After intensive preparations, the recruitment of the Black Rock Guard officially began.

Zhaoming rode to the gate of the city early in the morning, and saw that there were people everywhere in the dark, and his heart was secretly happy.

Seeing the arrival of the lord, everyone got up and saluted, and Zhaoming simply glanced at the people who responded to the call, and found that there was a mixture of fish and dragons inside.

There are not only young and strong, but also some skinny and old faces.

Even, he saw a familiar figure, the naughty Harry Joe who spoiled his good deeds! Now Harry Jo was standing in front of Zhao Ming and looked at the lord with a defiant look.

Zhaoming stepped forward and said with a slight mockery: "Little ghost, what are you doing here?" ”

Without hesitation, Harry Jo replied, "Be a soldier!" ”

Zhaoming sneered and said, "Being a soldier is an adult's business, you better go home and play." ”

Unexpectedly, Haricho's temper came up and yelled at Zhaoming: "Don't underestimate me!" ”

Zhaoming returned to the horse and walked outside the city gate, leaving only one sentence to pass the assessment.

There are at least 1,000 people who have come to participate now, but Zhaoming only needs 400 people, and those who can pass the assessment may not really be enough 400.

Zhaoming briefly introduced the rules, the first thing to pass is the physical fitness test, and anyone who can run two laps around Black Rock City can enter the next round.

When they heard this request, many people had already begun to retreat.

Some people who knew they had no hope of passing the test left the scene secretly, but most of them stayed and tried it.

Zhaoming asked Grouchy and the others to prepare for registration, and at the same time arranged 5 hidden observation posts around the city to prevent anyone from cheating.

Looking at the people who were in place, Zhaoming raised his hand and fired a fireball technique as a signal to start, and hundreds of people began this difficult test with the skyrocketing firelight.

There were quite a few people watching along the way, and even some children were running with them, because among those who were participating in the selection were their fathers and brothers.

"Come on!"

The cheers came and went, and Zhaoming happily rode the shadow around the crowd and began to accompany the supervision.

As for the focus of his attention, it is naturally Alusa's younger brother Harry Jo.

Looking at the back of the desperate running, Zhaoming kindly reminded: "Remember that there is no time limit, it's okay to run slower, as long as you can persevere!" “

As soon as these words came out, the entire running team instantly slowed down a lot, but some people began to fall behind.

Zhaoming rode his horse to the front of the team, and it was a tall man who rushed to the front and charged at a constant speed without slowing down in the slightest.

It was the old Cooper in the tavern before, and his muscles seemed to have endless strength.

Zhaoming silently wrote him down, this person will definitely be a fierce general in the future.

And what about Haricho? He had just reached the age requirement and was already running out of energy after the first lap, and now he is gritting his teeth with all his might.

Along the way, people stopped to give up, and they left in frustration, some blaming themselves for not holding on for a while, and others complaining about why this test was set up.

But Zhaoming didn't care about them, just silently counted the remaining number in his heart.

After a long test, everyone is finally on the sprint!

Cooper rushed to the front, slowing down for a while and stopping in front of Grouchy, who was in charge of registration.

"My name is Cooper, I'm 40 years old, and I used to be a soldier."

Cooper introduced himself briefly and forcefully, and Grouchy was surprised by his casual look.

After that, Cooper stepped aside to rest, and the closest person to him was also thrown out by him more than two hundred meters.

Zhaoming watched everything quietly in the registration office, and now there were still about 500 people left.

And Haricho has managed to hold on, and he has been trying to stay in the middle of the team.

Zhaoming came to the exhausted crowd and applauded and said, "Congratulations on passing the first level, giving you half an hour to rest, and then you will have to take the second assessment." ”

Although it seems to be very harsh, it is not ordinary people who can survive this step, so no one complains.

Half an hour later, Zhaoming led them into the woods, and everyone was curious about what kind of assessment they would take here.

Instead of answering directly, Zhaoming invited out a person - Lesio.

Zhaoming said that the assessment was "easy" and that they had to dig the front section of the canal under the command of Lessio.

When everyone asked where the tools were, Zhaoming directly said that they had to figure out their own way.

After finishing speaking, Zhaoming directly handed over the command to Lesio and went to the side of the mountain to observe.

"Okay, listen to me, first of all, we have to ...... like this"

Lesio wants to explain the construction method, but the callers are complaining about the lack of tools.

Lesio was also helpless about this, which was deliberately arranged by Zhaoming in order to test their obedience and agility.

Some are still complaining, but some are already taking action.

The experienced Cooper remained silent, silently searching the woods for suitable materials, and finally he was able to make an improvised hoe with his bare hands.

Countless people began to follow suit, and soon dozens of people began to excavate.

And the faction led by Harricho thought of a new method, and since the rules did not stipulate it, they simply ran home and got the tools of their usual work.

In this way, the excavation work proceeded smoothly under the direction of Lesio.

Of course, there were many people who gave up halfway on the way, and dozens of people left the scene.

In the distance, Zhaoming lay under the tree and sighed at all this. However, he still cares more about the two books in his hands - "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Practical Record of Military Training".

These excellent military writings of Ancient Yanhuang that were exchanged for faith points came in handy for Zhaoming.

