"Okay, then without further ado, act now."

"Lord Lin, Xiaomin is old and weak, and he can't enlist in the army, but Xiaomin wants to recommend a few people to join the army and do their part." Gong Zhenhao, who was accompanying him, interjected hurriedly.

It turned out that they had long known Lin Xiao's plan to recruit and expand the army, so He Shouxin and they had been discussing the matter of enlisting in the army, Gong Zhenhao felt that he also had to contribute to the country, so he sent someone back to Hanoi Zhuangzi and instructed the housekeeper to choose a young and strong Ming boy from hundreds of families to prepare to join the army.

In the end, the housekeeper selected fifty capable young men, most of whom were orphans taken in by Gong Zhenhao since childhood, regarded as children and grandchildren, and all of them had practiced martial arts for many years.

Now as soon as he heard Lin Xiao muttering about this, Gong Zhenhao had already secretly instructed the family to find these people back, and he wanted Lin Xiao to accept and make decisions in person.

When Lin Xiao heard this, he was overjoyed; "Oh, old club, you're really in time for the rain."

Gong Zhenhao smiled and waved his hand, signaling Lin Xiao for them to follow him out to have a look.

When I stepped out of the inner hall gate, I saw dozens of capable boys already lined up in several rows, standing quietly.

Lin Xiao looked at it, the young men were all in their twenties, wearing coarse cloth short clothes, and they were all full of energy. Some have clear eyebrows, some have thick eyebrows and big eyes, but their bodies are equally strong, and they are all good blanks for soldiers.

At that moment, with a smile on the corner of his eyebrows, he stepped forward, Gong Zhenhao introduced a young man named Gong Tieniu to him, saying that this person was the oldest, had the best kung fu, and was the leading brother of this group, and then asked the rest of them to report their names in turn.

Lin Xiao patted the shoulder, touched the head of this one, and said in a loud voice, most of the young men are surnamed Gong, as for the name, it is either "cat" or "dog" or "stone" and "lock", which is quite rustic, and in the end Lin Xiao only remembered Gong Tieniu.

Gong Zhenhao stroked his beard happily and said with a smile: "Lord Lin, Xiaomin can hand over these children to you, and I hope that the adults will strictly discipline them, train them to become talents, and serve the country...... If it can be returned in the future, it will also be their creation. ”

Before the words fell, He Shouxin and his party rushed forward and shouted urgently: "Lord Lin, don't forget us, we also have to serve the country in the army." ”

After an introduction, it was the three young dart masters led by He Shouxin, as well as six executioners, two of whom were named Qin Shuya and Situ Zheng, both of whom were He Shouxin's junior disciples, martial arts and He Shouxin came from a family, with a good swordsmanship, among which the youngest Situ Zheng was especially good at light skills, and his appearance also revealed a sense of cleverness.

These people were recruited by Lin Xiao for a long time, and they had already been sent to Hanoi to carry out a reconnaissance mission. ”。

Lin Xiao's heart blossomed, and he agreed to it all at the moment, and instructed him to report to the dock recruitment office in two days.

On the morning of the next day, recruitment notices were posted at the Haiphong Wharf and on various streets, informing them that a recruitment test would be held at the wharf the day after tomorrow.

The content of the recruitment notice is simple and inspiring.

First, the age range: male Ming youth aged 18 to 25, marriage is not limited; The second is the treatment of military service, with a monthly military salary of five taels of silver, and a monthly salary, and family members enjoy the treatment of military dependents and are exempt from paying taxes.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Lin Xiao and the others decided to improve the status of the soldiers at any cost, and the military salaries of all officers and men, regardless of their positions, were all raised to five taels of silver per person per month, which could be paid directly to the soldiers themselves or to their families.

At the end of each year, a certain amount of condolences such as rice, flour, meat, oil, and salt will be distributed, or converted into five taels of condolences and silver. The annual salary of such a soldier is almost sixty-five taels.

According to the price and income situation at that time, the annual income of a strong laborer with craftsmanship generally did not exceed 30 taels, and the income of an ordinary peasant without craftsmanship was even less.

