By the time the participants returned to camp, it was already noon.

After an hour's rest for lunch, the second swimming competition was on.

After climbing the mountain all morning, the participants were already extremely tired and did not want to participate at all.

But thinking of the responsibility he carried, he had to grit his teeth and go to participate.

Although the contestants themselves do not have any sense of honor, they also understand that if they dare to give up, they will not have a bright future, but they are afraid that after returning to the guardhouse, they will also be reprimanded by their superiors and sneered at by their colleagues.

After all, when they come here to compete, they represent the face of their guardhouse!

Although the temperature in March is no longer cold, the lake is still cold.

On the lake, there are already dozens of small boats evenly distributed on the lake.

In case someone swims halfway through and loses his physical strength and doubts that his thigh cramps, he will also be rescued in time.

After all, Zhang Lingyang is not cold-blooded enough to let people lose their lives for a competition.

Therefore, the security measures are very thorough.

The drums of war sounded, and the contestants, who were only wearing obscene pants, went into the water one after another.

Even people who are good at water can't help but shudder at this moment.

Without him, the lake is too cold!

The vast majority of people have already been in the water.

At this moment, there are still thousands of people left on the shore looking at the lake in a daze.

Don't think about it, these people don't know how to swim.

But someone still gritted his teeth and resolutely jumped into the lake.

But as soon as he jumped down, he couldn't help shouting, "Help!" ”

Seeing this, a little eunuch of the imperial horse prison on the shore frowned and shouted, "What are you shouting about? ”

The contestant in the lake who shouted 'help' couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the voice.

Looking again, the lake did not submerge itself, but only when it reached his neck, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, the corner of the little eunuch's eyes on the shore couldn't help jumping, and he didn't dare to look directly at the person in the lake.

But in the end, he shouted: "Stand up for our family, don't be embarrassed there." ”

When the man in the lake heard this, he was stunned for a moment and stood up from the water.

I saw that the lake water had not yet covered my thighs.

The man's face turned red as soon as he 'brushed', like a monkey's buttocks.

Not daring to look at the little eunuch on the shore, the man hurriedly turned around and walked towards the center of the lake......

Poof!

"Help......" The man didn't take a few steps before he shouted for help, and as soon as he shouted, his mouth and nose were flooded by the lake.

Seeing this, the little eunuch on the shore shook his head helplessly, and hurriedly went into the water to fish the man out of the lake.

"Ahh

The little eunuch sneezed, looked at the man on the ground with a shudder, and said viciously: "I can't swim, what can I do?"

If it weren't for the orders of the Long Live Lord, no one could die in this competition, and our family wouldn't care if you lived or died! ”

"Ahh As he spoke, the little eunuch sneezed again.

Not daring to slack off, the little eunuch hurriedly ran back to the camp to change clothes.

This scene was seen by Zhang Lingyang from afar, and said to Feng Xi: "That little eunuch is good, go back and promote him!" ”

"Slaves obey!" Feng Xi glanced at the little eunuch from a distance, and secretly remembered the appearance of the little eunuch in his heart.

At this time, there were still less than 100 participants left on the shore.

Among them, there is Wang Xiaoer.

Unlike the other contestants who took off their clothes and only had a dirty dress left on their bodies, Wang Xiaoer sat neatly on the shore and looked at the lake in a daze.

Seeing Wang Xiaoer's figure, Zhang Lingyang gave an order to Feng Xi and ordered him to call Wang Xiaoer.

"Wang Xiaoer, everyone else has stripped off and gone into the water, why don't you go into the water?"

"If you go back to the emperor, I can't swim!" Wang Xiaoer replied honestly, "Although I don't understand any big truths, I also understand that sometimes, people shouldn't be strong!" ”

"You're honest!" Looking at Wang Xiaoer, Zhang Lingyang became more and more appreciative, "When the game is over, you can go to Long Xiangwei to report!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Hearing this, Wang Xiaoer was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you just yet!" Zhang Lingyang smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth and said: "In the two events of riding and archery and combat in the future, if you can't get excellent results, I will take back Fang Cai!" ”

"Don't worry, the emperor will not disappoint him!" Wang Xiaoer patted his chest and reassured.

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang chuckled, and no longer paid attention to Wang Xiaoer, but looked at the lake.

At this time, the boats on the lake are busy.

At first, it was okay, but the non-swimmer was rescued not far from the shore.

But in the middle of the lake, many of those who can swim are shouting 'help' because of exhaustion or thigh cramps.

Seeing this, Zhang Lingyang shook his head in disappointment.

"Let's go back!" After watching it for a while, Zhang Lingyang really had no interest in watching it anymore, so he told Feng Xi, and Zhang Lingyang took Luan back to the emperor.

The people who traveled with him were naturally indispensable to Ningguo Gongsun Ding'an.

Calling Sun Dingan to Luan, Zhang Lingyang asked, "Ning Guogong, what do you think?" ”

Sun Dingan naturally understood what question Zhang Lingyang was asking.

After thinking for a while, Sun Dingan replied: "Your Majesty, judging from today's game, the guards in various places are extremely rotten, and they have reached the point where they have to be rectified. ”

"I also have this idea, but the matter of rectifying the guard house should be postponed for a few more years, at the moment, the treasury is extremely empty, if you collect more taxes, it is very important!"

Hearing this, Sun Dingan stopped talking.

After being silent for a while, Sun Dingan opened his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't understand, why did you add swimming to this competition?" ”

"Da Zhou, it's time to build a navy!" Zhang Lingyang looked at the scenery outside the car and said quietly.

"Your Majesty wants to build a navy?" Hearing this, Sun Dingxin was a little surprised, "But Your Majesty, the population of the Great Zhou is hundreds of millions, and there are so many people who are good at water, if Your Majesty wants to build a navy, all you need is a holy decree!" ”

Zhang Lingyang shook his head and smiled, and said: "Sailors and even ordinary soldiers are easy to recruit, but the backbone personnel of the navy must be trained now."

These contestants are also one in a hundred, and I think that if these people are carefully cultivated, it is much better than recruiting and then screening! ”

On Earth, Zhang Lingyang has heard such a saying: one year of the army, ten years of the air force, and a hundred years of the navy.

Although according to the current level of science and technology, it will not take even ten or even five years to build an elite navy.

However, the navy's combat methods are completely different from ordinary water operations, and even more different from land operations.

Therefore, in Zhang Lingyang's view, the training of admirals is still as early as possible, at least when the first navy of the Great Zhou is built, the Great Zhou already has a set of mature maritime combat tactics......