Chapter 2262

Zhang Jinbao is just a businessman, not a literati, so even if he is very popular in poetry, he still can't hold back decent words for a while. He secretly regrets that he should have asked the students to compose a few poems last night, and he will write some poems today.

You can find the right opportunity to show it off, and maybe you can use it to flatter the big shots present.

However, Zhang Jinbao knew that he only had a limited amount of money in his belly. If he really used this as a means to attract attention, his secret would be exposed sooner or later, and he would inevitably be humiliated by that time, so he just thought about this idea.

After climbing over the top of the slope, there were signs pointing the way at regular intervals along the road, guiding the guests to the competition venue. But just now, Zhang Jinbao could see clearly from the top of the slope that there was a school field with colorful flags in the camp.

It goes without saying that that is the venue for martial arts competitions.

From time to time, there were groups of Haihan soldiers walking fast on the road in the camp area. Zhang Jinbao would take the initiative to step to the side of the road and let them go first.

The competition venue was not far from the gate of the camp, and it only took a moment to arrive. However, a second sentry was set up here, and it was still necessary to present the invitation letter to verify the identity before passing. Zhang Jinbao did not dare to neglect, and followed the instructions and took out the invitation letter for the sentry to check.

.It’s just that he doesn’t quite understand how he can verify whether he is the person on the invitation letter if the other party does not recognize him.

Zhang Jinbao did not know that the officer who registered his identity at the gate was actually from the Military Intelligence Department. He was responsible for identifying the identities of all the invited persons. It seemed that he had only done a simple registration, but in fact he had confirmed the identity of each invitation holder.

The guest letter will not be someone else trying to impersonate you. If someone made such an attempt, they would be stopped at the gate.

As for the people Zhang Jinbao saw entering the gate in a carriage before, they were all distinguished guests. The carriages arranged by Haihan officials were picked up and dropped off. The carriages running business outside could not get in. Even if Zhang Jinbao rented a carriage, he would not be able to get in.

You will still be asked to get off the car at the gate and enter on foot.

The sentry outside the school grounds is mainly for the purpose of having special personnel take the guests to the designated viewing area after verifying their identities, and allowing the guests’ entourages to wait outside the sentry. However, Zhang Jinbao came alone.

, but one less procedure is missing.

Immediately, a soldier took Zhang Jinbao to the stand on the east side of the school ground and took a seat. There was an open-air terraced stand made of bricks and stones on the side of the school ground, and some soft cushions were placed on it for the guests.

There was a place to sit. Although the layout was a bit crude, the invited guests had no complaints about it. After all, this place was a military camp, not the magnificent banquet hall of Fort Victory.

There was a card with a name on each cushion. The soldier who led the way took Zhang Jinbao to the designated location, collected the name tag on the cushion, and asked him to sit down here. Later, another soldier brought Zhang Jinbao a glass bottle.

He has drinking water in the bottle to keep him hydrated during the competition.

Zhang Jinbao looked at the guests who had already arrived, and he recognized a few of them, but they were sitting far away from him, so it was a bit inconvenient to say hello. He saw that everyone was sitting in their seats conscientiously, and no one was doing anything in the stands.

He didn't dare to make any mistakes when moving around, so he could only stay still for now.

There was a platform in the middle of the stand, and a row of tables and chairs had been set up there. Zhang Jinbao stretched his neck and counted. There were only a dozen seats, which were obviously prepared for the big shots who were about to arrive. However, the difference in treatment was

It seemed to Zhang Jinbao that this was a matter of course. It was impossible for a grassroots person like him to be on an equal footing with the adults on the executive committee.

Moreover, Zhang Jinbao saw the young princes and crown princes of Annan and North Korea at the banquet held by the Executive Committee the day before yesterday. When these foreign dignitaries attend today's event, they must sit with the big shots of the Executive Committee, which is in line with diplomatic etiquette.

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Zhang Jinbao and other guests did not wait too long. Not long after, these dignitaries arrived outside the school grounds in several carriages, then got off the car and slowly climbed onto the stands and took their seats.

