Chapter 314 I Like Your Unruly Look
A group of boatmen gathered together and looked at Yang Zhengshan with some trepidation.

Sun Cheng and Ningbo stood at the front. Sun Cheng had a flattering smile on his face, while Ningbo had a calm expression.

Yang Zhengshan first walked up to Sun Cheng and asked, "Are you willing to work for me?"

Sun Cheng smiled flatteringly and said, "It is my great honor to serve the general!"

He is just an ordinary man. Although he has some talent in sailing, he still lives cautiously.

Of course, this does not mean that he is really a coward. Flattery is just an illusion. A person who has lived on the sea all his life has seen all kinds of storms.

"Well, your monthly salary will be doubled in the future. Just work hard for me, and I will not treat you unfairly!" Yang Zhengshan patted his shoulder and said with satisfaction.

"Thank you, General. I kowtow to you!" There was a light of surprise in Sun Cheng's eyes. This was a pleasant surprise for him.

"No need to kowtow!" Yang Zhengshan smiled gently and supported his arm. "Just do your job well in the future!"

"Yes!" Sun Cheng's smile became even brighter.

Yang Zhengshan walked up to Ningbo again. Compared to Sun Cheng, Ningbo was more arrogant.

He looked at Yang Zhengshan neither servile nor arrogant. Yang Zhengshan did not care about his arrogance and asked, "What is your current cultivation level?"

"The second level the day after tomorrow!" Ningbo said.

"Not bad, you can be a centurion under me first!"

"Captain!" Ningbo showed a look of disdain.

Generally speaking, as long as one is a warrior, he can become a centurion in a garrison, and if his cultivation reaches the acquired realm, it is also easy to become a thousand-man garrison.

Ningbo has the second level of acquired cultivation, so naturally he looks down on the rank of a hundred households. If he were given the rank of a thousand households, he might be able to accept it.

"What? You look down on the centurions under my command?" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"That's right, I don't like it!" Ningbo said loudly without any fear.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him and nodded slightly, "Yes, I like your unruly look!"

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced around. He saw a soldier standing guard in the distance, and waved and shouted, "Come here!"

The soldier heard his call and trotted over, "General!"

"Tell me your position and name!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Tenglong Guard's front-line sentry Wu Zhao greets the general!" Wu Zhao replied in a loud and energetic voice.

The Four Tenglong Guards were organized as a garrison, but Yang Zhengshan would not be able to use the previous organization when he was going to form a battalion of soldiers, so the guard office has been organizing the battalion of soldiers in recent days.

According to Yang Zhengshan's request, twelve soldiers in the camp form a team, four teams form a sentry, four sentries form an officer, a sentry general is appointed as the leader, four officers form a captain, and they are led by a captain-general. In the future, the Tenglong Guard camp soldiers will have five captains-general in the front, back, left, right and center, with a total of more than 4,000 soldiers.

However, the commander has not been appointed yet, and there are more than a thousand soldiers in the camp, so the reorganization has not been completed yet.

"Twelve people form a team, and four teams form a sentry. This means the sentry leader is equivalent to the general flag!"

"Well, you compete with him. As long as you can beat him, I will give you a position of a thousand households!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Ningbo again and said.

Ningbo glanced at Wu Zhao, and Wu Zhao looked at him back, his face calm and his eyes indifferent, without any emotional fluctuations.

"it is good!"

Ningbo didn't think too much about it. Perhaps he didn't think that a seemingly ordinary soldier would be his opponent.

Yang Zhengshan took a few steps back with a warm smile on his face, signaling everyone around him to make way.

"I need a knife!" Ningbo said.

Yang Zhengshan winked at his attendant, who immediately threw a knife to him.

Seeing this, Wu Zhao stuck his spear into the ground and drew the long sword from his waist.

The two men confronted each other for a while without saying anything, and then Ningbo swung his knife forward and chopped it down.

Wu Zhao raised his knife, blocked the long knife with a clang, then exerted force suddenly to force Ningbo back.

Ningbo seemed not to have expected Wu Zhao to be so strong, and he staggered back several steps. However, before he could steady himself, Wu Zhao crouched down and suddenly leaped forward, sweeping the long knife towards his abdomen.

By the time Ningbo had steadied himself, the blade was already against his abdomen.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this. Did they lose just like that?

Losing too quickly, too easily!

The boatmen were amazed.

They are all sailors who have been sailing on the sea with Ningbo all year round and they all understand Ningbo's strength.

Ningbo looked down at the blade on his abdomen, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

One move forces the opponent to retreat, one move is fatal.

Just two simple moves actually took his life!

Wu Zhao silently retracted his long sword, came to Yang Zhengshan again, clasped his fists and reported: "General, the mission is accomplished!"

"Very good!" Yang Zhengshan patted Wu Zhao's shoulder with satisfaction.

"Thank you, General!" A restrained smile appeared on Wu Zhao's calm face.

"Impossible!" Ningbo said at this time: "He can't be just a general flag officer!"

Yang Zhengshan took a step forward, looked at him sharply, and said, "What's impossible?"

