In the early stages of the establishnt of the system, the weight of both might have been equivalent.
But now, anyone who knows a little about the official scene of the Soaring Dragon Dynasty knows.
Recomndation has long surpassed civil examinations.
A good background can rival decades of hard study for an ordinary person.
Even if you are a fish leaping to the dragon gate and luckily squeeze through the narrow path of civil exams, your ceiling is predetermined.
Many official positions require bloodline inheritance to control those celestial officials and massive natural forces, or it’s unrelated to you.
Many people’s professions are decided the mont they are born.
Born to rchants, it is highly probable that they can only engage in comrce.
Born to military families, most end up making a living at the borders.
Born to horse families, the burden of raising horses will weigh heavily upon them throughout their lives.
Born to farrs, most can only till the land their entire lives.
The rchants of the Soaring Dragon are unlike Felen’s, who can easily control a town or even form rchant federations.
In that ancient Empire, following the principles of scholars, farrs, artisans, and rchants, those non-productive rchants are considered the lowest of identity, subordinate to all classes, especially the first class.
If you don’t have the right connections, you cannot hold ground in a place.
Even if you have a remarkable talent for comrce, making a mark in a certain industry, it won’t take long before soone forcibly swallows up your enterprise, making you work for others, and even keeping your whole family safe is considered lucky.
In the Soaring Dragon Empire, every rchant beyond a certain scale is backed by governntal background.
Collusion between officials and rchants is a commonality.
Everything bows to the greatness of officials.
This ideology has deeply embedded into the Soaring Dragon people, climbing upward has beco a basic instinct.
For Gaven, this is not a bad thing.
It makes it easier for him to control them, if any selected Soaring Dragon officers refuse his managent, he can simply replace them, with a group of others eager to ascend below!
Gaven predicted correctly.
Never underestimate the power of a collective, no one’s life trajectory is exactly the sa, not even twins are exempt, with one person’s background differing from another, and a unique life encounter until the descent into slavery of the Tukan people.
Now they have thirty-five thousand.
Most of these Soaring Dragon people engaged in other industries prior to becoming slaves, so even in more than one.
Although predominantly apprentices and ordinary craftsn, masters in a certain field are rare.
However, for Gaven, it is already sufficient.
Beginning everything is the hardest.
Once with this seed, the rest is about careful nurturing and cultivating.
Currently, the territory is still in its beginnings, the threat of the Tukan people is not completely eliminated, overall it is still military-centric more than civil life.
Everything serves the military, other industries are temporarily postponed, activated only when needed.
Gaven won’t blindly invest large amounts of funds and energy into industries with temporal lack of necessity—aside from research.
However, his greatest investnt of energy remains in communication with the Soaring Dragon people, although the Soaring Dragon Dynasty holds vast similarity with Eastern ancient civilizations on Earth, many things significantly differ, especially in historical systems.
With deepening understanding, this feeling becos even stronger.
Shuo! Shuo! Shuo!
At the temporary martial arts ground of Klonte.
Two agile figures maneuver back and forth, the Ma Shao in their hands rhythmically pulsating, emitting unique whistling sounds.
The occasional collision between the two, stops imdiately upon contact.
Cheering sounds frequently emanate from the outside.
Bong!
The crisp sound of a copper gong rings, the two entangled figures abruptly separate and stand opposite each other.
Their body types are strikingly similar, both evenly balanced and robust, with muscles forming clear lines, possessing extraordinary explosive force, long arms and legs, and agile steps.
Though sweating profusely, their breaths remain even and long, indicating they still have spare energy.
Both wear tight black coverings.
Only one of the black coverings is covered with dense white spots and stick marks, while the other only has a few spots, distinguishing victory and defeat.
Gaven perford a standard Soaring Dragon fist salute, sincerely praising: "General Hu, excellent spear technique."
He naturally belongs to the forr; his white spots and stick marks represent the tis he was stabbed and struck by the opponent.
During this period, he seizes every free mont to proactively learn the Ma Shao techniques from these Soaring Dragon officers.
Initially, doing so was to further close relations with these Soaring Dragon people, also influenced by past life experiences, after all, those film dramas often give lavish praise to such exotic weapons, using them is extraordinarily elegant.
However, with deep learning, Gaven discovered that this weapon is not famous without reason, and is highly fitting for himself, it can use skill to compensate partially for deficiencies in strength, if one’s natural strength and speed are balanced, its power becos even more amazing, suitable for horseback and foot combat alike.
The reason for its limited widespread use is because this weapon is hard to learn and master, requiring substantial ti to hone various techniques.
"The General is an exceptional talent in practicing Shuo, if not seen with my own eyes, I’d hardly believe the General has only touched the Ma Shao for ten days.
I rely took advantage of learning twenty years earlier than you, if the General practiced Shuo with , no, even if ten years later, the General would exceed in no ti."
Hu Bianguan equally praises Gaven, for the talent Gaven showcases in this respect and his astounding resilience.
Though both parties use a wooden material for the practice spearhead, Ma Shao is different from Long Spear, it has remarkable flexibility, bending like a large bow, its strike cannot be underestimated.
Initially, he could retain stamina, stopping at contact.
Nevertheless, with Gaven’s rapid spear skill progress, he was compelled to be increasingly focused, today exhausting all efforts to respond, unable to reserve any strength.
To better feel the weapon’s power, and quicker learn, the opponent declined the suggestion of using full armor.
Many strong soldiers cannot withstand his triple spear strikes.
Gaven endured more than a dozen strikes, yet remains composed, still bouncing vivaciously.
This causes Hu Bianguan to repeatedly question Gaven’s profession, is he actually a warrior? Or a spellcaster?
He has evidently witnessed the opponent’s spellcasting, multiple tis, his proficiency no less than those professional mages.
This is one reason for the opponent’s rapid spear skill advancent.
Through continuous beating, the muscles develop their own mory, making it easier to evade and assess the attack’s power when landing on enemies.
Many veterans teaching new soldiers simplify matters by using this thod.
Only, those new soldiers usually passively receive it, rare are those actively applying it.
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