Chapter 44: The Examination (II)
Eggs are fragile, not to mention that the four rookies have to ride back, it would be good to be able to ensure that they are not scattered, and to ensure eggs?
In the first letter delivery link, it seemed that the four people arrived at the same time, but in fact, if Zhang Daniu could not determine the direction, the other three people would have already known where they had been lost. Lord Ruan and Lord Chu, who had been following them, were not blind, how could they not understand the problem?
Now the second item has to be divided into high and low, right?
Ruan Bai and Chu Hao arrived at Leyang Station one step ahead of the four of them, and they had already visited the circle at this time. The post house delivered the hot pancakes, and was beckoned by Ruan Bai to sit down and eat together.
The four examiners had little to spare, and after some tossing, they ate some dry food and water at random, and all of them turned over and began to rush back.
This time the horse finally divided a superiority, although from the beginning to the end of the horse did not trot, but the arrival time is still obviously before and after, and then there is the preservation of the goods.
Ruan Bai set off later than the four of them, and arrived at the post station before the four of them. Chu Hao was on the side at any time to escort and create coercion by the way. After Xu Wudian, he watched his two brothers "run" slowly at the back, and he couldn't wait to take the reins and come by himself.
Zhang Daniu was the first to arrive at the post station, opened the eggs in the baggage, broke two, looked at the two "egg slush", and scratched his head: "No wonder I don't feel wet at all." ”
In fact, the winter clothes are thick, and the coat given by Ruan Bai is a standard fur fur, so a little egg liquid can't penetrate the clothes at all.
The speed of the remaining three is about the same, Zhou Dahu is the slowest, and while taking the egg out of his arms, he entertains himself: "Killing pigs and killing too much, even the horses are afraid when they see it, alas...... Yes! ”
While talking, the rough man didn't have the strength to grasp it, and directly pinched an egg. Zhou Dahu's whole heart was broken.
Others were expressionless: "......"
Xu Er also broke one, but he broke it on the road, but he was not as heartbroken as Zhou Dahu.
Xu Liu found another way, dug a few pits on the pancakes as dry food, and "sitted" the eggs into them one by one, and the two pancakes were sandwiched at both ends like an egg grid, and they were wrapped in several layers of wrapping in their arms, like a big belly, but they were completely brought back.
Ruan Bai recorded the results of the four people one by one, and then announced: "In the first exam, Zhang Daniu led the way and scored two points; Others are not divided in any order; In the second item, Xu Liu brought back the goods in their entirety and received two points; Other people's goods are incomplete and cannot be divided. I know some people are going to ask why broken one and broken two don't score. When the words fell, he saw that Zhou Dahu and Xu Er were all looking at each other, and explained, "Because the goods I gave you are these four eggs, and the request is to bring the goods back in their entirety." As for whether the eggs were broken one or two, or all of them, the result was the same, that is, the goods were incomplete. Well, that's the end of today's exam, have a good rest. ”
Zhang Daniu and Xu Liu, who scored today, relaxed slightly, while Xu Er and Zhou Dahu were a little worried, especially Zhou Dahu, who kept feeling annoyed that he had missed and crushed an egg.
Originally, Ruan Bai's plan was to finish the exam in one day, but the exam items on the first day took too much time, and the two items that were originally scheduled to end in the morning took a whole day. This is mainly due to his assumptions and lack of awareness of the surrounding environment.
Ruan Bai examined himself and deducted one point for himself.
The second day's exam was a little later than the first day, because the first item was a martial arts competition, and Ruan Bai asked them to rest for half an hour after breakfast.
The compound, which served as the test venue, was filled with people. The people of the desert post all put down the work at hand, or took needles and threads and the like to make a show, and their hats, scarves and coats were all wrapped in fatter sheep than fat sheep, and their eyes were blazing at the examination room.
So the four people who were already nervous became even more nervous.
The first step of the competition was to draw lots, and the result was Xu Er against Zhou Dahu and Xu Liu against Zhang Daniu. The progress of the four people's martial arts practice can be said to be exactly the same, but in fact, there is no suspense in the preliminary round. Zhou Dahu and Zhang Daniu were originally favored by Tian Kaifu because of their talents, even if they used the same basic routine, the two of them were divided by two by three to five against the Xu brothers.
