Liu Chan felt a little sympathetic to the people in front of him.
By owning the land and means of production, you can extract 30% or more of their labor income without doing anything.
With only food and clothing and hope for the future, they were deceived into working for themselves, and they all looked grateful.
What a simple people, with enough food to eat, a little hope for life, and even their lives can be sold to you.
My career has just started and my conditions are limited, so I can only do this.
But it doesn’t matter, as your strength grows in the future, your living conditions will get better and better.
If Hu Li and others knew what Liu Chan was thinking now, their joy would probably be replaced by horror.
My lord is seriously ill and needs treatment.
After a moment of emotion, Liu Chan said in a more stern tone: "In addition, there are nine iron laws, all of which have been written in the military camp. You need to read them every day and remember them.
"1. Anyone who deliberately disobeys orders, damages our military aircraft, or disturbs the morale of our military will be beheaded!
“Two, those who steal people’s property without authorization, or who borrow even a grain of corn without repaying it, shall be beheaded!
“3. Those captured on the battlefield must be handed over, and those who hide without permission will be killed!
“4. Anyone who forcibly violates a woman shall be beheaded!
"..."
Later, Liu Chan also proposed nine iron rules in total: do not beat or insult the people, do not humiliate or abuse the surrendered soldiers, do not buy or sell by force, do not damage the people's crops before they are killed, and even do not drink alcohol during the march.
Different from the generosity and kindness shown just now, some of these nine iron rules are very common and trivial in the eyes of the bandits.
Even the officers and soldiers in many places would do it.
After winning the battle, isn't it normal to go to the village to find some pretty women and have fun with everyone?
If you don’t have enough food and grass, isn’t it normal to go to a fellow villager’s house to “borrow” some food?
When it comes to Liu Chan, it's all a serious crime of losing one's head.
Some bandits didn't understand.
But because of the generous conditions Liu Chan had offered, even if they didn't understand them, they wouldn't complain.
Only Hu Li was thoughtful at this moment.
He finally understood why this army made no mistakes along the way when escorting bandits like him.
Behind Liu Chan, Lao Luo, the guard captain of Baijie, felt a little unhappy at this time.
The monthly income and food of these people is not as high as that of elite soldiers like myself, but the difference is not big, much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
And other benefits are really good...
As far as he knew, most of the other soldiers were more or less deprived of their pay.
There are very few people who can pay the full amount, which is almost an unwritten rule in this era.
But the young master pays the full amount every month.
Why do they take so much money and food from the young master?
There were just these people, not to mention there were more than a dozen of them attacking at the same time, killing them all was easy.
Why do they get such generous treatment, even join the regular army, and still be brothers with the young master?
Lao Luo had no objection to the young master. On the contrary, he admired the young man very much.
He has seen everything how Liu Chan gained his fame from scratch and accumulated his current wealth.
As a result, the young master did not enjoy it himself, but spent it on these people.
He didn't understand why the young master had to spend energy, money and food to train these people. It was not worth it for the young master.
…
After gossiping, the selection officially began.
After several practices, the current selection process is much simpler than when Liu Chan first did it.
Many ideas that he took for granted but were not suitable for today's era have been eliminated in practice.
"Li Er, let's start."
"Yes, everyone come over here!"
The first step is... a physical examination.
When the bandits saw several doctors sitting in the field, they were dumbfounded again.
Liu Chan attaches great importance to the health issues of his soldiers. At first, he had no choice but now that he has the conditions, he will naturally have to undergo physical examinations.
Although it is not as stringent as the physical examination for military conscription in later generations, some people with inherent deficiencies still have to go through it.
You can't train a few to death before the war is over...then your pension will be wasted.
More than 20 people with various problems such as physical weakness, hidden diseases, eye diseases, etc. were eliminated without even passing the physical examination.
They all begged Liu Chan to give him a chance, even if he couldn't bear the training and died, he would not be compensated. Unfortunately, he was dragged out directly by the reserve team members...
Seeing the two dozen brothers being dragged away, with runny noses and tears, the remaining people cheered up.
Later selections included bow shooting, archery, horseback riding, and armored running.
This is the first part, and after a short break there will be two more parts of the test.
"Work hard, haven't you eaten yet?!"
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
The soldiers who were selected to take charge of the assessment were training these bandits in various venues.
The suffering they suffered back then was finally inflicted on the new recruit Danzi, and they all seemed particularly excited.
