Chapter 82. Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period (21) Women’s Army

     Ye Mo was of course the first to jump out and speak to Wang Xue: “This is all my fault. I made a mistake in my words just now. I said that everyone can participate in the ring match. Xue Ji concurred with the rules.”

     Everyone recalled what the young lady said just now. They did ignore this word. In fact, in such situations, everyone refers to all men, but there is more than one woman in the horse farm.

     Because the ruling class in this era basically does not apologize, they also think it is the young lady’s negligence.

     Ye Mo’s gaze swept across the officials’ swords at their waists. In this era, people carried swords but not necessarily knew how to use them. She continued, “Among the Six Arts, Xue Ji is exceptionally gifted in archery, music, and etiquette, especially in music where her talent surpasses that of ordinary people. She is the epitome of noble young ladies of our time. She is also skilled with the sword and enjoys it, just like all of you who treasure your jeweled swords. The arena competition is simply a way for young masters and ladies to exchange swordsmanship, which is perfectly reasonable.”

     The officials were silent.

     Ye Mo also gave the guard a precious sword from the Yangcheng Jun Mansion, one to appease people’s hearts, and the other to show fairness. Wang Xue’s sword is of course better than the soldier’s.

     Wang Xue & the soldier: “Thank you, young lady.”

     Xu Ruo looked at his daughter helplessly. He didn’t know what kind of magic potion she had given to Junior Sister Wen Jing, but she kept pampering her. Go back and copy the big characters on the twenty wooden slips!

     The soldier next to Wang Xue performed a very chic fist-holding salute. The swordsman on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and then followed suit and returned the fist-holding salute.

     The two officially began the competition.

     As the poem says, ‘One tree blooms five flowers, five flowers and eight leaves support, brightly shining Emei Moon, its light fills the rivers and lakes.’ As the only martial arts sect to have been passed down in China for 2,500 years, it undoubtedly has its advantages, especially in external cultivation methods

     The internal cultivation exercises are suitable for most of the physiques with all five elements, but because it is not the only one, it is not the best for everyone. It is only the best for the disciples in the Ancient Chinese period.

     Wang Xue’s inner cultivation has been changed to a customized version, but her outer cultivation method is still based on Emei swordsmanship, which is characterized by rigidity, softness, crispness, speed, and cleverness, which is both elegant and light, and capable and decisive.

     From this point of view, Emei swordsmanship is very suitable for her personality and her talent for agility.

     The swordsman on the opposite side can stand out among 80,000 soldiers, and his strength should not be underestimated. He is excellent in both physical fitness and swordsmanship and footwork, and is comparable to Gong Ziyi, close to the level of “middle and high-level swordsmen” in the Irish copy.

     One is mainly based on strength, and the other is mainly based on speed. The fight between the two was very fierce from the beginning. When the two’s abilities and swordsmanship are almost used to the extreme, the competition is purely based on physical fitness.

     After Wang Xue successfully broke through the agility attribute in the fight, when the swordsman was chasing, she went against the routine and went head-on, pointing the sword at the throat, half a second faster than the opponent.

     The winner is determined. This swordsman’s personality was as straightforward as his swordsmanship. He immediately clasped his fists to Wang Xue and admitted defeat.

     Ye Mo applauded them: “Good!”

     According to the rules, Wang Xue won, and she would defend the next ring match.

     Perhaps due to the gender issue, the strength of the next nine challengers was not as good as that of the armored warrior just now, so it was not difficult for Wang Xue to win.

     But the result of this winning streak really exceeded the expectations of the officials. They didn’t know Wang Xue’s strength, and Wang Xue successfully left the impression of a female swordsman among the soldiers of Yangcheng Jun. You know, there are not many people who can defend ten rings.

     Wang Xue flew back to her seat, exchanged a tacit look with Ye Mo, and then looked at the ring at the same time.

     The next round of the game continued, and the first one to go on stage was a swordsman ranked in the top three.

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     With the intermediate masters of the Irish copy as the dividing line, every melee master on the ring was included in Ye Mo’s list, especially the melee armored warriors in the later stage.

     But she did not selected the personal guards this year, and explained to the public that she would wait for the lord father to return and let him personally select them.

     This year’s Chuyang City Spring Recruitment finally came to an end in the afterglow of the sunset.

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     The meat grain factory is still working overtime. Yangcheng Jun has many granaries, and the largest one is still in Yangcheng Jun Mansion in the center of the city. In addition to the rewards, meat grains are carried into the mansion in boxes and cans.

     After returning to the mansion, Ye Mo first went to the granary to eliminate the storage risks of the granary, and added two rounds of guards to take turns on duty for 12 hours to increase the safety of grain protection.

     For dinner, enjoy a full fish feast.

     The ingredients come from Huquan River. The fish meat is delicate, and the ginger is boiled to remove the fishy smell. The fish soup is fresh and delicious. The smoked fish has a crispy skin and is soft and tender inside. The sashimi is served with spicy mustard sauce and sprinkled with a little green onion. It finally tastes a bit like food.

     The mustard sauce here refers to yellow mustard, which originated in China. It is yellow and slightly bitter. It is a common spicy seasoning. It has been used in the palace since the Western Zhou Dynasty as a medicinal plant or seasoning. 

     Ye Mo eats in a gentle manner, but she eats very fast.

     Today’s dishes are very appetizing. When she finished eating, she felt like having two more servings, so she capriciously ordered a bunch of fish.

     After dinner, she drank half a bowl of bitter ginseng soup to remove the smell of smoked fish and mustard in her mouth and relieve the greasiness.

     Ye Mo asked the maid: “No reaction from Gu Xing?”

     Maid: “No.”

     According to common sense, the survivors would not be scared for so long, but Gu Xing has been staying in the simple room of Yangcheng Mansion so far, not making a fuss, nor asking to see Mi Wenjing.

