The first item of martial arts is weightlifting. Zhang Jiyuan asked the soldiers to carry large and small stone locks on the ground. The smallest stone lock weighs only 60 kilograms, and the largest stone lock weighs 600 kilograms.

Zhu Cheng signed up early and was young, so it was his turn the first one.

He stepped forward and picked up the 160-pound stone lock, lifted it up with a light lift.

The recorder recorded his grades and said, "You have already raised a 160-pound stone lock. Do you want to challenge a heavier stone lock?"

Zhu Cheng moved his hands and feet for a while, feeling that he still had enough energy, so he nodded.

Zhu Cheng walked to the 180-pound stone lock, lifted it with one hand, feeling quite heavy. He let go of his hand, rubbed his hands, and held the handle of the stone lock with his right hand. He was lucky and competed for the stone lock to leave the ground. He lifted the stone lock, Zhu Cheng took a breath, lifted it with force, and the stone lock steadily over his head. Hearing the recorder slowly counted from one to three, and then said it was OK, Zhu Cheng put the stone lock back on the ground.

The recorder recorded the results again and asked again: "Do you still want to try a heavier stone lock?"

Zhu Cheng nodded and walked to the 200-jin stone lock. He used his strength and lifted it hard. The stone lock left the ground. Because of excessive force, Zhu Cheng blushed and the blue veins in his hands burst out. Zhu Cheng made a thrust and raised the stone lock over his head. The recorder was about to count, but he saw Zhu Cheng shaking and the stone lock could no longer be grasped, and he smashed the ground with a "bang".

Zhu Cheng shook his head and sighed. His limit was 180 kilograms. In fact, Zhu Cheng is already amazing. He weighs only 80 kilograms now, and he can lift more than twice his weight. This is the case with weightlifters in later generations.

Seeing that Zhu Cheng could not lift a 200-pound weight, the audience booed in the stands. Everyone expected Zhu Cheng to bring a miracle, but he lost to the 200-pound stone lock, which disappointed everyone. Even Zhu Cheng's cheerleading voice became much smaller.

The candidates behind were one of them better than the other. One of them, named Wu Xiang, actually raised the largest stone lock, a super large stone lock weighing 600 kilograms.

After intense calculations, Zhang Jiyuan announced that the champion of the stone lock was actually Zhu Cheng.

There was an uproar on the court. Isn’t this open cheating? The audience was angry. Some people made a "boo" sound, some people shouted, and some people scolded loudly. What’s even more amazing is that a rotten egg flew out from somewhere and almost hit Zhang Jiyuan.

Zhang Jiyuan is a military general, but he does not have the kind of a civil servant. When he glared at him, he was frightened by the person who wanted to follow the trend and throw rotten eggs.

He shouted loudly: "The stone-lifting lock in Wu Ju not only has the weight of lifting, but also needs to be considered based on the weight of the candidates. Although Zhu Cheng only lifted 180 kilograms of stone lock, his weight was only 80 kilograms, and the ratio of stone lock to weight was 2.25. The second place Wu Xiang, although he lifted 600 kilograms of stone lock, his weight was 285 kilograms of stone lock, and the weight ratio of stone lock was 2.11. Compared with the two, the champion was naturally Zhu Cheng."

The audience talked for a while, feeling that this calculation method seemed to be more fair, so they calmed down.

The second item of the martial arts is shooting, and Zhu Cheng is ranked first.

His long-range attack weapon is a rifled musket. Those who know how to use Zhu Cheng to take out his weapon could not help but shake their heads secretly. Although the Ming Dynasty's musket is expensive, it has two fatal flaws. One is that the shooting accuracy is not high, and the other is that the shooting range is not long. Using this thing to compete is simply a humiliation.

