Tirelessly on the road, eight days later, the four of them rushed to Huaining.

That night, Lord Chen held a banquet to wash the dust for the four of them, and the main officials of the Huaining Yamen arrived. It stands to reason that they are here to recruit troops, their identity is a martial artist, and their official position is not high, so it is impossible for all civil officials to come, but Lord Chen personally set up a banquet to give Yang Congyi and others enough face, and it is not good for others not to come, after all, Lord Chen's face, they still have to take care of it.

At the beginning of the banquet, Yang Congyi and the four of them gave a gift to their juniors and first toasted Lord Chen with a glass of wine. Looking around the table, Lord Chen's background as a scholar and the first is also a knowledgeable army, and his status is the highest, and he deserves to be honored with the first glass of wine. In the second glass of wine, the four of them thanked Huaining officials for their hospitality and support for recruiting troops. The third glass of wine was drunk at the table.

After a few dishes, Yang Congyi got up and raised his glass and said: "Congyi can have today, thanks to Lord Chen's unstinting support, from Taihu County to Huaining, giving me many opportunities, and then recommended by adults, I was able to enter martial arts. A toast to adults! ”

Master Chen said with a smile: "Your achievements today depend on your solid work, and it is also the duty of an official to recommend talents for the imperial court." You walked out from Taihu County, and now you are back, it is also an opportunity, there is a sentence you have to keep in mind, the road ahead is long, the coming day is long, you must stick to your heart, do not slack off! ”

The two of them raised their glasses and drank together.

The reception banquet is considered a public occasion, Yang Congyi is not good at gossiping with Lord Chen, so he gave everyone a general introduction to the matter of returning to Yi to supervise the construction, shipbuilding and military procurement, etc., which also shows that it is powerful. Everyone is very curious about sailing to the extreme west of the West through the South Seas, after all, few people can go to those places, and the fleet of sixty ships has never heard of going to sea and returning to Yi.

Yang Congyi introduced the situation in the extreme west of the West to everyone, and everyone had a vague understanding of that place.

All of you here are readers, how much you know about the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, from the country to go by sea, the Han and Tang Dynasties can be reached by land, not to mention the rest, the big food, and the connection with Tianzhu, from the Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty has never been broken, has always been over the high plains of the mountains, through Tubo and then to Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to Tianzhu many times, the big food needless to say, the Anxi Protectorate almost bordered the big food, there was a civil strife, their prince fled directly to Chang'an, lived in Chang'an for decades, and the descendants have been in Chang'an.

It's just that the world has changed, the Tang Dynasty has declined, until now, it has been two or three hundred years, there is a Xia Kingdom in the west, and the countries of the Western Regions have long been out of access, cutting off contacts, if the sea route can be passed, it should be a good thing.

Everyone raised their glasses and wished Yang Congyi what they had done.

Early the next morning, Yang Congyi and the other four people divided their troops into two routes, Yang Congyi took Jiang Kai to Taihu County, and Shen Jin and Lin Song stayed in Huaining, taking these two places as the center, recruiting separately.

Shen Jin and Lin Song immediately set up a recruitment banner in the place that Lord Chen had chosen in advance, and many people came to apply that day, which was crowded, but fortunately there were officials to help maintain order, otherwise with the two of them, I am afraid that it would be a mess.

The recruitment criteria are uniform, over 15 years old, under 25 years old, in good health, no disease, good family background, no criminal record. Those who meet the requirements should register their names, ages, and places of origin, and be given copper coins for the purpose of settling down, and at the same time tell everyone who applies that they must gather in Huaining on March 20.

The enlistees have always paid for a settlement fee per person, which is very tempting for ordinary people, especially in a civilian family with more brothers and less land, if one person can support himself, the burden on the family will be reduced a lot, and now that the Song and Jin are at peace, the two countries will not fight, and there is no need to worry too much.

On the second day, when the sun was rising, as soon as Shen Jin and Lin Song came to the recruitment office, they saw that the courtyard was full of people, no less than 100 people, all waiting for registration.

How to do it in a mess around the yard. Shen Jin immediately called the officials and instructed them to invite the recruits out of the hospital, and when the registration began, they came in one by one.

The officials immediately drove them away and drove them out of the door. Although everyone was angry, no one dared to provoke them, so they could only swallow their anger and withdraw.

"My lord, since it is a recruitment, what is the reason for you to drive us out? The national crisis is at the head, since it is a recruitment, what is the reason for me to wait from early morning to three strokes in the sun? Isn't there enough land that I have lost in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Someone in the crowd who was driven away suddenly raised a question, and the chaotic courtyard was silent, and everyone stopped and looked back when they heard the question.

Shen Jin, who was sorting out the roster, changed his face, got up and said, "Who was it just now, stand up." ”

The crowd was quiet, and no one answered.

"All deaf! Who was screaming just now, come out by yourself! The official immediately roared, and rushed into the crowd to interrogate them one by one.

Lin Song said sharply: "No one in the courtyard stands up, and all of them will be disqualified!" ”

The crowd of applicants suddenly became chaotic, and they all began to look left and right to see which talkative person was causing trouble and affecting them

It is a big crime to ridicule Shangguan, let alone a civilian, you can't get away with playing a board and eating in prison.

