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Because there were not enough seats in the cafeteria, each company had to split the time for eating, and each company was given only 15 minutes, and when the time came, the seats had to be poured out for the other companies.

Zhu Hai and the others saw that the time was coming, so they finished their meals in two bites, and quickly got up and stood out. In the army, we must pay attention to teamwork and organization, and we must stand in line in everything we do. This was the first time he had seen such a soldier, and he felt interesting in his heart, and asked the third child in a low voice.

"Squad leader, do you have to line up for anything in the new army?"

"This is natural, the military rank is one level higher than you, and you must absolutely obey the military order!"

"And what if the chief tells me to die?"

Xiang Lao San glanced at Martha. replied coldly: "Even if you know that you are going to die, you have to go too!" ”

Martha was startled and asked in a low voice, "Squad leader, what about you running away?" ”

"Hehe, can a monk run away from the temple? Thou shalt be ordered to die in battle, and thou shalt give thy family two hundred taels of silver and fifty acres of land. If you run away, all your relatives will be sent to Luzon! ”

Martha didn't expect the military regulations of the new army to be so vicious, and he would have to engage in a company. Martha himself has a wife and children in Guangdong, and this time he originally thought he was accompanying Zhu Hai to have a play, but he didn't expect to be a soldier in the barracks.

Xiang Lao San saw Ma Da's hesitation, and hurriedly said: "Ma Da, don't think about running away, the new army implements a continuous sitting system, and if you run away, you will implicate the nine of us!" ”

Martha saw that Xu Youcai looked at him differently, and hurriedly said, "I just asked, then I can escape." ”

"It's best to be so, in fact, you don't have to be afraid, our new army is strong, a few months ago, our 7,000 people against the 100,000 army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, don't say that they are all annihilated, we have less than 100 dead, don't worry!"

Martha had followed the Shang Gang before, traveled south and north, and knew the power of the Manchu Eight Banners, but he didn't expect to be defeated by the new army in front of him. Martha looked around, these guys didn't look like they were one against ten.

"Squad leader, you can't lie to me, can you? I don't think these people look like they can fight at all! ”

Xiang Lao San smiled and said: "Hehe, you are all recruits, they have just come from Guangdong for less than a month, and they haven't been trained yet, you will be looking at them in half a year!" ”

Martha didn't know if he told Lao Sanhu that he had already joined the army anyway, and he couldn't run away for the sake of his wife and children in Guangdong, so it was better to follow along, and make a name for himself or his wife.

By the time Zhu Hai and the others returned to their barracks, it was already dark, and two deadly lanterns were lit in the camp, and everyone went back to their beds to get ready to sleep.

At this time, the company commander Zhang Fei and a young man came to the door.

Zhang Fei looked at these recruits and scolded: "Fuck up, now our company is fully staffed, and from today onwards, the deputy company commander will teach everyone a lesson!" ”

Zhu Hai was stunned, still in class? Do you want to teach these soldiers to read?

Xu Youcai, who was on the side, asked, "Squad leader, do you still need to know how to read?" I have a headache as soon as I read! ”

"It's not for you to take the test, it's to teach you to distinguish between right and wrong. In the new army, literacy is very important, and if you want to be a commander and a cadre, it is the most basic thing to know 500 characters. ”

Xiang Rong, the nephew of Xiang Laosan, said in a shrill voice with a slightly childlike voice: "If my uncle didn't know how to read, he would have become a company commander a long time ago!" You must know that his military rank is now captain, and even Company Commander Zhang has to call him an old squad leader! ”

Everyone didn't expect Xiang Laosan to be a person with a story. Xu Youcai hurriedly asked, "Squad leader, when did you join the army?" ”

"It's been a long time, when His Majesty the Emperor first came to Guangzhou, I was also from Huguang, and I joined the new army for several years in order to eat and take care of my nephew!"

"Squad leader, so you have participated in the Battle of Jiangyin?" Zhu Hai was very interested in the bloody battle in Jiangyin, and when he saw a veteran, of course he had to ask clearly.

Hearing Zhu Hai's question, Xiang Lao San sighed and said, "Of course I participated, I and Chief Qian stayed at the north gate for ten days. It was only ten days before there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the corpses at the north gate were waist-deep, and the blood that flowed out did not reach the surface of the feet, which was too tragic! ”

Zhu Hai was at this age when he was angry, and he had only heard of the tragic fight in Jiangyin before, but this time he met a veteran who had experienced it firsthand, and he was just about to ask for details. But at this time, Company Commander Zhang Fei spoke.

"Everyone do a good job, don't talk the fuck, listen to Deputy Company Commander Zhuang's lecture!"

The deputy company commander was a young man in his twenties, who looked like a scholar. At this time, standing in front of everyone, he cleared his throat and said, "Hello everyone, I am your deputy company commander and your cultural instructor. Don't laugh, I'm not teaching you to read and show off your talents, I'm here to teach you the simplest truth. ”

"Let me ask you first, what did everyone do before joining the army?"

Hearing the deputy company commander ask, everyone said: "I am a farmer!" Farming! ”

"I'm doing some small business in Guangdong!"