Compared with "The Art of War", which is a programmatic and mysterious thing, these two military books can help a military novice train an army from scratch.

Although Zhaoming, who came through the crossing, could understand the text here, the system still prepared a Chinese version for him.

The current selection was formulated by him through these two books, and I believe that it can help them quickly form combat effectiveness.

Just as he was looking down and reading carefully, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in his ears.

Zhaoming immediately got up and looked around vigilantly, the fireball in his hand was ready to go.

"Who!"

Zhaoming seemed to see a figure hiding behind a tree, shouting at the other party to appear.

A girl in a gray dress wearing a cloak slowly walked out from behind the tree, and her weak and beautiful appearance looked pitiful.

Seeing this, Zhaoming put away the fireball, and cautiously walked to the girl's side and asked her why she was here.

The girl lightly opened her lips and said, "My name is Trisda, and I am Haradin's niece, and I just saw the crowd here, so I wanted to come and see it." ”

In this way, Zhaoming temporarily relaxed his guard, and said softly to Cui Sida: "We are recruiting soldiers here, you girl should stay away." ”

As she spoke, she was about to let Trisda leave quickly, but she didn't expect the girl's tone to suddenly change abruptly, and she said coldly: "Did you deliberately choose this place to demonstrate to my uncle?" ”

Hearing the girl's words, Zhaoming trembled, and subconsciously felt that this girl was not ordinary!

Zhaoming didn't answer, just turned around and stared at her quietly, the girl's clear eyes were full of depth that Zhaoming couldn't see.

After a moment of silence, Trisda spoke, "Lord Zhaoming, I want to negotiate a deal with you. ”

Oh? These words made Zhaoming a little confused, a little girl and the knight to talk about a deal?

Zhao Ming agreed, and he also wanted to see what was going on with this girl.

However, Trisda proposes to talk to a place where no one is there, and Zhaoming has no choice but to summon the shadow.

Out of gentlemanly courtesy, Zhaoming had Trisda sit on the horse's side while he led the horse to the other side of the mountain.

Trisda's demeanor satisfied Trisda, and the girl's mind made Zhaoming unable to guess, even though she was Haradin's niece, she wanted to negotiate a deal with her privately.

The two had traveled a long distance, and no one could already find them together.

"Miss Trisda, can we start talking about our deal?" Zhaoming asked patiently.

Instead of answering immediately, Trisda pointed to the mountainside in the distance and said to Zhaoming, "Look at that! ”

Zhaoming looked in the direction she was pointing, and it was Haradin's manor.

Trisda smiled and said, "Lord Zhaoming, you must hate my uncle very much, right?" ”

Zhaoming shook his head and said against his will: "How could it be? Mr. Haradin has sent me a large quantity of food, how can I hate him? ”

Trisda burst out laughing after hearing this, and looked at her in puzzlement, and it took a while for Trisda to come back to her senses, and her original smiling face instantly became more and more serious.

"Lord Zhaoming, I'm here with sincerity, can you please have a heart-to-heart with me?"

Zhaoming was a little surprised, but quickly came to his senses and asked Trisda what she was thinking.

Trisda said bluntly, "I want you to join forces with me to get rid of Haradin." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhaoming was shocked.

Trisda then makes a series of requests, hoping that Zhaoming will use the magic god to get rid of Haradin unknowingly, and at the same time help her inherit Haradin's family property.

"In return, I will help you manage Black Rock in the future, and I will provide you with a large amount of money, and I will continue to provide other help."

After listening to this, Zhaoming didn't react much, he had a hard time believing Trisda's words, so he hoped that the other party would give him a reason.

Trisda tells Zhaoming about the situation under her fence, and at the same time points out the reason why she must do it secretly and not by force - Haradin has a backer!

It is the capital city next to the Black Rock, where the western princes of the Tranya Kingdom live, and in the past, Haradin relied on this backer to make waves, and if Haradin was eliminated by Zhaoming's force, it would definitely cause trouble.

After saying all this, Cui Sida's eyes suddenly burst into tears, looking at her pear blossoms with rain, Zhaoming's heart trembled slightly.

"If I want to live in this world, I must have a lot of wealth and a strong man, and Lord Zhaoming, you are the one who can give me these two things."

Trisda suddenly leaned up and grabbed Zhaoming's hand and pleaded bitterly, "Lord Knight won't watch a weak woman being bullied, right?" ”

Zhaoming was overwhelmed by her, but in the end, he didn't agree immediately, but hoped that Trisda would give herself some time to think about it.

Slightly disappointed, Trisda handed Zhaoming a blue necklace and told him to hang it on the treetops next to them if she wanted to, so she would come and meet Zhaoming.

Later, Trisda refused his request to escort her, leaving alone.

Zhao Ming looked at the necklace in his hand and fell into deep thought, this girl always gave him a very dangerous feeling, but maybe the two of them working together was a good opportunity to overthrow Haradin.

Zhaoming wandered aimlessly in the mountains for a long time, until Lesio brought people to look for him.

"My lord, we've completed our mission, can we go back?" Lesio asked at the stunned lord.

Zhaoming, who came to his senses, told them to go home first and pack their things and move into the camp tomorrow.

As for himself, he went to the church alone.