The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 234 - 230: Unordinary Identity?

Chapter 234: Chapter 230: Unordinary Identity?

Ruo Hai was forcefully shoved by someone, but he didn’t budge.

The person tried to push him again, "Hey, are you deaf? Didn’t you hear the officer say they won’t take you because you breached military discipline? Why don’t you go back and take care of the kid?"

Ruo Hai turned around and gave the person behind him a cold glare.

Ruo Hai had once been a Chiliarch, fought on the battlefield, and killed enemies; usually, he concealed his aura, making himself appear as unassuming as a simple farmer.

But in this moment, when he released his imposing aura with a look, the person behind him shrunk back, withdrawing their head.

That person retracted their neck and said, "It was Shangguan who said you broke military discipline and asked you to leave, not me!"

Ruo Hai withdrew his gaze and looked towards the soldier handling the registration, speaking indifferently, "Which military rule did I violate? Do you even know the military discipline by heart? Recite it to me, let me hear it and see which rule I supposedly broke."

This time, most of the recruits were teenagers, barely adults, so the area around Shili Pavilion was filled with parents or siblings who had come to send off their children.

Some parents, worried about their children standing too long in the sun while lining up, brought straw hats for them, brought water, and even stayed by their side to chat.

All he did was hug his niece a little more while in line, definitely not a violation of military discipline, let alone something so serious as to send him home immediately, barring him from joining the barracks.

Before official reporting, it was allowed to bid farewell to family members; after completing the registration, that was when one officially joined the barracks, waiting together until the number of registrants reached one hundred, and then a Shangguan would lead them back to the barracks.

Obviously, the soldier hadn’t memorized the military discipline. He was only trying to ingratiate himself with Zhu Yiqiang. A man in his thirties; if he wasn’t drafted, it was no big deal—the barracks wouldn’t fall apart without him. Believing he had nothing to fear, the soldier said, "If I say you violated military discipline, then you did! Leave now! If you don’t, you’ll delay the other soldiers from registering. Don’t blame me for being rude if you linger."

At this time, another soldier beside him, Fang Qiang, thought that Lin Jin’s words were too much and could easily make a minor issue escalate.

He knew that among this recruitment were a few old soldiers who had left the army due to severe illness. They all had some skills, and the Princely Heir valued old relationships and talents. If this blew up, Lin Jin would gain nothing good from it.

Moreover, there was no military rule stating how soldiers should behave while lining up to register; after all, military discipline was meant for soldiers already in the barracks, and these men weren’t officially soldiers yet.

It was also clear that Zhu Yiqiang’s earlier comment had been deliberate; it was unknown what grievance he held against the man standing before him.

If it was someone else’s grudge, and they wouldn’t stand up for you, why should Lin Jin wade into these troubled waters?

So Fang Qiang advised, "Lin Jin, let it go, give him a little knock and then accept him. This big brother here looks capable; you might even find yourself one day grateful to have recruited a brave soldier into the barracks."

Lin Jin sneered in response to these words, "Him, a brave and disciplined soldier? Concerned only about his wife and kids? Don’t joke! Fine, today we won’t take him; go back home and play with your grandchildren."

Ruo Hai scoffed, "You say I’m not taken, and that’s that? You’d think you wrote the military discipline yourself!"

He directly pulled out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Fang Qiang, "Brother, this is my letter of recommendation."

Upon seeing the envelope, Lin Jin’s dark complexion turned pale!

Ruo Hai held a recommendation letter from Yan Heng; the Princely Heir had given him the letter long ago, and technically he didn’t need to register; after the New Year, he could directly join the barracks.

But at that time, there were many affairs to attend to at home, and he didn’t want others to think he was someone special to the Princely Heir. Otherwise, even if he rose to the rank of Centurion, Chiliarch, or even higher, people would believe it was due to the Princely Heir’s influence.

Therefore, he insisted on waiting until the barracks were recruiting to enlist.

He hadn’t expected to use the letter at the time of registration.

Lin Jin and Fang Qiang, being literate, were responsible for clerical work in the barracks, including the handling of correspondence. Hence, both were very familiar with the unique envelopes from the Zhenguo Duke Residence.

This familiarity wasn’t because they often came into contact with correspondence from the Duke Residence, but rather the kind of familiarity one must engrave in their mind after a single glance, even if it meant forgetting who their own parents were, they could not forget what that envelope looked like!

Fang Qiang immediately stood up, received the recommendation letter with both hands, and carefully took it out. He glanced at it, then respectfully handed the recommendation letter back to Ruo Hai, "Ruo brother, is it? I’ll register you right away."

"My thanks," Ruo Hai accepted with both hands, then handed over his household registration to the other party.

Fang Qiang immediately registered him in the military camp’s roster according to the information on the household registration.

Lin Jin’s lips, drained of color, moved, but in the end, he couldn’t utter a single word.

The two bolded "The End" hit him like a hammer, leaving his mind a complete blank.

Yan Shan had been ordered to come out and bring Ruo Hai to Yan Heng’s tent. The Princely Heir and Ninth Prince, the Commandery Princess, they were all waiting for him to have lunch, but after waiting outside the army camp gate for a long time without seeing Ruo Hai, he came over to take a look.

Seeing Ruo Hai registering, he walked straight over and said to Ruo Hai, "This brother looks like he has great strength, come and give me a hand!"

Yan Shan’s appearance made the soldiers at the Shili Pavilion registration point too afraid to even breathe.

Lin Jin broke out in cold sweat, originally he had wanted to help Zhu Yiqiang teach this man a lesson, taking the opportunity to cozy up to Deputy General Zhang’s good graces, but he hadn’t expected to touch a red-hot iron plate.

The others silently congratulated themselves for not having said anything just now.

Ruo Hai responded and then followed Yan Shan away.

After the two left, the soldiers around began to speculate about Ruo Hai’s identity.

An old soldier looked in the direction Ruo Hai had gone, contemplative and slightly incredulous.

A soldier next to Fang Qiang whispered, "Fang Qiang, who is that guy? Why does he have a recommendation letter from the Great General?"

A person who General Yan Shan personally comes to pick up must have no ordinary identity, right?

Lin Jin also looked towards Fang Qiang, feeling that Fang Qiang must know the other’s identity, which was why he spoke up for him.

Fang Qiang shook his head, "How would I know?"

Lin Jin didn’t believe him one bit, feeling that Fang Qiang must know something, which was why he had just deliberately spoken up for Ruo Hai. It was too much!

The person who had pushed Ruo Hai earlier also felt a bit uneasy. It seemed that the man’s identity was out of the ordinary, wasn’t it?

Just now, he had seen the soldier deliberately making things difficult for Ruo Hai, and he had wanted to help out, to impress the soldier and garner some good karma, but instead, he had made a terrible mistake and regretted it deeply.

Those lining up behind also guessed that Ruo Hai’s identity was out of the ordinary.

Some couldn’t help but comment bitterly, "No wonder he dared to bring his daughter to queue up; turns out he has connections in the military camp."

"Bringing a daughter to queue isn’t anything special; you even brought your mother to queue up just now!"

"Don’t speak so freely, I know that anyone who enters the army camp with a recommendation letter truly has abilities. Do you think just anyone can rely on a recommendation letter to enter the army camp? Without real capabilities, who would recommend them? Even if there’s no war now, it doesn’t mean there will never be war. Even without war, there’s still bandit suppression, which is always dangerous. Recommending a worthless person into the army camp, isn’t that equivalent to sending them to death?"

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No matter what everyone else was thinking, Ruo Hai, having left the registration point with Yan Shan, rode directly into the army camp. With Yan Shan leading him, it was smooth sailing all the way.