Before dawn the next day, Liu Laosan got up early as before, ready to go out to sea with his son to fish, but when he got out of the hall, he suddenly found that the yard was empty.

"Did I wake up early?" Liu Laosan muttered in a low voice, usually his eldest son gets up first, even if it is thunder and rain, but today is a little strange, when he came to the house where his son lived, but he didn't expect Liu Qun's bed to be empty, and there was no one at all.

Seeing that his son was gone, Liu Laosan immediately walked out of the house and came to the grass shed, his wife got up earlier to prepare breakfast here, and then Liu Laosan opened his mouth and asked: "Where is the boss, why can't you find anyone?" ”

"Didn't you sleep in the house?" Liu Laosan's wife was also very surprised when she heard this, although she got up a little earlier, she also didn't see her eldest son.

"No, where did you go?" Liu Laosan muttered again when he said this, and then went to the toilet to look for it, but still didn't find anyone, this time he was really a little panicked, and hurriedly woke up several other children, wanting to ask if they had seen Liu Qun, but what he didn't expect was that his youngest daughter rubbed her eyes and said that her eldest brother Liu Qun came to wake her up, saying that he was going to the county seat and asked her to tell her parents later.

"The county seat?" Liu Laosan was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't understand what his son was doing in the county in the morning, but then he thought of the incident of the sailor recruitment in the county yesterday, which made him immediately understand what his son was going to do, which made him angry and slapped his thigh, turned around and dragged his not very agile legs and feet to chase in the direction of the county seat.

Liu Qun did go to the county seat to prepare to join the army, and after returning home from the county seat yesterday, he has been thinking about the recruitment of the water division. Speaking of which, he didn't have any great ambitions to become a soldier, but he took a fancy to the rich salary of being a soldier, especially the twenty yuan of settling-in allowance, which was enough for his family to sell a few acres of good land to live a stable life, and they didn't have to work hard at sea every day like now, God knows when a big wave could knock them over at the bottom of the sea?

That's why. So Liu Qun couldn't sleep at night, and he was hungry in the middle of the night, but he knew that although there was newly bought wheat in the kitchen, it was a family's ration for a few days, and he couldn't eat it even if he was killed.

It's just that after drinking water, Liu Qun couldn't sleep anymore, he was really fed up with this kind of day when he couldn't eat enough every day. I couldn't bear to watch a few younger brothers and sisters suffer, yesterday afternoon he bought a few pieces of snacks, and each younger brother and sister got a piece, but the fourth brother was greedy, and after eating his own, he robbed the little sister, and as a result, the little sister cried for a long time, and he couldn't coax it, and in the end the third sister was sensible. Giving half of her snacks to her little sister made her burst into laughter.

It's just that Liu Qun felt very sad when he saw this, as the eldest brother, he really didn't want to see a few younger brothers and sisters crying because of a few cheapest sugar cakes. He wanted to buy more and better snacks for his younger siblings, but now he didn't even have a penny, and the only way he could change his family's situation in a short time was to join the army.

Thinking of the above, Liu Qun finally made a decision, and at that moment he took two leftover wild vegetable buns from yesterday from the kitchen, opened the door and stepped on the starlight and walked in the direction of the county seat. He was eighteen years old and could take on the responsibility of the family.

When the eastern sky turned white, Liu Qun finally came to the county seat again, and at this time, the city gate just opened, and he strode into the city without hesitation. Then he came to the outside of the yamen, this is the place where the old yamen said yesterday to sign up, but maybe he came too early, the door of the yamen has not yet opened, and it is estimated that it will take a while before recruiting soldiers.

Liu Qun was not in a hurry, he saw that there was a stall selling breakfast next to him, so he walked over, of course, he had no money to eat, so he could only be cheeky and asked the lady who sold breakfast for a bowl of hot water, and then took out two already warm wild vegetable buns from his arms, broke them and soaked them into a bowl, and then ate them little by little.

Liu Qun didn't wait too long, about half an hour or so, he saw the door of the yamen open, and then several generals walked out, and some soldiers came out with some test things, such as stone locks, bows and arrows, etc., it seems that strength and archery skills must be considered when recruiting troops for a while.

After those generals were ready, Liu Qun did not rush to sign up, because he found that there were many young people like him who came to sign up, most of them were shabby and thin, and they knew at a glance that they were children of poor families.

Soon a young man stepped forward to sign up, the general in charge of recruiting looked very stern, asked his name and age, address, etc., and then measured the height and weight of the young man, and the result was that the young man was good, and he was all qualified, and then began to test his strength and archery, Cangzhou here martial arts prevailed, young people have a lot of strength, as for archery, it is not a problem, so this young man quickly passed, and the general immediately took out twenty dollars, And he sent a soldier to follow the young man home, and when he had handed over the money to his family, he was to take a small boat to the warship, mainly for fear that the recruits would flee after receiving the settling-in money.