After the big shots were seated, the participants from all sides entered the competition in teams. There was a person in front of each team holding a sign with the team name. Although Haihan was the host of this event, because of the various teams participating in the competition

They all came to Haihan to study abroad. Haihan did not send his own team to participate. He only served as organizer and referee. Therefore, there was no Haihan among the ten teams participating in the event.

After the teams stood in front of the stands, Defense Minister Yan Chujie stood up to speak. However, Zhang Jinbao was sitting a little to the side and heard intermittent sounds. The general message was that he hoped that all parties participating in the competition would do their best and put themselves in Haihan.

Put all the skills you have learned to use.

Li Zhi, who was also sitting in the middle of the stands, was observing the teams in front of him. Annan and Fujian were the two largest teams, with about thirty people each. The dozen or so people from North Korea were not the smallest team on the field, and there were also horses and blues.

With only three people participating in this situation, Li Xie found a little psychological balance. At least the number of people sent by North Korea to study abroad was not too few.

However, what Li Zhi didn't know was that this was not the only number of soldiers sent by Ma Dalan to study in Sanya. It was just that a group of them had graduated and left three months ago, and now only three of them were left in Sanya.

Today, in addition to the senior officials of the Executive Committee and representatives of allies, there was also a special guest in the middle of the stands, Su Keyi, who attended the event on behalf of the Dutch East India Company.

In previous years when this competition was held, the East India Company was never among those invited to watch the competition. Even if they wanted to inquire about the relevant information, it was very difficult. Under Haihan's instruction, no one would take the initiative to disclose the situation of the competition to the Dutch.

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However, the situation has changed this year. The Executive Committee believes that expanding the scope of this activity should not be limited to allies, but should also play a role in speculators such as the East India Company who are not firm in their stance. Therefore, in addition to various activities that have occurred in previous years

In addition to representative Fang, Su Keyi was also specially invited to participate in the observation this year.

For Su Keyi, this can be regarded as a major breakthrough in his mission to Haihan in the past few years. If there is any regret, it is probably that this treatment was not obtained by him, but was given to Haihan on his own initiative.

, but there is not much sense of accomplishment at all.

However, the opportunity was rare, and Su Keyi would not let go of this opportunity to collect intelligence, so he agreed without hesitation after receiving the invitation. He only knew that allies like Haihan had frequently sent troops to assist Haihan in performing combat missions overseas in recent years.

However, there has never been a chance to gain a more intuitive understanding of the specific combat effectiveness of these forces.

The participants in this kind of competition are all elites from all armies, and their performance can reflect their combat effectiveness from the side, which can be used to evaluate the strength level of each family. Although the inferences made based on this information may not be completely accurate.

, but it’s definitely better than the previous situation of not knowing anything about it.

Su Keyi was only good at business and did not know much about military affairs, so he originally brought an officer's bodyguard as a staff officer, but his bodyguard was stopped outside the school grounds and was not allowed to enter and watch. This was unavoidable

This disrupted his plan. At the moment, he could only brace himself and secretly figure out how to observe the game process.

Yan Chujie's speech was very brief. Before Su Keyi could think of how to respond, he had already finished his speech and announced the start of the competition.

The first competition is a highly ornamental obstacle course, and Haihan set the opening ceremony in this school field just to conduct the competition of this event nearby.

A runway of about 200 feet in length has been set up on the school grounds. There are many obstacles such as crawling iron nets, rope climbs, shallow puddles, single-plank bridges, etc. to simulate various environments on the battlefield. The one who completes the entire race the fastest will be the winner.

winning.

Running fast is only the basic condition, and the skills of quickly passing these obstacles are the real content of the competition. The ten teams are divided into five groups, competing in pairs, and the final results are determined by a professional referee.

Since only one person from each team participates in the competition, and the results are determined at one time, the requirements for the participants are extremely high. In order to avoid injuries to the participants, they are also given a little warm-up time.

"Sir Xu, which team do you think can win the championship in this project?" Zheng Zha was bored, so he started chatting with Xu Yuxing next to him.

Xu Yuxing responded expressionlessly: "This competition is our army's strength, and our Xu family army must win the championship!"

"Sir Xu, you are not polite!" Zheng Zha said with a smile: "I think that my Annan Army is expected to rewrite your army's record this year. Lord Xu, would you like to make a small bet with me?"

