In the afternoon, forty-nine slender men were selected, these forty-nine people are mainly from all over the north, Shanxi, Henan, Beizhili, Shandong, Liaodong, after Chen Xin's careful arrangement of the triple selection, it is completely impossible to form a gang, a Fuzhou villager will not exceed three people, only the last place is left, Zhu Guobin even looked at a few people, did not meet the requirements, and finally took a fancy to one, and there were three children, who were blocked back by the sea dogs, these people who were blocked by the sea dogs, all of them cursed the sea dogs in a low voice. Seeing that there was only the last place left, the slender men didn't care about queuing up anymore, and came up to surround Zhu Guobin, asking him to choose himself, and surrounded Zhu Guobin on three floors inside and three layers outside, and the original queue was empty.

Chen Xin has been selected for a day, a few selected slender men brought wooden stools from home and sat for a few people, Chen Xin had participated in many job fairs, but such enthusiastic applicants still had not met, an arm waved in front of him, Zhu Guobin had already seen no shadow, Chen Xin greeted, the sea dog and others beat with sticks, those slender men hurriedly got out of the way, Zhu Guobin walked out in the dark, even if he had good kung fu, he was not the opponent of many slender men, and his clothes were torn in a few places.

"Fuck." Zhu Guobin rested for a while before he said a word, he was squeezed so much that he was almost out of breath just now, "This slender man's strength is really not small, Lord Qianhu, there is still one missing, can you recruit it?"

"No need." Chen Xin pointed to the slender man in front of him, "Little brother, come here." ”

The little slender man stood at the place where he started to line up, and there were people everywhere around him, he didn't realize that he was calling him, Chen Xin called a few times, he looked left and right, and then asked Chen Xin carefully: "This son is called a villain?" ”

"Little man, come out quickly, it's you." Chen Xin said impatiently, "If you want to eat porridge or not, hurry up if you want to eat it." ”

The little slender man was overjoyed, and hurriedly came over to kowtow, Chen Xin asked him the same old question, he was also a bachelor, only seventeen years old, and he accepted it at the moment, Chen Xin finally asked, "What's your name?" ”

"The villain's name is Zhou Shao'er."

"Zhou Shao'er, okay, you've been chosen, let's go eat."

The little slender man was thin and weak, shorter than ordinary slender men, and after kowtowing, he cowered and went to serve a bowl of rice, and after looking at the faces of the people around him, he ate it carefully.

Zhu Guobin whispered to Chen Xin: "This week, the children's eyes are wandering, their eyes are not focused, their demeanor and actions lack courage, their waist and arms are thin, they may not have much strength, and they may not be of much use, why did the adults choose him." ”

Chen Xin said lightly: "When everyone is crowded up, only he is still lining up honestly, I want someone who is used to obeying discipline, although this person has no strength, but that can also be practiced." Now that he is almost in good health, he will be arranged to be a firefighter first. ”

Chen Xin's firefighters are not musketeers, but the kind of miscellaneous soldiers in the Ming army, Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck array, there is such a role, he is not only the captain's orderly, but also the team's miscellaneous soldiers, hiding at the end when fighting, regardless of killing, only responsible for cutting off the head of the dead enemy to remember the merits, Qi Jiguang wrote this firefighter role in Ji Xiaoxin's book, and it is also written that it can be used as a timid and cowardly person, which is considered the lowest required type of troops.

Zhu Guobin simply agreed, Chen Xin came out this time and found a major advantage of Zhu Guobin, the execution of the order never talks about conditions, as long as it is clear, and never questions the rationality of the order, this person is indeed a natural soldier.

A group of selected people gobbled up the pot by the pot, but each person only had two steamed buns, and they were all hungry recently, so it was not suitable to eat too many steamed buns at one time, but they could eat more porridge.

The slender men around were drooling, looking at these fifty or so people with envy, surrounding them for a long time and refusing to disperse, and some of them were late, beating their chests and feet, pulling Zhang Da and begging for more.

Chen Xin called Zhu Guobin, Dai Zhenggang and Lu Donkey, and the four of them gathered in a small circle, Chen Xin said to them: "Let them gather here tomorrow morning, divide them into five groups, each group of ten people, these fifty people will be brought by Zhu Guobin for the time being, Lu Chuanzong will be the deputy, and the Dai brothers will bring people from Yanggu in the future." ”

"Understood, sir." After a few people and Chen Xinjingshi went together, they admired Chen Xin even more, and the title in their mouths was changed to adult, after all, Chen Xin was already a thousand households, and he couldn't call his brother like before.

