Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 27: Literary and Sports Blossoms

The "Beggar Army" had a far-reaching influence in the Shangcheng County area. Whenever the people were oppressed, they would secretly curse the villains behind their backs: The Beggar Army heroes will take you in sooner or later.

There were even children in their own courtyards who covered their heads with black cloth hoods and imitated the heroes of the beggar army, shouting, "Hey, you evildoer who has done so many evil things, come and die!"

The common people praised the Beggar Army highly, but the masters in the county town were afraid of its reputation.

They were afraid that the thieves who wiped out the Gao family would sneak into the county town and cause chaos, so they sent more people to check the city gates.

However, the soldiers guarding the gate are also human beings. The inspection is symbolic, but their own pockets must be fattened.

Faced with a group of carriages and caravan servants entering the city, the soldiers pretended to be doing their job, jumped on the carriages and searched them one by one, as if they wanted to take out all the goods and inspect them carefully.

The leading merchant was quick-witted. He took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket and quietly stuffed them into the soldier's arms. Although the latter grumbled that it was impossible, he did not stop holding the silver.

"They are fine, let them go!"

So the player team disguised as caravan servants successfully entered the city.

There weren't too many people coming in and out of the city gate. They walked through a few streets and gradually entered the bustling city street.

A stone arch bridge is built over the gurgling stream. Peddlers set up stalls on both sides of the bridge to sell goods. A series of strange and bizarre gadgets are displayed on the stalls for people to choose from. From time to time, vendors shout loudly, attracting attention.

As the day officially begins, the streets are crowded with more and more people. Some are heading to restaurants with friends to get drunk, some are shopping without buying anything, and some are walking around looking around, staring wide-eyed to pick out new and interesting items.

Huang Zilong and others' destination was an inn, which was large enough to accommodate thirty players and had enough space to receive outside guests.

"You are the third batch of 'spiritual soldiers' I have placed. We are not acquainted with you in the county. If you have any questions or need anything, just send someone to the East Lane to find the Lin family business at night..."

After saying this, Lin Jianghe hurried away with a few shop assistants.

"The third group of players? Aren't we the first group?" Huang Zilong was puzzled.

"Recently, dozens of new players have joined. It must be that other combat players are secretly competing with each other!" Lu Xiaobu slapped his thigh.

"Then why are we still standing here? Let's go out and find prey!"

"Don't worry, let me check if there are any new tasks first - Oh, there really are new tasks."

Huang Zilong opened the task interface after hearing this. The special task of protecting the Lin family's trade route was not over yet, and there were indeed many new tasks waiting to be received.

[Main Mission: Defeat the main armed forces in Shangcheng County]

[Side Quest: Recruit craftsmen, miners, trackers and other special talents for Yangjiazhai]

[Daily Task: Lurk and provide Yangjiazhai with all useful intelligence about Chengcheng County]

[Daily Tasks: Punish evil and promote good, and eliminate all red-named tyrants]

Huang Zilong took a quick look and took on all the tasks without even looking at the rewards.

"How many soldiers are there in Shangcheng County? Why don't we seize the county now?" Ajie took out the rocket launcher he had just bought from the compartment of the carriage and put it on his shoulder like a soldier about to bomb a bunker.

Wu Litou adjusted his non-existent glasses on his nose and said, "You're overthinking it. In the Ming Dynasty, there were at least two hundred yamen runners and militiamen in the county. If you include the militia groups around the county, there would be a force of six hundred.

If there are newly formed battalions nearby, our total combat power will exceed 1,000. Including the other players who are involved in the internal competition, we have a maximum of 100 people. 100 people against 1,000, the advantage is on the enemy.

Even if we take a step back and say we capture the county, the surrounding Ming troops will be able to rush over and encircle and suppress us very quickly. You should know that the main force of the Ming court encircling the Chuang army is basically stationed near Xiangyang, which is only 600 miles away from here. "

"Oh, it's like this. I asked Baidu, and there are two garrisons near Shangcheng County, Xinyang Garrison and Runing Thousand Households Garrison..."

Another player named "Li Simin" took out a piece of light yellow paper from his pocket and slowly unfolded it to reveal a hand-drawn map covering Henan, Anhui, and Hubei.

