Several soldiers rushed over, carried over five archery targets, and placed them in front of the crowd.
The group walked up to the target and examined it carefully. All five arrows hit the bullseye. This had happened right before their eyes; they wouldn't have believed it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
This person is indeed a great talent; it would be a waste of his abilities to make him an ordinary soldier.
If this person can participate in this martial arts examination, he will definitely win first place.
Li Hui was overjoyed. Although he had no shortage of experts around him, he had never seen anyone with such skills before. He was determined to use such a person for his own purposes.
Thinking of this, Li Hui stepped forward and said:
"With such skill, Wang Zhuangshi is already a military talent. It is clearly inappropriate for you to join the army."
Alright then, you'll stay with me for a while. If I get the chance, I'll definitely recommend you to my father. Someone as talented as you will surely be given an important position.
Upon hearing this, Wang Bingling was overjoyed and immediately knelt down.
"Thank you, Your Highness. This humble monk is not talented, but I will do my utmost to serve the country."
“No need for formalities, Mr. Wang. Please rise quickly.” Li Hui stepped forward and helped Wang Bingling up.
Everyone knew why Li Hui was making such a move. He was currently out of favor and wanted to develop his own power to rival Li Guang.
Currently, Li Guang resides in Shuixian Village, commands an army of 100,000, and has the assistance of a remarkable figure like Zhao Xian. If Li Guang were to contend with Li Hui for the throne, Li Hui would have no chance of winning based on their respective strengths.
Li Hui's eagerness to acquire talent like Wang Bingling shows that he is extremely anxious.
However, in the eyes of the crowd, although Wang Bingling was quite skilled, they felt that his origins were unclear.
The candidates who came to participate in the martial arts examination this time were all recommended by local governments. Wang Bingling was not recommended. Did he have some purpose in coming at this time?
Of course, this is just speculation. Since the Crown Prince has already taken Wang Bingling under his command, no one else can say anything.
The military examination was a great success in selecting talent, and the garrison in the capital gained dozens more generals and thousands more high-quality soldiers.
Currently, the number of troops stationed in the capital has reached 50,000. Once the 50,000 troops from the border are transferred here, the number of troops guarding the capital will reach 100,000.
At this time, Xiahou Fang's task was to intensify the training of the garrison in the capital. Once the weather warmed up, the garrison would have important matters to attend to.
At Li Hui's residence, Wang Bingling took the initiative to protect Li Hui, obeying his every word and fulfilling her duties diligently, which greatly satisfied Li Hui.
A few days later, Wang Bingling found Li Hui and said:
“Your Highness, from this moment on, I will serve you wholeheartedly. However, I am currently a monk, and in order to serve you with peace of mind, I would like to return to secular life.”
During the Northern Dynasties, there were not many monks. At that time, monks could disrobe, but they had to find a temple and have a disrobe ceremony.
Li Hui was very pleased to see that Wang Bingling wanted to return to secular life. In this way, Wang Bingling would break off his ties with Buddhism and would follow him wholeheartedly and be used by him.
Li Hui led Wang Bingling to a mountain not far from the capital. There was a temple on the mountain, and Li Hui found the abbot and explained his purpose.
Li Hui frequently visited this temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha. The abbot recognized him and, seeing that the eldest prince had brought a monk to perform a ceremony to disrobe, agreed.
The ceremony for returning to secular life was very simple. Wang Bingling would apply for it, and then they would start burning incense and praying to Buddha. The abbot would just recite scriptures beside him, and there was no need for him to do anything else.
After the ceremony of returning to secular life was over, the abbot called Li Hui aside and whispered something to him.
"This person is too murderous. The First Prince must be very careful in using him."
"Thank you for your guidance, Abbot. I have noted it down."
In Li Hui's view, Wang Bingling would have to avenge his master, so it was impossible for him not to have a murderous aura. This murderous aura was not a bad thing for him. He would use Wang Bingling's murderous aura to deal with Li Guang and Zhao Xian.
To eliminate Li Guang, Wang Bingling alone was not enough; he needed to find more skilled individuals, train them into assassins, and use them for his own purposes.
As the weather warmed up day by day, Zhao Xian's warehouse was finally completed, and the next step was to develop his industry and business plans on a large scale.
First, a cluster of workshops needs to be built near the warehouse. These workshops will mainly be used for spinning, weaving, dyeing, and garment processing.
As the saying goes, professional matters should be handled by professionals. Zhao Xian plans to entrust this important task to Shen Jianfeng and Wan Xiumei.
Zhao Xian found the two men and told them about it. The two men were very excited after hearing it.
However, they are a little worried that these workshops will be built in a short time, and once they are put into production, the supply of raw materials may not be able to keep up.
Zhao Xian told them not to worry, as he had already contacted suppliers in Southeast Asia and a large quantity of cotton would be shipped over soon.
Autumn is the harvest season for white berries. Once a large quantity of white berries are on the market, there will be no need to import them from Southeast Asia anymore.
Due to heavy snowfall during the early stages of canal construction, work was halted for nearly a month. With such a long delay, it is no longer possible to complete the project on schedule.
Zhao Xian is worried that once the flood season arrives and the river swells, the canal construction will be impossible, and work will have to be stopped again, meaning the project will not be completed this year.
In order to finish repairing the canal before the flood season, Zhao Xian approached Li Guang and asked him to mobilize a group of people to build the canal.
Li Guang immediately took action, mobilizing 50,000 soldiers from the military camp to the construction site to participate in the canal's construction.
The construction of the canal accelerated dramatically. Zhao Xian calculated that at this pace, the canal could be completed two months ahead of schedule.
By then, the waterways connecting Shuixian Village to the outside world will be officially opened, and the goods produced there will be transported smoothly to all directions, which will help their businesses grow bigger and stronger.
After this matter was arranged, it was time to plant the white berries.
Li Guang has prepared 5,000 mu of farmland for planting white berries, most of which were recently reclaimed.
Some time ago, Zhao Xian made a cotton tying machine for Shen Jianfeng to use. While using the cotton tying machine, a large amount of cotton seeds were obtained. Although these cotton seeds could be cultivated, Zhao Xian did not intend to use them.
We can select some high-quality cotton seeds from the system. Only in this way can we ensure the quality of cotton planting and harvest a large amount of high-quality cotton.
Since cotton seedlings cannot be transplanted directly, Zhao Xian plans to use two methods to grow cotton.
The first method is to plant directly in the ground. First, calculate the row spacing and spacing of the cotton planting, and then sow two or three cotton seeds in the pre-dug holes.
After the seeds have grown into seedlings, keep the strongest one and pull out all the others.
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