The suburbs outside the west gate of Guangzhou.

After many days of revisiting the old place, the porridge field run by the righteous army is still full of people, not necessarily much less than at the beginning, but even increased the drive, but his identity and role are reversed.

Immediately, Zhou Huai'an saw the person in charge of the scene, an old captain with a one-eyed and ugly face, even if he was the leading officer, he would be polite. After inspecting the stipopy provided by the officer, he waved his hand and let them go on their own.

Finally, it was Zhou Huai'an's turn to pick people, although it was the cold-faced Cheng Da Bite, but the actual standards and requirements still had to rely on the conclusions he put forward as a reference.

The whole process is actually very simple, just let the righteous soldiers brought by Cheng Da bite take turns beating gongs and shouting loudly everywhere, and with the condition of adding more dumplings and porridge soup, naturally some people naturally gathered to volunteer driven by hunger.

Soon there were about 100 people gathered under the erected flagpole, including some of the people who had already chosen the team; It's just that it takes a lot of trouble to find out who you are suitable for. Next, according to their self-reported occupations, they are classified into carpenters, masons, hardware workers, tailors, etc., and stand in several columns waiting for a simple interview one by one.

Although Zhou Huai'an is a layman in a sense, it does not mean that his experience and insights in later generations cannot be used to provide the needs of the world;

In fact, it is necessary to test whether the other party is suitable for the corresponding profession, rather than all kinds of lies claiming to be impostors in order to improve their own situation or cheat their food; In fact, as long as some physical details are observed and analyzed, coupled with verbal temptation and inquiry, the effect can be basically achieved.

For example, the position and angle of calluses on the palms and fingers, the traces left by the chronic injuries caused by the long-term concentrated stress on some parts of the body and the healing, and some professional knowledge questions that are at the level of later primary school students, at most, are using a little tiger skin to do a small intimidation and psychological test.

For example, a few suspicious subjects are called aside alone, and under the psychological dislocation of a group of volunteer soldiers watching onlookers, ask some reflexive daily details to discover possible flaws and misses.

Anyway, he didn't expect much from it, whether it was an apprentice or a small worker, or a real craftsman, it could be used to make up for a while, but only the props and pedals he used to gradually reflect his own value.

As for those craftsmen, old craftsmen and master craftsmen who really have a certain level, the possibility and probability of falling here are almost minimal. After all, in a sense, these people are a relatively solid class in the city, and it is difficult to fall to this point without major changes.

Of course, most people are eliminated at least once they take off their shirts and look at them; Because as a rural peasant or a coolie in the city, the characteristics of being exposed to the sun are too obvious, and a few are the existence of scoundrels in the usual sense, and the scars from the fights on their bodies are also easy to identify, and some are poor people in the city.

So it is much easier to choose among the few who remain; It only took half a day, and Zhou Huai'an quickly selected more than a dozen people among the increasing number of people who reported their identities;

Among them, there are three skilled tailors, and five have carpentry experience, one of which can also make bamboo weaving income, and the other can make hoop buckets; Then there were seven men who had worked as masons, most of whom had burned bricks; one coppersmith apprentice from the hardware and industry bank, two brothers from blacksmiths, and one from a dyeing workshop; Finally, a butcher who works part-time as a gelding;

These results also made the Cheng Da Bite, who was a cold bystander, show signs of slight improvement.

However, when the screening and selection process is about to come to an end, there is still nothing but a small episode and accident; However, it was another volunteer "Deputy Lieutenant Zhu" who stayed in this relief site to come to the door and put forward a condition, hoping that Zhou Huai'an, a monk with good eyesight, could linger for a while longer, so as to select more useful people from these hungry people;

After all, as craftsmen with a skill, they are also needed in other rebel units, but they obviously lack the corresponding screening means and experience, so even if they go back and forth several times, they may not be able to find the person they like.

Now, it's not something that Cheng Da bites, the leading team officer, can easily make a decision; So, while sending someone back to the Angry Wind Camp to ask for his own chief officer, Cheng Da Yan accompanied the other party to talk, or to listen to the other party's conditions.

Of course, because the time was past noon, as a party who had a request, the food that could be provided to Zhou Huai'an was better than that of the small leaders of the Raging Wind Camp.

In the end, it was served on a wooden plate, and there was a poultry broth and a more evenly baked mixed paste, as well as a stack of pickled melon strips, although the taste was still not very good, and there were many rough impurities, but it was relatively close to his normal diet in Africa.