In fact, the musket was already very different from the two trial items made by Sun Yuanhua. Zhu Cheng fired twice, but found that after shooting, the musket was so hot that it could not be held. After careful consideration, Zhu Cheng decided to equip the musket with a wooden butt stock. In this way, no matter how many times the musket was fired, there would be no danger of being hot. Moreover, the soldier's hands were far away from the barrel, and even if the musket was broken, there would be no danger of being blown up.

Zhu Cheng observed the target visually, it was only 200 steps away from the shooting point, which was about 240 meters. The range of the musket in his hand was as high as 700 meters. After shooting through the target, it might hurt the people behind it. So Zhu Cheng and the examiner Zhang Jiyuan discussed it and prepared to take some protective measures behind the target.

Zhang Jiyuan didn't believe Zhu Cheng's words. He had played with the musket too much and was very familiar with its range. An ordinary musket could shoot a target at such a long distance, even if it burned a high incense, penetrated the target, and injured people, it was simply a joke. But Zhu Cheng was a fifth-grade Qianhu, with a higher grade than him, and he was in charge of the Jinyiwei and had greater power than him. So this face must be given.

Zhu Cheng asked Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun to do something together, and hang a wet quilt behind the target, then paste a layer of mud, then hang a layer of wet quilt, then another layer of mud, and finally a layer of wet quilt. There were three wet quilts and two layers of mud.

Seeing such a good quilt wet and stained, the two eunuchs were so distressed that they were almost twitching.

Zhu Cheng smiled and said, as long as you get Jie Yuan, you will get it. And the quilt can be used twice, and there will be a general examination later, and the palace examination is there.

After all arrangements, Zhu Cheng knelt on one knee facing the target, bowed his other leg, opened the sight, and put the butt on his shoulder. The improved musket is convenient and fast, and it is also quick to get started. It is basically a fool-style long-range weapon. As long as you connect the eyes, sight, and target into a straight line, you can hit the target.

Seeing Zhu Cheng preparing to shoot, the examiner, recorder, and guards guarding the target all retreated behind Zhu Cheng. The musket is a weapon that is famous for shooting the west. When one shot is out, I don’t know which bad ghost will be shot.

Zhu Cheng smiled slightly, "Bang, bang, bang" three times, and then Zhu Cheng disappeared in front of everyone. To be precise, a ball of black smoke enveloped Zhu Cheng.

Zhang Jiyuan asked, "Zhu Cheng, have you finished shooting?"

A cough came from the smoke, and then Zhu Cheng stepped out of the smoke and said, "Return to the examiner, I'll finish shooting."

When he heard that Zhu Cheng had finished shooting, the examiner, the recorder and the guards returned to their original positions.

The recorder walked to the target, looked at the target, and said loudly: "Candidate Zhu Cheng shot three guns in a row and hit the bull's eye."

The audience talked about it. Zhu Cheng was indeed awesome. He could hit every shot with a musket. If he used a bow and arrow, that would be fine. In fact, Zhu Cheng himself understood that being able to play with a musket does not mean he could use a bow and arrow. If Zhu Cheng used a bow and arrow, he would be able to get out of the target.

Then, other candidates also shot one after another. Wu Xiang, whose scores were comparable to Zhu Cheng, also had three arrows hit the bull's eye. What is even more admirable is that Wu Xiang's three arrows actually shot through the target. If it weren't for the feathers at the tail of the arrow stuck, these three arrows would not have remained on the target at all.

The second item of shooting is riding and shooting.

Zhu Cheng's mount was a yellow-fat horse, which was specially prepared for him by Wei Zhongxian. Zhu Cheng knew how to look at the horse. When he first saw this horse, he found that the horse was terrible thin and could see even one rib after another. He thought Wei Zhongxian was fooling him, and he felt unhappy. Later, Wang Chengen told him that this kind of horse was also called "Bone Dragon". Even if he was fed with grass, his ribs were exposed. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the famous general Qin Qiong rode a yellow-fat horse.

From then on, Zhu Cheng regarded this horse as a treasure and usually fed it with good grass and materials, but he was reluctant to ride it. He rode it out.
Chapter completed!