"Lord Wang has an order, and he ordered to recruit 200,000 troops in Shandong and Zhili, and anyone who is interested in serving the country and expelling foreign enemies can come and enlist. Our soldiers are well paid, ten yuan a month. If you are interested, you will apply, ten yuan a month. ”

Wang Guorui issued an order to recruit troops in Zhili and Shandong, and this order suddenly made everyone start to get serious.

"Lord Wang has recruited troops in our Zhili this time, do they want us to join their team?" A citizen of Zhili asked.

And immediately someone said, "Yes! In the past, it was those Taiwanese who came to us to fight against foreigners, but this time they actually recruited troops from us, so they are still not Taiwan's army in the future? Are they Taiwanese troops? ”

"If we join Taiwan's army, is this army still Taiwan's army?"

It has to be said that China has always had the so-called xenophobic mentality since ancient times, and even if the Taiwan army came to fight against those foreigners this time, ordinary people still think about the Taiwan army as a "Taiwan army", not a regular army of the whole country. For the people of Zhili and Shandong, only the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion and the New Army were the regular armies of the imperial court, and in the past, in their thinking, the Taiwanese army was also a local government and a local army. How could a local army be on par with the imperial court? This is also the factor caused by the so-called xenophobic thinking, and their thinking still believes that Taiwan is a local government and the imperial court is a central government.

I have to say that Wang Guorui did not choose to establish a country independently, so that Taiwan would continue to remain under the name of China, which would be beneficial for seizing the central power in the future. However, the consequence now is that the Taiwanese army will be rejected by the people in other places, and even if the Taiwanese army comes to fight the foreigners, it is impossible to immediately gain their approval. So now they have heard about Wang Guorui's recruitment, for this xenophobic idea. They don't know if they want to join this army or not.

"Our soldiers have a monthly salary of ten yuan, which is equivalent to five taels of silver in your court. Five taels of silver, this is a very high military salary, everyone come on! ”

Hearing the propagandist's answer, their eyes immediately began to light up, and they were obviously really shocked by this military salary. There are 10 yuan a month. That is, the military salary of five taels of silver, which makes them feel very expensive. You must know that in the green camp of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, each soldier only has a salary of only two taels of silver per month, and he is deducted by various officers, and it is not bad to be able to have more than one or two left. But fortunately, the army is in charge of food and accommodation, so that they can also leave their military pay at home, so that they can eat.

Of course, this was only for the Manchu army. If it was the Beiyang Naval Division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that soldier would be ten taels of silver every month. That's the Navy. It is a technical branch of the armed forces and cannot be compared with the traditional army. In all countries in the world, the salaries of soldiers and officers of the Navy are generally higher than those of the Army, or even much higher, plus various subsidies. Therefore, it is possible for the comprehensive income of naval soldiers to be one or two times higher than that of the army, but it is very normal. This is also a common practice in various countries, so everyone can understand it.

But now there is a military salary of five taels of silver, this is the army! If an ordinary soldier could have such a high salary. Then they will be enough to feed their family.

"The military salary is so high, I want to be a soldier!" Someone immediately said.

But the young man's father immediately grabbed him and said, "Son." Good iron doesn't nail good men and don't serve as soldiers, if you go to be a soldier now, you have to fight hard. And they all said that they were going to fight with foreigners! Are foreigners so easy to mess with? When the time comes, I'm afraid you'll die. Although our family is not just your son, my father doesn't want you to die like this! ”

But the son immediately said, "Father." This time we will definitely be able to defeat the foreigners, this time it is Lord Wang who leads us, and we can defeat the foreigners. ”

"Nonsense, where are foreigners so easy to beat? How much land have we ceded over so many years. How much money was given to them! The old father said anyway.

I have to say that these older generations, they grew up living in that environment that was invaded by foreign powers. This generation was born in the mid-19th century, when the foreigners had just begun to invade, and they grew up hearing about how powerful the foreigners were, and forced them to cede land and pay reparations again and again. They had never heard of a victory in the past few decades, so they were all afraid of this foreigner to the bone marrow. It's like a person who has been bullied all his life, and has been bullied by someone all his life from childhood to adulthood, and then even to old age. And at this time, the person who bullied him suddenly became "sick", this was a good opportunity for revenge, but he almost didn't dare to take revenge.

