Because the sailor is in urgent need of expansion, the new battalion has to be assessed every month since its establishment, and as many talents as possible are selected to enter the sailor, familiar with the warship and drill tactics, and the local specially recruited poor children are very hard-working, because they all know very well that there are really not many opportunities to change their fate.

Since His Majesty announced that the selected recruits can also have the status of soldiers, the recruits have become more motivated, not to mention that the military households are exempt from paying taxes on money and food, which is enough for them to fight for it.

However, the number of recruits selected to enter the battle team every month is not large, because Zhuang Yong is strict enough, he doesn't need people who are indiscriminate, he wants real soldiers.

Shen Leng heard the news during training that Pang Zhang, the manager of the recruit battalion, was demoted to the rank of captain for violating military discipline, and he is still recuperating from his injuries, and he will be rolled back into the ranks of soldiers after his injuries are healed.

As for the few people who attacked Shen Leng that night and were directly expelled from the barracks, this is really a big blow for them, they were kicked out of the barracks, they will not be able to raise their heads for a long time, not only will they be scolded by their families but also pointed at by the villagers, but who can blame this?

I don't know who will replace Pang Zhang to the new barracks, but Shen Leng doesn't care about these anymore, tomorrow is the day of the new barracks assessment, and leaving the new barracks is just around the corner.

There are two recognized as the strongest recruits in the recruit camp this time, one is named Dewey, a native of Anyang County, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, and his father is a dart master, and his family life is a little stronger than ordinary people, but it is not much better.

The other one, naturally, is Shen Leng.

Although Shen Leng has only been here for a few days, on the first day he came, he did the perverted thing of running ten laps around the sailor camp, which has become a myth in the new barracks.

After the morning's training, Shen Leng noticed that the person named Dewey did not come to dinner, he was the only person in the recruit camp who had always been hostile to Shen Leng, not because Shen Leng had offended him, but because Shen Leng had touched his status in the new barracks.

During the meal, I heard Yang Qibao say that General Zhuang Yong went to the Anyang dockyard today, and Shen Leng guessed that it was because General Zhuang had a new idea after chatting with him two nights ago.

General Zhuang is not here, so some people will inevitably can't help but make waves, tomorrow is the recruit assessment, and see how big the storm is.

Shen Leng was not afraid, even if his opponent was indeed outrageously stronger, the only son of a scholar.......

Mu Xiaofeng's room was lit with very precious sandalwood, which was something his father sent to send regularly, and the scholar knew that his son had liked this smell since he was a child, and he would not be able to do it if he didn't light it in the house.

Dewey Ming was not very accustomed to this smell, he always felt that his nose was itchy and wanted to sneeze, but he had to endure it, he had always looked like a bull and coaxed in front of other recruits, but in front of Mu Xiaofeng, he could only be honestly afraid, and he didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.

"Wise people don't speak secret words."

Mu Xiaofeng sat down and opened the drawer, and took out a few gold ingots from it: "These are for you, I want you to do something for me." ”

Dewey was taken aback: "If the captain has anything to do, just give him a direct order, don't use this." ”

"Yes."

Mu Xiaofeng said in a flat tone: "If it is an ordinary thing, I can indeed just tell you casually, but what I want is your future among the water masters, so this price is not enough." ”

Dewey's face changed suddenly: "Small...... The little one didn't quite understand what the captain meant. ”

"Do you see my face?"

Mu Xiaofeng pointed to the place where the gauze was bandaged on his face, and uncovered it, which immediately frightened Dewey Ming's face pale.

"It was cut by someone, and the person who cut it was in the boot barracks."

Mu Xiaofeng wrapped the gauze: "Tomorrow is the day of the assessment of the new barracks, I want you to help me kill Shen Leng...... I know that your martial arts are very good, since you were a child, you have been strictly disciplined by your father, and you have developed a skill, if nothing else, you should be able to get ahead quickly among the sailors, and after five years, maybe it will be a regimental rate, and you will be a captain for more than ten years, but the hurdle of the school captain, do you think it is so easy to step over? ”

"You have an average background, ten years to be a six-grade lieutenant is almost the limit, and you can be called a general above the fifth grade, although it is just a partial general who does not enter the stream, but without a good opportunity, a person like you can't climb up."

