At a wharf on the outskirts of Nanjing, many young men are loading and unloading goods back and forth.

There is no doubt that this is a place to do coolies, each bag of goods weighs dozens of pounds, and almost all the coolies who do coolies here are men who fled from the north, not that men can't carry these dozens of pounds of goods, and they carry it all day.

Niu Yongsheng carried three bags of goods on his shoulders, and his strength was eye-catching.

Niu Yongsheng is only 20 years old, is a homeless in Henan, a month ago with his only sister to escape the military disaster to Nanjing City to join a distant relative here, but do not want people to see their brother and sister in rags, do not recognize them at all, although angry, but also helpless, the brother and sister can only live on the street, living a full meal and hungry for a day.

Half a month ago, my sister couldn't stand it and got sick, he took his sister to the hospital to see a doctor, the doctor of the god killed asked for a tael of silver, but he didn't have a penny, how could he afford such an expensive consultation fee as a tael of silver, seeing that his sister could not be treated, and he was weak day by day, Niu Yongsheng was extremely worried.

With all his strength, Niu Yongsheng finally found this job of transporting goods a few days ago, one penny for every thirty bags of goods, too black-hearted, but what can be done, it would be good to have a job.

Niu Yongsheng can earn more than 40 yuan a day, except for two meals a day, he can still have more than 30 yuan left, and he can see a doctor and buy medicine for his sister after doing enough for a month, I only hope that my sister can last until that time, and the days are hopeful.

"Brother Niu, Brother Niu, great news, the emperor has released the emperor's list to recruit soldiers, a military salary of six taels of silver per month, and meat to eat, all men over the age of eighteen and under the age of thirty can sign up." It was also a homeless man about 20 years old, who ran to Niu Yongsheng with great excitement to inform.

Niu Yongsheng was kind to this homeless person, and after all the homeless people saw the emperor list, they did not run to sign up for the first time, but came to inform Niu Yongsheng first.

"Really! Where? Niu Yongsheng's eyes widened, he was shocked by the number of six taels of silver, his blood was boiling, and the fatigue and hunger caused by carrying the goods for half a day were washed away.

"It's in a military camp three miles from the city gate."

"Let's go, Brother Niu, don't carry it, six taels of silver matters, don't go late." The outcasts urged.

"Yes, yes, six taels of silver matters." Niu Yongsheng hurriedly threw the three bags of goods on his shoulder, and the two of them ran quickly in the direction of recruitment, for fear that one would be full if he went late.

Because of the conversation between the two people, the dock spread all over in an instant, everyone was excited, and they threw the goods on their shoulders together, and ran in the direction of Niu Yongsheng and the others one by one, no matter what, they had to report their names, and there was no one working on the dock all of a sudden, and the foreman of the supervisor was dumbfounded, looking at the goods that were thrown to the ground, he jumped to his feet in anger, and was extremely crazy.

This scene is also playing out in other places.

In less than half an hour, the gate of Yinglongjun's barracks outside the city was crowded with people.

"Don't crowd, queue up, line up for me, whoever dares not to queue up will be disqualified from signing up immediately." Several soldiers of the Yinglong Army were maintaining order, and as soon as this sentence came out, everyone was immediately honest, and they lined up honestly one by one.

Because he planned to expand the army to 34,000 people, so many people were no longer suitable for training in the palace martial arts arena, so Zhu Cihong ordered to build a military camp a few miles outside the city gate, and Ying Longjun would train here in the future.

"How many people signed up today?" Two hours later, Ji Feng and Zhou Cao came to the registration office and asked.

"Back to the military seat, there are already 7,000 people here who have signed up."

"Well, that's good." Ji Feng nodded with satisfaction, five registration points, one registration point has 7,000 people, and five registration points are 35,000 people, so many people have signed up in just two hours, Ji Feng is still a little surprised.

"When we get to 8,000 people, stop first, start the first round of selection, and continue to recruit tomorrow." Ji Feng commanded, and then sent someone to notify several other registration points one by one.

"It's a military seat." The sergeant replied.

Throne? What kind of official is this? Niu Yongsheng is very close to this registration point, only a few people are left to him, he just heard the conversation between Ji Feng and the sergeant, and he was very puzzled, although he is just an ordinary person, lonely and unheard, but he has lived for twenty years, and he has indeed never heard of an official called a military seat in the Ming Dynasty, is it possible that the emperor's pro-army is different, looking at the attitude of these sergeants, it should be a big official.

Thinking like this, Niu Yongsheng looked at Ji Feng and Zhou Cao's expressions and showed respect, if he can mix a military official in the emperor's pro-army, there must be two brushes, which are worthy of respect, and in the future, he must also mix a military official to be a big official.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and when one day Niu Yongsheng really knew the meaning of the position of military seat, he was almost stunned by his ideals, and he knew that the big official he originally wanted was such a big official.

"Zhou Cao, do you think that the name of the military seat sounds more and more refreshing." Ji Feng's eyebrows fluttered.

Originally, he still felt awkward, but in the past few days, being called like this every day, Ji Feng feels more and more pleasant, there is a sense of blood boiling, the name that the emperor came up with is really extraordinary, Ji Feng admired it in his heart.

Zhou Cao nodded approvingly, and admired Zhu Cihong so much.

A quarter of an hour later, today's registration deadline, with the announcement of the Ying Long Army soldiers in charge of registration, the people who did not register beat their chests, thinking that they had missed the opportunity, but then the soldiers in charge of the registration Ying Long Army told them that they would continue to recruit soldiers tomorrow, and let them come early, and these people went home happily, and secretly decided that they must come early tomorrow, and they must not miss the opportunity.

In less than three hours, 40,000 people were registered, and the soldiers of the Yinglong Army at the five registration points were almost crippled.

All 40,000 people were gathered in one place, and Ji Feng came to the stage to give a lecture.

"Do you think that you will enter my Ying Long Army in this way, and you can get six taels of silver? Let me tell you, this is wishful thinking, and without passing the assessment, you are not considered a soldier of the Ying Long Army. Ji Feng said coldly.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't think that they would have to be assessed as a soldier, but then they thought about it and took it for granted, and they all understood that there was no pie in the sky, and the military salary of six taels of silver was not so easy to get.

"May I ask my lord, what kind of assessment do you have to go through before you can be considered to join the army?" Someone asked.

"Hehe, the process is simple, you put your feet together, just stand motionless, and wait for this military seat to give you a demonstration, only 4,000 people will be taken today, whoever can hold on to the end will be able to pass today's assessment, that is to say, you 40,000 people, only one of the ten people can stay." Ji Feng said with a smile.

However, it made everyone's hearts tighten, ten people can leave one, wouldn't it be one out of ten, and six taels of silver is really not easy to take. But all, many people are not convinced, thinking that they are not just standing still, and they don't spend any effort, thinking that they are doing it every day is a day of hard work, and they still survive, but they just stand motionless, what is difficult, even if they stand until dawn tomorrow, it will be fine.

This assessment item was decided by Zhu Cihong, standing in the military posture can sometimes test a person's physical strength and patience more than running, if you can pass the standing military posture, the subsequent training will be much easier.

Originally, Zhu Cihong considered selecting soldiers directly from the Beijing camp, but considering that almost all of the soldiers in the Beijing camp were natives of Nanjing City, and they had lived a stable life for too long, and they were all veterans, and there were too many flowers and intestines, which were not suitable for the newly established Yinglong Army, so he dispelled that idea and recruited them directly from the homeless people.

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