Chapter 141: Professionalization of the military
Yes, Shao Wei wants revenge.
Seeing the group of soldiers lined up in front of him, Shao Wei felt that it was so disgusting and ridiculous. How can people be controlled by others, like a marionette, being called and drunk by others?
These days, he feels that he has been tortured by Lu Zhongqiu and others, and he is about to leave the barracks.
These more than a thousand stupid birds are his mother's mud legs, what order and discipline can there be. Hearing the shout of the master, don't you scatter the birds and beasts?
As soon as he thought of the iron-clad faces of the officers waiting for him, and the military punishment he was about to face, Shao Wei was overjoyed.
Things were as he expected, when Shao Wei shouted, the other soldiers "buzzed" at the same time, and they scattered to both sides, about to run towards the dormitory, the officers shouted hoarsely, but to no avail, one by one they were squeezed around, seeing that things were about to get out of hand.
Suddenly, Chen Tieshan jumped onto the parade platform, lifted the sledgehammer and smashed it into the drum surface.
"Knock knock, knock knock!"
It was a call for an emergency assembly, and the drum sounded every morning during the month. This voice can be said to have been imprinted into all the bones.
Not only the others, but even Shao Wei heard the sound of the drum, his heart trembled, and he felt an urge to run towards the playground.
In an instant, he came to his senses again, smiled bitterly, and stopped.
But the others subconsciously ran towards the south of the parade platform and gathered into one phalanx after another.
The drum was still ringing, and when he looked over from Shao Wei's side, he could clearly see that there were circles of water splashing on the drum surface.
The sound made people's hearts boil.
After a while, the drumming stopped, and Chen Tieshan shouted: "Each team counts the number of people." ”
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety, ......"
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety, ......"
There were constantly banners running in front of Chen Tieshan: "Report to the military judge, the first squad, there should be one hundred and ten people, but it is actually one hundred and ten, and all the staff have been assembled!" ”
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Lu Zhongqiu: "Report to the military judge, the sixth squad, it should be one hundred and one, but it is actually one hundred people, and the report is complete!" ”
Chen Tieshan roared loudly: "Sixth squad, why is there one less person?" ”
"Report to the military judge, soldier Shao Wei has asked for demobilization and took off his military uniform."
Chen Tieshan yelled: "It turns out that there are people who can't bear this hardship and want to leave the team." Very good! We don't need such undetermined soldiers. Leave him alone! ”
Hearing this, more than a thousand pairs of eyes turned around at the same time and fell on Shao Wei, who was standing on the side watching the excitement.
Suddenly, Shao Wei felt a hot face, and he was also strange in his heart: How could I be ashamed, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense.
On the stage, Chen Tieshan was still yelling: "It's just a rain that makes you like this, if you go to the battlefield, I don't know what will happen to you?" Shame, shame! Violating military law and messing up our formation must be punished, including the general. Now, everyone listen! ”
"Huh!" Everyone straightened their backs.
Chen Tieshan: "Come with me, run forty laps around the school field." ”
With that, he jumped off the stage and ran.
The other teams also lined up in a neat formation, under the leadership of the flag president, following behind.
"One, two, three, four!"
"One, two, three, four!"
"Louder, haven't you eaten? One two three four! ”
"One, two, three, four!" More than a thousand mouths opened at the same time, roaring with all their strength.
Shao Wei never thought that a thousand people would shout at the same time, and the voice would be like this.
The rain was still falling violently, the lightning was shining, and the thunder was roaring.
But no matter what, they couldn't suppress the cries of the soldiers.
The rain fell on the heads and shoulders, stirring up white splashes, more than a thousand people, and gradually, the splashes became one after another, like a giant dragon, in the dark weather, in the chaotic sky.
In an instant, Shao Wei was shocked, and he couldn't move his steps anymore, just opened his mouth and stared blankly at the scene in front of him, letting the cold rain pour into his mouth.
I don't know how long it took, Shao Wei seemed to be provoked, and shouted angrily: "Stupid, really stupid, this soldier has been trained by Sun Yuan to become a madman!" ”
But no matter how loud he roared, his voice was drowned out by the roaring thunder.
The password of "one, two, three, four" in the ear is endless, which makes people collapse.
By the time the soldiers had finished the forty laps, the rain had stopped. The disempowered soldiers sat in the muddy water, gasping for air.
At this time, the gate of the barracks opened, and a group of people came in with a cart, and it was Sun Yuan, the owner of the Qianhu House in Ningxiang, who walked in the front.
He walked up to the stage with a smile: "Everyone is practicing, good!" ”
The soldiers below shouted neatly at the same time: "Good general! ”
Sun Yuan stretched out his hand and pressed it, signaling everyone to be quiet, then cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "It's been a whole month since you all came from the barracks to the present. According to the rules of previous years, the training camp lasted only two or three days. But why did it take so long this time, it was because it was an army that could fight war, not a farmer who came to work every month and still returned to work in the fields on weekdays. Therefore, from now on, you will stay in the barracks every day and train non-stop until the day you go to war. ”
The soldiers looked at each other, and after a moment, one of the soldiers raised his hand: "Report!" ”
Sun Yuan nodded: "You say." ”
The soldier was very nervous, but his voice was loud: "May I ask the general, do we not have to farm from now on, what about the work in the field, and what do the family eat?" ”
These words asked everyone's hearts, and everyone's eyes fell on Sun Yuan.
