Song Huaian, Duan Yongfeng, Xia Dayu, Tang Baihan.
These are the previous four thousand households.
They don't need to participate in the competition, just bring their own people to watch from the side.
"Tsk, it's so lively." Duan Yongfeng said.
Tang Bohan said, "It's a pity that we are not allowed to go, otherwise I would really like to weigh these younger generations."
Xia Dayu shook his head and said, "We may not be able to win."
Everyone has the same training, they just start training a few months earlier.
Just a few months.
Among these new recruits, there are several who have obviously practiced martial arts.
They are not afraid of queue competitions or anything like that.
But in a one-on-one fight, you may not necessarily win.
Duan Yongfeng snorted, "We'll know if we can win after we try."
"What do you want to do?" Tang Bohan asked.
Duan Yongfeng said, "Go to the Lord and ask for permission for our four thousand men to participate in the competition. Whoever defeats us will be given the title of Qian Hu."
"Are you crazy?" Xia Dayu said quickly, "We were lucky to become a thousand-householder. Do you really think you can fight better than everyone else?"
Tang Bohan said, "Yes. When I say fight, I mean fight with the new captain, not let those people below challenge our position."
"Two cowards."
Duan Yongfeng looked at Song Huaian, who had been silent the whole time: "Old Song, what do you think?"
Song Huaian glanced at them and said, "As long as you are happy."
Tang Bohan asked anxiously, "Aren't you afraid that someone will take your seat?"
Song Huaian said calmly: "It's just a thousand households, so just rob it."
"You're so arrogant! You're full now, not like before when you were starving to death."
Xia Dayu sneered, "I remember that when you first came here, you were half dead and almost kicked out. It was only because the adults were kind enough to invite you to have a meal that allowed you to recover. That's how you were lucky enough to become a captain - now even a captain doesn't even look down on you?"
Song Huaian said to Xia Dayu calmly, "You don't understand."
Yes, they don’t understand.
Song Huaian is a scholar.
Although he had no achievements, he was well-read and knowledgeable.
The only difference between him and Zhao Lin and the others was that he did not participate in the scientific examination.
He believes in reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles.
He had personally experienced the horror of the Qingzhou flood, witnessed the Prince's Party embezzling disaster relief funds, and watched the fight between the Prince's Party and the Prince Yu's Party in Qingzhou. He witnessed with his own eyes the tragedy of the Flower and Stone Gang that forced families to be broken up and killed.
Originally, Song Huaian was about to leave Qingzhou, but at this time Zhao Lin came.
This inspector, who was younger than Song Huaian, traveled throughout Jiujiang Province in more than three months and severely punished those officials who took the opportunity to plunder the people.
At that time, Zhao Lin and Su Di were running outside, and Song Huaian was following behind.
Song Huaian was good at martial arts, otherwise he would not have been able to travel thousands of miles. He spent all his money just to keep up with Zhao Lin and almost starved to death. Fortunately, he got the news that Zhao Lin was recruiting soldiers, and successfully became a soldier under Zhao Lin. Because of his good training, he gradually climbed up and became a captain commanding a thousand people.
This strange experience made Song Huaian very strange.
But that's not the point.
According to Song Huaian's observation and understanding, the soldiers under Zhao Lin had no organizational structure.
It’s not that there is no institution, but that those institutions are occupied by people.
The soldiers under Zhao Lin are not part of the organizational system.
Private soldiers!
The youngest number one scholar and the youngest prefect in history was highly regarded by the emperor. He was in charge of a state and was also given the power to lead troops.
Although there were only three thousand, it was enough to prove how much the emperor trusted him.
Now it has risen to 20,000.
However, in response to such trust, Zhao Lin actually trained his own private army in secret.
This is a serious matter that could cost you your life.
Therefore, these soldiers have been hiding in the mountains, or wandering around in the name of suppressing bandits, so that no one can know exactly how many people there are.
But there are many smart people.
Some people had already guessed that something was wrong, but they just discussed it privately and didn't say it out loud.
Everyone is guessing why Zhao Lin is training a private army.
Are you planning a rebellion?
To be honest, Song Huaian didn't care whether Zhao Lin rebelled or not, and he was even slightly excited.
Over the years, he has traveled thousands of miles and passed through many places. Wherever he went, the people were living in poverty.
Don’t talk about how rich you are, it’s good enough to have enough food to eat.
Qingzhou is even worse.
First there was a natural disaster, then there was a man-made disaster.
In many places people started gnawing on tree bark, almost resorting to cannibalism.
But Zhao Lin came.
Although the time was short, and although Song Huaian could not inquire about the situation at will after joining the army.
But during these trips out to suppress bandits, he still made keen discoveries.
The situation in Qingzhou is much better than before.
There were even people praising Zhao Lin.
Especially Zhao Lin’s method of dealing with bandits.
According to general practice, anyone who dares to rebel will lose his head.
However, Zhao Lin only dealt with a few bandit leaders, and even did not kill all the bandit leaders except one Niu Dadan.
All the minions below gathered in one place to cultivate farmland.
In Mr. Zhao's words, this is called labor reform.
The rest of those who committed serious crimes were sentenced to between three and more than ten years.
Some of them were proud of their height and strength and wanted to join them to eat government food, but were rejected by Zhao Lin.
The reason is that only men from good families are recruited.
This surprised Song Huaian.
He originally planned to take a look at the situation and then leave and continue his journey.
But now, he wanted to stay and see what Zhao Lin was going to do.
What if that's what he thought?
"What are you thinking about?"
Xia Dayu poked Song Huaian on the shoulder and said, "Tell me, after the officers of all ranks of the new recruits are selected, who should we fight?"
"Yes, we now have 20,000 troops, and we are not enough to fight those bandits." Duan Yongfeng agreed.
Song Huaian smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can fight if you have any."
"real?"
Duan Yongfeng's eyes lit up and he said, "You're the smartest among us. Who do you think we're going to fight next?"
Song Huaian said: "There are so many people to fight. From south to north, from east to west, we have to fight them all."
hiss……
Duan Yongfeng gritted his teeth and said, "If we fight this battle again, wouldn't the military merit be so great? Wouldn't it be a problem to make him a general? Well, you are not even a general, just a garrison commander, so we can't make you a general."
Duan Yongfeng said it casually, which was meaningless, but Tang Baihan and Xia Dayu seemed to have just woken up from a dream and looked at Song Huaian in horror.
"Huaian, do you know something?" Tang Baihan asked in a low voice.
There was an undisguised tremor and excitement in his voice.
Xia Dayu also asked: "You are the smartest, and the adults like you the most. Don't hide what they have said to you."
Duan Yongfeng was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Why are you saying such strange things?"
Song Huaian smiled and said, "If it's different from what you think, what can the adults say? If it's the same as what you think, what can you tell me?"
Tang Bohan nodded: "Yes, if this is true, we must keep it secret."
Xia Dayu said: "Yes."
Duan Yongfeng was almost dying of anxiety: "What on earth are you three talking about? What can and cannot be said?"
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