mental strength was insufficient.
Now, Taming: Level 8 (4712/).
However, the eighth-level beast taming skill is enough to tame some large beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards.
In Lu Cheng's Lujia Village, there are seven or eight domesticated hunting dogs, several tabby cats, two parrots, and several horses.
As for large beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards, they had never been encountered before.
The reason Lu Cheng went out this time was to see if he could catch two tigers and tame them.
In this era, the number of tigers is still very large.
In Water Margin, many heroes have killed tigers, and among the 108 heroes on Liangshan Mountain, many of them have the word "tiger" in their names.
Such as the winged tiger, the leaping tiger, the golden-haired tiger, the dwarf tiger, the smiling tiger, the blue-eyed tiger, the tiger-fighting general, the sick tiger, the female tiger, etc.
Even in restaurants and teahouses, there were often reports of wild beasts robbing people of their lives.
Some counties near mountains and forests will organize special hunting teams to hunt wild boars that destroy crops and tigers that hurt people.
After leaving Yuncheng County in the morning and walking for more than 30 miles, when passing by a forest near dusk, Lu Cheng suddenly noticed something wrong. He turned on the thermal sensing radar and observed for a while, and soon locked onto a ferocious beast. Judging from its size, it should be a tiger.
Lu Cheng was not surprised but delighted. He jumped off his horse, took out his single-edged sword and a hunting bow, turned around and told Lai Fu and Lai Wang, "You two lead the horses and walk out of the forest first, and wait for me outside the forest."
"Yes, Master. Do you want Laiwang to follow you?"
"no need."
After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he put the hunting bow on his back, hung a tube of arrows on it, and held a single knife in his hand. He was like a cheetah, and in the blink of an eye he rushed into the forest.
On the rugged mountain road, Lu Cheng still walked as fast as if he were walking on flat ground.
Lai Fu and Lai Wang were not worried about Lu Cheng. They had been learning martial arts from Lu Cheng in the past few months and knew how powerful Lu Cheng was. Dozens of people could not get close to him, and they would only be a hindrance if they followed him.
After entering the forest, Lu Cheng casually put the bow and arrow and the single-edged sword into the storage space, and approached a moving target at a faster speed.
After running two or three miles and climbing over a small hill, Lu Cheng saw a huge white-browed tiger with hanging eyes in the distant forest.
As Lu Cheng approached rapidly, the tiger also discovered him, turned around, looked at the approaching human, and let out an angry roar.
When a tiger roars in the mountains and forests, all the beasts are terrified and the birds fly away in panic. Its power is unparalleled.
When you get closer, you can see blood on the tiger's mouth, as if it had just finished hunting, which made it even more ferocious.
Facing such a ferocious beast, Lu Cheng was not afraid at all.
When traveling through various worlds before, Lu Cheng was also very interested in hunting. He had hunted ferocious beasts such as lions, tigers, elephants, and bears.
However, at that time, Lu Cheng usually used bows and arrows or guns to hunt, and had never fought a tiger with his bare hands.
As he got closer and closer to the tiger, feeling the tiger's aura, Lu Cheng's blood began to boil, and he entered a state of tension and excitement. He gradually slowed down his pace and approached the tiger little by little.
Seeing that Lu Cheng was not afraid of it at all and even seemed a little excited, the tiger roared at Lu Cheng again, then quickly approached him. When it was more than 2 meters away from Lu Cheng, it jumped up and pounced on Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng had been on guard for a long time. After the tiger jumped up, he instantly determined the landing point based on its jumping trajectory, and finally dodged sideways. At the moment the tiger fell, he punched hard, hitting the tiger's head.
The huge tiger's head was knocked to one side, and the tiger's body lost its balance and fell to the ground.
Lu Cheng immediately seized the opportunity, took a step forward, jumped onto the tiger's back, and punched the tiger's head.
The dull sound of "bang bang bang" echoed in the forest. The tiger, who had underestimated Lu Cheng's strength, was seized by Lu Cheng and was stunned in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, the tiger fought back hard, trying to knock Lu Cheng to the ground.
After Lu Cheng threw seven or eight punches in a row, he jumped away and observed the tiger's situation...