Chapter 82: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (21) The Women’s Army
Ye Mo was the first to speak to Wang Xue: “This is all my fault. I made a mistake in my words just now. I said that everyone can participate in the competition. Xue Ji agreed with the rules.”
Everyone remembered what the young lady said just now. They indeed ignored this word. In fact, in such situations, everyone usually refers to all men, but there is more than one woman in the horse farm.
Because the ruling class in this era basically does not apologize, they also thought it was the young lady’s negligence.
Ye Mo looked at the swords on the officials' waists. In this era, people wearing swords did not necessarily know how to wield them. He then said, "Among the six arts, Xue Ji is very gifted in defense, music, and etiquette, especially in music, which is higher than that of ordinary people. She is a model of noble ladies in the world. She is also good at swords and likes swords. Like other officials, they all treasure pearls, jade, spears and swords. The competition is just like a swordsmanship competition between nobles. It is reasonable."
The officials were silent.
Ye Mo also gave the guard a precious sword from the Yangcheng Jun Mansion, one to appease people's hearts, and the other to show fairness. Wang Xue's sword is of course better than the soldiers'.
Wang Xue & the warrior: "Thank you, young lady."
Xu Ruo looked at his daughter helplessly. He didn't know what kind of magic potion she had given to Junior Sister Wen Jing, but she kept pampering her. Go back and copy the big characters on the twenty wooden slips!
The warrior next to Wang Xue performed a very chic fist-clasping salute. The swordsman opposite was stunned for a moment, and followed suit and returned the fist-clasping salute.
The two of them officially began the competition.
There is a poem that says: "One tree blooms five flowers, five flowers and eight leaves support, the bright moon on the Emei Mountain, the light fills the rivers and lakes." As the only sect that has been passed down in China for more than 2,500 years, it must have advantages in martial arts, especially in external cultivation.
Internal cultivation is suitable for most constitutions with all five elements, but because it is not the only one, it is not the best for everyone. It is only the best for a group of disciples in the pre-Qin period.
Wang Xue's inner cultivation has been changed to a customized version, but her outer cultivation method is still based on Emei swordsmanship, which is characterized by being strong, soft, crisp, fast, and clever, that is, being unrestrained and light, and capable and decisive.
From this point of view, Emei swordsmanship is very suitable for her personality and her talent for agility.
The swordsman on the opposite side can stand out among 80,000 soldiers, and his strength should not be underestimated. He is excellent in both physical fitness and swordsmanship and footwork, comparable to Gong Ziyi, and close to the level of "mid-to-high-level swordsmen" in the Irish copy.
One is mainly based on strength, and the other is mainly based on speed. The fight between the two was very fierce from the beginning. When the two's abilities of swordsmanship and swordsmanship were almost used to the extreme, the competition was purely based on physical fitness.
After Wang Xue successfully broke through the agility attribute in the competition, when the swordsman was chasing, she went against the routine and rushed forward, with her sword pointing to her throat, half a second faster than her opponent.
The winner was decided.
The swordsman's personality was as straightforward as his swordsmanship, and he clasped his fists to Wang Xue and admitted defeat on the spot.
Ye Mo applauded them: "Good!"
According to the rules, Wang Xue won, and the next ring match was Wang Xue's defense.
Perhaps due to the gender issue, the next nine challengers on the stage were not as strong as the warrior just now, so it was not difficult for Wang Xue to win.
But the result of this winning streak was beyond the expectations of the officials. They didn't know Wang Xue's strength, and Wang Xue successfully left an impression of a female swordsman master among the soldiers of the Lord of Yangcheng. You know, there are not many people who can defend the arena for ten rounds. Wang
Xue flew back to her seat, exchanged a tacit look with Ye Mo, and then looked at the arena at the same time.
The next round of competition continued, and the first one to go on stage was a swordsman ranked in the top three.
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Taking the middle-level masters of the Irish copy as the dividing line, every melee master on the arena was included in Ye Mo's list, especially the melee warriors in the later stage .
But she did not challenge the guards this year, explaining to the outside world that she would wait for the Lord's father to return and let him choose personally.
This year's Chuyang City Spring Recruitment finally came to an end in the afterglow of the sunset.
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The meat and grain factory was still working overtime. Lord Yangcheng had many granaries, the largest of which was in Lord Yangcheng’s mansion in the center of the city. In addition to the rewards, meat and grain were carried into the mansion in boxes and cans.
After returning to the mansion, Ye Mo first went to the granary to eliminate the storage risks of the granary. He added two rounds of guards to take turns on duty for 12 hours to increase the protection of food safety.
For dinner, he enjoyed a full fish feast.
The ingredients came from the Huquan River. The fish meat was delicate, and the ginger was boiled to remove the fishy smell. The fish soup was fresh and delicious. The smoked fish had a crispy skin and was soft and tender inside. The sashimi was served with spicy mustard sauce and sprinkled with a little green onion. It finally tasted a bit like a delicacy.
The mustard here refers to yellow mustard, which is native to China. It is yellow and slightly bitter. It is a common spicy condiment. It has been used in the palace since the Western Zhou Dynasty as a medicinal plant or condiment.
Ye Mo eats in a gentle manner, but she eats very fast.
Today's dishes are very appetizing. When she finished eating, she felt like having two more servings, so she capriciously ordered a bunch of fish.
After dinner, she drank half a bowl of bitter ginseng soup to remove the smell of smoked fish and mustard in her mouth and relieve the greasiness.
Ye Mo asked the maid:
"Is there no reaction from Gu Xing?"
The maid said: "No."
According to common sense, the survivors would not be scared for so long, but Gu Xing has been staying obediently in the simple room of Yangcheng Mansion until now, not making a fuss, nor asking to see Mi Wenjing.
