At the end of the Qing Dynasty, as the Qing court's control over the local government weakened, local forces gradually rose, and the idea of emphasizing literature over military force began to slowly lose the market, and the status of martial artists began to rise, especially after the Qing court abolished the imperial examination system, those scholars had no way to be officials, and it was also a good choice to take the road of joining the army, and civilian civilians joining the army as soldiers was also a good way out.

Therefore, as the army always says, as long as there is money, recruiting soldiers is not a problem at all, and it is also possible to recruit some literate and literate scholars, and the key to the problem is whether the financial support can be achieved, which is also the reason why the local new army in the late Qing Dynasty was often dissatisfied with its members, and the military salary could not be paid in full.

The first problem of recruitment is the settling-in allowance, the role of the settling-in allowance is quite large, with the settling-in allowance, the recruits can enter the army without worries and focus on training, if you don't give the settling-in allowance, the young men who were originally going to join the army will not bother you at all.

The settling-in allowance is a rather huge expense, the settling-in allowance of a recruit is generally several times the monthly salary of a soldier, the amount of the settling-in fee depends on the difficulty of recruitment, the more difficult it is to recruit, the more settling-in expenses are needed, this is actually the same as the principle of market prices, in peacetime, it is difficult to recruit soldiers, and the settling-in fee is naturally very high, and in the troubled times that have begun at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the young and middle-aged people among the people are willing to join the army as soldiers in order to survive and feed their families, and the settling-in fee is naturally lower. The settling-in allowance given by Xiao Zhenlei's recruitment is 20 yuan per person. Compared with the settling-in allowance given by the new army in other places, it is much easier to recruit troops.

Xiao Zhenlei continued: "The second thing is that with our more and more troops. It was imperative to start a military school, and I was going to set it up in an abandoned temple outside Suzhou. There are all kinds of houses there, just because there are no monks living there all year round. Therefore, some of them are deserted, if they are cleaned up and renovated, they can be our military academy, and I will personally be the principal, and for the cadets of the military academy, in our army, all officers and soldiers who strive to be motivated can participate in the registration examination! In addition to soldiers and officers from our army, cadets can also be recruited from society. However, they must be educated and ideologically progressive, and they must also be examined through the guò government to prevent other forces from mixing in. After the opening of the military academy, the first three periods of study are one year, and enrollment is held every six months, and whether to continue enrollment in the future depends on the situation. I plan to divide the classes of the military academy into four, the first is the non-commissioned officer class, the second is the lieutenant class, the third is the school officer class, and the fourth is the general class. The general's squad was put on hold for the time being. When the conditions are ripe, the classes will be held again, and for the time being, only the first three classes will be held, and the teachers of the military academy will select officers with excellent military talents from our army to take up the posts, and I will personally teach the school officer class. Be prepared on your side, too! ”

Wu Shiyou stood up and said, "Yes, sir! ”

The matter of secretly continuing to expand the army was handed over to Wu Shiyou, and as for the opening of the military school, Xiao Zhenlei handed it over to Song Shijie to prepare. Song Shijie is very handy in handling these matters, and Xiao Zhenlei is relieved to hand over the matter of opening a military school to him.

October 20th. The Iron and Blood Salvation Society held a meeting of core members to discuss disaster relief and relief. At this meeting, Xiao Zhenlei for the first time put forward the political concept of coming from the people and returning to the people, the purpose of the iron-blooded national salvation society is to save the country and save the people, and putting the interests of the people first is the consistent purpose of the iron-blooded national salvation society, and it must always be implemented, the interests of the people are the interests of the country, and only with the people can a country be formed.

Xiao Zhenlei said: "The news from the northeast has been confirmed, the plague has begun to spread, and the number of victims in northern Jiangsu is increasing day by day, so we must do these two things at the same time, first of all, we must buy a large number of medicines, send people to the northeast, and at the same time purchase a large number of food and other living materials to be transported to the disaster area, both of which must be handled by special personnel, and the materials will be distributed to the hands of the victims and patients. ”

Song Shijie said: "Yes, if these materials and medicines are handed over to the local government, I am afraid that it will be good if 10% of them reach the victims and patients, and we have to do this matter personally!" ”

The other members also agreed, and everyone was clear about the faces of those Qing court officials, and handed over the supplies and medical supplies to the local government, and the local corrupt officials would definitely be greedy for most of them.

