"Following the order!" Liu Xiu was overjoyed to see his elder brother finally relieved.

Everyone on the scene was amused by his behavior, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

Liu Yan turned his eyes, looked at Long Yuan beside Liu Xiu, and asked suspiciously, "A'Xiu, who is he?"

"His name is Long Zhongbo, a friend I met at the bazaar. He heard that I was going to join the Volunteer Army, and Zhongbo wanted to follow me." Liu Xiu had already thought about it.

Long Yuan's identity was too special to be exposed. Although Elder Brother was credible, these people around him might not. In addition, he was not easy to say that Long Yuan had followed himself and recognized himself as the lord.

Liu Yan looked at Long Yuan again. He always felt that this person had unusual temperament. He asked tentatively, "Have you learned martial arts?"

Long Yuan owed to Liu Yan and said: "I know some skills, but I practiced martial arts in a sparse and ordinary way, and my techniques are difficult to get to the elegant hall."

Liu Yan smiled and said, "It is better to practice than not to practice. You can follow us, but you must take good care of my third brother."

Long Yuan said with a serious look: "Yes! Brother Liu!"

In fact, without Liu Yan's order, Long Yuan naturally regard the safety of Liu Xiu as his primary task.

After Liu Xiu and his elder brother joined together, they went together to go to Xiangyang City.

They were silent along the way. Three hours later, Liu Xiu, Liu Yan and others successfully arrived in Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang was a big city with tens of thousands of residents. Now Xiangyang City had become one of the gathering places for the volunteers, and there were more people in the city.

The registration place of the volunteers was in the county government, and the county magistrate, county officer and Xianwei of Xiangyang City were personally responsible for recruitment.

In counties with more than 10,000 people, the highest administrative official was called the county magistrate. In counties with less than 10,000 people, the highest administrative official was called the head of the county. The county officer was in charge of civilian work, and Xianwei was in charge of local officers and soldiers.

There were really a lot of people who came to sign up. The queue was long, and Liu Yan waited more than half an hour before it was his turn.

Two young officials were responsible for his registration, and the Xianwei Peng Yong sat aside, closed his eyes to relax.

A young man took a look at Liu Yan, picked up a bamboo card, and asked, "Name?"

"Zaixia Liu Yan, or you can call me Bosheng."

"Hometown?" The official asked and wrote Liu Yan's name on the bamboo card.

"Caiyang County, Nanyang Prefecture."

The official wrote a few strokes, then pushed the bamboo card in front of Liu Yan and said, "OK, next."

Liu Yan took the bamboo card, looked at it, stood still, and said, "I'm not here alone, there are dozens of brothers!"

Hearing this, the official looked at him a few more times in surprise. Even Peng Yong, who was closing his eyes and relaxing next, opened his eyes and looked at Liu Yan curiously. Without waiting for the official to speak, Peng Yong asked: "Your name is Liu Yan?"

"Exactly."

"How many people do you bring?"

"Twenty-seven."

Peng Yong stood up and slowly approached Liu Yan. He looked up and down at him and asked, "Have you practiced martial arts?"

"Yes."

Peng Yong's mouth twitched, and he gestured at several stone blocks on the side, "You try to see if you can lift them."

Liu Yan turned his head and glanced at them. Some of the stone blocks were big and some were small, all of which were polished from a single stone, with handles engraved on them.

Just look, he shook his head. Peng Yong raised his lips, hummed, and sneered: "You can't even lift such a stone block. How can you say you have practiced martial arts?"

Those who signed up later also casted contemptuous glances at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan smiled indifferently and said, "Lord, it is not that I can not lift them, but I think these stones are too small."

Peng Yong froze for a moment, couldn't help laughing out loud, and said: "Your courage seemed not 'small'! You go to lift one, and let me see."

Although those stone blocks were big and small, even the smallest one weighed at least 70 to 80 catties, which was not something ordinary people can lift.

Liu Yan shrugged disapprovingly, stepped forward inadvertently, looked down, and patted the biggest stone block.

Upon seeing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but widen his eyes. The stone block Liu Yan patted was estimated to be more than a hundred catties.

Liu Yan grabbed the handle above the stone block and lifted the biggest stone block easily like lifting a little chick in one hand.

He also moved up and down, and his corner of his mouth flicked back in disapproval.

The scene was silent for a moment. Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun first came back to earth, and the two shouted in unison, "Good!" And they applauded.

The two of them took the lead, and all the people present also came back to earth and applauded.

Many people were talking about it: "Who is this person? How can he be so powerful?"

"I heard he was called Liu Yan!" "Liu Yan? I have never heard of such a person!" "I know him, Liu Yan, Liu Bosheng, very famous in Caiyang ..."

Seeing that Elder Brother easily lifted the biggest stone block, Liu Xiu felt so proud, applauded loudly. Long Yuan also nodded secretly. The lord's brother's arm strength was really amazing!

The following thunderous applause and praise made Liu Yan's nerves excited.

He overturned the hand lifting the stone block, and changed his gesture, from carrying to holding. Then, he lifted another stone block. With a sound, the new stone block was placed on the stone block he held, and then he held the two stone blocks with one hand, and slowly raised high above his head.

At this moment, the scene suddenly became quiet, no applause and no praise. Even the Xianwei Peng Yong was shocked by Liu Yan's natural power.

Two stone blocks, weighing more than two hundred catties, were raised by him with one hand. How much strength did this person have?

