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"Where are you from? What's your last name and first name? What did you do before?"

Zhuge Tian was wearing a cloth robe and standing at the place where soldiers were being recruited.

"Hello, big brother. My name is Pang Tong. I'm from Wuyin County. I used to be the owner of a shop."

"Can the shop owner write and do accounting?" The recruiter with a mustache didn't care too much at first.

After hearing Zhuge Tian's words, he finally raised his head.

I was slightly stunned when I saw his age.

"Such a young shopkeeper? Is he trying to bluff?"

Seeing the other party questioning him, Zhuge Tian quickly said:

"My shop was passed down in my family. Unfortunately, after Cao's army occupied Wuyin, that abominable Cao Hong, relying on his position as a general in the Cao army, seized my shop."

"And I can write and do accounting."

After hearing what Zhuge Tian said, the man with a mustache believed it a lot.

"I can write... Come, write my name for me."

Zhuge Tian picked up a branch and squatted on the ground and said, "No problem."

"My name is Liu Xie." said the man with a small mustache.

"Which shoe?"

"The Xie of Jiaozhi Governor Shi Xie!"

Zhuge Tian: “…”

"There are two fires, a word, and a word on the top, and a word on the bottom. Don't you know how to write it?"

Zhuge Tian wrote the two characters "火", "言" and "又" crookedly.

"Well, he's a bit of a jack of all trades, but that's not bad!"

Liu Xie nodded. Although he didn't write his name directly, he at least knew how to write the other simple words.

"Then let me test you on your calculations." Liu Xie looked around and said, "I've recruited twelve people today. If each of them is to be paid twelve copper coins a day, how many copper coins should I pay them in total?"

"144."

As soon as Liu Xie finished speaking, Zhuge Tian gave the answer. It was too simple.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xie was stunned.

Then he decided to make it a little more difficult for him: "What if I recruit one person on the first day, two people on the second day, and three people on the third day, and do this for a hundred days, how many people can I recruit in total?"

"5050 people."

Zhuge Tian was speechless. Is this such a simple test?

Although he had never attended elementary school, Zeng Xian had taught him a lot of math problems about how long it would take to fill a pool by draining and adding water at the same time.

Compared to these, it is still a lot more complicated.

"Have you heard of such a question before?" Liu Xie looked at Zhuge Tian in shock.

You have to know that as the military advisor of the Shanyue Army, he spent a whole morning calculating with abacus.

"Forget it...let it go."

After hearing what Zhuge Tian said, Liu Xie felt a little calmer.

However, it can be regarded as a recognition of Zhuge Tian's talent.

"Okay, just follow me from now on."

"Huh?" Zhuge Tian didn't expect it to be so simple. He pointed at Liao Hua, who had arrived before him and was still lifting the stone lock, and said, "Don't I have to do the same as them?"

"I am your military advisor. From now on, you just need to follow me and do the hard work. It's not your turn!" Liu Xie said proudly.

"Ah, it's you, the military advisor!" Zhuge Tian quickly saluted: "Greetings, the military advisor!"

"Not bad, you're a seasoned businessman, you have some foresight!" Liu Xie leaned back in his chair and said, "Have someone bring another set of tables and cases, and help with the registration!"

In this place where people were being recruited, only Liu Xie's place had a desk. I guess it was because he was the only one here who could read and write.

Now that there is Zhuge Tian, ​​no wonder he looks a lot happier.

Who wouldn’t be happy with less workload?

Soon a table was brought over.

Liu Xie saw that Zhuge Tian had written two words. Although the handwriting was not very good and was similar to that of the children in the county school, at least he could roughly recognize it.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as dog paddling.

But I can't ask for too much at this moment, it's good enough that I can write it.

So Liu Xie confidently handed over half of the "recruitment" task to Zhuge Tian.

"Master Military Advisor, I wonder who you're going to tell them to follow after we enter the mountains. How are we going to divide them?"

While waiting at the table for a while, Zhuge Tian heard that Liao Hua was assigned by Liu Xie to follow the boss.

Liu Xie nodded. He deliberately didn't say anything just now because he wanted to see Zhuge Tian's reaction.

Now this reaction made him very satisfied.

"Those who are strong and capable of fighting will be assigned to the command of the first or second in command. If they are ordinary, they will be sent directly to the recruit camp."

"If they can't lift those several-pound stone locks, can't carry them on their shoulders, and can't lift them head-on, just tell them to get out! We in the Shanyue Army don't keep idle people!"

"I understand!" Zhuge Tian nodded, sat behind his desk and started clocking in.

"You... the new recruits!"

"You... the new recruits!"

"..."

Several of them were assigned to the new recruits camp by Zhuge Tian, ​​which made Liu Xie look at them curiously.

"Why are they all assigned to the new recruit camp?" Liu Xie pointed at a relatively tall man and said, "This one looks like he can fight."

"To reply to the military advisor, this man was originally a farmer, and he seems to be a little afraid of blood, so he probably isn't very good at fighting."

"Hmm?" Liu Xie raised his eyebrows. "How do you know he's afraid of blood?"

"Just now, the guy who was lifting the stone lock on the military advisor's side accidentally hit his foot. I saw that he was startled."

Liu Xie looked at the man and asked, "Is this true?"

The man's eyes dodged, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "I...I really haven't seen much blood."

"It doesn't matter if he hasn't seen blood. A few battles will make him better." Liu Xie then asked Zhuge Tian, ​​"Then how do you know he can't fight despite being so tall? Is it just because he used to be a farmer?"

"It's just... a feeling." He pointed at Liao Hua, who had already passed the level and was standing aside waiting, and said, "I feel like he can be knocked down with just three moves like this."

"Oh?" Liu Xie became interested and waved to Liao Hua, "Xu Shu, right? If you can defeat him in three moves, I'll make you a small leader."

Then he said to the other man, "If you can survive three attacks, you'll pass and be allowed to follow the first or second in command."

The tall man looked at Liao Hua, nodded and said, "Okay!"

During the event, Liao Hua gave Zhuge Tian a thumbs up.

Anyway, no one except them recognizes this gesture.

The three people's plan was to try to infiltrate the other party's senior management and obtain more information.

Zhuge Tian found such a good opportunity for Liao Hua.

Needless to say, the tall man was full of flaws in Zhuge Tian's eyes.

Naturally, he was no match for Liao Hua. Not to mention three moves, he was fooled by Liao Hua's fake move with the first punch, and then he punched him in the chest, knocking him down.

"Not bad! Your boxing and kicking skills are pretty good!" Liu Xie looked at the roster and said, "Xu Shu, starting today, you'll be the sergeant under the boss!"

This guy named Xu Shu used to be a knight-errant, but I didn't expect he actually had some skills.

"Thank you, Master Military Advisor!"

Then, as luck would have it, the next one to come up was Zhao Yun.

Liu Xie looked at the fair and somewhat overly handsome face and frowned: "Where did this chick come from? We Shanyue people don't want just anyone."

Zhao Yun was not annoyed. He smiled and said, "I'm from Changshan. My name is Liao Hua. I'm also a good fighter. Why don't you let me have a try with him?"

The direction of his finger was exactly Liao Hua, who was watching the show with his arms folded in the back.

Liao Hua: “…”