It's just that when Zhou Huai ate these things with peace of mind, even the blood marrow in his bones was chewed and sucked the last bit of taste clean, and the person who ran back to report the news also came back sweating profusely with the message of Duwei Wang Pan; He promised Zhou Huai'an that he could stay here for an extra day and a half, but the people selected from this need to be selected by the people of the Raging Wind Camp first.

As for other specific conditions and compensation, it is up to Cheng Da Bite and Zhou Huai'an to decide; In addition, he also brought Zhou Huai'an's temporary attendant Xiao Qi, saying that he was running errands and making a move, Zhou Huai'an estimated that this was mainly to prevent him from escaping or getting off.

However, this does not prevent him from borrowing flowers and offering Buddha to give one or two to the other party, so as to build a good relationship and get along in the future; Immediately, he helped Xiao Qi also ask for a meal;

"It's not easy to handle."

The young man squirmed, and said embarrassedly.

"I've already eaten some."

"Then why not eat some more."

Zhou Huai'an smiled slightly

"I ran all the way here, and I didn't fall behind."

"Anyway, it's already called, so you should do me a favor"

Although only cakes and vegetable soup were delivered, it did not prevent the sweaty young man from eating with relish.

Then, the afternoon work resumed, and the banners of recruitment were re-erected from many places, and the number of people who beat gongs and shouted everywhere was several times greater; Therefore, it seems that the efficiency is much higher than in the morning, but Zhou Huai'an is obviously much harder, and the speed and frequency of screening have also slowed down.

Just as he was sitting on a Hu bed, he began to drink Xiao Qi's hot water for the second time by resting for a while, when a familiar roar suddenly came from outside.

"Who..."

The noise came and went, and then it turned into the angry shouts of chase,

"Escaped. Escaped. ”

"Stop, don't let people escape."

"Catch this thief...

Zhou Huai'an, who was originally a little dazed, couldn't help but be awe-inspired, could it be that he had done too hard here, and he actually made trouble; Fortunately, it wasn't long before the officer who was in charge of protecting him brought him an answer.

Just now, among those who he singled out to conceal and other problems, some people wanted to take the opportunity to escape because of this lack of heart, stirred up commotion and chaos, but were recaptured after killing and wounding more than a dozen people on the spot, and then sat down and confessed to being recognized as a spy of the government.

"This is it,"

Then, I saw the one-eyed and ugly old captain of the town, leading a human body covered in blood, and was re-sent to Zhou Huai'an, loudly praising his vision and insight.

"By the way, monk, how did you see that something was wrong with him?"

The old lieutenant squinted at the remaining one-eyed, and pulled some kind of skin on his face, but did not smile.

"This guy is hiding very tightly, and there are people covering him."

"I, of course, don't know anything about spies.."

Zhou Huai'an could only desperately rack his brains to respond.

"It's just that he has doubts about his self-proclaimed identity, and he sees a flaw."

"Then monk, your insight may be able to assist me in interrogating one or two."

The old lieutenant smiled a little hideously again.

"Let's see where the others are, and if there are any more flaws."

"This is a critical matter related to the success or failure of our rebel army."

Looking at the human body on the ground, which is infested with qi and looks like a ball of rotten meat, Huai'an will be a little waxy next week; This is not the expected plot and development, why did it fall on my head inexplicably;

He doesn't want this kind of limelight and merit that obviously has a considerable risk of being suspected, but would rather be low-key as a logistics support staff, slowly operating and developing his influence at the bottom.

Then the other party couldn't help but say that the dozens of suspicious people who had been detained in this porridge field were all escorted over for him to identify and screen. Of course, if you can't distinguish between accomplices and nei Yinglai, then you can only kill them all as spies.

"What the hell is this?"

Zhou Huaian only felt that he was coerced by the situation, which was far from his expected goal.

"Is this a situation and common sense that forces me to make a choice?"

He didn't think he had offended this one-eyed old man, how could he suddenly let him indirectly influence and decide the life and death of these dozens of people. Rao is that he has seen many cruel scenes and has some psychological endurance, and he can't help but be a little at a loss and suffer from gains and losses.

Watching others commit violence and making one's own decisions are completely different things, these are dozens of living lives, Zhou Huaian really can't be indifferent, but compared to the risk of being suspected and suspicious, it is a dilemma.

Or is this a temptation for the other party to become suspicious? However, the other party's qualifications seemed to be very old, and even the Cheng Da bit Cheng team officer couldn't suppress it, and after a few words, he was excluded from the side.