In Kunming City, the shanty towns built temporarily for the people who have come to the city to take refuge are bustling and bustling.

"Brother Xuzi, have you heard that the court is recruiting new troops?"

Li Shitou came over and said in a low voice.

Zhao Xu frowned and took a hard bite of half a piece of dry cake.

"As a soldier? Don't go."

He said without hesitation: "You can do anything in troubled times, but you can't join the army. You can't even eat enough to eat, and you have to keep your head on your belt and fight with others at any time. Maybe one day you will see the King of Hell. I, Zhao Xu, die of thirst and starve, and will never join the army even if I die of plague and illness!"

He had great resistance to joining the army because he really had no good impression of the army.

The so-called "soldiers are worse than bandits" means that those who are in the army are even worse than bandits, and the people who rob will be in chaos.

Besides, the safety of fighting guns and swords and guns all day long is really unsafe.

Looking at the mighty, maybe one day I will move my head. What's the point?

His brothers were all killed in the army and the old Zhao family is now the only one left. His mother has repeatedly told her to continue the incense of the old Zhao family.

Li Shitou hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Xuzi, what you said is wrong. Being a soldier is not as bad as you think. Besides, there are both good and bad soldiers..."

"Don't say it, I won't go to the army. Could it be that the officials asked you to go to the city to take refuge, and you just remember their kindness? Even if you want to repay kindness, it is not like this!"

"I heard that the new troops recruited this time can get one or two taels of silver a month, and they can eat meat every meal, so they can make you full."

"What?"

Zhao Xu subconsciously swallowed and spitted when he heard the meat.

The common people of this era can’t even eat enough to eat, not even eat.

Zhao Xu didn't care about how much military salary was, but the appeal of eating meat for this meal was too great.

"What you said is true?"

"It's absolutely true. The new army recruited this time is an imperial guard, and it is directly under the jurisdiction of Your Majesty, so the treatment is naturally not bad."

"His Majesty..."

Zhao Xu's eyes were staring like cowbells.

"No wonder the treatment is so good. It turns out that it is the emperor's personal army."

Zhao Xu murmured.

In his mind, the emperor has always been a lofty and illusory existence.

He often heard people say that the emperor was extremely rich, and the empress could eat big cakes and rolls of bacon every meal, and His Majesty the emperor used a golden hoe to hoe the ground!

It is understandable to see if the treatment of the imperial guards is good. After all, this is an imperial guards, and they are a comprehensive guard of the royal family.

Even if the Ming Dynasty court is poor, it will be necessary to form an imperial guard to support the emperor.

"But, can someone like us want it?"

Due to the long-term lack of food, Zhao Xu and Li Shitou are thin. Although they are not as bad as skin and bones, they are indeed not related to their strength.

"Anyway, the iron pillars in our village were selected a few days ago, and they even gave me a set of cotton armor. They showed off in front of me all day long!"

Li Shitou said jealously.

"Then what are we waiting for? Go quickly."

Zhao Xu felt a little itchy and urged.

Seeing that Zhao Xu's attitude changed so quickly, Li Shitou scratched his head and said, "Just Brother Xuzi said just now that he would never join the army even if he was starved to death, thirsty, and would never go to the army if he died of plague?"

Zhao Xu rolled his eyes and said, "Have I said this? You must have heard it wrong."

He just thought that the conquest was usually war soldiers, and that kind of war soldiers was really boring. But the emperor's imperial guards were completely different, and they were the highest-ranking existence among war soldiers.

Li Shitou didn't care and said with a laugh: "Then let's try it, what if I get selected?"

This is true. If you choose, you will be lucky. If you don’t choose, you will not lose any loss for them. Why not do it?

There are many registration places for selecting new troops in the city. Zhao Xu and Li Shitou went to the closest place to the shanty town.

What surprised them was that people had already lined up at this moment, and they were waiting at this speed when it was their turn.

"Brother Xuzi, why don't we go back first."

Seeing so many people coming to the expedition, Li Shitou immediately stepped down.

"I've come here, how can I leave at will?"

Zhao Xu refused, but pulled Li Shitou and joined the long queue.

"Brother Xuzi, do you think Donglu is terrible?"

After all, Li Shitou was still a little scared when he wanted to join the army.

"What are you afraid of? Donglu didn't have three heads and six arms. The more you are afraid of him, the more he bullies you."

Zhao Xu sneered and said, "In my opinion, Donglu was blown out, and his real combat power was just that."

If it were a month ago, he would definitely not have won the battle with the Donglu, but after seeing the Ming army win again and again and defeating the Donglu, he found that the Donglu's combat effectiveness was not as terrible as people said by word of mouth.

Donglu also opened his head and opened his mouth. He cut off his head and still couldn't survive!

"That's how it is."

Li Shitou nodded skeptically.

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"Next."

I don’t know how long I waited, but it was finally Zhao Xu and Li Shitou’s turn.

Zhao Xu's legs were already standing numb. He pinched his thighs hard and forced himself to cheer up and walked forward.

"Master."

"Come to apply?"

The pen-holder glanced at Zhao Xu and said, "But he has lost a little bit."

"It doesn't matter if you lose weight, I can endure hardship."

Zhao Xu tried hard to have meat every meal, so he forced himself to hold his chest up and said with a tough heart: "I dare to go into battle to kill the Donglu!"

The little official nodded in praise: "The young man is so terrifying. He is a good soldier."

After a moment of pause, he continued to ask, "What's your name? Where is your home?"

"If you say that, the youngest person is Zhao Xu, a native of Shipan Village. Both of his parents died and followed the villagers to take refuge in the city."

Hearing that Zhao Xu's family background was so miserable, the pen official was stunned for a moment.

"Your name is good. Xu means the rising sun. You will definitely make a name for yourself in the future."

After saying that, he wrote down Zhao Xu's name.

"Xie Chaye praised."

After saying that, Zhao Xu hugged his fists to show his gratitude.

"Next."

"My madam, my name is Li Shitou. I am also from Shipan Village. My parents died of the plague and followed Brother Xuzi to live with him."

"Well, you are here to apply, then I will write you down."

The pen official looked a little sad and sighed.

"After registering, you can follow the military master."

Zhao Xu was a little surprised and said, "Is this the choice?"

The pen official said angrily: "It's not that simple. I just said that you follow the military master and you have to select training when you arrive in the military camp, and you can only stay if you pass the final exam."

"Oh, it's the boy who is stupid."

Zhao Xu said quickly.

He knew it wouldn't be that simple.

But this is also good, at least you don’t have to worry about eating and drinking during this period of training.

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Chapter completed!