After listening to Wan Jun's words, the expression on Chen Bajiao's face changed, and he said for a long time, "Thank you for your kindness, sir. As you said, I will leave some of my family property to those women, and dedicate the rest to you."

Wan Jun praised, "Brother Chen is really worthy of being a national scholar."

Chen Bajiao asked, "I wonder what your rules are?"

Wan Jun said, "The Chinese army is a new type of army. Military discipline is the most important thing in running an army. You must not disturb the people, you must not kill innocent people, you must not act without orders, and you must not act without orders. Brother Chen is a hero in the world, and he likes freedom the most.

Can you stand the constraints of military discipline?"

Chen Bajiao said, "Since this is your military discipline, I will act in accordance with it!"

Wan Jun said, "You have to think carefully. If you join the Chinese Army and violate military discipline in the future, I will not neglect military discipline because of you."

Chen Bajiao smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you are worrying too much. This will be the case if I say so."

Wan Jun praised, "Okay, in that case, Brother Chen can take people back to Lucheng County with me tomorrow. I will select those who meet the physical conditions and join the Chinese Army after undergoing new army training."

Chen Bajiao felt unhappy when he heard that he still needed to train, and asked, "Why is this army of your lord so strange? Other generals are afraid that there are not many soldiers and horses, and someone who wants to take refuge is still picky and picky?"

Wan Jun said, "Soldiers are more valuable than elites. Let's not talk about this today. You can follow me to Lucheng County tomorrow and you will find out!"

Chen Bajiao said no more. He had already prepared a banquet and led Wan Jun and others to eat.

"The conditions are simple, please don't find it objectionable."

Wan Jun looked at a table of chicken, duck and fish and sighed, "When I was in Lucheng County, I made a rule that each meal must be served in a limited amount to save food to support Xichuan. This table of food is so luxurious, how can I eat it?

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Chen Bajiao said, "Sir, after I dedicate my family property to you tomorrow, I will do whatever you want with me. I respectfully invite you to this table today, so let's make an exception!"

Wan Jun thought for a while, "Okay, now that you are not considered a member of the Chinese Army, I will make an exception this time."

Chen Bajiao said happily, "Okay, man, this is how it should be. Sir, try this fish. It is the fish caught in our Danjiang River. The meat is extremely fresh and tender."

Wan Jun said, "There are big fish in the river, why not catch more and distribute them to the people for a living."

Chen Bajiao said, "The river here is deep and fast, and the situation in the river is complicated. Most fishermen simply don't dare to drive a boat. Even if there are many fish, they can't take advantage of it."

Wan Jun thought for a while and said nothing. It was rare for everyone to have such a good meal, and the cups and plates were messy as they ate, and they kept burping.

Chen Bajiao led Wan Jun to his original bedroom. No matter how Wan Jun refused, he insisted on living in the side room.

Early the next morning, Wan Jun and others had eaten. Wan Jun wanted to continue deep into Xichuan, but Chen Bajiao smiled and said, "Please wait here for a while."

Soon someone came to look for Wan Jun. Like Jichuan Hu, they were both heroes operating at the junction of the three provinces. After receiving the news about Chen Bajiao, they all came to join Wan Jun. They only said, "The people of Xichuan know how to repay their kindness, and we are willing to do it for you."

Lord Wan drives me!"

At noon, the number of people became more and more numerous. Around the inn, there were noisy heroes from all walks of life, and there were actually more than a thousand people.

How could they enter Xichuan again with more than a thousand heroes? Wan Jun could only order a return trip, heading back to Lucheng County.

Chen Bajiao was also free and easy. He gave the inn to the waiter and followed Wan Jun away.

The crowd was noisy and showed no signs of marching, as if they were going to a market. After walking west for half an hour, they met a team head-on.

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The leader was a man on horseback. He recognized Chen Bajiao from a distance and saw many familiar faces in the team, so he shouted loudly, "Oh, this is not the 'Shopkeeper of the Three Provinces'. You are here with so many brothers."

What are you going to do?"

The crowd made a lot of noise when they saw the man opposite. Some laughed and shouted, "Long time no see." Others cursed.

Chen Bajiao said loudly, "Isn't this Old Wei? Why are you willing to come down from Tiger Mountain?"

The man on horseback said, "I heard that Mr. Wan from Lucheng County arrived at Jingzi Pass yesterday and will soon send people and horses to deliver food to Xichuan. I plan to find him to make a deal!"

Chen Bajiao said, "Wei Wushuang, this is Mr. Wan, the great hero of Lucheng County. What business do you want to do with him?"

Hearing this, the man got off his horse and came closer to see Wan Jun, "Are you serious? How come Mr. Wan from Lucheng County is with you?"

Chen Bajiao said, "Zhengzhi County in Xichuan is also very familiar with me, why can't Wanzhi County join me?"

The man said, "You are the 'Shopkeeper of the Three Provinces'."

After saying that, Wei Wushuang cupped his fists towards Wanjun and said, "Wei Wushuang, a common man, used to live on Tiger Mountain. He heard about your lord's righteousness, but now he has come down from the mountain. I am willing to follow you in the future, and I hope it will be fulfilled!"

Chen Bajiao smiled and said, "Wei Wushuang, you are not living happily in the mountains, why did you suddenly change your gender?"

Wei Wushuang said, "How can I, a person from Xichuan, not know how to repay kindness?"

Wan Jun was moved in his heart and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, my Chinese army welcomes good men, you can come with me to Lucheng County!"