Ye Mo changed his mindset.
If the main mission of Gu Xing and the deceased Gu Tao was to defend Chuyang City, she thought that Mi Wenjing's mission was also this. Mi Wenjing would not kill her or abuse her, so Gu Xing planned to rely on Mi Wenjing to survive until Chuyang City was in chaos, and then come out to complete the dungeon?
She would not have been so reckless and lucky in all the previous dungeons, right? This may also be a way to pass the level, but no matter what, people still have to rely on themselves. It is difficult to be lucky all the time.
Ye Mo stopped caring about Gu Xing and asked about the situation of the female musicians. Unlike Gu Xing, the female musician Qiong asked several seemingly irrelevant questions, which was related to the news that she did not restrict the female musicians' academy.
In the first three days, Qiong did not ask anything.
On the second three days, Qiong asked, "Did the young lady personally host the spring recruitment?"
On the third three days, Qiong asked, "Did the young lady take in a peasant slave named Wang Wu as her teacher and live in her house?"
Ye Mo: "And then?"
The maid shook her head, no then.
"Continue asking at irregular intervals for three days, and don't care about Gu Xing." Ye Mo stood up and left his seat, "Serve the food."
"Yes, young lady."
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On the night of the second project, Ye Mo worked as a craftsman in Momen; on the night of the third project, Ye Mo went to the Jade Mine Cave in the middle of the night. After a few hours, plus the Five Elements Gathering Spirit Formation, his physical attribute increased by two points.
Just as he was hesitating whether to move his resting address to the North Suburb Jade Mine Cave tonight, Ye Mo heard a familiar system voice, [Congratulations to the survivor Ye Mo for successfully storing 60 days of military rations in the 'Spring and Autumn and Warring States' copy, completing special side quest 2, free point attribute +4].
60 days of military rations side quest?
This should be an extended side quest to defend Chuyang City.
Ye Mo calculated the production speed of the meat and grain factory. The meat and grain plus the existing reserve grain were just enough for the current soldiers of Chuyang City to eat two meals a day for about 60 days, or two months.
But Chuyang City was not only composed of soldiers, but also slaves who were always on the verge of starvation, and civilians who were hungry. The grain storage was never too much, because there were many battles where the grain was desperate.
When Ye Mo heard the system voice, Wang Xue, Wang Qi and other three survivors also heard the voice: [Congratulations to XXX for assisting the survivor Mi Wenjing in storing 60 days of soldiers' grain in the 'Spring and Autumn and Warring States' copy, completing the branch task 2, and the free point attribute +2].
"Sister Jing is really a golden thigh." Wang Xue was copying the "Book of Changes" in the room with tears in her eyes, and her chin was covered with black ink. In order to punish her reckless behavior during the day.
At the same time, He Shisi & Zhu Yuan & 22 failed reservists in the second project & 89 female reservists & reservists who joined the third project, [Congratulations to XXX for assisting the survivor Mi Wenjing in the "Spring and Autumn and Warring States" copy to store 60 days of military rations, completing side missions 1 or 2, strength attribute +1, agility attribute +1, constitution attribute +1].
In the army, Zhang San and his men were resting separately in the barracks. Several people heard the voice and had similar reactions to Ye Mo. They calculated the military rations and the number of soldiers, and concluded that they still needed to work hard on food.
When the reservists saw the three characters "Mi Wenjing" in the task column, many of them were more determined to follow the boss to create the world. Only by following the boss can they get some meat.
Before they become bosses, hugging the golden thigh is the right choice.
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And in the ranch and farm——
"!!!"
"Please take me with you!"
"Thank you, boss."
The reservists who failed to join the army for various reasons but still successfully completed the first branch mission were very happy. Some people understood that the credit for the storage of military supplies mainly belonged to the boss Mi Wenjing, and they were just following the senior.
There are still hundreds of women in the reservists. Some of them have good or better roots, which is very suitable for martial arts training, but except for the dead troublemaker, only 43 of them joined Sun Bahe's 14th team.
Now, after hearing the system voice prompt, these 43 people are very happy, they made the right choice.
Others who did not get the task had different reactions. Some people
's jealousy immediately emerged, and they wanted to take the opportunity to destroy Ye Mo's plan. The simplest way is to start with public opinion and imply Mi Wenjing's purpose.
Because they don't understand knowledge and wisdom, many slaves don't understand their meaning at all, and they follow suit to praise the young lady.
So these reserve forces can only express it directly.
When the slaves were trembling with fear and doubt, Sun Ba and others showed up after receiving the report.
With the help of Mi Wenjing's power, the next day, the steward was asked to send these troublemakers to dirty and smelly jobs on the grounds of bad moral character, and there were slaves watching them specifically. Treat
them the way they have been treated. Their
reputations were ruined, and they lived in a life of being pointed at and criticized. They could no longer do evil, or even had no time to do evil.
They were only subjected to endless physical labor. Apart from the few women on the blacklist who were swearing, crying, regretting, or blaming others, the remaining women who were still alive looked at themselves who were about to be crushed by life, and quickly made a decision - they also wanted to join!
22 male reservists who failed the second project and most of those who failed the third project also joined this team composed mainly of women. They had to seize the second chance.
In fact, the conditions for joining the female soldiers in the early days were very simple - there must be no principle problems with one's character, and one must not cause group conflicts after joining the team. Those who violated the rules would be expelled from the team, and those who committed serious violations would be punished.
However, it is very easy to join the female army, but it is extremely difficult to stay and not be kicked to the logistics department. It is not something that can be done by running, standing at military posture, and shouting a few words.