Li Xiao held the stone in his hand and pretended not to be interested in the alchemy room. He took Zhang Laodao and Chen Fu to play elsewhere and played until dark. It was supposed to be a dinner, and Li Xiao told Chen Fu during the dinner

Chen Fu readily agreed to the recruitment matter and said that the Penglai County Magistrate and he were friends. He could select young men in Penglai without any problems.

"Fifth Master! Tomorrow we will start recruiting troops. This is the purpose of our visit this time. But after recruiting troops, you have to stay." Li Xiao took the Fifth Master into the room, left Mouse to guard the outside, and whispered to the Fifth Master

said.

"Stay? What to do?" Fifth Master said with some confusion. Aren't they just recruiting soldiers this time?

"This!" Li Xiao took out the stone in his hand and said.

"This?" Mr. Wu held it in his hand. After a closer look, it seemed to be just a stone. But when he looked closer, he saw something was different. The surface of the stone was light brass, with brown and yellowish-brown spots on the surface.

It seems different from ordinary stones!

"I found this at the entrance of Penglai Pavilion's alchemy room. There must be this kind of stone in their alchemy room."

"Is this stone very valuable?" Mr. Wu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I can't say it's expensive, but this kind of stone has special uses. What you have to do is to find the mine of this kind of stone. Then buy more of it. We will need this kind of stone in large quantities in the future. If we can buy in large quantities,

It doesn’t matter if you spend a little more money." Li Xiao said solemnly.

"Don't worry! We will definitely do it!"

Early the next morning, Li Xiao took Wu Ye and Mo Zi to Penglai Mansion Office. Ao Canghai would bring a boat to pick him up the day after tomorrow. They didn't have much time. Chen Fu had already said hello, and the notice was posted three days ago.

It has been posted all over the country.

It was said that there was a salary of two taels of silver a month, so the day of registration was packed with people. The entrance of the Yamen was surrounded by people who came to sign up. The entrance of the Yamen was surrounded by water on three levels inside and outside. Li Xiao took a quick look and saw that it was not worth 20,000 yuan.

Fifteen thousand. I didn’t expect that a salary like two taels of silver could attract so many people. If I said that I could get more money after becoming an officer in the future, I wouldn’t be trampled to death.

Li Xiao is not in a hurry, because he already knows what kind of people he wants to recruit. The first point is to be honest!

Li Xiao had already tasted the benefits when he formed the musketeers on the island. Honest people usually have good obedience and can definitely obey orders and prohibitions. This kind of personality that is often bullied is actually very suitable for collective life.

The second thing is to be in good health. The skeleton of the chicken, the descendant of the dragon, is definitely not among Li Xiao's recruitment targets.

Those who have been on the street and have tattoos and tattoos on their bodies are definitely not allowed. People who like to embroider their fists and legs cannot use it, people over forty cannot use it, and people who have worked in government agencies cannot use it.

People who like to brag and talk eloquently cannot use it, people who are timid cannot use it, people who are white cannot use it, and to ensure the mental health of the team, people with extreme personalities cannot use it.

Those who are admitted must also have the following characteristics: strong arms, strong muscles, bright eyes, relatively honest appearance, relatively long hands and feet, and relatively fear of government.

To sum up, what Li Xiao is looking for is a group of people: muscular men with well-developed limbs, simple minds, honest people, abiding by laws and obeying the government, dare to fight tough battles, dare to charge without fear of death, and have the character of a fool.

There are big men in Shandong, and all the towns and villages around Penglai are either fishermen or farmers. It is not difficult to find muscular men. In fact, seven or eight out of ten people who sign up here are muscular men. Everyone is here for two taels of silver a month.

A good job, squeezed into a lump.

The audition is conducted by Mouse, and his job is very simple. Those who are in poor health are not eligible, those with tattoos are not eligible, those who are white are not eligible, and those who have served as policemen in the yamen are not eligible. As long as you pass the test of Mouse, you will be eligible.

The audition ends and enters the next stage.

The second level is played by Master Wu. As the eldest brother of a gang who has been on the streets all year round, Master Wu still has a few tricks up his sleeve! Those who dare not look at him are too timid to use it.

Those who ask questions and answer ten sentences should not be used. Those who are suspected of being talkative should not be used. Those who look straight in the eyes and stare at them as soon as they twitch their lips should not be used. Those who do not look at people with straight eyes and glance at people secretly should not be used.

After two rounds, only eight or nine hundred people remained from the tens of thousands of people who signed up.

Because the rules formulated by Li Xiao were clear and reasonable, eight to nine hundred people were selected from tens of thousands of people. This exhausting work was completed in only one day.

The unsuccessful ones will naturally go home, while the honorably selected ones will be left in the yamen. Li Xiao has already said hello. Of course, someone will take care of the food tonight, but there are not so many rooms in the yamen for them to sleep. Everyone must be in the yamen.

We spent the night in the Yamen's courtyard, and the magistrate said that the mugwort was enough.

In the evening, Li Xiao was dragged out to drink by Chen Fu again. Despite this period of contact, Chen Fu also knew that Li Xiao was an out-and-out little fox. But the old guy still didn't give up and wanted to get Li Xiao's money.

The owl will tell you something. Anyway, as long as you speak, it means information. As long as there is information, you can always analyze something.

Facts once again made Chen Fu feel desperate. Li Xiao is as slippery as a loach, and will slip out even if he is caught in his hand. Whatever he throws, he will catch it. After that, before you can react, he will

Put it on the ground.

In the past, Chen Hailong said that Li Xiao was a person, but Chen Fu didn't quite believe it. Now he believes it, this kid is indeed a person. He is also an extremely difficult person. It seems that he will have to be careful in dealing with this little guy in the future.

The so-called hero has a hard time being a beauty, so I arranged for a little girl to come over tonight. I want to see if the little slut can get anything out of his mouth.

After drinking the wine, he chased away the maid who tried to stay in his room. Li Xiao lay down on the bed and prepared to have a good sleep. His grandma's, who knows if it was a lousy target that was beaten to pieces. This is brand new from the factory.

How could a submachine gun be used on a crappy target?

Early the next morning, Li Xiao found Wu Ye and Hou Hou, who had been squatting all night. They hid on the roof and watched the whole night.

"Why aren't you hot despite being so thickly dressed?" Li Xiao asked strangely when he saw two guys wrapped up like mummies.

"There is mugwort under them, and we are on the roof. Why don't we wrap up thickly and feed the mosquitoes? Stop talking, you have written down everything you asked us to write down. Hurry up, or I will forget about it in a while.

.So sleepy!" Fifth Master complained as he yawned.

"You! You! You!...!" Master Wu called the names one by one, naming all the guys who kept complaining last night. If these guys who convey negative energy stay in the team, they will delay major events when they encounter adversity.

After Fifth Master's roll call, the team slimmed down again. From eight or nine hundred people, it suddenly dropped to 530 people.

Li Xiao nodded, he was quite satisfied with this number of people.
Chapter completed!