On August 9, Xu Ming received a telegram from Zhang Jiande, in which he reported in detail the recruitment of the militia group: on July 25, only 185 people were recruited in the first phase, excluding the falsifiers of information and those who harassed the people and fought in the following days, only 125 people remained in the first batch, and from the 29th, simple step and queue training had begun.

Because there were too few people for the first time, several people invited the village security chiefs and township chiefs respectively, and also entrusted the first batch of recruited soldiers to go home to publicize. Sure enough, the hard work paid off, and the second batch of applicants was very enthusiastic, and by August 20, the initial number of applicants had reached more than 3,000. It happened that Xu Ming rushed back at this time, and for a whole month before and after, Xu Ming returned to Qiyang.

"Brother Qianli, you still know that you are back," Zhang Liu and the others saw Xu Ming, who had arrived in the dust but was full of scenery, and he had been busy for a month.

Xu Ming also felt really sorry for these people, although the treatment given to them was not cheap, but after all, the registration, selection, screening and training of soldiers were also very complicated, plus there were various matters such as barracks construction. These people are not lightly tired.

"Look, what I've brought you", Xu Ming had a thief's smile on his face.

"Record, Han Xiaoyu's record!" Liu Lei snorted softly.

"Look again"

"I wish Brother Mingheng good health and health, sister Han Xiaoyu, August 17, 23 years of the Republic of China"

Liu Lei was really shocked, this is not an ordinary signed version, you must know that now even in Changsha, you can only get ordinary records.

Everyone has the heart of gossip, not to mention such a beautiful thing, under the persecution of everyone, Xu Ming sighed deeply and talked about the scene of his first acquaintance with the beautiful woman.

"......., I underestimated my peerless appearance, I didn't expect me to be so popular with beauties, what a fair lady Ruan Lingyu, beautiful and elegant Li Minghui, and amorous Chen Yanyan, no matter if he is a girl or a, I am the one who comes, and the income is like hemp."

"Then have you raised the money", Liu Yunfei really thought that Xu Ming was having a good time in Shanghai these days.

"I had another fundraising plan, but I didn't expect that." When Xu Ming said this, he deliberately stopped and sold it.

Sure enough, everyone couldn't bear it anymore and urged one after another.

“…… The first person to date was Zhou Xuan, who is known as the golden voice, and she and I saw the appearance of a woman, and the dry firewood met the fire, and it was out of control, (500 words are omitted here).

"In the morning, I was hesitating whether to give her three hundred dollars or five hundred, but she woke up and threw me a check for a thousand silver dollars. Then he comforted me generously and said, "It's okay, I'll be responsible for you." ”

Everyone: "......"

"During this time, I have been working tirelessly, working day and night," After saying this, Xu Ming pretended to sigh again and took out the check for 200,000 yuan.

Suddenly, he found that everyone was missing, and when he looked up, he found that his brothers had all fallen.

This money is Han Xiaoyu's record pre-collection and advertising income, Xu Ming said with a joke, in fact, he doesn't want others to know the experience between him and Han Xiaoyu, in the eyes of others, this is a beautiful thing, but in his opinion, the fewer people who know about these things like he creates famous songs, the better.

The next day, Xu Ming also began to invest in the heavy recruitment work, 3,000 people were too many, originally according to the predetermined plan, it was 800 people, but Zhang Jiande said that other militia groups in Hunan have a maximum of 1,200 people, so he should also have 1,200 people.

After all, 400 more people are always good, and money is not an issue now anyway.

Next, the most important thing is the selection, and Xu Ming's way is an interview. For this matter, Xu Ming also concocted a question for these people to answer.

"Name! Age! What to do! “

"Shentu Jiangang, 22 years old, carpenter,"

"Have you ever been in a fight?"

"Nope!" Shen Tu Jian just hesitated.

"Haven't fought since I was a kid"? Xu Ming asked majestically.

The man's face turned red, and his voice became smaller, "I have been beaten, I fought with Liu Qingchun half a month ago"

"What the reason!"