Chen Xin continued: "Guobin and Chuanzong, after you divide them into groups, each group is called a small team, and each of our five people will temporarily lead a small team. Fifty people are a large team, with Guobin as the team leader and Chuan Zong as the team deputy, it is necessary to go to Tianjin faster, maybe the boat will be frozen if it is late, so many people will not be able to arrange to stay in Tianjin in winter. I'm also going to be busy with Weihai, and we're going to teach them to listen to commands and walk in unison. ”

When Zhu Guobin hid in Zhengdongfang some time ago, he saw Dai Zhenggang training with sea dogs, when these four people trained together, the movements were very neat, and he himself followed the study for more than ten days, this kind of training is still very novel, just looking at the way they lined up and walked, it was very powerful, Zhu Guobin thought it was very useful, although several people were not wearing military uniforms, but it looked more neat than the previous barracks, and then I heard that it was Chen Xinchuang's method, and I couldn't help but be shocked, And I'm excited to train these people myself.

Zhu Guobin asked: "My lord, the Mandarin Duck Formation is a team of twelve, is it better to divide it into four teams." ”

Chen Xin touched his nose, during this period of time when he was hiding, he was also reading "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training", Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation was still different in the south and north, and Chen Xin didn't think about what the army should be organized into, because he didn't even have a combat target at all, and killing the Tartars was only verbal at present, and he couldn't kill them for a while.

"Now arrange it like this, go to Tianjin to see how many people can come to Yanggu, and then reorganize ......"

Dai Zhenggang also asked: "What name will we use after we go?" ”

"When I arrived in Weihaiwei, all the stacks were gathered as military households."

Lu Donkey worried: "I'm afraid that many people don't want to be military households." ”

"If you don't want to be, you have to be." Chen Xin said undoubtedly, he spent the capital to transport people over, just to contain the local forces in Weihai, how can they be willing or not, besides, now the households are also suffering, as long as they can afford the silver, most of them will not resist too much.

Zhu Guobin and the others quietly looked at each other, Chen Xin now slowly has authority, and the tone of his speech is also different, and several people agreed in unison.

After Chen Xin arranged things, he returned to Zhangjiawan with Song Wenxian, Chen Xin is not the kind of person who has to personally inquire about everything, as long as he manages the most important part well, he can mix so well in the original company, not only speculation, his way of doing work and efficiency are very good.

Song Wenxian walked with him on the streets of Zhangjiawan for a while, and said to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, why did you arrange Lu Donkey to be the deputy of the team?" ”

"Mr. Song knows, Chuanzong listens to me more now, and he is not obedient to Dai Zhenggang, Zhu Guobin is a down-to-earth person, he does things very well, and Lu Donkey is just right as a deputy."

Song Wenxian is still very convinced of Chen Xin's personnel arrangements, Lu Donkey is basically Chen Xin's hardcore, and he has a future as a deputy and can look at Zhu Guobin. Chen Xin is thoughtful and thick-skinned, and Song Wenxian also has these two things, but Chen Xin's courage Song Wenxian thinks that he dare not compare, and he does have a bright future.

"Then why did Brother Chen go to Zhangjiawan to recruit people, there are also slender men in Tianjin."

"There are also slender men in Tianjin, but I will often come and go to Tianjin in the future, and I will leave shops to recruit troops locally, in case I attract the attention of the Qing Military Department, it will not be so convenient in the future."

Song Wenxian thought about it, even if it was safe to spend more silver.

"Brother Chen is meticulous in his work, but at the moment, Brother Chen has to step up the matter of the family members requested by Lord Zhong, and he will ...... when he returns to Tianjin."

Chen Xin interrupted: "What are you doing when you go back to Tianjin, I'm here to do this now." ”

"Now?" Song Wenxian looked left and right, surrounded by some shops, there were no ships and no goods in winter, they were all deserted, there were few pedestrians on the road, and there were some people who sold their bodies on the side of the road.

"Could it be that Brother Chen's confidante is the daughter of the owner of the shop?"

"What a daughter, it's her." Chen Xin pointed to a fairly clean woman kneeling on the ground, the woman was kneeling on the ground, with a straw mark on her body, and was looking around there, and there was an old man standing behind her.

"Doesn't Lord Zhong want a family member, there are so many women who plant grass and sell themselves in Zhangjiawan, I'll buy one now, she is my family member. Brother Song will take a look together, if there is one that is eye-catching, my brother will buy you one too. ”

Song Wenxian was speechless, and was stunned for a while before muttering, "It's really shameless." ”

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Snowflakes fell in the sky, the earth was paved with white, ten slender men lined up in two columns, walking on the official road according to the password, the sea seals walked on the left side of this team, these slender ladies carried large bags of things, don't look at these people are so poor that they jingle, but the poor family is worth ten thousand, pots and pans, quilts and sheets have to be moved, Chen Xin does not stop them, let them carry them on their backs, those who have families must also walk in the queue, Chen Xin hired two carts, put more than a dozen women and children on the car, and put some food, However, luggage is not allowed on the bus.