Because the military system inherited at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China has been extremely unreasonable, the hereditary guards have no life, rags, and a large number of escapes, so the conscription system began to appear in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but in addition to the border soldiers, all the military expenses for recruiting troops rely on self-raising, and the military salary of ordinary soldiers is theoretically three taels of silver per month, plus some rice, flour and salt cloth, the total is less than three and a half, not only very little, arrears of pay are commonplace, combat effectiveness can be imagined, the common people are evading military service, as long as there is a stutter at home, they are not willing to be soldiers.

During the same period, the Qing army did not owe wages, but the military salary was less, and ordinary soldiers only had about three taels per month, so the military discipline was even worse, and looting became commonplace.

Now Lin Xiao and the others have raised the salary of the righteous army to five taels per month, which was a very high income at that time, at least enough to maintain the well-off life of the military family, so that the military family has become the envy of the surrounding people.

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More than 3,000 Vietnamese prisoners have been released according to the agreement, the public security patrol task has been carried out by the second link, and the logistics platoon has received a new task.

Early in the morning of the third day, young people who saw the notice or heard the news came one after another, and for a time there was a lot of bustling and crowding, and many people took leave from the construction site and came directly to apply.

The recruitment registration office on the high platform is even more crowded. The soldiers of the logistics battalion shouted to everyone to line up and register one by one.

After a simple inquiry, the young person who took the turn to register was given a registration form.

The registration form indicates line by line whether he is an only child in the family, whether he has a physical disability, whether he is married, his name, age, place of origin, whether he is literate, whether he has practiced martial arts, and the words "test 1", "test 2", "test 3", "test 4", etc.

The soldiers at the registry office asked only about the first few items and then noted them one by one. Those who are literate or martial arts will be ticked at the end, and those who are only children in the family, or those with disabilities, and those who are not between the ages of 18 and 25 will not be issued a form and will be politely discouraged.

For every 20 young people who received the registration form, some people were led to the test site in front of the high platform, where there were four test items, and Lin Xiao asked several of his special combat team members to personally check the checks.

The first is the throwing test, which is in charge of Xu Tianshi.

In front of a lime white line on the field, there are several stones of about the same size, and a few white lines are also drawn at a certain distance in front.

Anyone who can throw the stone through the first white line is considered to have passed, and Xu Tianshi will tick the back of the "Test One" column; Whoever can throw the second white line, Xu Tianshi will play a triangle symbol; Occasionally, someone who threw the third white line would hit a five-pointed star symbol.

Those who can't even throw away the first white line will be eliminated; Those who pass the test will be taken to the second test site.

The second is the bounce test, which is in charge of Duan Zhenghong.

There are also a few white lines drawn on the field. Anyone who can jump over the first white line on the spot will be considered to have passed, and Duan Zhenghong will put a tick after the "Test II" column; Those who can jump over the second white line will play a triangle symbol; Whoever can jump over the third white line will play a five-star symbol.

The third is the strength test, which is in charge of Xia Bomin.

There is a stone burden on the field, and the stone burden weighs about 80 catties. The test method is very simple, anyone who can lift the stone five times in a row will be considered to have passed. In order to prevent injury, and not requiring more than five times, Xia Bomin put a checkmark after the "Test Three" column. Those who do not lift less than five times will be eliminated.

The fourth is the endurance test, which is in charge of Zhang Chenfeng and Li Hanzhi.

The test method is also very simple, all those who pass the first three tests will run in a circle in a team.

A large lime circle was drawn on the periphery of the field, each lap was about 500 meters in circumference, and all applicants had to run in a circle for two weeks.

Li Hanzhi was responsible for the starting order, and Zhang Chenfeng, who was in full uniform, secretly used a military diving watch to time it, and the performance requirements were not strict, and anyone who ran the whole course within four minutes was considered to have passed.

As soon as the time came, Zhang Chenfeng, who was standing at the end of the line, shouted to stop, and those who had not yet reached the line were eliminated.

If you pass all four tests, congratulations, a soldier will take you to the warehouse, hand in your forms, collect your uniform, and wait for the order to open the team.