"Liu Qingchun is my master's son, and the 10 catties of noodles my mother gave me deducted me"

Xu Ming looked flustered when he saw him, and comforted: "We don't recruit bandits and villains, and we are not allowed to fight in the army, but it is understandable to fight when we were at home in the past" After speaking, he ticked the courage on the evaluation form.

This selection is mainly based on the five aspects of courage, faithfulness, filial piety, diligence and unity, Xu Ming can't help but think of how surprised Zhang Liu and others were when he proposed the evaluation plan at the beginning!

"Qianli, are you recruiting a son-in-law or choosing a jinshi! The selection of generals in ancient times was nothing more than that. Zhang Jiande smiled helplessly.

Liu Lei also said coldly: "I'm afraid that the people in China can't choose 1,200."

Xu Ming explained with a smile: "Of course, there are not too many requirements for these five aspects, but at least there should not be too many deficiencies in this aspect." Courage is the basic element of battle, faith is the basic basis of execution, filial piety is the basic embodiment of morality, diligence is the basic duty of improvement, and unity is the basic means of cooperation. ”

Then he turned his head and said to Liu Lei and Liu Yunfei: "You are only in this mountain, Yunshen doesn't know where to go, as an authentic Hunan person, you look down on your fellow countrymen too much."

He stood up, took a few steps, and waved his hand firmly.

"The reason why I, Xu Ming, came to Hunan to recruit soldiers is because among all the provinces in China, Hunan's source of soldiers is indeed the first in the country. Sichuan people are more diligent, but not as strong as Hunan; Anhui people are my fellow countrymen, and if I ask them to partner in business, I have nothing to say. The people of Liangguang are not as good as the physical strength of Hunan. The people in the north are basically not united by the Hunanese. “

"Besides, there is no hurry now, there are still more soldiers, and the training and education of soldiers are of course important, but if the nature of the soldiers recruited at the beginning is too bad, it will be very troublesome to deal with the aftermath. I might be able to teach a chicken to climb a tree, but why not find a cat? “

The results are indeed encouraging, and the Liu brothers were worried that the number of people would not be able to recruit again, but Xu Ming's five standards were not actually high, such as solidarity matters, as long as they could work with others. And diligence is simpler, Hunan people are known for their hard work, and Qiyang people are even more advanced. There are many people who get sick or even die from overwork, but there is a real shortage of idle people who have nothing to do and are idle.

After the recruitment work was completed, the construction of the barracks was basically completed. The dormitory and canteen warehouse have been built, the only thing that remains unfinished is the playground and training ground, but the leveling of the foundation has been completed, and the follow-up is also planned to be completed in half a month.

It's just that with the gradual end of the matter, Zhang Jiande and others also reached the time when they had to go back, originally for the general militia group, they would stay in the local area for two or three days at most, and for Xu Ming. They stayed in Qiyang for a whole month.

Although they are together, sometimes arguing, sometimes arguing, but in general, they can understand each other. On the occasion of parting, Xu Ming specially prepared a banquet to express his gratitude.

At the banquet, everyone recalled all kinds of anecdotes about Qiyang, and they were overwhelmed with emotion, and soon diluted the sadness of parting. In the end, the topic turned to Xu Ming.

"Qianli, what are you going to do in the future", Lin Jiaguo asked.

"What to do?" Xu Ming didn't understand for a while.

"I'm asking you how you're going to train your team, and we only taught them simple steps, and we didn't even teach them how to put guns."

Lin Jiaguo was embarrassed when he said this, in Xu Ming's opinion, they were very helpful, and their words were full of gratitude, but in his own opinion, his salary of 300 oceans a month was really good, and Hu Shi's salary in college was only so.

Xu Ming immediately dispelled his concerns, "Brother Lin taught very well, far beyond my expectations," and then he made it up again.

"When I was in the United States, there was a deep prejudice against the Chinese abroad, and in their eyes, the 5,000-year-old civilized race was the same as the black Africans and the indigenous people of the Pacific island countries. The words were full of the superiority of my own race, and I thought at the time, 3,000 years ago, when we were knowledgeable and knowledgeable, your ancestors probably ate bananas on the trees."

