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Chapter 498 Entering the city, He Ming's experience

A middle-aged man who was riding a horse and covered with dust, rushed to the Qingdi City at dawn.

Looking at the dense crowd outside the south city gate in the darkness, He Ming couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "I received the news with the city lord in Yucheng, and then I rushed here immediately. Unexpectedly, it was still too late. So many people got the message."

He Ming got off his horse, walked around and inquired about the situation before he understood what was going on.

These people are all from villages and towns a hundred miles away from Qingdi City, and have been attached to Qingdi City for thousands of years.

Even if they hadn't seen the great battle outside Qingdi City yesterday, they had heard about it from other villagers, and they got the information much earlier than him.

These people, or they used to be from Qingdi City, or had relatives living in Qingdi City, and they were close to each other, so they quickly contacted their relatives and friends when they got the news, and a large group of people came with their families.

I heard that they came late and early, and entered the city yesterday afternoon.

He Ming has traveled far and wide, experienced a lot, and naturally understands, don't underestimate anyone's wisdom.

Like these people from villages and towns outside the big city, although many people living in the big city look down on them, they have their own wisdom and know how to survive in this blood-soaked land.

Qingdi City defeated the enemy, gained a firm foothold, and reversed the situation in one fell swoop. It is bound to develop vigorously, which requires a lot of manpower, and the young and strong at home, in order to support their families and make their lives better, naturally they will use them very quickly. The speed came.

Knowing the situation, He Ming laughed at himself: "Actually, what's the difference between me and them? It's all just to go to the city to make a living."

The content of the work may be different, the positions may be different, and the final achievements may be different, but their starting point is exactly the same.

There is no essential difference between the two.

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Qingdi City, above the south gate, a soldier of the Qinglin Army with a tired face stood in front of the arrow tower and reported: "General, the time has come, and the city gate can be opened."

Lin Jiansheng opened his eyes, walked down the arrow tower, stood on the edge of the female wall, looked at the dense crowd below the city, and said to the soldiers behind him: "I know everyone has worked hard, but the last two days are a critical period. It's going to get better and better."

The sequelae of Qingyao's secret technique launched yesterday, Lin Jiansheng, who has become a collateral lineage of Emperor Qing, although he didn't sleep, just settled down, he almost recovered after seven or eight hours, but ordinary people still need a few days time to fully recover.

In addition, according to yesterday's observation and statistics, excluding the factor of the Qing Emperor's blood, the higher the strength of the person, the faster the recovery speed.

After a day and a night of rest yesterday, people above the seventh rank have basically recovered their ability to move, and they can normally perform simple tasks such as patrolling, registration, and management.

"General, I'm not tired." Mingming's eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of exhaustion, but the young soldier replied vigorously and loudly.

The days two days ago came to Lin Jiansheng's mind. Although there were no blood lines in his eyes and no fatigue on his face, the soldiers of the Qinglin Army, including him, were lifeless. It was completely opposite to now, and they didn't feel any vitality at all. .

And all of this changed on that day with the appearance of that adult.

Lin Jiansheng raised his right hand, patted the young soldier's shoulder heavily, and said sonorously: "Our Qingdi City will definitely restore the prosperity of the imperial city thousands of years ago, and even be stronger than it!"

After all, that is a living emperor!

With Lord Qingdi, Qingdi City is the real imperial city, the safest and most powerful city in the world.

Restoring the prosperity of the imperial city thousands of years ago is naturally a no-brainer.

"Yes, General, I believe so too."

The young soldier nodded vigorously. Although he didn't know the existence of Master Qingdi, he believed in the Lord Qingyao, the young Lord Qingfeng, and the current Qingdi City who had just defeated Luojiang City.

In particular, when he thinks that Qingyao City Lord defeated the previous City Lord of Luojiang City, a king-level middle-ranking powerhouse, he also participated in it and contributed his own strength, so he felt very proud.

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As the thick bronze gate slowly opened, this ancient city, which has survived for thousands of years and experienced several ups and downs, was revealed in front of He Ming's eyes.

Facing the moist morning breeze, He Ming walked into this ancient city following the flow of people.

At dawn, everything was silent, most people hadn't woken up yet, and there were not many pedestrians on the street except for those who had entered the city overnight.

After entering the city, without any hesitation, everyone rushed to the center of the city along the official road with a clear goal.

He Ming followed behind, intending to inquire about the situation first, think about it, clarify his thoughts, and then decide how to become an official.

Following the crowd, leading the horse, walking all the way, under the brighter and brighter morning light, He Ming looked around, his thoughts surging.

Sure enough, Qingdi City was already in ruins, even on both sides of the avenue, there were green grasses growing, which showed that the situation in other streets of Qingdi City was even more serious.

Grass grows on the main official roads of the city, naturally because few people walk around and take care of them.

