The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 99 Threshold
Zhang Hanqing smiled at him, hugging his elbows, "You promised my dad that you would get top three!"

"You believe in such boasting? We are just trying to make our master happy."

Jiang Cheng grinned, then said seriously, "I'm not kidding you anymore. Can you come up with an idea for us?"

"No chance."

Zhang Hanqing waved his hand to interrupt him, "Do you think you are the only one who asked me and my dad for a spot recently?"

"There are a lot of people who have this crooked idea recently!"

As he said this, he glanced at Wu Taixun and shrugged his shoulders, a gesture unique to Westerners.

"Well, this is such a big deal, it's hard for the handsome man to lose face!"

When saying this, Jiang Cheng glanced at Yang Yucheng out of the corner of his eye, and the latter looked sincerely grateful.

"But Hanqing, who did your father choose as the chief examiner?"

Bao Yulin slumped over the railing of the porch, stepping back and forth with one foot high, nonchalantly.

"What do you mean? How is it unreliable?"

Zhang Hanqing turned away unhappily.

Indeed, he also disliked this Guo Guizi, but after all, he was the "examiner" hired by his father. If he slapped him in the face, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of his father in disguise?

Your father, Bao Yulin, was the governor of Heilongjiang Province. My father was also a governor.

What are you doing?
"What do I mean?"

Bao Yulin changed his sitting position, but his expression became even less solemn. "Oh my Master Zhang, are you still pretending to be me?"

"The entrance exam notice was posted this time... I just counted the number of people at the gate, there should be over a thousand, right? Even if half of them are willing to pay the ten yuan,"

As he spoke, he straightened up slightly and picked his ears, "Your brother, I'm not good at math, how much does this cost?"

Not only Jiang Cheng but also the other one, even the most honest and straightforward Hai Pingchuan understood what he meant: as the chief examiner this time, he collected cash in the name of "registration fees" and enriched himself.

"Hey, who are you going to give this money to?"

Several young men immediately turned their eyes away.

Envy, doubt, all different.

But what is most annoying is Mr. Bao's sarcastic and mischievous smile.

"What the hell..."

Zhang Hanqing understood what he meant and immediately got angry and wanted to attack. Feng Yongxuecheng quickly tried to stop him: "Forget it, forget it, Yu Lin was just joking..."

"Screw the joke, how can you talk like that?"

Zhang Hanqing was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but Jiang Cheng at the side slightly turned his body and held his shoulder.

"I didn't expect Mr. Bao to take this registration fee seriously."

"Hanqing, I don't think this is strange..."

He held his elbows and slanted his eyebrows at the somewhat presumptuous young master. Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I think what Mr. Bao said makes sense. I'm sure you know it."

"Feilan, why are you also..."

Raising his hand to stop Xue Cheng from speaking, Jiang Cheng smiled even more: "It's normal that Master Bao can't figure it out."

"But I just glanced at it and roughly understood what our chief examiner meant."

Everyone was stunned at the same time, but Bao Yulin seemed to be annoyed by his displeasure and said, "What do you mean? It's okay to collect the money... If the notice is posted, everyone will see it!"

"As long as you are within the age range and meet the requirements, you can sign up. I..." Jiang Cheng smiled faintly: "Yes, these ten dollars in cash are also one of the conditions."

Bao Yulin blinked: "What?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Jiang Cheng's tone became even more mocking: "You know, these ten dollars in cash may seem like a lot, but for people with a stable income, the threshold is actually not that high."

"You and I both know how much a soldier in our army earns, seven or eight dollars a month. As long as you don't do anything shady, is it difficult to save up the registration fee?"

At this point, Jiang Cheng smiled even more: "Mr. Bao, have you ever heard of the saying that the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts? People who can't even come up with ten dollars can only afford cornmeal steamed buns, so you can imagine how weak they are."

"If you're just smoking opium and playing with women, how can you still recruit him into our team?"

His words were well-reasoned and even Zhang Hanqing was stunned.

Yeah, why didn’t he think of it?
This time, my father asked for the officer corps, which means that the Military Academy will train core personnel this time...

To put it bluntly, once they are brought in, they have to lead troops to fight.

It is not acceptable to have poor physical fitness, and it is even more unacceptable to have bad habits.

Guo Guizi is famous for his belief that there are no fish in clear water, and he hates these things the most.

Do they... all have some prejudice against Guo Maochen?
"This is a good idea."

Xuecheng looked at Jiang Cheng with a click of his tongue, and then turned his unconvinced eyes to Bao Yulin, whose face was getting worse, "Look, look, I know that the person my uncle found must be right!"

"How cunning! Who could come up with this idea?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a cough behind him: "Who are you calling a thief?"

They gathered around Zhang Hanqing and Jiang Cheng, all their attention focused on the argument, and no one noticed several officers approaching silently from the opposite side of the corridor.

The leader was undoubtedly the chief examiner Guo Maochen, and Zhang Zuoxiang followed closely behind him. Several officers behind him were holding large piles of papers, with anxious but somewhat embarrassed expressions on their faces:
Apparently it was because of Master Xuecheng's words that everyone turned their eyes away after Guo Guizi finished speaking.

Even Bao Yulin, who had always been lazy, was infected by the atmosphere and stood up suddenly.

"Zhu Qing, what are you doing?"

Zhang Zuoxiang glared at him, with an expression that was unique to an iron-blooded soldier.

Then he smiled again: "Ah, a few brats are fooling around... Go away, hurry up and prepare for the exam!"

Xue Chengcai didn't care at all and even made a face at Zhang Zuoxiang; the boys stuck out their tongues and quickly gathered at the playground.

However, before turning around and leaving, Guo Maochen stared at Jiang Cheng's back, which was surprisingly meaningful.

This kid is really a bit of a genius, isn't he?
At this moment, more and more people were gathering on the small playground right in front of the Military Academy classroom - even if Guo Maochen deliberately set a threshold, there would be hundreds of people taking the written test, and it would definitely have to be conducted in batches.

Two officers took the list and read out aloud the arrangements for entry to take the written test. Jiang Cheng and Zhang Hanqing were not with them. Instead, Hai Pingchuan and Cai Yuanming were assigned there.

After the test paper was handed out, Jiang Cheng took a quick look through it: it involved arithmetic, geography, history, and several sentence completion questions from ancient Chinese texts.

On the back is a composition topic - discuss the reasons for China's poverty and the best ways to save it.

Wow, it’s obvious that this question was asked by Guo Maochen.

Jiang Cheng took a breath and took out a pen from his shirt. At this time, a young man next to him had already finished two math problems.

"Answer the questions carefully and don't look around!" the invigilating officer suddenly shouted loudly.

The level of education during the Republic of China period was still limited, and these questions, which covered a wide range of areas, left many people scratching their heads. They were obviously planning to cheat and asking for help from the person at the next table.

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