Chapter 846 The First Rural Martial Arts School Opens [5]

After the spies committed the crime, General Liang was seriously short of troops, so Emperor Wuxing sent him reinforcements.

A total of three thousand soldiers and three thousand commanders were added.

Captain Yue, Captain Hu, and Captain Fan, an old acquaintance of the Qin family who had beaten Gu Xuan.

From now on, Captain Fan will be stationed here permanently.

These days, Captain Fan was very happy because he met Jiang Dalang, the young man who fled famine three years ago and has grown into a new star general of the Wei army.

Today's mission was also snatched by Captain Fan, because the Qin family was here and he had to come over to reminisce about the past.

"Haha, Qin Xiaogu, you are Qin Xiaogu! You have grown fatter and taller. When we fled the famine three years ago, we all thought you would die!" Captain Fan went to Li Liang to ask him, then looked at him from a distance. After confirming that the young boy was Qin Xiaogu from the disaster victim Qin family, he immediately came over and patted him on the shoulder.

Bang, bang! Fortunately, Qin Xiaogu practiced martial arts with Grandpa Qin, so he was not knocked to the ground by him.

"Wow, you are quite good, you can even stand up straight." Captain Fan was very pleased and said, "Not bad, not bad. The people who fled from the famine back then were all good. They are all talents of our Wei Dynasty."

"No, who are you? You just come and slap the child on the shoulder. Don't you realize how strong your hand is? If the child is hurt, can you afford the compensation? There are only two males in my Qin family in this generation!" Uncle Qin was angry. He tried to pull Qin Xiaogu's clothes, and seeing that his shoulder was red, he became even angrier.

Qin Xiaogu: “…”

Could you two elders please let me go?

One of them patted my shoulder and it hurt, and the other one stripped my clothes in public.

Qin Xiaogu pulled her collar back together with all her strength, ending this shameful off-shoulder look, and looked at Captain Fan.

After a while, he confirmed that the old man in front of him was Captain Fan who had escorted them to Northeast Province that year. He smiled and saluted, saying, "Hello, Captain Fan. I am Qin Xiaogu from the Qin family who fled famine that year. Thank you Captain Fan for your escort that year."

If they had not been escorted by Captain Fan and other soldiers, they would never have reached Northeast Province and would have died on the road.

"Haha, what's there to thank me for? This is what we should do." Captain Fan felt mixed emotions as he looked at the young boy who was almost as tall as his chest.

After a moment, he said, "You are worth it."

The rescue was not in vain. The Qin and Jiang families gave back to the Wei Dynasty and brought honor to the soldiers who escorted them.

Qin Xiaogu didn't say much, just smiled back... Well, Xiaogu is a serious child, and he doesn't say much when the situation is unclear.

"Is this your second uncle who has been away from home for ten years and was not even there when our family was hit by a disaster?" Captain Fan turned his gaze and glared at Uncle Qin, cursing, "Now that the Qin family is rich and has an official position, you knew to come back. You are really smart. You are worthy of being the first in the exam. Pah!"

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Uncle Qin and went to chat with Qin Ying, Qin Dashi, Qin Dayan, Qin Sheng, Qin Mao and other so-called acquaintances.

Uncle Qin was shocked. How could a warrior be so weird? I've learned something from you.

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Children who are applying to enroll in the Xiangwu Hall, please prepare your household registration. After queuing up to register, follow the reminders to proceed to the next step of the inspection!"

"There are two types of examinations: one is a family background and character examination, and the other is a physical examination. Those who fail the examination will be rejected for admission!"

If one has bad character but possesses force, he is like giving weapons to evildoers and aiding and abetting them.

How can you practice martial arts if you are not in good health?

These two paragraphs of calls were shouted dozens of times by the messenger as he ran back and forth.

The young men and women all heard it and hurriedly lined up.

The registration process lasted for three days, and more than a hundred people were eliminated due to their bad character. There was no need to conduct field visits or investigations; acquaintances would reveal on the spot who the bully was and who had done bullying.