He Ming also noticed that there were many vacant houses on both sides, and even the walls of some yards were covered with grass, the branches in the yard grew beyond the walls, and the roofs were covered with grass. No one lives there anymore.

This is on both sides of the main official road, one of the best areas in the city, and there are not enough people living in such an area. This shows how little the traffic of people in Qingdi City used to be, and how dilapidated the city was.

Such a phenomenon is impossible in other prosperous cities.

However, the fewer people there are and the more dilapidated the city is, the greater my chances will be, won't I?
Isn't that why I came all night?

He Ming followed the crowd and walked slowly for about an hour, and finally arrived at Qingdi Square in the center of the city when the sun was rising.

Looking at the thousands of tables and chairs, hundreds of cauldrons, and the smell of meat in the air in Qingdi Square, He Ming sniffed vigorously and exclaimed, "This is monster meat?! Hiss , So much monster meat? Tsk tsk... But, it's a pity, this kind of cooking method spoils good things, if cooked carefully, it will definitely be a top-grade dish with a hundred spirit stones (low-grade)."

He Ming deposited the horses and saluted, and walked on the Qingdi Square, listening to the conversation among the crowd, he realized that it turned out that this was a running water banquet, to celebrate the promotion of Qingyao City Lord and Qingfeng Young City Lord to the rank of monarch.

After turning around and understanding the situation, He Ming found a small team and lined up: "Although the cooking skills are average, but such a good thing as monster meat, you can't eat it for nothing."

An official who maintained order came and said to them: "Today is the third day of the running water banquet, and there are still four days left. Don't worry, take your time. Those who come to Qingdi City for the first time need to register first." , and get the monster meat."

The official walked up to He Ming, glanced at He Ming and said: "If there are fighters above rank seven, please come out, you don't need to line up, we have a special place to call for you."

He Ming looked around, and then looked at himself. In order not to attract attention, he rushed to the gate of Qingdi City, changed his attire, and disguised himself. Plus the secret method of holding back breath, shouldn't it be exposed so quickly?

But looking at the way the young official stared at him, it was obvious that he had been exposed.

He Ming reluctantly walked out of the team, saluted the young official and said, "He Ming, a scholar who travels around the world, has met you."

Although scribes practice martial arts, they don't focus on practicing martial arts and honing combat skills. They are more concerned with reading and studying literature. Even if they practice secret methods, they are also practicing auxiliary secret methods.

"I'm just a small official of the City Lord's Mansion, I dare not address you as an adult. My name is Qin Huai, Your Excellency, please follow me." Since the other party took the initiative to report the origin of his name, Qin Huai also politely replied.

He Ming had no bad intentions towards Qingdi City, the disguise was just out of caution, he wanted to find out before making a decision, so even though his identity was discovered, he was not flustered and angry, but instead smiled and chatted with the other party stand up.

"Your Excellency has really good eyesight. I have traveled around the world next week. For safety, I have specially practiced the secret method of restraining breath. Few people can see through it. Your Excellency can see through it at a glance. I admire you."

Ha ha……

Your breath-suppressing secret technique is really powerful, and you have not been discovered when you broke into Qingdi Square, but you are unlucky, you met me, I left Qingdi City with a caravan in my teens, went out to wander, and experienced several dangers , but they all survived the catastrophe, and encountered several adventures.

Among them, once he was hunted down in Mocheng and was seriously injured. He ran into a black-clothed bald old man. The man saw that he had good aptitude, so he rescued him, accepted him as a registered disciple, and taught him the secret method of insect control. .

He Ming's breath-holding secret method does have miraculous effects on warriors, but to his worms, it is as conspicuous as candlelight in the dark night, and they are high-quality warriors at first glance.

Naturally, Qin Huai would not tell the whole story to He Ming who met him for the first time, and casually said: "How did I see through Your Excellency's secret method of holding back breath? It's just that when I was talking, I saw Your Excellency's extraordinary temperament, so I took a second look. Unexpectedly, Your Excellency Just stand up by yourself, Your Excellency is so frank, I will definitely report it to the superior to rectify your name."

After hearing this, He Ming maintained a smile on his face, but secretly shook his head in his heart: "Although I never thought that I could get the answer just by asking, but you shouldn't be complacent, and then I'll compliment you again. The relationship between the two of us, Isn't it ripe?If you are so obviously perfunctory, you obviously don't want to make friends with me. '

Naturally, He Ming would not shrink back when encountering a little difficulty.

After all, he came to Qingdi City to become an official, and the other party can easily see through his secret method of holding back breath, that is a capable person.

Such a capable person is now only a ninth-rank petty official. It is time for Longyou to swim in the shallows, so of course he must try his best to make friends.

He Ming can assert that if there are no accidents, the other party's future is limitless.