     Ye Mo changed her mindset.

     If the main mission of Gu Xing and the dead Gu Tao is to garrison Chuyang City, she thinks that Mi Wenjing’s mission is also this. Mi Wenjing will not kill her or abuse her, so Gu Xing plans to rely on Mi Wenjing to survive until Chuyang City is in chaos, and then come out to end the dungeon?

     Wouldn’t she have been so lucky in previous dungeons? This may also be a way to pass the level, but no matter what, people still have to rely on themselves. It is difficult to be lucky all the time.

     Ye Mo no longer cares about Gu Xing, and asks about the situation of the female musicians. Unlike Gu Xing, the female musician Qiong asked a few seemingly irrelevant questions, which is related to the news that she did not restrict the female musicians.

     For the first three days, Qiong did not ask anything.

     For the second three days, Qiong asked: “The young lady personally presided over the spring recruitment?”

     For the third three days, Qiong asked: “The young lady accepted a serf named Wang Wu as a teacher and lived in the mansion?”

     Ye Mo: “Then what?”

     The maid shook her head, there was nothing else.

     “Continue to ask every now and then for three days, and don’t worry about Gu Xing anymore.” Ye Mo stood up and left her seat, “Clear the meal.”

     “Yes, young lady.”

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     On the night of the second test, Ye Mo worked as a craftsman in Momen, on the night of the third test, Ye Mo went to the Jade Mine Cave in the middle of the night. In a few hours, plus the Five Elements Gathering Spirit Formation, her physical attributes increased by two points.

     Just when he was hesitating whether to move her rest address to the Jade Mine Cave in the northern suburbs tonight, Ye Mo heard a familiar system voice,

   【Congratulations to the survivor Ye Mo for successfully storing 60 days of military rations in the ‘Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period’ copy, completing special side mission 2, free point attribute +4】.

     60 days of military rations side mission?

     This should be an extended side mission to guard Chuyang City.

     Ye Mo calculated the grain production speed of the meat grain factory. Meat grain + the existing reserve grain is just enough for the current soldiers in Chuyang City to eat two meals a day for about 60 days, two months.

     But Chuyang City has more than soldiers, there are also slaves who are always on the verge of starvation, and civilians who are hungry. The food storage is never too much, because there are many battles where food is in desperate situation.

     When Ye Mo heard the system voice, Wang Xue & Wang Qi and other three survivors also heard the voice:

   【Congratulations to XXX for assisting the survivor Mi Wenjing in storing 60 days of food in the “Spring and Autumn Warring States” copy, completing the side task 2, free point attribute +2】.

     “Sister Jing is really a golden thigh.” Wang Xue was copying the “Book of Changes” in the room with tears in her eyes, and there was black ink on her chin, in order to punish her reckless behavior during the day.

     At the same time, He Shisi & Zhu Yuan & 22 failed reserve soldiers in the second test & 89 female reserve soldiers & reserve soldiers who joined the army in the third test,

   【Congratulations to XXX for assisting the survivor Mi Wenjing in storing 60 days of food in the “Spring and Autumn Warring States” copy, completing the side task 1 or 2, strength attribute +1, agility attribute +1, constitution attribute +1】.

     In the army, Zhang San and his men were resting separately in the barracks. Several people heard the voice and reacted similarly to Ye Mo. They calculated the soldiers’ rations and the number of soldiers, and concluded that they still needed to work hard to get food.

     When the reservists saw the three words “Mi Wenjing” in the task bar, many of them were more determined to follow the boss to create the world. Only by following the boss can they get some meat.

     Before they become bosses, hugging the golden thigh is the right choice.

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     And in the ranch and farm——

     “!!!”

     “Please take me with you!”

     “Thank you, boss.”

     The reservists who failed to join the army for various reasons but still successfully completed the first branch task were very happy. Some people understood that the credit for the storage of soldiers’ rations mainly belonged to Mi Wenjing, and they were following the senior.

     There are still hundreds of women in the reserve. Some of these people have good roots and are very suitable for martial arts practice, but except for the dead troublemakers, only 43 joined Sun Ba’s team.

     Now, after hearing the system voice prompt, these 43 people were very happy. They made the right choice.

     Other people who didn’t get the task had different reactions.

     Some people’s jealousy immediately emerged, and they wanted to take the opportunity to destroy Ye Mo’s plan. The simplest way was to start with public opinion and imply Mi Wenjing’s purpose.

     Because they didn’t know knowledge and wisdom, many serfs didn’t understand their meaning at all, and followed the praise of the young lady.

     So these reserve forces could only express themselves directly.

     When the serfs were trembling with fear and doubt, Sun Ba and her team appeared after receiving the report.

     Using Mi Wenjing’s power, the next day, the steward was asked to send these troublemakers to dirty and smelly jobs on the grounds of bad moral character, and there were serfs watching them.

     Treat others the way they have treated you.

     The reputation collapsed, and they lived in a life of being pointed at and criticized from then on. They could no longer do evil, or even had no time to do evil, only endless physical labor.

     Except for the few women who were on the blacklist and were cursing, crying, regretting, or blaming others, the remaining women who were still alive looked at themselves who were about to be crushed by life and quickly made a decision – they also wanted to join!

     22 male reserve soldiers who failed the second test and most of the third test also joined this team mainly composed of women soldiers. They had to seize the second chance.

     In fact, the conditions for joining the female soldiers in the early stage were very simple – there must be no principled problems in character, and no group conflicts must be caused when entering the team. Those who violated the rules will be removed from the team, and those who are serious will be punished.

     However, it is easy to join the female army, but it is extremely difficult to stay there and not be kicked to the logistics department. It is not just about running, standing at attention, and shouting a few words.