When the commercial tax is over, it has already passed the New Year, but it has not yet reached the Shangyuan Festival.

The beginning of the first month in Shuozhou is still surprisingly cold.

More than 1,000 slaves were taken to the martial arts field of the Yongde Palace, and a cold wind blew, and the thinly dressed slaves shivered from the cold.

Their lives are not as good as those of refugees.

The difference was that refugees had nothing to eat if they had no one to help them, while slave owners could give them a little food to prevent them from starving to death.

Everyone stood in the arena, and strangely enough, the slaves did not whisper, as if everything around them did not arouse their interest in the slightest.

They don't care if it's dead or alive.

They are like one walking corpse after another.

And at this time, Li Yu brought Li Mochou, Yu Chi Baolin and others here, and their arrival finally caused a little sensation in the martial arts field, but soon fell silent again.

Li Yu looked at these slaves, and his heart was also sad.

The slaves of the Li State account for a quarter of the total population, and if these slaves can get land and join the army, it will be very helpful to strengthen the Tang State.

Unfortunately, it is not an easy task to liberate them.

This matter has a long way to go, so Li Yu is not in a hurry, now he just wants to know if he can gather three hundred Red Feather Army.

"A man of about fifteen years old stepped forward."

Li Yu shouted, and soon, one after another teenagers walked out of the crowd, they were different in height, fat and thin, but most of them were a little thin.

As slaves, they had always had a scarcity of food.

"This king wants to expand the army, as long as the men are about fifteen years old, as long as you are willing to serve this king, you can eat all-you-can-eat, and even eat meat every day, and your family can also be better settled, have clothes to wear, and have food to eat, and after you have gone through a period of training, as long as you are qualified, this king can even exempt your whole family from slave status, this king asks you, are you willing to join in?"

Li Yu's words were very inflammatory, and after he said this, not only those fifteen-year-old slaves, but also those family members behind him, suddenly became a sensation.

"Lord Wang...... Is what the prince said true? ”

"Can we really be fed? And meat to eat? ”

"Is it really possible to remove our slavery?"

Slaves are not human beings, and they all want to be human beings.

Everyone talked about it, Li Yu looked at them, and said, "What this king said is naturally true, as long as you pass the training and qualify, you will be able to get out of slavery, and this king will also properly settle your family, this king will ask you, are you willing to join?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the slaves who were about fifteen years old immediately shouted, "Yes, we are willing to join." ”

"Yes, we are willing to ...... too"

Although the voices came and went, all the slaves who stood up expressed their willingness, which shocked Li Yu's heart, he took a cursory look just now, there are about more than three hundred of these slaves, and if they pass the training, a large number of them should be able to qualify.

In that case, his own 500 Akabane troops would not be a problem.

"Okay, as long as you are willing to join the training, then the king will give you a chance, from now on, you will follow Yu Chi Baolin for training, and a month later, this king will personally assess your ability."

"Whoa!"

The slaves shouted, and at this moment, a man suddenly came out of the crowd, this person was thin and weak, not very old, only thirteen or fourteen years old, but it was a girl.

After she walked out, she said, "Lord Wang, I also want to join the training." ”

The girl's eyes were firm, and the whole person stood in front, she was so lonely, Cui Tong glanced at it, and immediately shouted, "What kind of fun is a girl, let your brother or brother train well, you just wait to get rid of the slave status." ”

But the girl shook her head, "Mulan has no eldest brother or younger brother, I want to fight for my parents to be exempted from slavery." ”

The girl's voice fell, Cui Tong still wanted to scold her back again, what are you kidding, how can a girl be a soldier?

But before he could speak, Li Yu was suddenly shocked, Mulan has no eldest brother?

Mulan?

Li Yu looked at the girl and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Mulan."

turned out to be really her, Li Yu was secretly happy, this Mulan is also a character in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and almost became Luo Cheng's daughter-in-law, and she can survive in the army dressed as a woman for so long, there must be something extraordinary.

It's just that Tang Yu didn't expect to meet her here.

This is a good seedling that can be cultivated.

Thinking in his heart, Li Yu said, "Mulan, you can participate in the training, and if the training is qualified, this king can also exempt you from slave status." ”

Hearing this, Mulan was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Cui Tong saw this, his face was helpless, other men around fifteen years old also showed a little disdain for Mulan, girls, how to compare with them?

But Mulan stood in the crowd, but there was no timidity.

Li Mochou thought about it for a while, and said, "Lord Wang, if this girl is really qualified, are you really going to let her be a pro-army?" ”

Li Yu smiled lightly, "Naturally not, a group of boys is mixed with a girl, which is not conducive to training, although they are small, I am afraid that there will be impulses between men and women, and the king's pro-army must be boys." ”

"In that case, why did you even want her to join the training?"

"This king wants to see if this Mulan can pass the training, if he can pass, maybe it will be of great use in the future."

Li Yu wanted to hone Mulan's will, Li Mochou understood, and said, "Lord Wang, no matter whether this woman can pass or not, I hope I can keep her by my side." ”

Hearing this, Li Yu was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"I like this girl very much, it should be good to stay with me."

Li Mochou's life experience is actually not good, she was just someone else's pawn before, if it weren't for perseverance, how could she survive so many killers?

When she saw Mulan, she thought of her former self, and she firmly believed that this girl could stand out among men like her.

Li Mochou looked at Li Yu with some pleading, Li Yu smiled lightly, "If you want it, I'll give it to you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

While the two were talking, Wei Chi Baolin had already led them to join the other orphans and began his training journey.

Yu Chi Baolin is not very old, but his strength is amazing, no worse than his father Yu Chi Gong, and he also knows some blades, and he feels that there is no problem at all in teaching these slaves to train.

He was confident until two days of training.

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