When Zhao Tingduo returned to Mida City, the competition outside the city finally came to an end.
There are 500 people participating in the audition. After the rounds, a total of 20 people will enter the finals. Now the top three will be selected.
The highest reward raised by merchants in the city is fifty taels of silver, which is equivalent to one hundred sheep.
The most important thing is that the contestants come from seven tribes, big and small. As long as they get the first place, they will immediately become the recognized first warriors of these tribes.
Zhao Tingduo wanted to give them awards, and Song Liyun also had people decorate the arena.
In addition to the fluttering colorful flags, there were singing and dancing on both sides.
The dancers are beautiful unmarried girls selected from the tribe, and the leader is Shayi.
Beauties love heroes, and under the stimulation of hormones, these racers will perform better!
Horse racing involves speed, skill, archery and wrestling.
In the cheers of the crowd, the top three quickly qualified. They were all tough and strong men, and among them was an acquaintance of Song Liyun, Nanka.
Unexpectedly, he won first place!
Nanka happily took the fifty taels of silver from Zhao Tingduo and said provocatively: "I heard that the city lord is proficient in martial arts and is skilled in bow and horse. I have long been envious of him. I left in a hurry with the city lord last time. Can we compete today?"
That day he caused trouble in the city and was taken out of Mida City and back to the tribe by Zhao Tingduo.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Tingduo left, he ran back to Mida City and participated in the finals.
South Carolina has emerged in the competition and has long become a hero in everyone's mind. Now it openly challenges Zhao Tingduo, which immediately attracts thunderous cheers.
Other players are also eager to try. There are not many opportunities to challenge the city lord. It doesn't matter whether they win or lose, as long as they can show up.
Zhao Tingduo narrowed his eyes slightly and remembered what Ayun told him: Mida City must recruit its own troops and cannot rely entirely on others!
Haha! I was just thinking about how to recruit these people... now it's in front of me.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tingduo laughed: "I am busy with my affairs, so I only raise my bow when training my subordinates.
Those of you who want to compete with me can go to Mida City Military Camp to sign up tomorrow!"
"Okay, I'll go to the military camp to find you tomorrow!" A reckless man agreed in a loud voice.
Nanka hesitated in his eyes, but after a moment he nodded heavily: "Okay, City Lord, I'll wait for you at the military camp!"
In the horse racing event, the top three will receive heavy rewards, and the top 100 will receive encouragement prizes. You can also go to the city to spend money once, and the city owner pays the bill.
And only the first 100 are eligible to go to the military camp to sign up to challenge the city lord, making these 100 warriors glowing in the face and in a happy mood.
Next, after Zhao Tingduo's painstaking operations, Lei Ziying recruited more than 200 new cavalry.
The military camp outside the city suddenly became busy. Zhao Tingduo stayed there from morning to night, eating and living with the new recruits, and began the training process of his direct lineage.
In the past few days, the surrounding tribes were experiencing mixed feelings. Young people from the tribe defected to Mida City to become cavalry. Not only did they have food and clothing, they also brought back salt, grain and tea, which made other families who did not have children enlist in the army covetous.
But those clan elders were sad!
Before, it was just young people who wanted to settle near Mida City, but now they have directly joined the Mida soldiers, and they don't even have a home.
A year ago, after Master Wuda conquered all the tribes in the Mida Valley, he dispatched soldiers from each tribe.
The number of clan soldiers is not large, one tribe can gather up to 180 people, but the clan soldiers of several tribes together can still form a strong force.
But once the war subsided, the leaders found various reasons to take back those clan soldiers to protect their tribe.
Zhao Tingduo had just established a foothold in the Mida Valley, and he still needed to establish good relations with the various tribes and not be too overbearing, so he let go of the tribal soldiers. The only thing he could use at his side was the Zhenbei Army's 400 Leizi Battalion.
It was different now. The Di people in his newly recruited cavalry battalion came to join the army voluntarily and had nothing to do with the tribal leaders.