Recruiting troops here, Shen Jin and Lin Song are the chief officers, who can apply and who can't, they have the final say, the first time they come out to do things, someone challenges their authority, and they also make sarcastic remarks, as too students, how to swallow this breath, it is bound to find out and teach a lesson.

"The two adults don't need to be prestigious, I am Xiangzhou Xue Wang." One person walked out of the crowd, stood still outside the crowd, and looked at Shen Jin and Lin Song with no fear on his face.

Shen Jin glanced at the man, and said lightly, "Xue Wang, you can go back." With that, he sat down and sorted out the roster by himself.

The young man named Xue Wang couldn't help but sneer: "Is this how you recruit troops?" You guys didn't do it right, you can't say it? ”

Lin Song said loudly: "We do things, and it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks." If you know each other, leave quickly, don't be an eyesore here. ”

Xue Wang sneered: "Since I recruited the army like this, then I really came to the wrong place." With that, he turned and left.

When he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard, he shouted loudly: "Brothers are gone, go back to farming." ”

No one in the crowd spoke, and a group of people silently walked out of the courtyard.

"My lord, everyone has been driven out." A servant stepped forward to report.

Shen Jin looked through the roster and said, "It'll start in a quarter of an hour." ”

After looking through the roster, Shen Jin smiled and said, "Brother Lin, we recruited one hundred and twenty-six people yesterday, and if we recruit so many more today, we can complete half of the recruitment tasks." ”

Lin Song said with a smile: "What Brother Shen said is that recruiting five hundred people in ten days is extremely simple. With the same amount of money per person, it is not difficult to recruit a thousand people. ”

Shen Jin smiled: "Yes, we are still too worried." There was no assessment for recruitment yesterday, and today I have to come as required, since it is a recruitment, I have to recruit strong people, and I can't even lift a stone lock weighing a hundred pounds, so it's really useless to recruit in. ”

Lin Song said: "It's too one-sided to just look at the background, and it's right to take an assessment." Brother Shen, I am in charge of the assessment today, you can register and send money. ”

Shen Jin nodded and smiled: "You take care of it in front, and it's easy for me to do it later." ”

After Lin Song instructed the officials to move the stone lock to the courtyard, he made a little preparation, and when all preparations stopped, he ordered the conscripts to come in.

The official went out and called: "Recruitment begins!" Enter one by one, don't squeeze. ”

As soon as the words ended, the man closest to the door was the first to rush in.

Seeing people coming in, Lin Song stepped forward and said, "From today onwards, the conscription will be assessed, and the stone lock can be lifted before he can enlist in the army." ”

The man was relatively strong, and after hearing this, he didn't think much about it, half a step apart from the left and right, half a squatting body, grasping the stone lock with both hands, and only hearing a loud shout, he saw that the stone lock was lifted high above his head.

Lin Song nodded and said, "It's okay, go over and register." ”

The man put down the stone lock heavily and walked towards Shen Jin to register.

"Next." Lin Song instructed the officials.

Another person entered the door and came to the field, and Lin Song said, "Lift the stone lock." ”

The man hesitated a little, but finally grabbed the stone lock with both hands, exerted all his strength, blushed, and lifted the stone lock to his waist, so that he could no longer lift a point, struggled several times, and finally could only put the stone lock down.

"Let's go back. Next! ”

The man looked at the previous person who was registering, his face was full of unwillingness, but he had no choice but to leave in despair.

Another man came in.

"Lifting the stone lock."

The man didn't ask much, grabbed the stone lock with both hands, and barely raised it to his chest, but finally failed to lift the lock.

"Go back. Next! ”

One more man came in.

"Lift the lock."

The conscripts lifted the stone lock to his waist, could not raise it by half an inch, and failed to lift the lock.

"Go back. Next! ”

One more person came in.

"Lift the lock."

After several attempts, the stone lock could not be lifted above the head, and he almost injured himself, and the person closest to success finally failed to lift the lock.

"Go back. Next! ”

One more person came in.

Failed to lift the lock again.

"Go back. Next! ”

Another person came in, and the lock continued to fail.

"Go back. Next! ”

......

"Go back. Next! ”

......

When the sun set, the officials came in to report that no one outside the hospital came to apply.

Shen Jin looked at the recruitment register and frowned.

"Brother Lin, you can't recruit like this, those who can pass the stone lock level are only a few dozen people today, and I'm afraid you won't be able to recruit five hundred people in ten days, the stone lock will be changed to a smaller one, or canceled."

Lin Song also sighed, was silent for a while, and replied: "Just Brother Shen, change the stone lock to fifty catties tomorrow, and if it doesn't work, let's see again." ”

Shen Jin said: "It's difficult for me to see fifty catties, it's better like this, the stone lock doesn't need to be lifted above the head, even if it is lifted to the chest, what do you think?" ”

Lin Song looked at the hundred-catty stone lock in front of him, and could only reply: "Then let's do it, let's fill the crowd first." ”

On the third day, the sun rose, Shen Jin and Lin Song came to the recruitment office, and many people were waiting outside the hospital.

The two entered the hospital, and after a little preparation, the recruitment began.