After the meal, the patrolling soldiers beat gongs and drums to urge everyone to go to the training ground to take the selection test.
Meng Yuan arrived relatively late, and when he arrived, he happened to see Yuanzi crying and standing at the end of the queue wiping his tears. He walked over and patted Tuanzi on the shoulder and handed the two dough balls out.
Tuanzi's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the nest, but when he looked up and saw Meng Yuan's thin cheeks, he swallowed and shook his head, "Brother, you can eat it yourself, you are so thin..." What if I starve to death?
all?
Meng Yuan couldn't help but put the dough into his hand, "Take it, your young master asked me to bring you a message: Eat well, sleep well, don't be afraid when something happens, he will save you."
"Are you a friend of my young master?" Tuanzi rubbed his hands excitedly, looked at him a few more times, and asked, "Then why haven't I seen you?"
"I, Meng Yuan."
Meng Yuan spoke concisely and concisely, as if he expected that he would yell. After speaking, he immediately covered his mouth and reminded: "But if you call me Fang Ren here, be careful not to reveal your secret."
Tuanzi nodded, hugging his arm and reluctant to let go, "Brother Fang, I will hang out with you from now on."
With his company as his companion, Tuanzi felt much better. He pulled him to talk about the tragic experience of the past two days, wiping his tears while talking, which frequently attracted strange looks from the people around him.
While we were talking here, the selection test officially started over there.
There are two buckets filled with clean water on the field. As long as you can lift two buckets of water at the same time, you will pass the test.
The simplest and crudest test method, but also the most effective. After one round of testing, the weak young people with weak strength and the old people with poor physical strength were screened out, and the remaining ones were all strong young adults.
Meng Yuan, Tuanzi, Hu Xianfeng and others were successfully promoted to the next round.
The next round will be about boxing and kicking.
Meng Yuan wanted to attract Hu Xianfeng's attention, and deliberately used a flamboyant boxing technique during the competition. He defeated his opponent with two moves, and the victory was quite impressive.
This set of boxing skills really made Hu Xianfeng take a special look at him. After the selection, he came over to chat with him: "Little brother, I see that your moves are extraordinary. Have you practiced?"
Meng Yuan nodded, "My family used to run an escort agency, and I learned a few tricks from my master since I was a child."
"Your skills don't look like you just learned a few moves." Hu Xianfeng glanced at him with a smile, suddenly opened his left leg and raised his fingers at him, "Would you like a competition?"
Meng Yuan raised his eyebrows and threw a punch quickly, and the two immediately started fighting.
In the eyes of outsiders, the boxing skills of both of them are very powerful. If you come back and I go back and forth, it is difficult to tell the winner.
But Hu Xianfeng felt an unprecedented pressure. He tried his best, but could not touch the opponent at all. But looking at the opponent, he looked calm and tried every move steadily. How could he be in a state of embarrassment?
This is not a competition at all, but a one-sided temptation!
Hu Xianfeng realized the gap between them and took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield. He clasped his hands and said: "No need to compete, I admit defeat."
"Brother Hu is wrong. Neither you nor I have touched each other in this match. It's obviously a draw." Meng Yuan's tone was calm.
Hu Xianfeng waved his hand, "No, if you lose, you lose. I, Hu Si, am not someone who cannot afford to lose."
With that said, he once again offered his hand to Meng Yuan, "Brother, may I ask your name? When you come back from the war in the future, would you like to be the instructor in my martial arts school?"
Meng Yuan bowed his hand and returned the salute, "I've heard about Brother Hu's chivalrous heart for a long time, and I admire him greatly. As long as Brother Hu doesn't dislike him, Fang Ren will naturally follow him with all his strength."
"Brother Fang is a happy person, I like him!" Hu Xianfeng put his arm around his shoulders and led him to the tent in front, "It just so happens that the selection test is about to end, let's have a drink together?"
Meng Yuan raised his lips and smiled, "I'm very happy."
The two of them were walking side by side, and suddenly Tuanzi's startled voice came from behind: "Brother Fang, I won, and I can be on the same team as you!"
Meng Yuan turned around with a surprised look on his face, "Did you win?"
"That's not true!" Tuanzi smiled with pride on his face, "I just pounced like this and pressed him again, and he wouldn't be able to survive."
Looking back over his generous body, I happened to see a thin young man lying on the ground holding his legs and crying.
That unfortunate young man was the target of Tuanzi's competition.
So, this is the advantage of being wider and fatter?
Meng Yuan was silent, then turned to look at Hu Xianfeng, "Brother Hu, would you mind adding another cup?"
"Since we all know each other, let's come together." Hu Xianfeng laughed and glanced at the dumplings, "But you can't cry in my tent. I hate men crying the most."
Tuanzi's cheeks were red with embarrassment, "Don't cry, I won't cry anymore."
The three of them entered the camp one after another, and two burly men in brown shorts carried food boxes to spread the dishes and pour wine.
As soon as the dumpling saw the food, he forgot everything. He picked up his chopsticks and started gobbling it up, without even having time to talk.
Hu Xianfeng laughed unsurprisingly, ignored him, raised his hand and poured Meng Yuan a glass of wine, "Here, have a drink."
Meng Yuan clinked the rim of the glass with him and took the initiative to mention the conscription issue that had been making a fuss these past two days, "I heard that Brother Hu signed up for the army on his own initiative, but do you want to take this opportunity to achieve a great career?"
Hu Xianfeng waved his hand, "It's not about achieving a successful career. I just feel that the Jiang people are too ambitious. They make troubles and fight every year, making everyone's life difficult."
"As Da Qi men, we have good abilities, so we naturally have to put them to good use. We should teach those rude barbarians a lesson and let them know that the people of Da Qi are not easy to mess with!"
Hu Xianfeng's voice is rough, and there is a gangster air when he speaks, but when he hears it, it doesn't sound rude at all. He just feels very sincere, so sincere that it is touching.
Meng Yuan bent down to pour the wine, and his tone became a bit heroic unconsciously, "Brother Hu is indeed a sweetheart. Come on, have another drink."
The two drank and chatted, and they got along very well. When the conversation was getting heated, a thin man with a long face got into the tent and cursed: "These people are just full and have nothing to do. What kind of test are you doing in the morning? The test is over."
If you don’t let people go home, what’s the use of keeping the old, weak, sick and disabled?”
Hu Xianfeng looked up with a worried expression, "Are those old people and children still in the camp?"
"No, I really don't know what they want to do." The thin man replied angrily.
Meng Yuan tightened the cup in his hand and remained silent, but he was very clear in his heart.
Qi Sheng's purpose in retaining these people was simple. Once the civil war started, he could use this group of unarmed people to clear the way. If the people in the court went on a killing spree regardless of their lives, they would be charged with indiscriminate killing of innocent people;
If you are kind-hearted and timid, you will always be in a passive state and it will be difficult to win.
All the people in the camp, including Hu Xianfeng and others, are Qi Sheng's pawns and the first stepping stones on his path to rebellion! This chapter has been completed!