What a shrewd person He Ming is, even though he knew that the other party was perfunctory, he enthusiastically accepted the words: "Then thank you, Brother Qin."

Now that his identity has been found out, He Ming simply took advantage of the situation and blew himself up: "After hearing about the achievements of City Lord Qingyao and Young City Lord Qingfeng, I quickly resigned from my position in Yucheng, hung up my seal and left, and came overnight. In order to become an official in Qingdi City, follow the Lord of Qingyao City."

Even going along with the flow, he saluted Qin Huai and said: "Since Brother Qin has entered the official position, he is He's future colleague. I hit it off with Brother Qin immediately. Please take care of Brother Qin."

Qin Huai has been traveling abroad for ten years, so he is naturally very knowledgeable. He Ming's style is really like that of a scribe who travels the world and seeks to become an official.

Qin Huai also wanted to become an official outside of the country at the beginning, but his personality really didn't match up with those scribes who traveled around hundreds of cities. Even people of the same kind would not accept you. After going down, he was dismissed from office soon because he offended someone.

If he hadn't been disheartened outside, he wouldn't have returned to this dilapidated hometown.

If it weren't for this being his hometown, after seeing the hope of rising, he would not choose to become an official again.

Being an official in your hometown and traveling around hundreds of cities to become an official are naturally not the same concept.

Like Qin Huai, who became an official in his hometown, has contacts left over from generations, and has a clean background. He passed the interview very quickly and officially became an official.

Scholars who travel around a hundred cities need review, recommendation, and opportunity to become an official. Even if they become an official, they will not be in such a position with law enforcement power.

Most of them are those who do not have much power and are auxiliary positions, such as staff and clerks.

It is not easy to get a position with law enforcement power, or to be in charge of a department. It takes time to truly integrate into it and take root; or to stand out after the test of major events and entrust it with important responsibilities.

Thinking of this, looking at He Ming, Qin Huai felt a little more pity in his heart, and his tone became more sincere, and said: "If brother He sincerely enters the official position, he is indeed at the right place. The Qingdi City is waiting to be rebuilt, and it is When employing people, as long as they pass the review, with Brother He's ability, I believe he will be able to become an official soon."

It's not easy, I finally hugged my thigh.

Scholars who traveled around hundreds of cities would be unable to move even a single step without the support of the locals.

This is all the bloody experience accumulated by He Ming's travels for many years.

He Ming followed Qin Huai and left Qingdi Square to the school grounds on the other side.

At this time, hundreds of recruits are already training in the school grounds, and it seems that they have just started, and they are undergoing the most basic training.

"Brother Huai?" A young man in the recruit army had just arrived at Qin Huai, and couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Xiaofeng..."

Qin Huai just responded. When he saw the instructor who was training the recruits, he quickly walked over and reprimanded Xiaofeng: "In the army formation, don't talk too much! The recruit Wu Feng came out and read your first offense, facing the wall for a quarter of an hour. Execute immediately."

"Yes, instructor." Wu Feng shrugged helplessly at Qin Huai, ran to Lian Yuan on the school grounds, faced the wall, and stood upright. There was an old soldier next to him, and when he saw Wu Feng moving, he whipped him.

Qin Huai paused for a moment, glanced at Wu Feng, didn't say much, turned around and led He Ming away from the school grounds.

He Ming did not make a sound, quietly followed Qin Huai across the school grounds, and arrived at a large hall with the word "Qinglin" written on it.

This should be the schoolyard and yamen of the famous Qinglin Army in Qingdi City.

Tsk tsk... You really value me, and even brought me directly to the base camp of the Qinglin Army.

As a scribe, he couldn't beat a sergeant of two lower ranks, let alone a well-organized army.

'If you find something wrong with me, even if I put on wings, it will be difficult to escape. '

After being reported by others, Qin Huai took He Ming into the main hall, saluted the middle-aged general sitting at the head, and said, "I have seen General Lin, this is a high-grade warrior that I found in the square, and the other party claimed to be Scholars who have traveled around hundreds of cities, come to become officials, and ask General Lin to register and review."

Lin Jiansheng glanced at He Ming. He Ming felt the evil spirit spreading over his face, and his heart trembled. He didn't expect that Qingdi City would have such a general with such evil spirit. .

The soul of the general, He Ming believes that as long as there is such a general, the Qinglin Army will soon grow rapidly and become a strong army.

He Ming also understood why the other party did this, isn't it just to give him a blow, dispel his arrogance, and let you honestly cooperate with the next registration and review?

He Ming didn't have bad intentions at all, he was naturally frank, and was not too much affected by the evil spirit.

Lin Jiansheng looked at the other party's appearance, nodded, and waved his hand casually: "Please go down, sir."

