"This is the lieutenant of Wu'an County, Lord Han Langhan."
Mei Nianzhi looked at the people around him and whispered: "If you perform well and are favored by Mr. Han, you will have the opportunity to enter the Yamen or guard the city. These are positions recognized by the imperial court, and are better than ordinary wealthy families. Rich families are better off."
After Han Lang entered the venue, he came to the high platform of the school grounds and sat down.
There are also several chairs placed on this high platform. From a high position, you can have a panoramic view of the crowd in the school grounds, and you can detect any disturbance immediately.
The officers under his command entered the school grounds, some maintained order, and some started registration in an orderly manner.
Anyone who wants to sign up for the final product test must pay ten taels of silver.
Then a bronze token two fingers wide and four inches long will be issued, with one's name written on it to temporarily mark it.
If the order is successful, the bronze token will be collected and the government will use a special tool to stamp the signature on the front and the grade on the back. It will be reissued to the warrior who has successfully placed the order during the dinner.
If he fails to succeed, the ten taels of silver will be paid in vain, and the bronze token will not be returned if it is taken away.
Not long after, it was the turn of these people from Changze County.
Mei Yingxue, Mei Jixian and other disciples from Meihua Martial Arts School all stepped forward to line up.
Chen Tang adjusted his black clothes, held a long knife, and followed.
Decide on a ninth rank first, so that you can avoid trivial matters such as corvee service and military service, and also reduce some minor troubles.
If these people in Changze County knew that he was a ninth grader, even people like Gou Dai would not dare to provoke him.
"Hey, look at that man, his clothes are dark."
Qingmu pretended to be a passerby and let out an exclamation.
Chen Tang smiled.
Qingmu understood him and was attentive. He just said something casually before and wrote it down.
"Wow, his scabbard is pitch black too!"
Zhiwei's voice also came over.
Taking advantage of the crowd around them, the sisters started a serious discussion.
Chen Tang suppressed a smile, straightened his face, pretended to be a lonely master, and clenched the scabbard with his palm so hard that the back of his hand looked a little pale.
Qingmu was wearing a bamboo hat and a veil, so others could not see her face clearly.
It's just that the voices of these two sisters are extremely beautiful, and many people around them follow their gaze.
Qing Mu said: "The handle of his knife is also pitch black."
Zhiwei was about to answer, but the hand holding the knife was pale. A passerby came over and said, "His eyes are also dark. He didn't sleep last night."
Qingmu: "..."
Zhiwei: "..."
Chen Tang: "???"
"Look, his face is a little dark too."
Chen Tang clenched his fists and grinded his teeth.
Finally finished queuing and came back with the bronze token.
Mei Yingxue saw a trace of surprise in her eyes when she saw Chen Tang also signed up.
She knew that Chen Tang was very skilled in archery. After all, he was born as an Orion, and she had seen it with her own eyes on the road.
But having strong archery skills does not mean that you can pass the final product test.
One of the entrance tests is the bow test, which tests strength, but not archery skills.
"It's okay to give it a try, just to experience it."
With this in mind, Mei Yingxue kindly reminded: "You should know the first level of bow shooting. In fact, there is a second level test before entering the product, which is to practice skin as armor. You need to stand in a fixed position, and you will know when the time comes. There is an archer standing a hundred steps away, shooting an arrow at you with a half-stone bow."
"During this process, once the feet move or the body dodges, it will be judged as a violation. If the arrow is hit with blood, it will also be judged as a failure."
"Only by cultivating to the level where skin is as good as armor can one be able to block this arrow intact from a hundred steps away."
"oh?"
Chen Tang raised his eyebrows slightly.
This testing method is somewhat novel.
The half-stone bow's lethality is already very small at a distance of a hundred steps, and it cannot cause fatal injuries even to ordinary people.
But if you haven't cultivated to the ninth level, you will inevitably have some skin injuries after the test.
Mei Nianzhi added: "Actually, this level is only a test of practicing skin-like armor. It also tests the warrior's courage. When a normal person sees an arrow coming towards him, he will inevitably shrink back in fear. This move , and it failed.”
"In every competition, some people fail at this level."
"Don't underestimate this test. Whether it is the government or the major wealthy families, it will be taken extremely seriously. After all, no matter how high your cultivation level is and how strong your talent is, if you are as timid as a mouse and run away when trouble comes, all the forces will not want."
Zhiwei blinked and asked: "Then what if an arrow hits the eye from the other side? After all, no matter how powerful you are, you can't train your eyes."
Mei Nianzhi smiled and said: "Stand still, you are not allowed to dodge, but you can stretch out your hands to block. If you see an arrow from the opposite side hitting your vitals, you can extend your arms and block it in front of you."
"Actually, the effect is the same. If you don't practice to the point where your skin is like armor, your arm will still be shot and you will be judged to have failed."
At this moment, there was another restlessness in the crowd.
I saw a dozen people walking in outside the school grounds, led by two men and one woman.
The man in the center is eight feet tall, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, and he is quite imposing.
The other man on the left is wearing a scribe's robe, with his hair tied and a crown, with a white face and no beard, handsome eyebrows and a smile.
The woman on the right has a graceful figure, skin as good as snow, and beautiful appearance, but there is a bit of indifference between her eyebrows, giving people an awe-inspiring and inviolable sense of alienation.
"Hey, this time the school grounds are finalized, both young masters from the Li family are here!"
"Yes, only Mr. Li came here before. The one next to him seems to be the daughter of the Li family. Is she already here?"
"That's her. It is said that she killed her husband. Now she is still unmarried in her early twenties and rarely goes out."
"Keep your voice down, my father is our county governor after all."
Listening to the discussions around him, Chen Tang was a little surprised.
He has met all three brothers and sisters.
The one in the middle is Li Boxiong, next to him is Li Zhongmou, and on the other side is Li Junqing.
Chen Tang originally thought that the Li family was just a relatively ordinary big family in Wu'an County.
Unexpectedly, the father of these three people is actually the governor of Wu'an County!
He suddenly remembered that Meng Liangyu once said that Wu'an County Sheriff seemed to have been injured in some way, and his realm had dropped to less than six levels.
Li Junqing also said at the beginning that her father had not recovered from a long illness.
No wonder.
Then, Chen Tang had another doubt in his heart.
Even if the governor of Wu'an County loses military power, he is still considered the largest official in Wu'an County. Who would dare to cancel their family's marriage and be so unkind?
When Mei Yingxue saw one of them, her heart moved and she quickly said: "Dad, look, that's not..."
"it's him!"
Mei Nianzhi nodded.
The three leaders of the group that had just entered the school grounds, the one in the middle was none other than Li Boxiong who had rescued them!
"Ah, it's the righteous man!"
"Look, the righteous man is coming towards us, and he still remembers us."
Everyone in Changze County also recognized the person.
After everyone from the Li family entered the room, they immediately attracted countless looks.
The Li family is a private house in name, but it has the governor of Wu'an County behind it, so it can be regarded as one of the major forces in Wu'an County worthy of its name.