Seeing the first young person to sign up pass the test, this finally encouraged the rest of the people, and many people flocked to start signing up, and then started the test one by one, some people met the conditions to pass the test, and some people failed for various reasons.

Liu Qun, who was squatting in the corner, was not in a hurry to sign up, but kept observing those who signed up, but finally frowned a little, because he found that all the young people who passed the test were stronger than him now, in fact, he was also very strong before, but he couldn't eat enough every day for the past year, and his body was very thin, and he had seen several young people being brushed off because of their light weight.

Seeing this, Liu Qun couldn't help but be a little worried, but this was also something that could not be helped, in the end, he gritted his teeth and cheekily went to the house next to him to borrow some water, and drank a few large bowls in a big gulp, hoping to gain some weight, and then went to sign up, he was qualified for height, and when the weight was measured, he couldn't help but get nervous, because he saw that the officer who measured the weight was already shaking his head slightly when he saw him.

The weight measurement thing is like a seesaw in later generations, one of which has a fixed weight stone, the person who measures needs to stand at the other end, if the stone can be pressed up, then it means that the weight is up to standard, Liu Qun walked over very nervously, and then stood at the other end of the seesaw, but what made him extremely disappointed was that the stone over there only shook a little, but it was not lifted.

"Unqualified! Next! The general of the test immediately shouted, and then waved Liu Qun to leave.

"Master Jun, although I have lost some weight, the main reason is that I haven't eaten enough this year, but my strength is very strong, and my archery skills are also good, you are kind to let me pass!" Liu Qun was unwilling to beg, after all, he still hoped to use the settling-in fee to improve the situation of his family.

"No, rules are rules, and unqualified people must not be recruited into the army!" The general in charge of the test said a little impatiently, after all, there are a lot of young people who have signed up today, and they can't delay time because of Liu Qun alone.

Seeing that the other party's general did not give him the slightest chance to be accommodating, Liu Qun couldn't help but show a disappointed look, raised his feet and was about to leave, but just took two steps, he was very unwilling, just when he saw that the person in front of him had finished testing his strength and bows and arrows, the stone locks and bows and arrows were placed there, and there were no soldiers to guard them, which made his eyes suddenly light up, and a very bold idea was born in his heart.

Liu Qun is a very assertive person, otherwise he would not have come to the county seat to sign up for the army with his father behind his back. At that moment, I saw that he suddenly ran quickly to the stone lock that tested his strength, grabbed the stone lock with one hand and competed, and lifted the stone lock with one hand, and then threw the stone lock into the sky with a shake of his arm, and when he fell, the other hand reached out and grabbed it, and then threw it to the sky again, so ten times in a row, and then threw the stone lock to the ground with a "bang".

Liu Qun's actions also frightened everyone, originally the stone lock was not light, ordinary people as long as they could lift the stone lock with both hands were qualified, but Liu Qun actually threw the stone lock into the sky, and threw it ten times in a row, it can be said that it was a natural divine power, and even the generals who tested it were stupid.

Liu Qun did not stop after throwing down the stone lock, but strode over to pick up the bow and arrow, at this time the soldier next to him finally came to his senses and just wanted to step forward to stop it, but the general in charge of signing up waved his hand to let the soldier go down, and he had already become a little interested in Liu Qun.

I saw that after Liu Qun picked up the bow and arrow, he opened the bow and arrows very skillfully, and casually pointed at the arrow target with three arrows, and the three arrows all hit the red heart, which is already the best result since today's recruitment.

"Good archery!" At this time, the general couldn't help but praise loudly, and his gaze at Liu Qun became very eager, such a young man with excellent strength and excellent archery skills was exactly what the army urgently needed.

"Do you know how to a boat?" After the general praised him, he immediately asked Liu Qun again.

"Yes, I'm a fisherman, and I grew up on a boat!" Liu Qun also immediately replied at this time, just now he didn't know where he got the courage to dare to do this, and now that the blood is going, he also feels that his whole body is trembling.

"Good! I'll make an exception today, you're qualified! The general immediately clapped his hand, but as soon as his words came out, some of the other young people who were brushed off because of their weight and height were bright-eyed, and they immediately squeezed forward to show their martial arts and strength, which made the recruiting generals also startled, thinking that it seems that what Huyan Zhixian said is really good, although the young people in Cangxian County look thin, but they are not lacking in courage and strength! (To be continued......)