"Three generations of my family are tenants of Landlord Zhang's family, and Landlord Zhang was killed when Liukou came, and my father was also killed, so I fled to Guangdong with my mother on my back!"

Everyone said one after another that these recruits were mainly peasants, and this was inevitable, and Zhu Hongsan's order was to recruit peasants as the mainstay, and it was impossible for some ruffians to enter the new army.

Deputy Company Commander Zhuang nodded, and then said, "You have all been assigned to the ground this time to join the army!" ”

"Yes, twenty acres of land were given, and I went to see it!"

"Think about who gave you the land?"

It's a bit of a difficult question, because these peasants don't have much education, and they know who gave the land.

"This land was given to you by His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty the Emperor knows that you are poor, and as long as you join the army, you will have twenty acres of land, which is a permanent field that will never be taxed, that is, you can leave it to your sons and grandchildren when you die. In addition to these meritorious services, there are other rewards! ”

After speaking, the deputy company commander asked Zhang Fei behind him: "Company Commander Zhang, you have a lot of combat exploits at once now, how much land do you have at home?" ”

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "Lao Tzu has one great merit and six small merits, and His Majesty the Emperor has rewarded me with a total of 160 acres of land, but the children in my family are small, and they are all hired for long work!" ”

These recruits are all peasants, and naturally have a natural affinity for the land, and when they heard that Zhang Fei had more than 100 acres of land as a company commander, they turned their heads to each other.

Deputy Company Commander Zhuang continued: "Everyone has seen it, as long as you train hard in the new army and strive for meritorious service, you can get land like Company Commander Zhang!" ”

One of the recruits asked, "Sir, should we just train seriously?" ”

"Serious training is only one aspect, on the other hand, you must be absolutely loyal to the emperor, everyone think about it, your land, the military uniforms you wear, and the meat you eat every day, is it not given by His Majesty the Emperor?"

"That's true, but it's good to be able to eat meat every day, and the landlords in our family can't eat meat!"

Seeing that the time had come, Deputy Company Commander Zhuang said: "Yes, it was His Majesty the Emperor who brought us all this!" Come, everyone shout to me! Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me land! Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me clothes! Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me a new life! I will dedicate my life to His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty's enemies are my enemies! ”

After Company Commander Zhuang finished speaking, there were only three or two people in the recruits shouting sparsely at the beginning, and at this time, some veterans in the recruits played a role, and followed Company Commander Zhuang and shouted loudly: "Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me land!" Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me clothes! Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for giving me a new life! I will dedicate my life to His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty's enemies are my enemies! ”

Later psychological studies have shown that human beings actually have a herd mentality, and when everyone around you thinks that it is right, you will doubt your decision even if you know that it is wrong. Led by some veterans, these recruits were only sparsely catered to at first, but the louder they went, and finally a huge wave formed in the whole barracks. These people don't know what they're shouting, they just find it very enjoyable. In the end, after a long period of brainwashing, a subconscious has been formed in their minds, and they only know that they can live a good life by being loyal to Emperor Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hai looked at the people around him, everyone's eyes showed a fanatical gaze, even the veteran Xiang San and Zhang Fei were all flushed, and shouted with all their strength. Zhu Hai was proud in his heart, you must know that these new troops who enthusiastically support their father and emperor are not some hooligans and ruffians, they are soldiers with elite firearms, and with their support, the status of their father and emperor is something that others must not shake.

Zhu Hai also made up his mind that there is only one way to inherit the throne, that is, to be a good prince honestly and gain the trust of his father, which is the right way. If you are a little careful and think about some crooked ways, as long as your father gives you an order, you will be torn apart by these fanatical supporters of your father.

Every night the cultural class is an hour, and there is no entertainment in this era, so you have to get ready for bed after the cultural class.

Zhu Hai lay on his bed, looking at the top of the tent, and couldn't help but think about it. Today is my first day in the army, but I have seen more things than the previous fifteen years combined.

met the veteran Xiang Laosan, as well as his nephew Xiang Rong, who loves to blush, as well as the big fat man Xu Youcai with a rice bucket, the cold hanging neck Xiucai Wu Yuhou, the black-faced clan Zhu Zongshen, plus himself and the four horses, it is really an interesting third class.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hai couldn't help but think of his father, when he left the palace, his father said to him that it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel thousands of miles. At first, I didn't quite agree with it, but now I know that what my father said is too right, the world is really interesting, and many things can't be learned in books.

Zhu Hai couldn't help but think of Ma Ning'er in Guangzhou, his fiancée. Before leaving, she also went to see her, and Ning Er also gave herself a jade pendant with the word "Ning" engraved on it, saying that it was her belongings. Thinking of this, Zhu Hai couldn't help but touch the jade pendant on his neck, and the slippery feel was like stroking Ning'er's little hand.

Zhu Hai was also tired enough this day, and he couldn't help but fall asleep when he thought about it. As soon as Zhu Hai fell asleep, he sat up on the bed next to him alone, looked at Zhu Hai, and thought in his heart: "Why does this person look at me and laugh, did he find my daughter?" ”