The minds of the seventy-nine Chinese workers in the yamen are extremely complicated, some will be afraid of the current situation, some will complain, some have begun to think about how to escape from this situation opportunistically, some are calculating how to not offend the pirate king without following the rebellion, so as to keep themselves alive, and some people naively think that they will be safe and sound, and lack awareness of danger.

But everyone was curious about what the Pirate King (Zhou Lang) brought one of them (Zhao Wen) into the middle hall for.

At this time, Zhao Wen's experience was like themselves, full of a sense of substitution.

So when Zhao Wen and Zhou Lang walked out of the middle hall together, everyone stopped talking privately for a moment, and all eyes looked at the two of them, and even more at Zhao Wen.

But it's a pity that Zhao Wen followed Zhou Lang to everyone like this, stopped about ten steps away, and then stood quietly beside Zhou Lang, without saying a word, and not giving others a chance to ask.

At this time, Zhou Lang spoke again: "Brothers." I have already negotiated with Brother Zhao that those who are willing to follow me to fight officers and soldiers will be able to get five silver dollars a day, and I swear that even if they die, the silver dollars given to them will definitely be brought back to his parents, wife and children. And if he dies, he will have a pension of five hundred silver dollars. Now, is there anyone else going to help me fight? ”

What Zhou Lang said was exactly the oath that Zhao Wen asked him to make.

From Zhao Wen's request, Zhou Lang still can't figure out anything, because everything is normal, this seems to be a smart person, the best choice made after seeing through the situation that he has no choice, since it is inevitable to work hard for Zhou Lang, then getting enough money seems to be the best result, if you are lucky enough to survive, it is naturally the best, that is, you can earn a generous pension for your family when you die.

However, this price is indeed high enough, and it is also Zhou Lang's bottom line, five silver dollars a day to hire soldiers, this cost he can't afford, if you want to raise 10,000 soldiers, it is 50,000 silver dollars a day, with his current financial level, it is impossible to stick to it for a long time.

But if you don't have such a high price, why let others play with your life, after all, it is not yet to the time when you can't live, unlike Li Zicheng's era, as long as you can give a bite of food to eat, there are a lot of hungry people who are willing to exchange their lives, so you can only pay a high price.

The price was indeed high enough, especially the pension of five hundred silver dollars, which made these really poor people who had never even seen silver before going to sea very excited.

Zhou Lang waited for about a quarter of an hour, and finally two people got out of the crowd, and they were still scolding:

"Damn, wealth is in danger, Lao Tzu risked his life! Isn't it just murder, isn't it just rebellion, Lao Tzu did it! ”

The scolding is a strong man, although he is still a typical Cantonese person, with thick lips, deep eyes, and dark skin, but the two eyebrows are extremely eye-catching, the two eyebrows are not only thick and black, but also almost long together, making people feel that this is a villain at a glance, which is a bit of an outlaw in Zhou Lang's heart.

The other person did not speak, it was a very young man, his eyebrows were delicate, he looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and his steps were even slightly nervous, and his cheeks were biting all the time, and the force was so strong that his face twitched from time to time.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, when no one else stood up, Zhou Lang knew that the effect of the reward was limited to this, so he beckoned.

"You two come with me!"

These two people, like Zhao Wen, were called into the middle hall by Zhou Lang, and then began to ask the same question just now.

"My surname is Ma, my parents are illiterate, and when I was born on the day I was born, there was a big thunder."

The man with evil eyebrows signed up first.

Zhou Lang nodded: "Ma Dalei, good name!" ”

The casual compliment made Mardalei laugh.

As he spoke, Zhou Lang wrote Ma Dalei's name on a piece of paper.

Then he went on to ask, "Mardale, let me ask you a question." Why do you dare to fight officers and soldiers with me, don't you know that fighting officers and soldiers is a rebellion, don't you know that rebellion will punish the nine clans? ”

Ma Dalei snorted: "Officers and soldiers are not good things, they will fight when they fight, and they will fight on the contrary." Zhu Jiu clan, our parents died early, there are no good things in the clan, if you want to be punished, you will be punished! ”

This man is a bachelor.

Zhou Lang added two comments after his name, "single line of thinking" and "easy to do things impulsively, but also decisive", and changed another line, writing "There is no family, no worries".

Then he turned to the young man: "What about you, what is your name?" ”

"I, my name is Chen Zhizhi."

The young man looked nervous, as if it were the first time he was interviewing.

