Chapter 22: Two Choices
Luo Ling glanced at Zhang Hong, like glancing at a trash can in the corner, and she said very calmly: "Communicating with a group of natives with very violent tendencies is a dangerous job after all, and naturally we young people are in front." And from time to time I have to go on a business trip, stop at a point, and the old people who are tired of traveling can't bear it. ”
She looked at Zhang Hong and said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, you are a young and strong man, and you will be our main force in the future." There are exactly two important positions for you, one is to go to the town of Floro to do business with the natives, and the other is to go into the mountains with an expedition to check out the surrounding products. Pick one. ”
"It's an inexplicable task. Zhang Hong said unhappily, "Doing business is the business group's business, and exploration is the business of the geological group, why should we come forward?"
"They don't know Spanish, how do they bargain, how do they communicate with the mountain people they meet?"
Zhang Hong was very anxious by Luo Ling, he wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and said with some excitement: "This is too dangerous! I'm not going to do it, I'm going to quit ......."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Du Mei interrupted Zhang Hong's words and raised his hand high, "I'm going to the expedition, don't underestimate me, I'm a senior travel friend, and I've been to outdoor adventures several times, and I have experience in mountain climbing and camping." ”
"I'd better go. Ding Lunquan's voice was a little rough, but he looked very honest, "After all, this place is different from the earth, and some experiences may not be easy to use." It's better to leave the adventure to a stronger man. Besides, I've been camping too. ”
"I'll go to the station. Teacher Liu, who had not spoken, also spoke, her body did not seem to be very good, and her face was a little pale, "My waist and legs are not very good, and I really can't go on an expedition." But it's still okay to look at the stalls and do business. ”
"You are truly ignorant and fearless. I've fought face-to-face with the natives, and they're all savages who eat people and don't spit out bones, and these jobs are not done in exchange for my life. Zhang Hong couldn't understand when he saw that these people actually took the initiative to take on dangerous tasks.
Xiao Chen looked at Zhang Hong's performance and sighed in his heart, it seems that Li Jia's evaluation is quite reasonable. This teacher Zhang really can't recognize the reality and doesn't know what kind of situation everyone is in. He just wanted to refute, but the soft and weak teacher Liu over there spoke first: "Teacher Zhang, we all know that these tasks are very dangerous, but have you realized that if we don't take these risks in our current situation, we can't survive at all? ”
"It's just that I, as a girl, am willing to take responsibility, and I really don't know how some men become soft-footed shrimps. Du Mei commented disdainfully, and she glared at Zhang Hong after she finished speaking.
Luo Ling didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Hong with everyone. Zhang Hong glanced left and right a few times, but after all, he didn't dare to look at everyone, and his eyes dodged to the side.
"Okay, I've thought about it before, let's take a look at the distribution plan, Teacher Liu is not in good health, Xiao Du is a young girl, and you are from a Spanish major, two people are responsible for language training, and other groups of relatively idle personnel will be arranged to learn Spanish. Xiao Chen and Ding Lun all went on an expedition to explore the underground labyrinth and the surrounding environment. Zhang Hong went to the trading team and followed them to the town to trade and open shops. Luo Ling finally announced.
"Why didn't you just say you had a teaching assignment? I can do that too. Zhang Hong stood up anxiously and asked.
"Teaching a woman can be competent, good steel, you still have to use it on the blade. Luo Ling replied unhurriedly.
"What about yourself, also teaching?"
Luo Ling smiled slightly, "As for me, I will also go to the expedition team, there are three expedition teams, and it happens to need three people." Do you want to swap with me?"
Zhang Hong was stunned and felt that his face was a little hot. He got up suddenly, didn't say hello, and walked out the door.
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"Ha, ha, hey, hey......" The school playground kept shouting in unison.
Wang Jiyuan walked slowly around the periphery, looking at the dozens of young people in the audience with a serious face, and under the guidance of a sturdy middle-aged man, he practiced using spears.
Every time the middle-aged man makes a move, the young man behind him does the same action. Although the movements were the same, the spears in the hands of the middle-aged man seemed to be alive and well, and every assassination was like a dragon out of the water, so fast that people couldn't see clearly, and it was so sharp that it seemed to be able to penetrate the air. And those young people are much worse, except for a few in the front row, they are still decent, and the others are either not in the right direction, or they are not strong enough. Although his mouth is also energetic with "hum", he is really not murderous. Coupled with the fact that these spears were obviously homemade, they looked oddly shaped, and the whole team looked even more chaotic.
The middle-aged man did the action twice, and when he saw Wang Jiyuan coming, he asked the young man to practice by himself, and ran over with a spear in his hand.
He is Ji Yijun's father, Ji Xun. Three days earlier he had volunteered to join the convoy, and the following day he single-handedly used a spear to deal with two large boars that had rushed out to attack the caravan. This made Wang Jiyuan look at him with admiration.