This is because his outlook on life, worldview, and values from childhood to adulthood have also been determined, and he has planned this "person" in his heart to become an extremely powerful person. The impression of the past few decades is not so easy to change. It's like some courtiers usurping the throne, but in the face of those past emperors, the emperors who were able to kill them in the past, they also feel uncomfortable in their hearts. This is also the so-called "prestige", and the prestige accumulated over the years is not so easy to eliminate. No matter how old the other party is, as long as he is alive for a day, this former weak person will be afraid of being bullied for a day. This is also influenced by their three views, and it is not so easy to change.

"Dad, our Lord Wang's army is different from the army of the past. The strength of our Wang's army is very powerful! He defeated the foreigners several times, and even forced the queen of the Netherlands to marry him, which can be regarded as a marriage! can force foreigners to marry the queen to him and his relatives, can the strength not be strong? Therefore, I want to follow Lord Wang, and I will definitely be able to have a future. When the time comes, we may be able to become generals, and then we can glorify our ancestors. So, father, you let me go, I'm not afraid of those foreign devils. In addition, for so many times, the Taiwanese army has never heard of a defeat to anyone, and the foreigners are all in his hands and cannot please us, so what do we have to worry about? ”

I have to say that for the Chinese, the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Wang Guorui married, which means "harmony". And Wang Guorui also intentionally or unintentionally brought the king's side, making them all think that this is a "long face". However, for Westerners, it was completely Wang Guorui and William Minna, the "adulterer and adulteress", who made their stomachs bigger, before they got on the bus and then made up the ticket. It means that the Dutch can't choose, and if it weren't for the queen's big belly, then they wouldn't have made this choice. Even if the Dutch lose on the battlefield, then they don't have to marry the queen to Wang Guorui and his relatives, they haven't reached this point yet!

Therefore, in a case, it depends on how the parties explain it, and how they explain it is all reasonable.

"Really? Did Lord Wang really snatch all the queens? The old man asked.

"Yes! They even snatched the queen! ”

These young people are still very "admired" by Wang Guorui, they are not like those parents, they have been listening to how strong foreigners are since they were young, and how their own China is declining. And five years ago, when Wang Guorui rose, he was still a teenager of about twelve or thirteen years old, and their understanding of the whole world was not too detailed. And they don't have that feeling of being afraid of foreigners to the bone marrow, plus Wang Guorui was able to defeat foreigners several times, which gave them a "shot in the arm", so that their fear of foreigners is far less than that of their fathers.

The young man eventually left the house and went to the recruiting site to prepare for the registration. But when he arrived at the registration point, he found that it was already crowded.

"I want to sign up!" "Yes! I want to apply! "Give me a chance!" ……

"We all hope to follow Lord Wang to fight foreigners, and Lord Wang's military salary is so high, then we are all willing to join!"

Many of these people who joined the army heard about Wang Guorui's "great achievements" and expressed their willingness to follow. Now they are all showing that they are willing to follow Wang Guorui to fight foreigners, especially when they know that Wang Guorui has won many battles against foreigners, and he has never lost a single one. In this way, they also trust Wang Guorui very much, thinking that Wang Guorui can lead them to victory and avoid casualties. You must know that the more capable the army is to win the battle, the easier it is to recruit troops. If the army has been defeated repeatedly, then no one in this army wants to follow them, not even this general. A general who has been defeated repeatedly, the soldiers will not trust. Only those generals who can win battles will soldiers trust him and are willing to entrust him with their lives.

Therefore, under Wang Guorui's record of repeatedly defeating foreigners, they have also expressed their willingness to follow Wang Guorui and follow Wang Guorui to fight foreigners, because in this way, they can not only get a lot of military salaries, but even become an officer and start to be an official. Since ancient times, being a soldier has been a way to progress, so everyone hopes to be able to fight through being a soldier and follow a leader who can win battles, so that they can get out of it and become a general. (To be continued.) )