Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The recruitment speed of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was extremely fast.

At the same time, a training ground began to be built in the eastern suburbs, naturally with the two hundred elite soldiers of Taoyuan County plus some workers from the eastern suburbs responsible for the construction.

In addition to the basic square and archery range, there were also obstacle courses, hurdles, trenches, high and low walls, single-plank bridges, low-pile nets, climbing frames...

Basically, it completely imitated some of the equipment that should be available in later generations' armies.

Of course, these had already been established in Taoyuan County long ago.

As for the dormitories, they were simply built wooden houses, ten people to a room, with bunk beds.

All the recruits of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had been brought to the training ground in the eastern suburbs and were clearly divided into two groups.

One part was recruited from the military by the Ministry of War, responsible for guarding the safety of the palace. The other part was naturally commoners from the people.

The sunlight was a bit dazzling, and Li Yuanzhao shielded his eyes with his hand as he scanned the training ground, and asked suspiciously: "Lao Fang, what kind of mess have you made here? Why does it look so strange?"

"Your Highness, these are all the equipment prepared by my people for training."

"Training? Tsk, Zhang Biao is good at helping people build up their bodies, but I think he is far from training real soldiers. These fancy things are useless." Li Yuanzhao mocked, "Although I have not personally been on the battlefield, I have studied the way of training soldiers since I was a child."

Fang Zheng glanced at him sideways: "Your Highness isn't just talking on paper, is he? Don't come to peek at my training. The dormitories have already been assigned."

"Heh, just wait to be slapped in the face by me!" Li Yuanzhao sneered, and then began to look at the Embroidered Uniform Guards on the field.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed: "Huh? Isn't that the pretty boy who was eliminated in the previous interview? Why did you recruit him back?"

Fang Zheng followed his gaze and explained: "Your Highness, this man's name is Meng Puyu. The Embroidered Uniform Guard has just been established, and I need to speed up the creation of an image. He is expected to be the spokesperson for the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the future."

"What, besides being good-looking, does he have anything special?"

"Besides being good-looking, he is also a scumbag." Fang Zheng smiled.

Li Yuanzhao suddenly became serious, looked at Fang Zheng solemnly and said: "Lao Fang! I don't care what you want to do, but this is not a child's play. You chose a failed scumbag, is this fair to others?"

"Fair?" Fang Zheng sneered: "Your Highness, look at the people around him, they are much uglier than him. Do you think this world is fair?"

"Some people are born with gold bricks in their hands. Now that I have discovered this gold brick, I naturally have to make good use of it."

"This person is very useful. After joining the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he will no longer be qualified to be a scumbag. He needs to perform in front of the people and help the imperial court and the Embroidered Uniform Guard establish an image."

"Look at the stable over there, I have also prepared a top-quality white horse for him, so that he can perform on the street in the future."

Li Yuanzhao wanted to refute, but when he thought that he also seemed to be born with a golden brick, he changed his words and said: "I still think it's unfair to others. You can obviously choose a person with both ability and moral integrity. Is it that important to be good-looking?"

"Important, very important. I have scientific research on this. Handsome men can not only attract the opposite sex, but also reduce the aggressiveness of the same sex. Women will increase the aggressiveness of the same sex. I consider issues from the perspective of efficiency. This is all science."

"Science... What kind of mess are you guys researching in Taoyuan County?" Li Yuanzhao was speechless.

"Your Highness, sometimes your thinking should change. A scholar studies hard from a young age to pass the xiucai exam, then the juren exam, and finally enters the court as an official, step by step, which seems无比natural."

"But this is the way ordinary people think about problems. They always believe that there is a reproducible method of success, and they can reach the pinnacle of life step by step, but in fact, this is intellectual laziness. The real world doesn't work this way. Sometimes, if you catch the right time, or do the right thing, you can reach the sky in one step, and vice versa, you can fall into hell in one step. Life is always full of ups and downs."

"This is Meng Puyu's luck, but... he may not be able to handle it. What Your Highness said is actually reasonable. Fairness is very important. Although there is not much fairness in this world, we still have the ability to create some fairness."

Li Yuanzhao didn't say much, nodded slowly, and then began to examine the Embroidered Uniform Guards on the field.

Not far behind Fang Zheng, stood three people.

Zhou Tie, Zhang Biao, and Lian Gui.

The three were specially sent to train the newcomers.

Zhou Tie crossed his arms and intentionally or unintentionally hid behind Zhang Biao. Although he was already a Taoyuan person, he couldn't help but want to hide his identity when he thought of Li Yuanzhao's status as the crown prince.

Lian Gui kept his eyes on Meng Puyu and said: "You guys said that the master asked me to take more care of that pretty boy, Brother Tie, what does the master mean?"

Zhou Tie shook his head and said: "I don't know, I guess the master is playing a very new thing..."

Zhang Biao crossed his arms and also looked at Meng Puyu: "The young master said, let us train him into Zhou Tie's physique in two months."

"Impossible! It will take at least two and a half years to train like me." Zhou Tie rolled up his sleeves, and his strong biceps bulged high.

Li Yuanzhao was whispering his training plan and experience to Fang Zheng, and Fang Zheng was just listening quietly, nodding from time to time.

The sun was getting bigger and bigger, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards on the training ground began to gradually become restless.

Disappointing situations began to gradually appear. The Embroidered Uniform Guards, who should have been of better quality from the army, actually began to talk to each other.

These people were not even aware that the prince had arrived in person, and most of them had not even realized Fang Zheng's identity.

On the other hand, the good people selected from the people, because of the unfamiliar atmosphere, were cautious and still maintained basic order, not moving or daring to speak.

Li Yuanzhao's face gradually became ugly, but Fang Zheng was not surprised. The Ministry of War must have given orders to select people for him.

No one in the various Jingying camps is willing to let go of elite soldiers. Eighty percent of what they can give him is not good stuff.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are a group of ruffians, and such a performance is also expected.

Seeing that no one was in charge, those ruffians became even bolder, and some even started to tease Meng Puyu.

Li Yuanzhao's face became more and more gloomy, and he said to Liu Jin, who was accompanying him: "Bring the bow and arrow."

The bow and arrow were brought, Li Yuanzhao calmed down, drew the bow and nocked the arrow, aiming at one of them.

With a whoosh!

The arrow shot out like lightning, leaving a long gash on the face of the leading ruffian who was speaking the loudest!

Blood dripped down his cheeks, although the injury was not serious, it had a rather tragic meaning.

A wail instantly spread throughout the training ground, and everyone was silent.

Zhou Tie's spirit was lifted, and he exclaimed, "Good archery! You can't practice this kind of skill without years of hard work. As expected, a tiger father will not beget a dog son."

Fang Zheng was also a little surprised, turned his head to look at Li Yuanzhao, and didn't expect him to have such a skill.

He saw that the man who had been serious just now was grinning, revealing two rows of big white teeth, and smiling proudly at him.

Fang Zheng gave a thumbs up: "Your Highness, awesome!"

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