Dewey's face was constantly changing, and fear had taken over his entire body and mind.

Killing people in the army?

If you agree, then let alone the future, your life may be gone.

What if you don't say yes? The other party is the son of a university scholar, and there are 10,000 ways to ruin his family.

"I know you're scared."

Mu Xiaofeng continued: "This gold is enough to buy a human life, but your life is obviously more than that...... I've already arranged it, and you will be assigned to a team with Shen Leng during the selection tomorrow, and the two of you will finally meet in the ring, and someone will give you a dagger before you go on stage, of course, no one can find out that I arranged it. ”

Dewey fell to his knees and kowtowed vigorously: "Please let the captain let me go, I will go home today, and I will never leak what the captain said to me, please let me go." ”

"I chose you, do you have any other choice?"

Mu Xiaofeng stood up and walked to Du Weiming's side, squatted there and patted him on the shoulder: "I don't like to threaten people, because it's a very tasteless thing, I'm just stating the inevitable consequences...... If you don't promise me, your father may have an accident when he goes out to protect the bodyguard, and if your father has an accident, your family will be finished. ”

"In order to provide you with martial arts, even if your family is not a family, it is not much worse, how can your mother support this family after your father is gone? I am afraid that the house will not be saved, and you will have no land at home, and your mother may end up on the streets and be bitten to death by wild dogs. ”

As soon as he said that, Dewey trembled, and his face turned as white as paper.

"If you become a deserter, you will surely die."

Mu Xiaofeng helped Dewey Ming to stand up, pulled him to the edge of the table and pointed to the gold: "Don't be in a hurry to be afraid, listen to what I say, this gold is not for you, it is for your father, you take the gold and rush home to explain the matter to them, let them take the gold and leave immediately, go to Huaiyuan City to buy a yard, as long as the rest is not squandered, it should be no problem to live an ordinary life for twenty years." ”

"Bai Shangnian, the general of the Yizi Battalion of Jiangnan Province, has a close relationship with my father, and my father asked General Bai Shangnian to take care of me before I came...... After you kill Shen Leng in the martial arts arena tomorrow, you will be immediately imprisoned, and my people will rescue you that night, and then send you to General Bai Shangnian overnight. ”

Mu Xiaofeng said with a smile: "You shouldn't have to doubt it, it's not difficult to give you a new identity with my ability...... Your family has a new military status, I guarantee that you can get ahead in the Yizi Battalion within three years, be promoted to captain in five years, and accumulate some credit, and your father can let you climb through the pass that you can't pass in your own life, and within ten years, let you be a real general, and shine on the lintel. ”

Mu Xiaofeng walked back and sat down, talking too much, so the wound on his face hurt badly, and Dewey Ming was still trembling, which made his irritability even heavier.

"I don't have much time for you to think about it, since you have heard these words, of course I will not give you a chance to say it, you can only promise me this choice, and you still don't understand?"

"Ming...... Got it. ”

Dewey Ming knelt down again and kowtowed vigorously: "Captain, I'...... I don't dare. ”

"When the time comes, you will naturally dare, think about your father and mother, and think about your own future."

Mu Xiaofeng pushed the gold forward: "To take it or not to take it?" ”

If you can't take it, Dewey will definitely not take it, but can you not take it?

Father, Mother, Home.......

Dewey Ming thought in his heart, if Mu Xiaofeng didn't lie to him, it would really not be difficult for Mu Xiaofeng to become a general within ten years with Mu Xiaofeng's family ability, just change his name......

"Take it!"

Dewey stood up and held the gold in both hands: "I promised." ”

"Hahahaha, the one who knows the times is Junjie, you are a promising person."

Mu Xiaofeng smiled very happily, even if his face was even more painful: "After a while, you go out from the back camp, someone has prepared horses, you rush home to make arrangements, it will not be a problem to rush back before dark, I will arrange for someone to send your parents to Huaiyuan City overnight, and your new home will be settled in five or six days." ”

"The weight of the Yizi Battalion in Jiangnan Province is far more important than that of the Sailor Division, think about it, you will be one of the generals of the Yizi Battalion in the future."

