It was broad daylight when Hu Haihe passed the horse stance test, and he was still in the barracks of the Archery Club. The strange phenomenon of his martial arts when he passed the test was seen by many people, and it caused a small sensation in the Archery Club, especially for the vast majority of students in the Archery Club who had not yet passed the horse stance test. They were even more envious when they saw someone pass the horse stance test. For those who have not yet advanced to the level of warriors, the first level on their path of cultivation is the horse stance test. As long as they pass the horse stance test and can squat like a horse, their entire physical strength as well as speed and endurance will immediately create a huge gap with their peers. They will stand out from their peers, and advancing to the level of warriors will no longer be an out-of-reach thing.
In the next two days, the entire Kyudo Club was swept by a small wave of training enthusiasm. During the daily training or rest periods, the Kyudo Club students were squatting in the training grounds, barracks, and the Kyudo forest...
Of course, the Five Animal Exercises must be kept secret, but this secrecy is for outsiders. Yan Liqiang does not want too many people to pay attention to this secret method and attract covetousness for the time being. However, within the Kyudo Club, after Hu Haihe truly confirmed the tremendous power of the Five Animal Exercises, Yan Liqiang has quietly selected more than 200 people to teach the Five Animal Exercises.
Among these two hundred people, there were Zhou Yong, Chang Kuan and other people he recruited who participated in the ambush of the cavalry of the Transfer Office, as well as dozens of students in the Kyudo Club who performed well, were loyal and reliable.
There was no doubt about the loyalty of Zhou Yong, Chang Kuan and others. These people had all experienced life-and-death battles with Yan Liqiang, and most of them were descendants of Huijiaji and the heirs of the Qiyun Guardian House. They were naturally Yan Liqiang's die-hard fans. In addition, Yan Liqiang had a good idea of whether these people were loyal or treacherous, and what their personalities were. He only needed to call them in front of him, say a few words, and ask a few questions, and he would know everything. He didn't have to worry at all.
After teaching these people the Five Animal Exercises, Yan Liqiang became a master and disciple, and his relationship with these people became closer. The cohesion of the entire Kyudo Club was further strengthened.
In the blink of an eye, October was over and it was November. After entering November, the first batch of students in the entire Kyudo Club finally completed the three-month team training. Everyone was looking forward to the next study with a brand new spirit and excitement...
The subject that the Kyudo Club teaches is naturally Kyudo, and this course is taught by Yan Liqiang himself.
In addition to archery, the second course that everyone has to learn is horse riding, also known as riding. For this course, Yan Liqiang found several veteran cavalrymen in the Ganzhou army to teach.
In addition to the two courses of archery and horsemanship, the other courses are divided into two categories. The first category is cultural courses, which are taught by Shi Changfeng. The content includes reading, calligraphy, literature and history, military tactics, and battle examples, which are Shi Changfeng's strengths.
The second category is practical classes, which have more content and richer teaching methods. This is a course that emphasizes hands-on ability and cultivates the breadth of knowledge and abilities of Kyudo Club students. It is also an innovation of Yan Liqiang. In Yan Liqiang's conception, the teachers responsible for teaching practical classes are no longer limited to the few people in the Kyudo Club, but can include people from all walks of life.
This practical course is a course that combines basic general education and hands-on skills. The reason for opening this practical course is that Yan Liqiang discovered that general education is quite lacking in the entire Han Empire, and even in the Silver Continent. For many people in this world, there seem to be only two careers in life: either practice martial arts. If you are successful in martial arts training, you will naturally be a winner in life and have many paths to take. If you fail in martial arts, 99% of people choose a trade, learn a craft, and then spend the rest of their lives there. Most people's skills and knowledge are very narrow. Even a county magistrate like Wang Jianbei does not know what general education is.
This Kyudo Club is a place where Yan Liqiang cultivates and discovers talents. In Yan Liqiang's eyes, so-called talents are naturally not limited to wielding swords and guns. This practical course can not only enrich the knowledge reserves of Kyudo Club students, but also discover their interests and specialties. Furthermore, the foundation laid by general education is the foundation for a person to grow into a top talent.
