Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 224: In my place, Zhan Lan, this is the rule!

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: In my place, Zhan Lan, this is the rule!

She defeated Beiyue back then, and these two brothers could be said to have combat abilities off the charts.

Unfortunately, because they were too outstanding, they were heavily targeted by Beiyue’s army with large bounties, and in their last battle, the two brothers died on the battlefield.

"Ye Xiaowu, Ye Xiaoliu, let’s go, join me for another couple of laps," General Zhan Lan said in a deep voice.

The brothers were first astonished, then shocked, General Zhan Lan actually knew their names.

Their barracks mates, even just remembering someone else’s name, could take several days, and even now there were those who couldn’t differentiate the brothers’ faces.

A sense of surprise mixed with feeling valued surged in their hearts, they were overwhelmed with excitement and in unison responded, "Yes, General!"

General Zhan Lan wore a smile on her face, her breath visible in the cold air, looking at them with satisfaction.

A month passed, and she never once woke up the recruits earlier than necessary.

But through her persistent daily running drills, the number of people joining her had grown more and more.

From the initial two, it had expanded to a thousand.

Running alongside General Zhan Lan, Huang Gun asked, "General, why don’t you wake those little buggers up? They’re lying in their beds comfortably every day."

General Zhan Lan replied with a faint smile, "What people gain, they can also lose; what they invest, they will harvest."

Huang Gun looked confused, but Xiao Chen’s smile was profound, remembering from his past life that this was how General Zhan Lan commanded her troops.

The results were about to show themselves; the fish in the pond would soon start to stir.

General Zhan Lan asked, "Xiao Chen, what time is it?" freewebnoveℓ.com

Xiao Chen nodded, "It’s almost time for roll call."

General Zhan Lan walked onto the training field, all the soldiers assembled into ranks before her, waiting for her orders.

Soon enough, the wake-up bugle call sounded, and all the new recruits neatly arrived at the training field.

They looked at General Zhan Lan with stern expressions, awaiting her speech.

Among them were some who were dissatisfied, after all, in their eyes, General Zhan Lan was just a woman, lacking experience in leading troops in battle.

"Fellow officers and soldiers, today I wish to announce something."

"All soldiers who have run with me in the morning, step forward!"

"Yes!"

At General Zhan Lan’s command, all the soldiers who had run with her stepped neatly out of rank, standing to the left side of the training field.

General Zhan Lan stood with hands behind her back, looking towards the thousand soldiers on the left.

"Gentlemen, effort will be rewarded. In my ranks, this is the rule, and this is your principle of survival!"

General Zhan Lan raised her hand and gestured slightly with her fingers, and a large chest was brought forward.

All the soldiers looked at each other, unsure of what General Zhan Lan intended.

Not until the box was opened, and the gleaming silver came into view.

The soldiers’ eyes sparkled with excitement, yet they did not know what General Zhan Lan intended to do.

"Gentlemen, for those brothers who rise early and train with me, each shall be rewarded with one tael of silver!"

Upon this declaration, the training field erupted.

Even Bai Qi, who was observing from a distance, halted in his steps.

Xie Yu also craned his neck to look over here.

Zhan Lan raised her hand, and everyone fell silent.

With a solemn voice, Zhan Lan said, "This general knows that each of you receives one tael of silver for your monthly military pay, after enlisting your families can have their taxes and labor services reduced, and upon establishing meritorious service you can claim rewards. This is also why many people are willing to join the army. However, you have been here for three months and still do not understand the meaning of enlisting!"

"At first, you may hate the barracks with a visceral loathing, but you will come to love it to your very bones, because it is the armor that protects your loved ones from being slaughtered by enemies!"

"Naturally, it’s comfortable to stay tucked in bed, but on the battlefield, the enemy who rises earlier than you will chop off your head, and your family will be devastated by your death in battle. So who are you training for? Not to show me, but to protect yourselves and your families!"

"To endure hardships that ordinary people cannot bear is to accomplish things that ordinary people cannot achieve. Don’t you desire this?"

Zhan Lan’s gaze swept across the faces of the soldiers who practiced with her every day, and she called out with a powerful voice: "Ye Xiaowu, Ye Xiaoliu, Zhang Da’an, Liu Qing, Li Zhaoting, An Shuli..."

The soldiers’ pupils vibrated, and their hearts surged with excitement because General Zhan, from left to right, actually remembered every single one of their names.

Zhan Lan looked firmly at all the soldiers, "I will remember each and everyone’s name. No matter who it is, with me, while talent is important, this general values your efforts even more. Understand?"

"Understood!" The soldiers’ spirited voices echoed throughout the entire training ground.

The veteran soldiers looked over curiously as Zhan Lan continued to speak, "Starting now, every soldier who rises early to practice with me will be in charge of a small squad of two hundred people. In three months, this general will carry out a test to select the one with the strongest comprehensive ability and reward the first place with one tael of silver. That winner will then compete against the winners from the remaining squads, and this general will reward the top hundred with five taels of silver each, followed by another competition to select the top ten, rewarding each with ten taels of silver!"

Instantly, the place was abuzz, even the veteran soldiers stirred with excitement.

"So much silver for the top ten, that’s almost equal to our annual salary!"

"I wish I were a new recruit too!"

"Pff, to get up before dawn for that much silver, who can stand that? Besides, with such stringent selections, it won’t be easy to get that silver!"

An old general looked at Xie Yu with a complex expression and boldly asked, "General Xie, why don’t we set up a competition too? We want to earn silver on our own merit as well!"

Xie Yu glanced at him, standing tall and straight, "This general has no money!"

The old general’s eyelid twitched; no money, yet General Xie is still so confident!

"Is General Zhan very rich then? Is all this money coming out of her own pocket?"

A veteran soldier counted on his fingers, "This time a thousand taels, plus sixteen hundred taels for the competition, General Zhan is spending two thousand six hundred taels of silver all at once!"

Bai Qi looked at the new recruits’ spirited expressions and said, "Xie Yu, the fish in the pond seem to be getting restless!"

With Zhan Lan’s current strength, these silvers were something she could easily afford, but this selection held much deeper significance.

She wanted to select an outstanding team to serve her purposes.

She could not buy them directly, but rather have them earn the money and honor through their own abilities, gradually winning them over to her side.

Compared to Emperor Xuanwu’s promises of loyalty and patriotism, which were really just serving his throne, who wouldn’t prefer tangible benefits that could be seen by everyone!

Bai Qi looked meaningfully at Zhan Lan.

She could remember every soldier’s name and respect them.

She could rise earlier than any one of them and set an example.

She could recognize their efforts and reward them promptly.

She could motivate soldiers to work hard for themselves.

Zhan Lan, who knew how to employ people, was only fifteen!

It is said that Zhan Lan is only an adopted daughter of the Zhan Family and does not bear the Zhan surname by birth!

Bai Qi looked skeptically at Zhan Lan, this girl is not simple!

While Zhan Lan was commanding the soldiers, their fighting spirit soaring, several dark gazes also cast towards her.