I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 40 Screening of Special Talents

Looking at the excited Zhu Chongba and Tang Hehe,
Tianyu sighed in his heart that the short videos he watched in his previous life were still useful. He got the skills of cultivating scholars on QQ World. He never thought that there would be a day when he could actually use them.

Afterwards, Tianyu instructed Tang He to strictly follow the school's military training contents, including running, forming battle arrays, shouting slogans, and training military boxing.

Although he didn't understand the principle, Tianyu knew that the original intention of the so-called school military training was to enable students to become soldiers at critical moments and thus hone their will.

What's more, the training intensity used on this group of equally thin ancient people is just suitable for their current physical condition.

After everyone's physical fitness improves, we will increase the intensity of their training and then carry out ideological construction.

The light infantry of the Chinese nation is the pinnacle of human warfare history.
In addition to the combat experience of advancing the front line without relying entirely on rear-line supply support, through rapid advancement (long-distance raids), using enemy materials as supplies, and achieving step-by-step combat.

The most important thing is that they are united as a military and civilian, share the same hatred of the enemy, and have a chilling willpower to face death without any fear.

If the great light infantry of the Chinese nation could be reproduced at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, then the damn Whip of God and the Golden Family would not be a match for them at all.

You have to know that the victory or defeat of a war is not simply determined by the number of people.

In human history, during wars, there is a standard for the casualty rate of an army's rout.
The theoretical limit of this casualty rate is 30 percent.

That is to say, when the casualties of an army exceed one-third, the army is almost equivalent to losing its combat effectiveness, and the remaining people will generally flee in all directions.

Of course, this is just a theoretical statement. In fact, in the thousands of years of human war, there have been many cases where the casualty rate exceeded 30%, but the remaining troops still fought and even won the battle.

However, which officer in history dared to formulate a combat plan based on more than one-third of casualties?

Especially in ancient cold weapon wars, a casualty rate exceeding 5% would cause the entire battlefield to collapse.

Why was Zhu Yuanzhang able to build a great empire at the beginning with the help of the 24 generals from Huaixi?

Isn’t it because when faced with those scattered peasant uprisings, this group of fearless and daring brothers were able to defeat them in an instant?

Therefore, Tianyu did not expect to completely replicate the terrifying steel torrent of his previous life.
However, even if one percent of the army's strength is replicated, it can still sweep away thousands of enemies in this era.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He did not know the horror of the army in Tianyu's mind.
At this time, the two of them were deeply skeptical about Tianyu's playful training.

Tang He asked Zhu Chongba in a low voice:
"Zhongba, is this useful? This is different from what we played before."

Zhu Chongba glared at Tang He and cursed in a low voice:
"Shut up, this is taught by the gods, how can it be useless? If you don't understand, just do it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang had one advantage over Tang He, and that was that he listened to advice, otherwise he would not have been favored by Li Shanchang in the early days.

Tang He nodded awkwardly: "Oh, I understand, I understand."

Zhu Chongba nodded and bowed to Tianyu and said:
"This kid's aunt's child almost starved to death, and it was you, the land god, who was kind enough to hire a worker to save his brother's life. Don't worry, he is a good person and is grateful to you."

Tianyu nodded.
He waved his hand with a generous expression:

"Don't worry. Trust the people you employ and don't employ those you doubt. Go find a place to train."

Then Tianyu followed Zhu Chongba to the last stop of the visit - the school.

At this time, the third sister was on the podium, excitedly leading a group of new students to learn pinyin.

"Ah~oh~uh~"

A group of little kids below followed along, seemingly understanding what was said.

Among this group of children, there are also some adults who are obviously over 30 years old. Judging from their faces, Tianyu would believe that they are over 50 years old.

It is obvious that the living conditions in the Yuan Dynasty caused this group of people to age much faster than modern times.

Tianyu signaled Zhu Chongba to call this group of "special talents" out for an interview.

The first one is a dull old man who seems honest and loyal.

After he entered the room, Tianyu asked:
"How old are you this year, old man?"

The old man shuddered, rubbed his hands and said nervously: "I, I am 32."

Tianyu's heart was suddenly filled with black question marks.
Damn, if you hadn’t told me, I would have thought you were about to be buried.

"Ahem, what's your occupation?"

The old man immediately said excitedly:

"We, we are the only carpenter in the village!"

Tianyu's eyes lit up when he heard this.
In the absence of industry, our ancestors' carpentry skills were ahead of the rest of the world.

The various mortise and tenon structures are amazing. Even without any steel bars or cement, the mortise and tenon structure can keep the building standing for thousands of years.

"Sir, please get up quickly. I wonder what kind of objects you can make?"

"Coffins! We make all the coffins in the surrounding area!"

"Oh~ coffin, coffin is good, coffin...coffin?!"

The old man patted his chest proudly and introduced proudly:
"That's right, our coffin is big and spacious. It's so comfortable for people to lie in it. Don't worry, God. I'll make one for you for free later. Hey, don't leave. It's really free. I didn't even give it to you when Chongba asked for it...ah~!"

With a cry of pain,
The old man covered his eyes and squatted down.

Zhu Chongba waved his fist angrily and cursed:

"Damn it, I've wanted to beat you up for a long time. You even want to make a coffin for the God of Land. You think you didn't die early enough, right? Get out of here now!"

Upon hearing this, the old man looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in fear and limped away.

Tianyu turned his head and looked at Zhu Chongba.
Zhu Chongba smiled awkwardly and said, "He's a cripple at the head of the village. He's not very healthy, but I thought he was a carpenter so I called him here."

Tianyu looked at Zhu Chongba speechlessly.
Good man, you just can’t forget that big-assed bitch, right?

"Get out, let him get out."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded hurriedly and walked out to call the next special talent into the room for an interview.

Soon Tianyu heard Zhu Yuanzhang's angry cursing outside the house.

He couldn't help but grin. At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the feeling of a living person with flesh and blood.

The ugly founding emperor who was deified in history is now just a 17-year-old upstart who has suddenly become rich after being poor for a long time.

Soon Tianyu screened many "special talents".

Finally he had to admit a fact.
That is, although there were talented people in ancient times,
But talented people basically do not appear among this group of poor people at the bottom of society.

On weekdays, working on the farm fills up most of their time, leaving them with no free time to improve themselves, and some of them only do odd jobs.

Tianyu wanted to find a great talent like Lu Ban among this group of people, but that was impossible.

Only a few peasant women were able to use needles and thread skillfully, which was a great comfort to Tianyu.

At the very least, I can ask them to help sew some modern clothes that I like.

Although the short-sleeved shirt and long pants I wear have the effect of never wearing out,
But anyone would feel uncomfortable wearing the same clothes for half a year.

In the end, except for the royal tailor, all the other "special talents" were sent by Tianyu to mine and farm.

Over the next period of time, Tianyu's envisioned utopia began to be built in an orderly manner.

Until more than two months later...

(End of this chapter)