Mida City also issued a message that if these clan soldiers had no one to graze their animals at home, they could live with their families in the city.
Each tribe saw that the strongest warriors among the tribes had been taken away. It was obvious that the Lord of Mida City had set his sights on the tribe soldiers in his hands.
Knowing that my arms can't twist my thighs now, I simply do my best and personally send soldiers from my respective tribes.
Several leaders went to the city lord's mansion to first congratulate Zhao Tingduo on setting up a cavalry battalion.
He also secretly offered his loyalty and was willing to send other clan soldiers over in exchange for some benefits.
Zhao Tingduo naturally accepted the offer, distributed grain and cloth to them, and made plans to purchase newly sheared sheep when summer arrived.
There is no need to raise clan soldiers, and you can still get a piece of business, so everyone's trip is not in vain.
Zhao Tingduo treated them to a comfortable bath in the city to wash themselves off, and then ate some exquisite and novel meals, and then they felt happy.
Song Dekui and Song Erlang had already left Mida City. They went to the Bahrain tribe at the mouth of the Huangsha River first.
Song Erlang now knew that the third son of the Xia family had settled in the grassland. He had already scolded Song Dekui and said nothing more.
Xia Laosan is not having a good life at home, and the Xia family has the intention to entangle the Song family, so it is the best way to get rid of it cleanly.
Song Erlang went all the way to the Bahrain tribe, firstly to meet with Xia Laosan and to apologize for his brother's disrespect for the Xia family.
Secondly, I also heard that the third son of the Xia family wanted to open land there to grow cold melons.
Song Erlang was a farmer. When he heard that he wanted such a rare thing, he felt itchy and wanted to discuss and exchange experiences.
He also wanted to go to Ruijin Town to see Xiao An. Although Han Ming and others were watching over him, as an elder, he still had to see it with his own eyes before he could rest assured.
Song Liyun also prepared many things for him to bring to his younger brother.
The two people left Mida City, and Song Liyun also arranged for Jian Fangtong to send horse bandits to escort them.
There were more than thirty horse bandits in total, and Song Liyun assigned ten of them to Song Dekui as guards.
The presence of these experienced horse bandits made it easier for him to walk on the grassland.
Outside the city, Zhao Tingduo was busy training his troops.
He received two hundred cavalry from the racecourse, and the people behind him sent another two hundred. Together with the Leizi camp and urban management guards, the strength of Mida City exceeded a thousand for the first time.
In the city, Song Liyun took Yiming and others to plant flowers, plants and trees in the house, and the life was peaceful and peaceful.
Time flies and it's summer. Flowers are in full bloom on the grassland. Song Liyun takes the children outside the city to dig wild onions and pick mushrooms.
During this time, Abu brought Wan Youyou and Mrs. Shitou Yun’s family over!
With Wan Youyou and Lady Yun in the City Lord's Mansion, Song Liyun's daily life suddenly reached a new level.
What made her even happier was that Lady Yun had remarried.
The man is Zhao San, who escaped from the Xuyang Grassland with the stone and escaped from the slave soldiers of the Pingshan tribe.
"Girl, I didn't want to get married again! Shitou... Shitou said that Zhao San is a good man. With his care, he can rest assured when he goes out to do things in the future!"
When the two of them were alone, Lady Yun blushed and spoke her true feelings shyly.
Although the words were said vaguely, Song Liyun still understood.
Mrs. Yun has found her son and just wants to live the rest of her life peacefully and have more contact with Zhao San.
If this man hadn't taken care of his son for five years, Shitou would never have been able to wait for Xiaoyun to save his life. Lady Yun was extremely grateful for this.
In daily life, Lady Yun also helped him sew and mend his clothes to express her gratitude.
Shitou knew that his mother had suffered, and that Zhao San and he had the same affection as father and son, so he went to Mrs. Wu Ya to ask for grace and agree to get married.