"He has followed me to the battlefield and massacred more than 100,000 Hu people in the north with me, and defeated tens of thousands of Hu cavalry. He is a true elite warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles!"

"By the way, he's a cavalryman, and his best skill is spearmanship. You've already got the upper hand in a sword fight with him!"

Unruly!
You have to have the ability! If you don't have the ability, who are you going to show off to?

Ningbo's face turned pale and blue.

"By the way, he has reached the third level of acquired cultivation!" Yang Zhengshan added.

A warrior at the third level of the acquired realm is only a general flag bearer under this general. How dare you, a warrior at the second level of the acquired realm, look down upon a centurion.

"Are you satisfied?"

Ningbo remained silent.

Seeing him like this, Yang Zhengshan's lips curled up slightly. He was still not convinced!
He pointed at several followers behind him and said, "They are all my followers. If you still want to compete, you can pick any one you want!"

"Those are the guards of this general's family. If you still want to compete, you can pick any one. Uh, forget about the younger ones, they just became warriors not long ago!"

Ningbo looked over. He first looked at Yang Zhengshan's followers and knew at a glance that these guys were not easy to mess with.

Looking at the guards of Yang family, those guards seemed slack and lacked the seriousness and awe-inspiringness of other soldiers, but he understood that these guards were not to be trifled with.

"I am not strong enough to serve the general!" Ningbo said bitterly, and the pride in his heart was swept away at this moment.

Yang Zhengshan put one hand on his waist and patted his shoulder with the other hand. "Boy, in terms of strength, you can only be a general flag under this general, but this general needs your ability in sailing and naval warfare!"

"Hahaha~~ Work hard, and when your cultivation reaches the fifth level of the acquired realm, this general will make you a thousand households!"

"You are still young and have many opportunities. Haha, I still like your rebellious look just now!"

Ningbo's face flushed with shame and he looked unruly!
Arrogant and ignorant!
"Your subordinate greets the general!" Ningbo took a step back and bowed with his fists clasped.

Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction. This kid was smart, otherwise I would have slapped him so hard that he would be paralyzed on one side.

It's okay to be unruly, but if you don't know what's good for you, you deserve to be beaten!

Ningbo didn’t know that he almost became paralyzed just now!

If he knew, he would have knelt down long ago!

"Very good!" Yang Zhengshan looked up at the boatman behind him, "The same goes for you. From now on, you are soldiers under my command!"

"As for whether you are willing or not, and whether you agree or not, I'm sorry, you don't have the chance to refuse!"

"Don't forget that your long deed is in the hands of this general!"

"Follow me, do your job well and you will have food to eat. If you don't do your job well, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the fish!"

Yang Zhengshan grinned, revealing a ferocious look.

This is not acting, he is really cruel.

Don't forget that he also has the nickname of God-killer Butcher.

When the boatmen saw this, they were all shuddering with fear.

Ningbo, who was standing next to him, was also awed in his heart and dared not show any rebellious behavior anymore.

The calmest person was Sun Cheng, because Sun Cheng had long understood that Yang Zhengshan was not someone to be trifled with.

It’s not that he had heard of Yang Zhengshan’s name, but he knew that the person who could make the Zhang family hand over the fleet obediently must not be a good person.

Seeing that these guys had behaved themselves, Yang Zhengshan ignored them.

"Wu Zhao!"

"To!"

"I'll leave this place to you today. Tomorrow the government will arrange for people to come and build a camp. You must keep an eye on these guys. If anyone dares to cause trouble, he will be sent to feed the fish!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"Here!"

"Well, after the barracks are built, we'll give them some basic training first. They're a bunch of scumbags who don't know how to stand or sit properly. They're really bringing shame to our Tenglong Guards!"

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the boatmen and said with some disdain.

Wu Zhao also glanced at the boatmen and said, "I understand!"

After handing over the dock to Wu Zhao, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Acropolis.

We have the fleet and the sailors, but there is still a lot to do.

Maritime trade must be carried out and a navy must be established.

These ship workers are the basis, but not the foundation. What Yang Zhengshan wants is not a simple maritime trade fleet, but a navy capable of naval warfare.

The sailors need to undergo basic training and the soldiers need to undergo naval combat training.

Only after the training is completed can the fleet attempt to go out to sea.

Tenglongwei also needs to train its own captains and ship bosses, and they must be more professional and technical.

In addition, all of Zhang’s ships are merchant ships, so he also has to find a way to get some warships.

There are no firearms in this world, but there are large crossbows for defending cities and naval battles.

In addition to crossbows and bows and arrows, the main combat method in naval warfare is boarding combat, which requires tools such as grappling hooks, ladders, and springboards.

Merchant ships are also equipped with other tools, but certainly not as complete as warships. Merchant ships are basically not equipped with things like mounted crossbows and bows and arrows, especially mounted crossbows, which are strictly controlled by the imperial court and are not allowed to be manufactured privately.

If Yang Zhengshan wants to form a navy, he must be equipped with crossbows.

In a world without artillery, the crossbow is the most important long-range attack weapon in naval battles.

(End of this chapter)