Ning Cheng, Ye Chen, and Wan Yu have been here for almost a month, and in this month's time, the two of them have also proved themselves with their own efforts and actions.

Ye Chen naturally needless to say, these trainings have long been accustomed to him, but in the eyes of outsiders, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy can easily complete the training that many adults can't hold, which is completely unimaginable at the beginning.

Although Wan Yu is not as powerful as Ye Chen, his body is much stronger than Ye Chen, and he has been holding on for so long, and he has slowly gotten used to it, and even Wan Yu himself did not expect it.

Later, it was Ye Chen who told Wan Yu that this was because Wan Yu broke through the limits of his body during training, so now he can complete the impossible task at the beginning, as long as he persists, everything is possible, these words made Wan Yu full of motivation.

Because of this, these people were not entangled in how Ye Chen and Wan Yu got here, but slowly belonged the two of them to a part of this collective.

"Brother Ye, thanks to you this time, if it weren't for you, I guess I would only be a rich young master in this life." Wan Yu said sincerely.

Ye Chen smiled: "Are you brothers, don't be so polite, maybe I will use you in the future." ”

"Don't worry about this, if you need my help in the future, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse." Wan Yu said seriously.

While Ye Chen and Wan Yu were laughing, Bai Liang came over and said, "Ye Chen, come over and I'll talk to you about something." ”

"Brother Bai, what's the matter?" Ye Chen walked over and asked curiously.

Because Bai Liang is a very good person, Ye Chen and Wan Yu are now the same as the soldiers in the camp, and they all call Bai Liang Brother Bai in private.

"How long do you have to leave, there will be an all-army competition in more than a month, do you want to finish before leaving." Bai Liang said that he already knew the purpose of Ye Chen and Wan Yu coming here.

Ye Chen calculated the time, it is a little more than October now, and the competition should be the beginning of December, and replied: "It should be possible, I don't know what the competition is?" ”

Bai Liang smiled with satisfaction after listening to Ye Chen's answer: "This is one of our customs, every time there is a hunting competition before the Chinese New Year, whoever catches more prey wins." We now have 10,000 people in Ningcheng, and there are just a hundred places, if you are still in this place at that time, I will hand it over to you, with your archery skills, the top three should be no problem. ”

Ye Chen's eyes lit up and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go, I don't know what the reward is for winning." ”

"If the first place is obtained by an ordinary soldier, he can be directly promoted to centurion, the second place is directly promoted to captain, and the third place is directly promoted to captain. If it is already one, ten thousand taels of silver, five thousand taels of silver, and three thousand taels of silver will be rewarded respectively. The fourth and tenth places were both awarded a thousand taels of silver. Bai Liang explained.

"Directly become a centurion, wouldn't that be the same as Brother Bai, can we appoint the centurion directly?" Ye Chen was surprised.

If it weren't for Ye Chen's serious way of asking him, he would have thought that Ye Chen was stupid, and still said: "The Ministry of War is under the jurisdiction of the army of fifty states, and it has nothing to do with us. Wang, Liu, Fang, and the emperor's own army, these four armies are completely appointed and governed by their respective generals, of course, if it is like General Rong, it must be reported to the Ministry of War, but it is only a report, and the decision is still in the hands of the general. ”

"Doesn't that mean that if the position of the next general is decided by General Wang himself after a hundred years, isn't there any limit?" Ye Chen asked, it turned out to be like this, I knew that I should have come here with Yu De from the beginning, and what else to consider for the imperial examination.

Wan Yu couldn't stand it anymore at this time, and replied for Bai Liang: "Of course not, most official positions above the capital level must have outstanding military exploits and report to the imperial court." Further up is that person must pass the temple examination, and must have great prestige in the army, otherwise he will not be able to serve the public at all, or he will not be recognized. If it weren't for the fact that the general had just passed the palace examination the year before his appointment, Wang Jiajun would be in a worrying situation now. ”

Ye Chen said clearly: "So that's the case." ”

"Alright, in that case, you should rest early." Bai Liang turned around and said.

Wan Yu also went out to continue exercising at this time, and Ye Chen was left alone in the house, fortunately, he asked these things clearly today, otherwise he would have made jokes in the future.

The memories in Ye Chen's mind are still those of the same Ye Chen, and those are for ordinary garrisons. In this case, if he can get the first place this time, wouldn't he be a centurion of Wang Jiajun, although the official position is not big, but it is still very applicable in Wang Jiajun.

"No wonder Wang Zhitian cared so much about the quota of the palace examination that day, he didn't listen carefully at the beginning, and he had to agree to the governor and the general for ten years before there was a quota. There are fifty governors, but there are only four generals, so there are only four places in ten years, think about it, if there is really no limit, then there will be many fewer people in the imperial examination. Ye Chen said to himself, only now did he realize that Wang Zhitian's resources invested in him were not ordinarily large.

Yu De and Wang Jun had already arrived in Nancheng, the last city of the five cities, and along the way, he watched Wang Jun drink and carnival with the generals there every time he arrived in a city.

If he hadn't known Wang Jun's identity, Yu De would have really thought that Wang Jun was a person with a true temperament, and now it seems that he was trying to plot for the position of a general.

Not only that, but along the way, Wang Jun was also very attentive to De, saying that if he was lucky enough to be a general in the future, he would definitely make Yu De's status more respectable than his current status, of course, Yu De regarded it as a joke.

Not to mention that Wang Jun is just a pawn of others now, even if he is a general, Yu De will not betray Wang Zhitian because of this false name and interests.

Poor Wang Jun still didn't find anything, he always thought that his performance was perfect, if it weren't for Wang Zhitian to give him the place in the palace exam next year, then he would have already done other official positions, how could he still be like now.

Outsiders don't know the importance of that place, Wang Ke heard his father say, it is not the quota of the ordinary palace examination, but the number of candidates for the future general.

That is, this so-called palace examination, there are only four people in total, only ranked, and they must pass, and those who win will be directly counted into the imperial examination hall examination quota, which is the request of several generals to Emperor Qi for their descendants.

Otherwise, only by passing the palace examination can he take up the position of a general, even if he has read poetry and books since childhood, few people can pass before the age of thirty, not to mention that they are more important from an early age to study the art of war and strategy, and lead the troops to fight, rather than to recite poems and fight against them.