Chapter 169: Is It a Coincidence?
"This strong man. Are you sure you want to go to Daqingshan to farm? β
Zhou Haitao, who was in charge of registration, looked at the strong man in front of him curiously, a little incomprehensible.
Because neither the newly arrived refugees nor the elderly who have been in Liuzhou for a few days will consider farming in Daqingshan as the first option.
Daqingshan farming is to go out of the city to do farm work, many new refugees want to stay in a safe environment, so most of them are a little resistant at first, and after knowing enough about the situation in Liuzhou, most of them will take becoming a soldier as their first option.
After all, the welfare of the army is better, the army can share a better house, the treatment is more generous, and on the side of the Yin Division, although the risk of the men in the army is high, but they can accumulate the fruits of merit faster, the Tiger Guards are saving people every day, and the relatives in the Yin Division can enjoy it better than the average person, many of the relatives who died tragically before the Tiger Guards now have their own Yin houses in the Yin Division, which almost gives all the soldiers a guarantee from the bottom of their hearts, because even if they unfortunately die in battle, when they get to the Yin Division, with the merit of saving people, He was also able to live well with his family!
This is also the fundamental reason for Liuzhou's military fever, good welfare, enough prestige, the key is that even if you die in battle, there is enough protection, who doesn't want to go to such a good thing?
If it weren't for the fact that the threshold of the Tiger Guard Army is high enough, Zhou Haitao feels that Liuzhou may be the situation where all people join the army.
"Strongman, you should have practiced martial arts at your size, right?" Zhou Haitao said with a smile: "The benefits of joining the army in Liuzhou are good enough, do you want to go to the Tiger Guards to sign up for a try?" β
"Nope." Wei Gongzhan grinned and said: "I used to be a soldier, and I was tired of being a soldier, so I wanted to be more stable." β
"That's it" Zhou Haitao shook his head when he heard this: "That's a pity." β
"It's very popular to be a soldier here." Wei Gongzhan looked at the hot registration of the military recruitment office in the distance, but on the other hand, this agricultural recruitment place was deserted.
"Liuzhou people are enthusiastic, and there are not many people who are willing to farm steadily" Zhou Fatzi said with a smile: "Many young people will only consider going to Daqingshan to farm after they are eliminated, and some young people will even spend some time in Liuzhou to prepare to participate in the next round of military elections. β
"Haha. Everybody thinks differently. Wei Gongzhan grinned.
Now that the injury has recovered slightly, his face is still a little swollen, but he looks no different from ordinary people, but his face is still a little stiff when he smiles.
"Okay!" Zhou Haitao recorded the other party's name: "Wei Datao, right?" β
"Huh"
"Lead the sign and go to the government to find Lu Fuzi. Oh, today's academy students, Lu Fuzi is responsible for invigilating one of the examination rooms, you may have to wait when you get there, Lu Fuzi may not be able to take you to Daqingshan until the afternoon. β
Wei Gongzhan was puzzled when he heard this, and asked curiously, "Master?" The Master is supposed to be in charge of teaching, right? Going out of town too? β
"Lu Fuzi is in charge of teaching" Zhou Haitao nodded: "But in addition to teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, Lu Fuzi is also good at agriculture, and now he has improved several varieties of plants in Daqingshan with the mountain god, and he is very favored by the prefect, and plans to open an agricultural branch for Lu Fuzi alone, you will know after you have seen it." β
"Agronomy?" Wei Gongzhan suddenly felt that this Liuzhou was a little different, because it seemed that if the master studied these things, he would be despised, right?
"Go, go." Zhou Haitao yawned and rushed to humanity.
Recently, there are more people, Zhou Haitao began to choose easy work, this statistics can be said to be the easiest work in Daqing Mountain, often a few people come over a day, this little stunned young man asks questions, don't delay yourself and wait to find Lao Wei to play chess.
Eh, by the way, this naΓ―ve boy, does he look a little like Lao Wei?
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Wei Gongzhan took the sign, asked for directions all the way to the location of the academy, and found some men who were also going to farm like him.
There are a lot of young people in Liuzhou, and most of these men who are going to farm are young people in their twenties, but they look listless at this time.
"Yo, brother, you're also going to Daqingshan?"
"yes." Wei Gongzhan said with a heartfelt smile.
"Brother, your size has also been eliminated?" A few people next to him suddenly became interested: "No, with your physique, it shouldn't be a big problem to participate in the two-hundred-pound iron cable project." β
A few people came over and pinched the pimple meat on Wei Gongzhan's body, which made Wei Gongzhan inexplicable for a while.
But he didn't hate this feeling, because everyone in the army was like this before, and men were very casual with their hands and feet, but he didn't expect that the people in Liuzhou were also like this?
"This. I didn't plan to be a soldier in the first place, and I didn't sign up for the army at all. Wei Gongzhan smiled honestly.
"Oh, so that's the case, I'll just say" A tall and thin man next to him nodded suddenly, and then said with a look of pity: "Brother, you are really a waste." β
"Yes, who can be a soldier to farm, brother, it's a pity that you have this condition." Several people next to him also shook their heads.
Wei Gongzhan suddenly felt inexplicable, is it so popular to join the army here?
"Little brothers, since you are so interested in joining the army, why are you here?"
