The donkey cart traveled for about two hours and arrived at the gate of the naval base barracks at Dagukou.

Now the barracks of the People's Army Navy, that is, the barracks of the original Qing court garrison garrison in Dagukou, now not only the People's Army navy is stationed here, but also a battalion of the army. Because the KPA Navy does not have a large number of people at present, the shore-based garrison still needs to rely on the army.

At this time, at the gate of the barracks, there were already special clerks waiting to welcome the arrival of this group of recruits. Zhao Ping got out of the car with the other recruits, and was immediately led into the barracks by the clerks, and first came to the general affairs office of the barracks to handle various procedures for the recruits to pass and register the barracks, and to receive their military uniforms and daily necessities.

The recruits' files had already been sent to the General Affairs Office, and each recruit's belongings had been prepared, each of whom was given two sets of military uniforms, shoes, and daily necessities such as covers, wooden basins, towels, cups, textbooks, pen and ink, and so on. Because the materials of the traverser are relatively sufficient now, and there are several factories that can produce them, the soldiers' clothing and daily necessities can be unified standards.

Of course, the items that recruits receive are not exactly the same, because the recruits have different cultural journeys, so the books they receive are different. Although most of the literate and written recruits were drafted into the navy, in this era, there were not many Chinese who could read and write, and most of them were illiterate or semi-literate, so many illiterate and semi-literate soldiers were recruited in the navy.

At the time of the trial training, the culture of the recruits was also examined, and the cultural level of the recruits was divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D, and the first grade was naturally the highest, requiring normal reading and writing, but there were very few soldiers who could reach this level, and among the 23 recruits in this batch, only Zhao Ping was able to reach the first grade; the second grade refers to being able to read relatively normally, but it is worse in writing, and it is necessary to strengthen training in this area; the third grade is semi-illiterate, and can recognize a small number of Chinese characters, write their own names and other small characters, but cannot reach the normal reading and writing ability; and the D level is pure illiteracy。

The navy is a high-tech and high-tech service, and both ship-based and shore-based soldiers need to master considerable professional and technical knowledge; therefore, after recruits join the army, they must first undergo a certain period of specialized training before they can give full play to their abilities in various combat posts. However, in order to learn the professional and technical knowledge of the navy, soldiers must have a certain amount of cultural knowledge, at least be able to read and write. In the current navy, the ratio of these four classes is roughly 0.4:3.6:3.9:2.1. In the Army, the ratio is 0.01:0.32:6.78:2.89.

Therefore, the navy decided to train soldiers with a level of education of Grade A and Grade B in the Navy's professional and technical knowledge, while for soldiers with an education level of only Grade C and Grade, they would first be given literacy education, and then specialized training would be conducted after they had been freed from illiteracy. And because the education that the soldiers will carry out is different, the books and teaching materials they receive will naturally be different.

The other thing is to check whether there are any items prohibited in the barracks among the personal belongings brought by the recruits. Of course, after the end of the trial, I told the recruits that they could bring those things after enlistment, and it was forbidden to bring those things, so most of the recruits carried a change of clothes, shoes, a few people would bring a few books, and some local dry food, or pipes, and other things such as amulets, longevity locks, jade pendants, and incense. Naturally, none of these items are prohibited, and the military does not prohibit smoking, but only smoking indoors or in public, and of course, opium smoking.

Since the traverser took control of the Tianjin Customs, opium and other drugs were listed as prohibited items, and opium was also prohibited from circulating in the Tianjin market, as well as any private consumption, once discovered, it would be unconditionally confiscated, and the parties concerned would be arrested and tried.

However, silver and copper coins were forbidden to circulate in the barracks, and although the KPA soldiers had allowances, the allowances were issued in the form of military rolls, which circulated within the barracks, where there were not only formal canteens, but also other shops, and soldiers could buy most of the daily necessities without leaving the barracks. Only soldiers who go out of the barracks on their days off, or visit relatives, can exchange military rolls for silver. However, with the gradual abundance of materials in Tianjin, the industries controlled by the traverser have increased day by day, so military rolls can also be used in the industries controlled by the traverser, and the price is slightly lower than silver, which is actually a trial of paper money to replace metal currency by the traverser.

When each recruit first arrived at the barracks, he carried a certain amount of silver or copper coins with him, so when he entered the barracks, he either exchanged them for military rolls, or stored them in the general affairs office, and took them out when the soldiers went out or visited relatives.

In this way, after more than an hour of registration and receiving the goods, all the recruits went through various procedures, but at this time they could not go to the dormitory, but first got a haircut. That is, shaving a shaved head, which is also a mandatory condition for joining the People's Army.

