It's just that the imperial court will change from time to time, such as the fourth year of Chongzhen, which is divided into three swords and stones to show skill and bravery. The broadsword ranges from 120 to 80 catties, and the stone is 500 to 250 catties. In these competitions that simply show strength, Zhang Mengcheng is not so confident to stand out.

As for the qualifications to participate in the martial arts examination, Zhang Mengcheng is not so worried. Because the martial arts examination is mainly attended by two kinds of people, the first is the official students in the martial arts.

Martial arts, which is not much different from ordinary Confucianism, rarely cultivates any decent military talents for the country. The second type is the personnel recommended by civil and military officials in various places, although Zhang Mengcheng used to be a thief, but his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin has been appreciated by the two bigwigs in Yansui Town. If the eldest brother makes a request, Zhang Mengcheng still hopes to be personally recommended by heavyweight officials in Shaanxi.

In general, the imperial court conducted martial arts every three years. If Zhang Mengcheng can become a martial artist and a martial artist one after another, he is still very hopeful that he will make a career while he is young.

Although Wuju people usually do not award officials, they can still add luster to their resumes.

And if he becomes a martial artist, the imperial court will definitely grant him an official position. Even if there is an official position, the imperial court will be promoted according to the results of the martial arts examination. Moreover, many martial arts students in the frontier will be arranged to return to their hometowns to continue serving after coordination. For Zhang Mengcheng, this is very attractive.

If you get some results in martial arts, you will return to the surroundings of Ningsai after walking. Maybe Zhang Mengcheng's position can surpass his eldest brother. At that time, with the personnel and material support of Jinding Mountain, and in the area where it is easiest to make meritorious contributions in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Mengcheng's future will be very bright.

But that was a few years later, and maybe Zhang Mengcheng wouldn't have time to participate in martial arts by then. At present, the most important thing is to ensure the production activities of Jinding Mountain, if there is no sufficient supply of materials. Even if the leaders of Jinding Mountain have become big officials, there are not many armed forces that can guarantee everyone's rich life.

Liu Sikui happily ate the eggs he got, and at this time, the other children looked at the figure walking behind him, and shouted happily: "Brother Bao'er is here, sir, you also took the test for Brother Bao'er, he will definitely be able to answer your question, do you also win something for him." ”

When Liu Sikui heard that Guan Yuze appeared, he quickly turned his head to look at the student with the best academic performance, and his eyes blinked and he didn't know what he was thinking. When Guan Yuze passed by him, he swallowed the egg in his mouth and obediently shouted to Guan Yuze: "Brother Bao'er." ”

Guan Yuze responded, then walked up to Zhang Mengcheng and said, "Sir, this is my homework, take a look." Guan Yuze, who is already sixteen years old, has become more and more introverted after the education of the cottage and the conquest everywhere. Although he doesn't usually say much, what he says is concise and powerful. It is said that Guan Yuze returned home for the first time before, and his parents almost didn't recognize their heroic son at that time.

Due to diligent study, and the teaching content of the cottage is actually only three subjects: Chinese, arithmetic and physical education. Therefore, Guan Yuze, who has enough time to study, can now recognize more than 1,800 Chinese characters, and more than 1,000 of them can be written. After a comprehensive test of Guan Yuze, Zhang Mengcheng decided to add some small stoves to him. After these days of teaching, Guan Yuze is already Zhang Mengcheng's proudest student.

After Zhang Mengcheng took the homework handed over by Guan Yuze, he asked him with a smile: "I heard that Shuangxi was in trouble with you again last time, and it seems that you were picked off the horse with a line gun." Although Shuangxi was in the aftermath, he covered the swollen area and didn't speak. But my sister-in-law still told me everything that happened, after all, you are a little older, so you have to be more tolerant of his provocations. ”

After listening to Mr. Guan's words, he made a bow and confessed. Later, he also found that it was inappropriate to fight in private, but after all, he was not yet seventeen years old, and he could not always tolerate the other party's provocation. However, Guan Yuze was also quite complacent about the previous victory, in fact, his line gun skills were not as good as Zhang Shuangxi, but Zhang Shuangxi was too arrogant, and he was introduced into the sleeve by Guan Yuze very simply, and then Guan Yuze easily won the victory.

"Brother Bao'er is not to blame for this, it's Xizi who always finds trouble with Brother Bao'er when he has nothing to do, let's coax together, and Brother Bao'er agreed to compete with him."

"Yes, it was Brother Xizi who asked for it, and Brother Bao'er has already relented."

Seeing that Guan Yuze was quite popular in front of the children, Zhang Mengcheng smiled with relief and said: "I don't want to blame Yuze, I just want you to know that you must pay attention to your own brothers." Didn't I say it, if you really feel that Shuangxi is not cleaned up in the future, Yuze, you will come to me, and Mr. Heads-up of the two of you will personally preside. And you too, if you don't see anyone in the future, you can come to me, and I will preside over the heads-up of all of you. ”

Guan Yuze and the other children all said that they would remember Mr. 's teachings. At the same time, Guan Yuze saluted again, Zhang Mengcheng waved his hand, and let him play with the other children. Seeing that Mr. was no longer talking, he began to correct Guan Yuze's homework, and the children, including Liu Sikui, all pulled Guan Yuze to play together.

Although Guan Yuze is not an orphan, he is still the nephew of the second master of the cottage. However, Guan Yuze's parents and other family members all live in Ansai, a neighboring county. Guan Yuze's second uncle also often guards the border in the military fort in the north. Therefore, Guan Yuze has always lived in the dormitory of the cottage thatched cottage, and played more with them orphans.

The homework that Zhang Mengcheng gave to Guan Yuze was actually nothing special. just asked Guan Yuze to write his own experience about the thieves who attacked Ansai City last night. And let him calculate how much time and food it would take to finally relieve the siege of Ansai if he was to march a thousand troops on foot and a decent march of thirty miles a day, and where he should camp on the way, how to deploy his defenses, and so on.

In the end, the calculation results were similar to Zhang Mengcheng's own pre-calculated time and material consumption. The sketches shown in the homework are not very neat and standardized, but they can be understood. Many words in the report are replaced by pinyin, and Zhang Mengcheng does not intend to be harsh. After all, Guan Yuze's study time has only been more than two years, and it is very gratifying to be able to reach this point.

After reading it, Zhang Mengcheng gave a ninety percent evaluation. Guan Yuze mentioned in the report that there are still quite a few things that need to be improved when the Jindingshan cavalry team is marching. A lot of the time it's not so orderly, and the changes in formation aren't so smooth. And there are a lot of difficulties in the exchange of information. These situations are real, and when Zhang Mengjin led his team to flank the Mongols on the donkey dung slope, the leaders of the cottage had talked about these problems.

This time the problem was exposed again, Guan Yuze, who was on the battlefield, proposed to use waist drums or suona to strengthen the command effect according to a certain repertoire, and the specific drill could be like the usual physical education class in the grass hall.

Zhang Mengcheng was very optimistic about this, and in fact, he had already ordered the craftsmen of the cottage to try to make a musical instrument. Several prototypes have been produced, and the latest prototype is quite close to Zhang's requirements.

The last trial also brought back his memories of his primary school life in the future. Zhang Mengcheng looked at the children frolicking in front of him, wondering if he should add a music lesson to the cottage. At this time, the children who are playing around do not know that they will have to increase the burden of schoolwork in the future.