Long Qian Xing listened to Shi Hao Yi’s words and fell into silence.
Should he tell Shi Hao Yi that Fei Yang Kingdom no longer needed forced recruitment? Except for the emergency battle at that time when Fei Yang Kingdom was still growing, the number of soldiers of Fei Yang Kingdom was more than enough by now.
If they were to fight against the northern tribe, it was not the newly recruited soldiers who will be asked to come forward but other soldiers who had fought on the frontline for a long time.
Besides, there was also the training grounds that Long Qian Xing had arranged back in Cheng City.
Emperor Yang Zhou had made a few more camps in other cities for the soldiers’ training and it was estimated that there would be one in this area. The recruitment was for the soldiers to enter the training camp.
It would not be dangerous for them.
At least, for the time being.
But then Long Qian Xing thought about the fact that they might still be sent to the frontline in the future and chose not to say anything. For the people who didn’t want to become a soldier, becoming a doctor was not really a bad thing.
"Why do they not learn to become an official instead?" Long Qian Xing suddenly asked.
The scholars would also not be called to the frontline. After all, there was age requirement to become soldiers and the requirement has been increasing.
During the time when Fei Yang Kingdom needed a lot of fresh blood, the number was indeed lowered. Some people even came at younger age with their parent’s permission.
Long Qian Xing was one of them.
"Not everyone has the talent to become official." Shi Hao Yi shook his head.
If these people were capable enough to become an official, they would have done so. But since they were not able to become an official, they chose to come to him to try.
"…Can you manage so many students?" Long Qian Xing asked with a strange expression. He was sure that if these people only learned medicine for the sake of running away from the forced conscription, they might be able to last for a long time.
"No." Shi Hao Yi shook his head. "They have entry fee and if they can’t pass the test after a year, I’ll expel them."
Oh, there’s a test.
Now it made sense.
Long Qian Xing looked at these students with some pity. It seemed that in the future, they would have to think of other ways to get ahead.
But human’s imagination has no limit.
They should think of other ways in the future to avoid being conscripted into the military.
"You’ve good method, Doctor Shi."
"It’s nothing much." Shi Hao Yi smiled faintly.
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