Soldiers have short hair, which is a common practice in the armies of various countries in the old time and space, because short hair is easy to clean and manage, can reduce the breeding of lice or other parasites, and can reduce the burden on soldiers when fighting. The traverser requires that the recruits who enter the army must first shave their hair, and after the new hair grows out, they can only keep short hair, in addition to considering the actual combat needs, another purpose is to cut the braid in different directions.

When the Qing court first entered the customs, it issued a strict shaving order, forcing the Han people to shave their hair and comb it according to the Manchu custom, and even shouted the slogan "keep your hair without your head". Now, more than 260 years later, no one in China has resisted shaving and combing, and shaving the hair on the forehead and combing a long braid on the back of the head has become a typical feature of Chinese in this era. Therefore, the dreadlocks have also become a symbol of the Qing court.

The traversers have not asked the people of Tianjin to cut their braids, after all, their own strength and prestige have not reached that point, but they must demand absolute control over the army, and they must cut off all ties with the Qing court.

Of course, now the prestige of the Qing court has plummeted, and the management of shaving and combing braids is not as strict as before, and after the Opium War, with the opening of the country's doors and increasing foreign exchanges, a group of Chinese have been affected by Westernization, cutting their hair and braids, and putting on foreign shins, and the Qing court cannot control this, so they can only pretend not to know. Both officers and soldiers in the army are basically short-haired, and most of the others have short hair, and in the barracks, they are all short-haired, or soldiers who have just shaved their heads, so the recruits do not have much resistance to shaving their hair.

Each warship had haircut equipment and soldiers in charge of haircuts, so as to facilitate the needs of the soldiers during the sea, and the shaving of their heads did not require any skill, so it did not take long for all 23 recruits to shave their hair, and it was very funny to look at each other's bald heads.

After the haircut was over, the recruits all brought the items they had received and were led by the clerks to the dormitory.

The Dagukou barracks were originally stationed in 3,000 Qing troops, and now the recruits, the army and the crossing army, there are only more than 2,000 people in total, and the navy is different from the army, a considerable part of the soldiers live on the warship, so the accommodation is very sufficient, there are a number of barracks have been transformed into, eight rooms, four rooms, double rooms and even single rooms, so that the soldiers can live more comfortably.

However, the recruits who have just entered the barracks still live in a collective dormitory with 60 people. Later, when the soldiers were assigned to official posts, they were reassigned to dormitories.

Zhao Ping and his party came to the dormitory and were warmly welcomed by the 31 soldiers who had moved in six days earlier, as well as two instructors, who would form a temporary squadron together to receive formal training and education, and then be assigned to other departments according to their abilities, conditions, and specialties.

The two instructors in charge of training them were named Xing Kuanyu and Wang Huming, who were originally the principal and deputy leaders of the radar department of the Taihu warship, and both of them had the rank of captain.

The two first arranged beds for the recruits, the dormitory was a long type, the beds were high-bottomed beds, there was a low cabinet at the head of the bed, and a high cabinet at the end of the bed, which were divided into two layers, which were used by the two soldiers in the bed. A wooden basin is placed under the bed.

The distribution of beds was based on the principle of drawing lots, and the previous 31 soldiers did not occupy the lower bunks, but distributed them according to one up and down, Zhao Ping was lucky, and drew a bunk in the lower bunks, and then sorted out his belongings, while listening to the previous veterans talk about the rules of behavior in the dormitory. However, when the recruits go for tryouts, they also live in a group, so they are no strangers to the rules of the dormitory. Of course, the traverser has not yet required that recruits must be folded into tofu blocks.

After the recruits had made their own beds, it was almost time for lunch, so the soldiers in the dormitory went to the cafeteria to eat together. The meal rules in the barracks are the same as those during the trial, the dishes and chopsticks are uniformly supplied by the canteen, and the rice is provided free of charge for each soldier, and three or four dishes are generally served.

Although there were many soldiers eating at this time, they were all very respectful of order, lined up in a neat line, took the dishes and chopsticks in turn, and then went to the window to receive their own rice. Then find a spare table and chair to eat, and after eating, they are very conscious of putting the finished dishes and chopsticks in the designated place, and then leaving the canteen, all showing strict discipline.

Zhao Ping's recruits are no strangers to this set of rules, and they all honestly line up together to receive meals. However, when they receive the meal, they are together, but the speed of eating is different, and those who finish the meal first can return to the dormitory to rest on their own, and they don't have to wait for other companions.