Yan Liqiang chose Liuhe Town as the location for the first practical class of the Kyudo Club. At Yan Liqiang's order, 1,000 of the 3,000 students of the Kyudo Club were assigned to the large construction site in Liuhe Town every day to help Liuhe Town build fortress walls and houses, level the land, chisel stones, and dig ditches. Yan Liqiang required all students of the Kyudo Club to learn from the many craftsmen in Liuhe Town and learn the skills of building house walls while working. In order to make the students of the Kyudo Club pay attention to the practical class, Yan Liqiang set an example on the first day and personally brought people to Liuhe Town, picked up a stone hammer, swung a shovel, and finally jumped into the mud ditch full of mud, making himself look like a mud monkey and digging a ditch...
Yan Liqiang's actions stunned everyone. Under Yan Liqiang's leadership, all the students in the Kyudo Club threw themselves into this unique practical class with great enthusiasm.
With the addition of students from the Kyudo Club, the speed of the construction project in the entire Liuhe Town suddenly began to increase.
Every afternoon, when the students of the Kyudo Club sang songs, lined up, and appeared in Liuhe Town in neat training uniforms, the residents of Liuhe Town stood on both sides of the street, looking at those energetic young people with admiration and praising them loudly. Especially the seven or eight-year-old children in the town, they looked at the students of the Kyudo Club with envy, and shouted that they wanted to be with those older brothers...
Among the teams that come to Liuhe Town every day, there are many young men from Liuhe Town. Those young men from Liuhe Town had never thought that they would appear in front of their neighbors in this way.
"See? That's my boy. I didn't expect him to change so much after just a few months at the Kyudo Club. He's much tanned and stronger. Even I, his father, almost couldn't recognize him..."
"Look at that big guy, isn't he the son of Tofu Liu from Hekou Town? I didn't expect him to join the Kyudo Club..."
"They have grown up, they have really grown up. The spirit and energy of this team looks extraordinary..."
"Of course, from now on, our Liuhe Town will depend on these young people in the town..."
"Brother, brother, you are so awesome..."
Listening to the praises of the villagers on both sides of the road, looking at the proud and gratified smiles on those familiar and friendly faces, a strange warm current surged in those young hearts.
What they didn’t know was that in Yan Liqiang’s heart, this was the real test for them.
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On the afternoon of November 16, two unfamiliar men with long swords hanging from their waists appeared in Liuhe Town. They were mixed in the crowd on the street, with their arms folded, watching the energetic teams of Kyudo Club students trotting into the town, and then quickly coming to the various construction sites in the town, and without being told, they quickly started working...
The Yan family's swords in Liuhe Town are well-known in the village. Strangers often come to the sword shop opened by the Yan family in Liuhe Town to buy swords, so when these two people came, most of the residents of Liuhe Town did not take it seriously.
"Damn it, I was scared when I saw the noise of them running over here. I thought there were elite soldiers of Ganzhou Army stationed here. But when they ran, there was only one sound of footsteps, and the ground was shaking. It turned out to be some young boys doing dirty work!" The shorter of the two unfamiliar men sneered, raised his head, and showed a disdainful smile at the corner of his lips. "They set up a Kyudo Club and tricked some young boys into becoming masons. I think Yan Liqiang is no better than that. He is just deceiving the world and stealing his reputation!"
"He must have some skills, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a big name!" Another taller man with a moustache squinted his eyes and looked at a group of Kyudo Club students who were swinging hammers to chisel stones on a construction site not far away, and nodded slightly.
"It's just luck, some cunning tricks, and a little cleverness to make people happy. When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king. There is not even a decent sect in Ganzhou, so how can there be any powerful people? Yan Liqiang only became successful after meeting Sun Bingchen. With Sun Bingchen as a backer, he is lucky. This time, let's tear off his tiger skin and use it as a foot wrap to show these country bumpkins in Ganzhou..."
"Let's find a place to eat first, and then go to Yan's house!"
"Okay, since we're already here, I heard that the Yan family's blacksmith shop is easy to find. Let's finish our meal first and then go over there. He can't run away..."
Seeing two men with swords walking away, a fat lady behind them looked at their backs carefully and ran in another direction...
(End of this chapter)