Liu Xin said disapprerovingly: "Part-time work is to help me work, you are all from martial arts, and you can't do other jobs, so let's go to the Flying Tiger Guards first, but working in the Jingzhou Army requires seniority, and anyone must start from scratch, so let's go to the Huotou Army to find a person named Wei Yan to report to him, first be a man under him, and then reward him for meritorious service." ”

Starting from scratch, Zhang Ren and the others have no opinion, after all, they are all prisoners, just how much military pay can a guy have, how to feed this big family, and slowly pay off that large amount of debt, but their families have just been released from the prison and enjoyed three days of light, there is a way to go from simplicity to luxury, from luxury to simplicity, these days are indeed comfortable, you let them live a hard life again, I am afraid that no one will agree, so the three of them can only take one step at a time, pinched their noses one by one and went to report to Wei Yan,

At that time, there was no Huotou Army in the army structure, the troops were grouped according to a team of ten people, and when it came to eating, they were all buried in pots to cook, in ancient times, they often determined the size of the enemy army by counting the number of stoves in the enemy barracks, Liu Xin carried out reforms, and set up a 50-person firehead army for every 1,000 people, specifically responsible for the supply of three meals for the 1,000 people, and the other soldiers could concentrate on training and fighting, so that 50 people should be responsible for the food of 1,000 people, and the workload of the Huotou Army was very large, not only that, The firehead army also has to participate in training, because when they really go to the front line, they must also pick up their swords and guns and rush to the battlefield, so those who are selected into the firehead army are not the old, weak, sick and disabled as imagined, but some soldiers with outstanding physical fitness.

In fact, in terms of ability, it is not a problem for Lei Tong and Wu Lan to be a deputy general, and Zhang Ren's courage and resourcefulness are on par with Wenpin, and they can be entrusted with important tasks. First carry out three months of intensive training, this kind of training is not only limited to physical fitness, skills training, but also carry out the ideological education that Liu Xin said, so that the recruits understand what they are serving as soldiers for, what to do, what they will get, not only recruits, even veterans will often be organized, to help the people do some voluntary labor, enhance the friendship between the army and the people, now the people of Jingzhou rely on their army, and the soldiers are proud to be a member of the Jingzhou army, so who will listen to a few words from the officer to participate in the mutiny,

But Liu Xin knows that Zhang Ren and these three people can be said to have surrendered as a last resort under their own coercion and temptation, they may not be able to lead their subordinates to mutiny and rebellion, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not work and not contribute, even if they are in peacetime, if they are in wartime, they will kill many people, and it is a matter of the safety of tens of millions of soldiers, Liu Xin can't be cautious, Liu Xin wants Zhang Ren and others to treat themselves as members of the Jingzhou Army from the bottom of their hearts,

He asked Fu Zhu to arrange for Zhang Rang, Lei Tong, and Wu Lan to go to the street to buy application items, just to let them feel the development of Jingzhou, the prosperity of the market, and the happiness of the people, and let them be a man, so that they can have more contact with the general soldiers at the grassroots level, and experience how proud and proud the soldiers are as a member of the Jingzhou army.

Just sent Zhang Ren and them away, Cai Mao suddenly asked to see him, and he came with his brother-in-law Huang Chengyan, Liu Xin was quite surprised by Huang Chengyan's arrival, and after asking, he understood their intentions.

Originally, the time for Xiangyang Academy to recruit new students has been adjusted to February every year, after five years of development, Xiangyang Academy has been quite large-scale, but the number of students enrolled each year is strictly limited to 90 people, and it is distributed according to the four classes of officials, scholars, common people, and military martyrs according to different places, each student will carry out systematic study in the academy for up to ten years, and now there are 450 students, and will eventually develop into a new school with 900 students.

Although all counties and counties in Jingzhou have set up their own official schools, but no matter in terms of teaching facilities, teaching methods, teaching content, and teachers, Xiangyang Academy is the undisputed first school, and the scarcity of high-quality educational resources has made many people try their best to send their children to Xiangyang Academy. Only eight-year-old children are admitted to the academy every year, so there is only one chance, and if you can't enter the academy at the age of eight, you won't be able to enter the academy in the future.

Huang Chengyan came to see Liu Xin, just to send Ugly into Xiangyang Academy to study, although Ugly is a girl, but Huang Chengyan only has this one daughter, completely trained her as a boy, as a famous scholar in Jingzhou, Huang Chengyan of course belongs to the category of scholars, Ugly wants to go to school, and what is taken up is the quota of the scholars, originally, his brother-in-law is Xiangyang Taishou, and the sister-in-law still lives in the house of the state pastor. It shouldn't be difficult, it's difficult, Ugly is a girl, a boy wants to enter Xiangyang Academy, and he has to break his head, in this patriarchal era, a girl wants to study in the academy, the difficulty can be imagined,