It was modified based on the Ming Dynasty's divisions, depicting the boundaries of prefectures and counties, the location of administrative seats, and the course of major rivers, enough to cover an entire dinner table. "Oh my god, where did you get this map? The game store doesn't sell this thing!"

Huang Zilong looked at this well-detailed map in disbelief. Although it was not as good as a professional military map, it was far superior to the mapping skills of the ancients.

He subconsciously wanted to touch it, but stopped above the map until he got a nod and a smile from the other party, and then he boldly touched the map.

As a passionate young man, Huang Zilong has a dream in his heart - he is a marshal commanding a hundred thousand soldiers, looking at a large map, pointing out the mountains and rivers, and then filling them with the same color.

"I copied it myself based on the information provided by the Internet masters."

"Copy? You're sometimes offline, sometimes online, and then you copy in the game?"

"No, I just memorized the map and drew it in the game. I also made a template for the NPC. He rewarded me with 100 merit points on the spot and asked me to be responsible for making the national map later."

"Memorize such a large map and draw it in one go?"

The other players were stunned and asked if this was the normal memory of an average person.

Huang Zilong also felt that this person was gifted. If it were him, even if he just looked at one piece and painted it, he would have to go in and out dozens of times, spending countless time and energy, and there was still no guarantee that he would be able to finish the painting successfully.

This was like an open-book exam. Everyone was flipping through books looking for answers, sweating profusely, but this kid had already memorized the entire text. No difficult questions could stump him, and he solved the questions and answered the questions in one go. It was really terrifying.

"Since our small team has such a great talent, why don't we just team up and do something big? Draw a more detailed plan of the county town, and then draw all the surrounding county towns and prefectures. The leader will definitely reward us generously!"

The players acted immediately, and except for a few people who stayed behind to guard the house, the others scattered like prisoners on a leash.

The unshakable three-person team has become a five-person team this time, with the addition of Zhang Xianzhong and the breakthrough expert.

The five people strolled around the county town, occasionally taking out charcoal pencils and paper to draw some rough lines.

A group of people were gathered in an open space not far from the inn to watch the fun. When Huang Zilong and others approached, they saw that it was a street performer performing a stone-breaking performance with his chest.

The companion raised the hammer high and hit the performer hard on the chest. The performer felt a lot of pain and his face turned red. The rock did not break after the blow.

So his companion raised the stone and smashed it again. With a snap, the large stone slab that almost covered his chest suddenly cracked, and the two broken stones were quickly moved away by the companions around him.

They held up the stone and walked around the inner circle of the crowd, as if to show that the stone was indeed smashed open with a hammer and was not adulterated.

Then another companion showed off a series of extremely dangerous skills, such as stabbing the throat with a spear, smashing the head against a brick, and doing continuous back and forth somersaults...

The series of unique skills attracted the crowd to cheer and wave their hands. One of the performers took advantage of the audience's enthusiasm and quickly walked up to the audience holding a dark copper gong to ask for rewards.

Everyone applauded while watching the special skills, but when it came to asking for money, the audience subconsciously took a few steps back, either claiming that they were a little short of money, or saying something like "I'll definitely pay next time", and only a few copper coins fell on the gong, making a slight sound.

The street performer hung his head, feeling somewhat depressed. This little bit of copper was not enough for the entire team's meals today.

Just as he turned to leave, suddenly there was a series of tinkling sounds from the gong.

The street performer was startled and looked down, and saw that there were dozens of copper coins!
He looked up and saw Huang Zilong and his group at a glance.

The simple crisp sounds sound like pleasant nature music to the street performer, indicating that all the hard work of the day has paid off.

"Thank you for the reward, sir! Thank you very much for the reward, sir!"

With each cry of gratitude, the performers showed off their skills even more vigorously.

Huang Zilong and the others looked for a while and then turned around and left. They wandered around and had a lot of line drawings accumulated in their small notebooks, but they didn't see any villains who should be killed in the "daily tasks".

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Zhang Xianzhong seemed to have noticed something and pointed to a restaurant about ten steps away and said, "It's almost noon. How about going for a meal?"

(End of this chapter)