Dewey said in a hoarse voice: "I only ask the captain to speak." ”

Mu Xiaofeng's eyes lit up: "What is my identity, I need to lie to you?" ”

Dewey thought about it, bowed down, and then turned to leave.

Mu Xiaofeng leaned back in the chair and breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking that even if I didn't rely on my father, I could do what I wanted to do, wouldn't it be to get rid of a stunned boy, this is also in the water division, if it was in the Yizi camp, Shen Leng's corpse would have begun to stink.

At the same time, in the magnificent palace in Chang'an City, His Majesty the Emperor of Daning put down a piece of music in his hand and said with a smile to Mu Zhaotong, a bachelor with gray hair: "This should have been written by Zhuang Yong, the commander of the Nanping River Navy Division half a month ago, Ge Lao, you have raised a good son, and there are military achievements every month, I have to think about how to reward him." ”

University scholar Mu Zhaotong's smiling eyes narrowed into a line, and he thanked him again and again.

The emperor picked up his pen and wrote down a few words of General Zhengwupin Yongyi, and was just about to hand it to Mu Zhaotong to see, when he saw the waiter outside running in with a box sealed with fire paint.

After the chamberlain put the box on the table, he bowed and withdrew, and the emperor picked up the fire paint, opened it, looked at it, and his face sank.

It was a thousand-mile rush sent by Zhuang Yong, and it only took seven days and seven nights to arrive in Chang'an City from the Nanping River Water Division.

Mu Xiaofeng made a mistake, but Zhuang Yong took all the blame on himself.

The emperor pondered for a moment and handed the fold to Mu Zhaotong, Mu Zhaotong was flattered, this kind of urgent military report The emperor can show him, that is a great trust, but after reading it, Mu Zhaotong's face also changed, extremely ugly.

"This ...... This rebel! ”

Mu Zhaotong knelt down with a plop: "Please Your Majesty will decree and punish, and the minister will never complain." ”

The emperor stepped down from the throne and handed the will that had just been written to Mu Zhaotong, Mu Zhaotong glanced at it and pressed his head even lower: "Please Your Majesty take back the will and punish the rebel son of the minister!" ”

The emperor snorted: "It's going to be taken back." ”

Mu Zhaotong's shoulders trembled, and he didn't dare to speak.

The emperor took a new decree, pondered for a while, and changed the general of the fifth rank of Yongyi from the fourth rank of the general, and was promoted by half a rank......

He handed the holy decree to Mu Zhaotong: "How can young people not make mistakes, Elder Ge get up quickly, I am not confused." ”

Mu Zhaotong's whole person trembled even more after seeing the holy decree, of course, part of this is drama, as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the drama has become natural.

"Your Majesty, how can this be, please take back your order."

"Don't talk about this, Elder Ge, you can help me think about it, what should I do if Zhuang Yong's army is not strict?"

Mu Zhaotong suddenly understood in his heart, and hurriedly said: "General Zhuang is all to protect the rebel son of the minister, where is there any fault, please let Your Majesty know." ”

The emperor seemed to be a little embarrassed and said, "That...... Just make a note for the time being, and if you are at fault in the future, you will be punished together? ”

"Your Majesty."

The emperor smiled, stamped the seal on the holy decree and ordered someone to send it to the Nanping River Water Division, he stood up and moved his body: "Ge Lao, if all the water bandits on the Nanping River are all wiped out, where do you say that such a large water division should be placed?" ”

Mu Zhaotong smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, Your Majesty, you are really too powerful, and you surrendered.

His Majesty's decision to use troops against the southern sea frontier is already well known to everyone, but there is a lot of opposition in the court, the sailors spend too much money and food on the expedition, and the labor division mobilizes the people, and the fight is still such a small place to seek the establishment of the country, it is nothing if you win, and you can't afford to lose that person if you lose......

His Majesty used a reward from General Yingyang of the fourth grade to make himself have to stand on His Majesty's side to speak, and the civil and military third of the Manchu Dynasty looked at the weather vane of the scholar, and he did not object, I am afraid that this matter will be much smoother.

Emperor, terrible.

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[Today's second shift, it's up to you whether to add more or not, spread your hands, look at the sky...... Remember to collect this book, thank you. 】