More than 300 people were rejected due to physical reasons.

Those who are sick, who cannot run after a few laps, or who lack coordination and fall down while running, or who have poor eyesight, or who have broken hands or feet and cannot draw the bow.

However, more than 3,600 students were included in the shortlist.

Why the alternate list?

It is only because they have to visit these people's families, conduct investigations, and sign mutual documents with their families and clansmen that the students can be turned into formal students.

On the fourth day, Uncle Qin, Captain Fan, and Kang Liwen from the Provincial Administration Office presented the list of candidates to the Duke of Yan.

Duke Yan only took a quick glance and said, "70% of the students must be from farming families and must have the heart to protect the territory and the villagers."

"Yes, I understand." Kang Li asked. As a child of a noble family, he understood it immediately.

Duke Yan meant that the remaining 30% of the students could be filled in by people from aristocratic families and officials.

However, the status of the students in the first rural martial arts hall is not ordinary. If the nobles and officials want to get someone in, they will probably have to bid.

Hiss, the Duke of Yan is making a fortune from these powerful families again!

Duke Yan added: "For the students of the second Xiangwu Hall in the city, 30% of the quota is for people from the market, and the remaining 70% is free, regardless of household registration."

"...Yes." Kang Li asked in shock and delight.

As expected, the number of students for the city's rural martial arts hall was increased for the nobles and officials, and there was no restriction on household registration. This was intended to attract wealthy people from other places.

As expected of a duke, he is proficient in the art of checks and balances to amass wealth and support himself.

If most of the students in the rural martial arts hall in the city are noble families, then when the Dongmo people really attack and the city needs to be defended, these 70% of students who are noble families can play a great role in mobilization.

At least if these students don’t want to go to the battlefield, they will have to mobilize a large amount of supplies in exchange!

Uncle Qin also understood Duke Yan's intention, but he was curious: If Duke Yan used his brain like this, would he die early?

Xun Lao also said: "Duke, you can let Lord Shi and his men handle these small matters. You can just take care of him."

Duke Yan smiled and said gratefully, "Don't worry, Master Xun. I have recovered a lot in the past half month."

After Dr. Xun's treatment, he stopped vomiting and was able to sleep through the night. In the past two days, he even started eating hard food that required chewing instead of liquid food every day.

"June 15th is the opening day of the first local martial arts hall. Five hundred invitations will be sent out. Our association will be there to give a speech. You can go and do it." Duke Yan gave the opening date.

Kang Liwen's body froze. He didn't dare to waste any more time and hurriedly said goodbye to Captain Fan.

At the command of Duke Yan, the Provincial Administration Office, the Military Command Office, the Liang Army, the capital government, the scholars, and the Merchant Alliance all became busy.

The wealthy gentlemen in and outside the city were like crazy, bidding higher for invitations just to attend the opening ceremony of the first rural martial arts hall in history that provided military power to the people!

The bidding for the invitations was organized by the Chamber of Commerce led by Xue Dongjia.

As expected of a base camp of unscrupulous businessmen, they sold five hundred invitations at sky-high prices, with the price being three hundred taels of gold per invitation, or thirty truckloads of supplies, or jobs for the students after graduation, ten doctors with superb medical skills, and other resources.

In short, Duke Yan and his friends were very good at robbing the rich to help the farmers in order to increase the resistance of the Wei army and civilians.

On June 14, the day before the Xiangwu Hall opened, many people including Duke Yan, Ying Zilin, Jing Lao, Xun Lao and others began to burn incense and bathe.

The next day, he got up before dawn to prepare.

In order to build momentum for the opening of the Xiangwu Hall, as soon as the Maozheng on the 15th arrived...

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

The sound of drums rang out simultaneously in all major urban areas of the capital, completely awakening the entire capital and informing everyone in the city that today was the official opening day of the first rural martial arts hall in Wei!