The sky of Nepal is exceptionally blue, blue and pure, worthy of the Western Pure Land that Tang Seng once reached after 9981 difficulties.

Most people in China only know that Tang monks learned scriptures in the west, and they don't know that the disciples of Sakyamuni were carrying Buddhist scriptures, crossing the Himalayas from here, crossing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and entering China to spread Buddhism.

It was they who first waded through thousands of rivers and mountains to spread Buddhism.

When he arrived in Nepal, Li Jun found a local guide.

The guide's name is particularly long, and his name is Orati Sharma Gurungbahatu......

The crowd listened tongue-twisting.

Zhu Ping, who was beside him, directly scolded this Nepalese.

"You bastard, tease us. ”

The Nepalese guide has a bitter face, I didn't tease, my name is so long.

Nepalese names are relatively long, usually divided into multiple parts, such as surnames, which are particular, because to reflect caste, occupation and ethnicity, and then the name to express their preferences, wishes, ideals and beliefs, and Nepal is a Hindu-dominated country, many people also like to take the name of the Hindu shrine as part of their name, which is completely different from the Chinese naming system.

Li Jun understands such exotic names, but Chinese people still like shorter names, for example, they don't like Westerners' long names.

"Let's call you Hatu. ”

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Li Jun thought that the process of recruiting soldiers in Gurkha, Nepal should be a complicated process, but when he arrived in the local area, he found that a channel for mercenary recruitment had been opened here.

This is the place where many local mercenaries are recruited, and the Gurkha mercenaries here are very trustworthy.

The men here take pride in being mercenaries and improve their families with their income.

A special recruitment center has been set up here.

Therefore, the cost of this guide was estimated to be blind, and the other party took them all the way to the mercenary recruitment center.

Nepal is and will be the poorest country in the world, per capita is pitifully low, but the Gurkha mercenaries have an extremely high salary, in addition to the good salary, the Gurkha mercenaries have the opportunity to visit relatives every two years, every time the mercenaries return, they are respected by the local prince, is the most popular courtship.

On the way, they met a local mercenary who had returned to his hometown to visit relatives and serve, and the other party was wearing mercenary clothes, surrounded by several "mothers-in-law", rushing to introduce their daughters.

The guide's translation made Li Jun and everyone sigh that this is really a place with mercenary genes, and the mother-in-law is picking up mercenaries, and the young people here are not allowed to fight.

At a Gurkha mercenary recruitment center, Li Jun saw that other companies were recruiting mercenaries at the recruitment station.

Some of the Gurkha people are talking about the price, are they going to go?

Mercenary companies recruit them. They are also choosing companies, because the mercenaries around them who are among the relatives and friends who have a higher annual salary are also the most face-saving.

The high annual salary means that he is also braver, and he is stronger.

The choice of annual salary is low, and some young and powerful Gurkhas consider it a shame.

At the recruitment center, Li Jun felt that the Gurkha people seemed to be generally not tall.

Gurkha is a mountainous people, 80% of the whole Nepal is also a mountainous area, although they are not tall, but the physique, hard-working, brave and good at fighting, they have been walking on the bumpy mountain roads since childhood, and have trained a pair of "iron feet". They have a strong personality and a strong body, and are especially good at mountain warfare and close combat.

They were particularly fond of wearing the "Gogoli scimitar", which was said to be bloodied when drawn and became a signature piece of equipment for Gurkha mercenaries.

That's why I saw a lot of people wearing scimitars.

The hiring company is selecting the Gurkhas, and the Gurkhas are also choosing the right hiring companies, and some of the Gurkhas, who feel that they are strong enough, but the price is low, are simply leaving.

The guide introduced himself to the Gurkha mercenaries who liked the Gogol scimitar, and he borrowed a knife from the Gurkhas.

It pulls the knife out of the scabbard, the Gurkha scimitar has a distinctive shape, a total length of 50 cm, a blade thickness of nearly 1 cm, the blade is wide in front and narrow in the back, the head of the knife is curved downward, the whole is rounded, and the handle is in the shape of a fishtail.

"The Gurkha scimitar is a bit like a dog's hind legs, the back of the knife is thick and blunt, but the blade is unusually sharp. This kind of saber of our Gurkhas, although it cannot be used as a throwing knife, is very useful in hand-to-hand combat, and it is the favorite weapon of our Gurkha people in close combat. ”

At the mercenary recruitment center, Hatu introduced Li Jun to the heroic performance of the Gurkha mercenaries for more than 100 years.

The walls were full of words and pictures of feats.

"The British have the credit of the Gurkha for becoming an empire on which the sun never sets, because the Gurkha mercenaries served the British with infinite loyalty, and they always rushed ahead of the British when they charged. ”

"Kubir Thapa Magal, a model for our Gurkha mercenaries, miraculously rescued three Allied wounded in succession within 48 hours when he got lost behind enemy lines with his own troops, and while he was seriously wounded...... He won the Gurkhas, the first highest British order, the Victoria Cross. ”

"This is ours, he led our Gurkha soldiers in the dense jungles of Southeast Asia to unconsciously touch the Japanese sentry, cut the devil's shoelaces with a scimitar, and boldly tease the opponent, and finally it was like a cat playing mouse version of the story of cutting the throat of the devil's invading army. ”

Li Jun listened and listened to it, and he didn't know why he had the feeling of Huaxia's anti-Japanese drama.

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However, these texts, some medals, and photographs partly reflect the loyalty, bravery, and fighting spirit of the Gurkha mercenaries.

"We, the Gurkhas, join the mercenaries, will listen to the words of the commanders, fight heroically, have the opportunity to change the fate of our poor, and if we are lucky, we can still become a Gurkha hero, and the deeds are spread on this wall. ”

These words not only inspired the young Gurkha students, but also deepened the employers' trust in the Gurkha mercenaries, making them think that it was worth the money to hire the Gurkha at a high salary.

"My Hatu guide, how can we recruit the strongest young men in the Gurkha to join our mercenary army. ”

"Oh, my esteemed guest, you like our bravest Gurkha soldiers, and we Gurkha like to give the highest paid employers. ”

"How can I be sure that I am recruiting the strongest Gurkhas?"

"You can do some selections, like the British government, with high salaries, and the good Gurkha young people will flock to the selections, and this is when they prove themselves. ”

"How did the British test it?"

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