In fact, everyone's concerns Sun Yuan knew in his heart, after all, everyone has to eat. Xu soldiers still have to support their families, and if they are allowed to take out of work to become professional soldiers, they will have no way to take care of their families.
However, if full-time professional military personnel are the trend of the future. If Sun Yuan was only satisfied with being an officer of a thousand households, so many strong men, all of them would be put down to farm, and it would bring him a lot of benefits every year. But so what, in less than ten years, the Qing soldiers will go south, that is, the three massacres of Jiading in Yangzhou on the tenth day. When the time comes, he will only be killed. Moreover, if I slaughtered Lei Tai's whole family, if I don't prepare as soon as possible, maybe it won't take half a year, and the officials of the department will come to arrest me, the main culprit.
"What to eat, that's a good question." Sun Yuan laughed: "You guys have this idea again, and General Ben also understands." However, if you want to train a unit that can fight, you can't go home and farm. From now on, each person will be paid three pieces of silver per month. Although this amount of money will not allow your family to live a life of abundant food and clothing, it will also save you from the suffering of cold and hunger. ”
As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, two guards immediately carried a large bamboo basket and walked up to the stage, and with a "bang", the golden copper coin fell on the stage.
Sun Yuan shouted loudly: "If you are willing to come to me as a professional soldier, you will come up to receive this month's military salary." From now on, General Ben only said one word, as long as those who stay, they will be my Sun Yuan's personal soldiers in the future. From now on, Sun Yuan is willing to share weal and woe with all of you Brother Paoze. If you want to go home to farm and nurse your children, the gate of the barracks is open, and you can leave at will. Now, General Ben asks you one last question, would you like to stay? ”
No one spoke, and the whole school was silent.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Damn, isn't it the leader's salary, you are still afraid of money biting your hands!" There is only one old lady in my Wang Sanyi's family, and even if I don't go home to farm if I don't go to the army, I don't have much labor. How much grain can be produced in the field every year, even his own wife can't support it. Three dollars a month for a military salary, this is more than 400 catties of grain, my mother is enough to eat alone. ”
"Okay, Wang Sanyi, come up and lead the army!" Sun Yuan laughed and asked, "He is from that team, and the flag general came up to register and press his handprint." ”
Seeing the three strings of copper coins hanging around Wang Sanyi's neck, hearing that he made sense, the other soldiers were moved, and one after another stepped forward and knelt down on one knee in front of Sun Yuan: "Soldier Yun Aniu, I am willing to be a soldier for the general." ”
"Soldier Zuo Minggao, willing to be loyal to the general!"
One soldier after another knelt.
Seeing that everyone stayed, Sun Yuan was not surprised. He also thought about this matter clearly, there are many people in Ningxiang and little land, so there is so much land every year, and he has to pay a certain amount of taxes. All year round, it's half starved and half full. In the event of a natural disaster, or if the officers of the guard are greedy, they will starve. If Sun Yuan is given a soldier, he will have three or four taels of silver in a year, and the family's life will be guaranteed.
As long as you are not a fool, it is impossible to refuse the temptation of being a soldier of a thousand households.
Of course, one of them may be the exception.
Sun Yuan couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Shao Wei, he already knew what Shao Wei had done today, but he was extremely disappointed in his heart: it was really a mud that couldn't support the wall, just dry him for a while, and talk about it later!
Soon, this month's military pay was paid.
After another three days of vacation and no officer control, everyone was completely relaxed when they returned to the dormitory. Everyone talked and laughed, and said, wait for dinner, go home overnight, and bring the good news back with the military salary.
Damn, I can't imagine that our military household has become like a town army on the nine sides, and we have a military salary to eat every month. If the old lady knows, she doesn't know what she wants to be overjoyed.
Someone else smiled and said, "Your mother is naturally happy, and I guess your daughter-in-law is even happier." You are in such a hurry to go back, did you stay in the barracks for a month and feel uncomfortable? ”
The crowd burst out laughing.
The man was joking, and he didn't speak, just blushing and packing his bags.
"Quilt, quilt has to be pressed!" Someone reminded.
The man said "ahhhhh As he spoke, he briskly pressed the messed quilt into tofu cubes.
Shao Wei returned to the dormitory in despair, trying to pack his bags, thinking about it, but there was nothing to pack.
He sat on the bed with his buttocks, but his hands subconsciously pressed the quilt on his buttocks.
Suddenly, he woke up and scolded: "Cheap, really cheap, I'm leaving, why are you still thinking about this damn military regulation?" ”
I don't know who I'm scolding.