In order to relieve his nervousness, Zhou Lang said two gossips: "It's also a good name, go against the curve and straighten things out, your father should be a very decent person." ”

Chen Zhizhi did not speak.

Zhou Lang said: "Looking at your appearance, it doesn't look like a family that can't survive, why did you go to Borneo?" ”

Chen Yizhi has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his body is skinny, but his eyes are clear, and he does not have the numb eyes of ordinary people, which makes people suspect that he has even read books.

Chen said straightly: "It was my brother who sent the villain." After my father died the year before last, my brother said that Nanyang was a good place to go, and said that he had entrusted someone to send me to learn to do business, and sent me on the ship. Who's going to know—"

At this point, Eucommia's eyes began to redden.

Sure enough, everyone who goes to Nanyang has a sad story behind them, but most of them are the kind of poor people who want to sell their sons and daughters, and Chen Zhizhi is a rare one who involves the infighting of rich families.

Zhou Lang sighed: "Didn't anyone talk to you?" What about your mother, and what about the elders of your people? ”

Asking this, Chen Zhizhi was subconsciously silent for a moment.

In the end, he said in a low voice: "My mother is a concubine." ”

Zhou Lang understood, although the law of the Ming and Qing dynasties stipulated that no matter the eldest or younger, they had the right to divide the family property equally, and even the illegitimate child had the right to inherit half of the normal man's family property, the purpose was to prevent the rich people from getting too big and encourage everyone to divide the family, but in fact, the clan has its own family law, and many families are divided into family property, not to mention the illegitimate children born to the girl, that is, the male born to the concubine cannot be divided in some places, and there is nowhere to reason. Similarly, women are not qualified to inherit property, some people study the dream of Red Mansions, the reason why Lin Daiyu has been living in Jia's house is because Lin Daiyu can't share any property in the Lin family, because she is a daughter, and after his father Lin Ruhai dies, the family property will definitely go to his nephew. Therefore, Lin Ruhai, who loves his daughter, sent his daughter to the Jia family, and then asked the Jia family to help Lin Daiyu keep a piece of property by transferring the property.

Although Chen Zhizhi was born to a concubine and was a concubine, he and his sister-in-law had the same right to separate the family, but who would have thought that he was deceived by his eldest brother to Nanyang as a coolie, as for why he was not sold to a black mine as a coolie, but went to Borneo to pan for gold, it is unknown.

Zhou Lang asked here, and he didn't ask any more, because Chen Zhizhi had already whimpered and muttered "mother" in a loud voice! Obviously worried about his mother, all the men in his family were treated like this, thinking that his mother was a woman, lonely, and without the protection of her son, the situation must be even more difficult.

Zhou Lang wrote under Chen Zhizhi's evaluation, "The family concubine has been bullied since childhood, and his personality is cowardly", "Psychologically defective, easy to go to extremes, and poor ability to bear pressure", and wrote in the family relationship, "The mother is still there, and I am concerned about the mother".

After questioning these two people, Zhou Lang walked out of the middle hall again and fooled the workers again.

"I know what everyone is worried about, don't worry, you are fighting with the officers and soldiers here, no one will know. It's like when you go down to the South Seas, who cares, as long as you go back with a lot of silver, who cares where your money comes from. ”

He completely said Zhao Wen's thoughts.

Sure enough, it caused a heated discussion among everyone, yes, they are fighting here, just like them going to the South Seas, the government is not allowed, but the government doesn't know, who will care.

Finally someone stood up, this kind of thing that has money to make and can be laundered in the end, they are still willing to do it, as for the problem of killing and being killed, these people don't think about it, who doesn't have the idea of exchanging their lives for money.

This is also the reason why Zhou Lang let Xie Qinggao recruit as many people as he can in Nanyang, he knows that compared to people who endure hardship, hunger and cold in China and are unwilling to go out, these people who go to Nanyang are undoubtedly the most adventurous group of people at the bottom of Chinese society in this era.

At the same time, these people are all people who live in poverty, are full of desire to change their own situation, and have the most complaints about social injustice, if you want to fool people into rebelling with them, even these people are the best choice, in other words, if you can't fool these people, then it will be even more difficult for other groups of people.

So when he saw someone standing up, Zhou Lang knew that his idea was right, and he was pleased that it was not one person who stood up, but two, three, one after another, and finally Hulala stood up a total of thirty people.

As before, Zhou Lang called these thirty people into the middle hall, questioned them one by one, and wrote down their basic information.

After the files of the thirty people were compiled, it was already late afternoon when they came out, and the time passed really fast.

