Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were stunned when they saw that what he said did not seem to be false, and only after a while did they ask: "This is Yan Baihu's territory, is he your eldest brother, it's ridiculous that he is also a thief, and he actually doesn't allow us to be thieves." ”

Xu Chu said disdainfully: "Yan Baihu, what is he, sooner or later he will be asked to eat me, my eldest brother is Lord Mu Liu of Jingzhou, and now Wu County is under the rule of my eldest brother." ”

The people's evaluation of Liu Xin is mixed, but it is said that there are few bandits under Liu Xin's rule, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have also heard of these, and there are a few of them who can't get along in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and they come here to get along, Zhou Tai only knew that Wu County had been occupied by Liu Xin, and couldn't help but smile miserably, and said: "If you can live, who wants to be a thief, our brothers have no land, no capital, in addition to this physical strength, what kind of work can we do, if you don't let us be thieves, It's better to kill us now. ”

Xu Chu said unhappily: "Since you have a martial arts, why don't you go to the army to serve the court, and you can get a career." ”

Jiang Qin lowered his head and said: "Our brother is just a grassy coward, where the officials and soldiers are willing to take us in, but if we don't do it well, we will throw ourselves into the net." ”

Gan Ning laughed and said: "What about Caokou, I think that when I Gan Ning also dominated the Yangtze River, known as the 'Jinfan Thief', now I am not a general under the command of the lord, my lord regardless of his background, only about his character and ability, if you are willing to serve, Gan is willing to introduce on his behalf." ”

Zhou Tai was shocked: "It turns out that you are a Jinfan thief, no wonder you are so good, so who is this general." ”

Huang Gai said on the side: "This General Xu is the righteous brother of my lord, and the current commander of the Flying Tiger is the right commander, if the two strong men have the heart to serve, we and the other three can recommend to the lord, I hope not to be suspicious." ”

Zhou Tai muttered: "My two brothers are dead people, if Lord Liu really asks for talent and doesn't ask about his background, what doubts do we have, and from then on I will hand over this body to Lord Liu." ”

Xu Chu had a good impression of Zhou Tai, who was not afraid of death, and was overjoyed when he heard the words: "If the two strong men are willing to help each other, my eldest brother will add talents, and the revival of the Han family is hopeful." ”

Xiangyang is full of gongs and drums, the four cities above the colorful flags fluttering, today is the first imperial examination list of the son, from today the three champions will be announced one after another, many of the scholars who rushed to the examination are waiting outside the Dongcheng District before dawn, the list will naturally be sent out from the Xiangyang Academy, and the Xiangyang Academy located in the heavily guarded Dongcheng District, not everyone can approach,

The imperial examination was the first time in the world, and no one had ever experienced it, neither did Liu Xin and Ma Yun, but Ma Yun had seen some scenes from books and TV series, and she herself had participated in the highly competitive college entrance examination, so the entire imperial examination was nominally presided over by Cai Yong, and in fact all matters were decided by Ma Yun.

Ma Yun's understanding of the imperial examination in the past was actually limited to Confucianism, and it was through the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination to select talents, however, this year's imperial examination has added engineering and martial arts, today is the first day of the unveiling, but the results of the engineering examination are announced,

The personnel who participate in the engineering examination are more complicated, not only all kinds of craftsmen can participate, even farmers, fishermen, woodcutters, all walks of life, as long as they consciously have a skill can participate, although it is said that three hundred and sixty lines, the line of champions, but Ma Yun stipulates that only four people can win each exam at most, and it is possible that there is no one person who wins, and there can only be one person who wins in the same industry.

There are three criteria for winning the engineering examination, the creation of the surname, the practical surname, the novel surname, the engineering examination results of the jury composed of famous craftsmen in the research institute, the final result has to pass the examination and approval of Ma Yun, the winner of the engineering examination has two choices, one is to join the research institute, you can serve as a junior technician in the research institute, the other is to continue to engage in their original occupation, and then the government will pay a certain amount of allowance on a monthly basis,

This time, there were only two winners of the engineering exam, and in the end, they all chose to only receive a stipend to continue to engage in their original profession, Ma Yun naturally agreed,

The first place is a blacksmith, surnamed Wang, no big name, only a small name Erniu, his family is an ancestral craft, can create a variety of Qimen weapons, in order to participate in this exam, Wang Erniu made a lot of effort in advance, the ancestors left those weapons repeatedly studied, on the spot to create a strange shape of the iron gun, the tip of the gun also has a hook, used to deal with the galloping war horse is very effective, Ma Yun felt that this is the legendary hook and sickle gun, so a big stroke of the pen took him a first name,

The second place is an ordinary farmer, called Zhu Aliu, who grows mulberry and raises silkworms for a living, and the process of taking the exam is the simplest, almost nothing is done, only some silkworm cocoons are brought, but these cocoons are very different from ordinary cocoons, these cocoons themselves have color, there are two kinds of yellow and green, and the silk that is drawn out does not need to be dyed, and you can directly weave brightly colored silk.