Then, the winners are compared to the winners, and the losers are compared to the losers.
Weapons can be used in this round, Zhang Daniu used a bow and arrow, and Zhou Dahu used a wooden stick.
Ruan Bai shook his head: "The speed of the two of them is about the same, long-range melee combat, and the kite dies directly." ”
Chu Hao and Tian Kaifu didn't quite understand, and asked, "What is the death of a kite?" ”
"Fly a kite." Ruan Bai felt a cold wind blowing from his side, and moved Chu Hao to block the wind for himself, "Long-range has the advantage of attack distance...... Well, take the Huns, why are they so difficult to deal with? It's not that their knives are sharp, in fact, many of them are still using bone tools, and the smelting and casting process is incomparable to our Great Zhou. But their horses are fast, and even if their bows and arrows are not as far as ours, they can reach us with a single arrow, and by the time we are about to strike them, they have already run away...... Anyway, that's probably what it means. ”
Chu Hao and Tian Kaifu comprehended, especially Chu Hao felt the deepest: "Da Zhou lacks horses. "Although I brought back some good horses this time, I can't breed a batch of suitable war horses in a few years. A few years is still a conservative estimate.
Tian Kaifu looked concerned.
Ruan Bai tilted his head and questioned: "Only the Huns in the world have good horses?" "Is there only one broken bridge over a river that can be crossed?
Chu Hao's eyes lit up, he stood up suddenly, grabbed Ruan Bai's shoulder, directly lifted the person who was sitting directly, and then got an extremely murderous look: "Sit down!" ”
The third child brought the whole family over to join in the fun, and when he heard this, he squatted directly on the ground, and ran all the way and had no time to brake The big fat and chubby hit the third child one after another, and looked at his dog father, and sat down like this. The fourth child followed behind and licked the pup, sat slowly on the side, and flicked his tail for a while.
Chu Hao respectfully put Ruan Bai on the stool, looking very dog-legged.
"Wang!" The third child pressed Ruan Bai with his brain and looked at him expectantly.
Ruan Bai stretched out his hand and touched the four dog heads one by one, and leaned his back against the third child with peace of mind, which was both windproof and warm, and comfortable.
Chu Hao expressed dissatisfaction, stretched out his finger and poked Ruan Bai: "Second brother." ”
"Huh." After thinking about it, Ruan Bai handed over one of his buns.
Chu Hao's two big hands were wrapped around the bun hand, and he was satisfied.
Tian Kaifu looked unbearable, and turned his head to see that the two groups on the field had already divided the winners and losers. Zhang Daniu won against Zhou Dahu as Ruan Bai said, but the process was not so easy. Zhou Dahu's speed was not slow, and the space in the yard was limited, so in the end, Zhang Daniu turned over the wall, and only then did he use the height advantage to "shoot" Zhou Dahu with one arrow.
The arrows did not have arrows, but were covered with a little flour, and the white marks were extra conspicuous on Zhou Dahu's dark head. Zhou Dahu looked frightened, and it took a while to come to his senses.
The two Xu brothers are more entangled, the two of them are not like a competition, but more like a feeding move, you come and I fight lively, the sound of the two wooden sticks ping pong is constantly coming, it seems to be like that kind of thing.
Ruan Bai frowned, opened his mouth, and did not make a sound.
Xu Wu, who was watching from the side, saw Ruan Bai's appearance and jumped to his feet in a hurry. It is normal for his own brothers not to be able to do it, but now it is a competition as a post pawn, in Shunyang Pass, the probability of the post pawn encountering danger is much higher than in other places, and the greatest possibility is to encounter the Huns.
Therefore, in this competition, they should regard their opponents as Huns. Now this kind of "no distinction between victory and defeat", is it to treat Lord Ruan as a fool, or is it a decoration to be Chu Qianhu?
But as a bystander, I was greeted early in the morning, and it was okay to watch, but it couldn't affect the field, and it was absolutely not allowed to remind me loudly.