After helping to comfort Lin Jiaguo, Xu Ming still talked about his future plans.

"I am going to establish various rules and regulations to regulate the behavior of soldiers; I will be strict in my training, with the Central Army as the standard; In terms of food improvement, I have asked Dr. Li from Shanghai Union Medical College Hospital to help me draw up a food list, focusing on improving the physical fitness and nutrition of the soldiers. It's just that. Speaking of this, Xu Ming was a little hesitant.

Liu Lei thought that Xu Ming was about equipment, and immediately said.

"Although the more than 150 guns here are a bit old-fashioned, but rest assured, Director Han will be in charge of it, and a batch of samples will arrive at the end of the month, and after the money is in place, it will definitely be allocated within 2 months." Speaking of which, he made another joke.

"Qianlidi is really refreshing, all 200,000 will be handed over to me, and I am planning to disappear into the vast sea of people immediately."

Liu Yunfei also pretended to be surprised. "Is it 200,000? I remember it was 20 dollars", and the two cousins laughed together.

Xu Ming smiled helplessly and shook his head. "My biggest problem at the moment is not the equipment, but". Xu Ming was a little stumbling at this time.

"And what, recruitment, apart from people is guns, what is the big problem". Zhang Jiande was a little confused.

"I'm afraid you'll be surprised if I say it."

After Xu Ming finished speaking, everyone laughed, "Brother Qianli, everything you are doing now is already surprising, what could be more surprising." ”

"It's mostly a matter of officers." Xu Ming sighed, the army is not someone who has a gun and has combat effectiveness, and officers are the core part. And good officers are too hard to find.

"Cultivate it yourself!"

Xu Ming is still self-aware of this, "I can't do it, all I have cultivated are dirt buns, and my level is like this, how good can the officers I teach be." Take the Japanese, a nation that is likely to become our opponents, whose officers have been educated in a militaristic atmosphere and national consciousness since childhood, and are already militaristic teenagers in middle school. After several years of study at the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, the outstanding ones entered the Japanese Army University for further study two years after graduation, and then worked their way up in the army squadron. ”

The topic was too heavy, and the atmosphere of the otherwise joyful banquet became solemn.

"But in our country, even the Whampoa Military Academy, the first few semesters were only more than half a year."

"So I want to find Whampoa graduates to come to me as officers."

At the time of parting, everyone was reluctant to suppress Xu Ming's ideals, but in their opinion, Xu Ming's was not an ideal, but almost a fantasy.

Several people looked at each other for a moment, and Lin Jiaguo felt that as a friend, it was necessary to practice appropriate admonition.

"I have a little cousin at home, who is one year younger than me and is a graduate of the eighth phase of Huangpu, and I am also quite familiar with the Huangpu officers of the local army in Hunan, and I think I know them better."

"The students of Whampoa are known as the proud sons of the sky, and since the old man came to power, they are even more arrogant, and the local troops are unwilling to go, not to mention that you are not even a regular army for thousands of miles."

Zhang Jiande persuaded from another channel: "The students in Huangpu may not be very good, or I will help you contact some unsatisfactory officers in Hunan, and I will find some people with strong ability and good character to see if it will work." ”

Xu Ming also had no worries at this time, and said what he thought in his heart.

"I want Huangpu students, not only because of their ability, Brother Zhang is right, their ability is not stronger than others, but the political quality of the Huangpu department is very high, which is what I value the most."

"Besides, after the outbreak of war in the future, the Central Army will inevitably be dominated by the Huangpu Department, which will be too convenient for my team."

Speaking of this, it was difficult for everyone to persuade him again, and in the end, Lin Jiaguo also agreed, to see if he could contact the unsatisfactory Whampoa graduates through his cousin.

Looking at their distant figures, Xu Ming felt a little melancholy and some excitement. This feeling is communicating from time to time, I don't know if it's more melancholy or more excited.