Wan Jun led a group of heroes back to Lucheng County in a mighty manner.

Most of these heroes are bohemian by nature. If you want to form an army, it will take some effort.

Wan Jun asked Gui Dongliang to strictly select some of these more than a thousand heroes according to the selection criteria and form a group of heroes!

In accordance with Wan Jun's request, the Hero Group began to select according to standards, but unexpectedly, they started to quarrel with the heroes from the very beginning.

Since he was brought back by Wan Jun, Gui Dongliang personally took several Chinese soldiers to select, but Chen Bajiao was eliminated at the first selection.

Chen Bajiao thought that if he brought hundreds of brothers to join him as usual, he would still be the boss. The so-called selection of himself was just a formality, but he didn't know that he was the first one to get stuck.

Gui Dongliang was also a stubborn man. Wan Jun asked him to select according to the standards, so he selected according to the standards, which stuck Chen Bajiao.

Chen Bajiao couldn't stand this cowardice, so he started scolding Gui Dongliang and others.

Gui Dongliang always insisted, "Our army has regulations. You are too old and cannot join the Chinese Army!"

Chen Bajiao scolded, "Fuck you, I'm here to serve Mr. Wan, and I'm over the age limit. Mr. Wan has promised me, how can it be such a nonsense!"

The two sides argued fiercely, and Chen Bajiao's younger brothers soon gathered around. We saw this kind of formation many times, and they pushed and shoved Gui Dongliang and others.

A soldier ran away to report the news, and soon a battalion of Chinese soldiers came over in neat steps!

"Hoo hoo ho!" The Chinese army was in uniform, their footsteps matched the tune, and they rushed over with overwhelming momentum, surrounding everyone in the middle.

The battalion commander had a scar on his face and looked very scary. It was Chen Xinmin who was planning to join the Chinese Army with Cui Ziyi at Laolong Mountain.

When Cui Ziyi was still the captain, Chen Xinmin was promoted to battalion commander because of his strong body and bravery in combat.

Wherever the heroes dared to fight against the regular army, they immediately lost their arrogance.

Chen Xinmin stepped forward and said harshly, "What do you want to do? Who dares to cause chaos!"

Intimidated by the neat military appearance of the Chinese army, all the heroes shrank back and no one dared to answer.

At this time, Chen Bajiao looked at Chen Xinmin and suddenly said loudly, "Are you Bahu?"

When Chen Xinmin saw Chen Bajiao, his expression froze and he said for a long time, "Second brother?"

Chen Bajiao rushed forward, held Chen Xinmin's arm, and looked at Chen Xinmin's face carefully. The scarred face was quite similar to Chen Bajiao, "It was really you. You left without saying a word."

, I sent people to inquire around, but there was no news about you. I didn’t expect that you were already working under Mr. Wan, okay, okay!”

Chen Xinmin held Chen Bajiao's hand and said, "Second brother, I have changed my name to Chen Xinmin now. I was young and ignorant and did many wrong things. Only after following Mr. Wan did I realize that in life, you have to do valuable things. Now

I have become the battalion commander!"

Chen Bajiao had tears in his eyes, "Okay, okay, my brother has grown up."

Chen Xinmin asked, "Second brother, why are you here? What happened?"

Chen Bajiao said, "Master Wan is helping the people of Xichuan. I admire Master Wan's noble act, so I brought people to serve Master Wan."

Chen Xinmin said happily, "This is a good thing. Mr. Wan's boldness and courage are the real heroes!"

Chen Bajiao nodded, turned around and pointed at Gui Dongliang and said, "This guy said that I am too old and unqualified and won't let me pass the selection. Brother, you are already the battalion commander, please vent your anger on the second brother's behalf."

Chen Xinmin pulled Chen Bajiao and said, "Brother, don't be impatient. The Huaxia Army is indeed like this. The new army has standards for selecting people. Commander Gui and I are both comrades in arms, not the old army, and Commander Gui has a higher official position than me."

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Chen Bajiao was stunned for a moment, "So, I can't surrender to Master Wan?"

Hearing this, several of Chen Bajiao's confidants said together, "Big shopkeeper, in the worst case, we will go back to Jingziguan again. We will quit."

Chen Xinmin said, "Why don't I take my brother to Mr. Wan and arrange a separate position for him?"

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Bajiao had no choice but to give up and let a group of younger brothers carry out the selection honestly while he followed Chen Xinmin to find Wan Jun.

Wan Jun came back from Jingzi Pass and couldn't wait to watch the newly trained musketry company. After this period of training, the musketry company has basically become an army.

Wan Jun, along with Cui Ziyi, Chang Jian, and Lu Dayong, stood on the stage and watched.

The soldiers of a company first marched in three columns, and then the signal to engage the enemy sounded. The entire march quickly changed formation and formed two long rows. The soldiers in the first row were kneeling, and the soldiers in the second row were standing.

Together they raised their guns and fired a volley at a wooden pile 300 meters away.

There was a bang, green smoke of gunpowder burst out, and a row of bullets swept out. The wooden pile 300 meters away was instantly smashed into pieces, and the wood fragments scattered like rain.

Then the team quickly started loading ammunition and fired a salvo at the wooden pile 400 meters away.

Four hundred meters away, many wooden piles were still hit, and fragments flew into the air.

Everyone on the stage was dumbfounded. Compared with various types of muskets of the same era, the range of one hundred meters was already the limit, and the effective range of this new musket was already more than 400 meters.
Chapter completed!