Sure enough, after a while, Ruan Bai frowned and shouted, "It's okay, you guys stop." At the end of the third game, Zhang Daniu scored two points, Zhou Dahu scored one point, and Xu Er and Xu Six did not score. ”
After fighting for a while, Xu Er and Xu Liu were out of breath and asked, "My lord, why?" ”
Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows: "Based on what you just said, it's already polite not to let you go, and you still ask why?" Hehe. ”
Xu Wu hurriedly walked up to Ruan Bai and bowed down and said, "Lord Ruan, my brother is not sensible, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about them." ”
Ruan Bai replied lightly: "I just didn't bother with them, but don't let me see this kind of cleverness in the future." Xu Wu, your brother is not young, and he is still 'ignorant'. If something happens, how long are you going to help them? ”
A month of getting along, whether it is long or not, whether it is short or not, putting aside Tang Xinhou, these four can be compared together, especially high. is also from the auxiliary army, but the Xu brothers are much more straightforward than Zhou Dahu and Zhang Daniu in their behavior. This is not to say that it is not bad, the Xu brothers will ask questions when they have questions, and they will not look ahead, but they also lack a sense of self-thinking and prudence. Because since they entered the barracks, they have always had a brother who is the general flag behind them. For an auxiliary army, the status of the general flag is already very high.
Ruan Bai's volume was not high, and only a few people around him heard it. Xu Wu's face was suddenly full of shame, he didn't know what to say, he looked at the two brothers on the field, and hated iron but not steel.
The contest did not take long, followed by the fourth exam. Four people took turns on stage.
Zhang Daniu took the lead on the stage, first hugged his fist in Ruan Bai's direction, and then said: "Adult, the villain's specialty is archery. After saying that, he was a little apprehensive. Because he wasn't sure if archery was in the competition.
Ruan Bai nodded: "You can start." ”
After receiving the affirmation, Zhang Daniu immediately stood up, stretched his bow and arrows, and first shot several arrows in a row at several bullseyes painted on the wall. It just so happened that a few sparrows flew by, and Zhang Daniu shot out almost without aiming, and the five sparrows shot two of them. Then he put away his bow and stood still: "My lord, the villain's specialty has been displayed." ”
"Hmm." Ruan Bai's expression was very cold, and he couldn't see anything at all, "Next, Zhou Daniu." ”
Zhang Dahu's original excitement was suppressed, and he returned to the crowd of onlookers with a depressed face, and stood against the wall.
"Yes!" Zhou Daniu was shocked after seeing Zhang Dahu's appearance, and reacted a beat slower when he heard Ruan Bai's words, "The villain's specialty is knife skills. ”
Nguyen Bai was slightly interested. Whether it is Ruan Bai or Chu Hao, or Tian Kaifu, who occasionally makes cameos, they have never taught swordsmanship. Of course, it's not that it's inflexible. The boxing method in general martial arts can be extended to the gun method and stick method; The palm method corresponds to the knife method. The knife has a high attack power, and it is also one of the compulsory courses in the army.
As a result, as soon as Zhou Daniu showed it, Ruan Bai almost knelt. This is indeed a knife technique, but it is a knife technique of killing pigs, and the weapon used is still a kitchen knife borrowed from the kitchen.
To say that Zhou Da Niu is barely reliable, Xu Er and Xu Liu are completely unreliable, one shows that they are making bricks, clay grass stems, and putting wooden molds inside to tamp and pour out, clean and neat; Another demonstration is the carpenter's craft, where a small stool was made out of a few pieces of wood.
Ruan Bai commented: "Zhang Daniu scored two points, and the other three did not score." Xu Liu, you have carpenter's skills, why don't you make a trap, even if it is an arrow shaft? "Good gunners are fed bullets, and so are good archers. Now the army can't afford to feed it, and if he wants to train post guards in the future, he will definitely have to produce and sell it himself, and it is estimated that he will have to apply for a report, otherwise he will have to privately cast weapons or something...... There is no need to estimate that 100% of the time someone will come to the door to find fault.
All the results are out. In the end, Xu Er did not score, Xu Liu scored two points, Zhang Daniu scored six points, and Zhou Dahu scored one point. Xu Er was eliminated.