after being kidnapped by the general

August [-]th was a sunny day.

Flags were flying around the school field, and a thousand soldiers who had been selected were already standing neatly in the center of the school field.

The sun was scorching, and their skin was reddened and sweat rolled off quickly.

The soldiers looked nervously at the many adults sitting under the cloth in front of them. Many swallowed their saliva and tried their best to make themselves stand more straight and look more powerful.

The soldiers who stood in the front row and could see the adults' faces clearly stared at the governor sitting in the middle with burning eyes.

The perimeter of the school field was filled with more soldiers. Although they were not selected, they were also very curious about this competition.Yuan Li ordered Wang Er and Guan Zhihuai to take them to watch outside the school grounds, in order to arouse their yearning and envy, and also let them cheer on the sidelines, which can add to the fun.

Yuanli had the feeling that the upper-level leaders in his previous life came to inspect, but he was no longer the one being inspected, but the one inspecting others.

This feeling is very strange and very fresh.Yuan Li sat in the shade, looked around the entire school grounds, and saw the excited and nervous expressions on the faces of the soldiers.

They are all looking forward to becoming Yuanli's personal soldiers, and they all want to put on their best form in front of Yuanli.

Yuanli felt a strange feeling in his heart.

The beating speed of the heart increased slightly, Yuanli reached out to touch the armrest of the seat, and suddenly felt that this feeling was really wonderful.

Somewhat addicting.

1000 people sounds like a small number, but it is actually a lot.Especially when the thousands of soldiers are standing in the same posture, the gap between each person is the same, and the rows look like a straight line, making the scene even more majestic.

Sitting on the right side of Yuanli is Chu Hechao and his subordinates.On the other side of Yuanli, Guo Mao quickly seized the position next to the lord.

At this time, Guo Mao was holding a feather fan in his hand, fanning Yuanli intimately, and when he saw this scene, he praised him, "My lord, although our recruits have only been trained for a few months, they have achieved great results." In the whole world, only the Lord's recruits can achieve this level of power."

Chu Hechao, who enjoyed the cool breeze under the light of Yuanli, cast a sideways glance at Guo Mao.

Guo Mao laughed quickly and said, "The general's soldiers are also world-renowned tiger and wolf divisions."

Yuan Li smiled helplessly, "It's really commendable that they can train like this in just a few months, thanks to Wang Meng and General Guan. However, compared with the soldiers who have experienced many battles under the general's command, these recruits are still far away. less than."

Wang Meng is the name Yuanli gave Wang Er.

Being able to train the recruits to such an extent, Wang Er's contribution is extraordinary.But Yuan Li was not self-effacing when he said this. These recruits have not experienced war and blood. No matter how proficient their skills and how strong their bodies are, they are still inferior to the soldiers under Chu Hechao who have experienced many times on the battlefield. .

But sooner or later they will go to the battlefield and become a veritable elite division.

The name of the barracks competition was named "Youzhou Soldiers' First Competition Cup" by Yuanli. The competition examined four events, namely: wrestling, long-distance running with weights, survival in the wild and ambushing enemies, and swimming.

These four items respectively examine the soldiers' strength, endurance, knowledge of wilderness survival they have learned, and swimming, which soldiers in the north are not good at. They are all compared to the ability of individual combat.

The first competition was wrestling, where a thousand soldiers were paired in pairs, and whoever knocked their opponents to the ground would win. Only this level could quickly eliminate [-] soldiers.

After Wang Er gave the order, the soldiers quickly divided their opponents.After getting Yuanli's approval, the strong soldiers rushed towards their opponents with a low growl.

In the blink of an eye, the school grounds were in full swing and became a ball.

The soldiers who can make it this far are all elites who have climbed up by defeating many people step by step from Wu to Wan. Each of them is not a paper tiger. Whether it is purely fighting strength or using skills, the wrestling of these soldiers Capture each is worth seeing.

Soldiers in groups of two and two grabbed each other's arms with their arms, and their thighs pinned to each other's.Such a strong collision of strength and strength can easily make people excited and excited.

Kong Ran met a strong opponent, he gritted his teeth, his veins tensed, and wanted to throw the opponent to the ground.

Absolutely can't lose!

He thought to himself.

But looking at his opponent's flushed face and gritted teeth, he also knew that his opponent didn't want to lose either.

No one wants to lose here, and all the soldiers put forth their best effort.

The weather was hot, and what was even hotter than the weather was the cheers from the soldiers outside the school: "Drop him, good!"

"Trip! Attack his lower body!"

At the beginning, no one dared to shout, for fear of disturbing the adults and making them guilty.But the commanders of thousands and centurions knew that this was what the governor meant, so they took the lead in shouting, and after a few words, the soldiers were mobilized.

"Hold on! Keep your footing steady!"

"It's about to win, it's about to win!"

The people below the cloth also became excited.Yang Zhongfa even patted the armchair and stood up excitedly, shouting excitedly: "Good!"

He Lang also saw his blood getting hot, and immediately stood up and looked at his neck, "Good guy, it's really amazing!"

Yuan Li also stared intently, and looked at himself very nervously, beads of sweat slipped from his forehead.

Chu Hechao was also sweating from the heat, but he couldn't take off his clothes to cool off in public.He glanced to the side from the corner of his eye, and was annoyed at the way Guo Mao was fanning the feather fan slowly, so he stretched out his hand, "Bring it."

Guo Mao pulled his eyes back from the field, looked at the general's hand, then at the feather fan in his hand, and wisely put the feather fan in the general's hand.