Liu Yu will also be eight years old next year, Ah Chou and Liu Yu are the same year, and there is only one opportunity in his life to enter Xiangyang Academy to study, Huang Chengyan's mood Liu Xin can understand, of course, Liu Yu entered the academy to study, it was an ironclad thing, there could be no obstacles, as for Ah Chou, the difficulty was too great,

Liu Xin also felt a little embarrassed, he didn't think that Ah Chou was a girl and didn't let her go to school, but the number of places was really limited, Liu Xin's fingers kept tapping on the desktop, thought for a long time, and finally said: "It's not that Ah Chou can't be allowed to enter Xiangyang Academy, but she can only be an auditor." ”

There is also a precedent for auditors in Xiangyang Academy, Zhang Ji's two proud disciples Zhang Qing and Zhang Jie are auditors of the academy, but there are very few such examples, and auditors do not enjoy many of the benefits of regular students, such as free meals a day, free books and paper, and the seats will be at the back of the classroom.

I heard that I can let Ah Chou be an auditor, Huang Chengyan is already overjoyed, he also has a thin family property, and Cai Mao as a backing, but he is not worried about not being able to pay those fees, as for sitting at the end, it doesn't matter, there are at most thirty students in a classroom, and the price code can also hear what the teacher said at the end,

Looking at Huang Chengyan, who even thanked him, Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "Don't be busy thanking me first, Ah Chou enters the academy to study, and the cost can be borne by the state pastor's office, she is familiar with Yu'er, I can also let people arrange her seat with Yu'er, and take care of each other, but you have to promise me one condition." ”

Huang Chengyan was very happy at first, in this way, there is not much difference between the auditor and the official student, and there are even some aspects that can touch Liu Yu's light, but I heard that Liu Xin still has conditions, and he couldn't help but hesitate, Huang Chengyan understands that in addition to having a little talent, there is really nothing Liu Xin needs to mention in other aspects, but Huang Chengyan just doesn't want to restrain himself and has never been out of office, so he hurriedly said: "As long as Xiaomin is not allowed to be an official, I can agree to other conditions." ”

Liu Xin stared at him for a while, and said lightly: "You don't have to be so nervous, I know that you are a hermit, and you will not be strong, you often go to Deju's house, and you also know that Jingzhou is developing rapidly now, and it is in urgent need of talents......"

Huang Chengyan hurriedly shouted: "The adult clearly promised Xiaomin ...... just now"

Liu Xin said with a smile: "I didn't ask you to come out to be an official, I know that you have a lot of dealings with Sima Hui and Pang Degong, of course, these people are all hermits, and they will not be willing to come out to be officials, I want to ask, do you know if there are any outstanding talents among these people's disciples, if so, you might as well recommend a few to help me." ”

Huang Chengyan pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "How did the adults know that I had intercourse with them?" ”

Of course, Liu Xin couldn't say that he saw it from the history books, and when he asked, he had to say haha: "You are also erudite and talented, haven't you heard of the phrase 'the state pastor can't go out, he can know the affairs of the world'." ”

Huang Chengyan tilted his head sideways and thought about it, and said with a blank expression: "Please forgive Xiaomin for being stupid, I haven't heard of this sentence." ”

Liu Xin was secretly amused in his heart, I said this sentence for the first time today, of course you haven't heard of it, I'm afraid you haven't even heard of "Xiucai doesn't go out, you can know the world", it's funny, it's funny, Liu Xin still pretended to be serious and said: "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it in the past, now you know it, you can always recommend a few candidates to me." ”

Huang Chengyan didn't have a way, he pondered for a while and said: "If there are a few outstanding disciples, but most of them have already come out, only one Xu Shu, last year because of chivalry, helped a friend kill someone, was arrested by the government, and almost lost his surname, and now he has abandoned martial arts and is studying in Yingchuan Academy, I look at this person, and the future should not be underestimated." ”

Liu Xin said secretly, it turns out that Xu Shu has only entered Yingchuan Academy to study now, no wonder when he passed by the academy a few years ago, he didn't see him, and couldn't help but say casually: "I have heard of this person, does he have a pseudonym named Shan Fu." ”

Huang Chengyan couldn't help but be secretly surprised, looking at Liu Xin's eyes with some awe, he arched his hand and said: "I can't imagine that adults even know this, so I don't need to say more." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said: "Xu Shu is still very useful, if you meet him in the future, you can let him come to me, I will arrange it well, if there are any other talented people, you might as well recommend one or two." ”

Huang Chengyan thought for a while and said: "There are two other people who will definitely be outstanding in the future, but they are too young now, one is called Pang Tong, who is Pang Degong's nephew, who is eleven years old this year, and the other is Zhuge Liang, who is only nine years old this year." ”

Liu Xin couldn't be more familiar with these two names, but he didn't expect them to be so young, and he was disappointed, and said: "These two people are indeed too young, and when they grow up, my own Xiangyang Academy has already cultivated many talents, and it seems that there is no place for them." ”

Huang Chengyan hurriedly said: "My lord is ridiculous, how can I say that there is no place for them." ”