On the second day, Guo Zhiyuan asked the officials to set up a platform at the gate of the city, and a piece of open space the size of a football field was circled with a rope around the platform, and a large stone mill was placed on the edge of the clearing, and then a white line was drawn with lime in front, and a white line was drawn about 50 meters away, and a wooden frame was built in the past 50 meters, and several rope loops hung down from the wooden frame, and then a white line was drawn, and a pair of bows and arrows were placed in front of the white line, and an arrow target was placed 50 meters away. A banner was pulled on the platform, with five big characters written on it, and a table was placed in the middle of the platform, on which a pile of white flowers and silver were neatly stacked!

The common people don't know what the trick of this "warrior breakthrough" is, but the silver of the white flower is recognized, so it immediately caused many onlookers, plus Guo Zhiyuan also asked the officials to beat the gong, shouting all over the streets and alleys of the county: "The warrior breaks through, there will be silver after passing the pass, go to the city gate to see the excitement!" No matter which dynasty, the habit of Chinese people who love to watch the excitement is unchanged, so after a while, the platform erected by Guo Zhiyuan at the gate of the city was crowded with people watching the excitement.

Seeing that there were a lot of people, Guo Zhiyuan walked on the stage, arched his hand to the people under the stage and said loudly: "Folks, this official has just arrived in Gutian, when he has fun with the people, I heard that there are many warriors in Gutian folk, and this warrior is specially organized, this activity is divided into three levels, the first level needs to lift the stone grinder in front of you, walk to the white line in front, that is, pass the level, and then run to the wooden frame at the fastest speed, step on the rope loop on the wooden frame and walk over, do not drop your feet and do not land to pass the level, the third level is simple, just pick up the bow and arrow at the white line, Shoot the red circle in the middle of the arrow target, that is, pass the level, and those who can pass three levels in a row are warriors, and the official rewards three taels of silver! ……”

The people in the audience were in an uproar, and began to discuss enthusiastically, they had never heard of such a strange thing, as long as they played a game, they could get three taels of silver if they passed the level, you must know that most of them worked hard for half a year and couldn't earn three taels of silver, this county magistrate shouldn't have too much silver to spend it, right?

Discussion is discussion, but no one stands up to break through, after all, this silver is not so easy to take, first of all, the big stone mill stumped a lot of people, this big stone mill is one or two hundred catties, to carry it for such a long distance is not something that ordinary people can do.

However, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and soon a stout man stood up and said loudly: "County official, do you count?" Is there really three taels of silver? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at the man and couldn't help but secretly praise: What a strong man! This man looks very stocky, even through the clothes can feel his high bulging muscles, at first glance is a strong man, with a coarse cloth sweat towel around his head, this is the common dress of Gutian mountain people, but also Guo Zhiyuan's ideal source of soldiers, because these mountain people are simple and honest, hard-working, walking on the mountains as if walking on flat ground, hunting all year round, archery skills are also accurate, as long as a little training can form combat power!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan has already regarded this strong man as the first soldier he recruited, and plans to give him a silver or two as long as this strong man passes the first level, after all, this second level is a test of physical flexibility and coordination, this man is so stout, flexibility will inevitably be affected, but just looking at his muscles, he can also relax the standard, so he laughed and said: "Of course it counts!" The silver is all on the stage, can you still run with long legs? If you have the ability, you can get it! ……”

"Good! What's so hard about that! The strong man shouted excitedly, took off the cloth coat on his body, and really showed a strong muscle, only to see him stride to the white line, effortlessly lift the big stone mill, strode fifty meters, threw the big stone mill, and immediately rushed up like a tiger out of the gate, and in the blink of an eye, he had rushed to the wooden frame, Guo Zhiyuan was worried that he would have some difficulty passing the second level, but he instantly turned from a tiger to a dexterous ape, and passed the second level without much effort, and then gently picked it with his toes, So he took the bow and arrow on the ground in his hand, and he didn't see how he aimed, so he pulled the bow and shot the arrow very casually, "Take!" "A bang, right in the heart!

Guo Zhiyuan was overjoyed, and gave a thumbs up to the strong man and exclaimed: "What a warrior! Then beckoned the strong man to the front of the stage, and asked with a pleasant face: "The strong man's surname?" Who? Who else is in the family? ”

The strong man didn't answer, just looked straight at the silver on the table on the stage, Guo Zhiyuan laughed, personally took three taels of silver from the table and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "How is it?" Now you can answer my question, right? ……”

The strong man held the silver and blossomed, then scratched his head and smiled: "My name is Xie Erhu, I am in this Gutian Mountain, and I have parents and an elder brother at home, and I came to the city today to sell a few pheasants I hunted, but I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing......

Guo Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Xie Erhu, are you willing to participate in the group training and suppress the bandits with this official?" ……”

Although Xie Erhu was big, his mind was not stupid, and he immediately stuffed the silver in his hand into his arms, looked at Guo Zhiyuan vigilantly and said, "Is it that if I don't participate in the group training, you have to take back my silver?!" ”

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Of course not!" The official thinks that it is a pity if you are so good at hunting in the mountains, if you participate in the group training, you will have a tael of silver every month, and if you are merit in suppressing bandits, the official will also have another reward......"

Xie Erhu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Is there really one or two taels of silver a month? ”

Guo Zhiyuan knew that he was already tempted, and laughed: "Of course! Have I ever lied to you? ……”

Xie Erhu thought for a while and said loudly: "You talk count, you are a good official, I did it!" I'll tell my big brother to try it too! ……”

With Xie Erhu's example, it had the effect of buying horse bones, and soon more people were eager to try and join the ranks of breaking through, and finally fifty-six people passed the pass one after another and got the silver, only four of the fifty-six people refused Guo Zhiyuan's recruitment, and fifty-two people decided to join Guo Zhiyuan's regimental training new army!

These fifty-two people are not all, they went back and persuaded their brothers and friends to come together to participate in the regimental training of the new army, for example, Xie Erhu called his brother Xie Dahu, Guo Zhiyuan is happy to see this situation, later research shows that this kind of troops with a certain kinship of the troops, the battle is often extraordinarily brave, especially when their relatives are killed or wounded, they often burst out of terrifying combat effectiveness!