Not long after, the school grounds were filled with screams, wails, and roars.
In fact, the selection process has been improved many times, and the standards set are not too high.
Those who can fire a 2-stone power bow ten times are qualified.
Using four fighting bows, those who can shoot more than three out of ten shots from a distance of twenty steps are qualified.
(Because one pound in the Han Dynasty was lighter than that in later dynasties, one stone and one bucket were lighter than those in later dynasties such as the Tang and Song dynasties)
The person who rides a horse with a horse eight feet long and rides for 1 mile without falling off the horse passes the test.
Wear 30 kilograms of armor and run two miles with the leading soldiers. Those who do not fall behind pass the test.
The bandits think that everything is difficult at the beginning, and as long as they pass the selection, everything will be fine in the future.
We encouraged each other and worked hard to suck the milk.
The reserve team members who "proctored the exam" had sneers on their faces.
Haha, everything is difficult at the beginning? Once you pass this first step, you will realize that every subsequent step is more difficult than this.
…
After the bandits took turns to undergo a round of assessment, it was almost noon.
In this assessment, more than fifty people were eliminated.
Although the physical fitness of these people who have been hungry for a long time is much better than that of the first batch of refugees, there are still many people who cannot meet Liu Chan's standards.
Almost one-fifth of the players were eliminated, but Liu Chan didn't blink an eye. It was always his principle to maintain this team rather than to be indiscriminate.
When the refugees were first recruited, thousands of people participated in the selection, but only dozens of people were selected. This is nothing.
The more than 170 people who finally passed were secretly grateful and excited.
However, there was one person who was somewhat beyond Liu Chan's expectations, and that person was Hu Li.
He expected that this person would have better grades. After all, he was the bandit leader, and the limited food would definitely take priority over him.
Back then, Hu Li had learned some ring-head sword techniques from his father, and he was also able to use horseback riding.
He even deliberately gave a few false stabs while galloping, showing that he still had plenty of energy left.
But what surprised Liu Chan the most was his archery accuracy and arm strength.
If you shoot ten out of ten arrows, you will still hit seven out of ten after retreating 50 steps.
One hundred steps, four out of ten shots.
I didn’t expect this kid to be quite talented in archery.
Fortunately, he attacked the stronghold so suddenly that he didn't have time to guard the stronghold gate, otherwise he might have suffered some casualties.
Then test your strength.
This guy could fire a 2-stone bow ten times with ease. Liu Chan changed him to a 3-stone bow out of curiosity, and it was still no problem.
In the end it stopped at 3 and a half stones.
Even without training, his arm strength is no less than that of a qualified archer.
He is worthy of being someone who can increase his physique.
If he supplements his nutrition and trains, he might be able to do something famous in the future.
But when he first fought with me, I didn't think he was very strong.
Could it be that his strength has increased again?
Liu Chan rolled up his sleeves and picked up the three and a half stone bow.
I haven't tested my strength for a long time, so I might as well give it a try here. At the beginning, I could only open up to 3.5 Stone Bow.
With the bow in hand, Liu Chan fired ten times without blushing or heart beating.
"Okay!" The onlookers couldn't help shouting.
Hu Li was also more convinced that he was restrained by his lord with one move and it was not unfair.
Liu Chan, who felt he still had some strength left, said again: "Change to 4 stone bows."
Now the expressions of the people around him seemed a little strange.
Especially new people.
How old is the lord? A young man of fifteen or sixteen years old at most.
Want to open a 4 stone bow?
Little did they know that Liu Chan was only thirteen years old...
Liu Chan, who had taken the 4-stone bow, tried it.
Well, it’s a bit difficult to open this one.
"Hey!"
Exhaling loudly, moving his chest and arms vigorously, Liu Chan fired ten more times.
Even greater exclamations and praises erupted.
The mountain stronghold was broken down and Hu Li was captured so quickly that many bandits did not see Liu Chan take action.
Now I know that my lord is not only good at directing others to fight...
With such strength, if a big mouth came over, wouldn't his teeth be blown out?
A sense of awe arises spontaneously.
Liu Chan looked around and said with a smile: "What are you doing standing still? The martial arts selection has passed, and there are two literary selections left. Go quickly!"
"ah??"
Articles... selected articles?
There are more than one hundred and seventy bandits who have passed the martial arts selection, but together they cannot spell a complete word.
The bandits really didn't know how this strange little lord would choose them.