Liu Yan held two stone blocks high and walked back and forth on the field with ease, as if he lifted not two hundred catties of heavy objects, but two small stones.

He looked around the crowd. His face was not red and he was breathless. He said: "Unfortunately, there is no place to put one more on them, otherwise even if you give me a few more stone blocks, I can still lift them!"

Wow--

The atmosphere of silence at the scene was suddenly broken, and people were in an uproar. Liu Xiu, Zhang Ping, Zhu Yun and others applauded even more enthusiastically.

Liu Yan's behavior could be said to be a shock to all people resent.

On this day, the people of Xiangyang City all heard about that there was a person with a natural thong power came to join the Volunteer Army, and he named Liu Yan, Liu Bosheng.

After Peng Yong came back to earth, he quickly walked to Liu Yan. But after seeing the two stone blocks he lifted high, he subconsciously took two steps backwards, beckoning and said, "Okay, okay. Let's put down the stone blocks ! "

Liu Yan continued to hold them and asked with a smile: "Does lord think that I can pass the exam?"

"Yes, yes. You quickly let go put them down!" Peng Yong nodded again and again.

Liu Yan heard the words and laughed loudly, and then threw two stone blocks on the ground with satisfaction, making two rumbling noises.

People nearby also ran forward deliberately, trying to see if they could lift the stone block. They tried, even holding it with both hands, using the strength of breastfeeding, but could only lift a stone block a little.

At this time, people looked at Liu Yan all with admiration. They could not help but hold their thumbs up. This person was really a talent!

Perhaps it was right to say that gold will shine sooner or later. In this era of chaos and coexistence of numerous heroes, how could a capable person like Liu Yan be ignored?

Peng Yong came to Liu Yan and smiled, his mouth could not close because of joy. And he repeatedly exclaimed: "Bosheng has magic strength, Bosheng has magic strength!"

He even praised him several times, then took the military card given to Liu Yan by the official and threw it back directly. He said in a serious voice: "How can you be an ordinary soldier with your talent? Bosheng, would you like to stay beside me as a Junhou? "

Junhou was equivalent to the Quzhang.

According to the compilation of the Han Army, five hundred people formed a Qu with a Junhou, one hundred people formed a Tun with a Tunzhang, fifty people formed a Dui with a Shuaidui, and five people formed a Wu with a Wuzhang.

Who was superior than Quzhang was the Junsima, who could lead a Bu. And further up was the Xiaowei.

Many movies and TV dramas, storytelling and other works had made the title of Xiaowei small, and there were often sayings like "kill a small Xiaowei with a dagger" and "kill a small Xiaowei with an arrow". But in fact, Xiaowei was not an inferior position. The salary of a Xiaowei was more than two thousand dans. And a Xiaowei was at the same level as the prefecture magistrate and the Duwei of a prefecture .

Peng Yong was a Xianwei. Placed in the army, he still did not reach the rank of Xiaowei. At best, he was a Junsima. The official position he gave to Liu Yan was a Junhou, which was second only to him.

As a person who had just joined the Volunteer Army, he was promoted to the rank of Junhou at once, which was enough to make people envious, but Liu Yan didn't pay attention to it at all.

He did not come to be an official, but just wanted to make a fortune. When the war was over, he would return to his hometown, recruit troops, and accumulated his strength.

He didn't take it seriously, but he had to pretend to be happy. He greeted Peng Yong and said, "Thank you for your appreciation!"

Peng Yong was in a good mood and laughed loud.

The army of the New Dynasty was roughly divided into three systems, one was the Jingshi Army, the other was the local army, and the third was the border army.

The Volunteer Army would be included in the local army. Xiangyang City was one of the strongholds for the formation of the Volunteer Army. And the Xianwei Peng Yong also should lead the Xiangyang Volunteer Army to enter Yizhou Province to cooperate with Lian Dan's Jingshi army.

Peng Yong did not have much confidence in this battle, and the soldiers recruited in the past few days were all ineligible. They had no fighting ability at all.

The arrival of Liu Yan was like giving him a shot of stimulant, and it also gave Peng Yong some confidence in his Volunteer Army.

As Liu Yan was promoted to the rank of Junhou, the officials of yamen also treated him better. With Liu Yan's arrangement, Liu Xiu and others also successfully registered.

As the saying went, one person got the way, people followed him would also ascend to heaven. Liu Yan became a Junhou, and naturally the people around him would not be ordinary soldiers.

Zhang Ping, Zhu Yun, and others were either arranged by him as a Tunzhang or a Shuaidui. As for his biological brother Liu Xiu, he did not arrange any position for him and only let him stay beside him.

Liu Xiu was very dissatisfied with this. He found Liu Yan and said, "Elder Brother, even if I can't be a Tunzhang or a Shuaidui, can I at least be a Wuzhang?"

Liu Yan glared at the younger brother and took Liu Xiu to a place where there was no one, whispered: "A Xiu, you think it's good to be a leader? When it's time to fight, you have to rush to the front if you are a leader. You just obediently stay by my side, and if you are not obedient, go home immediately! "

Note:

1. Jin: a unit of weight, equals to 1/2 kilogram

2. Quzhang: the head of a Qu

3. Tunzhang: the head of a Tun

4. Shuaidui: the head of a team

5. Wuzhang: the head of a Wu

6. dan: a unit of salaries of officials

7. Jingshi Army: the army sent by central government