But Zhou Lang didn't interrupt, don't look at him Youzai Youzai fooling the workers here, it seems to be a waste of time, in fact, Zhou Lang is very anxious in his heart, his time is urgent, and he can't wait to establish his direct force immediately. Therefore, it is the quickest and most effective way to directly and forcibly organize these people. But Zhou Lang's management team has its own way, he must find out the basic ability, plasticity and training direction of his subordinates, which is a matter of long-term development, and must not be sloppy, so no matter how tight the time, the investigation of his subordinates must still be carried out.

"I know what everyone is worried about, with so much money, the villagers in my hometown will not know, let alone the government, why don't you dare to fight with the officers and soldiers here. Are you afraid that the sword has no eyes, then don't worry, you have all seen it, I have these soldiers under me, and the work that charges ahead must be done by these people. As for our brothers, they just follow behind and shout and cheer, and they don't really fight and kill. ”

Speaking of which, if no one is tempted, it will be abnormal, at least on these people who have been to the South Seas, it is absolutely abnormal, so thirty more people stood up.

Zhou Lang's evaluation of these people is that they want to get returns, but they are unwilling to take big risks, and their personalities are opportunistic.

Even if these people are vegetables, Zhou Lang put them in the basket, and in the end, the seventeen workers who have not moved are left, which really disappoints Zhou Lang.

Zhou Lang has already told them that they have a good salary, but they will not be held accountable by the government, and they don't have to directly confront the officers and soldiers, in this case, they don't dare to stand up, which means that these people are not willing to take the slightest risk, and the people who don't dare to hold the knife in their hands really can't fool them into rebellion.

But Zhou Lang still didn't give up on them: "Okay." Since you won't go to war with me, I'm not going to make it difficult for me. The wages are paid, and it's a silver dollar a day, but you have to work! ”

Among the people left at this time, a slightly panicked voice suddenly asked:

"King, when you're done, will you let us go?"

This question is very difficult to answer, if it is, then what will those who accept to go to the battlefield think in their hearts, there is no danger, just a silver dollar for a day's work, will they retreat.

Zhou Lang didn't think much about it, because he already had the answer to this question, he was not a pirate, he didn't need to increase the number of people through kidnapping, and at the same time, it was not as Zhao Wen guessed, even if they refused, Zhou Lang couldn't kill everyone.

So Zhou Lang immediately promised: "Of course, when this battle is over, feel free to stay, not only can you leave if you want, but even the brothers who fought with me can leave if you want, and you will never be forced to stay!" ”

A never-forcible stay gives everyone a hope, not the despair of being a thief for life when you enter a bandit's den.

But will they really be gone then?

Even pirate organizations can last a long time, those fishermen who were kidnapped and put on the boat, after a period of time, they will become real pirates, pirate organizations have this kind of long-lasting binding force on members, Zhou Lang is confident that his ability to manage personnel is more than a little stronger than those pirate leaders.

He is confident that he will take his team bigger and bigger.

Once the personnel are recruited, it is time to establish the organizational structure.

There are a total of sixty-three people, the first three people joined under the premise that Zhou Lang did not tell them that their identities would not be revealed, but directly told them that they were rebelling, and the spirit of resistance of these three people was obviously stronger, Zhao Wen was either because he was smarter and saw it thoroughly, but who dared to say that among the eighty people, no one else could see it thoroughly, and even among the people who refused in the end, they all saw it through.

Therefore, the adventurous spirit and rebellious spirit of these three people are higher than the others, at least for now.

The thirty people who stood up in the middle agreed to help Zhou Lang fight when Zhou Lang told them that all their actions here would not be known by their hometown fathers, let alone the hometown government, these thirty people were good, at least they had the consciousness of going to the battlefield in their hearts, as long as they were not allowed to do what they were doing here, it would become a rebellion. This group of people can take greater risks, but as long as the risk does not leave them with no way out, they are willing to do it.

The thirty people who stood up in the end were Zhou Lang who promised not to let them rush to the front and stand up, these people can accept a certain risk, either because of timidity, or because of cunning, they want to get more and pay less. When these people really go to the battlefield, they will definitely have the selfish intention of prioritizing their lives, and the chance of being a deserter is higher than the chance of charging.

Therefore, Zhou Lang only had high hopes for the middle thirty people, so he divided them into three teams and appointed three captains, namely Zhao Wen, Ma Dalei and Chen Zhizhi, who were the first to express their stance in the state of rebellion.

Once the most basic organizational structure was set up, it was time to train them, and Colin had to help with that.