Xu Yuxing said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. Since the young prince is so interested, let's bet a thousand Haihan coins."

Zheng Zha looked to the left and right and said, "Who else is willing to play together? The winner takes all!"

Li Zhen was quite interested at first, but when he heard that Xu Yuxing opened his mouth to say one thousand, he immediately swallowed the words on his lips. The value of one thousand Haihan coins is almost equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, and to him

Yan Yan was no longer just playing around with a small amount of money. Although he knew that this was the only competition event where he could compete for rankings, he did not dare to take a thousand yuan to bet on a very low probability with Zheng Zha and others.

Li Nai responded with a smile: "I would like to participate in one, but I don't want to bet on my own family. I want to buy the victory of the young prince's team. How do I calculate this?"

"It doesn't matter, Third Young Master, just buy it, and I can make this project my own business!" Xu Yuxing said in a very determined tone, which shows his confidence in this project.

The Li family would also send some of their younger generations to Sanya for military training every year in the name of Golden Shield. Li Jifeng did not simply want to use this to train private soldiers, but to send these trained family members to the Golden Shield in various places.

Semicolon will take over part of the business to avoid that the management of Semicolons in various places only has personnel from Haihan.

These people often have no military experience before being sent to Sanya, so their training effect is definitely not as good as that of military trainees sent by other forces. Participating in this event is just a make-up. Of course, Li Nai does not expect Jindun to be able to compete in the competition.

There was some outstanding performance, so he bluntly stated that he wanted to bet on Annan's team.

Although one thousand yuan is not a small amount, it will not make Li Nai feel too heartbroken if it is used to show goodwill to Zheng Zao. If he can win, it will be regarded as a windfall.

Zheng Zha smiled and said: "Then thank you Third Young Master for supporting me!"

Most of the other people here knew that they were not as strong as the two top teams, and they were not as willing as Li Nai to bet on other teams, so there was no fourth company to participate. But Haihan

As the organizer, in order to show fairness, it is naturally inconvenient to participate in this kind of gambling game.

Xu Yuxing applied to Yan Chujie: "Minister Yan, since the young prince is so interested, can we put our two teams in the final round for the sake of the excitement of the event?"

As soon as this proposal came out, it was immediately supported by Zheng Zhu. The other participants also knew that this project was mostly just for running, and they would not jump out to object to this arrangement. Yan Chujie hesitated for a moment, and saw that no one objected to this proposal, so he asked Tao

Dong Lai looked at each other and asked people to make arrangements to slightly adjust the game so that the two strongest teams would compete in the final round.

An Daoshi was warming up on the school field at this time. According to the original arrangement, he was placed in a group with Dong Shangyi, who represented Xu Jiajun. The result of the draw made him quite frustrated because he knew very well that he was definitely not Dong Shangyi's opponent, and the opponent

It is also impossible for him to show mercy to himself when such a big man supervises the battle. If he competes with him, he will inevitably lose a bit ugly.

However, at this time, the referee of Haihan came to inform the schedule adjustment, and Dong Shangyi was transferred to the last round to face off against Li Hai of Annan Army, while Andao Shi's opponent was replaced by Li He of Jindun.

This adjustment allowed Andoshi to relax a little. He didn't have to face the strongest player in this event, and he felt that his performance would be better.

Dong Shangyi didn't take it seriously, and even came over to encourage Andao Shi and asked him to compete in order to leave a good impression in the minds of these big shots.

The competition in the first few groups was lackluster. Not surprisingly, Ando Shi defeated Li He in the same group by a large margin. He felt that he should have performed better than his usual training level. However, including him,

Everyone is waiting for the final group competition, because this is the showdown between the masters of this project.

After the starting gun sounded, Dong Shangyi and Li Hai sprinted out from the starting line. This was not the first time they competed on the obstacle course. Although the obstacle setting in this arena was different from the usual training venues,

They were not given the opportunity to adapt to the competition in advance, but long-term training still allowed them to make the best reactions and actions when facing various obstacles.

They didn't know that their superiors who were watching the competition from the sidelines had already placed a lot of bets on them, but the thought of winning was enough to encourage them to do their best to surpass their opponents here.
Chapter completed!