Chu Hechao took the feather fan and started to fan the wind vigorously. The wind swept over Yuanli, blowing up a few strands of hair from Yuanli's temples. As soon as the sweat beads stopped on his face, Yuanli suddenly felt a refreshing feeling coolness.

He immediately pulled the chair to move to the right, and said openly and honestly: "Thank you for your hard work, General, let me borrow the cool breeze."

There are people all around, and many pairs of eyes are watching their every move.The more you care about it, the less you dare to reveal your secrets in front of others.Chu Hechao's eyes swept over Yuanli's white and greasy neck and the beads of sweat on it, and then lazily withdrew his eyes for a moment, looked at the venue, and asked, "Is there any borrowing or repayment, you... sister-in-law borrowed it?" Will you pay it back?"

Those who heard this sentence were speechless.

Do you have to pay it back?

The general was joking with Lord Inspector.

Many people pricked up their ears in secret, wanting to hear what the two adults who are in charge of Youzhou will talk about.

Yuan Li's ears moved, with an indifferent smile on his face, "Then I will replace you in a while, and let the general borrow my cool breeze."

"Okay." Chu Hechao said.

They looked at the school grounds and said a few words at random, all meaningless nonsense.After waiting for a while, Yuan Li took the lupine from Chu Hechao's hand, and changed it to him to fan the wind.

Because the weather was too hot, Chu Hechao didn't wear those embarrassing gloves.When the feather fan was sent over, the fingertips of the two inevitably touched a few times.

Under the large courtyard, such a simple and ordinary touch has become secretive and charming.Yuan Li raised his eyes, and exchanged a glance with Chu Hechao, and the two quickly lost sight of each other.

Within a few strokes of the lupine, all the soldiers in the school field had already decided the winner.

The 500 victorious people stood panting, some still had energy left, and their faces were quite relaxed.Some people have turned pale and are about to exhaust themselves.

Kong Ran panted heavily and supported his knees to recover his strength.Profuse sweat dripped into his eyes, and he wiped his eyes, belated ecstasy bursting out in his heart.

He won!

After letting the five hundred soldiers rest for a while, someone sent them a bag weighing thirty catties.In the luggage, there are food, water bags, flint and steel, eating and drinking cooking utensils and tools for building camps, as well as grinding stones and oil wipes for maintaining weapons and armor, and finally their own weapons.

In addition to these, there are some additional herbs.

These are the things that soldiers will carry with them during expeditions. They need to put on their own leather armor and run to the foot of Panshan Mountain outside Ji County with the [-]-jin luggage on their backs.

Those who can run to the bottom of the Panshan within an hour will win, and those who don't will be eliminated.

The soldiers already knew what they were going to do. They quickly put on their leather armor and headed towards Panshan with their bags on their backs.

Below the Bupeng, Yuan Li and the others also rode their horses one step ahead and arrived at the foot of Panshan ahead of schedule.

When they arrived, it was still an hour away.Everyone tidied up and waited patiently for the soldiers to arrive under the shade of the trees.

It was much cooler at the bottom of the mountain than in the school grounds, and Yuan Li was also relieved to see this.If the soldiers were exposed to the scorching sun, he was worried that a few of them would suffer from heat stroke.

In his spare time, Yuan Li asked Guo Mao about those southern businessmen, "They have also been in Youzhou for a month, but are they in a hurry to go back?"

"Originally they were anxious to go back, but after the death of the first emperor, they also knew the danger of going back now. I don't need to say more, they all begged to stay in Youzhou," Guo Mao said with a smile, "The people in the workshop The white granulated sugar is already ready. The white granulated sugar made from five carts of sugar cane is actually limited, and the subordinates reckoned that it was not enough for them to buy, so they only took out a little to open their eyes. My lord, you don’t know that those businessmen are in a hurry I have to send so many things to me, so I want my subordinates to sell them white sugar. But I secretly think that I have to whet their appetite again. The north is not suitable for planting sugar cane. If it is possible, the subordinate I want these merchants to plant sugar cane in the south for us, and to reach a stable and long-term cooperation.”

After the death of Emperor Jianyuan, Yuanli handed over the sale of white sugar to Guo Mao.Guo Mao is a smart person and can talk. Even a profiteer may not be able to play against him. Now that I hear it, it is as expected.

Yuan Li laughed and teased, "Oh? What good things did they give you?"

"Gold, silver and jewellery, silk beauties," Guo Mao took out a piece of paper from his body, and offered it to Yuanli respectfully, "Although these things are common, they are worth a lot when added together. Although the subordinates accept , but dare not be ambiguous, everything has been recorded on paper, and the beauties sent by the merchants, the subordinates have placed them outside the mansion."

Yuan Li took a casual look, "Pingzhi is self-denying and devoted to the public. I am very relieved that you will handle these matters."

After finishing speaking, he joked again: "Place the beauty outside the mansion, is it because you are afraid that the wife at home will be angry?"

Guo Mao's wife is also a well-known tigress within a hundred miles. She has a fierce and tough temperament. If Guo Mao dares to bring a beauty home, he will be beaten and kicked by his wife and kicked out of the house.

Yuanli appreciates Mrs. Guo Mao's temper very much. Although Guo Mao is reckless in his actions, his bottom line of morality is better than many honest gentlemen.Because it is his wife who can read words and read books, Guo Mao has not been ungrateful since he became a counselor in Yuanli. in the end.

Guo Mao touched his ears with lingering fear, "My lord, I still want this ear!"

Yuan Li laughed out loud.