After Zhang Rui left the Li Mansion, he went directly to the blacksmith shop, and it was evident from the performance of Li Chao and Li Decai. He knew that he had to speed up the process of suppressing the bandits, otherwise the bandits who would go straight to the mountain would definitely come over the day after tomorrow at the latest. It's not a matter how many bandits will come at that time, and if they come from the nest, how can they cope with themselves and a group of novices.

The scorching sun could not stop a worried man from rushing like a wind at his feet, even if he was already sweating at this time.

In addition to Li Niushi and Wu Lei's family, there is also Li Laibao, the owner of the blacksmith shop, who is waiting for Zhang Rui in the blacksmith shop, after all, this is a rare big business, even if Zhang Rui has paid the deposit, it is difficult to resist Li Laibao's inner excitement.

As soon as Zhang Rui arrived at the blacksmith shop, he chatted with Li Laibao for a few words and asked, "Boss, it's not early, have you calculated the total price?" ”

Li Laibao looked at the scorching sun high in the sky, and then said: "It's really not early, I just calculated a total of one hundred and twelve taels and four dollars, can you see if the calculation is correct?" ”

When I heard the number given by Li Laibao, it was a little different from Zhang Rui's own mental calculation. Ten steel knives are two taels and eight coins each, twelve shields are two taels and one penny, sixteen spears are two taels and one pair, two bows and one pair are eleven taels, and there are thirty arrows. As long as the formula is simple, it can be calculated in one column, and it should be one hundred and fifteen taels and seven dollars.

Zhang Rui was really skeptical about how Li Laibao calculated the 112 taels and 4 yuan. So he asked, "What?" Is the boss sure it's this number? ”

"Well, I'll do the math." Li Laibao said with some embarrassment, thinking silently in his heart: "Could it be that he knows about the more than one or two pieces of silver I secretly added." ”

"I just calculated this, it is indeed a mistake, it should be one hundred and eleven taels of silver?"

"Boss, surely you didn't miscalculate?" Zhang Rui asked again speechlessly

"This time it's definitely right, if you don't believe it, you can calculate it again, I'm sure it's such a price." Li Laibao returned resolutely. I thought to myself, I don't believe you will still be able to count, and this time it will definitely not scare you.

"Okay, then you say it's such a price, that's the price! Don't say I don't believe in you, I don't count it, I can't say that there will be cooperation in the future. I also don't believe that Boss Li can deceive an honest person like me. Zhang Rui said helplessly, anyway, his money is not a legitimate source, I don't know how many bandits use his knives to kill people and steal goods.

"Okay, thank you for your trust in Brother Six, we won't be able to cooperate in the future." Hearing that Zhang Rui was no longer settling accounts, Li Laibao couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. Sure enough, this kid doesn't count, so he shouldn't be scared just now. Fortunately, I secretly added three coins of silver, which is enough to buy a few catties of meat, which is not bad.

When both parties were satisfied, Zhang Rui settled the money to Li Laibao. took Li Niushi and Wu Lei's family to push a cart of weapons and walked in the direction of home. When he came, Li Laibao also warmly greeted him and remembered to come back often in the future.

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When Zhang Rui and the others returned to Datong Village, they had already entered the future, and it was very close to the third moment when Zhang Rui announced the recruitment. Looking at the surging crowd in the entire village, even Zhang Rui couldn't help but be startled. There were nearly 1,000 people who came to see the excitement and try their luck from nearby villages, and who were determined to work hard to apply. Let this village, which usually only has about 100 people, suddenly look vibrant.

As soon as everyone saw Zhang Rui coming back, they immediately surrounded him and asked all kinds of questions. Looking at the chaotic crowd, Zhang Rui had no choice but to let them wait patiently first.

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In less than three moments, all the work was carried out in an orderly manner. At this time, Zhang Rui guided the people who were going to apply and those who watched the excitement to the open space by the river outside the village. The village is too small to find a place where so many people can be assessed together.

Zhang Rui asked Li Si, Aunt Li, Li Niushi, Wu Lei, Wu Li, and invited Zhou Tong, Zhou Tie and his wife to assess weightlifting with Zhou Bing.

Because there is no stone lock, the tools used to assess weightlifting are wrapped in cloth with stones, soil and other things, and the weight of sixty pounds is weighed and then a handle is made. The purpose of assessing weightlifting is only to assess arm strength, as long as the weight is lifted flat for ten breaths, so there is little requirement for assessment tools.

A total of groups are assessed at the same time. There were about 400 people who took part in the assessment and tried it, and most of them were tenant farmers.

Looking at most of the assessees, who were thin and thin, Zhang Rui was a little speechless. With these people like this, how much can a weightlift brush down? I can't think about it.

Under Zhang Rui's order, the weightlifting assessment officially began. Forty people will be assessed according to each group, and each person will be at least one to two minutes. It took an hour to finish the weightlifting assessment, and the result was a little unbelievably fast. It only took 50 minutes from the beginning to the end of the whole assessment, and it didn't take half an hour.

Many of them went straight to the next without being able to lift it, and some of them just barely lifted it up, and failed before they could hold it firmly. Many of the people who have passed have been mentioned and let it go just after five breaths. In this way, only one hundred and thirty-two people remained.

Among the one hundred and thirty-two people who are qualified, most of them are only about 1.6 meters, and there are not a few who are 1.7 meters tall, all of them have dark complexions and thin and fleshless bodies. Looking at the rat tails made of braided hair on the top of this group of heads, Zhang Rui looked like garlic heads. At this time, their eyes showed a rare excitement.

After the weightlifting assessment, Zhang Rui let the people who had been assessed rest for a quarter of an hour. Then move on to the next item, running.

In the time of a pillar of incense (about 20 minutes), running around the riverside open space for 20 laps is considered to be qualified (about three kilometers), this assessment standard is lower than the current army's newcomer assessment, but considering the physical fitness of the participants, Zhang Rui is not too demanding.

The running assessment is not long, and there is only time for a stick of incense. To say that although the people of this era are thin and small, their endurance and strength are much better than those of modern people. One hundred and thirty-two people passed the 110 people, five of the 12 people eliminated claimed that they were too hungry to run, three thought they had no strength, and the remaining four exceeded the time.

Those who passed secretly rejoiced, but the twelve people were sad.

One hundred and ten people, a full eighty more than Zhang Rui had to recruit. Of these 80 people, only 13 belong to Datong Village.

"Everyone should understand that my Zhang Rui's bandit squad only recruited thirty people, and now the total number completely exceeds my requirements. So in the next ten days, you have to be trained, and if you can't stand it, you can ask to leave, and those who don't pass will continue to be eliminated. Zhang Rui said to this group of people who were excited to pass the test

Hearing that Zhang Rui was going to continue training to eliminate people, this group of people who had just passed the test and had not had time to be happy became worried again, and the sad people who had just passed the test seemed to be comforted. If you pass this level, you may not be able to pass the next training level!

I saw Zhang Rui pause and continue

"Of course, the next ten days of training as a compensation for everyone's time, I am responsible for the daily training and food, and the salary can get 30 yuan a day, and you can get two catties of rice every day. After passing the training, you can get 20 taels of silver. If there are people who can't accept it, you can leave immediately, and if you have an opinion, you can also raise it now. ”