After the list, Wang Erniu and Zhu Aliu wore red and green, rode a tall horse, under the escort of a team of government soldiers, beat gongs and drums along several avenues of Xiangyang City, and the streets were crowded with people watching the excitement, these two people without exception belong to the ordinary people living at the bottom, not only illiterate, not even a big name, riding on a horse still can't hide Mu Ne's timidity, but they can win in this engineering exam, but let many people with a skill see hope, have made up their minds, I also want to take the next engineering exam.

Minchan and Yan Rui's mother and daughter also crowded in the crowd to watch, of course, there is a team of guards around them, Minchan has been to Xiangyang for more than three years, and only recently did she go out of the state pastoral mansion, and Yan Rui's mother and daughter lived in Bingzhou in the past, and later came to Luoyang, Chang'an and was in turmoil, these days, in addition to teaching Lu Lingqi to dance, she accompanied their mother and daughter to go shopping at other times, the bustling Xiangyang City made them overwhelmed, shopping is about a woman's surname, even Lu Lingqi, a little girl, also lingered in the dazzling shops, The pain of losing my father has gradually faded,

These days, the most talked about in Xiangyang City is the release of the imperial examination, for some rules of the imperial examination, Minchan and Yan Rui's mother and daughter have also heard of it, seeing the scene of Wang Erniu and Zhu Aliukua Street, Lu Lingqi clapped her little hands excitedly, and said to Mink Chan: "Didn't you say that as long as you have a skill, anyone can participate in the engineering exam, sister, you look better than the fairy daughter when you dance, why don't you go to take the exam, you will definitely be able to win, and when the time comes, you will also ride on a high-headed horse How spirited." ”

Because Mink Chan is too beautiful, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, every time she goes out, she will cover a thin veil on her face, despite this, she still can't hide her slender figure, charming posture, walking on the street of Xiangyang, it is still a beautiful scenery, regaining freedom in just a few days, Minchan's surname has returned to relaxed and cheerful, and she has long forgotten what Wang Yun has explained, hearing Lu Lingqi's words, Minchan couldn't help but cover her mouth, "Gege" smiled and trembled, and said after a while: " My sister is just a woman, and if she has the opportunity to marry and teach her children in the future, she will be content, do you still want to be a champion? ”

There are only winners in the engineering exam, but there are no titles such as champions and tanhuas, only the second department of civil and military affairs lists the top three, and they have also heard of these mink chan, so this champion also said it casually,

Minchan's voice was like Yinling, pleasant to the ear, and it attracted many surprised eyes in an instant, her face was veiled, but Yan Rui did not hide it at all, and some gentlemen saw such a delicate and beautiful woman, and couldn't help but squeeze over here,

The laws of Xiangyang are very strict, and there are many bright or dark public people around, no matter how rich the children of the gentlemen do not dare to openly molest women on the street, these people just want to take the opportunity to rub the oil and eat tofu, just like the bus perverts in later generations, but without waiting for them to squeeze closer, they will dispel their thoughts one by one and retreat in the face of difficulties, because there are more than a dozen big men around the two in one small and three women, and their bodies exude a chilling burst of murderous aura. This kind of murderous aura can only be felt in people who have really been on the battlefield, in Xiangyang City, except for the Flying Tiger guards, who can so unscrupulously exude the murderous aura all over the body, tofu is delicious, but it is not cost-effective to lose his surname for this,

Minchan and the others didn't know that the danger had just passed by, and they continued to watch the excitement there, Lu Lingqi watched it for a long time, recalling Minchan's words just now, and suddenly said: "Why can't women be champions, I want to be champions." ”

Yan Rui sighed faintly: "Lingqi, this world is a man's world, how can we women speak." ”

Lu Lingqi said unconvinced: "I don't believe it, I must fight for women." ”

Minchan smiled and touched Lu Lingqi's little head and said, "Okay, our Lingqi will learn dance well in the future, and we will also go back to the first place in the exam." ”

As a major event in Xiangyang City, crowded in the crowd to watch the two engineering winners Kuajie is naturally not only Minchan and a few of them, Fu Wan's family is also in the crowd, Liu Hua gave birth to six sons and one daughter for Fu Wan, the two young sons Fu Lang and Fu Dian were killed by Yang Feng's rebellious army outside Hongnong City, the eldest son Fu De and the second son Fu Ya were taken to Puyang by Wang Yun, only Fu Jun, Fu Zun's second son and daughter Fu Shou followed him, a family of five squeezed in front, and several slaves quietly followed,

In the past few days, Liu Hua's opinion of Liu Xin has changed, first, Liu Xie abandoned Fu Shou and fled for her life at a critical moment, which made her extremely disappointed in Liu Xie; the second is that Liu Xin reunited their family with no shortage of food and clothing; The third is that I have been wandering around Xiangyang City in the past few days, and I found that the life of the people in the city is indeed good, and the people also have great respect for Liu Xin, but today, seeing such a grand street parade scene, Liu Hua was faintly unhappy, and said: "Liu Xin is really messing around, what skills do these two grass people have, and they are also worthy of boasting in public with such fanfare, so that the scholars and families will put their faces where to put their faces." ”