Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Come on, folks, line up, take your tickets, and get on the boat."

The large group of people lined up and boarded the boat in an orderly fashion.

Qiu Yu also joined Wang Gang's family and boarded the large ship of Liangshan.

"Wait a minute, brother, are you a scholar?"

The soldier responsible for checking boarding passes immediately lit up when he saw Qiu Yu's attire.

"Yes, I am."

Qiu Yu didn't know what the soldier meant, but he nodded to indicate that he was indeed a scholar.

"Great! We need scholars. Brother, wait a minute, let me write this down. What's your name? Are you a scholar or something else? Pen, Lao Zhang, get me a pen and ink!"

The soldier pulled a small notebook from his pocket and shouted to his comrade.

"My name is Qiu Yu, the Yu of carp."

"Brother, what a great name! It's like a carp leaping over the dragon gate. And since you're a scholar, you're sure to pass the imperial examinations! How so? Top three in the palace examinations! The top scholar, second-place scholar, and third-place scholar!"

After receiving the pen and ink, the soldier registered Qiu Yu, and while writing, he chatted with him, and the things they talked about were all related to the imperial examination.

"Thank you for your kind words, elder brother. Do you understand the imperial examinations?"

Qiu Yu was surprised. This soldier didn't look like someone who had been to school, yet he knew about the imperial examinations.

"I don't understand."

After registering Qiu Yu's name, the soldier laughed heartily.

"But in Liangshan, there are people who understand this, and our own mountain stronghold is preparing for the imperial examination. Right now, you scholars are the treasures of our stronghold!"

"Liang, Liangshan has a system of examinations, the imperial examinations?"

These words terrified Qiu Yu even more. Ren Yuan, you're practically rebelling under the banner of rebellion, aren't you? You even dare to mess with the imperial examinations!

"Originally, there wasn't, but the strategists said that our village is becoming more and more prosperous, and we need more and more talented people. Especially scholars like you, brother, are very rare in the village, so the strategists have decided to prepare for the imperial examinations in the village as well."

“We’ll have the people we select through the imperial examinations work in our village. That way, we can be at ease with ourselves, and it will also attract more scholars to come here!”

This soldier was clearly very optimistic about Liangshan's future development; his eyes lit up when he talked about the imperial examinations!

This made Qiu Yu even more panicked.

Liangshan, a den of bandits, is now actually holding imperial examinations!

So what's next? What should we do?

This is practically digging out the lifeblood of the Song Dynasty!

When a group of bandits not only began to care for the people, but also prepared to establish their own imperial examination system, the subsequent development of this force was simply unimaginable.

Qiu Yu's heart was filled with turbulent emotions, but at this moment, the large ship had already begun to move forward. The people were very happy and ran to the side of the ship to look at the surrounding scenery, pointing and talking non-stop, full of expectations for the future.

Even ships that were close together were greeting each other.

"Old Li! Old Li! Have you found any scholars on your ship?"

On the large ship nearby, familiar soldiers were shouting towards Qiu Yu and his group.

Yes! How about yours?

Old Li, who had registered Qiu Yu, immediately responded when he heard his companion shout.

"Yes, I have three! How many do you have?"

The people on the next boat were very smug, as if they had done something big!

Three? Old Zhao, you've struck it rich!

Because Liangshan is currently in dire need of scholars, the strategists have offered some rewards. If, during the escort mission, they discover that there are scholars among the civilians on their boats and can persuade them to work for Liangshan, then they can receive a reward.

Old Zhao found three people this time, so the reward is quite substantial.

"Haha, great! I'll treat you to drinks later!"

Old Zhao was very happy, which made Old Li a little envious. You see, in the Song Dynasty, although the military was not good at fighting and the status of military generals was low, the status of scholars was very high.

For this reason, scholars had a very high level of approval for the Song Dynasty court, and basically no scholar would want to join the bandits.

Most of the scholars in the bandit camps of the Song Dynasty were either hopeless in the imperial examinations or had very poor abilities, while a few were framed and forced into exile.

Only a very small number of people, having seen the true state of affairs, chose to join the outlaw world instead of the Song Dynasty's officialdom.

Therefore, it was extremely difficult for the bandit forces to attract scholars to join.

"Chief Li, you don't look very happy?"

Qiu Yu asked Lao Li why Lao Li looked a little unhappy after chatting with Lao Zhao on the other side.

“Alas, Brother Qiu, you don’t know how difficult it is for Liangshan to find a scholar. Each one is a treasure to Liangshan, but the current number is still a drop in the ocean and not enough. That’s why I’m a bit troubled.”

"No, Chief Li, what do we need so many scholars for? We're just a village. At most, we can have a few people do the accounting. What's the point of having so many people?"

Qiu Yu tried his best to appear completely ignorant of the situation at Liangshan.

"Brother Qiu, you're wrong about that."

Upon hearing this, Old Li immediately realized that this Brother Qiu in front of him didn't know much about Liangshan, so his thinking hadn't caught up yet.

"I can't tell you the specifics right now, but I assure you, there will be a lot of things to do once you get up the mountain."

After he finished speaking, he patted Qiu Yu on the shoulder and said earnestly, "In the future, I might have to call you Mr. Qiu when I see you. You'd better do well."

Although Qiu Yu had many other thoughts in his mind, he still answered readily.

He couldn't help but wonder, based on the current information, was Liangshan perhaps planning to establish a separate dynasty overseas? And then rival the Song Dynasty?

Where could this place be?

Throughout the journey, Qiu Yu kept thinking about this problem, and because he was distracted, he didn't even have time to memorize the route on the water!

Hmm... there's not much to remember about this route, because it's impossible to remember it anyway.

Once all the large ships had docked, the soldiers began to call the civilians to disembark.

"Scholars from all ships, assemble here! Scholars, assemble here!"

On the shore, several soldiers were calling for the scholars on the various boats to assemble. Clearly, the scholars were being accommodated differently from ordinary people.

"Brother Qiu, you go over there first, and remember to come back and find us later!"

Wang Gang also noticed the commotion on the shore and immediately realized that Qiu Yu might have to be separated from his family for the time being.

"Brother, Aunt, don't worry, I will definitely come to see you after I've finished dealing with things."

Qiu Yu was very grateful to Wang Gang's family because they were very kind and honest.

"Don't worry, it's just a matter of gathering the scholars first. The strategist will meet with you first, and after that, you can return to your relatives and friends."

Seeing this, Old Li immediately smiled and explained.

"Oh, I see. Then Brother Qiu, I'll save you a spot, and our two families will stay together! It's settled then!"

Wang Gang first took his family to settle down, while Qiu Yu was taken by Lao Li to the gathering point for scholars.

There were four or five people scattered around. Qiu Yu looked them over and saw that they were mostly middle-aged people, obviously people who had not had a good time taking the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty.

"Welcome to Liangshan, fellow students."

At the meeting point, a scholar-looking leader was smiling and welcoming them.

"Chief Li, who is this...?"

Qiu Yu's intuition told him that this leader must hold a high position in Liangshan.

After reading it, Old Li smiled and said to Qiu Yu in a very admiring tone:

"Brother Qiu, this leader is no ordinary man. He has a name on the stone tablet of Liangshan! He is Xiao Rang, the leader of the Earthly Star, nicknamed the Divine Scholar!"

"At Liangshan, his status was second only to the strategists. All the scholars who came to Liangshan were directly under Xiao Tou's command!"

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