Xiao Zhenlei didn't have any opinions on the others, so he said: "It seems that you all agree, so these two things are decided, so which two people will be sent to carry out these two things?" ”

The crowd quickly recommended two high-level personnel of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society with rich experience in organizing and working to take charge of these two things.

Xiao Zhenlei agreed, he said: "Okay, Fu Zhijian and Yang Hetai are responsible for these two things respectively, in addition, I think that our Iron and Blood National Salvation Society can use these two things to make our identities public, so that the majority of the people know that China has our organization, and let everyone know our philosophy, we are not a reactionary organization, we are a political organization with lofty beliefs and spirits, and we want to work for the welfare of the people!" ”

"Identity?" Song Shijie frowned and said, "Secretary-General, haven't we been carrying out activities in concealment?" If your identity is revealed, it will definitely cause encirclement and suppression by the Qing court! ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said: "You don't understand what I mean, what I mean by public identity is to tell the public about our existence, what our organization does, it's not that we want to stand up and expose our identity, in fact, the Qing court and other revolutionary organizations already know that our organization exists, but we are still not well-known among the people, so we must take this opportunity to let the public know that there is our organization, so that we can develop and grow quickly. Only then can we obtain certain political rights after the fall of the Qing court, so our aim is to gain prestige, and now the reputation of the League is the loudest among the revolutionary organizations, and we cannot compare with the League now, when we cannot be completely overshadowed by the League, we must proclaim our faith, purpose and goal to the world! ”

"The Secretary-General said well, these words have too much effect on us!"

Under Xiao Zhenlei's instructions, the common people daily first reported on the plague that occurred in the northeast region, and after a report came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation in the society.

Immediately after that, other newspapers also published news in a short period of time, but due to the rush of time, they did not get any information, and basically used the number and information of the report of the common people's daily newspaper.

When these newspapers first reported it, many people didn't believe it, but it wasn't until November 10 that the Shumin Daily reported on it in an all-round way, and everyone was convinced that it was true.

The first outbreak of plague was in Fujiadian, and soon after, a Chinese worker died of plague in the house where the workers of the Majiagou Eastern Railway lived in Jiagang, and this Chinese had arrived in Harbin from Manchuria three days earlier.

After this report came out, it attracted widespread attention, followed by panic, and the government wanted to cover the lid, but after this report came out, the government also knew that the lid could not be covered, so it simply and generously admitted it and took some corresponding measures.

Soon after the news broke, the Qing court and the Russian authorities held a meeting to quickly formulate prevention and control methods, and allocated funds to set up an epidemic testing center first. In this regard, the doctors attending the meeting had a long discussion and decided to hire 2 doctors, 8 assistant doctors, and 1 Chinese interpreter (translator). For the hired doctors, it is required to go to the home with poor sanitation every day to prevent and disinfect the epidemic, and together with the Tongren Hospital attached to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, doctors are sent to guide the Chinese to clean their homes at any time to prevent infection, and at the same time print a large number of epidemic prevention leaflets to distribute to each household, in this process, the members of the Iron and Blood Salvation Society have played an important role in it, they organize personnel to distribute a large number of defense leaflets to every household, and show up to let the people raise their awareness of epidemic prevention, reduce the probability of infection, with the extension of time, The people gradually knew that there was an organization called the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, and they all knew that this organization was for the common people, and they all began to accept this organization, and many aspiring young people were looking for people in this organization to ask to join.

At first, there were only one or two cases of infection per day, but after mid-December, the number of infected people per day reached 4~10, and by late December it had increased to several hundred. Because the number of infections is increasing so fast, professional quarantine personnel are unable to personally check every case, and after receiving information from the patient's family, only people who rely on temporary employment and no experience in epidemic prevention can go to the screening, and then transfer the person who is thought to be infected to the isolation camp. In order to evade police inspections and mandatory disinfection, some families dump the bodies of patients in the streets at night. The next morning, the police collected the bodies, put them in thin wooden coffins, and buried them in mass graves. If a patient dies at home, the family can be transported to a burial outside the city without anyone caring about it. Nurses, nurses, sterilizers, and burial workers were all required to wear protective clothing and masks, but they all turned a deaf ear and wore masks around their necks, causing many people to be infected.

In early November, Xiao Zhenlei asked people to publish a report in the newspaper that the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society would donate 2 million taels respectively for the plague incident and the famine incident in northern Jiangsu due to the flooding, and all the money would be used to buy medicines, food and other daily necessities, and all these materials would be delivered to the sick and victims. (To be continued......) R1292