Chen Xin bought the woman named Xiao Jiahua, the name of the scum, seventeen years old this year, average appearance, but a big mole on the corner of the mouth, she was originally a maid, the young lady died of illness, the owner returned her to the original home, the family could not support her, and did not find her in-law for a while, so she had to be sold, this maid heard that the handsome son in front of her wanted to buy her as a concubine, and happily followed. Chen Xin gave ten taels of silver to his family, and her parents did not show any reluctance, and before leaving, they also told Xiao Jiahua that they must listen to the master, and if they are driven out again, don't go home, and fend for themselves. Xiao Jiahua agreed even again, and left without shedding a single tear.

Xiao Jiahua looked at her husband and liked it more and more, not to mention the handsome and rich, and so many subordinates, I felt that God had opened her eyes, and gave her a big gift, sitting on the donkey cart and humming a ridiculous song, several slender wives' wives heard that he was the young grandmother of the owner, and deliberately scolded her, flattering all the way, Xiao Jiahua couldn't help but be more proud, put up the young grandmother's shelf, and raised her head.

Chen Xin didn't bother to pay attention to her, he planned to buy her a small yard when he arrived in Dengzhou, and stayed in Dengzhou, he didn't have the intention of rebelling now, and there was no danger in Dengzhou. That Lord Zhong will not be able to protect himself in a while, and he will not have the time to pay attention to this so-called hostage, and then take her back to Weihai to be a maid.

Chen Xin does not take a donkey cart, and walks with the slender men, to say that this group of slender men is really hard-working, yesterday a day walked forty miles, stunned that no one threw things, today after walking another twenty miles, finally two singles couldn't stand it, threw some bowls and scoops.

"Guobin, how do you see these soldiers marching?" Chen Xin looked at his team with satisfaction and asked Zhu Guobin beside him.

"My lord, these people have been pulling fiber in the canal for a long time, and their bodies should be very good, if they can eat enough every day, and they don't take these rags, it's no problem to walk **ten miles a day."

Chen Xin nodded, he felt that these soldiers would not be worse than the miners in Yiwu after training, the same simplicity and hard-working, in the team spirit and discipline may be more than that, the slender man and the fiber have to work together, the pace is the same, I am used to hearing the slogan on weekdays, yesterday I simply taught a queue, and I will walk neatly according to the password, although the left and right are still indistinguishable, but it is much stronger than the simple farmers who came out of the fields.

He deliberately allowed these people to carry their luggage to test their physical fitness, and when they arrived in Tianjin, they would not be allowed to take them on the boat, and there were many lice and fleas in those bedding, not to mention affecting their lives, and also infecting diseases. This march is also a process of elimination, if someone can't walk, Chen Xin will not stop waiting for him.

Chen Xin also walked on foot, this is his first team, if he can grow, these people will become officers, become the skeleton of the army, is a very important resource for Chen Xin, he wants to leave the most authoritative and deep impression on them at the beginning.

Chen Xin was thinking about how to buy people's hearts quickly, and that Zhou Shao'er attracted Chen Xin's attention, he was a bachelor, and he also carried a large bag of things, and his thin body had bent down, limping and walking in the last row of the line.

"Zhou Shao'er, what are you carrying?" Chen Xin walked up to him and asked.

Zhou Shao'er hurriedly stopped, "Young master, the villain is carrying a pot." ”。 When the slender man in front heard Chen Xin's question, he turned his head to look.

Chen Xin said: "Keep walking, let's talk as we go." You are a single person, and you can use such a big pot to cook rice? Zhou Shao'er hurriedly caught up a few more steps and rushed back to the queue. Then he replied cautiously: "Back to the young master, this, this pot was originally eaten by our family, my father, mother, brothers and sisters, and now I am left to eat alone, carrying it on my back, even if it is a thought." If the young master doesn't like it, I, I can too, I can ...... it Thrown. ”

"And what's going on with your legs?"

"I was beaten by a shipowner some time ago, I didn't hurt my bones, I'm almost fine, I can go, really." Zhou Shao'er was worried that Chen Xin would not want to be himself because of this, so he hurriedly straightened his chest and tried not to shake.

Chen Xin was silent for a while, and said to Zhou Shao'er: "Give me the pot." ”

Zhou Shao'er thought he was going to throw it away, and reluctantly handed over the luggage on his back, tears were about to flow in his eyes, Chen Xin reached out and took it, to everyone's surprise, he actually carried it directly on his back, and said: "Since you are injured, I will help you carry it to Tianjin, you are good, don't forget your roots, your father and mother and brothers are watching you in the sky, follow me to do things well, mix up, be a man who stands up to the sky, and make them proud of you." ”

"Yes, young master......" Zhou Shao'er choked up, tears welling up in his eyes.