After questioning Wang Jiyuan, he learned that Ji Xun was the chief of the security section in the enterprise, and he had practiced Tai Chi and served as a soldier when he was young, and his martial arts level was quite good. Wang Jiyuan realized that guns and ammunition were limited, and before he could make guns and ammunition, letting the guards learn to use spears could increase their combat effectiveness a lot. So he asked Ji Xun to be a martial arts instructor for the escort team. However, judging from the progress of the current students, it is not a day's work to learn something.
"Captain Wang, the children are practicing well. What kind of wind blew you here?" Ji Xun smiled innocently and walked in front of Wang Jiyuan.
"Old Ji, I bring bad news. It seems that you, the head of the forbidden army, have to stay in power!" Wang Jiyuan quipped helplessly.
"Is there a problem with making guns?" Ji Xun understood as soon as he heard it.
"Well, I made a few trips to the industrial and tech groups. It was concluded that no musket could be built in the short term. Not even a flintlock pistol. The main thing is that there is no ready-made steel and gunpowder, and we do not have good equipment and mechanics. It is possible to make some crossbow arrows, but due to the limitations of steel, there will not be many of them. Our defense here, in addition to the guns used in military training, will eventually have to use cold weapons. Wang Jiyuan looked at the young man who was still stabbing off the field, and said with some concern.
Ji Xun also became worried when he heard this: "Except for Xiaojun and the girl named Ye Zi, the others have no foundation, and the gap between them and a qualified warrior is too big." To be honest, if there is no advantage in weapons, let them fight with the locals who have been using cold weapons, it will be to death. ”
"There is no other choice, not to defend yourself, but also to die. Wang Jiyuan said very directly.
"Alas......" Ji Xun sighed.
"They don't see themselves as warriors. Wang Jiyuan found that as Li Xun ran away, some people over there began to be lazy.
"There's no way around it, they were just ordinary students a few days ago. Ji Xun said with some sympathy, "It's not easy to find time every day to practice under the sun for three hours." ”
"Let my soldiers tell them what fighting is! There will be accidents at any time, and they will most likely have to face the enemy, and practicing like this will only harm them. Wang Ji said from afar.
"Try it, I don't know if it will break the children's morale. Ji Xun agreed with a little hesitation.
"Since I came over there, I have seen a lot of people with high spirits, who are building countries and dominating the world. The worst thing in this school is the heart, it's time to give them some blows and let them learn to be down-to-earth. Wang Jiyuan said flatly.
Soon, ten PLA soldiers were called over by Wang Jiyuan, all of them holding sticks in their hands, and stood opposite the student phalanx. Although they are not trained in spears, they have a lean temperament when they hold a stick in their hands.
Ji Xun called the students who were practicing, told them that they were going to practice with the PLA soldiers, and asked everyone to replace their spears with sticks.
"Let's practice against the PLA soldiers?" Ye Zi jumped up happily, two random pigtails swayed, she was wearing a military training uniform, covered by thick and oversized clothes, and her figure looked full of beauty. In the past few days, she first participated in the escort team, and then she was particularly prominent in training, and was appointed as the captain of the detachment. In the past, when I practiced martial arts at home, the most worrying thing was that there was no opponent, even if my grandfather fed her a lot. It's really exciting that you can justifiably "fight in groups" now.
She is not the only one who is ready to move, Ji Yijun is also gearing up to cheer everyone up, "There are more than forty of us, and there are masters like me and Ye Zi, we must give them a little bit of power, and let them say that we are all like goods." This sentence resonated with many people, and everyone has been practicing decently for a long time in the past two days, but the PLA soldiers who patrol together always don't take them seriously. The clay people still have an earthy nature, not to mention that they are all young men with strong blood?
However, there are still people who dismantle the stage. There was a male student who was a little chubby and asked hesitantly, "They won't really hit us with a stick, will they?"
"What are you afraid of, learn martial arts and learn to be beaten first. If you're afraid of getting hurt, it's better to step back as soon as possible. Ye Zi retorted.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, the surroundings suddenly fell silent. Ye Zi saw fear and reluctance in the eyes of several people, and under a commotion, a few people really walked out of the crowd with the fat man and stood aside to be the audience. Ji Yijun said in her ear with some dissatisfaction: "Don't scare everyone, morale matters." ”
"Hmph, when the time comes, these people will cry and shout at their mothers when they are beaten in the team, and they will hurt their morale even more. Remember, the main force is you and me, and the soldiers are not too expensive!" Ye Zi replied in a low voice, and she said loudly to the others: "The other party only has ten people, and it is enough for us to send twenty people. Which of you would like to go into battle?"
Ji Yijun forgot about her in a little surprise and asked, "What are you paying attention to?"
Ye Zi whispered to him, and Ji Yijun nodded again and again, and said happily: "That's it!"