Looking at the camp gate that was slowly closed, Liu Shaoqing frowned and asked Wu Faxian beside him, "How many people are there in total?"

Wu Faxian glanced at the list of rosters, "More than 800 people. To be precise, it is 834 people."

Liu Shaoqing smiled bitterly, "There are only more than 800 people. It seems that I have an overestimation. I thought there would be more than 1,000 people. This barracks were rebuilt from the original Xiaoqi Camp camp. They were originally intended to be used as a special purpose for the military school, and they could not accommodate too many people. I was still wondering if I was using some method to sift down some."

When they left the Shenji Camp campus, there were still 2,000 or more people in the entire team. These people had withstood the first round of tests. Generally speaking, they should be able to pass the willpower and physical strength, and the possibility of being infected with bad habits was greatly reduced. Liu Shaoqing thought that at least half of the people could be retained throughout the journey to the camp. Who would have thought that there were only so few people?

In fact, Liu Shaoqing was indeed a bit optimistic about it. Because of dietary structure and economic ability issues, Chinese people are generally poor in physical fitness - this is one of the reasons why some Westerners call us "Sick Man of East Asia". The first assessment in the morning is actually more physically exhausted for those who come to support their families by making money.

This was also a misunderstanding that Liu Shaoqing had come into contact with. He forgot that one of the main reasons why the Black Flag Army was good at crossing mountains and ridges was forced by their living environment. In addition, the soldiers of the Black Flag Army did not have such good physical strength at the beginning. The physical strength was improved only after obtaining the supplies for the imperial court's food and winning several battles.

Although some of the people who came to participate in the selection today live at the feet of the emperor, they may not eat better than the Black Flag Army War Room, nor may they eat full. The physical defects caused by long-term fatigue cannot be changed by just a steamed bun and meat.

Wu Faxian next to him felt that this was not a bad thing. "Young Master, some of the people we brought are inconvenient to see the light. Although the court may not not know about it, it is better to not make it public or later."

Liu Shaoqing, Huang Chengyong, Yang Yong, Lian Cheng, Wu Faxian, and the five people in this group of people went to Beijing naturally would not have brought their own bodyguards. According to the imperial court laws, Huang Chengyong and four others each brought ten personal guards, while Liu Shaoqing brought twenty. In this way, the five people were sixty personal guards - these soldiers and their weapons were reported to the Ministry of Rites and the infantry commander's office in the capital city, that is, the sixty people that Guan Qi saw at the city gate that day.

But in fact, Liu Shaoqing also secretly brought two legal 1.65-inch rapid-fire cannons and two Green machine guns. More than 30 soldiers who operated these weapons entered the city in the name of "civilians". These more than 30 soldiers had never reported to the court.

What Liu Shaoqing originally expected was that if there were a large number of people, he had to give up more than 30 people to participate in the training, and then he would just explain to the emperor. Now, the number of people is far from his expectations, so that these inconvenient personal guards can continue to "lurk" on them.

Liu Shaoqing nodded: "Okay. If there are more than 800 people, they will be divided into four brigades, each with two hundred and eight people. Each of you four leads one team. The brigade is divided into several teams, and we have sixty 'instructors', so each team will lead about fourteen people."

Speaking of this, Liu Shaoqing thought about it again and said, "Let the 'little madman' who is new to us and Li Shuwen train with them together. There are exactly 209 people in such a brigade."

"Little Crazy" now has a formal name. Because he followed Liu Shaoqing, he changed his surname to those personal guards. Anyway, he didn't remember what his original surname was. As for the name, Liu Shaoqing saw that he dared to fight and was nicknamed "Little Crazy", so he gave him the word "Feng" as his name, hoping that he could truly become a sharp blade in the army in the future.

Liu Feng has been with the Black Flag Army and his group of people these days, and learns training from the soldiers every day. Although his physical strength is still a little weak, he seems to be similar. Now he can officially join the imperial army and is the famous emperor's personal army, so Liu Feng is naturally overjoyed. However, he then asked timidly: "Sir, can my little brothers who used to be together on the overpass, also enter the military camp?"

These days, due to natural disasters and human disasters, many people have not had enough food to eat. There are many people who are selling their children on the streets, and begging for food. Although there is a saying that "good men are not a soldier", at least they have enough food to eat when entering the military camp, which is much more comfortable than wandering on the streets. What's more, Liu Feng knows what the soldiers in front of him eat every day.

Liu Shaoqing knew that Liu Feng was very loyal. Since he entered the Tang Mansion with him, he still tried to help those friends in the market. Of course, he wrote about the food left over from the people of the Tang Mansion, but it was better than being hungry. In fact, when he fought with others in the alley, wasn’t he just begging for food in that area?

Although Liu Shaoqing was determined to take in those young people, his current ability and identity did not allow him to do so. You must know that he was the son of the bandit leader. He was not ordered by the emperor to recruit soldiers from the market privately, and he was recruiting orphans. This was a sign of rebellion in the eyes of those who were interested. Therefore, he could turn a blind eye to Liu Feng's long-term assistance to those orphans, but he could not do anything himself.