When several people heard this, their faces suddenly became ugly, but seeing Wei Gongzhan's honest appearance, they also knew that the other party might be a newcomer and didn't know, so the tall and thin man just now patiently explained: "Brother, we are different from you, we can't help it, plus this time, we have been eliminated for three rounds, we can't always mix in the state city, right?" β
"Yes" A person next to him also said: "It's been three months, and I've been eating and drinking on North Street like the new refugees, and others don't say that we are not good at being so cheeky and have been mixing, although farming does not have the prestige of joining the army, but it also relies on its own work to eat, so it will not be ashamed, right?" β
"That's it, let's stay up for a long time, those fellows who couldn't join the army before, they couldn't help but go to Daqingshan after staying in North Street for a month, and no matter how much they want to join the army, they can't be so skinless and faceless?"
Wei Gongzhan was stunned, the people of Liuzhou not only seemed to be extremely martial, but also had a very different view of honor and disgrace, and it was rare to regard eating and drinking as a shame.
I don't know if it's an individual or a whole like this.
Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw an acquaintance, and hurriedly said hello to the people around him and hurriedly chased after him.
"Brother Shen?"
The familiar figure that came out of the academy was none other than Shen Yuan, who came early in the morning to take the academy exam.
"Oh, General Wei. Ahem, Brother Wei, why are you here? β
Wei Gongzhan gave a general account of his situation, and then asked, "Brother Shen, how are you doing over there?" Did the exam go well? β
Shen Yuan snorted coldly when he heard this: "It's quite miscellaneous to get the test, the Nine Palaces Arithmetic, Tiangong Gewu, and the Five Elements of Yin and Yang are all involved. β
"That's it, Brother Shen is talented, how can it be rare to get Brother Shen's golden science list in the test questions?"
"Not necessarily." Shen Yuan pouted and said: "Just now I saw Gu Beiquan scratching his ears and cheeks inside, hehe, that nerd who only knows the Four Books and Five Classics, I'm afraid I'm going to capsize this time!" β
The tone was full of schadenfreude and some smugness.
Wei Gongzhan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said, "Gu Beiquan? This year's new champion? He's also in college? β
"This surnamed Chen's methods are clumsy, only those who have entered the household registration can have meat to eat, Gu Beiquan's guy is a person with no bones, it is estimated that he can't eat porridge on North Street." Shen Yuan shook his head: "But I look at the content of this assessment, don't look at him Gu Beiquan is the champion, and he may not be able to be admitted to the hospital." β
"Ahem, it's still Brother Shen who is erudite and talented." Wei Gongzhan gave a funny compliment, I didn't see it before, this guy is still an arrogant person.
"What's going on inside the academy? What did you hear? The two walked all the way to the corner unknown, and Wei Gongzhan asked about business.
Speaking of business, Shen Yuan recovered his serious expression and said in a low voice: "It's a bit famous, this academy is divided into four courtyards of heaven and earth, Xuanhuang Academy, it is said that those who pass the assessment this time can learn to understand the Heavenly Academy, and those who can learn to understand the talisman will enter the Underground Academy, if they can only learn the basic techniques, they will enter the Xuanyuan, and the planning is decent, as if they really want to train warlocks, the specific situation can only be clear when the school starts tomorrow, and"
"And what?" Wei Gongzhan frowned and said, "How did Brother Shen speak secretly? β
Shen Yuan hesitated for a while, and finally said, "When I referred to it today, I saw a strange thing. β
"What's weird?"
"Didn't you come to the academy this morning for reference? As I passed by the temple, I saw several masters coming out of it. β
"What's so strange about that?" Wei Gongzhan frowned: "Although I have only been here for one day, I also know that the people of Liuzhou seem to believe in the Yin Si City God, although most masters do not believe in ghosts and gods, but there are always exceptions, what is so strange about a few masters coming out of the temple?" β
"But those masters came out of thin air from the statue of the city god!"
"Huh?" Wei Gongzhan was stunned: "What did you say?" What does it mean to come out of thin air? β
"It's literal." Shen Yuan gestured and explained: "It's the kind of idol in front of him, like a trick, a few masters came out of the idol out of thin air, I was stunned, and I ran over to carefully inspect the idol, thinking that it was some kind of mechanism or something." β
"Out of thin air?" Wei Gongzhan frowned: "You mean, the masters in Liuzhou are all warlocks?" β
"It's impossible!" Shen Yuan shook his head: "I have seen these masters in Liuzhou at the beginning, I am sure that they are ordinary mortal masters, but the scene this morning is indeed weird, I heard later. Those masters are going to be on duty at night, now think about it. Could it be that there really is the so-called Yin Si in Liuzhou? β
"How can there be such an evil sect?" Wei Gongzhan didn't believe it: "Take me to see." β
In this way, the two came all the way to the City God Temple not far from the academy, it was noon, but there were many people who worshipped, obviously this City God God was indeed sought after in Liuzhou.
Wei Gongzhan is the first time to see the statue of the city god, this statue is a bit interesting, not as exaggerated as the statues of gods in other places, with three heads and six arms at every turn, and the overall look is more like a person with a mask, but the strange thing is. Why does this man look so familiar?
Wei Gongzhan looked at the statue in a daze, and kept thinking in his mind, as if he had seen the mask on the face of the city god.
It seems to be very young.
Suddenly, Wei Gongzhan's face changed, and he remembered that when he was very young, he had seen it!
The Wei family had a concubine, who was valued by the lord of the Wei Chi family when he was seven years old, and took him with him as a deputy.
That was an example that many concubines of the Wei family secretly envied, and it was also the object of their worship when they were very young
Is it a coincidence?
Wei Gongzhan looked at the statue of the city god in a daze, the mask was exactly the same, and even the overall body shape and temperament were also
(End of chapter)