The news that the quota of government soldiers could be bought and sold spread like wildfire.

Especially since the tiankeng is not that big.

So the news spread even faster.

A dozen or so tiankeng guards gathered together and discussed openly:

"You heard that, didn't you? This Champion Marquis is recruiting soldiers for the palace by imperial order. This is his privilege. As long as you pay him, he will recruit them. Even prisoners can be recruited as soldiers for the palace."

"One million! What a pity! Even if I work my whole life, I won't be able to earn one million silver coins. Otherwise, I would have become a palace soldier. I don't want to stay in this damn place."

"What? Are you wronged by staying here? We agreed to follow Commander Gong together. You can't stand it?"

"Fuck you! I've been hiding here for eight or nine years, and have I ever said a word? I'm covered in poison now, how long can I live? I have a clear conscience! I want to live for myself for the rest of my life, is that not okay?"

"Stop arguing—do you have any money? If you don't have any, shut up."

"This champion marquis is really bold, blatantly buying and selling quotas. I actually have saved up over 10,000, plus my cultivation, I want to give it a try."

"You bastard, you always use my toilet paper to get money, pretending to be so poor. You actually have more than 10,000. Luckily, I have 20,000 too. Let's go. No matter if it works or not, go ask. At worst, I can become a palace soldier and pay him back slowly."

"Is this even possible? We're selling ourselves to him, and we have to give him the money we earn in the future? It feels a little weird."

"Don't even think about it. This is a rare opportunity. Take the money and go—"

The dozen or so tiankeng guards didn't care about anything else and went to look for Lin Che together.

From a distance, I could see Lin Che and Ji Bu Daru standing on the edge of the cliff.

At this time, the two of them were discussing how to solve the problem of ringworm in the night with an air of giving orders.

In fact, Lin Che already had a specific idea in mind. As long as he took away the lost weapons of the Ten Thousand Demons Nation, this kind of night lichen would be like a rootless duckweed and would not survive for long.

"Tiankeng Guard, requesting to see the Champion Marquis—"

"Um?"

Lin Che glanced at them and seemed to understand what was happening immediately.

"Come here."

These dozen guards were originally full of enthusiasm, but when they came in front of Lin Che, they didn't know how to start.

"My Lord, we heard that you are recruiting soldiers. We want to follow you..."

The person who spoke was a burly man, holding a piece of cloth in his hand, which looked like it was wrapped in layers of cloth. It must be silver bills.

"We don't have much money, but we all know martial arts. We're not afraid of death, as we've all been on the battlefield before."

Lin Che naturally knew the cultivation level of these guards, but for her own safety, she couldn't accept everyone.

In total, there are still 2,800 places available.

If each person gets 10,000 taels, that would be 28 million!

With so much money...

It doesn't matter if my cultivation level is a little low, as long as I'm fat. I can take them flying!

"You want to be my palace soldier? Fine. I'll give you a chance—each of you give me one hundred thousand taels."

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozen or so tiankeng guards froze in place.

An extremely embarrassed look appeared on his face.

"My Lord, can you charge less? We, we really don't have that much money."

"Yes, we only have 10,000 yuan at most. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Lord Hou. We have so many brothers here, why are only us here to see you? It's because we are rich. They, they all have no money..."

Lin Che was stunned when he heard this.

He thought of a saying by Lu Xun: The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

It’s true.

It is impossible to make a fortune by relying on these poor soldiers.

I was still thinking about 28 million, but now I’m lucky to have 28,000.

"Okay, if you want to come in, you can. Ten thousand each. Pay the fee and register. Xiaotian, you go and handle it. I'll make the final decision on the admissions. You just keep track of the number of people first."

Lin Che simply left it to Yu Huadian to do.

Yu Huadian naturally took the order respectfully, took the tiankeng guards aside, and began to record.

What Lin Che is waiting for now is Zhou Xianchun's ransom.

The great scholar Ji Bu standing next to him had been observing all of this. He had always believed that Lin Che's thoughts were extraordinary, and he admired Lin Che very much.

But now he had to speak up: "Xiao Lin Che, your method of recruiting palace soldiers is really unique. If you are tied to them because of money, when the critical moment comes, they will also sell you out for money."

"A truly strong team should be one that believes in something. They should all be heading in the same direction. That kind of military spirit cannot be succumbed by money or violence!"

These words are from the bottom of my heart.

But how could Lin Che explain this to the great scholar in front of him?

I had no choice but to say, "Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading! I have learned a lot from you! I also believe that you should know, Master Ji, that I am not really greedy for their money."

Ji Bu's eyes lit up again, and he laughed heartily: "You are well-deserved of the title of a talented scholar. This casual remark is amazing enough."

Looking at his smiling face, it seems that this trip was worth it.

"Great scholar, your praise is unmerited. I feel unworthy of it. If I could achieve half of what you have achieved in other dynasties, I would die without regrets."

"Haha, you're good at everything, but you need to change your habit of flattery."

Ji Bu glanced at the group of tiankeng guards who were queuing up to register, and he rarely spoke his mind:

"Seeing you like this, you seem to be in the prime of your life. When I was young, I also wanted to wear armor and fight in the battlefield to defend my country. But in the end, I found that I had no talent in martial arts, so I had to devote myself to studying."

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