Looking at the more than 100 soldiers below who would belong to him in the future, Qin Dui couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart, after all, this was the first successful step towards the path he had chosen. However, the road ahead is not smooth, generally speaking, his current identity is a civilian official, and in the eyes of these soldiers, he is just a weak scholar official.

Another point is that Qin Duan's current age is just over twenty-one years old, and to manage these soldiers who are most of them much older than himself, it is inevitable that some people will feel a little uncomfortable and have some obstacles, for the people in the army, they worship the strong and believe in the strong.

Whether Qin Duan can truly stand among these soldiers and officers, whether he can truly win the trust of these people, establish his prestige, and let them live and die for himself remains to be tested.

And there will definitely be a few people among these people, especially some veterans and people who think they have the ability, they may not obey their commands, these problems must be solved before going to the northwest, thinking of this, Qin Du's face showed a confident smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before you are all in place, I will introduce myself, and I will be your supreme commander in the future, and you will completely obey my orders in the future, and do what I commands and prohibits. My name is Qin Du, I am twenty-one years old this year, a native of Kurihara County, I used to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and now I am appointed by the imperial court as the county guard of Tokugawa County in the northwest, and I have the right to lead the army, and you will be my soldiers in the future. ”

Qin Duan stood in front of the entire army of soldiers, quietly introduced himself simply, and some of the soldiers below obviously showed a mixture of surprise, dissatisfaction, and jealousy on their faces, but they all remained quiet, because the imperial army was strictly disciplined, and those who despised their superiors would be dealt with according to military law.

It's just that for the following soldiers, a young man in his early twenties is already a member of the fourth rank of the Great Qin Empire, and soon he will be the county guard of Tokugawa County and the official of the feudal territory, and these people are just stinky soldiers who can't even marry their daughters-in-law, which makes some soldiers feel a little uncomfortable.

Without giving the people below much time, Qin Dui changed his mind next. "Maybe everyone is thinking in their hearts, this hairless guy with a mouth must be a relative of someone above, so that he can be young and young, and he is a four-grade official, but I can tell you openly and honestly that I, Qin Duan, was born in a scholar clan, but by no means became a four-grade official by any so-called relationship, but completely relied on his own strength to become a four-grade official, of course, many of you think that I am a weak scholar, then you are all wrong, I can tell you for sure, on personal force, None of you are my opponents. ”

However, none of the soldiers and officers below believed Qin Duan's words, in their eyes, these words were all boasted by this official master, and they couldn't be taken seriously.

Seeing that the soldiers and officers below didn't believe their words, Qin Du continued with a smile, "Why don't you believe my words, since everyone is skeptical of my words, then I will compete with you, I now swear by my personal reputation, I will never take revenge on those who challenge me because of this, no matter whether you win or lose, if you violate it, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." If anyone defeats me, I will reward him with a thousand taels of silver. ”

Qin Duan's words immediately set off a huge wave among the soldiers, isn't he just a weak scholar, defeating him is expected to get a thousand taels of silver, with a thousand taels of silver, you can marry several beautiful daughters-in-law, and you can buy a good house in the capital.

Even if he loses, it will not have any effect, anyway, he has already sworn a poisonous oath in public, and it is impossible to repent, and the soldiers can't help but look at me, I look at you, and they are all a little eager to try.

"Why, no one dares to give it a try?"

Sure enough, as soon as this sentence came out, someone immediately responded.

"I'll come, Xiaobing Kang Younian asked the adults for advice."

This Kang Younian is from a Shu family in Taihu County, and he is born with divine powers, and when he is nine years old, he can move a hundred catties of stones. It turned out that his family was a large local landowner, and he ran grain, cloth, and wine businesses, and was quite famous in the local area.

Although Kang Younian is a concubine, his mother is a concubine married back to his father when he was doing business abroad, and she is a mixed-race woman, but she is quite favored by her father, so he has been learning business management with his family in his spare time since he was a child, and he is also very talented in this area, and soon he won the recognition of the family, but it also aroused the jealousy of several other brothers, so they joined forces to spread rumors and slander him, and even his father believed it a little, and he came out to join the army in a fit of anger. vowed that if he didn't make a name for himself, he would never go home to see his family.

This time this Lord Qin came to the barracks to select soldiers to go to the northwest with him, Kang Younian knew that the opportunity had come, although this trip to the northwest may be a life of nine deaths, but wealth and danger are sought, if you can live with this Lord Qin to the northwest and gain a foothold in the northwest, the future is absolutely great.

Qin Dui looked at the man who jumped out, twenty-three or four years old, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a wide forehead, a shield in his left hand, and a knife in his right hand, quite a taste of a tiger hero, he saluted Qin Dui, then took two steps back, waiting for Qin Dui, Qin Dui also took the spear of a soldier with a gun next to him, and said, "Come on!" ”

Since practicing "King Kong Duel", Qin Duan's strength is much greater than that of ordinary people, and when he is usually bored, he often practices eighteen kinds of weapons at home, and in terms of martial arts, even Liu Wu, the number one master in the Qin Mansion, is not the enemy of Qin Duan's ten moves.