Huang Chengyong behind him knew that it would be difficult for Liu Shaoqing to answer this question, so he stepped forward and patted Liu Feng on the head and said, "Boy, you should take good care of yourself first. Wait until you have the ability and ability, then support your brothers? Don't just think about helping the world before you have enough food."

Liu Feng also thought of the young master's potential hidden secret, otherwise he might have been able to pick up the little brothers into the mansion for so many days. So he hurriedly saluted and said, "I'm sorry, I'm Meng Lang, I've caused trouble for you." Then he said to Huang Chengyong: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely train hard, study hard, and strive to become a talent as soon as possible!"

Li Shuwen, who had been following Liu Shaoqing as a bodyguard, also quickly flashed out and said, "The villain will also train hard."

On the other hand, Zhang Yaowu finally made his heart that was about to collapse jump normally again. Looking at Guan Qi who had recovered almost the same time around him, he sincerely envied: "Brother Guan, you are in good health."

Guan Qixiao, in fact, he has reached his limit. And he knew that if it weren’t for the money that Mr. Qian had given him a full meal for two days before, he would have been hanging today. After all, people are iron and food is steel.

Seeing that Guan Qi didn't say anything, Zhang Yaowu hurriedly said, "Brother Guan, thanks to your help on the road before, otherwise I really can't hold on here. I won't say much if I am grateful, but I will say it to you who can help you in the future, but I will say nothing about it."

Guan Qi smiled and said, "It's nothing. We are also in a relationship. Since we can help, how can we not help? In the future, we will all stir the spoon in a pot. Brothers, why are you polite?"

Zhang Yaowu smiled honestly and then said, "Look at it's already noon. This morning has caused us a lot of trouble. Now it should be over? I don't know if they care about food."

When it comes to eating, the two of them swallowed and spitted. They ran for more than 30 miles and had been running for two hours. The steamed bun and the piece of meat had long turned into carbohydrates and burned. Now the two old men want the most to eat a full meal.

"It should be able to manage the food, right?" Guan Qi said with some uncertainty. "From the piece of meat in the morning, this official, although not a big man, he doesn't look like a stingy person. Besides, the emperor is not a hungry soldier. We ran for a long time, don't we give me some food?"

Zhang Yaowu nodded, "What he said is. I just don't know if I can still eat meat."

Guan Qi sneered, "I said, are you tired or hungry? Can you eat that kind of meat for you every time? What kind of great person are you?"

Zhang Yaowu smiled self-deprecatingly, "Yes, in our village, even the rich man's family can only eat meat during festivals."

Guan Qi also said: "No, that's why we have to work hard here. Isn't it just to be able to make some money to eat at home?"

"Yes, it's not easy to have a full meal these days."

As the two were chatting, they heard a neat footsteps. A group of soldiers walked to everyone in neat steps. The men who were originally chatting in a mess immediately became quiet and stretched their necks to see what these soldiers said.

"Everyone, stand up!"

'boom……'

Although they were reluctant, the men in this military camp did not dare to do anything, and they slowly stood up straight with the orders.

Then, with the orders and urgings of the soldiers, more than 800 men quickly stood in a huge square formation.

Liu Shaoqing was quite satisfied with the reaction speed of the following people. This is the prototype of obeying orders, and it is also the most critical step for a person to transform from a civilian into a soldier. Taking this step, gradually, he had the confidence to train them into a real soldier.

As the phalanx was completed, the soldiers of the Black Flag Army began to assign personnel. Each fourteen people were randomly divided into groups, and then a Black Flag Army soldier came up to take them away, left the brigade and rested. At the same time, a new registration was made for each team member.

The time spent in groups was not too long, so Zhang Yaowu naturally followed Guan Qi. He now felt that it was a happy thing to have a strong man following him. After being taken out of the square formation by his own team leader, they randomly found an open space and sat on the ground. After registering each person's name, the team leader said, "Everyone, introduce yourself. My name is Liu Yang. From this moment on, I will be the captain of our team. Our team has a total of fourteen team members. Everyone around you will be brothers who will eat, sleep with you in the future, and share life and death with you. So, please remember the people around you."

"First of all, congratulations to everyone, you have passed the first round of assessment of Shenji Camp and have now become a reserve soldier."

"Preparation soldiers?" The dozen people below became a little turbulent after hearing this word. Looking at the situation of the surrounding teams, it seemed that everyone had already talked about this.

Liu Yang reached out and made a downward gesture to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "That's right, it's just a preparation for soldiers. You should know that if you want to be a qualified soldier, your performance today is far from enough. In the next three months, you will always live in this camp and receive systematic training every day. After three months, only those who persist and qualified can truly become members of the Shenji Camp."

After listening to Liu Yang's words, Guan Qi realized that no wonder when Mr. Qian asked him to specifically mention that he could get a penny of silver as long as he persisted for one day. It turned out that today's assessment has just begun, and there will be three long months waiting for him in the future!

Before, Liu Yang continued to introduce it. "In these three months, you will improve your physical fitness, learn how to obey orders, be familiar with guns and learn how to use it. But these are all later stories. Now, I think what you care most about is what to eat for lunch."

'boom……'
Chapter completed!