Listening to the system's prompt, Fang Er was too exhausted to complain.
Why was the system working with Li Shimin?
Fang Er: System, come out. Who is your host, you or me?
System: All that white stuff, don't you want it?
Fang Er: ...
As if! Am I that kind of person?
System: Your points have been a bit too much lately, have you become arrogant? Should this system do something about it?
Fang Er: I accept, I accept.
The exchange with the system made Fang Er even more depressed. He looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, let me ask something. How old is a young maiden?" Reading Books.
Hearing Fang Er's question, Li Shimin showed contempt.
"Laizi, teach him!"
Lai Yifa gave Fang Er an innocent look and then said.
A maiden at 12 is "jin chai", at 13 is "dou kou", at 15 is "ji ji", at 20 is "tao li". As for "miao ling," it's between 18 and 22 years old.
This really broadened Fang Er's knowledge. He had never known there were so many terms for age.
Thinking about the mission, since he had to face it no matter what, he pretended to be magnanimous and said.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, then your subject will accept this task."
"Not only that, your subject will bring back one hundred thousand young maidens, and I guarantee that next year, the Great Tang will have one hundred thousand more babies!"
These words truly struck a chord with Li Shimin.
"Good!"
"When this matter is done, I will definitely reward you generously! Moreover, I permit you to choose ten of these one hundred thousand women to branch out your Fang family!"
Fang Er quickly shook his head.
"What the heck, how did this get onto me? Your Majesty, let's forget about that. How about you issue a decree first, ordering those craftsmen to stand by at the Fang Family Village shipyard?"
Li Shimin nodded in agreement and then sent Lai Yifa to the Ministry of Works to relay the message.
After finishing this matter, Fang Er found an excuse and slipped away.
If he stayed any longer, he didn't know what other bizarre demands Li Shimin would come up with.
As Fang Er left, Cheng Yaojin also followed.
The two walked side by side, and Cheng Yaojin said, "Brother, lend me your motorcycle for a couple of days, okay?"
Fang Er quickly shook his head.
He hadn't forgotten what happened outside the Chengtian Gate that day.
"Brother, if you want to play, come to the village. There are too many people in the city. It won't be good if you run into someone."
Seeing that Fang Er disagreed to lend it to him but agreed for him to play at the village, Cheng Yaojin wisely nodded.
"Alright, how about I go back with you now?"
Fang Er nodded.
The two arrived outside the Chengtian Gate. Seeing Fang Er approach, the guard, imitating Fang Er's operation when starting the motorcycle, started it up and pushed it over.
"Marquis, your vehicle."
Fang Er glanced at him, "Kid, you're quite perceptive!"
He tossed another piece of silver. "Thank you for your hard work, brother. Go have a drink."
Taking the motorcycle, he got on, pointed to the back seat, and said, "Brother, let's go."
Cheng Yaojin swung his leg and sat behind Fang Er.
He fumbled around on the back for a long time, couldn't find anything to hold onto, and awkwardly grabbed Fang Er's clothes.
"Brother, your vehicle doesn't have a handrail in the back. It's not very convenient!"
Fang Er shook his head, "The essence of a motorcycle is that the back seat has no handrail. Hold on tight!"
With that, he shifted gears and drove off.
The motorcycle roared out of the city, not heading back to the village, but directly to the workshop. The roads here were made of cement, so Cheng Yaojin could have his fun.
Leaving the vehicle for him, Fang Er went to the Tianhuo Camp.
They were about to depart, and the personnel to accompany them on the ships also needed to be confirmed.
There were only three large ships, and more than two thousand people couldn't all be taken. Moreover, some people needed to stay behind to guard their homes.
Qi Sui was sitting in a corner of the training grounds, watching the soldiers perform various drills. A guard ran over to inform him that Fang Er had arrived.
Qi Sui quickly got up and walked towards Fang Er.
"Marquis."
Fang Er walked to the chair where Qi Sui had been sitting and sat down. "Tell this marquis about the situation here."
Qi Sui stood behind Fang Er and began to report on the current state of the Tianhuo New Army.
"Marquis, they are currently divided into the Fourth and Fifth Battalions."
"The commander of the Fourth Battalion, Wu Yong, is the guard you brought back from the palace earlier."
"He is skilled and ranks first in all subjects."
"The commander of the Fifth Battalion is named Zhang Tian. He is from Majia River, and his performance in all subjects is second only to Wu Yong."
"Now, both battalions can proficiently use the Yun Yi-style rifle, and the artillerymen have also learned to operate the mortars."
Fang Er nodded. "Go and summon the two battalion commanders."
Qi Sui quickly walked out from behind Fang Er and headed towards the Fourth and Fifth Battalions, who were training.
Wu Yong was the guard whom Li Shimin had ordered to join the Tianhuo Army because he knew too much.
When he first arrived, he was still a bit disheartened.
However, with the novelty of the daily training subjects and the freedom to experiment with various firearms, this fellow fell completely in love with the Tianhuo Army.
How could someone who could be selected for the Imperial Guard and walk within the palace be unskilled? He quickly got the hang of these firearms, and his physical condition was much better than those from farming households.
Therefore, Qi Sui quickly noticed him.
The Tianhuo Army's initial training was conducted on a company basis, with guards serving as instructors.
Wu Yong rose through the ranks, starting as a company commander until he was promoted to battalion commander.
Zhang Tian, his family was as poor as washing dishes. However, he was handsome and was taken in as a son-in-law by a wealthy Liu family in Majia River.
He originally thought that by marrying into the Liu family, he would have a good life.
But who would have thought that the Liu family's daughter was incredibly ugly, with buck teeth that made it unnecessary to ask for help even when eating walnuts. She was only 1.5 meters tall and weighed 280 jin.
On their wedding night, Zhang Tian almost threw up from being crushed.
He was still hoping to support his poor mother, but his vicious mother-in-law treated him like a thief.
Life became unbearable. As soon as he heard that the Tianhuo Army was expanding, he secretly ran away from home.
Under the "training" of his monstrous wife, he developed extraordinary resilience. Coupled with his desire to succeed, he trained like a tireless old ox.
His performance in all subjects improved rapidly, and he climbed all the way to the position of battalion commander.