After He Ming left, Lin Jiansheng got up with a smile and walked down, patted Qin Huai on the shoulder and said, "Brother Huai, you became an official yesterday, why didn't you join our Qinglin Army! You, Lin and Qin are good friends from generation to generation. Your father is still my old officer. If you join our Qinglin Army, I will immediately give you a corporal leader. After completing the recruit training, you will be promoted immediately to why. In a few months, you can be promoted to a hundred Master, you have become a mid-level general."

The reason why Lin Jiansheng could easily offer Qin Huai the position of a mid-level general was that, apart from Qin Huai's background and connections, he was competent, and no one objected to it. The main reason was that he could propose in the Qinglin Army The highest position appointed, and at this time when the Qinglin Army was expanding its army, there were more than a dozen vacant positions of chief and deputy centurions, and there were too many monks, so it was not difficult to arrange them.

As for the positions of mid-level generals and above, it is not up to Lin Jiansheng to decide. He needs to acquire qualifications or make military achievements.

Qin Huai shook his head with a smile and said, "My father died early, without my father's teaching, I really didn't learn much about the secret methods of combat passed down in my family, but during the ten years I went out to fight, I learned some miscellaneous auxiliary secret methods. I can barely enter the city lord's mansion as a small official. Brother Sheng, I appreciate your kindness, I am really not suitable to join the Qinglin Army."

Seeing Qin Huai's firm will, Lin Jiansheng shook his head helplessly and said, "Since you insist, that's fine, but Brother Huai, you still have to learn the secret methods of combat handed down by the Qin family, and you must not let them be lost. what."

Looking at the back of Qin Huai leaving, Lin Jiansheng said to the staff next to him: "How is Qin Huai's review going?"

The staff officer immediately stepped forward and replied: "General, there are indeed some inaccuracies in Qin Huai's registration, but if he is serving in the City Lord's Mansion, it is still within the acceptable range. However, if he wants to enter our Qinglin Army , it will be very difficult to pass. General, I think this should be the main reason why Qin Huai chose to join the City Lord's Mansion instead of the Qinglin Army."

"Ten years!" Lin Jiansheng said with emotion.

After ten years of wandering abroad, and it was the most important ten years from a teenager to a young man, who knows what he has experienced in these ten years, who he met, what he learned, and whether he has pledged allegiance to some people?
There are too many variables!
In the city lord's mansion, the city lord and the young city lord, the two monarch-level powerhouses, and the ministers such as Mu Shoufu who are extremely intelligent, are placed in unimportant positions and can be used.

After all, in a place like the City Lord's Mansion, good and evil are mixed, and there are many people with more complicated backgrounds than Qin Huai.

Just like Luo Qi, the secretary-general next to the young city lord, and He Ming, the scribe who traveled around hundreds of cities just now, and so on.

However, it is absolutely impossible for such a person with a complicated background to be placed in the important Qinglin Army.

Lin Jiansheng sighed and said, "Qin Huai, what a pity."

If he hadn't been away from Qingdi City for ten years, if he didn't have such experience, with Qin Huai's background, he had been in the Qinglin Army for ten years, at least he was a centurion, and he was definitely qualified to apply for a collateral branch of the imperial clan.

Only by becoming a collateral branch of the Imperial Clan can one understand its benefits.

Thinking of the harvest of these two days, Lin Jiansheng still had a look of shock in his heart: "It can obviously improve the qualifications of cultivation, and even break the barrier between the minister and the monarch." '

It's no longer like before, when entering the bottleneck period, no matter how much you practice, you don't make any progress, and you have no hope of advancing to the monarch level in your life.

Now, as long as he cultivates, there will be progress, even if this progress is very slow, there is only a trace of progress.

'I have a hunch that as long as you practice hard, you will definitely be able to advance to the monarch level in ten years at most! '

Thinking of the content in "Samsara Battle Code", Lin Jiansheng looked towards the west of the city, and secretly said: "If you kill the enemy in battle, this time will be even shorter!" '

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Qin Huai quickly left the school grounds, stood outside the gate of the school grounds, turned around, and glanced at the school grounds with a complicated expression.

"Ten years ago, since the moment I decided to leave Qingdi City, haven't I already given up?"What is there to miss? '

Qin Huai sighed softly, turned and left, and went to Qingdi Square again.

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After He Ming finished registering, he walked out of the Qinglin Army's school grounds, recalling what he had just ventured to hear with the secret method, and was amazed in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Qin Huai's background is so strong, and he is famous in Qingdi City. Among the two great military families of Qin Lin, the descendants of the Qin family who are rumored to have been extinct, tsk tsk...

"What unexpected golden thighs!"

With such a background, as long as there are no accidents, he will definitely become an important minister in Qingdi City, and even the old man can hope for it.

Taking advantage of the cold stove now, hurry to burn it.

(End of this chapter)