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    Most of the people who came to apply for the competition today were ordinary farmers, so there were fewer people trying out bows and arrows. Except for the dozen or so Orion boys who were jumped out by Xue Ou earlier, there were only fifty people who were tested on their archery skills, but these people had obviously practiced it all the time.  In archery, it is rare to miss a shot at a distance of fifty steps, and almost always hit three out of three times.  The rest of the young farmers who applied for the job went to compete with the stone locks.  Although the stone lock weighs one hundred kilograms, more than two hundred people can still lift it.  If they are all hired, there will be more than 300 qualified people today, far exceeding the recruitment number.  After Lu Yuanpeng discussed with Xue Ou, Wang Hui, Dong Zhu, Li Bi, and Luo Jia, they divided the more than 300 people selected into two groups. One group of more than 60 people continued to compare arrows, but the target was the target.  Has been moved a hundred steps away.  Another group lifted stone locks. The weight of the stone locks was also changed and divided into three grades: 120 kilograms, 150 kilograms and 180 kilograms.  Those who can lift 180 kilograms will be hired immediately. Those who can lift 120 kilograms and 150 kilograms will have to wait until all assessments are completed and the best will be hired based on their performance.  However, the competition among those who enthusiastically signed up and wanted to join the county soldiers was still very fierce.  More than an hour passed, and the archery target was moved twice more to see which group of bows and arrows were competing. When the target was at fifty paces, forty people were finally selected.  These people all hit the target with three arrows.  The group that lifted the stone lock had a larger number of people. After the bow and arrow group competed, it took another half an hour before forty people were finally selected.  Half of these forty people weighed more than 180 kilograms, and the smaller half lifted a stone lock of 150 kilograms. Only a few people were from the group who lifted a hundred and twenty kilograms.  The people selected were all "promising" young people who knew some words.  Lu Yuanpeng accompanied Xiao He into the camp first. Xue Ou, Wang Sui, Dong Zhu, Li Bi, Luo Jia and others entered the camp later with eighty selected and cheerful soldiers.  Others who were dejected and defeated, as well as those who gathered around to watch the excitement, were dispersed by the police.  Back in the camp, Lu Yuanpeng, who looked excited, did not return to the meeting hall. Instead, he divided the eighty soldiers into two groups in front of the high platform and handed them over to Xue Ou and Wang Hui respectively. Li Bina's group was divided into two groups.  Xue Ou's left camp and Luo Jia's troops moved into Wang Sui's right camp.  In addition to the four assigned chiefs Chen Bi, Chen Xu, Wu Hu, and Zhou Xin, plus Li Bi and Luo Jia, there are still three chiefs and eighteen corps commanders among the eighteen corps.  Lu Yuanpeng announced in public that he wanted Xue Ou and Wang Hui to appoint a temporary replacement first, and then appoint someone after three months based on training results and military performance.  This news immediately caused a strong commotion among the soldiers who were recruited. Being a corps commander means that their monthly salary is 20 more than ordinary soldiers.  Half, not only will the family have enough food and clothing, but also a lot of money will be accumulated.  The guardsmen are all working hard and want to compete for the positions of corps commander and chief after March.  Seeing that it was already noon, the recruitment of more soldiers had been completed, and seeing that he had nothing to do anymore, Xiao He was ready to rush back to the city to deliver a mission to Xu Kan.  Lu Yuanpeng also had many things to do. Today, the two villages were just formed and it was impossible to start training immediately, so he left the formation of each village to Xue Ou and Wang Sui.  He himself took Lu Ta with him and accompanied Xiao He back to the city.  The thousands of people watching outside the military camp had already dispersed, and the endless grassy beach seemed empty.  Xiao He, who was riding alongside Lu Yuanpeng, looked at the slowly deserted beach and turned to ask Lu Yuanpeng.  "Sir, do you really want to reclaim more than 10,000 pieces of wasteland?" In the past few days, besides being busy preparing for the formation of county troops, Lu Yuanpeng and Xiao He were busy surveying this wasteland.  On the barren beach near the military camp, Lu Yuanpeng set aside 20,000 acres of grassland for horse breeding, and another 12,000 acres of barren land was surveyed and prepared for cultivation.  No matter how much Lu Yuanpeng carves out this barren beach for a horse farm, Xiao He won't care.  Because Xiao He knew that Lu Yuanpeng not only wanted to raise horses in this so-called horse farm, he also wanted to raise cattle, sheep, and chickens here.  In Xiao He's opinion, it is normal for Lu Yuanpeng to get more benefits for himself by raising horses.  Xiao He knew that Lu Yuanpeng spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on military expenses a year, so it was no big deal to take advantage.  Building this horse farm and a farm for raising cattle, sheep and chickens does not require much investment. It only requires setting up boundary stakes, building a few rows of stables and cowsheds, using wooden poles to enclose the sheep pens and chicken sheds, and building dozens of houses.  That's it for the warehouse.  But Lu Yuanpeng actually circled 12,000 acres of cultivated land, which surprised Xiao He!  It is now October, and 12,000 acres of land must be reclaimed before spring next year. This cannot be accomplished without thousands of people.     AlthoughThe cost of labor and cattle is huge, but this is not what Xiao He is worried about.  What Xiao He is worried about is that even if Lu Yuanpeng really spends a lot of money to reclaim these cultivated lands, maybe one day Xu Kan changes his mind and has to take them back, and all Lu Yuanpeng's money will be wasted.  Taking a step back, even if Xu Kan abides by the agreement, Xu Kan will never stay in Peixian County for the rest of his life. The day Xu Kan leaves Peixian County and is replaced by a new county magistrate, the land reclaimed by Lu Yuanpeng will be even more dangerous.  Because Lu Yuanpeng actually proposed that he believed Xu Kan's promise and did not want Xu Kan to write any documents.  And in order to prevent Xu Kan from taking any risks, these lands can be regarded as privately cultivated by him, Lu Yuanpeng.  Xiao He could see that Lu Yuanpeng did not want any documents, nor Xu Kan's signature, nor Xu Kan's risk, which made Xu Kan secretly relieved.  Lu Yuanpeng became extremely excited when he mentioned twelve thousand lands.  In his eyes, this long barren land is a golden mountain. If the remaining land is not suitable for farming or even grazing, he would even want to reclaim this barren land.  "Mr. Xiao, this is the only grassland suitable for farming. I don't want the rest." Looking at Lu Yuanpeng with a look of regret on his face, Xiao He couldn't help but shook his head slightly.  In Xiao He's opinion, this rich young man thought it was too easy.  However, Xiao He also wanted to give Lu Yuanpeng one last piece of advice.  "Young Master, farming is very difficult as one can imagine. Tens of thousands of fields are different from hundreds of fields Although the Young Master can get support from Lu Weng It will be difficult for the Young Master to cultivate so much wasteland."  "You know, even if the master is in trouble, he can cultivate these wastelands into fertile land. Even if Xu County Zun stays here, he may not be able to protect the master." "It should be noted that there are very few fertile fields in the world today.  There are only a handful of wealthy families, including royal family members and aristocratic families. How can the young master, who owns tens of thousands of acres of land, not be criticized? "Xiao He was hesitant in speaking. It was not that he couldn't understand, but that he could not understand.  I really don't know how to persuade this arrogant young man.  Please recommend and collect!
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