The other party is not polite, the left shield protects the body, and the bullying body is up, Qin Duan's sideways spear is on the other side, and the other party is stabbing at the lower half of the opponent's ~ body, and the other party does not show weakness, the left shield is pressed down, and the action is done neatly.

"Dang!"

With a sound, the two of them each took a step back, Qin Duan also secretly felt that the other party's strength was not bad, how did he know that this shot would make almost everyone present stunned, because this Kang Younian's marksmanship was the best in the entire city guard army's western camp, and he was actually repelled by Qin Dui with a shot of the shield, you must know that the iron shield is much heavier than the spear, and it is heavy with a light blow, and the shield is held on the arm, which is equivalent to the strength of most of the body, it is a match, obviously the strength is disproportionate, Qin Duan's strength is too much stronger than Kang Younian.

Kang Younian knew that his entire left arm was numb from the shock, and he couldn't do it at all, but now he is riding a tiger, and he can only do it hard.

Shaking the left shield, Kang Younian rolled forward quickly, and had arrived in front of Qin Dui, his right hand swung the knife and slashed Qin Dui's legs, Qin Dui had already taken precautions, took a step back, pushed the spear obliquely, sealed the fierce knife, and then stabbed the opponent's throat straight on the spear, the other party turned his head and flashed, the iron shield pushed forward, slammed Qin Dui's chest, and at the same time retracted the knife to defend himself.

Qin Dui used the barrel of the gun to open the iron shield with a blow, and then took two steps back, the spear stabbed the opponent's right hand with a knife, Kang Younian's right hand blade stood up a grid, Qin Dui pressed down on the momentum, and used the twisting strength, the other party only felt a strong force coming from his hand, and he could no longer hold the Pu knife, and was twisted by the spear for more than a zhang.

Kang Younian stood there with a face full of shame, not knowing what to do, Qin Duan stuck the gun on the ground, walked over and picked up the knife and handed it to him, he saluted Qin Duan as if he had just woken up from a dream. "The subordinates are arrogant, I don't know the height of the sky, please punish the adults."

"I've said a long time ago that it's just a fair game. You have no fault, how can you be punished, you are good, do it with me, I believe that in the near future, you will become a general. ”

Qin Duan patted this Kang Younian on the shoulder and said, in terms of strength alone, this Kang Younian is much stronger than Liu Wu, he is definitely a natural man, you must know that he used five points of strength just now, but he just took a step back.

"Thank you, my lord, compared to my lord, my subordinates are really vulnerable."

Kang Younian looked at Qin Duan with admiration and said, Kang Younian couldn't understand that his own commander's Wenwen was weak, and he had so much strength, for a place like the army that worships the strong, Kang Younian felt that this Lord Qin was worthy of his worship and follow.

"Hehe, let's go back." Qin Du said with a smile.

Qin Duan defeated the challenger so neatly, and immediately suppressed almost everyone, everyone was weighing themselves, whether they could defeat Kang Younian so easily, how capable they were, everyone knew very well in their hearts, and there was silence in the team.

"Is there anyone else who is going to give it a try?" Qin Duan asked after looking at the soldiers and officers for a few moments.

The eyes of several veterans were on the first person on the left, it was a man who was one or two years older than Kang Younian, and he was not as good as Kang Younian in terms of stature, but his bearing standing there was obviously a cut above Kang Younian's soldiers, and his body was extremely strong.

Qin Duan didn't say any more, just looked at him with a smile, the man was obviously a little hesitant, but in the end, he didn't seem to be able to stand the pressure of everyone's eyes, and still stood up and saluted. "Cao Chongyue, the commander of the West Battalion of the subordinate city guards, please give me a lot of advice."

This Cao Chongyue was born in a wealthy workshop owner family in the Jiangnan Plains County of the Great Qin Empire, the family is paper-making, and the four treasures of the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the plain county are famous all over the world, and many wind ~ flow talents in the literary world write poems and paintings and like the four treasures of the plain county, especially the things of several famous workshops are in short supply in the imperial capital Yanjing. There are also many requirements for high-quality paper, from the selection of raw materials to the processing of finished products, it needs to go through multiple procedures, and the workmanship is also quite exquisite.

The Cao family has been dealing in base paper for generations, and the products produced are then handed over to several well-known papermaking workshops for complex deep processing, and finally flow into the market and become the famous plain paper in the mainland.

Cao Chongyue is the eldest son of the Cao family's generation, but he has no interest in the business run by the family for generations, and loves to study and practice martial arts, and the elders in the family are also more enlightened, so he will go, until he is in his twenties, there is no serious thing to do, Cao Chongyue felt a little ashamed, four years ago he hid his family to join the army, and said to the outside world that he went out to travel, and wanted to make some achievements, so as to glorify his ancestors and return to his hometown.

Due to his outstanding performance in the army, he was promoted to the rank of centurion two years ago, but because he was born as a free man and had no relationship with the above, he was promoted to centurion without success.